Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

Jingyuan, Mark, and the others saw Xuefeng's team off.

Their destination was a military survival base, and the lighthouse wouldn't be able to pick them up until tomorrow at the earliest.

Mark said goodbye to Xuefeng and the others, gave them a few words of advice, and then the group slowly descended with the elevator platform.

Seeing Mark's worried expression, Jingyuan stepped forward to comfort him, "Don't worry, they will all come back."

“Yes, they’ll definitely be back.” Mark patted Jingyuan on the shoulder. “Let’s go! We need to get ready!”

Jingyuan followed Mark to the armory, where staff at each post were busy with their own tasks.

Inspect gravity bodies, firearms and ammunition, vehicles and equipment, etc.

Jingyuan and Mark were the vanguard warriors. In terms of specific arrangements, Jingnan was in charge of the overall command from the lighthouse, while Ranbing, Mocheng, and others assisted them after they went down to the ground.

Jingyuan looked to the side and saw Mo Dong, Chu Feng, Neil, Ling Ge, and Dehai inspecting the equipment.

Jing Yuan walked over and patted Mo Dong on the shoulder, "How are you adapting to the prosthetic limbs?"

Mo Dong waved the mechanical arm and said, "Not bad, the strength is even stronger than before."

In the last incident, the culprits all died on the ground, and Mo Dong received compensation. For those on the lighthouse, surviving was the greatest stroke of luck.

Jingyuan saw Penny standing nearby and walked over to her, saying, "Come down and be on my team later."

“Okay.” Penny responded to Jingyuan with a smile at first, then stared blankly ahead.

Jingyuan felt something was off, so he followed Penny's gaze and saw a man with a small mustache.

"Donnie?" Jing Yuan was also a little puzzled. "It feels like I haven't seen him in a long time."

Penny glanced at Jing Yuan and said, "After what happened last time, Captain Mark suspended him. This mission is short-staffed, so they brought him back."

"How do you know so well?"

Penny patted Jingyuan on the shoulder and said, "I'm a veteran member after all, Vice Captain Jingyuan."

Jing Yuan walked towards his gravity body, brushing past Donnie along the way. From the kid's eyes, Jing Yuan could still sense his displeasure.

However, that was not what Jingyuan cared about.

They turned around abruptly and looked at Donnie.

In the original story, Penny died during this mission, and was killed by Donnie.

Donnie was suspended, but then he was transferred back to his original position. Could it be that things are destined to go back to the way they were?

Jingyuan instantly had a bad feeling.

After the hunters finished preparing, everyone gathered at the elevator platform.

This was the largest team Jing Yuan had ever mobilized since joining the Hunters.

This time, there were quite a few ordinary people among them.

While waiting by the platform, Jingyuan spotted a young man with a buzz cut in the crowd of commoners.

4068, he also participated in this collection mission.

Upon seeing number 4068, Jingyuan recalled a related plot point.

Inside the spaceship, it was because 4068 disobeyed commands and disturbed the swarm of spinal worms that Donnie was indirectly infected with the serotonin.

In a way, Penny's death was also related to him.

With the elevator platform ready, the hunters boarded it in an orderly fashion.

After the elevator platform landed, what appeared before everyone was a barren, yellowish-brown desert, where every now and then a gust of wind would blow up and the yellow sand would fill the sky.

The hunters' convoy marched forward in a single file and soon arrived at the spaceship ruins.

Based on previously obtained reconnaissance data, they simply divided the area around the spaceship ruins into three zones: A, B, and C.

They are currently located in Zone C.

Mark conducted a simple survey of the surrounding environment and discovered many traces of Devouring Beasts.

Jing Yuan scanned the area with his mental energy and found no trace of the Devouring Beast within his perception range.

He walked over to Mark and said, "There must be a lot of Devouring Beasts here. We need to hurry!"

Mark nodded; he shared the same view.

