Zhao Qi heard intermittent, indistinct sounds.
He successfully landed in front of the second refugee...
It was an old man covered in mud, emitting a faint glow in the rain.
The reason the old man was glowing was that he was directly scorched by the "sun," with his flesh marked by bright red imprints. Zhao Qi quietly watched this dying person with just a trace of breath.
Among the four-person team, only he reported fully to the captain.
It’s not because the other three had poor vision.
Everyone saw this old man...
However, in their judgnt, he was already a "corpse" not worth saving. The journey to the South Cave was too long, with many falling into the muddy mountains, just not all were seen.
And this old man at the mont was actually just lucky to be "seen."
Sotis life is heavy, sotis it’s light.
Being seen usually makes it a bit heavier.
"...Zhao Qi! Return quickly!"
A reminder ca again from the Spirit Network.
Zhao Qi silently cut the connection.
Everyone feared death, and he was an exception...
He ca to Sangzhou Cave with the thought that "dying like this wouldn’t be so bad."
In fact,
dying "on the rescue mission" was the most perfect ending in his conception.
Zhao Qi squatted down, picked up the frail body, and said softly as a routine: "I am Zhao Qi, a mber of the North Continent temporary rescue team, and I am now responsible for taking you away."
The old man fallen in the mud already had blurred consciousness.
"Sss!"
Tail fins spewed flas.
The two took off.
In the distance, the mountain range was the source energy boat’s docking base, and Zhao Qi dazedly watched the bright gleaming "end point." There should still be two minutes left in the countdown now, and he saw that so source energy boats had ignited the core flas, preparing to take off.
Is there still ti?
If not...
Will he really die here?
Does he really want to die here?
These thoughts ca together, surging into his mind, entangled.
Suddenly, a sharp screech broke the night.
"Caw!"
A giant black crow shot out from the woods.
The dazed Zhao Qi only saw a black shadow crashing toward him. He instinctively dodged, but then ca a heavy "bang," as the crow gripped his shoulder, the iron claw scraping a silver arc on the Second Order Source Armor!
"?!"
All of Zhao Qi’s thoughts were torn apart at this mont.
In the face of this sudden crisis, his first response was the answer: the source armor’s skeleton quickly adjusted, and he accelerated towards the camp.
Zhao Qi’s overall competence was very poor.
He could be described as the worst recruit of the Falling Silver City.
But his Source Armor flight test score was good, one of his best subjects.
The black crow’s first attack failed, speeding up to attempt a second strike, but Zhao Qi’s minor adjustnt inadvertently completed a dodge, with the crow’s shadow grazing the tail fla of the Second Order Source Armor.
But the black crow’s adjustnt speed was faster than Zhao Qi’s.
It lived above the sky.
Only to see a black line, zigzagging, then shooting like a black arrowhead—
"Sigh..."
At this mont, Zhao Qi’s mind completely relaxed.
In fact, deep down he already knew his fate...
Even without this black crow, in the last few seconds, he couldn’t reach the camp. Of the ten source energy boats, all except number three had started closing doors, and even number one had begun to take off.
He closed his eyes.
...
...
"Bang!"
A muffled explosion of flesh echoed above Zhao Qi’s head, and he opened his eyes in shock, then saw a familiar curly-haired young face.
Chen i punched the black crow to pieces.
This punch was extrely powerful, and a large mass of black crow feathers and flesh exploded in the air—
Like a dark, crimson-tinged, bloody firework.
But at this mont, the explosion of the "firework" was very slow because [Ti] had been delayed.
Zhao Qi’s eyes widened. He had been a bird swiftly gliding through the air, but within Chen i’s [Ti Slow] field, it was as if he had suddenly beco a fish sinking to the ocean floor.
Chen i grabbed the protruding part of Zhao Qi’s source armor skeleton.
The two fell from the air, and the mont their feet touched the ground, Chen i started running, like a child flying a kite between the valleys... and Zhao Qi was that kite at this mont.
The oppressive force of the [Ti Slow] field surged in, and although Chen was bearing most of it, Zhao Qi’s face was still distorted by the air pressure.
