Please pull the trigger for this world one more time.

Shen Yi's expression changed as he sensed the extremely dense movement that suddenly appeared at the bottom of the well. He pulled back Sober, who was still somewhat dazed.

"Enemy attack! Prepare for battle! All hands, offensive grenades, throw bombs!"

A dozen or so [Jin-2 darts] were thrown into the well, followed by a violent explosion, but the faint climbing sound did not diminish at all.

"Damn it! Back off! Back off!"

"Prepare fire! Fire in stages!"

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Before Sober could give any orders, none of the elves except Elena could understand what Shen Yi was saying.

However, they understood Shen Yi's gesture, so they followed the Guangwu Squad and began to retreat together.

Before they had gone back 20 zhang (10m), a purplish-red crustacean, about the size of a washbasin, climbed onto the well opening—behind it was a stream of purplish-red insects that almost covered half of the well wall.

Each of these insects had sharp mouthparts and two large pincers, which made everyone's scalp tingle for a moment.

boom!

Mo Zian fired first, blasting the insect to pieces with a single shot, and then pulled out his pistol.

All members of the Guangwu Squad took turns firing as they had during training. However, the insect swarm was too dense, and the firepower from the alternating fire was not enough to completely suppress it.

And some of these things can even fly.

"Attention! Be aware of the area under fire!"

"Take charge of your respective shooting areas!"

Shen Yi stood at the head of the group and raised his ether shield. However, his ether shield flickered slightly before solidifying, which made him pause for a moment, but then he immediately understood—it seemed that there were indeed some things here that were opposed to ether.

At that very moment, a dozen or so "fire dragons" suddenly emerged from the other side.

"Increase the ether supply! Don't hesitate to consume it!" (Lowland White Elf language)

"Advance steadily! Do not obstruct the Lightbringers' firing lines!" (Lowland White Elf language)

These elves' flames were extremely hot, appearing even more ferocious than the flamethrowers of my previous life.

Sober shouted something in Elvish, and all the elves holding standard battle staffs each began to advance towards the well, each carrying a "fire dragon," and started burning down into the well once they reached it.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Mo Zian's mind, and he took out two bundles of high-energy explosives from Lin Qingning's backpack beside him.

"Cover me!"

After shouting, Mo Zian activated the safety device and lit the fuse. He rushed forward two steps and threw the explosive into the well opening—the fuse had a long enough time to allow the explosive to fall to the bottom of the well.

"Throw the explosives!"

"Back off! (Lowland White Elf language)"

Sober roared, and all the elves quickly retreated, allowing the Lightbringer Squad's firepower to fill the gap.

Boom! ! !

A loud, muffled sound came from underground, accompanied by two tremors in the ground. Then, a collapse sound came from the well – the insect flow had been successfully cut off, and the remaining insects were quickly eliminated by the two teams working together.

"What the hell is that thing?" Du Chi fired two more shots at a beetle that was still convulsing. "Probably poisonous?"

A young male elf stepped out of the party and approached a relatively intact insect carcass. He put on a specially made leather glove and used a sharp silver knife to cut the beetle open.

"We were right not to let it get close. Its mouthparts are connected to a tube-like tissue, and at the other end is a venom sac, but we don't know what type of toxin it is." (Lowland White Elf language)

Elena, who was standing not far away, volunteered to translate. After hearing this, Mo Zian said to Elena, "Elena, could you please tell this warrior that I also want two poison sacs?"

Elena nodded, turned to exchange a few words with the elf beside her, and then said to Mo Zian, "He said it's possible, but he hopes you can help him so that it will be more efficient."

"Of course." Mo Zian drew his personal short sword. "We're still on a mission and can't afford to waste too much time. Dafu, lend a hand."

"good!"

After each team retrieved several poison sacs, they continued their journey. After climbing a long stretch of upward steps, the magnificent main hall came into view.

Mo Zian noticed that Han Dafu paused slightly, so he walked over to her and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Han Dafu replied in a low voice, "It looks almost exactly the same as the ones from our place... except ours are black, while this one is off-white and has some gold trim."

Mo Zian knew that when Han Dafu said "our place," he was referring to the Night God Temple in Tianhe Port.

Mo Zian and Han Dafu exchanged a glance, but neither of them spoke again.

Sober was about to step forward when Shen Yi stopped him.

"Everyone, prepare to attack, watch out for the corners."

Sober watched with curiosity as the well-trained Guangwu soldiers took their clearly rehearsed positions, and then he wisely stepped aside.

"reciprocal."

As he clenched his three outstretched fingers into a fist, Shen Yi raised the Ether Shield, first slowly pushing the door open a crack, then kicking it open with a bang, and taking the lead into the main hall, followed by the members of the Guangwu Squad.

Following closely behind, Sober released several orbs of light, dispelling the darkness inside the hall.

"The left side is safe."

"The right side is safe."

"Discover!"

"alert!"

"Taking control ahead!"

Directly in front of the main hall was a gilded high-backed chair, upon which sat a demon wearing a golden crown and a dark white robe.

The demon drooped its head, its right hand resting on the armrest, and its left hand holding a golden cup filled with water that shimmered with an abnormal black light.

