[Sys-]
"Sigh-"
Jiang Yingcheng's call to System Bro caught halfway, drowned out by a sigh from the man who had spoken earlier.
Seeing that he seemed to know something, the person beside him leaned closer in curiosity. "Brother, got some inside information?"
The man made a show of holding back for a moment, then turned his head. "I wouldn't call it inside information, but I happened to run into some people discussing it earlier, and accidentally overheard a few words-"
"They said..."
They said that after the army stormed the city, Beiming had launched a desperate counterattack from the brink of defeat. The vanguard fell into a trap, throwing their formation into disarray. Although the enormous disparity in troop numbers meant victory was never in doubt, quite a few of those who had fallen into the trap at the front had vanished without a trace.
Emperor Mingze was among them.
Jiang Yingcheng listened in a daze, her heart rising into her throat.
The news was too shocking for her to readily believe, and she planned to confirm it with System Bro.
But the devastating blow had slowed both her thoughts and her movements. Afraid of hearing bad news from System Bro, she hesitated for a long time before finally bracing herself. [Sys-]
Once again, an outside voice interrupted her thoughts.
A sudden uproar broke out at the edge of the camp. Jiang Yingcheng craned her neck and faintly heard two anguished roars-
"Where is His Majesty? Has His Majesty returned?!!"
"What?!!"
"Someone, come quickly-"
It was Grandpa Kan's voice.
In all the time since she had transmigrated here, Jiang Yingcheng had never heard Grandpa Kan sound so terrified. Her heartbeat pounded-thump, thump, thump-like the muffled thunder during the recent heavy rains.
Jiang Yingcheng suddenly moved.
She shoved little Jinshu, whose