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After drinking a sip of water in the middle of the night, his legs were still shaking with pain. Ling Dengxian didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only sit aside and stare at the weapon in a daze.

Ye Ban looked at him, as if she wanted to ask something. Ling Dengxian looked at her for a moment, then looked away a little embarrassedly. When the air was no longer thick with danger, he began to be cautious again.

"I originally wanted to ask her what she wanted to ask...it turns out that it's best not to say anything." Ling Dengxian thought about it and shrank his neck again. He couldn't focus his eyes, so he looked at Du Wa who was watching the show on the side.

The latter calmly made a fire to heat up the cold meat. He found Ling Dengxian's gaze somewhat amusing, wondering what he was so nervous about.

"Thank you for saving me. I owe you a favor."

"...What's your name?" Yeban finally spoke. Ling Dengxian was stunned for a moment before realizing that he knew Yeban's code name but Yeban didn't know how to call him.

There was no sense of incongruity at all. Well, why would I pay attention to this when I was trying to save my life?

"Ling Dengxian, he's not from here." Ling Dengxian turned his gaze somewhat unnaturally. His uneasy look made Ye Ban feel a little lost. How long had it been since she had seen such an expression? After staying in the wilderness for a long time, most of the people she met had ulterior motives and their own schemes. Why did this guy in front of her feel like a student who had not experienced much of the world?

"Ling, Deng, Xian? Are you from Yan?" I heard him speak in the Great Yan dialect when he was rescued before midnight. Now that I know his name, I feel more certain.

"...Haha." Ling Dengxian laughed dryly twice without giving a direct answer. He couldn't explain it clearly for the time being.

Yeban felt a little confused but did not continue to ask. He took a short breath and asked in a clear voice: "Why would you save me when you were not sure you could protect yourself?"

She paused and swallowed the last question. She didn't want to hear some high-sounding and empty reasons.

Ling Dengxian was silent for a while, and the expression on his face gradually became calm, but his heart was churning: "I can't say, maybe it's because I saw that your eyes didn't show any sign of resignation at that time."

Ye Ban didn't quite understand, Ling Dengxian smiled again: "I don't want to have that kind of look, but end up being isolated and helpless--"

"I can't turn a blind eye." Ling Dengxian gritted his teeth, as if he saw a distant shadow in his vision.

Ye Ban didn't expect to get such an answer. She looked him up and down in disbelief, and finally couldn't help but said, "You are so weird."

"What's wrong with me?" Ling Dengxian was a little confused when he heard this.

"Want to risk your life for such a weird reason? We don't even know each other."

"There are so many people in the world who work hard for strange reasons. This is not strange at all. You might as well say it's for faith and wish."

"Also, Yeban, we've met twice, and you can't pretend to be the way you want to be. You are also a wanderer in a foreign land, a...good person." Ling Dengxian took a breath after he finished speaking, and when he looked up, he found that Yeban had been staring at him.

What did I just say?!

Ling Dengxian's ears turned red and he looked away. Ye Ban also looked at Tian Zaiyun with a strange expression, as if he had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

"It's time to eat." Duva finally broke the awkwardness.

There are still fifty minutes until the disaster strikes.

"Captain! We found the signal of the reconnaissance team at ten o'clock. The straight-line distance is estimated to be about one thousand meters!"

The horn asked solemnly, "Any news about the bagpipes?"

"The Triangle Team has not returned yet, but Lieutenant Dacita's reconnaissance team's signal flare model configuration is different from ours. The Triangle Team should be the one that sent out the signal flare."

Horn raised his eyebrows. Triangle and the others had been fine before but did not return to the team on time. Now they have sent out a signal that they have found the enemy. Triangle has excellent decisiveness, so it seems that there is news about Bagpipe.

Dashita assembled his troops quickly, and there were still nearly fifty minutes left. If everything went well, there would even be time to turn things around, and even if there was an unexpected situation, there would be room for retreat.

The horn also signaled Cello to move together. It was roughly estimated that there were still about two hundred people in the Iron Eagle Mercenaries. If they encountered them head-on, they could be defeated quickly, even if the terrain was mountainous.

But Horn always had a bad feeling, but everything was going well on her side, so she was very worried about Bagpipe.

Meanwhile, Bagpipe had already engaged in combat with the mercenaries - a highly mobile team of twelve men. Within ten minutes of the encounter breaking out, Bagpipe had only managed to bring down two of them, while the remaining ten men used a powerful crossbow and two hand cannons to do everything they could to contain her.

In the dim environment, half of the burnt leaves were blown away along with the soil. Fengpi ran and chased a wounded mercenary in a roundabout way. Hearing the wind moving beside her, she quickly raised her spear to block the incoming arrow, but this made her body pause and the target was away from her again.

With the sound of a hand cannon blast, Fengpi changed direction to avoid the flame bomb. The red remnants of the explosion flew everywhere. Fengpi held his breath and stared at the enemy in the smoke and dust, then raised his weapon to block the arrows shot in the chaos and broke through the enemy's defense line like a storm!

A powerful blow caused the mercenary in front of him to fall down without a sound, and a hand cannon also silenced.

Fengdi didn't kill them, so these people had to be handed over to the captain and the others. Of course, they were all under her control, and she would show no mercy if there was any unusual movement.

This was the first time she fought independently without the captain.

Facing the enemies scattered in all directions, Fengdi suddenly found that she had been led away. The enemies were fighting and retreating, and unknowingly the battlefield had moved nearly three hundred meters.

After she reacted, she decisively left the remaining nine people behind and ran in the opposite direction taking advantage of the smoke from the explosion that had not yet dissipated.

"Stop her!" Seeing this, the enemy immediately launched an attack, but Waifan ignored them and ran at full speed, entering the jungle again in a few leaps.

After losing sight of the orange figure, the nine people did not continue to chase after her. Instead, they looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief: "She really went in that direction. Mission accomplished."

"But the main force has not yet pulled away to a safe enough distance..."

"Taking this one away can help share some of the danger."

"Let's go, hurry back to the team, the natural disaster will break out soon!"

"these people……"

"Hurry up and take them back to the team!" After a brief discussion, the nine people carried their companions and rushed in another direction, and the air began to become slightly humid.

"Boss, we're back!" The nine people returned to the team only to find that their leader had a frown on his face and they were impatiently dismissed.

"What's wrong with the leader?" They had no choice but to ask the sixth mercenary standing beside them.

"Don't mention it. The third team led by Hapil encountered a monster and was almost wiped out. Only the fifth team escaped."

"What! Monster?!"

"We didn't believe it either, but when Lao Wu came back, he was covered in blood and wounds. He looked really..."

"Also, the second team has lost contact. The cargo of both teams has been lost. The leader is furious now."

The nine people who returned felt something was wrong: "What's going on..."

"Well, let's get out of the mountains with the leader first."