The night was deep, and Ning Yu had not yet returned to their lodging.
Ye Ying rose with some concern and walked to the window, looking towards the main city.
From any angle, as long as one looked towards the city center and their view wasn't blocked by tall buildings, they could see the towering and magnificent Black Star Commander Building.
At this moment, all was silent. The countless windows of that building were lit with white lights, like luminous giant needles standing in the dark night.
“Ning Yu is nowhere to be found, and he doesn’t know where he is. Sigh…” Ye Ying sighed softly, her mind recalling Gu Ya’s appearance. “I really should have stayed home and waited for him.”
Once a ripple of longing appeared, it would grow more intense, eventually turning into a tsunami that washed over the brain.
After the fierce gale, an endless loneliness followed.
Ye Ying raised her hands, gently patting her cheeks, suppressing her longing, and said faintly, “Now is not the time to think about these things.”
Suddenly, she heard faint footsteps in the corridor outside.
Years of experience living in Yadayah made Ye Ying’s nerves instantly tense.
The footsteps were coming from the left corridor, while Wang Shangmeng and Youda were sitting in the room on the right.
It could only be one of the rescued girls living in the room on the left.
Having suffered such great mental trauma, it was understandable that she couldn’t sleep at night.
Ye Ying didn’t want to pay attention,
But the footsteps actually reached her door.
Between this cheap and ancient wooden door and the floor, there was a very fine gap left for ventilation.
Under the dim light of the corridor outside the door, a pair of feet stopped in front of the door.
Ye Ying gripped her dagger, tiptoed to the door, pressed herself against the wall beside the door, held her breath, and calmly listened to the sounds outside.
The person outside stood there for more than ten minutes before slowly walking away.
As the footsteps gradually subsided, Ye Ying also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, “Why did that person come to my door, and who could it be?”
Her experience in Yadayah once again warned her, and a strong sense of unease and curiosity surged within her.
Ye Ying put on her tactical jacket, gripped her dagger, and silently opened the door a crack.
In the dim corridor light, the first thing that caught her eye were two bloody footprints.
Secondly, a strong, fresh smell of blood assaulted her nostrils!
Ye Ying, without thinking, immediately opened the door and rushed out.
Following the corridor to the left, to the adjacent room on the left, the person who had just been there had left four bloody footprints!
Ye Ying immediately rushed back to Wang Shangmeng’s door and knocked four times. A few seconds later, Wang Shangmeng opened the door.
“Something’s happened,” Ye Ying said in a low voice.
The three of them immediately went to the girls’ room. As soon as they pushed the door open,
The horrific massacre scene sent chills down their spines.
The ten girls in the room were lying on their beds in sleeping positions, but they had all been stabbed in the chest and were dead, with blood splattered everywhere.
Wang Shangmeng cursed under his breath, and the three of them immediately rushed to the adjacent room on the left.
Similarly, the five boys were also dead, their deaths even more gruesome than the girls’.
The lower part of each of their bodies had been stabbed more than a dozen times, and they had bled to death.
It was hard to imagine how these boys had endured such intense pain without crying out.
How did the killer manage to kill so silently!
Ye Ying’s eyes suddenly lifted, and she remembered something. She immediately returned to the girls’ room on the right.
After careful counting, she realized one person was missing, and it was indeed Ren Shu.
But they had indeed rescued fifteen people.
Then, among these ten girls, there must have been an innocent one.
Or perhaps, Ren Shu had indeed mixed in with them midway!
Ye Ying dared not think further, because it was her and Ning Yu’s carelessness, their easy trust in Ren Shu’s words, that had led to this tragedy.
Then the four of them had become accomplices in killing these fifteen boys and girls!
Not only that, but Ren Shu had even fabricated a background story of “Wahk City 12 Wastewater Treatment Zone,” meaning she was fully aware of Ye Ying and the others’ situation!
Ye Ying suddenly woke up and quickly rushed out to find Wang Shangmeng and Youda, preparing to inform them of her discovery.
But at the end of the corridor, in the darkness, stood countless dark figures, blocking the corridor.
Ye Ying looked back again, and the other end of the corridor was also blocked!
“Wang Shangmeng! Youda!” Ye Ying called out softly.
Almost instantly, the only remaining corridor light was shot out!
The dark figures from both ends of the corridor rushed forward rapidly, forming a pincer movement.
Wang Shangmeng, carrying Youda on his right shoulder, rushed out of the room and quickly embraced Ye Ying’s slender waist. He lifted her and rushed back into the room.
