"Donghyuk, did you see Xiahou Chengqin's face? It's so much better than just killing her off." Cecily received a picture from Donghyuk, and her voice sounded satisfied. Her mood was refreshed, seeing Xiahou Chengqin in this state for the first time. It was worth it, waiting for this moment.
Glancing at Cecily from the corner of his eyes, Donghyuk didn't say anything. He didn't know how the Cecily that was usually noble and hot-tempered could become like this.
Even though her temper was still the same, the noble air around her was no longer there, and she was also talking a lot more.
Donghyuk didn't know what went wrong-what had happened for Cecily to become like this?
"That's right, how come I don't see Lili today?" Cecily suddenly recalled. "Isn't she heading back to the capital? And I haven't seen Jiji all day either."
It was unusual to not hear Jiji's mechanical sound for a day.
Donghyuk fiddled with the compass in his hand, answering with an indifferent tone, "Miss Lalisa has gone back to the capital with Big Boss."
"I didn't see the flying blade go out." Cecily was afraid that Lisa would sneak away someday, just like how she sneaked away from Baixing Village the other day. Manager Liu would have probably jumped when he found that Lisa had gone missing.
"They walked out of the desert, not using any tools." Donghyuk said, glancing at Cecily with sympathy in his eyes.
If it was anyone else that had heard Donghyuk's word, they would definitely think he was nuts. Who would go out into the desert with nothing but the clothes on their back? But it was one of their people, so it wasn't anything strange, it was just like taking a trip, nothing strange at all.
What Cecily was sad about was the fact that Lisa had slipped away right under her nose!
How could this be!
"She didn't take me along to play!" Cecily's scream echoed through the skies.
Donghyuk glanced at her again, before moving away from her. He moved away from her, at least ten meters, ignoring her.
***
In the depths of the desert.
"Shi Yi! Be careful, your back!" A young man looked at his partner in the pit, shouting out.
There was a large pit in front of him, and there were tons of man-eating plants covered in black mist in it. The boy called Shi Yi was being rolled up by the plants, the corroding liquid dripping from their vines. The young boy pulled out a short blade from his boot. "Shi Yi, relax your body. This monster is afraid of steel, catch it!"
He threw the blade into the pit, which was caught by Shi Yi.
"Old Jiu." Another man that was standing by the pit took his own short blade from his boot, his eyes red. "OId Ba has been eaten by the monster for the sake of saving us, I can't just stand and watch as it eats Shi Yi too!"
"Together now." Shi Er looked at Shi Yi, who was wrapped up by the man-eating plant, and pulled out another blade. "I was chosen together with Shi Yi into Boss Ying's team, I won't return with one man short!"
The other three had also pulled out their short blades, a determined and savage expression on their faces. "This d*mn thing has been following us all the way, eating one each day. If we don't make a stand today, we'll probably be eaten sooner or later."
The fear of this monster was turning into a blazing fighting spirit instead.
"Kill!'
"Avenge Old Ba!"
The remaining people by the side of the pit jumped in with a mad expression on their faces. They picked up the steel daggers, cutting into the vines.
The vines that filled the skies disappeared suddenly at this time, shrinking back into the sand. Even Shi Yi, who was about to be devoured, was dropped.
"What's going on?" Shi Yi got up in a daze. He wiped the disgusting mucus off him as much as he could, almost throwing up in the process. "Why did that monster disappear suddenly?"
"I don't know, but let's get out of here, and leave this godforsaken place," Old Jiu crawled out from the pit as he said that. "If that monster recovers, we don't stand a chance!"
Hearing those words, the five of them started to climb out of the pit in a hurry. They were in a frenzy and weren't afraid just now, but the fear had returned with the adrenaline gone from their body.
"Was the monster afraid, seeing how desperate we were?" Shi Er was the first out of the pit, and he said this jokingly.
"No way." Old Jiu shook his head. "Let's just leave first."
