After Xia Ji and the others reunited, five teammates were missing and unable to return. With time running out, they had no choice but to temporarily abandon these people.
The group drove off, and after leaving Tianxing Amusement Park and entering the streets of Ice City, they were all stuck at the intersection in less than ten minutes.
The road ahead was also destroyed, and the vehicle could no longer proceed. The driver's face darkened: "This place was open before, so it must have been bombed not long ago."
Xia Ji ordered: "Get out of the vehicle, put on your protective gear, and walk forward to see if any of our team members are trapped here."
As soon as Xia Ji gave the order, the team members in the vehicle grabbed their equipment and weapons and got out, rushing forward while glancing into the blocked-out vehicles.
When people saw them get out of the car and run, those who had been standing there watching or helplessly started to move as well.
They ran all the way ahead but didn't see any of their own people. Xia Ji and the others were still worried. If their teammates had managed to get out, that would be fine, but they were afraid that their teammates would be buried inside.
Xia Ji led his teammates up the collapsed igloo and ran towards the blocked area. After assessing the situation, he ordered his men to find a suitable location for another explosion.
The ground was still sinking, and they couldn't be trapped here. After finding three points and placing the bombs, the group retreated to a safe distance and remotely detonated the bombs.
As the explosion rang out, the ground sank again, and only a small opening was made in front of it, not a complete passage.
After things calmed down completely, Xia Ji led his teammates forward. Faintly, the sounds of explosions could be heard outside.
After listening for a while, Xia Ji thought the sound was like the explosions during a rescue operation. Before they could think any further, the ground suddenly sank and cracked, and the houses on both sides collapsed.
As surging waves crashed against the wind behind them, Xia Ji shouted for everyone to form groups of three or five and guard their life-saving equipment. Then he and the people around him attached themselves to safety ropes and moved to a safer location.
As the strong current rushed in, they wrapped the other end of the safety rope around the heavy wall, then suddenly curled up into a ball and hugged their bodies tightly.
Even with the wall holding them back, the three of them were still thrown more than ten meters away. Fortunately, their vital parts were protected, so although they suffered a strong impact, they were not seriously injured.
The good news was that the path ahead seemed to have been cleared. Xia Ji cut the safety rope tied to the wall and surfaced with his two teammates, drifting outward with the current.
A teammate took the whistle out of his neck, put it in his mouth and blew it twice every ten seconds. Soon, the whistles of other teammates could be heard, rising in twos and threes.
As Xia Ji and the others drifted further and further away with the current, the once towering ice city behind them was now reduced to only some sloping rooftops protruding from the water, with more than twenty ships anchored in the distance.
Search and rescue boats floated on the water, rescuing people who had drifted ashore.
Xia Ji and his group used whistles to notify their own people, unlike others who carried out rescues indiscriminately. Soon, their own people rowed lifeboats and rescued them onto the boat first.
It was already late at night, and Xia Ji and his team had lost twenty-seven men, including Li Ke.
Under a sky full of stars, the sea had completely calmed down, and there was no longer a floating figure. Xia Ji stood at the bow of the ship without moving. The search and rescue ships they had sent to other directions had not yet returned, and he was still waiting.
By the time dawn broke, all the ships had returned, bringing back only a dozen or so people, two of whom were from Xia Ji's side.
Tianxing Paradise had a total of 6,000 residents and 11,000 slaves. The owner of Tianxing Paradise only brought out a little over 3,000 people, and in the end, only a little over 3,000 people escaped.
This disaster buried at least 10,000 people. Although it was not the first time he had experienced such a major disaster, Xia Ji still felt extremely resentful towards the culprit who caused the accident.
It's such a pity for so many innocent people, such a terrible shelter, and even more heartbreaking is the loss of their teammates.
Boss Tianxing arrived in a small boat, wanting to see Xia Ji. Xia Ji had them invited aboard.
Boss Tianxing got straight to the point: "I hope you can help me stop the group that bought the solar energy mine. If you can catch them, I can give you the solar energy mine unconditionally."
Xia Ji sneered at the other party's scheme: "They bought the solar energy mine from you legitimately. We don't need to go through you to get it. Don't you find it ridiculous that you're using someone else's property to bargain with us?"
The owner of Tianxing was slightly annoyed: "I now suspect that they will not honor the deal at all, so the solar energy mine does not belong to them. These people are despicable! They not only emptied our warehouse and took our solar energy mine, but also blew up our homes. If you can help me catch them, I can give you other rewards."
Xia Ji's expression shifted slightly: "They emptied your warehouse? That's unlikely. Your Tianxing Paradise has strict access control. How could they have moved so much stuff right under your noses?"
Boss Tianxing had also been puzzled, but after thinking about it for a long time, he thought he had figured everything out: "I guess they must have dug an underground channel as an entry point, then stole our warehouse, and the bomb must have been planted at that time."
Xia Ji: "You checked the rooms the night before last because the warehouse was robbed?"
Boss Tianxing nodded in agreement. Xia Ji's expression was somewhat complicated. He continued, "First, offer us a reward that will tempt us, then we can discuss other things. Otherwise, we can only stand by and watch."
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