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"Yay!" An Yan jumped up happily, then patted the door of the room and said, "You all heard that, right?"

At that moment, the door to the room opened, revealing three pink-haired children who were about 2.7 meters tall. They were Yuri, Kenana, and the others.

The three of them looked at Su Mu with longing eyes.

Su Mu patted his cheeks, walked over, and squatted down in front of them, saying, "Just as Sister An Yan said, I'll adopt you with her. Are you willing?"

Kenana immediately said, "Yes, yes." Yuri, who was slightly older, hesitated.

Chapter 225 Other Survivors

Su Mu looked at her and asked, "What's wrong? Youli, is there something you want to say?" Youli hesitated for a moment and then asked, "You and Sister An Yan are both nobles, so do you need us to change our surnames?"

Su Mu stood up and exchanged a glance with An Yan before continuing to look at Yu Li and said, "As for your surname, do you want to change it? If you don't want to change it, you can still use the surname Crawford, and the same goes for Kenana."

Yuri gritted her teeth and said firmly to Su Mu, "Alright, I'll keep my surname Crawford. If Kenna and the other two want to switch, then let them switch."

Kenna and the other woman suddenly grabbed Yuri's hand and said, "If you don't want to exchange, we won't either."

“You…” Yuri looked at Kenana, then said firmly to Su Mu, “In that case, shall the three of us not change our surnames?” An Yan stepped forward and hugged them, saying, “Of course, no problem, my good children.”

"Yes, Mom."

The three of them said, sobbing.

"What about us?" At this moment, Long and Henry came out of the room and asked Su Mu and An Yan.

An Yan looked at the two of them and said, "If we really can't find your parents, we will adopt you."

Then An Yan looked at Su Mu and asked, "Don't you think so?"

Su Mu glanced at An Yan, then at Long and Henry, and sighed. He looked at Henry and Long and said, "That's right. If we can't find your biological parents, An Yan and I will adopt you."

"Whoosh...whoosh..." At this moment, the sound of a car engine came from outside. Su Mu and An Yan's expressions changed drastically upon hearing it. Su Mu said to You Li:

"Yuli, take your younger siblings into the room right now, lock the door, and remember not to make a sound. If Mom and Dad don't come back by then, absolutely, positively don't open the door, understand?"

"Ah."

Yuri nodded and said, "I understand, Dad... Daddy."

After watching the five children enter the room, Su Mu and An Yan immediately lay down and tiptoed to the balcony, watching several vehicles drive by outside the window.

After seeing the cars, An Yan whispered to Su Mu, "Those look like the defense force's vehicles, and they're coming from the direction we came from."

After looking at it for a while, Su Mu said, "It's also possible that the Abyss Force was driving the Defense Force's vehicle. Don't forget that the nearby patrols were basically wiped out by those three Skaven ratmen. They should have been equipped with patrol vehicles as well."

If it were those patrol vehicles from the Abyss Force, the two of us alone couldn't possibly hold this place, not to mention there might be other survivors from 543 here.

"Wait a minute." An Yan suddenly interrupted, pointing into the distance and saying, "That looks like Yu Qiren, and that's Simon over there."

Su Mu looked in the direction An Yan pointed and saw Yu Qiren, Simon, and others get out of the patrol car and begin searching the surrounding area.

Su Mu asked An Yan, "An Yan, how are you feeling now?" An Yan glanced at Su Mu and said, "I'm fine now, but it's impossible for me to use my spiritual energy burst again."

"She hasn't fully recovered yet, what's wrong?" Su Mu said to her, "An Yan, you go to them right now, I'll stay here to protect them."

Chapter 226 Undeniably

An Yan stared intently into Su Mu's eyes, then sighed and said, "Alright, then be careful."

After saying that, he got up, went downstairs, and left the villa.

Watching An Yan's departing figure from upstairs, Su Mu took out his knife again without saying a word, held it in his hand, and leaned against the door of the room where You Li and the others were.

An Yan had already joined up with Yu Qiren, Simon, and the others.

When Yu Qiren saw An Yan, he went up to her and asked, "Why are you alone? Where is Su Mu?" An Yan pointed to the villa complex and said, "He's there protecting some 'important' people."

"Hmm? An important person?" Yu Qiren asked An Yan with some suspicion.

"You'll know when it arrives."

An Yan pulled Yu Qiren toward the villa complex.

Simon, who was standing to the side, sensed something was wrong, but after thinking about it for a moment, he couldn't figure out what was wrong. So he ordered the soldiers around him, "Leave a few soldiers to guard the patrol car, the rest of you follow me."

