Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 236: Life And Death

"Colonel, look here."

A major squatted down and swept away the snow powder with his hand, revealing the corpse of a polar grizzly bear inside. Gao Lei walked over and spat out the rest of the cigarette butt from his mouth to the ground. He stepped on it with his foot and frowned, "Looks like it was cut open by a sharp tool. It tore open the stomach of the grizzly bear intentionally. It looks like it was to warm itself with the bear's blood."

"Could it be Sergeant Allen and the others?" The major asked.

"That's possible. This is the Death Star Abyss, and further ahead is the Barren Lands. It's rare for people to live here. Other than Ellen and the others, I really can't think of anyone else who would come to this place." Gao Lei walked to the window of the sentinel castle and looked at the snow-white world outside. "This Alan, they are too risky. Even if the Barren Land is the Saber Demon's holy land, they can't act alone."

After receiving the report from Alan and the others, Gao Lei personally led an excellent squad from the Wind Gorge to follow the traces they left behind to the Death Star Abyss. He also found traces left behind by Alan and the others in this sentry fort.

Gao Lei lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and walked out of the sentinel castle, shouting, "Let's go, cheer me up. Don't let go of any clues!"

The party continued to advance towards the Barren Lands. Now that it had entered January, the snow and ice in most parts of Nether Domain Star began to melt. However, the desolate land was still covered in ice and snow, and there was no sign of the snow melting. This was the extreme north, and the frost melted only in June and July of the year. As soon as this short period of time passed, it began to cover with frost and snow again.

When they entered the barren land, they saw a vast expanse of white. Previously, there had been a snow whirlwind in the wilderness, and with the passage of many days, almost all the traces left behind by Alan and the others had been buried. Gao Lei and the others searched for a whole day but found nothing. They returned to the Death Star Abyss in the evening.

The warriors began to melt the ice and melt the water, cooking and cooking, giving the Death Star Abyss a bit of life. As night fell, the flames of the Sentinel Fort flickered, and the aura emitted by the elite warriors caused the many night-traveling wild beasts to avoid them from afar.

Gao Lei smoked his cigarette and silently received the dry rations from Major Enzo. Gao Lei took a bite.

'"Colonel, I don't think it's easy to find clues to Sergeant Allen in the Barren Lands. We have already left the base for many days. Do you think we need to return to the base first? After all, the base still needs you to take charge of it. Moreover, after spring, the activities of the Saber Demon Tribes will become more and more frequent. The Lightning and Fire Base will rely on you to stay here for too long." The major said seriously.

"I know." Gao Lei frowned and said, "But if I can't find Sergeant Allen, I don't know how to give Marshal an explanation."

"Then what do you mean?"

Gao Lei sighed, "If there are no new clues tomorrow, I will return to the base first. As the director of Lightning Fire, it would be a mistake for me to abandon the base like this. When the time comes, you can stay and continue searching for clues. A week's time is limited. If you really can't find any clues, then return to the base. I will be responsible for everything."

Si Zuo nodded and accepted the order.

When Alan sat down on the ground, he felt as if his body was about to disperse.

After being discovered by the Saber Demon Squad, they didn't stop to rest at all. They broke through all the way and rushed into the hall. Before the laser strikes the giant's head, before it creates chaos. Don't look at Ellen and the others, they're so excited to kill. In fact, Allen had consumed a lot of energy, and his body was inevitably injured in one way or another. Previously, because the enemy was right in front of him, his mind was completely focused on the battle, so he didn't feel anything. This relaxed her mind and immediately made her feel pain all over her body.

The others were also in a bad mood, with Lucy the least injured. Broy's injuries were still more severe than Alan's. They were reluctant to let go of this rare time to rest. They all closed their eyes and recuperated, hoping to recover more or less of their exhausted Origin Energy. Lucy got up first, cleaned up Alan's wounds, and bandaged Brooke and Wilick.

"Next time there is such an operation, I definitely need to bring along a few bottles of Origin Energy Recovery Medicine." Wilick stretched out his arm and smiled bitterly.

"I was reckless." Alan said seriously, "I should have thought that the Saber Demon's Sacred Site is not such an easy place to enter and exit. The safest thing to do is to lead an army to attack. Right now, with just the four of us, we are very lucky to be able to escape here."

"I can't blame you, boss." "We were in such a hurry that if we hadn't followed the Saber Demon bandits right away, we wouldn't have been able to reach the Sacred Site," Welik said. "When we got back to get reinforcements, they would have left long ago."

"If you want me to say it, you should blame me and the big guy for underestimating our enemy and exposing our whereabouts. Otherwise, you wouldn't be in such a sorry state if you hid in the Neverwinter Lake and returned to the base after discovering the sacred site. If it wasn't for saving us, you wouldn't have taken the risk to enter the base." '"Big man, don't you think?" William elbowed Broy.

"You're right," Broy said with his eyes wide open. "You were too smug at Neverwinter Lake to let those damn fellows find us. In the end, you lured the general over and let us get caught."

Wilick said with a bitter face, "I'm not open to criticism anymore."

