Chapter 108 Missing
Human blood is different from that of insects, but in the eyes of alien beasts, it is no different from a feast. It is visible to the naked eye that those gluttons have been chasing in the direction Fang Yun left, roaring constantly, unable to hide their excitement. It is no exaggeration to say that almost all the alien beasts that emerged from the ground surrounded Fang Yun.
The female soldiers were ordered to protect the male insects, so they could only surround Fang Yun in the inner circle and try their best to fight against the outsiders. However, they gradually became unable to cope with the densely packed alien beasts. Many of the female soldiers were pinched by the alien beasts' claws and had their bones broken, and they screamed continuously.
When Major General Joyce saw his comrades die, his eyes instantly turned red. He fired desperately while retreating towards the starship: "Damn it! Retreat quickly! Are you crazy? Did you hear me telling you to disperse and retreat?!"
The last sentence was almost a roar. Protecting the male insects was important, but if it meant sacrificing countless soldiers, it would be a loss. The female soldiers all heard Joyce's order, their teeth clenched, and hesitation flashed in their eyes, but no insect retreated.
It is their duty to obey orders. Admiral Giles issued an order before setting off. These two male insects must not make any mistakes!
The battle was tense, with more and more casualties. The sound of gunfire mixed with the shaking of the earth made people's ears buzz. At this moment, a figure in black combat uniform suddenly tiptoed into the protection circle. He grabbed Fang Yun, who was frightened and panicked, and used Qinggong to fly away from the spot. The alien beasts immediately abandoned the fighting female soldiers and rushed towards them like a tide.
Seeing this, Ludwig's face changed and he shouted angrily: "Amber! You are crazy!"
He was so flustered that he even forgot to use the honorific.
Amber was aware of the desire of these alien beasts for human blood, and led Fang Yun to retreat to another open space. With a cold look in his eyes, he chopped down the alien beasts that came up with a sword in one hand, and pulled Fang Yun behind him with the other hand, saying coldly: "You retreat first!"
Seeing this, Major General Joyce was grateful and said quickly, "Retreat quickly!"
Just as those female soldiers were retreating quickly, Ludwig suddenly rushed into the encirclement and tore a bloody path. His sharp claws had killed countless monsters and were covered with scarlet blood. With the sound of breaking wind, he stabbed quickly behind Amber.
He wanted to kill Fang Yun during the chaos!
Fang Yun was hiding behind Amber in panic, but he suddenly met Ludwig's murderous eyes. He was startled and his eyes were bloodshot. At the critical moment, Amber suddenly shouted, "Ludwig! Hurry up!"
Ludwig frowned and looked at him, unwillingly saying: "But..."
"No buts, retreat quickly!"
Amber pierced the alien blocking the way with a sword, and under the cover of Ludwig, she dragged Fang Yun onto the starship. The cabin door was closed, and they immediately took off into the air, blocking out the aliens that were rushing in crazily. Everyone could finally get a brief respite.
As soon as Amber entered the inner cabin, the female soldiers rushed up and asked nervously:
"Sir, are you okay?!"
"Thank you for your help just now, otherwise we wouldn't have had time to retreat!"
"I didn't expect you to be so skilled. You're better at killing monsters than us!"
No matter in which era, life is precious, and no one is willing to die for a stranger. Just now, they had already sacrificed many comrades in protecting Fang Yun. If Amber had not rescued them in time, the casualties would have been even greater.
Amber always felt that the monster wave just now came too suddenly, not by accident, but more like man-made. He looked up at Sevilla standing at the end of the team, and he seemed invisible, with no sense of existence. Everyone was surrounding Amber to express gratitude and admiration, but Sevilla was the only one standing far away, motionless.
"I'm fine. Everyone, take care of your wounds and leave this place as soon as possible."
Amber refused the military doctor's examination and asked them to rescue the seriously injured female soldiers first. There were many soldiers with broken arms and legs in the team. The starship was filled with constant wailing and the pungent smell of blood.
Ludwig lost his insectoid combat state and collapsed in his seat exhausted to rest. The bloodstains on his face had turned reddish brown due to the passage of time, which gave him an inexplicably decadent and strange look against his fair skin.
The sharp claws were retracted, and the bony hands fell down, with many shocking scars, the deepest of which revealed the white bones.
Ludwig closed his eyes and gasped, feeling the pain in his brain. When he transformed into a female soldier, he would undoubtedly unleash tremendous power, but after the battle, he would inevitably suffer the pain brought by the mental frenzy.
