Ten minutes later.
The three cars left the exchange.
The first vehicle was a modified passenger bus, and the two vehicles behind it were trucks loaded with supplies. They were driven by the young men and women who were trapped and knew how to drive. The rest of the people were put on the passenger bus and wrapped in thick winter clothes.
Because the children were all in a tense mood and didn't notice why the "brother" who had just spoken had become "sister," Xia Yixin withdrew her ability to change appearance after dealing with Zhao Si and the others, so as to avoid having to fabricate an additional identity when handing these people over to Chen Zhe and the others later.
Lu Yan was carried into the car and thrown into the last row of seats. They looked at him with curiosity but also with great wariness.
Under the cover of darkness, the three cars quickly disappeared into the night.
Outside, in the wilderness, after an hour's drive, most of the people quickly fell asleep, and they didn't notice that the unshaven man in the last row had moved his finger.
The last row of the bus wasn't too close to the driver's seat, and the interior was dimly lit, but Lu Yan could easily see the figure of the woman driving in front.
The other boys and girls didn't care, but Lu Yan had seen her change her appearance in front of him. If it was just a disguise, he wouldn't be surprised. What surprised him was that when he saw her face, some fragmented images flashed through his previously blank memory.
It was a collection of fragmented battle scenes. It turned out that he had fought with her before he lost consciousness, but at that time, in addition to anger and anxiety, there was another feeling that shouldn't have appeared in the battle.
The bus traveled for more than an hour.
Xia Yixin originally planned to take the car and people to a nearby town first, and then decide what to do after she confirmed the location of the P base.
However, things didn't go as planned, and she ran into Zhang San and his group on the way.
"Captain Xia, is it really you!?" After recognizing the person who got out of the car, Zhang San immediately signaled the other team members to put down their guns and quickly went to meet her. After learning that she had really rescued everyone, he exclaimed repeatedly, "Captain Xia, how did you do that? We heard that the fake Dawn has a fifth-level metal-type ability user at the exchange, how did you move so fast!? Our city lord just got separated from you, he just drove to the exchange ahead of time."
It took her less than five or six hours from when she left to when she appeared here.
Xia Yixin didn't expect that Chen Zhe would just miss her. "We'll talk about this later. There are still a few children with fevers in the car."
"Okay, no problem. We've found a place to stay nearby. Let's go there."
Because of the sudden increase in the number of people, they cleared out a three-story hotel near their lodgings so that they could rest and clean themselves up. At the P base, there were water-based superpowers that filled the water tanks, and all the rescued children finally took a shower, albeit a cold one.
But the firewood burning in the hotel's living room and the winter clothes stored at P base quickly warmed them up. After eating something, they all fell asleep wrapped in blankets around the large fireplace on the first floor.
Then, a faint light appeared on the horizon.
Chen Zhe received the news and was heading back. He also brought back information about the exchange. The mass poisoning of people at the fake Dawn base had terrified everyone. Most of them were so frightened that they immediately took their goods and people and left, fearing that they would be the next ones to be wiped out.
In no time, the atmosphere turned cold, and besides the corpses scattered all over the bar, rumors circulated that some people went berserk and jumped off buildings to commit suicide.
The atmosphere at the small hotel was quite peaceful.
Zhang San and the others were on guard nearby. Only after Xia Yixin confirmed that everything was safe did she nervously push open the door to the room where Lu Yan was.
She picked out a standard room and carried him upstairs, explaining to Zhang San and the others that he was her "fiancé," which greatly surprised them. They never expected that the unshaven, crazy-looking man was the "Commander Lu" they had heard about before.
The curtains in the room were closed, and the person on the bed appeared to be asleep?
She sensed something was wrong as soon as she got close to the bed. Instinctively, she summoned the Black Yama Spear, but this time the other party was prepared. He didn't let the Black Yama Spear touch him. Golden spiritual power materialized into golden ropes and bound her hands and feet as she screamed. He grabbed her neck and pushed her against the wall.
The man stared fiercely at the slender woman, his eyes filled with wariness.
After a brief moment of panic, Xia Yixin was also enraged by his murderous intent and started fighting with him right there in the room.
The crackling sounds inside the room attracted the attention of the guards at the P base outside.
They hurriedly pushed open the door, guns in hand. "Captain Xia, are you alright..." After seeing the scene inside, they quickly closed the door and said awkwardly, "Sorry, please continue."
inside the house.
Xia Yixin originally didn't want to fight, but somehow, as the fight progressed, she remembered what the group of people had said about "he slept with a woman," and a surge of evil fire rose in her heart. Her mental energy shifted from exploration to control.
While mental control couldn't completely control his strong will, it could slow down Lu Yan's reactions. Just as the people from P base pushed open the door and came in, Xia Yixin took advantage of his slowed reaction to kick him onto the bed with a spinning kick, and then held the Black Yama Spear in dagger form against his throat.
From the outside, the dagger is not visible, and their positions look exactly like that classic special pose.
As the door closed, Xia Yixin belatedly realized something was wrong, but she knew that if she let go of the dagger, the other party would definitely retaliate.
She lowered her eyes and met a pair of golden eyes filled with anger, but there was not a trace of murderous intent in them, which made her heart flutter slightly.
"Get down." The man also felt short of breath and was just bluffing.
She became even more certain of her suspicions and tentatively asked, "Can we not start fighting as soon as we meet? Can we talk?"
His gaze fell on the black spear, and he raised an eyebrow.
His face screamed, "Take the dagger away before we talk about peace."
Seeing that he was softening, Xia Yixin neatly put the dagger back into her storage ring and stood up.
Lu Yan had actually regained the use of his hands and feet a long time ago. The reason he didn't choose to leave or take action immediately was because he was observing, trying to figure out who they were. The result surprised him.
He heard two familiar yet unfamiliar words, "Dawn" and "Team Leader Xia," so his previous actions were also to confirm his guess. At least now it has been proven that those fragmented little pieces in his mind were true.
The only thing that remains unexplained is what exactly that strange feeling he has in his heart is.
The room was in complete chaos. All the cabinets were broken, one of the beds had collapsed, and there were wood fragments all over the floor. It was fortunate that the people from P base could still misunderstand this.
Xia Yixin yanked open the curtains, and the sunlight streaming in made the man squint slightly.
"Who exactly are you?" he asked in a deep voice.
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