"Old Jiu, look, there are people!" Shi Yi exclaimed, almost out of the pit, seeing two figures not far off from them.
They didn't expect that there would be others in the desert, and the team felt that it was a bit strange. They waited for the two to come closer, and it wasn't long before they were in front of them.
It was afternoon in the desert, and the two approached them slowly. A man and a woman. The man was dressed in a snow-white shirt, his face as cold as ice, looking extremely majestic. As they got closer, it felt like the heat of the desert became fainter as the air got colder
The girl beside him was even more eye-catching and beautiful, seemingly surrounded in a faint mist. She nodded her head slightly, a soft smile on her face, and it felt like flowers sprouting from underneath snow, radiant like the soft light of a crescent moon peeking from behind the darkness.
Old Jiu and the others, who had been in a panic and ready to run for their life, calmed down significantly, staring at the two in shock. It was like they were in a dream.
"Hello, where is this place?" The girl smiled brightly at them as she asked.
It took a long while before Old Jiu was able to react. "Miss, how are you both here?" The main point was... their clothes were so clean and neat, no trace of sand or dirt was on it, and they didn't look like they had walked through the desert at all.
"We came out on a private jet and stopped to look at the scenery. I didn't expect to get lost after that, and can't find the plane. Could we walk with you?"
Saying that, the girl patted the robot beside her. "I'm from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in A University, this is my graduation project."
Jiji: "..." Does Professor Jiang know about this, Beauty Lisa?
Old Jiu looked at the meal card that Lisa pulled out from her pocket, and instantly believed her.
They had thought that the two didn't look like regular people, but hearing Lisa's explanation, Old Jiu was not suspicious of them anymore. Having a private jet, it looked like a spoiled child from a rich family.
Seeing that this group of special forces people actually believe in Lisa's bullsh*t, Jiji didn't have anything more to say to that, and so it didn't. But it did give Old Jiu a long look with its cold, mechanical eyes.
Old Jiu wiped his face in slight nervousness, he could actually feel a look of contempt coming from the robot. Was the robot sentient?
Lisa introduced herself and Jungkook in a friendly tone, and Old Jiu and his team did the same.
From Old Jiu to Shi Si, there were six of them. With Old Jiu as the lead, they said that they were bodyguards. They had come to the desert to protect their employers, but had been separated from them during the journey.
"It's fortunate that you met us." Shi Yi walked in front of the two, he had initially reached out to pat Lisa on the shoulder like he usually did to his team, but before he could touch her, a cold glare stopped him. He pulled back his hand hurriedly, and huffed, "You don't know how weird this desert is..."
Before he could finish, Shi Er covered his mouth.
Lisa didn't mind his action, for them to willingly take the two 'burdens' was already a surprise to her.
When evening approached, Old Jiu, who was leading the group suddenly shouted, "Careful! That thing is back again!"
The group got into a defensive formation immediately, drawing their daggers, looking around warily.
Lisa leaped into Jungkook's arms immediately, stuttering and trembling. "W-what's... coming?"
Jungkook was also looking around, looking slightly alarmed.
Jiji: "..." You're being so overly dramatic, Beauty Lisa.
Shi Yi and Jiu had no time to take care of Lisa. At this time, the sand beneath their feet was also surging, and three giant ants burst out from underneath!
"If you guys don't want to die, then make sure you hold on to this properly." Shi Er threw a knife at Jungkook, seeing the shocked look on their faces, he shouted sharply. "If an ant comes close, just stab it!"
Jungkook caught the blades clumsily, his hands trembling. He looked as though he was afraid of the three ants, his head lowered.
When in fact, he was talking leisurely to Lisa at the same time.
"Brother Jungkook, how can such big ants live?" Lisa's eyes were full of interest.
Jungkook squinted slightly. "They grew up in a nest filled with malicious aura. It's almost the same as Xixi."
"Oh, no wonder." Lisa rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "What's the meat quality of such a big ant, I wonder?"
