Wu San led his men and ran for their lives. They ran for an unknown amount of time until they finally crossed the dense forest and emerged from the vast grassland.
With his last bit of strength, he ran to a spot not far from the camp, then his legs gave way and he fainted.
"There's someone over there, quick!"
Lu Qin directed the soldiers to carry the people back to the tent. Lin Gu struggled to sit up from the bed and carefully identified them one by one.
"Where's Yu Wei? Why isn't he here?"
Lin Gu grabbed the only person who wasn't unconscious, gripped his shoulders tightly, and shook him.
"The captain..."
The soldier burst into tears, recounting his ordeal as he sobbed.
"grass!"
Lin Gu pushed aside the soldiers, strode out of the tent, put on his protective armor, and prepared to leave.
"where did you go?"
Lu Qin blocked his way, his eyes full of helplessness.
This guy is covered in injuries, his left hand was almost broken, and he still hasn't learned his lesson.
"I'm going to find Yu Wei," Lin Gu said, equipping his weapon with one hand. "Even if I can't save him, I'll take his body back, cremate it, and bury it in my family's lotus pond to grow lotus flowers!"
"Major General Lin, Major General Lin, think twice before you act!" Wu Ming clung tightly to Lin Gu's leg. "Given your current condition, going in would be nothing short of suicide!"
"Damn it! Let me go! That's my brother!"
Lin Gu dragged Wu Ming along slowly, as Yu Wei was still waiting for him to rescue her!
"Lin Gu".
A casual voice came from behind him. Lin Gu turned around, but before he could see who it was, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
"Tsk, as expected of a new type of anesthesia, the effect is really good."
Zhou Siyu blew on the miniature tranquilizer gun and tossed it to Lu Qin.
It was this little thing that made him miss the chance to enter the secret realm. Now that he has avenged himself, he feels great.
And then there's Yu Wei, who dared to tie him up! When he gets back, I'll tie him up like a mummy and throw him in the basement. Although he had a change of heart and had him untied, it didn't lessen the hatred I felt for him.
"You're the only one who's young and fearless, the first to dare treat Major General Lin like this."
Lu Qin put away the tranquilizer gun. After spending the past few days with Zhou Siyu, he found that although Zhou Siyu had a sharp tongue, he was a very nice person.
“An eye for an eye.” Zhou Siyu shrugged, his gaze lingering on the equipment. “Yu Wei is still inside, you guys…”
"Headquarters calling Lin Gu, headquarters calling Lin Gu, please respond, please respond..."
"Headquarters, headquarters, this is Lu Qin."
"Report on the operation."
"The rebel leader has been captured successfully. The rescue operation was a success. Major General Lin is injured and still unconscious. General Yu..."
"Evacuate the entire force."
"No!" Lu Qin retorted instinctively, "General Yu is still here..."
"Thunderstorm detected on the Secret Realm planet. All personnel evacuate. Immediate execution required."
"receive……"
Lu Qin bit her lip, trembling, and slammed her fist on the table.
"You guys are really planning to leave? Abandoning Yu Wei?"
Zhou Siyu was speechless. Seriously? He just abandoned his own son like that? He wasn't even planning on trying to save him?
"Military orders are absolute." Lu Qin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Wu Ming, tell everyone to prepare for evacuation."
Wu Ming nodded, turned around and walked out of the tent.
"Really not going? If you're not going, I can go. I'm not under your jurisdiction."
Zhou Siyu slowly touched the weapon, almost drooling onto the ground.
"Don't cause trouble." Lu Qin sighed. "You've violated military discipline by coming in without permission. If people find out, General Yu will be punished."
"No way, do you have any humanity left?" Zhou Siyu rolled her eyes. "What if the person dies? How are they punished? Fifty strokes of the cane?"
"Reward those who have made contributions, and punish those who have committed wrongdoings." Lu Qin patted Zhou Siyu on the shoulder: "In short, don't think about those empty things. You don't want General Yu to be talked about behind his back after he dies, do you?"
"Pah, pah, pah! You jinx! Who said he's dead!"
Zhou Siyu frowned. For the past two days, her eyelids had been twitching violently, and she felt a sudden emptiness in her heart, as if a piece of it was missing, which made her feel very uncomfortable.
At the Alliance headquarters, in the main control room of the life monitoring system, cold, mechanical announcements rang out continuously.
"Team member Wang X, system health monitoring shows zero... Determined dead..."
"Team member XX, system monitoring shows zero health points... Determined dead..."
"...dead..."
Yu Zhen sat in the chair, head down, silent, hands clenched tightly, his heart pounding. Although he had long anticipated that Yu Wei might not come back, he still clung to the hope that he would.
The mechanical sounds stopped for a long time. Yu Zhen nervously pursed her lips, and the staff present were on tenterhooks.
Time passed by, but Yu Zhen felt as if several years had gone by.
"Team Leader Yu Wei, system monitoring shows his health points have reached zero... Determined dead..."
Her wildly beating heart froze instantly. Yu Zhen felt her brain buzzing. She stood up, holding onto a chair, and then collapsed to the ground, her vision going black.
Zuo Li looked up, sighed, and a single, cloudy tear slid down his cheek.
He was wrong. If he hadn't been so clingy, if he had stopped Yu Wei back then, he could at least still be watching over him now, seeing him off on his final journey, leaving him with something to remember him by. Instead, he would be reduced to ashes.
"Report! A massive thunderstorm is about to occur on the Secret Realm planet." A staff member pointed nervously at the screen.
"Notify the action team to retreat immediately."
Zuo Li walked to the screen, took the communicator, and listened to Lu Qin's debate.
"Evacuate the entire force." Zuo Li added in an unquestionable tone, "Execute immediately."
The losses have already been severe; we can't afford to delay any longer.
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