Meanwhile, Wei Xing and Chen Siwei followed the route they had come by for a while. Only after confirming they were out of sight of Red Leaf City's scouts did they stop beneath a dead tree by the road.
Chen Siwei leaned against a withered tree trunk, her hands tucked into her leather jacket pockets, her tone flat.
"They even have a Missile Plan ready. Looks like they've prepared thoroughly for this operation."
Wei Xing crouched on the ground to check Blackedge's paws. After walking through the snow for so long, Blackedge had somehow gotten a shard of glass lodged between the toes of the left forepaw. Wei Xing picked it out with a tool, then patted Blackedge's sturdy foreleg.
"They certainly have. If they actually carry out his plan, regardless of whether they can deal with the Hive Legion and the dark creatures of the Azure Nether Abyss, our Lord's plan will definitely fail."
Chen Siwei frowned in thought for a moment. "How about I find those missiles and destroy them all?"
"I wouldn't recommend that." Wei Xing shook his head.
"First, that wouldn't be right. Whatever else you might say, those weapons are one of Red Leaf City's ways of dealing with the Abyss's threat. If we destroy their missiles, what are they supposed to do in the future?"
"We're all human. Life is hard enough already, so we should try not to make things harder for our own people."
"Second, we don't know where the missiles are. They'll probably be launched before we even find them."
"The Hive Legion doesn't have that much time to spare."
Chen Siwei scratched her head, growing irritated. "Then what do you think we should do? Our Lord wants us to settle this as soon as possible."
Wei Xing smoothed down Blackedge's