While they talked, the sand beneath their feet started moving. It turned out that there was a fourth ant, getting ready to launch a sneak attack on Jungkook and Lisa.
"Shh, don't come for us." Lisa raised her foot and lightly tapped the bottom. She had been planning on just chasing the ant away, but after that one tap, the sand underneath them stilled. She scratched her nose. "... I think I used too much strength, oops."
It was dead after such a light tap? The corners of Lisa's mouth twitched.
Jungkook reached up to cover his mouth as he tried not to laugh.
Suddenly, the ant that was on Shi Yi and Shi Er barged toward Lisa's direction. She immediately picked the dagger from Jungkook's hand, cutting off the front legs of the ant with one swipe. Placing Jungkook behind her, she plastered a horrified expression on her face, her eyes wide. Even her hands were trembling.
Jiji sat beside her, looking on with a disinterested expression. As expected of a shadow queen in the acting industry.
We'll be watching her play out the entire afternoon.
"Miss Lalisa, you're amazing!" Shi Yi quickly pulled the ant's attention away to himself, and gave Lisa a thumbs up. At the same time, he gave a contemptuous look to Jungkook, who was behind her.
Old Jiu, Shi Wu and the rest had all gone through vigorous training, and they were able to cooperate seamlessly, finally killing off the three ants with difficulty.
The six of them sat down, panting for air.
Lisa opened Jiji's chest, and took out a pot of water. As she helped Jungkook rinse the blood off his hands, she asked in a horrified voice, "What were those things? Is the world ending?"
If her hands weren't still and calm, she might have shown some flaws that can be seen by Jiji.
But Old Jiu's group had just been fighting for their lives, and were trying to catch their breath, none of them noticed Lisa's state, just giving a contemptuous glance at Jungkook every now and then. They didn't expect such a tall, noble looking man was actually a coward that hid behind a woman!
What's worse, the man wasn't ashamed of it, but actually looked proud!
Shi Yi really wanted to give him a punch to his face!
Hearing Lisa's words, he came back to himself. Seeing that Old Jiu had no intentions of answering, he started to speak. "Just as you've seen, this is the strangest part of the entire desert. This god d*mn place doesn't even have a signal, and there's so many weird things. Not only these ants, there's also skeletons and man-eating plants..."
"How can those things exist? I thought they were only found in science fiction and movies!" Lisa's face was shocked, but she was calmly washing her own hands.
"It's not science fiction." Old Jiu took a mouth of water, his voice rough and low. "There's a lot of secrets in this world that regular people like us don't know about. When I was with the captain last time, I once met people with supernatural powers. They are able to fly in the sky and do impossible feats."
"Is that really true, Old Jiu?" Shi Yi had never heard about this before, and his eyes were full of fright.
"Yeah." Old Jiu's eyes were lost in thought. "When I was training with the captain and some others, one of the senior members of the camp was from this supernatural circle."
When he heard this, Jungkook paused, squinting his eyes slightly at Old Jiu. After a while, he lowered his head, not saying a world.
Hearing Old Jiu describe the supernatural person, everyone's face was filled with a cross of horror and amazement.
They didn't imagine that by coming to the desert, they would hear such things.
"After so many years since then, I've not met another one." Old Jiu sighed. "All of this isn't something regular people like us will be able to touch."
The rest of them stopped talking, immersing themselves into the world that Old Jiu had described.
The group didn't run into trouble for the next few days, and the journey was strangely quiet.
Shi Yi once again saw Lisa washing her hands with water. Who the heck would wash their hands in the desert with water? If it was the last time, Shi Yi would definitely ridicule this action fiercely. In his eyes, this was just the actions of someone seeking death. However, in the past few days, Shi Yi realized something and was completely speechless, because the water that the two had looked like was never ending.
Even the drinking water for the six of them were provided by her.
They had even taken a shower and washed their clothes with the water she provided, and their bodies felt refreshed from it.
This was the first time they had been so comfortable in their journey in the desert.
