Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

In a dilapidated building at the end of the world

Several people sat around, and Jiang Yu muttered, "Captain, this mission is too annoying. We have been looking for a long time, but we haven't found what they want. If we keep going around like this, our food will be gone."

"It's harder than climbing to the sky to find something to eat in this damn place."

Shen Jue broke open the compressed biscuit and handed it over: "Eat something. I'll contact the base later to ask what's going on. If there is no clue today, we won't look for it anymore and just go back."

"This mission looks simple, but the points awarded are very high. I always feel something is wrong, and I feel uneasy. It is better to go back early. The base is undergoing a transition of power and is somewhat unstable. When we return, we will move to the southern base."

[Hope mercenary members: Captain Shen Jue has wind ability, is meticulous and quick-witted, and is the most intelligent member of the team; Vice Captain Li Bing has ice ability, was a lawyer in a law firm before the end of the world, and is sober and rational; Lin Hao has gold ability, is calm and doesn't talk much; Meng Ran has earth ability, is simple-minded; Qian Duoduo has water ability and loves to cry; Jiang Li has thunder ability, is one of the most powerful members of the team; Jiang Yu has wood ability, is a nurse who is a healer.]

Li Bing nodded: "Well, this mission is a bit strange. The Gale Mercenaries, who have always been at odds with us, always snatched the mission from us in the past, but this time they didn't snatch it from us, and they didn't even quarrel with us. It's really a bit strange."

"Captain, you should contact the base earlier, give them some benefits, and have them check what happened at the base, and see if those people from Jifeng have taken any missions after we left."

Shen Jue hummed, and without hesitation, he tapped the watch on his wrist, and a voice came from the other side.

[Wen Sheng, I want to trouble you for something. Please check if there is any major movement at the base recently, and also check if the Gale Mercenaries have accepted any missions.]

[Okay, the base has made some big moves recently. They said they were going to bomb a city with a nuclear bomb. I don't know where exactly. I'll go check it out. I only saw the people from the Swift Wind yesterday. They probably didn't go out to carry out the mission.]

[Oh, yes, they seemed very happy, and even went to a restaurant for dinner. You have to know that restaurants nowadays are not as cheap as they were before the apocalypse. They need to spend a lot of crystal cores to make a meal. They are a little weird.]

[I understand. Please check it out and tell me as soon as possible. When we get back, we will give you one third of the crystal cores we got this time. The fire crystal core you need is in it.]

[Thank you very much. I will go right away. Please wait for my news.]

An hour later, a beeping sound was heard. It was the sound coming from the watch on the wrist. After the apocalypse, communications were lost, and the base developed a communication watch. Although the signal was a bit bad, at least they could get in touch.

After the call was connected, an anxious voice came from the other end, speaking very quickly.

[Shen Jue, you guys should leave City C quickly. This mission is a plot. There are no normal plants here. Someone wants to harm you, so they chose that location. The place where the government bombed with nuclear bombs is not in City C, but it is too close. You will be affected.]

[Hurry up and run away from City C, run towards the north. A nuclear bomb will be dropped today. If you don’t leave, I’m afraid...]

Upon hearing this, Shen Jue stood up suddenly, his face as dark as ink, his eyes flashing with piercing murderous intent, and he spoke word by word.

[It's Jifeng, he hooked up with the guy above, right? 】

[…Yes, anyway, the news of the bombing should have been announced long ago, but someone stopped it. You didn’t know about it before you left, and even I didn’t know about it at the base. If I hadn’t checked, I’m afraid no one would know even if you were all dead.]

[Okay, I understand. We will leave now. Thanks for the reminder.]

After hanging up the call, Shen Jue's eyes were red, full of self-blame: "Let's go, we leave now, this mission is a calculation, there will be a nuclear bomb bombing here, if we don't leave, we will all die here."

"We'll settle Xiao Li's account with Ji Feng after we return."

The eyes of several people were a little red. They stood up and quickly packed their things. So-called packing, in fact, it was just a backpack with some compressed biscuits in it. The water was condensed from the water consumed by the psychics. The water source outside had long been polluted and could not be drunk.

After walking out of the dilapidated building, several people ran towards the north with all their strength, not daring to stop for a moment on the road. After half a day, their physical strength was rapidly declining. As for the three women, they just gritted their teeth and held on, their faces as pale as paper. If they continued, they would be exhausted to death if they were not killed by the explosion.

There was an endless stream of zombies, and their running speed was slowed down. They were extremely anxious, looking at the zombies with hatred in their eyes. It was these damn things that made them live like neither human nor ghost.

After running all the way, they finally reached the edge of the city. They were so tired that they fell to the ground, suddenly raised their hands and wailed: "No, no, I really can't run anymore. I might as well be eaten by zombies and go to see Xiaoli."

"I don't know where that stupid girl went after she died..."

Shen Jue's eyes went dark as he looked towards the dilapidated and deserted city. He sighed and opened his mouth to say something, but he felt something was wrong with the wind. He raised his head and took a look, which suddenly widened his eyes.

His face turned pale instantly, and his hands were shaking: "Don't run, we can't run away. Look up, what is that thing?"

Several people forced themselves to look up, and their pupils trembled instantly.

"Fuck, that's a plane. No, it's a bomb-dropping plane."

"Wait, where are they going to bomb? It can't be C city area, right? We have accepted the mission and can see it in the mission hall. Are they so wicked as to bomb us to death?"

"...!!"

Silence, deathly silence.

Several people sat on the ground and looked at each other, revealing a bitter smile: "Hey, it's our fate to die together. Where's Xiaoli's body? Take it out and put it together, otherwise it will be blown into pieces and hard to find."

"Forget it. I don't want to struggle anymore. Captain, just lie down too. We've had enough of this hellish life. It would be a good thing to reincarnate early. We are tired, too tired. In these desperate and hopeless days, it would be a good thing to die early."

"Maybe if we're lucky, we can run into Xiao Li in the underworld."

"Oh, it's better not to say such comforting words."

Shen Jue let out a breath, leaned against the pillar and gave up struggling. He was indeed tired. This damn life was meaningless and living was a torture. If he couldn't resist, he would just accept it. But he would not let Ji Feng go easily.

He raised his hand and made a phone call with his communication watch, transferring all the points stored in the base to the black market. All the points were enough to exchange for a few lives of the Gale Squad.

"Um, Captain, what are you doing?"

"Revenge, the job is done, let's go together."