This is the cruelty of war.
In the beast attack just now, Ludwig lost two of his old subordinates, but it was not because of their incompetence, but because they were bitten off the throat by the gluttons while standing in front of him in order to protect Fang Yun. They were eaten up and even their corpses were gone.
Ludwig's chest was filled with anger and sorrow, but he had nowhere to vent, so he could only numb his nerves with pain. He couldn't help but clench his fists, and the wound that had finally healed began to crack again. Blood dripped down at a slow speed, and finally formed a small pool on the ground.
In a trance, it seemed as if someone sat down beside him, took up the injured hand and began to apply medicine, with slow movements. Ludwig opened his eyes and saw Amber coming over with a medicine box. His pupils were still red, and he looked a little ghostly in the shadows. He spoke in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency..."
Amber cleaned Ludwig's wound and evenly applied special gel. She couldn't help but frowned: "Why don't you ask a military doctor to treat the wound?"
Ludwig exhaled slowly, his expression somewhat sinister: "I only had superficial injuries. In order to protect the male insect, Bosh and his companions even had their bodies eaten by the alien beasts. And Nanla...he broke an arm."
The saliva of a glutton is poisonous. Once bitten, the saliva will corrode the nerves in the limbs, making reattachment surgery impossible.
Ludwig's tone was icy, with a bone-chilling chill: "Nala was already engaged, and was waiting for the end of this battle to return to Heitz City to get married. However, in order to protect the male insect, one of her hands was bitten off alive..."
What was waiting for him? Breaking off the engagement? Discharge from the army? Ludwig couldn't imagine it. He gritted his teeth and said, "You shouldn't have stopped me just now. You should have let me kill him!"
Amber used gauze to wrap the wound, thinking that Fang Yun was really a pest. Unfortunately, he was at most an accomplice in this incident. The real mastermind was someone else: "Ludwig, there were so many bugs watching at the time. If you killed him, you would definitely get into trouble. Moreover, this beast attack came very suddenly. I suspect there were bugs behind it."
Ludwig raised his eyes suddenly when he heard this: "Who?!"
Amber didn't tell him, after all, she didn't have any substantial evidence: "In short, the plan to kill Fang Yun has been put on hold. Try to keep him away from the battlefield during this period of time. The aliens are very sensitive to his bloody smell, and it will cause a big mess if they smell it."
Ludwig said coldly: "A piece of trash like him shouldn't have appeared on the battlefield in the first place. He will only become a burden!"
Fang Yun had been in a state of shock ever since he was rescued from the beast tide by Amber. He was still hiding in the last corner of the starship, shivering violently, his face pale, and muttering to himself: "I want to leave here... I want to leave here... This place is simply not a place for human beings to stay..."
The military doctor wanted to come over to treat his wound, but Fang Yun suddenly pushed him away as if he was stressed: "Don't come over! Stay away from me! Get out of here!"
Joyce heard the commotion and walked over quickly. His usual smiling expression disappeared, and now only disgust and irritation remained. He said with all his strength, "Mr. Fang Yun, the medical resources in the team are in short supply right now. I hope you won't be willful and bandage the wound immediately. There are still many soldiers waiting for treatment!"
If the situation allowed, Joyce really wanted to kick Fang Yun out to feed the alien beasts. The Third Prince was really blind to recruit such an incompetent male insect into the team. And those alien beasts kept chasing Fang Yun and wouldn't let go. It was really weird!
Fang Yun looked up in panic: "When can the team return to Haze City? I don't want to stay here. You guys hurry up and find a way to send me back! Please, send me back!"
He had never seen such a terrifying scene in his life. Monsters half the height of a man were chasing him relentlessly, tearing the bodies of the female soldiers into pieces, with their limbs flying everywhere. He was lucky to survive today, but what about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow? !
Joyce's face became uglier and uglier. He had fought for so many years, but this was the first time he had heard such an outrageous request: "Sir, deserters are not allowed on the battlefield. Not to mention me, even Admiral Giles would not agree. If you are so afraid of death, why did you join the Black Eagle Corps in the first place?!"
His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and many female soldiers nearby heard it. All kinds of glances swept over him, some with surprise, some with contempt, and some with disdain, almost drowning Fang Yun.
"I……"
Fang Yun's lips moved, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he uttered a word with difficulty: "I..."
