"Best value for money?"

Li Yong repeated those words blankly, remaining silent. He already knew Professor Bai's choice.

Hundreds of lives, including women and children, could be sacrificed in the face of "cost-effectiveness."

"I see."

"Professor Bai, I'm sorry, but I think I'd better not go."

When Li Yong looked up again, his eyes no longer held the questioning look he had before, but only a firm resolve.

He suddenly knew what he wanted to do.

Li Yong looked at all the special forces members, suddenly smiled, and knelt down on the ground.

"Brothers, I won't be going. Take care."

"My name is Li Yong. I am from Huanglongxi Town, Sichuan and Chongqing. My father passed away early, and my mother raised me alone."

"My family is a poor household receiving the five guarantees. We are extremely poor. I was able to go to university thanks to the country's support."

"Now that the country is in crisis, we have to do something."

"This parting is a perilous one, with a nine-out-of-ten chance of survival!"

"If any of my brothers manage to return alive and pass by my house in the future, please kowtow to my mother for me."

"I'm here, thank you all!"

After Li Yong finished speaking, he kowtowed several times to everyone, and then looked at He Hu and Bai Jing, kowtowing heavily once more.

"Professor Bai, I only ask one thing of you."

"There are still 9 children in the group, please take them with you."

Bai Jing didn't speak, but Gu Yu behind him reminded him.

"Professor Bai, your access to the Anywhere Door is limited to 30 people. If the number of people exceeds the limit, even if someone gets in, they will be taken away by the Anywhere Door."

"No more than 30!"

As soon as Gu Yu said this, several people from the special forces team slowly walked out and stood behind Li Yong.

"My name is Liu Shigao..." "My name is Liu Shijie..." "Wu Fazhang..." "Zhu Limou..." "Wang Guochang..."

"Brother, when you pass by my house, please kowtow to my parents for me!"

Li Yong looked at the special forces team behind him without saying a word, only a bitter smile on his face. He walked into the crowd, brought out the nine children, and handed them over to He Hu.

"Thirty people, that's just the right number."

Gu Yu and Li Xia remained silent, looking at Bai Jing. As long as the other party agreed, it was in compliance with regulations.

Although they didn't want to go back with a bunch of burdens.

"Let's go."

Bai Jing didn't say anything more, and his expression didn't change at all. He turned around and walked towards the Anywhere Door.

All of this was actually within his calculations; Li Yong's personality meant he wouldn't leave.

but……

Why are they crying?

Everyone clearly made what they believed to be the right choice, and everyone was calculating.

That makes perfect sense!

For him, the pain and sorrow of separation and death were never felt.

Seeing Bai Jing lead the way to leave, He Hu and the others soon followed, taking the children with them and entering the house.

Chen Pan and Zhang Yang, who were standing behind Zhang Mu, panicked when they saw that Professor Bai had really left.

The two looked at Gu Yu and Li Xia and quickly asked respectfully.

"My lords, could we travel together? Several of us have awakened our sequences, and our squad leader is still only a B-rank sequence. Could we travel together?"

Along the way, Shaluo County is now like hell. Without Professor Bai, they would have had a slim chance of survival!

We must seize this opportunity! After all, they are also Sequence Awakeners.

"A B-level sequence?" Gu Yu took out the bronze compass again and pointed it at Zhang Mu. Sure enough, the compass changed.

"That's true. A B-rank sequence is fine. You can come with us, but you can only become an enforcer of the Salvation Society first. Once you pass the test, you can officially join."

"You have two spots."

Upon hearing this, Chen Pan and Zhang Yang were overjoyed, but when they looked at Tian Liqing beside them, they were instantly filled with pain.

If Zhang Mu can only take two people, Tian Liqing will definitely be chosen. In the end, only one of them can leave, which...

Just as the two were struggling with their decision, Zhang Mu directly declined the invitation.

"Sorry, I don't want to go either."

Zhang Mu really didn't want to go. Professor Bai was acting strangely. He was absolutely certain that he hadn't misjudged him before, and Professor Bai had just noticed him.

If he goes back, he will likely have to confront Professor Bai directly.

"Really? That's a pity. You made a wrong decision."

Gu Yu smiled, completely unconcerned about Zhang Mu's decision.

He pulled a handful of leaves carved from wood from his pocket, tossed them in front of Li Yong and the others, and slowly said.

"Our New Capital Salvation Society never takes away trash. These are the coordinates of New Capital. Just follow these leaves on the Survival Highway and you will find New Capital."

"Only those who find the new capital alive are eligible to enter the city. Good luck!"

"Let's go, Lixia."

After Gu Yu finished speaking, she took Li Xia and entered the Anywhere Door, disappearing from sight.

With a creak, the wooden gate on the highway began to close slowly.

Seeing that Bai Jing and the others had really left, someone in the survivor group suddenly became excited.

"No! Professor Bai is gone, how are we supposed to live?"

"Shaluo County is already full of strange occurrences, how could he be so heartless as to leave us here? Commander Li, wasn't he sent by higher-ups to rescue us?"

"No, going back is all eerie, I don't want to be eaten by eeries! I want to go to Xindu, I want to go to Xindu!"

Suddenly, several people rushed out from the crowd and, taking advantage of the fact that the Anywhere Door had not completely closed, rushed towards it like madmen.

When they opened the Anywhere Door, they found a giant mouth behind it, resembling a sandworm, covered in densely packed teeth, like a constantly rotating gear, with its mouthparts opening and closing repeatedly.

Before the rushing people could even scream, a powerful suction force swept in, instantly sucking them in and turning them into minced meat.

Blood plasma splattered all over the floor through the crack in the door.

Upon witnessing this bizarre scene, the restless crowd instantly calmed down, and no one dared to approach the Anywhere Door again.

A dozen seconds later.

Suddenly, the Anywhere Door on the highway shook violently. The entire wooden door twisted and shrank continuously until it became a single point and disappeared instantly.

On the deserted highway, there was no longer a door, nor were there any traces of Bai Jing and the others.

They really did leave.

With Bai Jing and the others gone, the entire survivor group suddenly felt extremely depressed. Everyone's face was filled with despair, and they couldn't think of any way to escape Shaluo County.

Of everyone, only Zhang Mu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Yong to ask.

"Commander Li, what do we do now?"

Li Yong paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and quickly calmed down.

As the ace commander of the special forces, his mental fortitude is top-notch in all aspects, and he can make the best judgment even when facing desperate situations.

"We still have a way to survive!"

His voice suddenly rose, as if to tell all the survivors that there was still hope.

"Let's go to Jin Guang Temple!"

"With so many survivors still at Jin Guang Temple, their survival means they must have some way to deal with the strange entities, or perhaps a powerful Sequence Awakener has been born within the temple!"

"By following the people from Jin Guang Temple, we have a better chance of escaping!"

After Li Yong finished speaking, hope was rekindled in the team.

"Yes, I saw the enormous golden light emanating from Jin Guang Temple a long time ago. Even the eerie creatures dared not approach. Let's go to Jin Guang Temple!"

"That Professor Bai thinks he's something special just because he's an A-rank expert. The Golden Light Temple must have powerful members too. Let's go and join them!"

……

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