CHAPTER 606: CHAPTER 304: STAR ABYSS NO.5 CORPSE CHASER (PART 3)

Meanwhile, Lin Xian was pondering, if it weren’t for Tang Yun’s sacrifice leading to the disturbance at the Heavenly Mushroom Tower, would the corpse chasers, upon arriving in Yijin City, discover the underground hiding place of the Joint Fleet?

"Teacher Chen, Director Ding, we are airborne, preparing to investigate the Dark Marks on us."

Lin Xian’s voice appeared in Chen Sixuan’s communicator at that moment, and she immediately relaxed, quickly responding, "Okay, Carriage No. 2, open the roof immediately!"

Ding Junyi arrived quickly with Hell Black Chrysanthemum, while KIKI, flying at high speed, brought Lin Xian and Brother Huo directly back inside the carriage. Through the detection by Hell Black Chrysanthemum and Lin Xian’s examination with the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube, none of them had been marked with the Dark Mark, and indeed, Lu Xingchen was not infected with the mycelium.

Speaking of which, Lin Xian had never mentioned the matter of the Heterogeneous Rubik’s Cube to the team, but coincidentally, due to Brother Huo’s blunder combined with Tang Yun’s sacrifice, it seemed to give the entire Joint Train a nearly singular lifeline in a situation of certain death!

"Just now was incredibly dangerous, what exactly happened, and why did you have to retreat from high-altitude?" Chen Sixuan asked anxiously, full of concern.

Other core members of Infinity gathered around too; everyone saw Lu Xingchen’s upper body bare, with torn strips of clothing hanging around his neck, looking quite disheveled, and his body covered with a significant amount of dark blue patterns resembling mycelium.

Lin Xian’s face sank, already drenched in cold sweat.

"It’s all because of him." KIKI exhaled deeply.

Lu Xingchen heard these words and his face immediately turned ashen, swallowing nervously.

KIKI shot him an annoyed look but then helplessly helped him out, saying, "Brother Huo came up with a plan for us to retreat smoothly, deciding to blow up the Heavenly Mushroom Tower to divert the monsters’ attention."

"Really?" Sha Sha asked in surprise.

"Yes." Lin Xian chuckled inwardly but also earnestly agreed, "We discussed and acted together, it was indeed dangerous, Brother Huo almost lost his life."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingchen’s face, almost pale, suddenly flushed, looking at the two with eyes bursting with millions of gratitude, seeming to exude reverence.

"Wow!!!" Sha Sha exclaimed, eyes wide in admiration as she looked at Lu Xingchen, "Brother Huo, you’re so amazing, the big explosion earlier was your doing!"

"You’ve worked hard, this time you’ve saved us all," Chen Sixuan said gratefully.

"Awesome!" Da Lou raised his thumb in amazement, "Bro, you blew up the entire city, that was quite an eye-opener for us."

"Truly impressive!" Shu Qin added.

"Brother Huo, you actually went to blow up the Heavenly Mushroom Tower for us, oh my." Miao Lu was full of admiration, moved almost to tears.

Hearing the compliments from everyone, Lu Xingchen’s eyes seemed to shine with infinite light, but he immediately put on a humble appearance.

"No need, no need, merely a slight move from me turned peril into safety."

Lin Xian and KIKI exchanged glances; though it wasn’t solely his doing, it was indeed because of his strategy that they escaped unscathed to this point. So, understanding the situation, they let him bask in the glory, choosing not to expose the truth.

"Alright, the seismic waves just now were highly destructive; has anyone been hurt? Let’s quickly check the vehicle condition. We need to speed out of the Extreme Night Tide’s range right now."

Lin Xian immediately arranged the tasks while using the communicator to contact other fleets, simultaneously updating them on the situation.

"What, you guys blew up the Heavenly Mushroom Tower, damn, I thought it was a nuclear explosion," Shi Deyuan grumbled through the communicator, but hearing about the previous dangers with the corpse chasers, he also felt the delayed terror: "Holy crap! We almost became food for the corpse chasers?!"

"Corpse chasers?" Ning Jing spoke with a grave tone, "Seems the previous information was correct, corpse chasers are generally active at the edges of the Star Abyss and the Dark Tide."

"Captain Lin, we’re all fine, everyone’s wearing Power Armor. The interior is a mess though, several sections of armor were knocked and deformed, many windows shattered," Luo Yang reported urgently.

Lin Xian, hearing this, inquired to Li Yi, who was a pregnant woman, where there were also many children.

Indeed, the communicator quickly responded with chaotic noises, the sound of several children sobbing reached his ears.

Inside the rear carriages of the Sun, many workers from the former Running Camp Team were busy lifting the injured and repairing damages, while the women in the logistics were bustling around collecting debris. Li Yi was in the first carriage attending to the children.

These children were terrified by the recent tremors, many had bloody foreheads, yet as long as they were a bit older, despite tremendous pain, they all held back tears without crying out loudly, only the younger ones couldn’t help but sob quietly.

The long term of apocalyptic fleeing had taught them to be silent, endure, and not cry out loud.

"Be good, it doesn’t hurt, let’s all be quieter, otherwise the monsters outside will hear us."

"Hmm..."

Li Yi, holding her belly, wiped the wound on a little girl whose head had been injured with alcohol, the intense pain causing the girl to shrink her neck, big tears rolling down, yet she bit her little teeth, not calling out.