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Chapter 141 It's not you guys coming to my rescue, it's me coming to rescue all of you! (Chapter 35 of 2 words)

"Walk!!"

With a shout, Fang Qingyu charged forward without stopping, rushing along the path he had carved out!

The target was the largest cargo ship, half-submerged in the murky water, in the distance!
Qin Hui, Lao Qiao, and the others unleashed their maximum speed, closely following the burning figure!

Jiang Wei's small body was carried by the airflow, and her feet barely touched the ground.

The swarm of insects was briefly stunned by the violent strike, but in an instant, an even more frenzied hissing erupted, like an enraged swarm of ants, closing in from all directions, overhead and underfoot, with even greater ferocity! It looked as if it was about to completely engulf the brief passage!

"It's too late!"

Old Joe stared at the bow area of ​​the ship, which was still blocked by a large number of containers and ruins, his eyes bloodshot with rage!
At this critical moment!
Boom——!
In front of Fang Qingyu and the others, near the bow of the largest sunken ship, the concrete ruins suddenly arched upwards! Then, as if torn open by an invisible giant hand, a hole about two meters in diameter with jagged edges suddenly appeared!

The cave entrance was pitch black, emanating a strong earthy smell and a faint trace of human presence!

"Down there! Jump now!!"

A hoarse, extremely tired yet unusually determined male voice came urgently from inside the cave!

"Jump!" Upon hearing the voices, Fang Qingyu did not hesitate at all. In the last moment before the insect swarm closed in, he grabbed Jiang Wei and transformed into a black flame meteor, rushing into the dark cave first!

Qin Hui, Lao Qiao, Qi Hao, and Lü Chen followed without hesitation, entering in single file!

Just as the last person, Lü Chen, disappeared from the cave entrance!

boom--!
Countless grotesque insect shadows crashed down like a black waterfall onto the cave entrance! Sharp mouthparts and bladed legs frantically scraped and gnawed at the ground and the concrete edges of the cave, producing a teeth-grinding noise!
But the inside of the cave seemed to be reinforced by an invisible force, temporarily withstanding the terrifying impact!

boom! !

A dull thud followed by the sound of rubble rolling down.

Fang Qingyu carried Jiang Wei and landed steadily.

Qin Hui and the others landed one after another, quickly adjusted their postures, and pointed their weapons in all directions.

This is a small underground space filled with the strong smells of earth and blood.

The walls were rough concrete and exposed rock, and overhead was a newly sealed layer of earth, which blocked out the terrifying noise from the outside world, leaving only dull thuds.

A few weak beams of flashlight flickered, illuminating several blood-soaked, extremely weak figures in the corner.

They were wearing standard SEA combat uniforms, but they were tattered and covered in mud, blood, and some kind of viscous green liquid.

One of the middle-aged men leaned against the wall, his chest heaving violently, his face ashen, and one arm twisted unnaturally. Clearly, he was the one who had forcibly activated his ability to open the passage.

Beside him were only three other teammates, all badly injured and barely able to stand.

This is the "Beacon Fire" squad!
The elite force that set out at full strength is now reduced to only four people!
Fang Qingyu's sharp gaze instantly locked onto the middle-aged man leaning against the wall.

Liu Zheng, the captain of the Beacon Fire Squad.

"Captain Liu!" Fang Qingyu's voice echoed in the underground space, carrying an undeniable gravity. "What exactly is going on? Those insects outside... and this force field!"

Liu Zheng struggled to lift his head, his bloodshot eyes looking at Fang Qingyu. His gaze was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster, but even more so with a deep-seated fear and the bitterness of despair.

His chapped lips trembled, and his voice was as hoarse as sandpaper scraping:

"what happened?"

He gave a bitter smile, a smile more painful than a cry, a numbness that seemed to have seen through the end of the world. With difficulty, he raised his only remaining movable, mud-covered finger and pointed tremblingly to the top of his head, to the thick layer of earth that isolated him from the outside world, to the terrifying dome that covered half the city.

"The entire force field has been reduced to a breeding ground for a life-destroying ghost!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the small underground space fell into a deathly silence.

Upon hearing this, Fang Qingyu immediately frowned and asked, "Sports field? What do you mean? Explain clearly!"

Liu Zheng coughed violently a few times, dark red blood frothing at the corner of his mouth. He breathed heavily, leaning against the wall for support, his eyes filled with lingering fear and despair.

"Captain Lin, Captain Lin Kang, when we were leading a routine patrol deep in the old port area, we encountered it—a Transcendent-level Fate Ghost!" His voice was hoarse, each word carrying a bloody and heavy tone. "It wasn't an ordinary monstrous-level creature, it was a Transcendent-level one! Moreover, it was an extremely rare and extremely dangerous insect-type female beast!"

