By the time Zhou Ping and Huang Yuande walked out of the factory, everyone from Team 009 except Jiang Liu had been moved onto a patch of level ground.
The several "River" realm fighters whose strength had been drained by the Eternal Secret Garden could not move at all, while Dan Mei had been forcibly knocked unconscious by Jialan. The five of them lay in a row at the factory entrance, creating an indescribably strange sight.
When Jiang Liu and the others saw Huang Yuande emerge unscathed, still holding his thermos cup, their eyes widened in unison.
"Captain! You're really okay?!"
"How could I not be?" Huang Yuande waved a hand, sweeping his gaze over those on the ground. An expression of I knew it appeared in his eyes. "It was all a misunderstanding..."
Supporting Jiang Liu, Lin Qiye walked up to Huang Yuande and spoke apologetically. "Captain Huang, I'm sorry. We were too rash this time..."
"Captain Lin, don't say that." Huang Yuande's lips curved slightly upward. "Having the chance to fight the future Fifth Special Squad is a tremendous opportunity for them as well."
"The Fifth Special Squad?" Jiang Liu was stunned upon hearing those words. He turned to look at the figures wearing Journey to the West Masks, realization dawning on his face.
So they were the Fifth Special Squad...
No wonder they had been beaten so badly.
Six against five... no, the one in the corner wearing the Sandy Mask had never made a move. It should have been six against four, yet in less than three minutes, they had been completely wiped out...
It had been a wholly one-sided slaughter.
Since they were a Special Squad, it was only natural for Team 009 to get beaten up a little.
"Captain Huang, our qualification to become