Although Ying Gou had joined the battle, we still had not gained the upper hand.
After all, R5 and the others had only managed to "kill" this monster by pooling the strength of twenty thousand people. Now, there were only a little over three thousand left, so they were clearly at a disadvantage in numbers.
The other sixteen thousand-plus people had already been transferred away. R5's original plan had been to sacrifice these three thousand people and then directly blow up this space.
But now that we were here, he could no longer do that.
Still, as he watched the humans and beasts fighting, his brows drew together. "Mr. Jiang, why not have your people withdraw first? I'll have mine hold it back while we leave, then we'll blow up this space. I refuse to believe it could survive that. Even if it does, it'll be thrown into the spatial turbulence and won't be able to plague this world again."
"You're just going to let three thousand people die for nothing? Besides, it hasn't come to the final moment yet. I think that as long as there's even a sliver of hope, we shouldn't give up."
He looked at me, his gaze somewhat complicated. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Those are our people."
I understood what he meant. He was not blaming me for meddling, but he could not understand why I cared so much when the ones being sacrificed were his own people.
I said calmly, "Your people are people too. They're living, breathing lives."
"But aren't you afraid that one day we'll become enemies?" he asked again.
I smiled. "Then we'll talk about it when we really become enemies."
Ying Gou and the others were sent flying back once more. The monster had clearly been enraged