Liu Zheng's voice trembled with a sense of witnessing the apocalypse: "Team Leader Lin recognized it immediately and realized it was over! Once that thing starts laying eggs and hatching, given its rank and characteristics, the entire Qingjian City will be overwhelmed by an endless swarm of insects in a very short time, turning it into a true hell! Rescue? It's simply too late! Team Leader Lin still had old injuries that hadn't healed at the time, and he knew that with his own strength, there was absolutely no way he could kill it before it fully erupted, and he might not even be able to seriously injure it."

At this point, Liu Zheng took a deep breath: "So... so Captain Lin made a decisive decision! He didn't have time to ask for instructions or notify anyone! He directly used his authority to activate that... that super-large force field covering half of Qingjian! It was the only solution he could think of! He used this force field to lock the entire insect queen and the impending disaster within it! Otherwise, it wouldn't be a question of how to solve the problem now; the entire Qingjian area, and even the surrounding regions, would probably be reduced to ruins!"

Fang Qingyu, Qin Hui, and the others were deeply shocked upon hearing this.

A Fiend Queen of the Profound Realm?

Captain Lin Kang was actually carrying old injuries when he was forced to open the huge cage that trapped everyone in order to stop the disaster from spreading!
"What about Captain Lin?" Fang Qingyu's voice lowered, carrying an ominous premonition.

“Team Leader Lin…” Liu Zheng’s voice choked, his blood-stained face filled with pain and self-reproach, “He bought us time to activate the force field and conduct in-depth reconnaissance. He took the lead in covering our retreat, drawing the attention of the first swarm of guards hatched by the Queen. The last intelligence footage we saw was…Team Leader Lin, severely injured and exhausted, being dragged into the deepest part, that area that had been transformed by the Fate Demon into a giant nest! He…he was captured!”

The remaining three members of the Beacon Fire Squad also lowered their heads, their fists clenched so tightly that their nails almost dug into their flesh.

With his still-functioning hand, Liu Zheng tremblingly pulled a palm-sized, black metal device covered in mud and dried blood, with several obvious cracks on its outer shell, from the inner pocket of his tattered combat uniform.

It was as if he were holding the last hope, and solemnly handed it to Fang Qingyu:
"Captain Fang, this is intelligence our team obtained at the cost of our lives! It records the initial morphological characteristics of the Queen Insect, its energy fluctuation spectrum, its preliminary observed ability tendencies, and the coordinates of the direction in which Captain Lin was last dragged away! It also includes the types, distribution, and weakness analysis of the insect swarms we observed along the way! Although it's incomplete, this is currently the only intelligence we have obtained that has penetrated deep into the core area!"

His eyes were fixed on Fang Qingyu, filled with a desperate plea: "Take it! You must get it out! Give it to Director Wu! This is our only hope for formulating a counterattack plan, or even trying to rescue Captain Lin! We can't hold out here any longer. Wait, we'll make a scene to attract the attention of those beasts outside and create an opening for you! Seize the opportunity!"

at this time!

Zizzi——!
The radio that Qi Hao had been clutching tightly in his hand suddenly emitted a loud electrical noise. Immediately afterward, a similarly anxious voice, accompanied by the sounds of intense fighting and the chirping of insects, came through intermittently:
"Beacon Fire Squad! Beacon Fire Squad! This is 'Rock Solid' Squad! Respond! Repeat, 'Rock Solid' Squad has arrived at the outer perimeter of C7 Dock Area! We are attempting a breakthrough! Respond if you hear me!"

Qi Hao, as if grasping at a straw, immediately roared back: "Rock! Rock! This is Fang Qingyu's detachment of the third squad of the Dragon Ridge Camp! We're with the Beacon Fire Squad! Our location is below the old control room! The entrance is blocked by containers, and the coordinates are the bow of the sunken ship! The triangular pressure valve! The insect swarm outside is too dense! We need backup!"

After a brief silence, only the sounds of fiercer fighting and the piercing chirping of insects came from the other end of the radio, followed by the Rock Squad leader's panting and incredulous roar: "The bow?! Damn it! We saw it! But the density of those ghouls over there is like a tsunami! They're all bugs! Layer upon layer! We've charged several times, but we can't break through! We've already lost one man! Charging straight in is suicide!"

Hope, barely ignited, was brutally extinguished by cold reality.

The light that had just appeared in the eyes of the remaining members of the Beacon Fire Squad dimmed instantly, and Liu Zheng closed his eyes in anguish.

Sizzle—!! rustle—!!

But almost instantly after the Rock Team finished speaking, several other voices from different frequencies forcibly cut into the public channel, carrying the same despair and helplessness:

"'Sharp Blade' Squad reporting! We're on the outskirts too! We can't get through! There are too many bugs! They're like a tidal wave! Our ranged firepower is completely overwhelmed!"

