Lin Shuguang turned back and came to Professor Wang and the others.
Everyone hurriedly gathered around him.
"Captain Lin."
Lin Shuguang swept his gaze over every face. "Is everyone all right?"
The team of nearly forty was now down to fewer than ten.
Their losses could only be described as devastating.
"Zhou De and the others bought us time, but those Walking Corpses..." The Special Management Bureau soldiers choked up.
They had not simply been brought together for a single mission. They belonged to the same squad and had spent almost five years together, day in and day out. Having faced all kinds of frontline missions, they had long since become brothers who had saved one another's lives.
Watching their brothers torn limb from limb was hard to bear.
Quite a few of the younger Special Management Bureau soldiers had reddened eyes.
Lin Shuguang patted the soldier on the shoulder. "Great Xia won't forget them."
"Captain Lin-" Professor Wang opened his mouth, guilt showing on his face.
So many young soldiers had died because they had needed to protect them.
The atmosphere fell silent.
Quite a few people began to hang their heads in dejection.
Lin Shuguang looked at them, his face expressionless. "Now isn't the time to think about this. I know you all feel terrible. So do I! I brought every one of you in here, and more than anything, I want to bring every one of you out in one piece. Who the fuck wasn't raised by their parents? If some bullshit mission means trading your lives for it, I can't do that! And I won't!
"Let me say this right here: not a single person who came here is a coward!
"Now pull yourselves together, all of you! As long as I'm here, I won't let