Ye Ruan held Gu Cheng's hand as he looked at one familiar face after another.
"He Zhou, take some people and defend the perimeter. Don't let any zombies climb in."
"Got it!" He Zhou drew his dagger and led a group away to clear out the small wave of zombies gathering around them.
Not far away, Cai Hao gestured for them to come over.
Gu Cheng and Ye Ruan exchanged a glance, and Gu Cheng rested his palm against his little rabbit's fair cheek.
Ye Ruan rubbed his cheek against Gu Cheng's palm.
"Let's go."
The three teams, over a hundred people in total, stood in neat rows before Nan Han and Cai Hao, their faces cold and impassive.
Cai Hao looked at them all. These boys he had watched grow up had finally become adults.
Unwilling to accept it yet powerless to change anything, Cai Hao turned away and roughly wiped the tears from his face.
Taking a deep breath, Cai Hao pulled a sheet of paper from his pocket with trembling fingers.
"This is a list of names."
He could not get the words out. He could not calmly read those names aloud.
After waiting a while, Nan Han said impatiently:
"Chief Cai, stop wasting time."
Unable to hide the reluctance in his eyes, Cai Hao said hoarsely:
"Special persons whose names are called, board the planes. Those whose names aren't called will no longer be under Headquarters' control. You're free."
Someone from the Second Team asked, "Chief, do you mean we're being discharged?"
Cai Hao did not answer, his fingers clenching tightly around the list.
Nan Han snatched it from him, his expression cold.
"Gu Cheng, Yu Jingjing, Fang Ci, Li Rang, Lu Jiayi..."
"Ye Ruan, He Zhou, Tang Tang..."
After finishing the list, Nan Han said