Taking advantage of Su Wan's hesitation, Zhang Ying regained her strength using the self-healing function of her armor, and gripped her short sword, intending to kill Su Wan.

But before she could make a move, Su Wan took action first.

Her right hand had barely grasped the short sword, and before she could even exert any force, Su Wan gripped the scimitar with both hands and plunged it into her wrist. The thin armor, though able to reflect the green light of the defensive gun, could not withstand the sharp scimitar, and the blade immediately cut deeply into her wrist.

Zhang Ying screamed, "Su Wan..."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Wan lifted her foot and stepped directly on the back of the curved blade, then pressed down hard, severing the last remaining piece of flesh and embedding it deeply into the ground.

The right hand that had been gripping the short sword slowly opened its five fingers again, and blood gushed out from the cut on Zhang Ying's right wrist.

Zhang Ying was in so much pain that she almost fainted. She pounded the ground with her left fist and shouted, "Fine, fine, you're ruthless."

Su Wan sneered, bent down and picked up the short sword and the scimitar together, saying, "That's just the kind of person I am. You wanted to take advantage of me when I was indecisive, but unfortunately I saw it."

As she spoke, she went around to the other side, stepped on Zhang Ying's left hand, and held the curved knife to her wrist.

"Just to be on the safe side, let's cut off this hand as well."

Zhang Ying shouted, "You crazy woman, isn't cutting off my right hand enough?"

Su Wan said, "Of course not. I also plan to cut off your feet, turn you into a human stick, and hang you above the city gate of the Southern Chu capital for all to see."

This really terrified Zhang Ying. Although her armor had a self-healing function, it couldn't regenerate severed limbs. If Su Wan really wanted to cut off her limbs and hang them on the city gate for all to see, she'd rather she were dead.

Upon hearing Su Wan's words, Chu Yi whispered to Wei Jingzhuo, "Jinzhi, she wouldn't really have turned into Bai Zhiyi, would she?"

He felt that Su Wan's tone and actions seemed to overlap with Bai Zhiyi's.

Wei Jingzhuo gazed at Su Wan's thin, bony back and said, "No, A-Wan will never change."

"Su Wan, wait!" Zhang Ying cried out in a panic, "Let's make peace, I..."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Wan feigned a slash downwards with her curved blade. Zhang Ying, thinking her left hand was about to be cut off, fainted from fright.

Su Wan turned around, carrying her curved sword, and gave Wei Jingzhuo and Chu Yi a tired smile: "Ah Jin, Brother Chu, don't be afraid, I am still me."

The life force that Bai Zhiyi gave her was supposed to control her, but she resisted the urge to kill.

Although she was a little confused about why, she was glad that her heart had not changed.

Just as she was about to treat Wei Jingzhuo and the others, a man's voice rang out from not far away.

"Su Wan, let's stop here."

Su Wan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a strange man and dozens of soldiers armed with defensive guns walking towards them. Behind them, in an open space, was an aircraft she had never seen before, somewhat like a futuristic fighter jet from a movie, with a silver-white metallic surface and hissing white vapor from its tail.

The fighter jet was parked not far from the Cancer mech, occupying an area about half the size of a football field. She hadn't even noticed when such a large thing had landed.

Without a second thought, she warily raised her dagger and scimitar: "Who are you?"

The unfamiliar man at the front was middle-aged, tall and handsome, wearing military green armor, and appeared to be an officer. He wore a jade pendant on his chest, identical to the Resurrection Pendant. The soldiers behind him also wore the same jade pendant around their necks.

Both the officer and the soldiers behind him have significantly different appearances; they are not clone soldiers.

The officer held up a spray-like metal canister and said, "Your companions are bleeding heavily. Use this to treat them first."

He threw the metal can over.

Su Wan reached out and caught it, still somewhat hesitant. But upon closer reflection, she realized that with so many soldiers, they wouldn't need to resort to such tricks to deal with her.

She ran to Wei Jingzhuo with the spray, pressed the button on the wound on his back, and a fragrant white mist sprayed onto the wound, instantly stopping the bleeding.

Not only that, the wound began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Su Wan was stunned. At this healing speed, Wei Jingzhuo's wound would be completely healed in just a few minutes.

Wei Jingzhuo clenched his fist and said, "My back is a little itchy."

“That’s the feeling of the wound healing,” the officer explained. “In a little while your wound will be completely healed, including the severed muscles, nerves, blood vessels, bones… there may just be some small scars.”

Su Wan was overjoyed and went to Meng Ruliu to spray the spray on the wounds on her lower abdomen and back. Next was Chu Yi, and finally Jiang Wenpei.

Chu Yi exclaimed, "What is this thing? It's amazing! My wound doesn't hurt anymore!"

Seeing that everyone's wounds were beginning to heal and Meng Ruliu's previously rapid breathing had returned to normal, Su Wan had a sudden idea. She unwrapped the bandage on Wei Jingzhuo's right arm and sprayed it with a spray.

After instructing Wei Jingzhuo and the others to rest where they were, she stood up and approached the officers, asking, "Who are you?"

The officer pointed at Zhang Ying and said, "We come from the same era as her, and we are the enforcement unit of the military court."

Zhang Ying had regained consciousness and was struggling to get up, but upon seeing the officer, she collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon, muttering, "It's over, it's over."

Su Wan was a little confused and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Arrest the deserter." The officer waved his hand, and several soldiers walked up to Zhang Ying with guns and began to treat her injuries.

Su Wan had known all along that Zhang Ying was deceiving her, and after connecting the dots, she finally understood everything.

No wonder Zhang Ying possesses a giant mech equipped with two cannons; such a weapon could only come from the military.

The officer said, "She is a second lieutenant in our army. She escaped to this era by using a time tunnel while on a mission. We have been searching for her, but unfortunately there are too many eras to search for. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Su Wan said, "Then she also said she wanted to go back to the 24th century and extracted the life essence of many people to replace her lover..."

The officer said, "She's lying. She's awake; you can get her to tell the truth."

Su Wan turned to Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying said dejectedly, "Don't look at me, I'll tell you the truth. I replaced my own with the life essence of the goddess. That way I can completely eliminate my existence, and they won't be able to find me."

Su Wan said, "Didn't you say you were going to take Chu Ming back to the 24th century?"

“Of course I’ll take him,” Zhang Ying said bitterly. “But I’m a deserter. If I go back to the 24th century, I’ll be arrested and tried. After I replace all my life factors, they won’t be able to find me, and Chu Ming and I can live freely. But you’ve ruined all of that.”

Su Wan then realized that Zhang Ying had absorbed the life essence of the eleventh generation goddess in order to replace her own.

The officer said to Zhang Ying, "Zhang Ying, is the Chu Ming you mentioned this gentleman?"

A man emerged from behind the officer.

Su Wan and Zhang Ying both exclaimed in surprise when they saw it.

This man was none other than Chu Ming, whom they all believed had been burned to death.