Among them, Sister Huo and Guo Rui were at the top. Xilin and Leng Bing, the pilot, along with me, were in the second tier, while the remaining
two twin sisters were in the
third tier.
So the girls' group wasn't all that strict about hierarchy, but I didn't know if it was just my imagination. The group seemed relaxed on the outside but tightly controlled within.
To outsiders, there didn't seem to be anything unusual,
yet I couldn't shake the feeling that the girls' group had a stricter pecking order than the boys' group.
Was it just my imagination?
Whatever. I couldn't worry about that now.
These few people I'd just met had all agreed to let me join, right?
Not bad. It hadn't been for nothing that I'd risked my life.
Xiao San, Li Jia, had been injured, and his condition didn't look good. He'd already been carried to the vehicle. But things weren't looking good right now:
the boys' group was trapped here and couldn't get out.
Actually, the boys' group had originally been scattered. This place was their agreed-upon meeting point, which was why all eight of them were here.
I leaned against a sofa and listened to Bai Chi explain what had happened. That was when I finally pieced it together.
It wasn't complicated. Xiao San and the short guy had gone to explore a building, only to stumble upon a mantis nest. They didn't just wake the mantises—
they also roused the young ones, which sent the mantises into a fury. They came charging after them.
Xiao San was badly injured while covering the short guy. Luckily, the meeting point was nearby, and the others had already arrived. With their guns providing cover, the short guy managed to drag Xiao San
back.
But Xiao