Upon hearing this, Yu Chengzhou's first reaction was to look at Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun, that madman, really doesn't value his own life. He almost committed suicide just now, wasting one of his S-rank items.

What angered Yu Chengzhou even more was that the squad leader had risked his life to save him, practically trading his own. In Yu Chengzhou's eyes, Zhou Xun's act of disregarding his own life was disrespectful to the squad leader.

However, Zhou Xun was clearly out of sorts right now, and even though Yu Chengzhou wanted to cause him trouble, the two of them couldn't get into a fight.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Zhou Xun seemed ready to leave the group: "I'm going to find him."

Yu Chengzhou said very seriously, "This is a super S-level dungeon. No matter how powerful you are, you could still die!"

Zhou Xun, however, didn't care at all: "I'm going to save him."

"If I die, I will become a monster and stay with him forever."

"Damn!" Yu Chengzhou was even tempted to go.

But when he turned to look at his team members, he couldn't help but feel at ease.

Perhaps, as Qianyuan said, he just worries too much...

"Let's gather intelligence first, and then formulate our next steps after we have a clear understanding of the situation in the instance."

As Yu Chengzhou spoke, he felt his teammates' gazes becoming increasingly intense.

He could only sigh and continue:

"When collecting information, we can also try to find out the captain's current information. Once we have a grasp of the situation, we can formulate a plan to rescue the captain."

The team members finally showed a bit of triumphant morale.

We can save the squad leader now! Yay!

However, at this point, most people's thoughts are:

"The captain was so cute when he was little... I thought the college version of the captain was already cute enough, but I didn't expect him to be so adorable when he was so small."

"If we rescue the captain from the big boss, won't he be able to let us do whatever we want with him?!"

"Hehehe..."

I wonder which idiot spoke their minds.

Although Yu Chengzhou also agreed, he would quietly come up behind that teammate:

"If the squad leader orders me to punish you, I won't hold back."

The team members immediately wilted like eggplants after being hit by frost.

"That's not fair! The vice-captain used to be the squad leader's assistant, he watched the squad leader grow up, he must have secretly used the squad leader before, and now he won't let us use it!"

The metaphor of silently showing off while riding a boat:

"I have never seen such a young captain before. When I met him, he was already fifteen years old."

At that time, the world was not yet controlled by horror games.

The squad leader was still that pampered, golden-branched young master.

She looked sickly, like a glass doll, and was quite docile and shy. She hid behind her temporary guardian and timidly greeted him.

They had only met a few days prior. The young master, who had no parents but possessed a huge fortune, was insecure and seriously ill, and could only rely on this stranger.

He took care of the young master for five whole years, from ordinary daily life to the end of the world.

No wonder Zhou Xun kept causing him trouble later on. He knew how much Zhou Xun liked the young master and how much he hated him as an obstacle.

He also knew that Zhou Xun's confession plan, which he had simulated countless times in his diary, was childish and ridiculous. He wrote and drew, but in the end, he didn't have the courage to say it out loud.

It's hilarious that Zhou Xun, such a rebellious and aloof person, actually writes a diary like a young teenager.

When he discovered it, Zhou Xun simply snatched the diary back with tears in his eyes.

Because by then, Qianyuan was no longer there...

But in the end, he was the most cowardly one, having to hide even his feelings and keep them hidden in his heart.

Until now.

It seems he has another chance to make Zhou Xun experience true revenge.

Is it better to leave someone with complete psychological trauma or to cause their social death?

Yu Chengzhou couldn't help but smile.

"Captain Yu, we've found a clue!"

Yu Chengzhou was interrupted by his teammates' calls. He turned around and chased after them, only to see villagers gathered in front of a house, talking amongst themselves.

"Oh dear, what happened to Erniu from Xing Lao Er's family?"

"They are all the pillars of their families! This epidemic really knows how to pick its victims; it seems determined to wipe out the entire Xingjia Village!"

"Have you gone to pray to the Bodhisattva? You should go and pray quickly. This is an illness that even the doctor can't cure; we can only rely on the Bodhisattva's protection."

After listening for a while, Yu Chengzhou said to his team members:

"Come on, let's go to the temple and take a look."

However, Yu Chengzhou and his group were stopped at the door.

"How dare outsiders come to worship our Bodhisattva? Our Bodhisattva is too busy protecting us. Get out!"

The villagers were so agitated that they started pushing and hitting each other, almost coming to blows.

Yu Chengzhou's team dared not retaliate, because someone nearby who fought back was beaten to death by the monster that had stripped off its friendly skin.

They had no choice but to leave quickly, and in their panic, they ran to the back of the village on the mountain.

This time, Yu Chengzhou saw that small figure again.

Right at the back gate of the temple, the little guy sat on the threshold, holding a small drawing board in his hands, and was drawing.

What's even more striking is that there's a plate of fruit cut into the shapes of small animals at his feet. The little guy occasionally draws a few strokes, and sometimes takes a bite of fruit. He seems much more comfortable than these refugees.

Looking at the lively cubs, Yu Chengzhou's eyes welled up with tears, overwhelmed with emotion.

Qianyuan sensed his gaze and looked up.

Seeing that there weren't many people coming to find him, and that they were all the same people who had given him strange looks when they saw him that morning, Zai didn't rush to hide.

Instead, she rested her chin on her hand and asked Yu Chengzhou, "Brother, you're smiling, but your eyes look like you're about to cry."

Are you very sad?

A sweet and warm voice knocked on Yu Chengzhou's heart. He looked at the innocent and pure cub who had not experienced any hardship or accident, and tears welled up in his eyes.

For seven whole years, the vice-captain had not shed a single tear, but now he knelt before little Qianyuan, crying uncontrollably.

Qian Yuan seemed to sense Yu Chengzhou's feelings. He knew that Yu Chengzhou would not hurt him, so he stepped outside and walked up to Yu Chengzhou.

She reached out her little hand and wiped away his tears.

Yu Chengzhou cried as he slowly embraced Qianyuan.

Then they scooped up the cubs and ran.

cub: ? ? ? ? ?

The innocent child doesn't realize that his kind older brother, who wouldn't hurt him, might also abduct him.

The cub didn't react for a moment, only watching as Yu Chengzhou led him further and further away, and even placed some props at him. He felt as if his presence had diminished.

Dad won't be able to find him.

When Yu Chengzhou brought the cub to their temporary lodging, before he could even ask the cub anything, the cub had already started to sob.

"I want my dad!!!"