Without hesitation, he smashed through the glass wooden window and jumped from the third floor, landing steadily.
Just as the three of them were about to escape,
Suddenly, countless black-clothed figures emerged from the surrounding low bushes, blocking the corridor.
These black-clothed figures were all holding guns but not firing bullets; instead, they formed a surrounding formation and rapidly closed in on the three of them, clearly intending to capture them alive!
“Run!!” Wang Shangmeng roared,
The three of them ran towards the east side of this abandoned apartment building, where there were fewer black-clothed figures, making it easier to break through.
However, the opponent was clearly not foolish; they reacted quickly and organized themselves, clearly professional combat personnel.
These black-clothed figures rapidly changed their formations. The figures closest to them quickly filled the gaps, while those behind them flanked to the east, making the encirclement more secure.
In the end, Wang Shangmeng and the other two were tightly trapped in a small open space of less than ten square meters, their backs against the wall of the apartment building.
Ning Yu was not here, and most crucially, she had taken all their mechs.
Without heavy weapons available and heavily surrounded by the enemy, the perilous situation before them was enough to shatter the psychological defenses of ordinary people.
Killing intent surged in Wang Shangmeng’s eyes, and with a cold face, he tore open his shirt and said, “Better to die than surrender.”
Ye Ying and Youda, holding daggers, assumed tactical stances, a determination to die surging in their chests.
As a warrior, Ye Ying had imagined countless scenarios of death.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to grow old with Gu Ya, but as a warrior, she had to live with the belief of being ready to die at any moment.
“Go!”
Wang Shangmeng roared and charged forward first!
His gluteal muscles suddenly burst, splashing blood, and two blade-like mechanical arms emerged from his body.
Bending low, Wang Shangmeng charged into the crowd of black-clothed figures like a ferocious beast.
Ye Ying and Youda followed closely, their movements sharp and their strikes deadly as they entered the crowd.
The black-clothed figures quickly took countermeasures. The outer figures quickly retreated to create distance, while those at close range charged forward to engage the three in close combat.
Wang Shangmeng’s body had been modified, making him more agile and fierce. The blade-like mechanical arms had sharp blades on the front and sharp serrations on the back.
Driven by his body movements, the blades transformed into a storm of blades, constantly cutting down the black-clothed figures.
Ye Ying and Youda fought back-to-back, their movements sharp and their strikes deadly, blocking the charging enemies.
The three of them fought while attempting to break out.
However, the black-clothed figures’ coordination was seamless, always maintaining the encirclement and acting in an orderly manner along the three’s movements, never allowing them to break through.
After several rounds of fighting, Wang Shangmeng and the other two had killed more than ten black-clothed figures, but there was still no sign of breaking through.
Soon, the second wave of black-clothed figures charged forward.
Youda’s stamina was clearly no match for the previous engagement. He was stabbed in the abdomen, shoulder, and thigh by the surging black-clothed figures, his legs weakening as he knelt on the ground, and was dragged away by the enemy.
Without Youda’s protection from behind, Ye Ying was left to fight alone, surrounded by five or six black-clothed figures.
Unknowingly, she was cut by sharp objects several times, blood seeping through her tactical outer garment. With her strenuous movements, drops of blood splattered in all directions.
Despite having physical strength and tactical self-preservation moves beyond girls her age, even the best fighter can’t handle so many opponents alone!
The close-quarters combat skills of the black-clothed figures were very professional, and with their coordinated multi-person attacks, they focused on exploiting any vulnerabilities.
Ye Ying’s knee joint in her thigh was cut twice by an enemy, severing major nerves and tendons in her leg!
The intense pain, accompanied by spasms, caused her to lose strength, and after staggering a few steps, Ye Ying had no strength left to stand and collapsed to the ground, covered in blood!
“Ye Ying!” Wang Shangmeng roared, leaping and flying towards her, quickly killing two enemies.
Looking at the fallen Youda and the incapacitated Ye Ying beside him, Wang Shangmeng was filled with rage and let out a furious roar, preparing for a final battle to the death!
With a “Bang!!!” sound of a gunshot,
Followed by several more explosions,
Wang Shangmeng’s shoulders, arms, thighs, and feet were hit by several bullets!
The black-clothed figures rushed forward, lifted Ye Ying, and quickly retreated into the darkness.
Wang Shangmeng braced himself on the ground with all four limbs, his eyes still glaring, but he was unable to move at all!
Ye Ying had been abducted!