The long letter Dong Qingxue was writing finally came to an end.
She gently clicked “send.”
The long message turned green, and a small circle kept spinning.
This was exactly what Dong Qingxue wanted.
If it could be sent successfully, she wouldn’t dare to send it.
She gently put down her phone, with no regret left in her eyes. Now she felt dizzy and faint. The air inside the exotic beast was nearly exhausted, and the spiritual barrier protecting her was just a thin layer.
The tendrils, accustomed to rotting flesh, had long craved Dong Qingxue and were now madly wrapping around her, gradually covering her.
Dong Qingxue quietly lay half-recumbent, her eyelids drooping, her consciousness gradually becoming hazy.
Her lips moved slightly, making no sound.
If someone were close enough to her mouth at this moment, they might faintly discern the two words she was repeatedly murmuring.
Sadly, she hadn’t been able to see him one last time. Dong Qingxue sighed lightly in her heart, her vision gradually darkening, her consciousness slowly sinking.
At this moment, a light suddenly appeared in her vision.
“Is this the light at the end of my life?”
Dong Qingxue didn’t pay attention, and her consciousness sank even faster.
But that light grew larger … finally it becoming dazzling.
A strange sound echoed in Dong Qingxue’s ears.
Initially faint and distant.
But it quickly drew closer and became piercing … Fresh air rushed in, and Dong Qingxue, like someone suddenly awakened from a deep sleep, sat up abruptly.
Numerous chaotic sounds drilled into her eardrums. It was the wails and roars of countless exotic beasts. And the light she saw when she was dying was indeed right before her eyes.
She saw the fleshy wall in front of her slowly parting to both sides. As if someone was outside, forcefully tearing the opening wider. The tendrils growing on the fleshy wall went mad, writhing frantically.
Then, in the next moment …
With a sharp, tearing roar, the fleshy wall split completely, and a bright light shone in.
Dong Qingxue’s eyes widened, seeing a tall, slender young man emitting a faint golden glow, struggling to open the bloody tear with both hands and leaping in.
He reached out a hand to Dong Qingxue, his eyes shining, his face smiling.
“Wife, I’ve come to take you home.”
In an instant, Dong Qingxue felt as if she were struck by lightning, standing dumbfounded, motionless.
“General Lu Sheng, ranked twelve-star in the Ninth War Zone, has been in the military district for less than two months. He is nineteen, currently ranked fourth on the Eastern Star General List. But reliable sources say he almost instantly killed Ji Xun, ranked second on the General List, in the third war zone’s cavern. Ji Xun’s combat power is over fifteen stars …”
The adjutant’s report left everyone present shocked and moved.
Especially Yu Xinghai.
Nineteen years old, a general, almost instantly killing Ji Xun with over fifteen stars of combat power … These overlapping halos converged into a weighty term–a genius blessed by the heavens!
Moreover, a top-level prodigy entirely belonging to their Eastern Military District. In terms of potential and qualifications, he far surpassed Dong Shengyi, who stood before Yu Xinghai.
But such a genius, not long ago, launched a suicidal attack on a Class SS grade Catacomb undergoing a Level 10 breakout. Right under his nose. And he didn’t stop him.
Yu Xinghai didn’t know what to say.
After a long time, he finally managed a single sentence: “Can we trace his whereabouts now?”
The adjutant shook his head regretfully: “No, he destroyed his own communication watch before entering the Catacomb. Moreover, Commander, even if we could find his location, given the current situation …”
The adjutant glanced at the increasingly intense beast battlefield and said, “I wouldn’t recommend the military sending a rescue team.”
“Sigh …” Yu Xinghai sighed deeply.
He understood this better than anyone.
He just felt regretful.
Yu Xinghai looked in a certain direction.
A young man with shoulder-length hair and a smaller girl were staring blankly at the center of the battlefield, lost in thought.
“Damn it …” Yu Xinghai cursed silently.
The disciple of a Martial Sage and the only daughter of a Martial Sage—so what if they’re impressive? They caused the Eastern Military to lose a genius who could genuinely reach Level 9.
To put it mildly, if not for their statuses, Yu Xinghai would have wanted to teach Dong Shengyi a lesson on the spot. With his strength, he didn’t believe the other could turn the tables.
Of course, Yu Xinghai only thought about it.
“Keep a close watch. I hope …” Yu Xinghai paused and said solemnly, “A miracle can happen.”
They could only hope for a miracle.
The Class SS grade Catacomb undergoing a Level 10 breakout, and reinforcements from various war zones were still on the way. It would take at least half a month, or even longer, to quell this situation completely.
Just witnessing the breakout from the periphery was frightening enough; inside, it would be ten times, if not, a hundred times more dangerous.
Surviving for more than half a month in such a catastrophe … they could only hope for a miracle.
“Is there any chance of using nuclear weapons?” Yu Xinghai considered and asked the adjutant.
The adjutant hesitated and said softly, “At this stage, it’s definitely impossible. The marshal won’t agree …”
Although thermal weapons were nearly ineffective against high-level exotic beasts, and most thermal weapons become useless within the underground caverns due to the presence of rule fields, nuclear weapons remained one of humanity’s trump cards.
However, nuclear weapons had a hidden danger—expanding the crevices, allowing more and higher-level exotic beasts to join the battlefield, leading to even more severe consequences.
Out of the nine Class SSS grade Catacombs in the world, more than half were created by various governments using nuclear weapons. Each time a nuclear weapon was deployed, it did clear a large number of exotic beasts, which was quite convenient in the short term. But after a period of calm, the Catacomb’s intensity would surge upward, escalating the disaster level.
To describe it perfectly with an idiom: “Drinking poison to quench thirst!”
But even though it was like drinking poison, when a breakout became uncontrollable, nuclear weapons had to be used. Even knowing the dreadful consequences, even knowing it was poison, it had to be swallowed bravely.
Yu Xinghai’s idea was to use small-tonnage nuclear weapons to explode outside the Catacomb, clearing part of the exotic beasts on the upper layers.
In this case, if lucky, the military might still have a chance to rescue Lu Sheng trapped inside.
Although this probability was as slim as Lu Sheng surviving alone in the depths of the Catacomb for half a month, both were extremely slim.
But since both were miracles, Yu Xinghai preferred to create one himself.
“I will ask the marshal. A top-level genius with the potential of a Level 9 Martial Sage is worth the risk …” Yu Xinghai decided, intending to have the adjutant connect to the marshal’s command.
At this moment, an officer hurriedly ran in from outside the temporary command post.
“Reporting, Commander, there’s a change in the battle situation!”
Yu Xinghai raised his hand, stopping the adjutant who was about to make the call, and asked in a deep voice, “What change?”
The officer quickly reported, “All defense lines have observed that the exotic beasts on the battlefield are retreating back inside.”
Yu Xinghai, invigorated, hurriedly ordered, “Bring up the battlefield satellite images!”
Soon, the satellite surveillance images of the entire battlefield were displayed in front of Yu Xinghai.
At a glance, it was true that the swarming exotic beasts were slowly retreating. To the average person, it looked like the exotic beast tide was preparing to retreat back into the cavern.
However, Yu Xinghai’s sharp eyes saw something deeper.
“They are not retreating, nor withdrawing …”
Yu Xinghai frowned, staring at the screen intently, and murmured, “It’s a counterattack, a rescue … their lair … is under attack!”