“Brother Han, they’re back.”
Bai Yun, who was arranged by Han Ya to monitor the locator in the conference room, quickly ran out to inform Han Ya when she saw the densely packed green dots on the screen.
Han Ya and Bai Yang looked at each other, put down the documents in their hands, and rushed to the conference room.
On the small screen, a bunch of dots were slowly moving on the easternmost side, which finally relieved Han Ya’s worries. However, with a sudden thought, he felt that something was unusual.
Lin Yan and Yan Wei Guo, who came over upon hearing the news, also stood aside. Yan Wei Guo couldn’t help but frown.
“Why are they back so soon?”
Upon hearing Yan Wei Guo’s muttering, the others also felt that something was wrong.
It had only been about a month since they left. Even if everything went smoothly, they should still be on their way to collect other supplies. Even if they didn’t collect any supplies, they should still be on the road now, instead of almost arriving at the base.
“They seem to be in a hurry, like they’re running for their lives.” Bai Yang chuckled as he looked at the dots, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was stunned.
“Lin Yan, you stay at the base, I’ll take people to pick them up!” Han Ya turned around and ran out of the conference room.
Lin Yan reached out to stop Han Ya, “You and the instructor wait here, I’ll go with Brother Bai to check it out.”
Compared to Han Ya who didn’t have any abilities, it was obvious that it would be safer for Lin Yan to lead the team.
Han Ya didn’t argue with him and just nodded before going out with everyone to regroup.
The speed at which Xiao Wen’s team returned was faster than normal, which made them feel uneasy.
After regrouping, despite the uncertain weather conditions, Lin Yan and Bai Yang led the team overnight and headed towards Xiao Wen’s direction.
Because both teams were driving non-stop, they would meet each other on the morning of the third day.
Once the teams were reunited, Bai Yang couldn’t help but use binoculars to look behind Xiao Wen’s team, but didn’t see any pursuers, so he let out a sigh of relief.
“Why are you here, Brother Bai and Lin Yan?” Wen Le and Xiao Wen walked over to them and asked in surprise.
Bai Yang patted their shoulders and felt relieved that they had returned in one piece.
“Because you were driving too fast and we were worried someone was chasing after you, so Lin Yan and I led the team to come and meet you!” Lin Yan said with a smile.
Xiao Wen and Wen Le exchanged a glance and laughed.
“Okay, let’s talk about it when we get back.” Xiao Wen pulled Wen Le and got on Bai Yang’s car with Lin Yan.
On the way back, Xiao Wen briefly explained what had happened. Even though he didn’t go into detail, Lin Yan and Bai Yang couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.
How courageous were these two people?!
Bai Yang looked back at the two young people who had fallen asleep in the back seat, feeling amazed.
They continued to travel at a fast pace and returned to their base after a brief stop following their reunion.
Xiao Wen and Wen Le were too exhausted to think about anything else, so they got in the car and fell asleep together.
After escaping from the military factory, the team didn’t even take a break. Even when they stopped at Wen Le’s place to resupply, they left as soon as they finished, driving non-stop for more than ten days. Even a team of superpowered individuals would have been unable to endure it.
When they returned to the base, Han Ya waited at the gate, anxious to ask about their situation, but was stopped by Bai Yang and Lin Yan. Looking back at the exhausted faces of everyone who got off the car, Han Ya suppressed his doubts and let all the accompanying personnel take a week off to rest before discussing the situation.
Wen Le wanted to talk to Han Ya about the situation, but was lazily lifted by Xiao Wen, and thrown back onto the bed amidst the teasing of many people.
Without any struggle, Wen Le fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow. Xiao Wen pinched Wen Le’s pale face and sighed before getting into bed himself.
After Han Ya learned about the situation from Lin Yan, he couldn’t say anything. After the meeting, he couldn’t help but come to Xiao Wen’s door, gently opened it, and saw the two sleeping soundly. Han Ya smiled and quietly left.
It seems that this time they really pushed themselves to the limit.
When Wen Le woke up groggy, he looked at the familiar roof for a long time before realizing that he was back at the base. Compared to the others who switched shifts to rest on the car, he and Xiao Wen barely slept, not only because of the bumpy ride but also because they had to stay alert as the lead vehicle to get back to the base faster.
After almost two weeks of sleeplessness, Wen Le’s thinking was almost paralyzed.
“Are you awake?” A hoarse voice came from above Wen Le’s head.
Wen Le turned his stiff neck and looked at Xiao Wen, who also had unfocused eyes.
Xiao Wen stretched out his left hand and rubbed his forehead while glancing at his watch.
He had slept for a long time. Over twenty hours had passed.
Just as Xiao Wen was about to get up and stretch, he felt Wen Le roll over and half-crawl onto him, unable to help laughing and bowing his head.
“What’s wrong?”
Wen Le pouted, “I feel like my bones are falling apart.”
Thick laughter came from the chest where Wen Le’s head was resting. Wen Le rolled his eyes and ignored him.
“Alright, get up and move around. It’s inevitable to feel uncomfortable after sleeping for more than twenty hours. Let’s eat something. You can’t go without food for such a long time, or your appetite will suffer.”
Xiao Wen put his arm around Wen Le and lifted him up in one motion.
Wen Le was reluctant to crawl out of Xiao Wen’s arms. If it wasn’t for Xiao Wen’s quick reaction, he would have fallen to the ground.
Wen Le pouted and complained, “I can’t use any strength, I’m so weak.”
Xiao Wen held Wen Le, who had completely leaned against him, feeling a bit heartbroken.
Wen Le had never endured much hardship, let alone Xiao Wen, who had been rolling around since childhood. Even he was having a hard time.
