29: Subdue Xie Yanwen!

"Bang!" Huang Yichen broke free directly, and the vine cocoon, which looked like a giant egg, was shattered into pieces.

Just as Huang Yichen broke out of the cocoon, four vines whipped toward him from four different directions. The sturdy and powerful vines struck Huang Yichen's body, but it felt like nothing more than an itch. Instead, the vines immediately snapped into two.

After dealing with the vines, Huang Yichen stepped forward quickly, intending to capture Xie Yanwen. Being in a forest was precisely where a Wood Element Ability User had the advantage.

Just as Huang Yichen was about to reach him, a vine wrapped around Xie Yanwen, pulling him onto a tree trunk in the blink of an eye. Immediately after, several more vines lashed out toward Huang Yichen.

This time, the vines didn't strike; they simply stopped in front of Huang Yichen. The Spores on the vines burst open, and countless Paralyzing Toxins began to spread.

The surrounding White Armor Soldiers watching the battle immediately gasped for breath and collapsed, but this minor toxin was nothing to an Earth Element Ability User who was one level higher.

Huang Yichen simply made a slight movement, and a single sneeze blew the toxins away. Next, he channeled his ability, causing four earth walls to rise around the tree. They were incredibly hard, and no matter how Xie Yanwen struck them with his vines, he couldn't break through the defense.

The entire tree was enclosed within. The sound of branches snapping echoed constantly. At this point, Xie Yanwen repeated his old trick, using vines to lift himself out from the top.

The entire tree was squeezed by the earth walls into a square beam of wood. If a person had been inside, they would likely have become one with the tree.

Xie Yanwen, still shaken, hadn't had time to counterattack before countless Earth Spikes rose from the ground. Helpless, he used his vines to swing to another tree, simultaneously flinging Wood Spikes to retaliate.

An earth wall blocked Huang Yichen, stopping all the Wood Spikes.

"It's time for this to end. You can't escape!" Huang Yichen repeated his tactic. Four earth walls once again surrounded the tree where Xie Yanwen was. Just as Xie Yanwen tried to escape from the top using his vines again, Huang Yichen threw an earth wall directly upward. As Xie Yanwen leaped high, intending to clear the walls, he was struck solidly by the thrown wall and knocked down. Then, the five earth walls began to shrink simultaneously, forming a tall square pillar.

Huang Yichen looked at the crowd and waved his hand. The earth walls receded back into the ground, and Xie Yanwen fell out, covered in blood.

"Boss! Are you alright, Boss..." Numerous White Armor Soldiers rushed forward.

"As expected of a Manipulation Level Ability User; anyone else would have been dead long ago!" Huang Yichen said with a sense of mutual respect, though this was also the result of him showing mercy. After all, Xie Yanwen was facing an Ability User a full level higher than himself.

"Ah—! Ah—! No, don't—! Ah—!" Xie Yanwen clutched his head and cried out in agony.

Suddenly, Xie Yanwen regained his composure. To the side, Yuri wore a triumphant smile.

"He will be ours." At the same time, Wei He received the report sent by Yuri.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble." From the distant forest, an armored personnel carrier charged out. It was the same one Huang Yichen and Yuri had arrived in. It turned out the north side of the main island was completely covered in radiation from the Radiation Engineers; even Huang Yichen couldn't pass through and had to take a detour by sea.

The armored personnel carrier slowly stopped in front of Xie Yanwen. Under the gaze of the numerous White Armor Soldiers, Huang Yichen carried Xie Yanwen onto the vehicle.

"Then what should we do, Supervisor Huang?" a soldier asked in confusion.

"I am no longer your Supervisor Huang. As for what you should do, you'd better ask your boss!" Huang Yichen said coldly.

"If you are still willing to follow me, stay where you are. Those who aren't can leave; the Commander will send you away safely!" Xie Yanwen said slowly under Wei He's instruction.

"What do you mean, Boss? Are you defecting?"

"What are you saying? How could the Boss defect? This is just a temporary measure!"

"Boss, wherever you go, I'll follow you!"

...For a moment, the crowd fell into a commotion as various viewpoints and opinions began to emerge.

Meanwhile, Huang Yichen and Yuri took Xie Yanwen aboard the armored personnel carrier and sailed away from the small island.

"Take him directly to Nanshan Town to recover and recuperate!" Wei He ordered directly from the base.

"As you command, Commander!" Huang Yichen replied respectfully.

On the northern island of the Danga Archipelago, many White Armor Soldiers were waiting anxiously. A bald man wearing a similar coat approached them.

"Those who want to leave, follow me. The Commander's ships will take you back to the mainland!" Yuri spoke directly to the crowd.

"I want to leave!"

"Where are we going?"

"I'm not leaving!"

...The crowd spoke all at once, but those who wanted to leave all stepped forward and followed Yuri out.

About two hundred people left. When they reached the beach, several armored personnel carriers were parked by the shore.

"Are we leaving on these?" The crowd looked at Yuri questioningly.

"There are too many of you, so we have to go in batches. Line up and don't make a mess!" Yuri still smiled kindly.

Those who boarded the ship first felt a bumpy ride, and before long, it came to a stop.

"Disembark, we're here!" Yuri urged.

"We're here already? That was fast!"

The White Armor Soldiers who had just disembarked saw a group of people who looked exactly like Yuri. Looking at the surrounding environment, it seemed they were still on an island. Just as they were about to ask, a red line connected to their brains in the next second. These were all ordinary soldiers, so Yuri easily used Mind Control to take over them.

Using the same method, these two hundred-plus people were brought to the main island under the pretext of being sent away, and Yuri took control of all of them.

"This is good, but how do we send them back? After all, the Lin Family's warships were all sunk by Submarines. Won't Lin Zhian be suspicious if they return like this?" Wei He felt like his head was about to explode from the headache.

"Just send them back to the mainland; let Xie Yanwen explain the rest," the system replied mechanically.

Wei He thought about it and agreed; it wasn't like he could build another wooden warship.

In front of the gates of Nanshan Town, over two thousand White Armor Soldiers were resting, including the two hundred-plus people who had been mind-controlled by Yuri.

Under Wei He's orders, Captain Kurt provided supplies to the White Armor Army. After all, the wealth from most of the small cities on the continent (those controlled by Yuri) was currently being consolidated in Nanshan Town before being sent to Wei He.

Therefore, providing supplies for over two thousand people was not a difficult task. Once Xie Yanwen's injuries healed, they could head north and return to Nankang Golden Valley.

"System, start building the Psychic Beacon. Luckily, we discovered this in time, otherwise, we would have repeated the disaster of Riquan City!" Wei He, now relying on the economy of the "blood-sucking" small cities and Du Yu's Touch of Gold ability, was no longer what he used to be.

"As you command, Commander!" the system replied mechanically.

After a month of recovery, Xie Yanwen was finally able to walk around freely, though his injuries were still not fully healed.

"Level suppression is indeed powerful. Being only one level higher caused Xie Yanwen such severe injuries, and I even had Huang Yichen show mercy!" Wei He asked anxiously, "System, is there any way to make him recover faster?"

Over this month, Wei He had to be responsible for the supplies of over 2,000 people, which not only significantly drained his wealth but also delayed his plan to infiltrate Nankang Golden Valley.

"In the game, there are neutral buildings like hospitals that can be captured by Engineers to restore the health of red alert soldiers, but there are no such neutral buildings here!" the system's mechanical voice poured cold water on Wei He's hopes again.