"Iron Wall Squad! Attempt to break through from the flank failed! Repeat! Unable to approach target coordinates! Requesting further instructions!"

"'Peregrine Falcon'. Damn it! Here they come again! We're surrounded! We need reinforcements! We need reinforcements!"

Each voice, like a cold death knell, struck the heart of everyone in the cramped underground space.

The external support forces, like moths drawn to a flame, were firmly blocked by the terrifying swarm of insects, unable to make an inch of progress.

They saw the beacon fires and the location of Fang Qingyu's team, but they were powerless to do anything about it.

Inside this underground space.
It has truly become a dead end!
The atmosphere of despair, like solid ice water, instantly engulfed everyone.

Even seasoned veterans like Qin Hui and Lao Qiao, who had witnessed Fang Qingyu's terrifying combat prowess, found their grip on their weapons tightening slightly, their knuckles turning white.

Qi Hao and Lü Chen's faces were ashen.
Unlike before, even if they really couldn't win, even if they might die, the outside of the force field still gave them hope of survival.

They are currently several kilometers away from the edge of the force field.

The only way to survive.

We must break through this horde of ghosts!
Fang Qingyu didn't feel much, but he exchanged a glance with Jiang Wei.

Then a calm, almost cold voice rang out in the deathly silent underground space, clearly drowning out the noisy distress calls and background hisses from the radio.

"Rat."

Fang Qingyu's gaze swept over the blood-stained intelligence device that Liu Zheng handed over, then over the four remaining members of the Beacon Fire Squad, and finally settled on Qi Hao.

He then reached out and took the heavy metal instrument from Liu Zheng without hesitation, stuffing it into the innermost pocket of his combat uniform.

The movements were steady, without the slightest hesitation.

"Is it Qingzi?" Qi Hao answered subconsciously, his voice filled with confusion.

Fang Qingyu took the radio from Qi Hao and pressed the call button.

The sound, transmitted clearly through the radio, reached the ears of every squad fighting fiercely on the periphery, attempting to break through the insect swarm, and echoed in the oppressive underground space:
"Attention all outer units, this is the third squad of the Dragon Ridge Battalion, Fang Qingyu."

Fang Qingyu's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a decisive and undeniable penetrating power, instantly silencing the noisy public channel for a moment.

"The intelligence is in my hands."

"People." His gaze swept over the Beacon Fire Squad and Qin Hui and the others. "I'm taking them with me too."

"Listen up!" Fang Qingyu's voice suddenly rose, carrying a do-or-die determination. "Abandon the scattered assault! Immediately gather all those who are still mobile at the outermost edge of the insect swarm, using the bow of the largest sunken ship as the axis, and establish a circular defensive position! Do not go deeper! Repeat, do not go deeper! Hold your ground and wait for reinforcements!"

"A backup?" The Rock Squad leader's voice was filled with disbelief. "Captain Fang, there are too many bugs! We can't possibly break in to get you out! How are you going to get out?!"

"It wasn't you who came to our aid."

Fang Qingyu's voice was as cold as iron, leaving no room for doubt:
"It's me, here to meet you all!"

"Everyone, immediately assemble at the bow! Hold the line for backup! Await my signal!"

"Repeat! Gather! Hold the line! Wait for my signal!"

After saying that, Fang Qingyu didn't wait for the other party's response, directly cut off the radio call, and threw the communicator back to the dumbfounded Qi Hao.

The entire underground space was deathly silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Fang Qingyu, as if they were looking at a madman.

To rendezvous with everyone? Fighting their way out from the core amidst the overwhelming swarm of insects to rendezvous with those on the periphery? That's impossible!
Qin Hui and Lao Qiao opened their mouths, but couldn't utter a single word.

Liu Zheng from the Beacon Fire Squad looked utterly incredulous.

However, Fang Qingyu did not explain.

He glanced one last time at Jiang Wei, whose eyes were unusually bright and showed no fear whatsoever, then swept his gaze over his own squad and the members of the Beacon Fire Squad, and the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch upwards very slightly.

"Walk."

Fang Qingyu turned around.

Facing the direction of the cave entrance, which was sealed by a thick layer of soil and was now emitting a dull thud.

The dark black dragon and tiger energy flowed silently, and liquid black flames erupted with a roar! Black flames intertwined with golden patterns, and the aura of destruction rose steadily.

"go home."

　Victory is within reach!

　　Only a dozen or so monthly passes needed!!
　　Thank you all for your help.
　　There are still more than ten hours left, and more than ten monthly passes.
　　Do you think I can get to the other side?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)