Let's rewind to morning.
The disaster-slaying team, far away in an unknown wilderness area, finally arrived at the mission location and saw a house hidden halfway up the mountain.
Shangwu whispered a reminder: "The monitoring points set up in the wilderness are used to detect alien beasts, and they are also equipped with additional devices to prevent possible attacks by alien beasts."
"But the wilderness isn't just home to strange beasts."
He said seriously, "We also need to be wary of the possibility that the loss of contact with monitoring points is related to wilderness bandits."
Ye Bufan nodded and looked up, saying, "Be careful. Ji Sheng and I will lead the way, and you can adapt to the situation from behind."
"good."
Everyone nodded, except for Han Jisheng, whose eyes were filled with resentment: "Why me...?"
"Because you run the fastest," Qi Jie revealed the truth.
"How can you blame me?"
Shh, we're getting closer, let's go.
Ye Bufan didn't give Han Jisheng a chance to hesitate and pulled him toward the gate.
The door was equipped with a combination lock. Ye Bufan tapped it a few times, leaned against the door, and nodded to Han Jisheng.
The latter cautiously peeked inside, then, as sunlight swept across the room, he frowned, shook his head at Ye Bufan, and silently uttered the word "strange beast."
Because it was covered with claw marks from various strange beasts, it didn't look like it was made by humans.
Ye Bufan frowned, remaining vigilant as he looked at the undamaged door. He gave Han Jisheng a look, signaling him to stay alert.
The three people behind watched the two enter the room, and soon followed them through the door, maintaining a safe distance to provide support at any time.
Even though it was morning, the room was still somewhat dark, and you could only tell from the dim light that it was a hall or similar place.
Ye Bufan carefully squatted down, touched a huge scratch mark, looked at the marks emanating from the metal floor, and slowly opened his mouth.
"arms."
These marks were not made by a normal beast, but by a weapon resembling a beast's claw.
Having confirmed this, Ye Bufan and the others roughly understood that the place had been attacked by wilderness bandits.
Shangwu waved from behind, signaling for them to leave first.
Ye Bufan didn't hesitate much. The monitoring points were equipped with ninth-level or even grandmaster-level combat power according to the level of danger in the surrounding area. The fact that the wilderness bandits were able to attack this place proved that their strength was terrifying.
They are not capable of dealing with this right now.
As they were backing away, a series of hurried footsteps sounded.
The crowd's expressions changed slightly, and their gazes instantly fell on the exit of the stairs. The next second, a disheveled girl appeared, tears streaming down her face, looking at the crowd in terror.
"Help!"
"Hahaha! What are you shouting about, little sister? This isn't the city, there are no city guards here!"
At the same time, a lewd voice could be heard from behind, accompanied by heavy footsteps moving downwards.
Shang Wu's expression changed, and he reached out to stop him.
But not Ye Bufan, because he knew that although the other party was kind-hearted, he wasn't brainless!
And there's actually one brainless guy on their team!
…
...
Qi Jie scratched his head, looking at the hand blocking his way with a puzzled expression: "What are you doing?"
Shang Wu's lips twitched; he hadn't anticipated this at all!
Looking at Qi Jie strangely, Shang Wu would have suspected that he had been switched if it weren't for the fact that the strange beasts couldn't turn into humans.
"It's too late."
Hearing the footsteps, Ye Bufan slowly said, "Back off, and run away if necessary."
What was that sound?
"Someone's there!"
What made everyone uneasy was that there was more than one person on the stairs; another voice rang out.
Footsteps approached rapidly, and the girl ran quickly towards Ye Bufan, hiding behind him.
Ye Bufan glanced at her, not sensing her cultivation level, and also noticed that Shang Wu was watching him from behind, so he relaxed and focused his attention on the stairs.
Two figures appeared one after the other, shirtless, revealing muscular builds, though they were quite dark-skinned, and their trousers were worn and tattered, with several weapons hanging from them.
"People from inside the city?"
"What luck! What incredible luck today!"
The undisguised level of their cultivation made Ye Bufan breathe a sigh of relief.
It's only at the fourth level.
It seems the wilderness bandits retreated after their attack, and these two were just looting the leftovers.
The others also relaxed. Although they were all at the third level, it did not affect their disdain for the two people in front of them.
"That look again?!"
One of them seemed to be provoked, drawing a machete from his waist and revealing murderous intent: "You're asking for death!"
With a bang, a figure rushed out at lightning speed, while Ye Bufan calmly drew his fist blade.
When facing strange beasts, the halberd is more suitable, but when fighting normal-sized creatures, the fist blade is more convenient.
bite!
With a crisp sound, the machete was blasted in half, and the next second a foot kicked him directly in the face.
"Second brother!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Jie slowly appeared: "What are you yelling about?"
With a resounding thud, the baseball bat landed squarely on his head.
Being instantly killed by a third-tier opponent—that's the true value of Kaitian Academy; everyone here is a god of war who surpasses their level.
Shangwu had already taken out two reinforced ropes, so he wasn't surprised at all, and quickly tied them up.
In that short time, Han Jisheng had toured the entire base and returned to give a notification.
"There's no one here."
Yu Rui looked at the two burly men and pondered, thinking that people in the wilderness shouldn't all be this stupid.
After tying up the two unconscious men, who would be questioned later, they turned their attention to the person who had just cried for help.
Thank you.
The girl bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle, then looked up with slightly red eyes: "If it weren't for you, I would be... I would be..."
A choked voice came from Ye Bufan, who said softly, "It's alright now."
The girl wiped away her tears and took a deep breath: "I'm sorry, you're students from the academy, right? I didn't think that much at first. I'm very sorry!"
Shang Wu and Ye Bufan exchanged a glance, knowing that half of the doubts about the girl from the academy could be dispelled.
"Excuse me for asking," Han Jisheng squinted, "what about the wilderness bandits who attacked this place?"
The girl shook her head: "I don't know. The teacher put me in the underground shelter. I waited until it was completely quiet outside for a while before coming out, but I never expected..."
Her voice trembled slightly as she spoke.
"A shelter? I can't find it?" Han Jisheng asked, puzzled.
"It's quite hidden, under the toilet seat." The girl was a little embarrassed.
After all, that's not a good location.
Everyone was speechless for a moment; this place was indeed very secluded…
Han Jisheng went to confirm, and after opening the mechanism as the girl had instructed, a small space was revealed, showing signs that someone had lived there.
He returned and nodded to everyone, which completely dispelled any doubts.
Ye Bufan took the initiative to say, "I'm sorry, because this is our first mission, everyone is on high alert. I hope you don't mind."
The girl quickly waved her hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I understand. I should thank you for arriving in time."
Ye Bufan nodded, then asked, "By the way, what's your name?"
The girl spoke first.
"Zhuge Ling".
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