Chapter 50: The Regiment Commander's Plan

Chu Yunsheng, taking advantage of the researchers not yet arriving, immediately inscribed a new摄yuan symbol and walked alone to the back of the tentacle monster, desperately absorbing the yuan energy from the mother body's cavity. One symbol wasn't enough, so he used two; two weren't enough, so he used three. He stopped after using six symbols, which was equivalent to the energy of over thirty red-armored bugs! Moreover, he didn't absorb the energy immediately after the tentacle mother's death, wasting quite a bit. This showed just how powerful the monster was!

Chu Yunsheng didn't have time to absorb the energy from the smaller tentacle monsters, as the researchers had already arrived. He put away the symbols and noticed a faint light in the sky. Checking his watch, it was already around 8:30 in the morning.

The awakened guards of Dongshen University were still resting at the site where Jiang Ye's body was buried. They had all been injured to varying degrees. When Chu Yunsheng returned, he saw Zhong Nan talking to several officers.

Seeing Chu Yunsheng come back, Zhong Nan turned his body and introduced him to a colonel with two bars and three stars on his shoulder: "Commander Du, the person you're looking for is him."

Commander Du took Chu Yunsheng's right hand and smiled, saying, "Mr. Chu, I'm very pleased to meet you. My name is Du Qishan."

Chu Yunsheng's heart tightened. What did the military want from him? He could only勉强say, "Hello!"

Just as Commander Du was about to speak, someone behind him exclaimed, "It's you!"

Chu Yunsheng looked closely and frowned. It was none other than Captain Gu, who had made him very uncomfortable that day. It seemed they had also escaped and returned to the military.

Commander Du's eyes flickered, and he said calmly, "Liming, do you know each other?"

Gu Liming looked somewhat embarrassed and whispered a few words in Commander Du's ear.

Commander Du's expression grew serious. After Gu Liming finished speaking, he solemnly said to Chu Yunsheng, "Mr. Chu, as Captain Gu's superior, I apologize on his behalf. I hope you won't hold past events against him."

Chu Yunsheng shook his head and said, "It's fine. The matter is already over, and it wasn't a big deal. He was just doing his duty. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Commander Du quickly said, "Mr. Chu, Professor Sun has mentioned you to me several times, and he admires your abilities greatly. I had the privilege of witnessing you slay the monster with a single sword strike, which was truly impressive! I was just discussing with Captain Zhong about hoping to get your help. We need to escort a group of people to reach Jinling City as soon as possible."

Chu Yunsheng thought for a moment. Although Commander Du's attitude was very sincere, and his eyes were full of genuine admiration, which was a stark contrast to Gu Liming's behavior, he had no intention of becoming a bodyguard. Moreover, escorting people with the military's awakened warriors to leave the main group of refugees was a very dangerous task, far less safe than staying with the crowd.

Without much hesitation, Chu Yunsheng politely declined, "I'm sorry, Commander Du, you're overestimating me. I have some personal matters to attend to, so I can't join your mission."

Commander Du smiled and explained, "Mr. Chu, there's no need to be modest. Perhaps I didn't explain clearly. This escort mission involves not only some important leaders but also a large number of scientists. It's not for personal gain, and it involves military secrets that I can't disclose. However, I assure you it's for the greater good. We must reach Jinling City safely and ahead of time. I hope you'll reconsider."

Chu Yunsheng found it strange. Even he knew that staying with the crowd was much safer than going alone. These people couldn't be unaware of this. What could be so urgent that they needed to leave the crowd?

However, this wasn't his concern. Moreover, the mention of "leaders" by Commander Du made him feel depressed. Why should important leaders be evacuated first? The deeply ingrained official mindset was truly unbreakable!

He had no interest in being a bodyguard for these officials and said coldly, "Commander Du, Dongshen University also has many researchers. I think it's better for me to stay with the university's guard team for now! If there's nothing else, I have some matters to attend to. Goodbye!"

Without waiting for their response, Chu Yunsheng turned and left. He now had a large number of摄yuan symbols and needed to focus on cultivating to reach the Second Yuan Heaven realm. Leaders? In this bloody era, who still cared about them, except for these bureaucrats?

After walking a distance, he suddenly heard Gu Liming whisper, "Commander, why didn't you tell him that the rear forces are about to be overwhelmed!?"

Although his voice was very low, Chu Yunsheng's hearing was extremely sharp, and he heard every word clearly. His heart was shocked. The rear forces were finally about to be overwhelmed!

Once the rear forces collapsed, a massive swarm of bugs would follow. Despite the large number of humans on this road, they would ultimately become prey, like sheep to lions.

Chu Yunsheng was worried but still didn't want to join Commander Du's plan. Venturing out ahead was too risky, and who knew what greater dangers lay ahead, especially after seeing the strange glowing flying creatures and bizarre plants in the underground bakery, which made him believe that the dangers ahead were no less than the bugs behind.

He quickened his pace and returned to the bus. There were few people on the bus, and the team members hadn't returned yet.

The weak light in the sky barely allowed one to see the surroundings, and everything beyond a short distance was blurry. The crowd's pace was still slow, and they had already left the city, with vast fields and farmland around, making the area seem very open.

By evening, they hadn't even reached Kun City, and many people had died on the road, with bodies scattered everywhere, increasing in number.

The sound of artillery fire from the rear gradually diminished and eventually stopped.

The road was somewhat gloomy, and they hadn't encountered even a single red-armored bug or flying insect. Chu Yunsheng was somewhat paranoid, suspecting that the bugs were planning a large-scale attack.

He dozed off on the truck and suddenly heard a commotion from Bus No. 1. Opening his eyes, he saw that most of the team members were not on the truck, except for two female members. Alarmed, he quickly jumped off the truck.

Around Bus No. 1, a crowd had gathered. Most of the university guard team members were there, facing off against another group, with clear tension. Zhong Nan was at the front, arguing with the leader of the other group.

"Boss, why bother with them? Just take what we want. With just a few awakened warriors, we don't need to fear them!" A burly man with a large knife behind the leader shouted.

The others chimed in in agreement.

Chu Yunsheng couldn't push through the crowd, so he pulled a team member aside to ask what was happening. It turned out that not long ago, over twenty fierce awakened warriors had followed them, looting food along the way. When they reached the Dongshen University bus convoy and tried to loot, they were stopped by the guard team. Since both sides were awakened warriors, they didn't dare to act rashly, and Captain Zhong Nan had come to handle the situation.

The leader of the other group was a long-faced man with a pair of cold, calculating eyes, sizing up the university's team members, seemingly assessing the strength of both sides.

The long-faced man said coldly, "Captain Zhong, we're giving you face. We only want half the supplies and half the buses. Otherwise—"

Qin Heng snorted angrily and interrupted, "Otherwise what? If you want to fight, we're not afraid of you!"

The long-faced man pointed at Qin Heng and sneered, "Captain Zhong, I can see you're a skilled fighter, so I'm giving you face. But someone like him, I don't even bother to look at!"

Qin Heng's face turned red with anger, and he was about to attack but was held back by Zhong Nan.