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"Now that I want to back out, you won't let , insisting on dragging to deal with those terrifying monsters! This is naked kidnapping! Moral kidnapping!!"
"I shouldn't have participated in the exploration in the first place, and I shouldn't have co to this damn eting now! I'll just pretend I didn't hear anything you guys just said. If you have the ability, take my powers back... Anyway, you guys can play by yourselves. I'm not keeping you company anymore!! Farewell!!"
After saying that, Wu Tongyuan walked out of the tent without looking back.
This ti, Wu Tongyuan was truly angry. He plunged headlong into the continuous drizzle, completely lacking the intention to waste any more words with everyone.
"Old Wu!"
Seeing this, Lu Xun imdiately got up and chased after him.
"He's truly living in a blessing but not knowing it!" Ji Xuan's back molars were about to shatter from gritting them. He circled around the tent once, grabbed a shovel directly, and walked out of the tent as well.
"Where are you going now?" Su Zhiwei asked.
"I'm going to dig out that crater. What if there's still so Red Star Aspiration Power down there?"
Ji Xuan walked resolutely toward the other side of the tent. Hearing him say he was going to dig the crater, Lou Yu imdiately stood up from his seat as well, put on the black raincoat outside the door, and followed him.
A mont later, the tent that was just full of people was left with only five: Chen Ling, Yang Xiao, Su Zhiwei, Dr. Qi, and Dr. Wen.
"I'm... going out for a smoke." Dr. Qi's expression couldn't be described as good. Whether it was the disaster he had just learned he caused, or the tragic future Yang Xiao had just described, the impact on him was simply too imnse.
He felt as if a massive mountain was pressing down on his shoulders. Although his psychological endurance was stronger than Wu Tongyuan's, this didn't an he wouldn't be affected...
He needed to properly digest the things Yang Xiao had said.
As Dr. Qi went outside to light a cigarette, Dr. Wen hesitated for a mont before deciding to go out for so fresh air as well. The tent fell into a brief silence.
"Director Chen... did I ss up?" Yang Xiao agonized for a long ti, forcing an ugly smile onto his face.
"No." The great crimson theatrical robe still sat quietly to the side like an audience mber, observing the overall situation. Those eyes seed to have taken in everyone's thoughts.
He spoke slowly,
"They aren't like you two. You have already experienced too much, and know that so things are destined to happen, and the future cannot be avoided... But to them, the future you described is still too distant and illusory.
They are all smart people. Once they recognize reality, they will make the correct choices... they just need so ti."
"Ti..."
Yang Xiao looked up at the wall clock.
At this mont, less than an hour remained until Chen Ling's 24-hour deadline.
Chen Ling's gaze was also fixed on that wall clock. For him, this was already his third ti entering the Tiline Save File within the Ghost Mockery Abyss. In other words, after this Tiline Save File concluded, the Red Star's Return ti calculated by Lu Xun would be fast approaching...
Regardless, Chen Ling had done everything he could. Whether humanity could save itself would depend on them.
Furthermore...
Chen Ling's gaze looked toward the continuous rainy mountain ranges outside the tent.
He had felt it earlier.
Within Shennongjia, there seed to be other "things" moving about, and they didn't seem to be governnt personnel...
"Maybe they can even be of so help?" Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly.
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"Soone has co out."
Amidst the pitch-black prival jungle, a figure wearing camouflage uniform lay halfway up the mountain. The telescope in his hand was aid at the brightly lit scientific research camp in the distance. As a figure quickly walked out of the tent cluster, he imdiately spoke in English.
"Who is it?" the sniper lying beside him asked in a deep voice.
"The mathematician, Wu Tongyuan."
He paused for an instant, then quickly added, "And the astronor, Lu Xun. The two of them ca out one after another. It looks like they had a conflict and headed straight into the jungle."
"Great opportunity!"
The sniper's eyes lit up. "Have the Prayer Hand relay a ssage to gather the personnel nearby. We'll figure out a way to finish them off first... especially that Wu Tongyuan. Within our current intelligence, the information regarding him is the most complete. He currently hasn't displayed any lethality and should be the weakest among these few people."
Ever since Yang Xiao annihilated the Seventh Fleet, the Aricans knew he could monitor modern communication devices. Therefore, the personnel dispatched this ti didn't carry any communication equipnt whatsoever. Communication between them was relayed by a Divine Path Possessor, internally referred to as a "Prayer Hand."
Subsequently, the scout's voice sounded again:
"Huh... two more people ca out..."
"Which two?"
"The Higgs boson researcher, Ji Xuan; and the material science Ph.D., Lou Yu."
"We don't have much intelligence regarding these two, but they should be harder to deal with than Wu Tongyuan... Have those powerful Class-Changers go over. It would be best to catch them all in one net."
"Understood."
Undercurrents surged within the nocturnal jungle, and killing intent flowed amidst the icy drizzle.
At this mont, Wu Tongyuan hadn't noticed any danger at all. Harboring a heart full of complaints and anger, he traversed through the drizzling jungle.
"Old Wu..."
"Old Wu!"
Lu Xun's voice continuously ca from behind him, but Wu Tongyuan showed absolutely no intention of stopping.
"Old Wu, Yang Xiao didn't an to force you, and none of us will kidnap you... I know you were completely dragged into this by . I apologize to you for my persistence back then.
You know, it's too difficult to do research in peace in this era... and it's too difficult for young scientists to step onto a larger stage! My original intention for forming this exploration team was hoping I could use my resources to lift up up-and-coming talents with true potential like you guys, letting higher-ups see your abilities so that your future paths would be easier to walk... It's the sa for Lou Yu, and it's the sa for you.
If I knew a single exploration would involve so many things, I absolutely wouldn't have dragged you into it!"
Hearing Lu Xun's sincere words, the anger in Wu Tongyuan's heart dissipated by more than half.
Wu Tongyuan had known Lu Xun the longest, and he also knew what kind of person he was. No one hoped more than Lu Xun for human civilization to accelerate forward, and no one cared more about the growth of the younger generation of scientists than Lu Xun... It was precisely because of his grand ideals and his concern for the younger generation that so many people were willing to believe in and follow him... and Wu Tongyuan was the sa.
Ultimately, Wu Tongyuan didn't harbor any actual resentnt towards Lu Xun. He clearly knew that Lu Xun had dragged him into this exploration team just to pave the way for his future. Why would a mathematician be needed for the exploration of an extraterrestrial teorite? Why would string theory or the God Particle be needed?
It was his own lack of ambition, his own desire to slack off... He couldn't bla Lu Xun for that.
After hesitating for a mont, Wu Tongyuan still stopped in his tracks, turning around with the intention of saying sothing more to Lu Xun...
Right at this mont,
The blast of a sniper rifle tore through the sky!
Right before Wu Tongyuan's eyes, a bullet pierced through Lu Xun's chest, and crimson blood instantaneously burst forth under the night sky!
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