“Thanks.”
Li Huowang quickly put on the bulletproof vest with their help. It gave him peace of mind since they would soon confront an unknown enemy.
“Don’t thank us. Qing Wanglai was the one who prepared it for you. You obviously wouldn’t bring one.”
Li Huowang looked at Qing Wanglai, who was loading a magazine into his handgun. Qing Wanglai smiled and nodded back at him.
Wu Qi seemed like the most ordinary person in Qing Wanglai’s group, so Li Huowang turned to her. “Sister Wu, do you really trust Qing Wanglai? You’ve seen what kind of person he is. You must be aware by now.”
“Of course I know,” Wu Qi said, placing a helmet on Li Huowang’s head.
“But don’t you think dealing with someone like him is pretty simple? As long as you understand what makes him tick.” Wu Qi knocked on Li Huowang’s helmet. “Li Huowang, don’t assume that Zhao Shuangdian is any better. No one here is normal.”
Li Huowang remained silent, turning his attention to Wu Qi and Zhao Shuangdian’s weapons instead.
Wu Qi appeared unarmed, carrying only a medical kit. She seemed prepared to serve as a field medic this time.
As for Chen Hongyu, she pulled a nail-covered spiked mace from the trunk,“We’re about to go into combat, and that’s what you’re bringing?” Li Huowang asked.
Chen Hongyu shrugged indifferently. “No worries, I don’t rely on this. I have special abilities.”
Li Huowang sighed deeply and walked away from her.
He approached Zhao Shuangdian, who was adjusting the sights on her sniper rifle. “What’s the plan?”
“Follow her,” Zhao Shuangdian replied, pointing with her painted red nails at the frail, twitchy girl nearby.
The girl was unarmed, unlike the others. She pulled out a tablet and started to tap quickly.
Once everyone was ready and gathered, Zhao Shuangdian repeated the plan. “Remember, from now on, follow my instructions—no doubts or disobedience.
“No matter what the world looks like to you, the first thing to remember is that we’re all on the same team. Never betray your comrades.
“And don’t hesitate. Eliminate any signs of hostility.”
“One last thing. We’re currently outside the elephant while they are inside.”
Zhao Shuangdian nodded to the girl, prompting her to put on a pair of VR glasses connected to the tablet.
She started to scan the dark desert as the group moved forward.
It was nighttime, but not pitch black. Their surroundings were in a strange state—barely visible, yet shrouded in obscurity.
Li Huowang walked at the front, dragging his heavy gear. He gripped his knives, ready to charge at the enemy at any moment.
“Is this going to work? Can we really get to another elephant this way?”
Despite his doubts about Zhao Shuangdian’s plan, Li Huowang was determined to give it his all and wait for tangible results.
Until he saw actual proof, everything they said was merely a theory to him, not reality.
To his surprise, the search took much longer than expected. They still hadn’t found anything after about an hour of walking across the desert.
Suddenly, Li Huowang spotted something. He grabbed Zhao Lei’s flashlight and shone it on the ground. “Wait!”
Everyone gathered around.
“Look! There are footprints here, and they’re ours! We’ve been walking in circles!”
Zhao Shuangdian pulled her sunglasses down slightly and stared at Li Huowang’s face hidden inside his helmet. Her words came slowly and deliberately. “Follow orders.”
Li Huowang didn’t say anything else. He tossed the flashlight aside and continued walking.
He couldn’t understand how circling around outside the elephant would get them inside.
Another hour passed, and Li Huowang began to feel exhausted. Although they were walking slowly, his gear was incredibly heavy.
A gunshot rang out, and Li Huowang’s exhaustion dissipated instantly. He turned to see Zhao Shuangdian lower her sniper rifle, which she had previously rested on Ba Shengqing’s shoulder.
Li Huowang tightened his grip on his weapons and charged in the direction where the rifle was pointing.
He was shocked to see a vast pool of blood on the ground. Judging by the amount, it appeared as though someone had lost almost all of their blood. However, against all odds, they had somehow managed to escape. It was unbelievable.
Zhao Shuangdian dipped a finger into the blood, then put it in her mouth and tasted it. “They know we’re here.
“Be alert. Our enemies are not just on one side. We still don’t know from which side they’ll attack.”
Zhao Shuangdian turned to the girl with the glasses. “Ling, how’s it going? Are we close?”
“The elephant is formless–-”
Before she could finish her sentence, a bullet shredded her tongue and exited through her mouth.
Her head exploded, and half of her terrified face landed at Li Huowang’s feet.
“Get down! They’ve got an anti-materiel rifle!”
As the girl’s headless body collapsed, everyone immediately hit the ground, except for Chen Hongyu, who was standing there and channeling her energy.
As the girl’s headless body fell, everyone except Chen Hongyu immediately dropped to the ground. She was standing in place and channeling her energy.
“Mm... mm...!!” Chen Hongyu, who was concentrating her energy on her dantian, was tackled by Li Huowang.
“Do you want to die?!”
“Let me go! Let me use my power!”
Li Huowang held Chen Hongyu down while cursing Qing Wanglai in his mind for bringing a useless lunatic with them.
“Let her go. She can handle it,” Qing Wanglai said calmly. Zhao Shuangdian echoed the command, and Li Huowang finally rolled off Chen Hongyu after a moment of hesitation.
He lay on the ground and watched as she stood up again, curious about how she intended to solve this crisis.
Clack, clack, clack. Multiple flashlights flickered and illuminated Chen Hongyu, making her an easy target in the dark desert.
Gunshots rang as Chen Hongyu levitated while channeling her powers, and she fell to the ground.
“Enemy at eleven o’clock!” Zhao Shuangdian’s voice rang out. Everyone with a gun immediately opened fire in that direction.
Once the shooting stopped, they tossed over a red flare, which revealed two corpses in the distance.
Li Huowang looked at Chen Hongyu’s lifeless body on the ground. He clenched his teeth in rage as he glared at Zhao Shuangdian and Qing Wanglai. “So this was your plan? To use her as bait?”
“No, she had special abilities. I simply chose to believe in her,” Qing Wanglai replied with a smile.
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