Hai Shi walked through the camp.
Instead of finding a tent to sleep in, she noticed that the Saint Assembly members had just been preparing lunch.
They had started setting up grills on the ground to roast meat, and now the meat was already cooked.
So Hai Shi followed the scent and found the grills with roasting meat.
She saw that Le Paxi had already been sitting nearby, using her portable carving knife to cut the meat into pieces and portion them onto plates.
“My little glutton, want some?”
Le Paxi held a plate piled high with roasted meat, tempting Hai Shi to come and eat.
Gulp…
Hai Shi couldn’t help swallowing.
Her feet moved on their own, carrying her toward the food.
The roasted meat in Le Paxi’s hand was too tempting.
Hai Shi couldn’t think about anything else; her mind was filled only with the food in front of her.
“Ah!”
But the conditioned reflex born from countless pranks snapped Hai Shi back to reality.
She pulled back her hand, which had already reached out to take the meat.
“You… did you… add something… into it?”
Faced with Hai Shi’s accusation, Le Paxi’s smile didn’t waver at all.
She continued tempting Hai Shi, replying in a tone so natural it couldn’t be more natural.
“How could I do such a thing? My little glutton, if you don’t eat soon, it’ll get cold.”
“Hmm…”
Despite her doubts, hunger won out.
Hai Shi didn’t bother to think further.
She snatched the plate from Le Paxi’s hand and stuffed the roasted meat into her mouth.
“Mmm!!!”
The pungent spiciness made Hai Shi wrinkle her nose.
She accidentally lost control of her grip, crushing the entire plate.
All the meat fell off, but Le Paxi, as if expecting this, took an empty plate and perfectly caught the falling meat.
Hai Shi was furious.
Le Paxi couldn’t stop laughing.
“Le Paxi! You tricked me again!”
“Hehehe, I just added some of my own seasoning. It’s not some weird thing, okay?”
Why could she speak so naturally?
Because Le Paxi had long regarded pranking others as just as natural as eating or sleeping.
“I’m never… playing with you again.”
Hai Shi pouted and turned her back.
A single tear squeezed out from the corner of her eye.
Le Paxi laughed, but she couldn’t really upset their little angel.
She took out her handkerchief to wipe away Hai Shi’s tears and then placed the normal portion of meat in Hai Shi’s hand.
“Hmph.”
Even though Hai Shi still had her back turned, the fact that she accepted Le Paxi’s roasted meat showed that she was just too shy to forgive her outright.
“Hehe.”
Le Paxi saw that Hai Shi was already engrossed in the allure of the roasted meat.
She chuckled a few times, then turned her head to look at the nearby wall.
She stood up, walked to the camp’s perimeter wall, and kicked it, directly smashing a large hole in it.
This startled the person who had been crouching behind the wall, making her jump back a step.
She immediately shot out a thread from her hand, wrapped it around a camp pillar, and pulled herself over.
Le Paxi didn’t pause much.
She turned and kicked, snapping the woman’s thread mid-air, causing her to fall.
But the woman quickly adjusted her posture, rolled on the ground, and got up.
“Are you members of Mr. Wu Yin’s team?”
The person who had been rolling on the ground hurriedly climbed up and asked.
Hearing the woman in front of her suddenly speak their captain’s name, Le Paxi didn’t let her guard down.
However, she didn’t think this person could escape her grasp, so she might as well let her talk for a while.
“Then may I ask who you are? If you approach us carelessly, I won’t go easy on you every time, you know?”
“I am…”
Mora was about to explain her purpose, but then remembered that Wu Yin had given her a note.
She fumbled in her pocket and found it.
“This… Mr. Wu Yin asked me to give it to you.”
Le Paxi saw the note in Mora’s hand and immediately understood that this person was indeed sent by their captain.
A sly smile appeared on her face as she walked over to Mora.
Le Paxi’s approach so openly made Mora feel a sense of pressure.
‘This person… is truly extraordinary…’
She had casually kicked a hole in the wall and even snapped Mora’s steel wire like noodles.
It was the first time Mora had ever felt fear toward someone.
“Mm, this is indeed our captain’s. So you’re here to deliver a message.”
“Yes, Mr. Wu Yin wants to gather you at the Bola City Defense Building.”
“Since it’s the captain’s order, we naturally obey. Shall we go?”
Behind Mora, the other members of the Madman Squad were already standing there without her noticing, caught her off guard.
“What about the car?”
Leng Qiongling pointed at the off-road vehicle used to carry supplies.
“Although the main passages are under Saint Assembly control, we have some official exclusive passages they haven’t discovered. Our supplies are transported through there.”
“Then lead the way.”
Leng Qiongling drove the off-road vehicle over.
After everyone got in, they followed Mora’s instructions into the official passage.
Incidentally, although the car had seats, Mora insisted on staying with the supplies.
After the passage cleaned the people and vehicle, they drove into the city.
As soon as they entered, they heard intense gunfire from not far away.
“The battle… is intense.”
“Yes, and because the enemy, despite having superior numbers, still chooses to harass us with small unit mobile warfare, our soldiers have been in a very exhausted state.”
“Just keep driving straight here?”
“Yes, ah!”
A shell flew in from somewhere and exploded right in front of the squad members who were about to follow this path into the Defense Forces’ controlled area, forcing them to slam on the brakes.
“Was that shell a stray shot or aimed at us?”
Leng Qiongling was shaking her head.
A shell suddenly exploding in front of her was really unfriendly to someone who just learned to drive.
“It probably wasn’t aimed at us… Please proceed on your own. Drive straight ahead from here and you’ll see a large building. Mr. Wu Yin is there. Take this.”
Mora took the Pass Permit from her pocket and handed it to Xi Si Te, who was sitting in the back.
Then she jumped out of the car, hooked a thread onto a beam, pulled herself up, stepped on the wall, and flipped out.
Ou Mi You saw Mora’s ghostly movement technique and suddenly got excited.
“Wow! Did you see that! Xi Si Te! Her exit was super cool!”
“Indeed, it’s rare to see someone move like that.”
“Can I learn that? When she comes back, I definitely want to learn!”
“Let’s find the captain first.”
Leng Qiongling restarted the off-road vehicle.
This time she sped up a bit, because she never wanted to get hit by a shell again.
***
A man sat beside a vast sand pit.
The sand pit was gradually forming a whirlpool.
Slowly, a nose-like body part emerged from the center, then a face, then a head.
“My dear Envoy, what is the matter?”
The man asked the creature that had emerged from the sand pit, his tone full of reverence.
“I… sense… she is coming…”
“Is it the young lady you mentioned?”
“It is her…”
“Do you want me to find her and bring her to you?”
“No need… she will come naturally…”
“Then that would be for the best.”
Having said this, the head retracted back into the sand, leaving only the man still crouching there.
“Our mission is here.”