The spaceship accelerated, its hull shaking violently.
Five minutes later, only a few people's tense breathing broke the silence inside the cargo spaceship.
Watching the valley shrink into the distance, He Zheng and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief once they confirmed the Rebels had not followed. Their nerves relaxed completely.
For a moment, everyone seemed utterly drained, sliding down to sit on the floor against the cold metal bulkheads behind them.
"Fuck, we got out. We finally got out...!"
"Thank god they couldn't catch up!"
He Zheng gasped for breath and turned toward Ye Lin beside him, unable to resist asking what exactly Ye Lin had seen earlier.
For some reason, after shaking off the Rebels and rejoining them, Ye Lin had not said a word. He had only kept devouring crystals, as though he had exhausted an enormous amount of energy.
"Ye Lin, what did you mean when you said something was wrong with the Rebels?"
"Were there other monsters among them?"
An Ke took a deep breath, intending to get a clear answer about what Ye Lin had discovered.
As soon as she spoke, everyone looked at Ye Lin, and Huang Liang's expression grew particularly grave.
Yet to everyone's surprise, when Ye Lin opened his eyes, he spoke softly, sounding somewhat uncertain:
"No, I don't know what it was. After I lured them away, something appeared behind me during the fighting."
"I didn't see it, but the instant it touched me, my life force started draining rapidly. That feeling was a lot like..."
"A ghost?"
Something flickered in Ye Lin's eyes. If he had not reacted quickly enough, immediately activating Blood Shadow Impact to escape and then detonating the missiles the Rebels were preparing to launch, even a few more seconds of delay might have