His long numb cheeks were now full of terror.
He hadn’t expected to run into Chen i, an old "acquaintance," here, having t him several tis in special occasions during his indulgent days in the Dadu District.
His father and Chen i’s father were the two most powerful people dominating the Dadu District.
They were naturally compared by various people...
In fact, there was nothing much to compare.
At a young age, Chen i took down half of the Sincere Heart Association with his iron fists, earning him a reputation on par with Song Ci.
As for himself, Zhao Qi was nothing.
However, the young and arrogant Zhao Qi didn’t think so at the ti. He knew the gap between South Bay and Hua Zhi, which was precisely the difference between Chen San and his own father, so he believed that the one who truly was "nothing" wasn’t him, but Chen i.
At this mont, Chen i’s lips curled up, as if mocking past events.
Zhao Qi felt utterly ashad.
But he hadn’t noticed that there wasn’t much laughter in Chen i’s eyes.
This ant that Chen i was serious about saving him.
"Boom——"
The ti within the [Ti Slow] field was very slow.
For Zhao Qi, the ti of this [Ti Slow] field felt imnsely vast, as if a century had passed!
He watched helplessly as the "several seconds" of his life’s countdown, extended to dozens of seconds with Chen i’s help.
The feeling of having his life forcibly extended was not pleasant.
In the end, he was thrown hands-held into the source energy boat by the guy he once looked down on the most, and into a highly private exclusive VIP conference room no less.
"Bang!"
Once [Ti Slow] ended, Zhao Qi was overtaken by a wave of nausea and dizziness, holding his stomach and retching violently, causing those around him to hurriedly step aside. Fortunately, he didn’t actually vomit, and after dry heaving a few tis, he passed out cold.
"Zhao Qi, why is this guy here?"
Inside the source energy boat were the elite mbers of the Sincere Heart Association.
Su Cha raised an eyebrow.
"This guy joined the ’North Continent’... Rumor has it he’s in Falling Silver City."
Qi Lv wiped the hot barrel of his large gun, having just exhausted his ammunition in the beast tide counterattack, puzzled as he looked at the collapsed Zhao Qi and another old man on the verge of death: "But with Zhao Qi’s nature, it’s hard to imagine this lump of mud participating in an away mission?"
"Indeed, it makes no sense."
Wu Yong slowly sharpened his knife while sneering: "This ’Brother Lanni’ is the one I look down on the most in Da Du, without exception. If soone like him is conscious enough to co to Sangzhou Cave to save people, and even willing to risk his life... then my worldview is likely to collapse today."
"Gentlen, now is not the ti to discuss this ’Brother Lanni’."
Chen i’s voice ca from outside the conference room.
He walked in, glancing at the passed-out Zhao Qi: "I have to admit, encountering this old acquaintance in such a situation is indeed both surprising and delightful, but this guy has really changed a lot."
"Is he dead?"
"Not quite, he’s just passed out now. My [Ti Slow] field was too much for him, though... if I hadn’t increased the ti flow to five to one, I couldn’t have returned to the cabin."
Chen i got straight to the point: "My main goal isn’t just to save Zhao Qi... this old man is very important."
Everyone’s gaze fell on the old man.
"The Sincere Heart Association just saved a little girl, and she was covered in ’Sun Flare’... this old man has even more ’Sun Flare’ on him."
"Sun Flare?"
Su Cha murmured: "This is the handiwork of the Light Church."
"Yes... many refugees in the West Cave have ’disappeared’, and I think the Light Church has been targeting them."
Chen i said with a lowered gaze: "The marchers of the West Cave have all vanished, and many Neutrals have ’died’ because of this."
"In such a situation, these only two ’survivors’ beco exceptionally important. Mr. Qi Mo just sent a ssage, hoping I could save this old man, not rely from a humanitarian standpoint."
"Not rely from a humanitarian standpoint?" Su Cha asked, "Does Mr. Qi intend to conduct research or sothing?"
Chen i shook his head, sincerely saying: "I don’t know. After boarding the ship, Mr. Qi Mo connected himself to a machine and imrsed himself in codes that no one could understand... All I know is that I should trust him."
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