The youngest of the group, Shi Wu, couldn't help but praise and admire her, "This robot that you invented is amazing, Miss Lalisa."
The explanation that Lisa gave them was that Jiji could combine the water molecules in the air which could then be condensed into water.
Jiji: Look at her, talking bullsh*t again, did it have this function? Did it?!
On the last day, when everyone was about to reach the oasis, the sand beneath their feet began to rumble violently, and then it slowly started sinking inward.
"They're here again." Old Jiu's face paled drastically. "This is bad, everyone, get ready to make your stand!"
"Can't believe that they appeared on the last day." Shi Yi's face was a desperate look.
Shi Wu leaned down to grab his short blade from his boots. The blade reflected the sun ray, glowing coldly under it. "Even if we die, we need to make sure to hurt it. To avenge Old Ba!"
The sand under his feet sank in, forming a huge pit. At the same time, a terrifying atmosphere gradually spread over the entire area.
A huge man-eating flower slowly emerged from the middle, its green vines swaying up. The flower was covered with a black mist.
The green vines enclosed around the eight people standing.
If any regular people were to see this scene, they would definitely faint out of fear and horror.
"It's become even stronger." Old Jiu leaned over to pull out his own dagger, a cold glint in his eyes. "We may not be able to escape this time."
"Miss Lalisa, if you can run, just run." Shi Yi flashed Lisa a smile, waving the dagger in his hand. "But they've already got human intelligence, so I fear that you may not be able to escape."
"Sh*t, we have to at least get a layer of skin off!"
"When we meet Old Ba again, we'll give him that in exchange!"
The six of them set off without saying anything more, the tactics and strategy clear in their minds as they moved.
"I didn't expect this thing to still be alive, Brother Jungkook." Lisa had a calm look on her face, completely unlike the panic expression on the six of them. "Hmm, it seems to have evolved too. That's interesting."
"You want to go?" Jungkook lowered his head to look at her.
Lisa nodded.
He rubbed her head gently. "Be careful."
"It just so happens that the treasure you gave me last time have yet to be used, I can try it out this time." Lisa looked up to see the plant that was intending to play around with the six of them.
Old Jiu and the others were fighting desperately against it.
A dreadful pressure filled the pit suddenly, one that was more terrifying than the previous one.
Shi Yi, who was trapped by a vine, looked down with difficulty, astonishment on his face.
Old Jiu, Lao Shi, Shi Yi, Shi Er, Shi San, and Shi Wu all turned, looking at their backs with fear on their faces, as well as disbelief.
Lisa had already stepped forward, six golden needles surrounding her that radiated with bright light. Every needle exuded a frightening aura.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The six needles flew out, instantly severing the six vines that were holding the men. The needles cut through the extremely hard vines like a knife on butter, and the six of them fell to the ground safely.
Lisa raised her head slowly, looking at the man-eating plant that had doubled in size since the last time. She chuckled lightly and said, "How 'bout I play with you instead?"
The gold light burst forth after she said that, and the needles flew out one after another, slicing through everything in its way.
"This... this is..."
"Supernatural..."
"Oh my god..."
"It's simply..."
Shi Yi and the others watch the scene in front of them, stunned speechless. They were in complete shock, not moving from where they had dropped at all.
The supernatural world! This person's from the supernatural world!
This was his second time bumping into someone from the supernatural world. Old Jiu kept his eyes locked onto Lisa's body. The force emitted from her body clashed strongly with that of the man-eating flower.
The six golden needles surrounding Lisa's body expanded, each giving off a tremendous amount of energy.
The leaves on the man-eating flower trembled. Each of these leaves were the size of a fully-grown human's face. It's pink petals slowly opened up, revealing at its core, a bunch of needle-sharp barbs.
It had already developed intelligence. The man-eating flower wanted to escape but it didn't want to leave behind the tasty food morsel either. Thus, using its original body, it made a final stand against Lisa. On the other side, with six thick and unbreakable green vines, it tangled Old Jiu and the others up into a human bundle.
