"The last one..."
Brown used all his mental energy to create another 'door' under Lei Yong's feet.
But the latter suddenly leaped up from the ground and failed to fall into the [Room].
"Captain, what are you doing?!"
Having regained his legs, Lei Yong stood on the ground and roared angrily at Brown.
Brown looked dejected and sighed helplessly.
"It seems... you really are going to die."
His puzzling remark made Lei Yong frown.
What are you saying?
However, the next moment...
Four spider legs, imbued with souls, swept across Brown's body in an instant, like the Grim Reaper's scythe.
A flash of blood appeared.
To Lei Yong's astonishment, Brown was sliced into five pieces, the blood gushing out and scattering across the ground.
" Brown..."
Lei Yong stared in astonishment at the scene before him. He tried to approach the other person, but after taking just one step, he weakly collapsed to his knees.
He stared intently at the blackened, scorched earth, drops of water falling onto the ground—whether rain, sweat, or... tears, he couldn't tell.
His eyes were now incredibly bloodshot, filled with an unfathomable despair.
His teammates were repeatedly hurt and their skills stolen, and he couldn't do anything about it!
As someone possessing the Human Limit combat prowess and the captain of two squads, he couldn't protect anyone!
His unwilling fist slammed heavily onto the ground, leaving several cracks and blood.
Ye Linwan raised her spider leg, preparing to launch an attack, but was pressed down by Nan Tian beside her.
"Why!!!"
Lei Yong suddenly raised his head and looked at Nan Tian, whose face was calm. A trickle of blood flowed from the corner of his cracked mouth.
"Why?! Why are you all going against humanity?!"
"You Mingming human beings too! Why do you insist on being enemies with humans? Does watching others die and be separated bring you joy?!"
You are not worthy of being human!!!
He gripped the ground tightly with both hands, leaving five streaks of blood mixed with the dirt.
Looking at this man who seemed to have lost everything, a trace of pity flashed in Nan Tian's eyes.
He slowly walked up and crouched down, trying to be at the same height as the man in front of him.
His every movement and expression was extremely calm and gentle, as if he were not the tyrant who had just suppressed them, but a refined scholar.
"It's just a difference in perspective."
His eyes seemed to encompass everything; he felt no hatred for the enemy before him, but rather only respect.
"You have your own missions, and I, too, have my own missions."
"This mission is too important, so important that I cannot allow anyone to stop me on this path."
"Undeniably, you are heroes, and I admire you greatly."
"With a mortal body, they protected all of humanity, enduring pain unimaginable to ordinary people."
"But I'm sorry, we are the heroes of Earth."
Under Lei Yong's bloodshot gaze, that apologetic face slowly placed its hand on his head.
puff--!
The next moment, his head exploded like a flower of blood, and crimson blood splattered onto the scorched earth.
The headless corpse, covered in wounds and weathered by time, collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Just as the gushing blood was about to splash onto Nan Tian's clothes, it seemed to hit a transparent film and be kept out.
Even after the battle, Nan Tian's body remained spotless, as unwavering as his conviction.
He took one last deep look at Lei Yong's corpse, then slowly stood up.
Let's go.
He glanced at Ye Linwan behind him, then strode forward.
"Oh, you're leaving already?"
Ye Linwan scratched her head, glanced at Lei Yong and Brown's corpses, and blinked her watery eyes.
"Aren't you going to help them collect their bodies or at least do some restoration? They look so awful."
Nan Tian simply smiled faintly.
"This is not their hometown; there will be people to collect their bodies as they return to dust."
"For a soldier, erasing the wounds that symbolize bravery is the greatest desecration."
"Oh, I get it! It's the unspoken understanding between men, right? I see it all the time online."
Ye Linwan chuckled, then suddenly remembered that her son was still logged in, so she quickly trotted over.
"Okay, babies are safe now. Mommy will take you home!"
"Uh, okay..."
Ye Qing nodded weakly, and the next second, a scarlet tumor grew wildly from his surface, turning into a throbbing mass in less than a few seconds.
This startled Ye Linwan, who nearly fell backward.
A dozen seconds later, a hand covered in mucus burst out of the tumor. Ye Linwan was stunned for a moment, then quickly grabbed it and pulled it out.
As a larger tumor burst open, a naked figure was pulled out and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Ptooey! Ptooey! This mucus is in my mouth again! How disgusting, ugh..."
Ye Ciqing gagged a few times, then looked up and saw his mother staring straight at him.
"Hey, Mom, don't look!"
He immediately blushed and covered his body as much as possible.
"Oh, what are you afraid of? I'm your mother. You were born from me. I've seen every part of you."
Ye Linwan waved her hand casually, completely unconcerned about what she had seen. "But you seem to have lost weight recently. Eat more, and let her off the Ichika a few times."
Upon hearing this, Ye Ciqing's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom, even redder than Ye Qing's skin.
"Oh dear, Mom!"
On the other side, Ye Yiqing stretched his hands out of the tumor, grabbed the fleshy walls on both sides, and tore them apart forcefully.
The scarlet flesh was torn open in an instant.
He strode out with an air of dominance, tossing his hair as he wiped the sticky liquid off his face.
He reached back into the tumor and pulled out his katana.
He pulled out part of the blade and saw that it was also covered in sticky mucus, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Thank you both for your hard work this time."
Nan Tian walked over slowly, and with a gentle wave of his hand, the brother was as if he had taken a bath; all the slime on his body disappeared, and he was even dressed in clothes out of thin air.
"Phew... thank you so much."
Seeing that he finally had clothes, Ye Ciqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Alright, thank you all for your selfless fighting. Now, let's head back."
Chi Jiu circled in the air, stopped on the ground, transformed back into human form, raised his arms and shouted happily.
"Comfortable!"
Ye Ciqing immediately leaned over and, with a wicked grin, touched the dragon's tail.
Bai Yu, carrying the snow-white spear in his arms, walked slowly over and stood behind Nan Tian with the others.
"Master, umbrella."
A child wearing a mask, holding an oil-paper umbrella, walked up to Nan Tian and handed it to him.
"Thanks."
Nan Tian reached out and took the white oil-paper umbrella, slowly opening it like a white lotus blooming in the night.
Gentle raindrops pattered lightly on the umbrella, creating a soft white noise, like soothing music after a victory.
"Ah~" Ye Ciqing yawned wearily.
Nan Tian strode forward, leading the crowd in a grand procession across the black earth, slowly disappearing into the dust.