Help? (Continued)

I glanced at him, a little surprised. The kid did have some filial piety.

"Sorry about that, Li Erniu."

I nodded to Li Erniu, then leaned back in my chair and looked at him.

"What's the situation in XZ, exactly? What are the Zerg? What happened?"

When Li Erniu saw me apologize, he glared at me angrily. I didn't take offense, of course. It was only natural to love your parents.

"Captain... I..."

"Go ahead..."

The weak man lying on the bed let out a long sigh, then opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Even if we didn't tell you, this lady would make us tell her anyway, wouldn't she?"

I wasn't sure if he'd remembered something, but a pained expression crossed his face.

"Clever enough. Go on."

I nodded and looked at Li Erniu. He hesitated.

"Then... I'll tell you."

"What are you stalling for? Hurry up."

I raised an eyebrow. Was this guy trying to buy time?

"Well... it started three months ago."

As Li Erniu spoke, I listened. Every so often, the sick man lying on the bed coughed. After more than half an hour, I had pretty much understood the whole story.

Six months ago, the XZ Military Region had been cut off by the rainforest and desert. With no way in or out and no other choice, they had to send out soldiers again and again

to look for a way through.

Three months passed like this. Then the XZ Military Region suddenly realized that an entire team sent out on a mission had failed to return. Under normal circumstances, that was impossible.

No matter how powerful the monsters in the rainforest were, wiping out more than a hundred soldiers would have been extremely difficult. Besides, they had long-range radios. But the team hadn't