Li Yao's string of questions were, in fact, the very questions Old Man Lu and the others wanted to ask.
It couldn't be helped; the situation was far too chaotic! Those who knew would know they had been gone for less than a month. Those who didn't would think they had taken a stroll around a planet near a black hole. They felt as though they had only been away for a few hours, yet seven years had already passed outside! Naturally, they were utterly bewildered.
But this was not the place for a conversation. Though Old Man Lu was curious himself, he still said, "Let's talk somewhere else."
Zhou Jianming had just been about to say something when Old Man Lu added, "You need to rest too."
Zhou Jianming looked back and discovered that quite a few of his team members had been injured. The worst-off among them had even had an arm bitten off.
Turning back, Zhou Jianming nodded. "All right."
They did not go far.
After withdrawing two streets away, they rested in an office building near Tian Zheng International Mall.
Old Man Lu's team handed over the snacks, drinking water, and some medicine they had gathered along the way, allowing Zhou Jianming's people to properly recuperate.
Meanwhile, Li Yao and the others mulled over their questions.
After waiting for quite a while,
Zhou Jianming emerged from the meeting room in this temporary office.
The situation had been urgent and the battle fierce earlier, so he had not felt much. Now that the battle was over and he had rested briefly, Zhou Jianming felt as though he had no strength left in his entire body. Even lying down, he could feel every muscle and tendon in his body crying out in agony.
He was exhausted.
Still, he