Gu Zhiqi didn’t say much, simply allowing her to grasp the hem of his clothes as he continued to walk forward.
Shen Tong clutched at Gu Zhiqi’s clothes, following with small steps.
Tang Shuan watched Shen Tong holding on to Gu Zhiqi’s hem, feeling slightly complicated.
Gu Zhiqi didn’t choose the same way they had come in to leave.
The laboratory had many exits; there wasn’t just one way out.
But the route they had taken to enter was the closest, yet it also had the most mechanisms and was the most troublesome one.
On the way in, with two ancient martial arts practitioners, he had decisively chosen the nearest route. Now, needing to take two people helpless in combat out, Gu Zhiqi firmly decided to take a longer detour.
The advantage of the long detour was, along the way, there were no mechanisms to contend with.
It wasn’t that there were none originally, but rather, it seemed that someone had already passed through and triggered all the mechanisms.
At Luya Base East District, the aftermath of the firefight between the Ever Winning Army and Angel had just ended, with the air thick with the stench of blood.
Bodies lay scattered across the ground haphazardly.
"Boss, 141 killed, 2 captured alive, no fatalities on our side, 23 lightly wounded, 4 seriously wounded," Yun Xin, wearing military boots, reported to Su Yunling with a grave and solemn expression.
Su Yunling held a handkerchief in his hand, eyes cast down slightly, slowly wiping the blood off his hands with unhurried calm, an air of barely restrained ferocity surrounding him.
Upon hearing Yun Xin’s report, Su Yunling did not even lift his eyelids, replying indifferently, "Didn’t Yun Lin come with you? Have him start treating them."
The usually lazy and clear voice carried an unusual hint of chill.
Hearing Su Yunling’s words, Yun Xin continued in a grave tone, "Yun Lin... he’s injured too, seriously, and he is currently in a state of Vital Energy rampage."
At these words, Su Yunling paused the wiping of bloodstains, raised his eyes, and looked towards Yun Xin.
The limpid depths of his eyes still swirling with unsubsided hostility and danger, he fixed his gaze directly onto Yun Xin, causing a chill to run down Yun Xin’s back, making him straighten his spine subconsciously as he continued speaking solemnly, "Boss, I don’t know what Angel’s people have done to ours, but many, despite no injuries, are showing severe external dispersion of Vital Energy, a precursor to Vital Energy rampage."
Upon hearing this, Su Yunling narrowed his eyes slightly and replied dispassionately, "Hmm."
After speaking, he raised his hand and gently tapped his Bluetooth earpiece, "Yun Sen."
"Boss!" As soon as Su Yunling spoke, Yun Sen immediately responded.
"Is it done over there?"
"Professor Tang’s location is moving towards the east district, and he should be exiting through the east gate. We are also hurrying towards the east district," Yun Sen immediately reported to Su Yunling.
"There are some here experiencing Vital Energy rampage. Hasten your pace," Su Yunling said while slowly folding the handkerchief he held and placing it into his pocket, then raising his eyes to look towards the laboratory’s entrance.
Their position was in the south of the base’s east district, directly opposite the laboratory’s east gate.
From where Su Yunling stood, he could see the east gate of the laboratory at a glance.
"Yes!" Upon Su Yunling’s command, Yun Sen at once replied.
When Su Yunling saw three figures emerging from the east district gate, he paused briefly.
Su Yunling: "There’s no need to come here anymore, continue clearing out the people in the laboratory."
Yun Sen was briefly puzzled before he understood and promptly responded.
Hearing Yun Sen’s reply, Su Yunling immediately hung up the call, glanced sideways at Yun Xin, "Get the Green Crystal Grass ready." Then he stepped towards the laboratory’s entrance.