It was quite late when Luo Chen returned to the villa.

But Mike and Number Five still didn't rest. At this crucial moment, they dared not fall asleep easily; they simply couldn't bear to sleep.

If something were to happen to Luo Chen late at night while they were sound asleep, that would be a bit unreasonable.

When Luo Chen entered the villa, he saw seven or eight well-equipped people sitting in the hall watching him.

"Brother Xiao, you're back! Are you alright?" Number Five was excited to see Luo Chen and rushed to his side to carefully check his body, afraid of missing a single detail. He was almost ready to take off Luo Chen's clothes to check him over.

Luo Chen was completely bewildered, utterly unprepared.

[Dude, what are you doing?]

"Brother Xiao, you're finally back. Thank goodness nothing happened." Number Five hugged Luo Chen tightly, as if the two of them had just gone through a life-or-death separation.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing?" Luo Chen hurriedly pushed Number Five away, looking disgusted and helpless, and said, "Do you really want me to die? Why are you so agitated? I just went over for a friendly exchange."

"Besides, what could possibly happen to me?"

"It's good that you're alright," Mike said from the side.

Luo Chen kicked Number Five in the butt and cursed, "Get out of here, you stink, why don't you go take a shower?"

Number Five chuckled and scratched his head.

"Xiao, what's the situation? Did Wu Hao agree?" Mike asked calmly and cautiously.

Luo Chen nodded and shook his head, leaving everyone bewildered. What did this mean?

"Alright, everyone go and rest. The others outside can also rest in their rooms. We don't need to worry about you anymore."

"It seems the deal has been reached. Everyone, go ahead." Seeing Luo Chen say this, Mike felt relieved and waved for everyone to leave.

"Everything's taken care of. We'll rest here for the next few days. Don't worry about Wu Hao; he'll send someone to gather information for us. Now we just wait for his message." Luo Chen sat leisurely on the sofa.

But I still felt quite warm inside, after all, seeing that these people were still awake and waiting for me.

"Really?" Number Five stared wide-eyed at Luo Chen, his face beaming with adoration. Unconsciously, he had come to regard Luo Chen as a god-like figure.

They dealt with the opponent in no time, and from now on, Brother Xiao will make Iron Wolf the king of mercenaries.

Mike was full of admiration for the young man. Although he didn't know exactly what Luo Chen had said to Wu Hao, he was incredibly impressive that he had managed to persuade Wu Hao in such a short time and even get him to send people out to help gather information.

He realized that he had completely underestimated Luo Chen; such a person would be a formidable force anywhere.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just using his power to intimidate you. Anyway, we're safe now, but to be honest, we still need to see how things go. If that woman in purple finds out we're here, what can Wu Hao do? You understand?"

Luo Chen's words poured cold water on the two of them, telling them not to be too happy too soon, as it would only make the team members more complacent.

"Don't worry, I'll explain it to everyone in the next few days. Also, we need to find another way as soon as possible to avoid running into each other again."

“Mike makes a good point. We should find a way out as soon as possible so that we can avoid trouble. The current situation is that the other side has more people and strength. We should try to avoid encountering them as much as possible. After all, our mission is to protect, not to annihilate the enemy.”

"Oh, and let's bring our firepower equipment in tomorrow, but try to keep it safe. Also, tell the team members not to get into any conflicts with Wu Hao's men. We still need to follow the rules on their turf. The less trouble we have, the safer we are."

Luo Chen's priority was to finish things as quickly as possible, so that he could better protect everyone's safety and complete his own mission, and then leave with peace of mind.

It has to be said that Luo Chen actually felt a sense of comfort during this time in the dream world.

For him, that world doesn't really matter; all he needs to do is protect the people he should protect.

Of course, we still need to go back.

"Alright, it's getting late, everyone should go back and rest." Luo Chen got up and prepared to go to his room to sleep. It was time to take a hot shower and get some rest. He hadn't had a proper hot shower in so long, and he needed to relax tonight.

"There's one more thing, and that is, don't say anything you shouldn't say."

As Luo Chen spoke, he also pointed upstairs, as if to remind Number Five to warn the others that Mu Shiyu and the others' identities were very important, and it would be very troublesome if Wu Hao found out.

After all, Wu Hao could have used this information to make a deal with those mercenaries. Wu Hao wasn't exactly a man of his word. These days, people who are trustworthy either die young or are incredibly capable.

As for ordinary people, they don't have many options. That's how the mercenary world is; everyone wakes up every day to face something called reality...

Mona and the others stopped their car to rest on the roadside on their way to northern Xinjiang.

"It's strange. Why haven't we heard from them along the way? At our speed, it's impossible that we haven't made a sound. Why can't we catch up?" Mona asked, looking puzzled as she ate the bread.

Judging from the distance, their speed was more than enough to catch up with Mu Shanhai and his group during the day, but now it was almost midnight and they still hadn't seen a car ahead.

Most importantly, according to Mona's observation, it seemed that no one had passed by on this road.

“Two points: either they are very far from us, or they haven’t taken this route,” the bald man John said slowly. “First of all, the first point is impossible; they can’t possibly be faster than us. So now it’s just the second possibility.”

Mona chewed her bread, looked at John, and nodded gently.

She agreed with John's statement; otherwise, there was no way to explain why Mu Shanhai and the others suddenly disappeared—it was completely unscientific.

"How about this, we'll go check it out again tomorrow."

Mona could only nod. Looking at the fire in front of her, she remembered the night Luo Chen had cut off her arm.

"Mona, Mona."

In a daze, Mona was shaken awake by John and realized that she had squashed the bread in her hand in a moment of distraction.

“John, every time I close my eyes, I see the image of that man cutting off my arm. I want to tear him apart again and again. I must kill him and make him taste what it feels like to have his arm cut off.”

John held Mona's head and comforted her, "Yes, I will. I will definitely avenge you. Believe me, I will."