He just felt that he was different from those greedy and cowardly male insects on Alixia, he just felt that fighting was not a big deal, he just felt that so many admiring eyes should stay on him for a long time...
But he forgot that he was just a mortal after all.
Just when Joyce was about to explode with anger, Sivley suddenly came out and said softly, "Major General Joyce, Mr. Fang Yun must have just been frightened. Let me help bandage his wound."
His azure eyes were not aggressive at all, and considering his engagement with Fang Yun was well known, Joyce did not think much about it and frowned, saying, "Then I'll leave it to you."
Yuqi signaled the military doctor to leave and left a medicine box for Sifley.
All the insects on the starship were extremely busy, because according to instrument detection, there were clearly no signs of any alien beasts in that area, but so many of them emerged from the ground for no reason. If the reason could not be found, it would affect the subsequent combat plans.
Sivley opened the medicine box and whispered softly, "Sir, let me help you apply the medicine. It would be bad if it gets inflamed."
Fang Yun's resistance to Sivley was much less. He stretched out his hand tremblingly and asked him to apply medicine on him, feeling guilty: "Sivley, I'm sorry..."
This female insect was so good to him, but he was entangled with Andrew, which really let down Sifley's deep affection.
Severe just smiled: "Don't say that, it's what you should do."
He helped Fang Yun wrap the gauze, looked around, and saw that no insects were paying attention to this place. He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Actually, if you want to return to Haiz City, it is not impossible."
Fang Yun's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he grabbed his wrist excitedly: "Sivley, you have a way, right?! You have a way to take me away from here, right?!"
Severe smiled slightly: "Of course."
He leaned close to Fang Yun's ear and whispered something. The other party's expression changed several times, and he seemed a little uneasy: "Is this really okay?"
Severai said temptingly, "This is the only way. Admiral Giles has found the lair of the gluttons. There will be a bigger battle tomorrow. If we don't escape now, it will be too late."
Outside the porthole, the wind howled and dusk fell. This desolate planet had existed quietly for who knows how many years. No vegetation grew, and only countless energy minerals were buried deep underground.
According to the original operation plan, the team was supposed to sneak into the alien lair after daybreak, but Admiral Giles did not expect to encounter a sudden attack, resulting in casualties in the team. He had no choice but to postpone the operation plan and let the team rest for two days. However, he did not expect that during the recuperation period, a signalman suddenly ran over in a panic and brought a shocking news:
"Oh no, General! Lord Fang Yun has escaped!"
Admiral Giles's face changed when he heard this: "What did you say?!"
The signalman ran out of breath: "When we were counting the equipment at night, we suddenly found that a micro-aircraft was missing. After checking the recorder, we found that it was Mr. Fang Yun who quietly drove away. I wonder if he ran back to Alixia Star!"
"Bang!"
Admiral Giles was furious and slammed the table. He rarely lost his composure. "The fuel in the micro-aircraft is not enough to support it to return to the imperial capital. It will be forced to land because of running out of fuel after flying one-third of the way. There are all messy and barren planets nearby. What if something unexpected happens?! What are you doing? You just discovered that the aircraft is missing now. Hurry up and search and locate it!"
The signalman stammered out some bad news: "The positioning function of the aircraft seems to have been removed. We are currently unable to retrieve the coordinates of Mr. Fang Yun."
He said with a bitter face, waiting for the next storm, but Admiral Giles just swore in a low voice, put on his military cap, left the cockpit, and hurried to convene an emergency meeting.
"Let him escape. Maybe Lord Fang Yun has already returned to Haze City. There is no need for us to worry about him."
No one showed any concern about Fang Yun's departure. Ludwig even wanted to open a bottle of wine to celebrate. Even Major General Joyce covered his mouth artificially and pretended to be surprised: "Oh my God, did Lord Fang Yun escape secretly?
Ludwig stroked his chin and said, "I swear to the Insect God, this is one of the best news I have ever heard in my life."
The other generals did not react much, and one even spoke tentatively: "Admiral Giles, how about we carry out the battle plan first, and then send a team to find Lord Fang Yun after the alien beasts are successfully eliminated? Otherwise, if we delay the order of the Insect Emperor, we will all be in trouble."
"Wait until the alien beasts are eliminated successfully?!"
Admiral Giles was furious and slammed the table, "Then you don't need to look for Fang Yunge, just build a grave for him on the planet of Gurga!"
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