Seeing Chen Yu remain confident and composed even when facing Li Liguo and his group of fully armed soldiers, the villagers were inspired by his spirit, and their anger and impulsiveness gradually subsided.
"Chen Yu, do you... do you really have a way?" Xu Anbang asked, his voice trembling with a glimmer of hope.
Chen Yu nodded slightly, his eyes firm: "Village chief, everyone, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. You should all go back to the cave first, so you don't get accidentally hurt later."
Then, he looked at Lin Lele, who was standing calmly beside him, and said, "Lele, you're in charge of protecting everyone's safety, right?"
Lin Lele patted her chest and replied confidently, "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely protect everyone."
After saying that, she began to direct the villagers into the cave.
"Miss Lele, is it really okay for Brother Chen Yu to be alone?" Xu Anbang was still a little worried and asked Lin Lele again to confirm.
He didn't think much of Lin Lele calling her husband "commander." After all, Chen Yu and Lin Lele had always called Chen Yu that when they first arrived in their village, and he just assumed it was a special kind of fun between the young couple.
Hearing Xu Anbang question Chen Yu's abilities, Lin Lele raised an eyebrow: "You're underestimating my superior, aren't you?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Li Liguo below and said with a look of disdain, "These rabble are nothing but ants in my superior's eyes!"
“Uh…” Xu Anbang was speechless and couldn’t help but look at Chen Yu. He saw that Chen Yu was still calm and did not refute Lin Lele’s words at all, as if it were a matter of course.
His expression instantly turned sour, and he couldn't help but wonder if he had been tricked. The enemy was pressing in with a large army, armed with firearms, while Chen Yu was all alone, and Lin Lele was spouting such nonsense. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like the two of them were just bragging.
But what can they do now that things have come to this?
They couldn't win by fighting, so hiding in the cave would at least buy them some more time.
Xu Anbang sighed, shook his head helplessly, and turned to urge the villagers to hurry into the cave.
He knew in his heart that they had no choice but to trust Chen Yu and Lin Lele.
Seeing that the villagers had all entered the cave canteen, Chen Yu slowly stepped forward, his eyes blazing as he looked directly at the restless Fire Seed warriors in front of him, as well as Qian Peng and Li Liguo standing in front of them.
Seeing Chen Yu's performance, Li Liguo and the others couldn't help but laugh. Wasn't he an idiot?
At this point, they still had no intention of launching a final sprint, and planned to tease Chen Yu one more time.
"Hey! You idiot, are you really planning to fight us bare-handed?" Li Liguo shouted mockingly, his voice echoing in the long corridor, drawing a burst of laughter.
Chen Yu was not angry about this. His face remained calm, and he simply raised the corners of his mouth slightly, looking at Li Liguo and his men with an almost pitying gaze.
“Li Liguo, we’re not exactly strangers,” Chen Yu said calmly.
"Wow~ This idiot, he's even trying to curry favor." Li Liguo joked, "We've only known each other for a few days. Do you really think this will make me go easy on you and spare your life? Well, that's not impossible. After all, you don't belong to Wenshui Village. As long as you kneel down and bark like a dog a few times, I'll be happy and take you in as my dog. How about that?"
Chen Yu shook his head; Li Liguo naturally didn't know about his past life.
But having been reborn, he was fully aware of the grudges between the two in his previous life.
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Heh, Li Liguo, the grudge between us is far more than this. You won't live to see this day."
"Haha~! Brothers, did you hear that? He said I'm not going to make it today! I'm so scared! Haha~" Li Liguo laughed loudly, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. The Fire Seed warriors around him also laughed along, and the entire passage was filled with their mocking laughter.
"This guy's probably scared out of his wits, Brother Liguo. Didn't he say you weren't going to make it today? You can have the credit for the first kill!" Qian Peng patted Li Liguo on the shoulder and said with a mocking smile.
Upon hearing this, Li Liguo laughed even louder. He waved his hand to signal the soldiers around him to be quiet, then picked up an automatic rifle with a bayonet and slowly walked towards Chen Yu in a cat-and-mouse manner, saying, "Chen Yu, Chen Yu, do you really think you're some kind of great hero? But it's really your bad luck that you had to come at this particular time of year."
Li Liguo continued, a cruel smile playing on his lips: "Then you'll just be my stepping stone! But don't worry, your little wife is quite pretty, I'll take good care of her for you."
"Brother Liguo, take it easy, don't kill him too quickly. This first kill should be a grand one, and we brothers should have some fun too," Qian Peng added sarcastically from the side, his eyes full of anticipation for the "good show" that was about to unfold.
"Haha~! Don't worry, brother, I know what I'm doing." Li Liguo turned around and winked at Qian Peng, his expression as if he was about to torture and kill not a person, but an insignificant ant.
However, when he turned back to focus his attention on Chen Yu, a flash of cold light appeared before his eyes, and a sharp dagger was instantly pressed against his neck. The icy feeling penetrated his skin, making Li Liguo tremble all over.
"You... how dare you!" Li Liguo's voice became sharp with fear. He never expected that he would be so easily defeated in front of Chen Yu, who seemed to be completely unprepared.
The blade of the dagger was pressed against his carotid artery, and with each heartbeat, he could feel the cold metal trembling slightly against his skin.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you now. I won't let you die so easily." Chen Yu's voice was deep, each word seeming to come from an ice cellar, carrying an undeniable chill.
Qian Peng and the others in the passage below all looked surprised upon seeing this.
"Clap clap clap~" Qian Peng clapped his hands and laughed, "Chen Yu, right? You really have impressed me. I didn't expect you to have such skills. However, good skills are useless. This is the age of firearms. Facing so many of our guns, what waves can you make all by yourself?"
As he spoke, he raised his gun and aimed it at Chen Yu. His Fire Seed warriors also raised their guns, the dark muzzles of their guns like the gaze of death, aimed at Chen Yu.
"Qian Lian, no, don't shoot!" Li Liguo's voice trembled with fear. He realized that his life was hanging by a thread, and his previous cat-and-mouse mentality vanished instantly.
Upon hearing this, Qian Peng sneered, seemingly not caring about Li Liguo's life or death. In fact, he was hoping that Li Liguo would be killed by Chen Yu immediately, so that all the credit for today would belong to him.
Just then, Chen Yu smiled faintly and said, "Yes, we live in the age of firearms now, and I agree with that statement."
"What?" Qian Peng frowned, a bad feeling suddenly rising in his heart.
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