Zhang Chen was located on the forward position of the military base.
Normally, this place was not safe.
But now, the enemy was attacking from within the military base.
This place had instead become the rear, the safest location.
After giving his orders, Zhao Longchuan immediately led the core members of the special operations team, including Dong Tiejun, Er Pang, and Xiao Bai, charging towards the direction of the gunfire.
A few minutes later, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed from the corridor.
Then, a charming and heroic figure appeared at the room's doorway.
It was Zhao Xiyue.
She was wearing camouflage, her hair tied in a ponytail, making her appear even more capable and strong.
"Brother Chen... you... how did you get like this..."
Zhao Xiyue saw Zhang Chen lying there expressionless, his body covered in cracked plates, with golden light emanating from within.
His life or death was uncertain.
For a moment, she choked up, unsure of what to say.
On her way here, she had imagined many scenarios of reuniting with Zhang Chen and what she would say.
But seeing Zhang Chen in this state, all those words were forgotten!
Her heart felt as if it had been struck by something, an indescribable discomfort.
The medic stood by Zhang Chen's side with her hands on her hips, a look of helplessness on her face.
Generally, for a patient who had been unconscious for a long time, the first step would be to administer an IV drip to replenish glucose and electrolytes.
But with Zhang Chen looking like this... the needle couldn't even penetrate.
And there was golden light inside... if they couldn't even find the blood vessels, how could they administer an IV?
The medic felt somewhat redundant in front of the patient for the first time.
"What happened to Brother Chen?"
Seeing that Zhang Chen didn't react, Zhao Xiyue turned to the medic and asked.
"His condition... I'm not sure, we'll just have to wait and see!
I heard that when he first arrived, he was like a dead man, but now he seems to be showing some signs of improvement...
I think he should be able to wake up... Of course, this is just my intuition, and it has nothing to do with medicine..."
The medic replied with a serious expression.
Of course, it had nothing to do with medicine; with that golden light, medicine couldn't explain it.
Suddenly, another set of footsteps could be heard from the corridor.
At this time, it was supposed to be the evacuation of civilians.
All combat troops were also at their posts.
Why would someone be coming here?
Zhao Xiyue became vigilant and immediately drew a silver spear: [Energy Weapon]
She heard the footsteps slowly approach the doorway.
"Oh? Shouldn't you be..."
The guard didn't issue a warning beforehand but greeted her as if encountering an old friend.
However, his words were cut short.
Two muffled thuds were heard.
Then, the room door was directly kicked open.
Lin Qingsong stood at the doorway with a mocking smile, his body covered in blood.
The two guards at the door had already been killed and their bodies collected.
"Lin... Captain Lin? What are you doing?!"
"Weren't you supposed to be defending the forward position of the second gate?!"
The medic asked with confusion.
"Heh, thanks to Zhao Longchuan giving me so many opportunities, allowing me to grow rapidly!
The forward position and such are no longer important, those useless team members have been dealt with by me!
I am here to do something more important!"
Lin Qingsong smiled, his gaze fixed on Zhang Chen.
The words about killing his own teammates, spoken from his mouth, carried not a hint of guilt.
Instead, his tone even contained a trace of disdain.
Disdain for the teammates who had unconditionally trusted him.
"If you want to hurt Brother Chen, I won't let you succeed!"
Zhao Xiyue pointed her spear, directly attacking Lin Qingsong.
Her current strength was at Stage 2 of Early Awakened.
Lin Qingsong, on the other hand, had already been at Stage 1 of Intermediate Awakened seven days ago.
During this time, he had continued his subtle manipulations.
The number of survivors who had died at his hands was countless!
Coupled with the recent slaughter of the entire combat personnel of the 13th squad,
He had been promoted to Stage 2 of Intermediate Awakened.
His strength was among the top few in the entire military base.
Although Zhao Xiyue's weapon was powerful, it couldn't even graze Lin Qingsong's clothes.
"I'll play with you later..."
Lin Qingsong flashed and instantly appeared behind the medic.
With a crack, he snapped her neck.
Then, he ducked to dodge Zhao Xiyue's spear and quickly closed the distance.
With a fierce punch.
He directly sent Zhao Xiyue flying. Her back hit the wall, leaving a spiderweb-shaped crack.
She coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Zhao Xiyue's spear flew out of her hand.
There was no other way, the gap of three levels between them, with the stages of Early and Intermediate in between, was too great.
"I'll give you two choices: become my female slave, loyal to me like a dog. This way, you can survive and enjoy some of my resources!
The second choice is that I will kill Zhang Chen, and then I will take care of you, hanging your naked corpse on Gate 2!
So many people in the military base like you, I think they would all love to see you without your clothes!"
Lin Qingsong said with a lecherous smile, greed in his eyes.
Then, he took out a silver cone.
[Rare · Cone of Destruction]: Can directly kill any survivor before the Transcended stage. Disappears after use!
Transcended is the existence that advances after Stage 3 of Advanced Awakened.
In other words, this weapon could instantly kill any current survivor, without exception.
Lin Qingsong looked at Zhang Chen, his face contorted, and shouted with a voice bordering on madness:
"Die! Thank you for paving my path to the pinnacle!"
The silver cone violently smashed towards Zhang Chen's chest!
Success was within reach!
"No!"
Zhao Xiyue mustered her last bit of strength and threw a flying knife.
Lin Qingsong was quick-witted, and he quickly raised the silver cone to dodge this attack.
If the silver cone had collided with the flying knife, the silver cone would have been considered used and would have automatically been destroyed.
"Close one!"
"You wretched woman!"
"As long as you let Brother Chen go, I'll be your female slave and never betray you..."
Zhao Xiyue, having exerted too much force, vomited a mouthful of blood and said weakly.
"Heh, so you like him so much, even better!"
Lin Qingsong said with a fake smile as he walked up to Zhao Xiyue. He directly grabbed her hair and dragged her from the ground to Zhang Chen's side.
With a strong pull of his right hand, her hair was pulled taut, and Zhao Xiyue's head was forcefully yanked up.
"Since you don't want him to die, then I will make sure you watch him die before your eyes!
It's a shame that I will collect his corpse after killing him, so there won't be an opportunity for him to see me tormenting you, truly a pity!"
Lin Qingsong laughed heartily, then fiercely stabbed the silver cone into Zhang Chen's heart!