142: That unlucky guy

Yuan Yang couldn't quite understand Chu Yuan's mood and looked at him curiously. "What's wrong?"

"I have a friend..." Chu Yuan said helplessly. Among the three targets for rescue, he didn't know two of them, but the last ultimate unlucky guy... was none other than Jiang Fei!

He hadn't expected them to meet in such a way, although they hadn't actually seen each other yet...

Yuan Yang pondered for a moment. "So, you mean you're definitely going to save him?"

Chu Yuan nodded, then heard Yuan Yang ask, "What about you all?"

Wang Ying said excitedly, "Let's go! The rewards are so high; we can rest for a long time after finishing this job."

Feng Hou also raised his hand. "I'm going too. I plan to ask Senior Lu to forge a hammer for me, but I'm still a bit short on military merit..."

Li Qi nodded indifferently. "The highest is the Seventh Realm, and it's a joint operation by multiple squads... it's not that dangerous, so let's go."

"Then we'll take it!" Yuan Yang made the final decision.

Chu Yuan knew that although they spoke rationally, they must have considered factors that led them to agree unanimously. He felt a strange sensation in his heart.

"Wang Ying, go exchange for the items on the list." "Yes."

"Feng Hou, you go exchange for this list." "Okay..."

Li Qi wasn't assigned a task and leaned toward Chu Yuan curiously. "Chu Yuan, how do you know a Martial Artist from the Dark Blade Camp?"

If one called it prejudice, it certainly was a bit of prejudice. In the eyes of most people, Martial Artists in the Dark Blade Camp were those who didn't follow the rules; to put it more bluntly, they were a bunch of criminals!

But because the crimes committed weren't enough to warrant immediate execution, or perhaps considering that their combat power was hard to come by... they were incorporated into the Dark Blade Camp to redeem their crimes through service.

For example, missions that involved deep penetration into enemy territory or going into dangerous areas with unclear intelligence... normal squads wouldn't take them unless they were crazy with poverty!

In the end, it was often assigned to the Dark Blade Camp. If you survived, it counted as paying off part of your sins; if you died... well, you just died.

Furthermore, because of this unfair treatment, in order to prevent Martial Artists in the Dark Blade Camp from going to extremes or defecting to alien races, the Legion's supervision of them was extremely strict!

Not only was their terminal fully monitored, but they also had to undergo regular mental probes...

Li Qi's point of curiosity was that, given Chu Yuan's age, it didn't seem easy for him to become friends with a Martial Artist at that level.

Although Chu Yuan felt Jiang Fei was a bit of an idiot, he wouldn't go around spreading his business. He just said vaguely, "We're from the same place, and he took good care of me before... It was also due to some accidents that he was incorporated into the Dark Blade Camp."

"Alright then..."

The woman lowered her head, carving the rotting flesh from Jiang Fei's arm. Her long hair hung down, dangling in front of him, and strands of faint fragrance drifted into his nostrils.

A sharp pain surged, and Jiang Fei couldn't help but twitch a few times. "Don't move, if I cut too much later, don't blame me." The woman said softly, her voice clear and cold, like a mountain spring.

"Mm."

The woman continued to cut along the edge of the rotting flesh with her dagger. Blobs of foul-smelling meat fell to the ground, turning into pus and corroding the stone floor, causing green smoke to rise.

"Miao Xiuxiu, can you hurry up! How come I've never seen you be this gentle before?" The middle-aged man with one eye and an eyepatch at the door urged. Actually, there wasn't anything urgent, but he felt anxious and uneasy inside.

The woman seemed not to have heard him, slowly cleaning the rotting flesh. Only when the blood flowing from the wound returned to a normal color did she apply ointment and bandage it. "It's done."

"Thanks." Jiang Fei twisted his arm a few times. It was itchy and painful, but the feeling of being corroded had already disappeared.

"You're welcome. I should be the one thanking you... Get some rest." Miao Xiuxiu walked to the door and sat down on the other side of the one-eyed man. "What's the situation?"

The one-eyed man said gloomily, "The warning Formation Plate has already been triggered up to the third one... They are about to catch up!"

"The third one, huh... Then there's still one to two hours left."

"That's not long either..." The one-eyed man sighed. "Damn alien race, I didn't kill his father, why are they biting onto us like dogs?"

"Hold on a little longer, reinforcements are almost here."

"They better arrive before I die, otherwise I won't be able to rest in peace even if I die..." The one-eyed man took out two pitch-black Medicinal Pills and tossed them to Miao Xiuxiu and Jiang Fei respectively. "Eat it before being captured alive; at least it will save you some suffering."

"Mm." Jiang Fei still responded simply and put away the Medicinal Pill. He hadn't been here long, and his relationship with them wasn't that deep yet... everyone was just executing a mission together.

Originally, the squad had five people; two had died, including the captain. The remaining ones were Miao Xiuxiu and that talkative one-eyed man named Old Wu...

"The location and opening method of a special Secret Realm... should be enough to cover the military merit we owe, right? After this time, we'll be free! Miao Xiuxiu, what do you plan to do in the future?" Seeming to dislike this gloomy atmosphere, Old Wu changed the subject and spoke up.

A trace of anticipation also appeared in Miao Xiuxiu's eyes. "I plan to apply to go to Earth Star to take a look..."

"What's there to see? I heard it's about the same as here... and very boring!" Old Wu complained, then added, "Anyway, I plan to open a martial arts gym and live a peaceful life... My daughter joined the Legion, and I don't know if anyone is bullying her. Probably not; last time she even told me she was dating someone..."

His face was full of longing. Jiang Fei couldn't help but feel speechless watching him. "Old Wu, can you stop raising so many death flags? If we can't escape, it'll be all because of your mouth."

"Tch, you actually believe in that? Childish..." Old Wu curled his lips and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, you've been here for a month, and we still don't know why you came in?"

Jiang Fei said indifferently, "Desertion."

"So it was desertion... Huh!? Desertion!?" Old Wu's one eye widened, and he looked at Jiang Fei in disbelief. Miao Xiuxiu couldn't help but cast a glance over as well.

"If you don't want to say it, just don't, there's no need to be so outrageous... If you really deserted and got caught, would you still be here? Being secretive doesn't look like a real man." Old Wu ultimately didn't believe Jiang Fei.

Although the Dark Blade Camp was a place to redeem one's crimes through service, if the crime was truly serious to a certain extent, there was simply no need for you to redeem it...

Jiang Fei didn't refute him, just asked, "Then how did you guys get in?"

Old Wu sighed sorrowfully, turned his head to look at the tightly closed iron door, and seemed unwilling to speak.

Miao Xiuxiu said expressionlessly, "His wife cheated on him, and the man was a Martial Artist from the Ninth Legion; Old Wu killed them both..."

Jiang Fei nodded, "Understood, killing a comrade."

"Bullshit! I don't like sleeping with a comrade's wife!"