"Yes." Everyone followed An Yan to the villa where Su Mu and An Yan had been staying.

Upon entering the villa, they saw Su Mu holding a small knife, guarding the door to the room where You Li and the others were staying.

Upon seeing them, Su Mu exclaimed, "Wow, why are you taking so long to arrive?"

He then ordered the soldiers behind him, "Spread out and search this villa area carefully to see if there are any survivors."

"Yes."

After all the soldiers left, Yu Qiren stepped forward and asked, "An Yan said you were protecting some important people. Who are they?"

"Ah? This...this..." Faced with Yu Qiren's aggressive questioning, Su Mu stammered and did not answer.

Just then, the door behind Su Mu was opened, revealing the heads of Ken, Nana, Yuri, Long, and Henry.

Yuli looked apologetically at Su Mu and An Yan and said, "Um, I'm sorry, Mom and Dad, I couldn't stop them, and they opened the door without my permission."

"Dad? Mom?" Hearing Yu Li's address, Yu Qiren looked at Su Mu and An Yan with disapproval and said coldly, "This is the 'important' person." Yu Qiren emphasized the word "important".

"Um... um..." Su Mu was speechless for a long time before he could answer.

Seeing this, An Yan hugged You Li and looked at Yu Qiren, saying, "Of course, they were adopted by me and that jerk together, so it's perfectly reasonable for them to call us Mom and Dad."

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Su Mu quickly gave Simon a look, urging him to find a way to resolve the situation as soon as possible.

“Sigh.” Simon sighed upon seeing this and said, “Well, you two shouldn’t be arguing anymore. It’s important that Su Mu is alright now. We need to plan the next battle strategy. You also need to know that time is running out.”

After hearing Simon's words, the two of them snorted and then fell silent.

Then he said to Yu Qiren and An Yan, "An Yan, Yu Qiren, I'm entrusting these five children to you now."

Before Yu Qiren and An Yan could react, they grabbed Simon and ran out of the villa.

"I..." An Yan wanted to curse when she saw this, but seeing Yu Li, Ken, Nana and others around her, she had to hold back. Yu Qiren looked at the five children and squatted down.

Chapter 227 Obtaining Intelligence

When asked, "What are your names?" Ken glanced at Yu Qiren, then turned to look at An Yan. Seeing An Yan wink at him, he said to Yu Qiren, "Hello, Auntie, my name is Ken."

"Auntie?" Upon hearing Ken address him in that way, Yu Qiren was instantly struck by a blow, and felt somewhat disappointed.

"Hahaha." An Yan burst into laughter upon seeing this.

"Ken, you can't be so rude."

Yuri quickly scolded Ken, then said to Yu Qiren, "Sister, hello, my name is Yuri, that was my brother Ken, this is my sister Nana, and the two next to her are Long and Henry."

Upon hearing Yu Li's words, Yu Qiren finally recovered. Looking at An Yan, who was laughing heartily to the side, Yu Qiren was instantly enraged. However, after seeing the children watching him, he casually grabbed An Yan's ear.

He whispered in her ear, "Don't think I didn't see you wink at that kid named Ken, otherwise why would he call me 'Auntie'?"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" An Yan cried out as her ear was pulled, but after glancing at the children beside her, she swallowed back what she was about to say.

After forcefully breaking free, she grabbed Yu Qiren and walked out of the villa, then angrily said to Yu Qiren, "Ouch, that hurts."

"You know it hurts, huh? Doesn't it hurt me when people call me 'Auntie'?" Yu Qiren said angrily.

Meanwhile, Su Mu and Simon were walking in the villa area. Simon said, "I'm not trying to criticize you, but these girls are all pretty good. You should give them some recognition, shouldn't you?"

Su Mu looked at Simon with hostility and said, "I said, this isn't about my private life."

Then, after taking a deep breath, he said, "We just received intelligence that Abyss troops in all Abyss troop outposts and other unliberated towns around us are also present."

They're all concentrated over at Shelter Hill now. What's the situation there? Have you sent anyone to investigate?

"Shelter Hill".

Upon hearing Su Mu's words, Simon replied, "Yu Qiren already told us about what happened at Shelter Hill when he found us."

Zhang Feiyan sent a reconnaissance team to investigate.

"Ah."

Su Mu nodded and continued, "Do you know what the situation is like at Shelter Hill?" Simon looked at Su Mu as if he were an idiot and said:

“We just sent a small team there, and aren’t you and I the same? Neither of us are native to Shuris City. You can ask Zhang Feiyan about this later.”

