Having fought his way through, Liuan's attributes had also recovered considerably, reaching a normal level of 50.

But this was still far from enough.

As he recovered, the surrounding monsters also became stronger, making his journey increasingly difficult.

He was almost at his limit.

The most critical issue was that he had lost his way.

The thunder on Chingong Mountain had already ceased, and after losing his guide, he was completely disoriented in the pitch black night.

The strong flashlight in his hand could only illuminate one meter ahead.

Beyond that, it was utter darkness, indistinguishable between man and monster.

At this moment, Liuan's heart was already wavering.

I really try my best.

No, you haven't.

You're just scared.

Chapter 138.

Are you still human? Chingyong Mountain Camp.

At this moment, the thunder had completely dissipated, and the cold corpse of team leader Wong Fong lay next to the auxiliary shaman.

Beside the body, there were more corpses lined up.

Originally, a 15 member team, only seven remained.

As the number of monsters killed increased, although everyone's strength had somewhat recovered, the damage taken was becoming greater.

Human strength was dwindling, while the monsters were endless.

It felt like they could never be killed off.

Captain, let us go.

Looking at the corpses of his teammates, the auxiliary shaman was now utterly desperate.

If someone could escape, they should.

In the squad, Captain Lee had the highest level, killed the most monsters, and also recovered his strength the fastest.

Compared to the other team members, his chances of survival were undoubtedly the highest.

But the premise was that he had to abandon the other members and dash out with single-minded determination.

Nonsense.

Captain Lee was furious at the words and shouted loudly, "If we are to live, we live together.

If we are to die, we die together.

I've long since written my will.

How can I live alone and face the brothers who have died?" The decision to leave a night watch was made collectively by the higher-ups of the field team and the official research institution.

When the decision was made to stay behind, the captain had already written his will.

Now, team leader Wong Fong and the seven team members had paid the price.

As a captain, how could he survive alone? It was meaningless.

The auxiliary shaman cried with tears in his eyes.

The brothers are already dead.

The remaining people cannot die in vain.

Only by returning alive can we tell the people in the city what happened here.

Only then can we avoid repeating such tragedies next time.

Only then can we have the opportunity to clear the darkness and leave the city.

Faced with the cries of his old teammate, Captain Lee fell silent.

His heart achd, gripping the steel knife tightly, wishing he could slice through all the monsters before him to carve a bloody path out.

However, he could not.

Although he had recovered to 30 of his strength, it was only equivalent to around level 25 attributes.

Compared to the massive number of monsters, it was still far too inadequate.

No need to say more.

Captain Lee ultimately shook his head.

As long as something happens to us, the officials will know what is going on.

The monsters before them had proven that the officials assumptions were wrong and such tragedies could naturally be avoided in the future.

It was irrelevant whether they could return.

The fact was indeed as he said.

In fact, as soon as the thunder sounded, the officials far away in Yonging City had already known that the result of their guess was wrong.

Although verifying this guess came at a great cost, it was unavoidable.

Such a highly dangerous matter could not just be entrusted to a mere soldier, could it? The captain had to lead by example and personally stay behind for the night watch.

Thus, a complete team had to be sent along.

Even if they encountered danger, they would still have a chance to survive.

But no one expected that the monsters in the darkness would be so terrifying.

But we're already doomed.

The auxiliary shaman cried out.

There will be no rescue from the city.

We will only drag everyone down.

Stop crying.

Captain Lee shouted angrily.

Focus on buffing me.

I'll lead you all out to fight.

As soon as these words were said, the originally wavering morale of the group revived once again.

Compared to the bleak situation on Chinglong Mountain, Way Kai was having a much easier time.

After more than 10 minutes of battle, the sea of monsters around him was finally completely cleared and there were no more monsters nearby.

After surveying the area, Way Kai let out a sigh of relief.

He couldn't te help, but wonder how things were going on Chin Leong Mountain.

He had originally wanted to head up directly, but was intercepted by monsters halfway.

Now that he had finally dealt with the monsters blocking his path, he could go up to take a look.

However, judging by the noise from the mountain, the situation was probably not good.

The thunder that had been constantly rumbling had long since ceased and had not sounded again.

This seemed to indicate one thing.

I hope there are still survivors.

Wake high sideigh and immediately hurried up the mountain.

In this era, death was actually a very common occurrence, especially for combat professionals.

They constantly walk the edge of death.

They could die while leveling in the wild, die while farming equipment in dungeons, die while exploring secret realms, and even die during job transition trials.

Faced with the everpresent possibility of death, combat professionals had long been mentally prepared and had grown callous.

Even society as a whole had not reacted significantly to it.

Starting from middle school, all children were educated to face death correctly.

By high school, this became even more pronounced.

Everyone had to confront death headon because once they graduated from high school, they would initiate the job transition ceremony.

Once they became combat professionals, they had to walk the edge of death without a trace of fear or dread.

Combat professionals not only bore the heavy responsibilities of their families, but also carried the hopes of a nation and the future of humanity without breaking through the darkness.

Humanity had no future.

As he was on his way, a cool breeze blew, carrying faint shouts in the wind.

Way Kai was instantly startled, turning sharply to the right and then widened his eyes.

How'd he get here? The person he saw was of course Lucanis.

Although he was over 100 meters away.

With the enhancement of his night vision ability, Way Kai could still see him clearly.

At this moment, Lucan was quite disheveled, entangled with a giant three-headed monster.

As an assassin, he was most adept at one-on-one combat.

But under the circumstances of his attributes being greatly weakened, he felt somewhat powerless.

Many of his movements and techniques.

Although he thought them out well in his mind, his hands and feet could not keep up.

This led to him frequently being at a disadvantage, almost getting killed by the monster.

Fortunately, his evasion was decent, although greatly reduced.