She felt her legs go weak and collapsed to the ground. Now, she feared she was truly facing trial.
"Mr. Chen, for the sake of the clues I provided to you about the secret passage, I hope you can give me a quick death." Chen Lan's voice was weak and trembling. She slumped to the ground, her eyes filled with despair and pleading.
The agonizing screams of Li Yi still echoed in her mind. Now that Chen Yu had come out, but Li Yi was nowhere to be seen, she knew without a doubt that Li Yi was dead.
One can imagine the torment Li Yi suffered before his death. As Li Yi's wife, she did not want to suffer the same fate as him.
"Oh? You want to die that badly?" Chen Yu raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Chen Lan's voice was filled with disbelief, thinking she had misheard. She raised her head slightly, her eyes flashing with a lingering will to survive, staring intently at Chen Yu, as if trying to find a trace of forgiveness on his face.
"Since I, Chen Yu, said I would save your life, I will naturally keep my word," Chen Yu said slowly. "Of course, if you insist on dying, I won't mind granting your wish."
"No, no, I don't want to die." Chen Lan's voice was urgent. She gripped the rubble on the ground tightly, as if it were her only support. "I still have so many things to do. I can't just die like this."
“Mr. Chen, besides the Fire Seed Base, Li Yi has several other secret outposts outside. I can take you to find them!” Chen Lan said eagerly.
This was one of the conditions she had previously proposed to Chen Yu to save her life. Although Chen Yu hadn't brought it up yet, she understood that now was not the time to play tricks. Only by actively showing her sincerity could she truly save her life.
"Hmm." Chen Yu nodded indifferently, not showing much interest.
"Xiao Xie, I'm leaving this matter to you." He turned to Xie Feng, the militia company commander who was waiting to the side, and gave the order.
"Yes, Mr. Chen." Xie Feng responded quickly, his eyes revealing his focus on the mission and his absolute obedience to Chen Yu.
Xie Feng approached Chen Lan, his tone calm yet polite, "Ms. Chen Lan, please tell me in detail the specific locations of those secret outposts and their possible defenses."
Chen Lan nodded, her heart filled with mixed feelings, a mixture of trepidation at the unknown fate she was about to face and a faint hope for a possible new life.
"Alright, let's go outside first and talk about it later." Chen Yu impatiently interrupted their conversation.
Xie Feng was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, but quickly realized that they were still in the underground secret passage.
He immediately received the order and commanded the soldiers below to retreat in an orderly manner.
Lin Lele was about to catch up with the group, but then she realized something, pointed to the shelter behind them, and said to Chen Yu, "Sir, that big bad guy Li Yi..."
"He has already received the punishment he deserved, so we don't need to worry about him anymore," Chen Yu said calmly.
Li Yi is now just a skeleton, completely burned to death.
There's no need for Lin Lele to know about such a cruel scene.
"Oh." Lin Lele was curious about Li Yi's fate, but seeing that Chen Yu was unwilling to talk about it, she wisely refrained from asking further.
She nodded and followed Chen Yu as the team withdrew.
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