Lucy said unhappily, "Well, if you have time to blame yourself, you might as well save your life."

'"Lucy is right. No matter what, the truth is irreversible. You came here because of me. Since that's the case, I can't just sit idly by and watch you get captured. So, brothers, let's focus our self-examination on fleeing for our lives. I don't believe this place will trap us." Ellen revealed her snow-white teeth and stretched out her hand, "It's not far from the power room. Come on?"

"Come on!" Lucy and Wilick said in unison and put their hands on Alan.

William looked at Brooke and gave him a look. The Highlander snorted, "It's a child's house."

Even though he said that, he still stretched out his large hand and slapped on William's palm forcefully. Alan and Lucy looked at each other and smiled as they saw the sincere feeling of sharing weal and woe in each other's eyes.

At this moment, Allen's neck suddenly stood up. This was an extremely dangerous feeling. Then he saw Lucy and the others sitting opposite him, all of them with horrified gazes. In Lucy's eyes, Alan saw a long saber burning with blood silently tear through the wall and slash down on his head!

Welik sat beside Alan and pounced on him without hesitation. When he knocked Alan away, the long saber cut through the air and was about to land on William's head, Broy, who was behind him, pulled his waist against the ground and let the saber slash to the ground with a loud explosive sound. Lucy finally reacted. She raised her beam gun and shot at the wall. The beam pierced through the wall and a muffled groan sounded from outside. The person was blasted away by the beam of light, and the long saber was pulled back, revealing a straight crack on the wall.

"Let's go!" Alan shouted.

However, he was holding Qianjun in his hand, and carved patterns appeared on his forehead. Immediately, he rolled up a fire dragon on the heavy saber. At this moment, a red light flashed on the wall, followed by a figure clasping his saber. Allen waited for this moment. He inhaled and brandished his saber. The blade cut through the air, absorbing all the flames released by the "burning", forming a flash of flames that instantly slashed out.

This orange arc of light pierced through the sky. The person who broke through the wall was very aware of it. He shouted and slashed with his saber, turning into millions of saber rays that collided with the flickering arc of flames. He used his own Origin Energy to continuously attack and counteract it, and then he retreated towards the gap in the wall.

After forcing away the pursuing expert, Alan turned around to catch up with Lucy and the others.

Kamu slammed into the wall of the passageway and moved horizontally against it. Instantly, a flickering cut appeared on the wall. Both sides of the cut were incomparably smooth and emitted a red light after being cut by high temperature. Kamu looked at the flat cut and his expression changed. He followed the traces left behind by Alan and the others and chased after them. Originally, he intended to kill one or two of the intruders in a single move in the form of lightning, and then slowly deal with the rest of the intruders.

Unexpectedly, Allen and the others reacted quickly and had deep feelings for each other. Kamu had never expected that Wilick would risk his life to knock Ellen away at such a time, rendering him useless in a single blow. The beam gun that was given to Lucy was forced back, and when he attacked again, he didn't expect Alan to dare to stay and give him a flash of fire when he broke through the wall.

Even Kamu didn't dare to risk his life in the face of this cutting wave that compressed Origin Energy and high-temperature flames to the extreme. He could only retreat from the original path as Allen wished, causing the four of them to lose their first chance and then flee.

Kamu shouted loudly, and his voice echoed through the passageway. The Saber Demon General raised his saber and sprinted wildly. The battle saber blew out a burst of flames on the wall of the passageway, just like Kamu's current mood. When his Origin Energy increased, he almost didn't release the projection of his ancestor.

His perception was multiplied, and all movements within a hundred meters of him could not escape the monitoring of his perception.

Kamu didn't hesitate to turn a corner when he heard a series of footsteps, but he almost screamed. The black muzzles of the four beam guns had already lit up. Then, the four bullets gathered fire, and the dense beams of light pierced through the air. Kamu's saber flew into the air and exploded with two beams of light, but he could only retreat. Alan and the others retreated while shooting, using these weapons that they had casually snatched from the hall when they escaped.

When the shooting ended, Kamu flashed out and saw that Alan and the others had already escaped without a trace, so angry that they almost exploded. Without stopping, he sped at full speed, pulling out a blood-colored afterimage in the passageway.

Alan and the others also ran with all their might. The whistling of Origin Energy came from behind them. The killing intent released by Kamu was like an invisible storm, chasing after them. Alan and the others had once worked together to kill a Saber Demon General, but Kamu was definitely not a match for that unlucky Saber Demon. Not only was he of a higher rank, he had also not suffered any serious injuries. Even though Allen and the others had already improved, killing him in this Saber Demon Sacred Site was undoubtedly a dream.

Right now, he could only hope to enter the power room one step earlier than Kamu, perhaps there was still a sliver of life. In the worst case scenario, we can also buy some time to cope with the situation.

The power room was already within sight.

At this moment, the sound of wind and thunder rang out from behind him. Alan turned around and saw Kamu flash out of the fork with a murderous aura and blood flame. Lucy shouted, "Buy me some time."

The young girl raised her gun and smashed it into the corner of the power room. After the explosion, the metal plate on the wall split open, revealing the circuit panel inside.