It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 672 Knock on the door

Inside the clock tower, a group of people were arguing incessantly.

"Lin Pengpeng, don't be impulsive. Since the priest is the vice-captain, we should listen to him. Disobeying orders during a mission is a big no-no!"

"According to him, we should turn back the way we came! I can't accept that! You all heard the static on the walkie-talkie! If we leave now, we might be able to find General Pei's location through the walkie-talkie. If we just go back to the quarantine zone like this, how are we supposed to rescue General Pei?!"

"...I also disagree with returning to the quarantine zone. All the members with the Light attribute that we can recruit are here. There's no point in going back. If you ask me, we should find that labyrinth boss called Chaos, kill it, and dispel the fog. That's the purpose of our trip. If General Pei were here, I believe she would make the same decision."

"This is absurd! General Pei's life is currently unknown. Shouldn't such a serious matter be reported back to the quarantine zone to inform the superiors?!"

"Stop arguing! Since neither of you can convince the other, let the vice-captain speak!"

The priest had a splitting headache.

In his opinion, after such a big incident, even if they didn't return to the quarantine zone, they should at least leave the maze, find a place with good communication conditions to contact their superiors, and wait for further instructions.

However, Lin Pengpeng's words also made sense. They could hear voices on the walkie-talkie, which meant that Pei Xianjue was not too far away. If they left the maze now, they might not be able to find Pei Xianjue when they entered the maze a second time.

Are we really going to let this precious rescue opportunity slip away?

So, should they go to rescue her? ...The light-attribute inspectors and hunters are the key to breaking through this maze. If the rescue of Pei Xianjue results in the sacrifice of everyone, who will bear the consequences?

The priest held his head and sighed in frustration.

Lin Pengpeng could see his predicament and didn't want to push him too far. She frowned and said, "How about we see who's willing? Those who want to go and rescue General Pei, come with me. Those who want to go back to the quarantine area, come with the deputy captain."

One team member immediately objected: "Isn't this blatantly sowing discord?! Besides, you know perfectly well that no one can let you go alone. At the very least, a team member with a Light attribute should accompany you, otherwise you'll die in the fog!"

Lin Pengpeng was incredibly stubborn, her neck stubbed out as she said, "Even if I'm the only one left, I have to go save General Pei. When General Pei first entered the maze, some of her team members sacrificed their lives during the operation. She risked her life to bring their ashes out of the maze! So! I must go save General Pei! Even if she has already met with misfortune, I still have to go! I can't leave her alone in the maze!"

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

After a while, Wang Xunmei and Zhang Lu moved a few steps closer to Lin Pengpeng, and then Pigeon and Dawn Swordsman also moved over.

More and more team members came to Lin Pengpeng's side.

Everyone remained silent, silently agreeing with Lin Pengpeng's decision.

The priest was tempted to compromise, but he felt that at least two people should be left behind to take the message back to the quarantine area.

Bang, bang, bang.

The sudden knocking startled everyone in the clock tower.

Everyone stared in astonishment at the old and heavy wooden door, then looked at each other with wide-eyed disbelief.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hmm...it sounds like someone is knocking on the door."

"Could it be that General Pei has returned?"

"What nonsense! If it were General Pei outside, why would she knock on the door?!"

"Could it be a mutant?"

Bang, bang, bang—

They knocked three more times.

Lin Pengpeng gritted her teeth, picked up her knife, and walked towards the door. "I'll go take a look." If it really was a mutant, she would stab it to death!

Lin Pengpeng was on edge, gripped the wooden door, and slowly pulled it open to the inside.

Everyone inside was on high alert, wary of uninvited guests in the middle of the night.

When Lin Pengpeng saw the people outside, her eyes widened in surprise, and she was almost speechless.

"Ah... Fei, Fei Fei?" Lin Pengpeng stammered, shocked. "How did you get here?!"

Ling Feiran was also surprised to run into Lin Pengpeng. She paused for a moment and replied, "I have a patient who got lost, so I came out to look for him."

Lin Pengpeng opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. Ling Feiran's reasoning seemed both reasonable and unreasonable to her.

No, it's not just unreasonable, it's downright absurd.

"Have you seen him? A boy, around sixteen years old, thin and dark-skinned," Ling Feiran asked earnestly.

“No…” Lin Pengpeng shook her head with a complicated expression. “If the person you’re talking about is in the maze, then you shouldn’t look for him anymore, because he’s probably already dead.”

"Waaah, Brother Pashan..." Pearl sobbed.

Lin Pengpeng then noticed that Ling Feiran was followed by a little girl. She was completely exasperated. "My God, Feifei! How did you bring a child into the maze!"

Ling Feiran lowered her head and sighed softly, "I have no choice..."

"Sigh! Come in quickly!" Lin Pengpeng was extremely helpless. She turned to the team members in the clock tower and said, "It's okay, they're all on our side."

Wang Xunmei and Zhang Lu recognized Ling Feiran, and were surprised but also a little happy.

Ling Feiran brought news about the quarantine zone.

When the team members learned that the fog had expanded again and that Huang Yi was unable to form a second expedition team in time, everyone felt heavy-hearted.

“It must be because of that mountain demon,” Lin Pengpeng clenched her fist and slammed it against the wall, saying angrily, “The mountain demon drove Chaos away, and wherever Chaos went, it created fog, so the fog area has expanded again.”

"What are your plans next?" Ling Feiran asked.

Lin Pengpeng said, "I want to go and save General Pei..."

She hesitated for a moment, then frowned and continued, "If, if we really can't save them, we must also deal with the Mountain Demon. Only when the Mountain Demon is gone will Chaos return to the Altar of Radiance. The radiance of the Prophet's remains is the key to restraining Chaos. We have no chance of winning anywhere else."

Wang Xunmei sighed and nodded in agreement: "That's right, Chaos's body will expand infinitely in the fog, making it invisible and intangible. It will only reveal its physical form when it is illuminated by light."

Lin Pengpeng added, “We have a heavy truck equipped with a grenade launcher on the outskirts of the maze. Once we determine the location of the mountain demon, we can fire it. The only obstacle is that there is fog everywhere here... and there are also multiple overlapping spaces. If we can lure the mountain demon into a place within range and without fog, I think we can definitely kill it.”

Everyone was quite excited by Lin Pengpeng's words. It seems that Lin Pengpeng is not just stubborn; she has a clear plan.

Ling Feiran understood and asked Lin Pengpeng, "Where do we go to rescue General Pei now?"

Her newly ignited enthusiasm vanished instantly. Lin Pengpeng, like a wilted eggplant, hung her head dejectedly. "I'm not sure. The walkie-talkie signal is getting weaker and weaker. She might... she might have fallen very, very deep underground."

Ling Feiran thought for a moment, "If you fall into a very deep place, there should be no signal at all. The signal will gradually weaken, which is somewhat like the distance on a plane is increasing."

Lin Pengpeng suddenly looked up, her gaze fixed intently on Ling Feiran. "You mean, General Pei is moving? General Pei is still alive, right?"

“I don’t know,” Ling Feiran thought for a moment, “I’ll go look for it.”