After being fed to top-tier orcs, I became the darling of the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 261 Beneath the Statue, Meeting to Rescue People

The entrance to the statue opened and then disappeared.

Just as Liang He was trying to find the mechanism, Rick directly activated the totem in the statue's hand.

[Did Aoko tell you this too?]

【yes! 】

Rick nodded confidently.

However, it was indeed thanks to him that Liang He didn't have to waste time on such matters.

Let's go inside quickly.

While they were communicating with gestures, the mechanism of the statue was activated, and the seawater rippled again. It was easy to imagine what would happen on the surface of the sea.

【Walk! 】

Liang He led Rick into the interior of the statue mechanism, only to see the passage close again, leaving them with no way out.

With her mind focused on swimming forward, Liang He discovered a hidden paradise when she came across an open area.

"There's a cave here?"

Once they surfaced, Lianghe and Like no longer needed to use gestures to communicate.

She climbed ashore in surprise, looking out into a pitch-black passage that seemed like the gaping maw of an abyss, filled with profound, mysterious danger.

"Could Oko and Laila have gone inside?"

Rick huddled up next to Liang He, a little scared, peering cautiously into the passage, hesitant to approach.

In the end, Liang He went ahead to investigate. He was afraid that Liang He would leave him here alone, so he had no choice but to keep up with her.

"Perhaps, the sailors who went missing before are all here."

Since there's a hidden world here, we have to investigate. Besides, Laila and the others are missing, so Liang He has to find them.

The two cautiously proceeded along the passage when they suddenly spotted a small bright spot ahead. Rick pointed ahead as if he had found a savior.

"Liang He, is that the place you just mentioned, the place where sailors might be imprisoned?"

"Go and see."

Following the direction of the small dot, the two people with a destination walked faster and faster, but after walking for nearly twenty or thirty minutes, they still hadn't arrived at their destination.

"...What's going on? Could we have run into something strange?"

Rick became increasingly frightened as he spoke, and his voice began to tremble.

The fact that the submarine had actually been pushed by some kind of creature made him even more panicked.

"No, it's like when you're climbing over mountains, you always think the mountain on the other side is very close, but in reality it's very far away."

After listening to Liang He's explanation, Rick finally calmed down and focused on following Liang He forward.

"Liang He, have you heard any strange noises?"

Rick suddenly spoke, gripping Liang He's arm tightly, as if he were terrified.

"Didn't Lyra say that a strange voice was calling to her? I think I heard it just now too, did you hear it?"

"No, don't scare yourself."

Liang He, who had noticed that Rick always tended to overthink things, was unusually impatient and quickened her pace in agitation.

"Layla and the others are waiting for us to rescue them. Let's not waste time here."

"Oh."

Realizing that Liang He was a little unhappy, Rick finally learned to keep quiet, but his footsteps became much heavier, filling the quiet passage with his thumping.

Finally, after walking for about half an hour, they arrived at the location of the highlight.

"Oko, you lead the way and head back with the men. I'll cover the rear!"

It was Lyra's voice.

Liang He and Rick exchanged a glance, then quietly hid at the entrance of the passage and peered inside. They discovered that besides Leila and the others, there were some unconscious and badly injured people, presumably the missing sailors.

But more importantly, opposite them stood a group of rebels wielding photon guns, their eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Why are there still rebels here?"

Rick asked Liang He in a low voice, somewhat puzzled, "Weren't all the people Ace brought destroyed along with the warship?"
"Perhaps it's not the same group of people."

As for the other wave of rebels, Liang He guessed that they might be people stationed here specifically to watch over the missing sailors.

"Then what do we do now?"

It seems that Lyra is planning to have Oko take the wounded away first, while she and the Federation forces fight against the rebels.

However, the two sides were outnumbered in both manpower and military strength. Moreover, the terrain was unclear, the passageways were crowded, and they were carrying wounded soldiers, so the chances of them escaping successfully were not high.

"I'll go help Layla, you meet up with Oko and leave with them."

Seeing that the two sides were about to go to war, and that Ao Ke and his group were getting closer and closer to the passage, Liang He made a decisive decision to fight the rebels together.

"Liang He!"

Unable to stop him in time, Rick accidentally called out Liang He's name. The rebel leader who was originally confronting Leila instantly locked onto Liang He's location.

"Quickly! Capture that woman alive! There will be a hefty reward when we get back!"

Liang He represents money and status in the rebel army, especially after several failed attacks, the bounty for capturing her has been increasing.

"Want to catch me? Let's see if you have the ability."

Liang He, who instantly became a target of fire, exchanged a knowing glance with Leila, then pulled out a dagger and began to reap the rewards.

Taking advantage of the fact that the other party was afraid of being punished by the leader if she killed her, and had no choice but to give up the photon gun, Liang He showed no mercy when she started to fight.

By the time they realized they couldn't capture Liang He at all, their previous numerical advantage had vanished.

"Damn it! We can't get close to her at all!"

It's not that it's impossible to get close, but getting close means certain death, so who would dare to rush forward?
"Boss, how about we release them?"

The henchman of the minor leader pointed anxiously in one direction.

"Let them wear down Liang He's strength first, then we'll..."

They still remembered Liang He's feat of single-handedly taking down half of the ferocious beast army, and they did not believe that Liang He would die because of it.

Now that there are no orcs here, even the ferocious beasts will obey orders.

"Is this... okay?"

The henchman, who was somewhat hesitant about his subordinate's suggestion, saw Liang He getting closer and closer, and no longer had time to think it over.

"Quickly! Release them all!"

At the leader's command, the cage holding the ferocious beast was instantly opened, and it roared as it charged toward Liang He and the others.

"Laila! You take the others and go first. I'll deal with the beast!"

Liang He wasn't sure how many ferocious beasts were here, so she wanted to have everyone retreat to the passageway so that she could guard the entrance by herself.

"No! This is too dangerous! I can go with you!"

As a federal colonel, Leila had no reason to back down when faced with danger.

She and Liang He stood back to back, using the method Liang He had taught them to fight the ferocious beast together.

It wasn't that Laila was soft-hearted; it was just that the ferocious beasts were relentless, and killing them one by one would be time-consuming and laborious, so it was easier to take them down.

"Oko! You'd better take them and get out of here right now!"

Laila had just finished dealing with a ferocious beast when she saw Oko and the others crowding at the entrance of the passage, and immediately shouted.

However, it wasn't that Oko didn't want to leave, but that they simply couldn't leave.

"Colonel Lyra, you can leave, but she—must stay."

A figure slowly emerged from behind Oko, and behind that figure were others.