Su Mu glanced at him and said weakly, "I understand."

Then, changing his expression, he asked, "How's the recruitment going?" Simon looked at him and said, "Leon and Ida have successfully recruited nearly 500 soldiers. The new recruits are now being trained by Deka and Dess."

"Ah."

Su Mu nodded and continued, "I can rest assured that I've entrusted the training to the two of them."

A short while later, the soldiers Simon had brought, along with a group of adults and children, came out. The leading soldier reported to Simon and the adults:

"Reporting, sir, Commander Simon, all the villas in this area have been searched, and only these twenty or thirty children and some corpses covered in bite marks were found."

Chapter 228 The Final Warning

"Sigh." Su Mu sighed and said, "Collect all those corpses, and take all these children to our place."

"Yes."

Simon looked at Su Mu and asked, "What's wrong? Are you thinking of adopting another child?" Su Mu rolled his eyes at him and said, "Of course not. With so many kids, if I really adopted them all..."

"It's driving me crazy! Not to mention I also have Yuri, Ken, Nana, Franka, and Ash who's currently nowhere to be found, plus Ron and Henry waiting to be adopted."

"Then who are you?"

"Yes."

Simon also lamented, "The Abyss Force has caused chaos throughout the entire planet. Countless monsters and demons have emerged, and countless families have been destroyed in this rebellion."

He then looked at the group of children and said, "They are lucky. They are lucky to be alive. The future of Shuris City depends on them."

At this moment, An Yan and Yu Qiren came over with five children: You Li, Ken, Nana, Long, and Henry.

Upon seeing them, Su Mu said, "Get ready, we're about to head back."

"understood."

Su Mu and the others brought the survivors they had found to the patrol convoy. Looking at the only three vehicles, Su Mu felt a headache coming on. He then said to Simon, "Simon, immediately notify Zhang Feiyan to call two more large vehicles that can hold everyone."

Simon glanced at the thirty-odd people present and said, "Understood."

After Simon informed Zhang Feiyan, more than half an hour later, Zhang Feiyan personally led a group of people in a bus to arrive.

As soon as they got off the bus, Zhang Feiyan said to Su Mu, "Reporting to you, sir, we have repaired a bus in a hurry and have arrived now."

"Ah."

Su Mu nodded and then ordered, "Academician Zhang Feiyan, take your men and get all these children on the bus. You will get on the bus later."

Then he turned to An Yan and Yu Qiren and said to them, "You two get on that bus and take good care of those kids."

"Ok."

Soon after everyone got into their cars, Su Mu, Zhang Feiyan, and Simon got into the same patrol car. Simon was driving, and the convoy was heading towards the stronghold in an orderly manner.

While in the car, Su Mu asked Zhang Feiyan, "Academician Zhang Feiyan, has there been any news from Shelter Hill?" Zhang Feiyan replied, "Reporting to the Academician, the reconnaissance team sent to Shelter Hill has been completely wiped out."

.....

"what happened?"

"Sigh." Zhang Feiyan sighed and said, "After receiving the information from Commander Yu Qiren, we immediately sent a reconnaissance team to investigate, but the team was ambushed as soon as they arrived near Shelter Hill."

That reconnaissance team was completely wiped out, and they only had time to issue a final warning to us.

Although I dispatched two more reconnaissance teams, they cannot venture too deep now, and are only monitoring the abandoned town of Concord near Sanctuary Hill.

Su Mu pondered for a moment, then asked calmly, "What's the situation at Shelter Hill? While the reconnaissance team isn't as elite as a special operations team, it's not something an ordinary unit can quickly eliminate."

Chapter 229 The losses will be much smaller

“Sigh.” Zhang Feiyan sighed and continued, “The terrain of Shelter Hill is very peculiar. It is surrounded by mountains and protected by rivers.”

The only connection to the outside world is a bridge that links to Concord, making it a natural fortress.

Originally, Shelter Hill was a project funded by a wealthy man before the war, who wanted to build a high-end villa complex. However, due to the unique "550" terrain, the project was abandoned.

During the previous pirate invasion, Shelter Hill served as a safe base for local militia, receiving many refugees who flocked there.

After the pirate invasion ended, the place was abandoned again, but now the Abyss forces have reoccupied it and built a fortress.

"What would be the cost if we sent a large force to attack?" Su Mu asked.

Zhang Feiyan thought for a while and replied, "If we send a large force to attack at any cost, the price we pay will be very high. As you know, the Abyss forces in the southern part of Shuris City have now gathered at Shelter Hill."