Mark turned to the group and said, "We're splitting into two teams now. One team will come with me into the spaceship, and the other team will stay outside with Jingyuan to provide support."

"Yes!"

Mark immediately started calling out names, "Ran Bing, Mo Cheng, you two take your men and come with me into the spaceship!"

"Yes!"

Mark spotted Donnie in the crowd and said to him, "Donnie, come with me!"

When Jingyuan heard Mark mention Donnie, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Donnie, you can stay outside! Let Mo Dong and the others go with you."

It doesn't matter to Mark how the personnel are arranged.

Jingyuan spoke, and Mark nodded without much thought.

Jing Yuan turned to Mo Dong and the others and said, "You go in with Captain Mark. Remember, stay away from the Flesh Soil and watch out for the Spine Gu. If you encounter a Devouring Beast, don't linger in battle, run! We'll deal with it when it reaches an open area outside!"

“Okay!” Mo Dong and the others nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, several members of the Hunters team began to guide the Dust People to enter the spaceship with them.

"4068, 4079, 41..."

Upon hearing the name 4068, Jingyuan walked over.

"Wait a moment!"

"Vice Captain?" The hunter who was taking roll call stopped when he saw Jing Yuan and listened to his instructions.

"Leave this mortal here!" Jing Yuan said, pointing at 4068.

4068 saw Jing Yuan and naturally recognized him. At this moment, he was trying his best to hide the resentment in his heart.

"I want to be with my coworkers!" 4068 just didn't want to listen to any arrangements, especially Jingyuan's.

"How dare you! Dustfolk are on the ground, they must obey orders!" The hunter team member next to him immediately reprimanded.

4079 quickly stepped forward to cover for them, saying, "Yes, yes, we'll follow your instructions."

The Hunters team took another roll call, and only 4068 of the Dust People were not selected to join the team and board the spaceship.

Jingyuan didn't say much and just walked away.

He thought that without the unstable factors like Donnie, Penny, and 4068, the spaceship should be very safe!

Watching Jing Yuan's departing figure, 4079 whispered, "Is he the Hunter Vice-Captain that 4277 likes?"

4068 retorted, "What's so great about that? I just got lucky and became a high-ranking citizen. Wearing the Gravity Body, I can fight the Devouring Beast too!"

"Come on! You don't even know how a gravity body works!" 4079 couldn't help but pour cold water on his friend's boasting, trying to bring him back to reality.

Mark organized the team and then entered the spaceship.

Jingyuan walked to Penny's side and said, "Come on! Let's patrol the area together."

"it is good!"

Penny always readily agrees to work assignments.

Jingyuan and Penny came to Jeff's side. Jingyuan said to Jeff, "Jeff, set up a perimeter! I'll go check the area! Stay in touch."

"Yes!"

Jeff was standing next to Donnie, who was also giving Jingyuan an unfriendly look.

Jingyuan took two steps out, looked back, and saw Donnie looking at him.

He said to Penny, who was next to him, "Stay away from that Donnie."

Penny looked at Jingyuan, paused for a second, then smiled and said, "Are you jealous?"

Jealous? Jing Yuan hadn't thought of that. He was just worried that Donnie might be infected with the pheromones again and accidentally kill Penny.

"It's not because I'm jealous. It's hard for me to explain the reason to you, but just stay away from him."

Penny, of course, didn't understand. Instead, she explained to Jingyuan, "Maybe I did have a bit of a crush on Donnie before. He's a very interesting person and he saved me, so I had some feelings for him. But all of that is in the past."

"Donnie is interesting?" Jing Yuan asked in surprise. "I didn't notice."

"That's because you don't know him well! He's a lot of fun once you get to know him."

"Then why aren't you with him?"

Chapter 73 A Large Number of Devouring Beasts

Penny glanced at him. "Can you be together at the lighthouse?"

"If one day, the three laws are no longer on the lighthouse, would you still want to be with him?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing! I just wanted to know if you still have feelings for him."