"You repulsive monster! Give me back Old Ba!" Shi Yi mercilessly stabbed into the green vines with his knife. Although his heart was shaking with fear, his courage had grown significantly when Lisa showed up. Now, the only thing he had on his mind was to kill this monster to avenge Old Ba.
Peering up, he came face-to-face with the jade-like face of Lisa's. She glanced at him. "Your strength, are you trying to scratch its itch?"
After saying that, with a swift move, she threw Shi Yi into the top of the pit.
"..."
Perhaps out of embarrassment, Shi Yi remained silent.
"Miss Lalisa! Come save me please!" The menacing green vines had now wrapped itself around Shi Wu's throat. He screamed with all the energy he had left in his body. "I'm gonna get strangled to death..."
After she had dealt with Shi Yi, she dropped right in front of Shi Wu. With one hand squeezing the ever-living crap out of the green vine, she threw Shi Wu upwards with the other.
After expanding quite the amount of effort, Shi Er managed to slice off a piece of skin from the green vine. A smile broke across his face when he noticed that Lisa had come to his rescue. "Miss Lalisa, you will forever be my idol from here on out. Big Boss ain't even worth a cent compared to you!"
These six men were all successfully hauled to safety before Lisa could tighten her fists. This was her first time seeing such a bizarre-looking creature. She was excited as it seemed like she could go all out in this battle.
Jungkook stood idly nearby with his hands behind his back. He squinted as he observed Lisa's every move. At the same time, he raised a barrier around the men who had just been saved.
As soon as Lisa released her powers, the man-eating flower seemed unstoppable. The six golden needles she held were treasures, passed down the Jeon family through generations. It was not very far below Jungkook's Seven-Frosted Blade. It was definitely a rare sight to see someone extract their powers completely. It seemed like Lisa paired quite well with this item.
The man-eating flower's weakness was metallic items. Right before it grew stronger, Old Jiu and gang managed to harm it using nothing but short fighting knives. There was no doubt that Lisa and her golden needles were capable enough to take down this monster.
It was as large and as solid as two large trucks combined but it took Lisa less than a second to reduce the monstrous being into a dead pile of matter with her six golden needles.
Countless green vines, thick and strong were all crushed into dust.
The man-eating flower wanted to make its final attack but unfortunately, Lisa was already holding onto its stalk with a death grip.
Next to the sand pit.
"Miss Lalisa, she..."
"She's the one who I said is from the supernatural world." Old Jiu peered down at the bottom of the pit. The landscape below was completely unrecognizable but they all could feel the waves radiating from below. Still, they were completely excluded from the fight. In fact, when a piece of green vine came flying out of nowhere, before it could get out of the sandpit, it bounced off of a clear wall of sorts.
Shi Si wiped his face. "Isn't she a mechanical engineering student at A University? She's the one who built Jiji."
When did she become a member of the supernatural world?
Old Jiu took in a deep breath. "For one, she's really smart. Even in the supernatural world, she remains at the top of the pyramid." Among the group of six, he was the one who had the most extensive understanding of the supernatural world.
When he said that, everyone turned to look at Lisa with amazement in their eyes.
To them, the supernatural world was something so far away it was impossible to reach.
A couple of minutes later, Lisa, alongside Jungkook came up to them. "Hurry up and leave, this place will collapse at any given time." The power she had exerted during the battle was too great for this place to handle.
She pulled Jungkook away after that.
Yellow sand filled the air in the pit. However, not even a grain of sand was stuck to their bodies. Old Jiu and the others were shocked to see them practically unscathed. They were at a loss for words. Obediently, they trailed behind Lisa.
They continued walking for ten minutes before the sand beneath their feet started moving. Shi Yi, who was falling behind the group suddenly realized that the pit behind him was growing exponentially. Countless particles of sand were sweeping inwards and it didn't seem like it was going to stop soon. He let out a weird scream as he ran forwards. "Good god! Save us Miss Lalisa!"
