On the Ark.

The soldier returned the identification to Lin Ye, not bothering to explain explicitly: "You'll see once you go inside; this town is no longer accessible by car."

After speaking, the soldiers dispersed. Lin Ye relayed the soldiers' words to the people in the vehicle, who shared the same question as Lin Ye, but that question was quickly resolved.

The small town of Harlan had been destroyed by a natural disaster. More than 80% of the houses had collapsed, and ruins and debris covered the streets, making it impossible for cars to move. Left with no other option, the group followed the soldiers' advice, parked their cars outside, and prepared to walk into the town.

"To be honest, this place is really unpleasant," Chūmaru complained first.

“Towns that have suffered natural disasters are mostly like this,” Frostleaf replied calmly. Although she was wearing headphones, she had heard what Chūmaru said, and obviously she hadn’t turned the volume up to the maximum.

Of the group, Magellan had the most luggage. As a researcher, she was not only wearing a bulky uniform but also carrying three bulging backpacks. One on her left shoulder, one on her right, she looked like a clumsy penguin. Lin Ye couldn't bear to see her like that and offered to carry the third backpack for her. Magellan gave Lin Ye a grateful look.

"So, the next step is to get to the meeting point, right?" Blue Poison glanced at the note, which had an address on it: "233 Harlan Town... Harlan Town is already in such a state, is this place still there?"

“Since it was given by Kal'tsit, there’s definitely no problem,” Lin Ye said. “I don’t know if the other parties have arrived yet, but Ursus has obviously arrived. Now what we need to do is find number 233. Hmm, it doesn’t seem that easy. Let’s look for house numbers in the vicinity first.”

“No need for that much trouble.” Shuangye interrupted Lin Ye, then pointed to the only house standing not far away, “That’s the only house in this town that hasn’t collapsed. I think that’s 233.”

Lin Ye looked in the direction Shuangye pointed and saw a small gray building standing on the ruins about three hundred meters away from them. In the misty sky, the building did not look clear and could be easily overlooked if one was not paying attention. However, upon closer inspection, it looked like a tombstone standing silently in the rain.

And it is indeed number 233 in Harlan town.

When Lin Ye arrived in front of the small building, he felt it looked more like a tombstone, because there were several bunches of wilted white flowers on the steps in front of the door.

"Are you here to remember the martyrs?" Shuangye clasped her hands together, closed her eyes before the white flowers, and said softly, "Rest in peace."

Everyone had originally intended to go straight in, but seeing Shuangye's actions, they all stopped and waited a while before pushing the door open together. As soon as they entered the room, they heard an extremely unpleasant male voice.

"Oh ho? Who are these people? A women's visitation group after a natural disaster?"

Lin Ye frowned, looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a thin man standing in front of him with a mocking smile on his face.

"Hmm? So there are men here... By the way, are you a man?" The man crossed his arms and said with a smile, "Sorry, I don't know much about this."

It feels like I've been targeted from the start.

Lin Ye ignored the man and instead looked around the house, finding quite a few people already inside. Although Kal'tsit had told them to arrive early, and they had indeed put in a lot of effort on the way, they were still a bit late. But who were these guys?

Seeing that Lin Ye did not answer, the man's smile gradually faded: "Hey, isn't introducing yourself a basic courtesy?"

Before Lin Ye could speak, Magellan stepped out from behind him and said to the man, "We are a team from Rhodes Island."

“Rhodes Island? Isn’t that a pharmaceutical company?” The man looked at Magellan with interest. “What are you doing here in a place like this? Trying to sell us your cold medicine?”

Magellan, who looked like a well-behaved child, was clearly not good at dealing with this kind of difficult situation, and stammered, "We're not here to sell cold medicine, we're here to..."

"That's enough, Magellan." Lin Ye patted Magellan on the shoulder. "He's just here to cause trouble, there's no need to explain to him."

“Yeah.” Chūmaru had also been unable to stand it any longer. Standing next to Magellan alongside Lin Ye, he said provocatively, “What’s the point of explaining to people who cause trouble for no reason? Rhodes Island doesn’t just sell cold medicine, it sells birth control pills too. Want some?”

With just one sentence, she shut the man down.

The man sneered, "Heh, you're quite the talker, aren't you? But so what? Just a bunch of women. Is sending a bunch of women to their deaths the only thing Rhodes Island can do? Plus a pretty boy."

Now Lin Ye realized that the man had come to cause trouble on purpose.

What are the reasons for finding fault?

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes.

Upon closer reflection, of the four partners involved, the Ursus soldiers are already on guard duty outside, so Lungmen won't target them. As for the remaining two, the one called the Cataclysmic Observation Center has no reason to cause them trouble. Therefore, only one answer remains.

Mansa was the one who had been targeting them during the video conference.

Having figured this out, Lin Ye asked directly, "Who is Mansha to you?"

The man's expression changed slightly, but he quickly concealed it and sneered, "What's it to you?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than another female voice came from outside the door.

"It has nothing to do with him, but if you say women are no good again, I'll burn your underwear."

Everyone was taken aback, then turned around and saw a beautiful girl standing by the door, holding a staff in her hand.

"I mean what I say," the girl said.

Chapter 313 I kept my word

The girl's appearance was sudden, and so were her words.

This made the man who was mocking the Rhodes Island team pause slightly. He then turned to look at the girl and found that her orange eyes were full of mockery and disdain, as if she were looking at trash. Coupled with her extremely threatening words, an uncontrollable anger rose in the man's heart: "Damn it, what did you say?"

"Is your brain not working well, and your ears aren't working well either?" the girl said calmly. "Isn't that pathetic?"

"You bastard! You're just a Felin, what are you so arrogant about?"

