Hearing this, Mr. Yuan couldn't help but frown.
This war was also a prime opportunity for them to promote to Sequence 4.
Furthermore, due to their long-term performance, they were at the very front of the queue for promotion. Now, it was actually being postponed?
“What exactly is the reason?”
“The evil god summoned by the Shadow Lotus Church this time is quite troublesome to deal with. Our people have to handle the evil god first and won't have time to oversee our rituals, so they have to be delayed.”
Mr. Yuan nodded. Since it was an order from above, he could only accept it.
After all, breaking through to Sequence 4 was no small matter; it wouldn't do without experts present.
“Roughly how long will it be delayed? Since people have already arrived from headquarters, they should be able to take down that evil god in two or three days, right?”
Mr. Yu’s expression remained grave.
“That’s exactly the problem.”
“Hmm?”
“The higher-ups want to capture it ‘alive.’”
Upon hearing this, Mr. Yuan’s expression instantly soured.
“With a major battle imminent, they want to capture it alive? Whose order was that?”
“Who else could it be? Our Monarch, of course.”
“Heh.”
Mr. Yuan let out a cold laugh and looked out the window.
“If high-level combatants are injured because of an attempt to capture an evil god, then there’s no way to guarantee the outcome of this war.”
Mr. Yu didn’t respond. He looked down at his watch.
“The main army is almost here. I wonder how long this war will last.”
“Great Qi’s national strength isn’t weak; it should take at least...”
Inside the soundproof barrier, the two of them were completely unaware of the anomaly outside.
Time rewound to three minutes prior.
Yin Yang and Liu Hong were currently ‘watching the gate,’ though with the strength of Mr. Yuan and Mr. Yu, such a thing wasn't actually necessary.
The problem was that Mr. Yuan was in their dormitory!
As long as the two teachers didn't leave, Yin Yang and Liu Hong had nowhere else to go.
“Hey, Xiao Yang, did you see Mr. Yu’s face just now? Something big must have happened.”
“Yeah.”
Yin Yang nodded, his expression somewhat grim.
Liu Hong thought he was worried about the evil god from earlier and stepped forward with a smile to pat his shoulder.
“Oh, come on, maybe it really was just a coincidence? Don't be afraid. With a Demigod like Mr. Yuan here, what could go wrong?”
Yin Yang shook his head, clutching the ring on his chest.
“I'm not worried about that. I just feel restless, like something is about to happen.”
“Huh?”
Liu Hong was a bit surprised, but when he saw the ring Yin Yang was holding, his expression instantly became serious.
He remembered the other man saying that it was a ring that could sense danger.
Almost at the same time, a piercing alarm rang out across the entire base!
The two were startled. They immediately turned around and knocked on the door, but no matter how hard they knocked, not a single sound came from inside.
“Sir! Sir!”
“The alarm is going off, Sir!”
They pounded on the door, but there was no response from within.
“Zheng Yang, what do we do?”
Liu Hong instinctively turned to look at Yin Yang.
When people encounter danger or difficulty, they subconsciously seek help from someone stronger than themselves.
In Liu Hong's heart at this moment, Yin Yang was undoubtedly that person.
“Don't panic. The teachers are Demigods; we don't need to worry about them too much. We need to think about how to save ourselves first. We...”
Yin Yang suddenly looked up as he spoke. In that instant, he felt like his scalp was about to explode!
Fortunately, he didn't have a heart yet, otherwise it would have jumped into his throat.
“Yin Yang, what's wrong?”
“Take this!”
Yin Yang directly handed a ginkgo leaf amulet to the other man.
“This is the same as the one I gave Mr. Zhang. It’s an amulet that can resist the influence of an evil god. Infuse it with spiritual power.”
“Huh? If you give this to me, what about you?”
“I have a backup.”
“Isn't this the backup?”
“This is the backup’s backup! Don't worry about that, just infuse your spiritual power!”
“But...”
“Now!!!”
Liu Hong was startled by Yin Yang’s roar. He instinctively infused spirituality into the ginkgo leaf. As a ‘breeze’ blew past, he suddenly felt much more comfortable.
Just as he was about to ask what was going on, Yin Yang grabbed his wrist and started running toward the stairs.
“We’re going to find a car and leave. Don't listen, don't look. Whether we survive depends on luck.”
“Zheng Yang, what exactly is happening?”
Liu Hong had been working at high intensity lately, and his head was still a bit dizzy; he couldn't process what was happening at all.
“Do you remember what I said?”
“I remember.”
“Repeat it!”
“Find a car and leave this place. Don't listen, don't look.”
“Good.”
As they spoke, Yin Yang had already led him down the stairs.
And Liu Hong finally saw what was happening outside.
The camp, which had been relatively peaceful just a few minutes ago, was now covered in writhing flesh and blood!
A massive ball of flesh, over ten meters in diameter, floated quietly in the air.
A giant eyeball grew in the center of that meatball, blinking slowly.
“Zheng... Zheng Yang.”
“Don't look at it! Did you forget what I just said?”
Liu Hong hurriedly looked down at his toes.
“Follow me!”
Yin Yang pulled Liu Hong toward the garage. At this moment, Liu Hong seemed to have forgotten that the Zheng Yang before him was just an ordinary person, while he was the transcendent.
“Do you remember what I said?”
“I remember.”
“Repeat it!”
“Don't look at it... find a car...”
Liu Hong repeated it once more. To some extent, this eased his fear, letting him know what he should be doing and allowing him to carry it out.
The dormitory building wasn't far from the garage, but there was still a distance to cover.
And that short distance was enough for Liu Hong to understand where the writhing flesh on the ground had come from.
“What's going on?”
Inside the garage, a mechanic walked out.
“Don't look!”
The man instinctively looked up at the sky. Liu Hong's warning came too late.
With just that one glance, the mechanic turned into a pile of writhing flesh right before Liu Hong's eyes.
Liu Hong froze on the spot, motionless.
Slap!
The sound of the slap was sharp.
The pain made Liu Hong turn his head. He saw Yin Yang still holding his hand up.
“Zheng... Zheng Yang.”
“Repeat it!”
“Find a car. Don't listen, don't look.”
Yin Yang pulled him forward, bypassing the pile of flesh on the ground. They reached an off-road vehicle, and Yin Yang pushed Liu Hong into the driver's seat.
“Start the car. Listen to me.”
Liu Hong instinctively followed Yin Yang's orders, having given up on independent thought.
As the engine roared to life, Yin Yang checked the fuel level and began setting the navigation.
“Follow the navigation once you're out the gate. I've set it for Wangnian City. No matter what happens during this time, do not stop!”
“I'm not going with you.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Listen to me!”
After setting the navigation, Yin Yang took the small notebook from his pocket, tore out two pages, and handed them to Liu Hong.
“Don't put all your eggs in one basket. If we go separate ways, our chances of survival are higher.”
“I have so many transcendent items; I'll be fine.”
“Take these two. They only require spirituality to activate. The one on the left is for explosions; it can also help you stay airborne for three minutes.”
“I...”
“Repeat it!”
“Find a car. Don't look. Don't listen.”
Yin Yang flashed a smile.
“Right now, it's: Drive the car. Don't look. Don't listen.”
“Liu Hong.”
“Yeah?”
“Stay alive!”
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