No wonder Miss Lalisa ordered them to leave immediately. This place really was falling apart!
It was after they ran a sizable distance did their pace start to slow down. Old Jiu and co kept staring at Lisa, all while glancing at each other.
Jungkook glared at Shi Yi the tenth time he looked over at Lisa. Squeezing his wrist tightly, he threatened, "I'll gouge your eyes out."
Shi Yi was caught off-guard.
"..."
'You think I'm afraid of you?! The only person I'm afraid of is Miss Lalisa!'
Jungkook glared at him with a pair of hostile eyes that were as cold as ice. Shi Yi felt a chill crawl up his spine, making him shiver for a second. 'Damn! You're not as powerful as Miss Lalisa but why the heck are you so terrifying?!'
"Miss Lalisa." As the leader of his group, Old Jiu was the first to open up. "I didn't think that we'd bump into such a powerful fighter in the middle of a desert. Sending the most powerful assets the military possesses might not even make a dent in the man-eating flower. Jiji has provided us with a massive supply of water. I thought you were only a machinist but to think that you're also someone from the supernatural world, you really made me perplexed..."
"It's shocking."
"Miss Lalisa, you're probably a part of the Big Three families in the ancient martial arts world, no?"
Old Jiu shook his head. "I don't know about that. But, not even the core members of the Big Three are comparable to Miss Lalisa."
"Old Jiu once said that people from the supernatural world are only slightly stronger than those from the secular world. Apart from the top dogs, most of them can't even match the firepower of our modern military. Miss Lalisa, you really..."
"Your military firepower?" Lisa glanced at the man who was speaking. Rubbing her chin, she continued, "Aren't you guys just a bunch of bodyguards? When did you all turn into soldiers?"
Cough cough! Old Jiu and the others cleared their throats awkwardly. Shi Yi promptly changed the direction of their conversation. "You said you were from A University?" The two were speaking bullcrap in a serious manner, so perhaps the absurdity could be canceled out?
Lisa peered back at him and produced her student ID card. "Did I make a mistake? Am I not from A University?"
"Nope, you're speaking the truth." Old Jiu slapped Shi Yi and made him go away before flashing an apologetic smile at Lisa.
"Stop acting like that. Careful or I'll let Dog Feed tear a chunk off your bodies!" She shook her hand.
It was only at this moment that Old Jiu and co discovered that the man-eating flower was still alive in her grip. However, it had shrunk significantly and no longer appeared so terrifying. In fact, it seemed pretty adorable. Adorable as it may be, they still harbored feelings of fear towards it.
In order to keep up the act, Dog Feed bared its fangs towards Old Jiu and the others.
"Let's all be more friendly towards one another, unless you're interested in losing a piece of your skin!" Lisa patted Dog Feed's petals and it retracted its razor-sharp fangs immediately. Then, it smiled warmly back at Old Jiu.
Satisfied, Lisa patted Dog Feed's head.
Old Jiu was wide-eyed. What in tarnation? This flower had turned into a freaking demon! Wait, no! This thing was already a demon to begin with!
"Is someone missing from your group?" Lisa pursed her lips. As soon as they heard her question, Old Jiu and co bowed their heads solemnly. Their faces were filled with nothing apart from pain and sorrow.
This was especially so for Old Jiu, whose eyes have turned red.
Jungkook looked up at these men.
Then, he reached out his finger and tapped Dog Feed's pink petals. He narrowed his eyes as he barked out an order. "Hurry up and spit him out."
The man-eating flower trembled in fear as it left Lisa's hand. The tiny little flower proceeded to expand to the size of a car. Slowly stretching its bloody maw open, a black being drenched in slime was spat out.
Jungkook held his arm out to block Lisa so that none of the slime splattered onto their bodies.
"Ah, what the hell is this!" The black figure that was spat out got onto its feet. Desperately wiping the slime off his face, they could see his expression darken rapidly. "It stinks! Can someone tell me what on earth is this crap?!"
