Chapter 101 If You Are a Man, Go to the 100th Floor 7
“Why…why did you bring us here?”
Tian Meng's voice trembled, and tears left two clear traces on her dirty face.
Her nails dug deep into her palms, blood dripping through her fingers, but she didn't feel any pain.
At that moment, Ye Xiaoxuan felt the horror of war from the face of the girl in the game.
There was silence in the command room. Ye Xiaoxuan looked around and saw everyone lowering their heads in silence. Although they didn't speak, Ye Xiaoxuan could tell that they probably all had the same idea.
"Commander, what exactly do you want?" At this moment, Tian Meng raised her head, and the despair in her eyes almost became tangible.
"Why did you bring us here? Is it for some noble ideal? Or... are people like us born to be used as pawns by the big guys and thrown away after being used?"
She kept crying and shouting. Outside the command room, the wind on the city wall was sobbing, like the wailing of dead souls.
Ye Xiaoxuan did not answer immediately. She looked at the young girl——
Her uniform was stained with blood, and her shoulders were so thin that they could barely support the armor, but her eyes were burning with something terrifying.
Suddenly, she broke down and said, "Give me back my friend..."
"Huh?" Seeing this, Ye Qing hurried over to stop it, but Ye Xiaoxuan raised his hand to stop him.
He just let Tian Meng grab his collar in despair, crying out at the top of her lungs:
"He, he's just an ordinary cook! He can't even hold a sword steadily... But in order to push me away, he was killed by those spiders... was..."
Her fingers suddenly lost their strength and she slid to her knees. The string that had been stretched tight finally broke.
"Commander, please give her back to me... wuwuwu..."
Looking at Tian Meng's tearful face, a complex feeling surged into her heart. For a moment, Ye Xiaoxuan slowly squatted down and pressed her bloody palm on Tian Meng's trembling shoulder. Suddenly, she said to Tian Meng:
“Hate me?”
Her voice was very soft, but it cut through the night wind like a blade, "Tian Meng, do you hate me? I asked you if you hate me or not, you just need to answer yes or no."
!
Tian Meng thought she could be comforted or scolded: ...
After a long time, she clenched her fist and said, "Hate."
This behavior itself is extremely rebellious. Everyone around was shocked, but Ye Xiaoxuan didn't care at all and continued:
"Tian Meng, you can hate me even if you want. Your friend risked his life to keep you alive. Are you going to kneel here and wait to die?"
Then, seeing Tian Meng's confused face, she grabbed her collar, led her out and forced her to look outside the city wall.
There were hundreds of corpses piled up there, and on top was the body of a young man who had been pierced by a spider spear, with a broken sword tightly grasped in his hand.
The cold wind blew on their cheeks, making Ye Xiaoxuan's face painfully cold.
"As you can see, because you have a rubbish commander in front of you, they all died here. Not only that, but now our army is in danger of being annihilated."
Ye Xiaoxuan's tone was lonely, and Tian Meng's expression was somewhat moved when she saw her like this.
"but--"
Then, she heard Ye Xiaoxuan change the subject, "Just because of this rubbish commander in front of you, are you going to waste the life he gave you?"
Ye Xiaoxuan's voice suddenly rose. Although it was not her fault strictly speaking, after all, she had not yet entered this body at that time, but she still said so, causing Tian Meng's heart to tremble.
"What you should do is struggle! Take revenge! Kill all these spiders and get out alive - and then make me, the culprit, live a life worse than death!"
She suddenly pulled Tian Meng in front of her, close enough that she could see her own reflection in her pupils:
"Tian Meng, look at me - do you want to grind them into pulp? Do you want me to pay for my debt with blood?"
Tian Meng's breathing stopped for a moment.
The entire city wall was in complete silence, and all the soldiers held their breath. Questioning the supreme commander? This was enough to get her court-martialed ten times.
But Tian Meng's answer was like a poisoned arrow:
"...think." She returned again.
When Ye Xiaoxuan heard this, she smiled.
Because she knew that for a person who was deeply in despair and had no interest in life, simple comfort or blame would no longer have any effect. The only thing that could stir her emotions was hatred, extreme hatred.
When a person loses her hope, hatred is also a kind of hope for her.
Tian Meng hates her now, but she doesn't know that this is exactly what she wants.
Having achieved her goal, Ye Xiaoxuan let go of her hands, turned around and faced all the remaining soldiers, her blood-stained cloak dancing wildly in the wind.
"That's good."
Suddenly, she raised her sword and said with a smile:
"All soldiers bear witness!"
Her voice was so high that it attracted almost everyone's attention for a moment, and then she continued:
"Now, on behalf of the Supreme Commander, I promise—"
The tip of the sword pointed directly in the direction where the spiders were coming from, and her expression was determined.
"Whether I win or lose, after this battle, my life will be at the disposal of Tian Meng. She will have the right to dispose of my life. Even if I lose this battle, I will die in her hands."
For a moment, everyone present was shocked. It was incredible that the supreme commander made such a promise to a subordinate! It even reached the point of absurdity!
Facing the gazes from all directions, Ye Xiaoxuan's expression remained unchanged, and she continued:
"But tomorrow, I want all of you to follow me and defend this place, this city! Even if we fail in the end, we will tell those monsters that we... are not to be trifled with!"
After hearing these words, everyone's blood began to boil. Even Xu Kai, the soldier B who had always opposed her reckless command, couldn't help but speak up:
"But... you know that our success rate is less than 10%..."
"Is something like that...really something we can defeat?"
His voice was trembling, but Ye Xiaoxuan interrupted him disapprovingly: "So what?"
"So..." Xu Kai was speechless for a moment after listening to Ye Xiaoxuan's words.
Ye Xiaoxuan continued, "Does hiding behind the city wall and waiting to die mean that we can only survive 20% of the time?"
She spoke with great power, and the moonlight suddenly pierced through the clouds, illuminating half of her face.
There was no guilt or hesitation on that face, only a desperate madness.
“I will not shirk my responsibility.”
The tip of her sword passed through everyone's eyes. "Because of my mistake, the Third Corps was annihilated. But at this moment -" the tip of the sword suddenly inserted into the gap in the city wall, and a string of sparks burst out, "I dare to bet my life on a chance to turn the tables!"
Without thinking too much, Ye Qing was the first to step forward, followed by Su Xiao.
Xu Kai was silent for a long time, then he also stood up.
Tian Meng wiped his face, and an unprecedented firmness appeared on his originally lifeless face.
On the city wall, a wounded soldier suddenly picked up a broken spear on the ground. The sound of iron friction rang out one after another, and the remaining soldiers stood up one after another.
Faced with this situation, Ye Xiaoxuan drew her sword and smiled, because she knew that she had succeeded.
Drawing the sword and pointing it at the dawn on the horizon, morale is boosted. Tomorrow will be a new day.
Just watching her operation, Ye Xiaocao commented: "The world owes you an Oscar."
"Thank you very much."
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