After Wang Zheng's figure completely disappeared, Bart, with mixed and conflicted feelings, walked back alone.
Upon seeing Bart return alone, Xu Yifeng couldn't help but ask:
"Where is he? Did he leave?"
Bart looked up, his tone somewhat strange.
"Yes, they're gone. They came to rescue their own principal, so they definitely won't stay any longer."
Xu Yifeng was startled by these words.
"Him!? Rescuing Principal Chu?"
Bart did not reply, and couldn't help but recall his youth, when the ordinary soldier had risked his life to protect him during the mutation of the alien beasts.
He was just an ordinary person, and he certainly wouldn't be a match for the alien beasts that had already begun to evolve. So why would he save him so selflessly?
This complete stranger changed his life.
Later, Bart himself joined the army and participated in the gene project that could make him stronger without hesitation. In that era when spiritual energy was just beginning to recover, he saved countless people.
However, the person he most wanted to save was already beyond saving.
"call--"
Bart let out a long breath and said to Xu Yifeng, "Any more cigarettes? Give me one."
Although Xu Yifeng muttered, "Didn't you quit a long time ago..." his body language betrayed him.
In the end, he obediently took out a pack of cigarettes that had been crushed during the fight from his pocket, straightened one out, and handed it over.
He then offered to light a cigarette for the big shot.
...
Having returned to the surface, Wang Zheng didn't hesitate after leaving the air-raid shelter. He stepped onto the crimson clouds and soared into the sky, disappearing into the clouds and speeding towards the northwest.
As he ascended, he saw more and more surviving awakened beings emerging from every corner of Baoshan City, joining the soldiers of the 1031st Division in clearing out the alien beasts.
Without the interference of the elemental scarabs, and under the attacks of various wide-range, high-damage elemental abilities, the beasts, despite their superior individual strength, were repeatedly defeated by these low-level awakened warriors, leaving countless corpses lying in their wake.
Some top-tier sixth-rank beasts were also outmaneuvered by the high-level awakened warriors in team battles, and were quickly blasted to dust after their spiritual energy was exhausted.
This is a battlefield, not a hunt; the completeness of the spoils is not a concern.
What followed was an endless barrage of fire, with the entire city filled with the flashes of explosions...
The soldiers of the 1031st Division marched forward triumphantly, continuing to fight against the horde of beasts.
They had a clear division of labor and proceeded step by step.
With each step forward, countless rescue teams dispersed behind the formation and began rescuing people directly from the city. Countless trapped civilians were brought out and then quickly transported away by rescue vehicles from behind.
Seeing the rescue mission in the city going so smoothly, Wang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that the soldiers would soon be able to drive all the scattered monsters out of the city and complete the rescue mission.
He then stopped observing and disappeared into the clouds, quickly leaving the crowd's sight.
...
Although Wang Zheng had already planned out his action plan in his mind, he began to panic again once he found the right direction.
My mind kept racing with all sorts of scenarios that might happen next, and I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
"We need to see him alive or dead. If old man Chu is really unlucky..."
Pshaw! What nonsense are you thinking!
The old man is so powerful, the only one in the country with three awakened attributes, how could he die so easily?
Besides, he's destined to be a protagonist, with constant fortuitous encounters and the protection of a true dragon, so he'll definitely turn danger into safety.
Yes, everything will definitely be alright!!!
Wang Zheng slapped his face hard, trying to calm himself down.
In any case, he had to see it for himself to be sure.
Not to mention that Old Man Chu has always been very caring towards me, even if he were just an ordinary teacher leading the team, he would have come to this border region of the motherland because of me.
Moreover, he traveled north from Tengchong to Baoshan specifically to find his whereabouts. Therefore, both morally and logically, Wang Zheng had to find the old man and leave together!
As Wang Zheng drifted off into his own thoughts, he soon found himself far from the city.
Chi Yun flew very fast, and the entire Yunnan region was quite large. Wang Zheng was almost at the source of the Longjiang River, which runs through the entire Tengchong area—Gaoligong Mountain.
Along the way, apart from the desolate wilderness and a few restless beasts, he found no trace of battle.
After searching in vain, Wang Zheng sat cross-legged on the red cloud, growing increasingly anxious.
"Was that lieutenant colonel lying to me?"
Wang Zheng also began to become suspicious.
"Bart said he was Commander Fu's subordinate, and after being injured, he escaped from the city center with Fu Zhenzhen. So he saw me hit Fu Zhenzhen, and that's why he's deliberately retaliating against me?"
"No, that's not right!"
"Even if he was awake at that time, I don't believe that a lieutenant colonel in the military region who was willing to risk his life to resist the demon king's attack and protect the people would intentionally harm the country's top combat power superhuman because of such a trivial accident."
"Moreover, Principal Chu is a close friend of his superior and a comrade-in-arms who took the initiative to come to his aid."
"Something must have gone wrong!"
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