She laughed and laughed, until she could laugh no more.
Gradually, a throbbing pain began pulsing through her head.
The waves of cheering grew blurred, distant, and unreal.
Five days and five nights of high-intensity combat had nearly wrung out the last shred of her spirit.
Now, all she wanted was to drop her head and sleep until the heavens grew old and the earth withered.
But... she still remembered the agreement she had made with Old Gu during that foot bath at the Moon Palace.
They had agreed that once the battle ended five days later, they would meet again and catch each other up on how things were going.
And today was the fifth day.
She couldn't leave him waiting for nothing.
At the very least... she had to go tell him.
But she didn't want to enter the Heavenly Ruins in an unfamiliar place.
The frontline position was crowded and full of prying eyes. Who knew what might go wrong?
What if someone came looking for her? What if someone tried to wake her, only to find that she couldn't wake up?
Things would become complicated, and difficult to explain.
She still had to return to the 19th Army's station. With Sister Qin there, she would feel more at ease.
Commander Wang Xuemin couldn't talk her out of it and could only report it to the military command.
Soon, a helicopter was assigned. It picked up Li Wei and sped eastward, skirting the mountain ridgeline toward the 19th Army's station.
This time, the helicopter did not land at the helipad outside the station as usual.
Instead, it flew directly to the small military building where Li Wei lived and settled steadily in the little square before it.
The moment the cabin door opened,
Li Wei forced