Chapter 396 The Final Farewell 1 "Ah—!!!"
It was just dawn, four in the morning, and the reveille hadn't sounded yet.
A piercing, distorted scream, like a sharp knife, abruptly shattered the last moments of peace before dawn at Battalion Three.
The immense fear conveyed in that voice was enough to instantly wake anyone from their sleep, sending chills down their spine.
"Someone's dead! In the back hill! Someone's dead in the back hill!"
Immediately afterwards, a staggering figure came running out from the direction of the back mountain.
A logistics soldier who had gotten up early to collect firewood on the back hill came tumbling and scrambling down the slope, scattering the firewood all over the ground without even bothering to pick it up. He collapsed onto the parade ground, his face ashen, pointing in the direction of the back hill, his lips trembling, repeating the same phrase over and over again.
The lights in the dormitory building came on.
"What happened?"
"What are you yelling about so early in the morning!"
Who died?
Questions, the sound of windows opening—it was all a chaotic mess.
Su Tang, who was frantically searching in the back mountain, felt her heart stop the moment she heard that scream.
She knew better than anyone what this time, this place, and this commotion meant.
Her search stopped, she froze on the spot, her ears ringing, and the blood in her body seemed to freeze in that moment.
No...
No way!
She took off running towards the direction from which the scream came, moving so fast that she left a trail of afterimages through the woods.
In the dormitory building, Qin Ye sprang out of bed almost the instant the scream rang out. He quickly put on his clothes, grabbed his coat, and rushed out.
Lei Kuan also rushed out of the instructors' dormitory with a dark face. The two looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes. Without saying a word, they ran wildly towards the back mountain.
Without further ado, the two transformed into two streaks of wind and headed straight for the back mountain.
Downstairs in the female soldiers' dormitory, amidst the commotion, Bai Wei was also awakened. She stood by the window, wearing a coat, listening to the noise outside, a barely perceptible, cold smile playing on her lips.
It's done.
That idiot actually listens.
Gao Kai and Jiang Yan rushed out of the dormitory immediately. They looked at each other and saw seriousness in each other's eyes. They followed one after the other.
Soon, more and more soldiers were alerted and spontaneously ran towards the back mountain. Curiosity, fear, and a mix of other emotions filled their minds.
The patrolling sentries were the first to react, shouting orders to maintain order as they ran toward the support troops.
When Su Tang rushed to that familiar open space, she saw the logistics soldier slumped on the ground, and following his trembling fingers, she saw...
That old, crooked tree.
The faint light of dawn, pale and weak, struggled to penetrate the thin morning mist.
On the thickest branch of that tree, a slender figure, like a withered leaf blown down by the autumn wind, hung silently in mid-air.
Her body swayed gently and rhythmically in the cool morning breeze.
One after another.
Like a tireless pendulum, measuring the end of life.
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