Mo Zian subconsciously stared at the demon on the chair, when suddenly! He saw the demon raise its head and a very strange smile spread across its face.

Mo Zian felt a jolt and subconsciously raised the [Judge], while Wei Qiao quickly pulled Mo Zian aside.

"Old Bi, what's wrong with you!"

"what?"

Mo Zian seemed to wake from a dream, and looked again at the high-backed chair. The evil demon was still drooping its head and did not make any movement.

"What's wrong, Lao Bi? Have you discovered something?" Luo Chong asked from behind.

"It's nothing."

Mo Zian let out a soft sigh and shook his head. "I think the other side suddenly moved a little, didn't you guys see it?"

The people around looked at each other and shook their heads.

"I must have misread it. I was just being paranoid," Mo Zian said somewhat embarrassedly.

Luo Chong said, "It's good to be cautious. After all, the other demons are full of energy, but this one is like it's asleep."

"Alright, stop chatting." Song Chen turned his head and ordered, "Everyone, split up into pairs and stand guard."

"yes!"

With the Ether Shield on his head, Shen Yi walked up to the high-backed chair and examined the gorgeously dressed demon that still showed no signs of "awakening".

"Judging from her attire, she is definitely the high priest of this temple. The fact that she is still sitting in a high-backed chair means that she retained her sanity in the last moment before she lost her soul."

A look of respect appeared on Sober's face. "She must have used her own ether to vibrate within her body at the last moment, destroying her physical form and firmly controlling the source of contamination within the temple... Unfortunately, her name may not be found in the register of high priests."

"A hero, even if his name is unknown, can leave an indelible mark on history."

Shen Yi also seemed a little sentimental, "Let you handle this. This is an internal matter for you elves, so we won't overstep our bounds."

"Thank you," Sober said sincerely. "Thank you, Major Shen Yi. Sally will definitely wish you well."

Shen nodded, gestured for him to proceed, and stepped aside.

Sober stepped forward and took out a piece of ether stone.

As the incantation was chanted, the aetherite erupted with a strong energy fluctuation, but not a single bit of this energy leaked out. Instead, it formed a dazzling ball of light in Sober's palm, about the size of a football.

A gust of air lifted Sobert into the air, and the sphere of light poured down like water.

The dazzling light enveloped the figure on the high-backed chair, so she became light herself, rushing towards the earth and turning into specks of light dust.

Only some ashes that couldn't be taken away remained as evidence of its existence.

The golden goblet in her hand melted into a pool of liquid gold. The water that had been emitting an abnormal gray light had long since disappeared, and wisps of black smoke were now emanating from it.

As the last wisp of black energy disappeared into the stream of light with a "bang," strange changes began to occur in the surroundings.

The scenery before my eyes began to age rapidly, quickly becoming mottled and worn, as if I had walked a path that should have taken thousands of years in just a dozen breaths.

Sober took out a wooden box, tidied up the ashes on the ground, and said to Shen Yi, "Major Shen, the mission is complete. Let's go back."

"Alright." Shen Yi waved to the members of the Guangwu Squad. "Mission complete, withdraw!"

......

After everyone returned to the surface, the two teams formally said goodbye.

The elves were escorted across the border by the Northwest Army and returned to the Holy Light Dynasty.

The Guangwu Squad needed to travel to the military airport in a troop transport vehicle, then take an airship back to Guangzhou, and then take a train from Guangzhou back to the military academy. To avoid unnecessary trouble, the rest of the military academy in the capital had already returned ahead of time, led by Jiang Xing.

The trainees who participated in the mission seemed to be still in shock. This was their first time participating in a formal battle, and although the intensity was not high, it was extremely special.

It wasn't until they boarded the train from Guangzhou to Guangwu City and saw the sumptuous meal laid out in front of them that everyone belatedly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although only a few days had passed, it felt like a lifetime had gone by—the orders from above had been issued, and the mission's security level was Class A, Level 3.

That's practically the highest level.

As the saying goes, "When you're full, you're sleepy; when you're hungry, you're in a daze." As a prime example, after filling its belly, a certain hamster lay down on a chair and fell into a deep sleep. As if some switch had been triggered, the entire team gradually fell asleep.

Mo Zian tried to call out to the thing in his consciousness in his dream, but the other party did not respond at all—he even went directly to the door of the old house in the dream, but the door was tightly closed.

Therefore, Mo Zian had no choice but to give up for the time being.

Outside, the clatter of the train and the soft snores echoed each other, while the world outside the window kept rushing past.

Three pairs of eyes opened in perfect unison, and three very light footsteps reached the empty seats at the back of the carriage.

Du Chi took out three flat porcelain bottles from his pocket and gave them to Shen Yi and Song Chen. These were plum milk wine, a specialty of Guangzhou, and "good tea" that Du Chi had "casually" bought at Shen Yi's prompting.

"bite."

The three bottles gently clinked together, and then the sweet and sour plum milk wine was poured into the mouth all at once.

"what……"

"Shh!"

Mo Zian, sitting in the front row, swallowed silently with his eyes closed. He frowned, turned his face away, and opened his eyes slightly. In front of him was a hamster's rosy little face as it slept...

And the saliva that was about to drip onto his arm.