"Old Ba!"
"Old Ba..."
Old Jiu and co looked over in disbelief.
Old Ba's still alive?
Lisa looked at Dog Feed in disgust. "Brother Jungkook, why's Dog Feed so darn repulsive?"
"Don't let it enlarge the next time." Jungkook patted her head before scanning Dog Feed from head to toe. He started having the idea of altering Dog Feed. The first thing he'd change is its habit of drooling. It was exceptionally disgusting to him, who was a clean freak.
Unamused, Jiji stared at them both. Was there really no problem with calling a flower "Dog Feed"?
It couldn't help but compare its own name to the flower's. In any case, Jiji sounds better than Dog Feed, right? Dog Feed? Not even a clown could come up with such a preposterous name!
Dog Feed: "..."
'Why do you want to hurt me like this?'
Lisa eyed Jiji, which prompted it to reach out and spray water all over Old Ba's body. "Let's wash you down, shall we? You stink!" said the robot.
Old Ba, who had barely regained his senses was frightened one more time. What in the world is this thing?! Don't tell me this robot is also another demon!"
The area they were in was actually a fair distance away from the boundary. Lisa waited for them to pack up their things before leading them out.
With food, drink, and a shower, Old Ba started realizing that this situation was getting further away from the idea of survival in the wilderness. It felt to him as if they were on vacation instead!
"You guys have been enjoying yourselves for the past few days?" Old Ba was getting increasingly envious. He recalled that initially, he had been slaving away so intensely that he didn't even sleep a wink at night. Now they're lazing around so casually?
Shi Yi responded with a grin. "So-so."
"..."
Old Ba thought to himself, 'I should totally beat the living crap out of you guys right now.'
It didn't take them long to arrive at the boundary of the desert. There was a team of soldiers stationed there with carrier vehicles, a helicopter, some tents and...heavy armaments.
Old Jiu's eyes lit up. "Old Ba! It's Old Qi and the boys!"
Lisa strolled casually in front of Jungkook. This desert-crossing trip was surprisingly...fun.
Old Jiu, you guys managed to find your way out so easily?" Liu Zi and the rest were in the middle of assigning tasks; each of them held a map out in front of them. They rushed towards Old Jiu excitedly the moment they caught sight of him. He appeared way too clean for a survivor out in the desert. Wait a moment, were you guys struggling to survive out there or were you guys actually on vacation?!
With a face devoid of emotion, Liu Zi opened his mouth. "How could you deceive us so heartlessly? We went through hell to come here after receiving an emergency signal from you guys! Big Boss had even assigned heavy weaponry to us! We've churned our brains out trying to come up with a rescue plan for y'all and here you come waltzing back! Oh how I want to strangle you right now!"
Old Ba patted him on the shoulder. "Well, I was one step away from meeting the maker himself."
Liu Zi eyed his spotless clothes and grunted coldly. "You take me for a fool?" What a waste of emotions! What a waste of time spent searching high and low for him!
"We'll leave that for another day." Old Jiu waved his hand casually. "In any case, the reason why we're alive here right now is because of Miss Lalisa." He then spun around to peer at Lisa and Jungkook.
Liu Zi gazed in the direction Old Jiu was peering. He was shocked to see the both of them standing there. "You guys wait here. I'm gonna report this to Big Boss."
He darted into his tent swiftly. A handful of minutes later, two men emerged from the tent.
The man leading in front was a tough guy sporting a military outfit. His facial features were handsome and no doubt, it was Jaebeom.
He first noticed Old Jiu and his men, and then the duo who were standing nearby. Seeing Lisa was shocking enough but the tall figure standing next to her? His pupils dilated from surprise.
"Miss Lalisa... and Admiral?"
Lisa directed a smile at Jaebeom. "This helicopter of yours, can you lend it to me?" She turned towards the helicopter with eyes full of interest.