Upon discovering the arrival of so many reinforcements, the foreign tribes hastily retreated.
Seeing that the situation had turned around, the alien captain also tried to escape, but was punched hard by Xu Yuehuai and fell into a pool of blood.
The miners, knowing that the aliens could no longer control them, wept and laid down their weapons.
While government reinforcements pursued the foreign invaders, they also settled the miners.
Seeing that he was no longer needed to handle the situation, Xu Yuehuai smiled and turned to leave.
She once again traversed the dense forest, leaping and crawling to conceal herself with the trees, erasing her footprints and scent, as she continued to approach the capital of the Underworld Moon Kingdom.
But when she arrived at a fiery red forest, she felt as if she were being watched.
Moreover, as it got darker, the feeling of being spied on became even stronger.
Has the assassin finally arrived?
Xu Yuehuai gripped his longsword tightly, scanning his surroundings warily.
Just as she was thinking about her next move, a cold voice rang in her ears: "It's all because of you! My entire squad was destroyed!"
"You jinx! Prepare to die!"
Before the words were finished, a dark figure suddenly jumped out from the forest. At first glance, it was the alien captain.
His eyes burned with the flames of revenge, and he held a sharp, precious stone weapon in his hand, the blade gleaming with a faint blue light, both ferocious and savage.
Xu Yuehuai had already sustained many new injuries in the previous battle, and now that the alien captain was catching up, she knew that fighting head-on was definitely not the best strategy.
The next moment, she pretended to be frightened and ran away haphazardly, luring the alien captain to gradually approach her.
Suddenly, she saw a group of people approaching not far ahead.
The more she looked at those people, the more familiar they seemed; they were the people who had been chasing her before!
Wow! What a coincidence! They're all acquaintances!
"You've finally arrived! Take me away now!"
Xu Yuehuai hurriedly shouted loudly in that direction, her tone full of urgency and anticipation.
Upon hearing her words, the alien captain was so angry that he laughed instead.
"Ha! You actually have other helpers?"
"It's alright, I don't care how many people come, because I'll send them on their way with you right away!"
As he spoke, the alien captain swung his gemstone weapon toward them with a whoosh.
In the blink of an eye, a sharp blue light suddenly shot out, darting to the faces of those people like lightning.
The group of people didn't expect that they would be attacked by Xu Yuehuai's men as soon as they arrived.
They were caught off guard, wondering why the other party was wearing their tribe's clothes and attacking their own people.
Could he be a traitor? An enemy deliberately hiding among the alien race?
With this in mind, and the alien captain's attacks becoming increasingly fierce, there was simply no room for maneuver for either side.
The group immediately realized that the other party was definitely the enemy! If they didn't retaliate, they would be defeated by these traitors today.
"Hey! You traitor, how dare you attack us? You're asking for it!"
They drew their weapons and launched a swift and massive attack on the alien captain.
"You dare to interrupt my good time and try to take people away? You're completely disregarding me, you're asking for death!" The alien captain was furious. He took out a concealed weapon and shot one of the assassins dead.
The assassins' eyes turned bloodshot, making them even more ferocious, unleashing a barrage of deadly attacks.
Seeing the alien captain and the assassins fighting fiercely, Xu Yuehuai chuckled inwardly. Taking advantage of the distance between the two sides, she instantly ran towards the dense forest like a rabbit.
"That woman escaped! It's all your fault!" the alien captain said urgently.
"You want to capture her too?" The assassin was bewildered.
"It seems we're not enemies, we're teammates! I was so foolish!" The alien captain finally realized he'd been tricked by Xu Yuehuai.
"It's not too late, go for it!"
The assassins put away their weapons and hurriedly chased after Xu Yuehuai in the direction he had fled, with the alien captain helplessly following behind.
However, Xu Yuehuai had already created a false impression, leaving behind false traces and erasing the true evidence.
She knew in her heart that these tricks were just a delaying tactic. She still needed to find a safe place to hide for a while until those people gave up looking for her before she could leave.
Otherwise, if one of them discovers her, she will definitely be in great danger.
Although she wasn't very familiar with the terrain here, she had seen a map of the entire Shikoku region before.
She remembered the general route map; as long as she headed northeast, she would reach the capital of the Underworld Moon Kingdom.
Under the cover of night, Xu Yuehuai ran wildly, not knowing how far she had run, until she was exhausted and could no longer run, and finally stopped beside a patch of dry grass.
Hiding in the haystack, she looked around, then closed her eyes to feel the flow of air. After confirming that no one was following her, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After catching her breath for a while, she leaned against a big tree and took out some dry food to replenish her nutrition.
I was incredibly lucky to escape after being hunted by both sides. Hopefully, those innocent miners are now protected, and they won't be foolish enough to be controlled by others again.
"But who exactly is behind all this conspiracy?" Xu Yuehuai gazed at the night sky, her brows furrowed, and murmured to herself.
The mastermind's ambitions are insatiable, leading to this endless cycle of exploitation and slaughter.
From the initial Dongsang Kingdom, then to the Wuling Kingdom, it has now spread to the Mingyue Kingdom.
During this trip to the Dark Moon Kingdom, she must kick out the henchmen of the mastermind behind the scenes and absolutely cannot allow the poison of their alien race to continue to spread like a virus.
For the next month or so, Xu Yuehuai changed his route multiple times, constantly luring the assassins astray.
And she, through twists and turns, gradually approached the capital of the Underworld Moon Kingdom.
However, she gradually discovered that there were actually many gemstone mines within the territory of the Dark Moon Kingdom.
Those mines, which appear ordinary on the surface, are actually paradises where the dark forces of alien races exploit and oppress the miners!
The miners worked day and night, imprisoned in the dimly lit mine shafts, toiling for the foreigners. They were often hungry, unable to get a good night's sleep, and their clothes were even more tattered than those of beggars.
In such a work environment, even without controlling their consciousness, people would become numb and indifferent.
Unexpectedly, the dark forces of the Dark Moon Kingdom are so deeply entrenched. In fact, there are quite a few locals who deliberately cooperate with foreigners to send innocent people here as slaves.
To crack down on this dark industry chain, we need people at the top to get involved and completely destroy their escape routes.
But how many high-ranking officials and nobles of the Mingyue Kingdom have become puppets or accomplices of foreign races?
If one rashly offers opinions to high-ranking officials and dignitaries, one might become the target of their elimination.
It would be safest to cooperate with NGOs and take control of the discourse.
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