I became a mermaid egg and saved the Imperial Marshal

Chapter 165 Casualties

In the corridor, Huo Linyuan suddenly felt the terminal on his wrist vibrate.

He looked down and his eyes moved slightly.

"A Yuan, I'm going to Sirius to participate in the group competition. Daddy is with me, so you don't have to worry... Is everything going well for you?"

There was a long blank space below, but Huo Linyuan's gaze stopped at the end and his heart tightened.

"When will you come back? I miss you."

He stood there like that for two minutes, the light from overhead blurring his expression.

Until Ling Qing came over with Lin Ke.

The bald man returned the weapons to them, then rubbed the back of his head and smiled in a scoundrelly way: "Marshal, goodbye."

Huo Linyuan put away the terminal, turned his head slightly, and said to Ling Qing: "Let's go."

Huo Xiu Ze walked out of the room and watched them board the shuttle.

"Boss, are you really going to let them go like this?" The bald man looked a little regretful. For them, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"As long as you give the order, I will immediately lead people to intercept and ensure that the person is kept."

If necessary, I can kill him directly, the bald man thought, with an eager light in his eyes.

Hearing this, Huo Xiu Ze looked at him, his tone unable to tell whether he was happy or angry: "With your ability, you don't have that ability yet."

After saying that, he turned around and walked inside.

The bald man touched his head and thought unconvincedly: How can I not do it? Even if Huo Linyuan is very strong, he is only one person. How can he resist thousands of troops?

At this time, Huo Xiu Ze stopped and asked sideways: "Where are the people?"

The bald man collected his thoughts and hurried to catch up: "It has been settled. I will bring it over now."

A moment later, Sascot was brought to Huo Xiuze by the bald man.

He is now in a disheveled state, looking pale. The fatigue of the past few days has made him lose his former elegant and calm demeanor.

"Thank you for the rescue, Chief. Scott is very grateful." Sascott regained his spirits, clenched his fist on his chest, and saluted Huo Xiuze.

Huo Xiu Ze nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work."

Sascot bowed his head: "It is an honor to serve the chief."

Huo Xiu Ze looked at him deeply for a long time, and suddenly changed his posture.

He leaned back on his chair, put his hands on the armrests, supported his head with one hand, and said in an ambiguous tone: "In the future, we will have to rely on Lord Scott to give us advice on the opening of a new era."

Sascot was stunned for a moment, then looked up and smiled: "It is my duty, and I am honored."

-

On the shuttle.

"How?" Huo Linyuan asked.

Ling Qing nodded: "It's me for sure."

Lin Ke has been in a coma. The reason why Huo Linyuan brought Ling Qing with him was to confirm Lin Ke's identity in case the rebels took the opportunity to replace him.

The warships of the 12th Army were not far from the rebels' position, and the two sides were facing each other from a distance.

The shuttle soon arrived at the military's combat zone. Ling Qing glanced at the terminal and said in surprise, "They've withdrawn!"

Huo Linyuan narrowed his eyes, while Ling Qing was shocked. Why would they retreat when Sascott hadn't been found yet? Could it be that...

He looked at Huo Linyuan with a serious expression and was about to say something when the shuttle had landed and Anita ran over with a serious expression.

"Something happened. A wave of alien beasts broke out in many places in the main galaxy at the same time. We have lost contact with the leading star."

Ling Qing was shocked: "What's going on?"

"Not long after you left, several asteroids near Motia were attacked. Then we received reports from many places."

"Due to the alien beast tide, the signal was interrupted and multiple planets lost contact, including Lingxing. The technical department is now rebuilding a second communication system, and it is expected that..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Huo Linyuan walking away quickly.

Anita asked anxiously, "Hey, Boss, where are you going?"

Ling Qing grabbed him and frowned as he asked, "Since the communication system is blocked, the route should also be affected. Plan a new route back to Lingxing immediately."

"Yes!" Anita nodded, then he looked puzzled, "No, why plan a new route at this time?"

Ling Qing slapped him on the back of his head: "Go as soon as I tell you to!"

-

Back to Sirius at this time.

When Qi Yan and his companion were halfway there, they met Xie Shu and Bai Qiu Ning.

Xie Shu grabbed Qi Yan's arms and said, "Xiao Yanyan, it's really you."

The hand she held Qi Yan's was trembling a little, and it was obvious that she had not yet recovered from the shock.

Qi Yan smiled at her and said, "It's me, Sister Xie Shu. I'm here to participate."

Xie Shu felt strangely calm after hearing his words. She then said angrily, "It's usually hard to get you to call me sister, but today you're being sweet."

But then she frowned again: "Originally it's a happy thing that you're participating in the competition again, but given the current situation, it's really better not to come."

"Now look what's happening. Who knows, we might all have to..." Xie Shu let go of his arm sadly and didn't say the rest.

Their group was attacked by monsters half a day earlier than Qi Yan and her group, and the experiences along the way had already broken her will.

Seeing this, Bai Qiuning put his hand on her shoulder and comforted her silently.

Qi Yan also comforted him softly: "It's okay, we will return safely."

At this moment, Bai Qiuning suddenly thought: "Xiao Yan, that was your mecha just now?"

They had noticed Qi Yan just now, but because of the monster blocking the middle, they couldn't get past.

Qi Yan nodded: "Yeah."

Then he suddenly remembered that he had not seen Annie along the way, so he asked, "Where is Annie? Why didn't I see her?"

Hearing this, tears welled up in Xie Shu's eyes, and Bai Qiu Ning's face didn't look very good either.

Qi Yan's heart skipped a beat, but before he could ask further questions, Ryan suddenly said, "Excuse me for interrupting you, can we go over there and talk first?"

There were heavy shadows of trees all around him, and he always felt that a monster would suddenly jump out.

Qi Yan had no choice but to swallow what she wanted to say for the time being.

When they arrived at the cave, the man who had asked everyone to retreat was organizing people to set up a defensive barrier.

When they suddenly encountered the monster, they didn't even have time to open the barrier. In addition, it was the first time for everyone to encounter such a situation, so they had already thrown into disarray.

"Why are you so slow? Come in quickly." The man called them. After a while of calming down, he looked much calmer.

He looked at Qi Yan and moved his lips. He had a deep memory of the scene where Qi Yan had just helped to kill the monster.

However, before he could say thank you, Qi Yan and others had already walked into the cave.

In the cave, the two groups each occupied a corner.

It was not until then that Qi Yan noticed how miserable Lin Che's group was. Most of them were covered in blood, and some even had horrific wounds.

At first glance, the two groups formed a sharp contrast.

However, Qi Yan soon discovered something strange. Aren’t there too many people in Lin Che’s group?

Bai Qiu Ning seemed to see his confusion and explained in a heavy tone: "Originally we were two groups."