Lin Ye looked at the girl and felt that something was not right.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but after the girl came in, the temperature in the room seemed to rise a few degrees for no apparent reason. It's just that no one else seemed to notice, especially the angry man, who was even less likely to perceive this subtle detail.

"How dare you say that? You're really bold." The girl slowly walked towards the man. "Would you dare to give your name?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" the man said coldly. "Sunset Trading Company, Morin, who are you?"

“Skyfire, from a small group called ‘King’s Staff’ at the Originium Arts Research Center. Please give me your guidance.” Skyfire walked up to the man, crossed his arms, and lightly tapped his staff with his fingers. “These are the words someone told me to say before I came here. She’s a very troublesome person. If I don’t listen to her, I’ll definitely be lectured for half a day. But what I really want to say is that I’m the one who’s going to burn your underwear.”

Morin was even angrier. He was about to teach Skyfire a lesson when he saw Skyfire's long brown hair suddenly fly up. The next second, his face turned deathly pale.

Or rather, everyone's expression changed.

Because the temperature in the room was rising rapidly, even though it was the dead of winter, the indoor environment turned into a steam room in just a few seconds.

"you!"

Morin pointed at Skyfire's nose, about to speak, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his lower body. He looked down and found that white smoke was emanating from his crotch.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Morin immediately lay down on the ground, clutching his groin, rolling around in agony. The not-so-spacious room was instantly filled with a pungent, burning smell.

Seeing this, all the men present felt a dull ache in their **.

"Hey!" Lin Ye immediately reached out and placed his hand on Tianhuo's shoulder. "What do you want to do... hiss."

The next second, the outstretched hand was pulled back with lightning speed, because Tianhuo's shoulder was like a burning iron block, with an alarmingly high temperature.

But Tianhuo noticed it too. She turned her head, glanced at Lin Ye, said nothing, and then looked away. Her hair, which had been tossed about, slowly fell back down, and the high temperature in the room quickly decreased.

"I know what I'm doing," Tianhuo said calmly. "I said I would burn his underwear, and I will definitely burn his underwear. As for the others, I won't involve them, so don't worry."

Skyfire's move stunned everyone present.

After rolling around on the ground a few times, the smoke slowly dissipated. He then stopped, breathing heavily, his face ashen.

"Wow, what an amazing person," Magellan said in a low voice.

"Yes," Chūmaru sighed, "They look harmless on the outside, but their hearts are so cruel."

Blue Poison looked at Lin Ye's hand with considerable concern: "Dr. Lin Ye, are you alright?"

Lin Ye shook his head.

I only got a little burned; I wasn't injured.

At this moment, he was certain that the man named Morin was there to cause trouble, because the Sunset Merchant Guild was Mansa's company. As for Skyfire, it turned out to be a member from the Disaster Observation Center and the Originium Arts Research Association, which Lin Ye had previously considered the most insignificant organizations. After all, compared to the Ursus military, Lungmen, and the Sunset Merchant Guild, this research association was like an amateur organization that was just there to make up the numbers, but he hadn't expected that the member they sent would be so unique.

To Lin Ye's surprise, after dealing with Morin, Skyfire turned to look at them and slowly asked, "Are you Rhodes Island?"

“Yes.” Magellan nodded. “We’re from Rhodes Island, Miss Skyfire. Thank you for getting us out of that situation…”

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to help you out. I'm just venting my anger," Skyfire said calmly. "As for you, I've heard of Rhodes Island before and had high hopes for you, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. It's quite disappointing."

Magellan was somewhat at a loss after Tianhuo's words: "What...what are your expectations of us?"

“It existed before, but it doesn’t anymore.” Tianhu shook his head. “Such a weak organization, I don’t think there’s anything to say. Let it be.”

After speaking, Skyfire didn't wait for anyone's response. He took his staff and walked to the window, then leaned against it and closed his eyes to rest. This left the Rhodes Island members completely bewildered.

"What's wrong with her?" Chūmaru couldn't help but ask, "Why does she talk like that, so condescendingly?"

Shuangye also took off her headphones and said calmly, "She has a very spoiled princess temperament."

Blue Poison asked with some confusion, "The Originium Arts Research Society... did she come alone?"

No one could answer Blue Poison's questions. Everyone, including Lin Ye, was puzzled by this girl named Skyfire. He thought she was another difficult girl and didn't want to have much contact with her, hoping that their work wouldn't lead to much interaction in the future.

Skyfire's commotion silenced the already tense Sunset Merchant Guild and Rhodes Island. Everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere inside the room became somewhat eerie.

Half an hour later, the door was pushed open, and an Ursus soldier strode in.

"Time's up." The soldier glanced around. "Is everyone here?"

"The Sunset Chamber of Commerce has arrived," a representative from the Sunset Chamber of Commerce replied.

The soldier glanced at Morin, who was lying on the ground "resting," shook his head, and said nothing.

Rhodes Island?

"Uh, we've arrived at Rhodes Island," Magellan replied.

"What about the Originium Arts Research Association?"

Tianhuo slowly raised his hand: "Here."

"Hmm, what about Lungmen?"

No one answered.

The soldier frowned slightly and asked again, "Where's Longmen? Haven't we arrived yet?"

Still, no one answered.

"It seems Longmen is late."

The soldier said calmly, but as soon as he finished speaking, a woman's very displeased voice came from outside.

"What a disaster! Even the mountain road is congested. I'm so frustrated."

Chapter 314 Skadi: Everyone here is trash

Lin Ye was completely taken aback; the person sent by the Dragon Gate was yet another familiar face. Even before meeting her, his distinctive Dragon Gate slang was enough to identify him—Swire. When Swire pushed open the door and saw Lin Ye, she was momentarily stunned: "You rascal? What are you doing here?"

...Wasn't he called a loser? Why is he being called a scumbag now?

Lin Ye was speechless.