Sighing, Xiao Wen said, “But we still have to eat.”
Xiao Wen put Wen Le back on the bed, raised the pillow so Wen Le could lean against the wall, and Wen Le obediently pulled out a small table from his spatial storage and set up various dishes on it.
These dishes were Wen Le’s private collection, and now he could finally reward himself after being exhausted for so long.
Xiao Wen reached out and touched Wen Le’s forehead, took the chopsticks, and started cooking.
When Han Ya came to check on them for the third time, he saw the two of them eating and talking together, having eaten their fill.
“I mean, you guys didn’t even show your faces after waking up. I thought you were dead asleep!” Han Ya pushed the door open and walked straight in.
Xiao Wen looked up at Han Ya and smiled, “We’re exhausted this time, and Wen Le can’t even get up. It’ll probably take a couple of days to recover and move normally.”
Han Ya nodded, no longer making jokes.
Seeing these two people with such strong vigilance sleeping soundly, several times he approached them and didn’t even know, it was clear that they wouldn’t be able to recover to normal without a break for some time after this trip.
“Lin Yan probably already relayed the situation to us, but we need you two to explain it in detail. I and Captain Yan are quite worried,” said Han Ya, expressing his concern.
Understanding Han Ya’s meaning, Xiao Wen thought for a moment, “Why don’t we let everyone come over, we still have the strength to talk.”
Wen Le nodded in agreement when he saw Xiao Wen looking at him after speaking.
Han Ya turned around and went out to notify the others.
In a short while, Yan Wei Guo and others gathered at the bedside.
Wen Le watched as everyone obediently pulled up chairs and sat in front of them, staring at them.
He couldn’t help but curl his lips and suppress the desire to make fun of them, cooperating with Xiao Wen to carefully explain the situation from when they first noticed something was amiss near F City, to when they saw the military vehicles from the garrison outside the arms factory in the mountain area, to the reckless evacuation after the sweep.
The others listened intently, clenching their fists and sweating for them.
Yan Wei Guo even wanted to curse out these two reckless young people who dared to take such a risk without even knowing how many people or weapons or abilities the other side had. But he also knew that at the time, it was impossible for them to carefully investigate the situation, and success or failure depended on that one chance.
Moreover, even if they knew the other side’s military strength, what could they do? In order to establish a foothold for the base in the future, they would inevitably have to confront the other side.
It was a long time before Yan Wei Guo finally exhaled a breath. “I didn’t expect that the other side was after the same thing.” This was his mistake.
When he told these young people about the military factory, he only wanted to make the most of it, to use the remaining power of the factory to save as many survivors as possible. He didn’t expect it would lead to a direct confrontation with the other side.
“How many people did we lose?” Wen Le looked at Han Ya.
They had been rushing on the road and had no time to stop and regroup.
“We lost fifty-seven people and two hundred and thirty were injured,” Han Ya said.
Wen Le nodded. The number of casualties in that battle was within his expectations. Compared to their loss of fifty-seven people, the other side’s losses were much greater.
“How is the collection of weapons going?” Yan Wei Guo suddenly asked.
Xiao Wen and Han Ya were stunned, they looked at each other, and then both looked at Wen Le at the same time.
Wen Le blinked. “There aren’t many finished weapons, less than a hundred boxes.”
Yan Wei Guo sighed, wondering if it was worth it for him to lead this operation.
Seeing Yan Wei Guo’s serious yet disappointed expression, Wen Le and Xiao Wen looked at Han Ya at the same time. Han Ya received their questioning looks and turned to Bai Yang.
Bai Yang responded with a bewildered expression.
Now, not only Wen Le but even Xiao Wen had a row of black lines on his head.
“Um, Captain Yan, we have achieved our goal this time,” Wen Le opened his mouth, but he still spoke relatively tactfully.
Captain Yan waved his hand, “Indeed we have, but compared to the lives we lost, it seems a bit unworthy!”
Seeing Yan Weig Go’s still grieving expression, Wen Le thought it would be better to be clear.
“Captain Yan, do you know what our goal was this time?”
Yan Wei Guo was taken aback, “Wasn’t it the weapons inside the military factory?”
Wen Le choked, waiting for Han Ya to speak.
Han Ya wiped the sweat off his forehead. He had neglected this point and forgotten that Yan Wei Guo and the others didn’t know about Wen Le’s outrageous space abilities, so he didn’t explain Wen Le and Xiao Wen’s objective. He thought everyone knew.
“Um, Captain Yan, my mistake, my mistake,” Han Ya dryly laughed as he looked at Yan Wei Guo.
Seeing that Yan Wei Guo didn’t understand, he nervously explained, “The boss’s objective this time wasn’t finished weapons in the military factory, but the machines that produce them.”
Yan Wei Guo and Bai Yang looked at Han Ya without changing their expressions.
It wasn’t until Lin Yan suddenly stood up and knocked over his chair with a loud bang that the two soldiers who had been in the army for most of their lives trembled and opened their mouths, unable to say anything.
Han Ya forced a bitter smile and didn’t look at Lin Yan’s twitching face.
He didn’t expect that it had been a day since the caravan had returned, and half of the people present, including the main leaders of the base, still didn’t know the purpose of the caravan’s departure.
Lin Yan’s cheeks couldn’t stop twitching. Seeing Han Ya’s bitter smile, he turned abruptly to Xiao Wen and Wen Le. “And the machines?”
Xiao Wen grinned. “We brought them all back.”
Bang!
Yan Wei Guo and Bai Yang’s chairs were also destroyed after Lin Yan’s.
Love a successful haul 🤩
Thanks for the update! ^^)❤
Thanks for the chapter!