110: Call for help

While working today, Sun Hao noticed that Tao Lin was distracted and out of sorts.

He had made many low-level mistakes while handling tasks; as an experienced Great Xia Spirit Guard, he shouldn't have been making those errors.

So, Sun Hao kept Tao Lin back in the evening to question him, originally thinking it was still about his daughter's medical treatment.

This wasn't a secret among them, and Sun Hao had even decided to advance him several months' salary to help with the medical bills.

After Su Ze became a hands-off manager, Sun Hao had been promoted to the position of Vice Captain, giving him the authority to make such a decision.

To his surprise, under his concerned questioning, Tao Lin couldn't bear the inner torment any longer and finally confessed everything.

“I'm sorry... I'm really sorry, but... but I really can't go to prison. My daughter is still at home waiting for me...” Tao Lin said with tears streaming down his face.

Sun Hao looked up and took a deep breath. “If Little Taozi was short on medical fees, you could have told me. I already advanced you several months' salary. Why did you have to resort to reselling quenching thought beads?”

“If you could have used the quenching thought beads to take a step further, wouldn't you have been completely free of worries in the future?”

Tao Lin gave a bitter smile. “It's not that easy... Taozi's illness won't get better in a year or so. What difference does it make if you advanced me a few months' salary?”

“What about next month? The month after that? Keep advancing it?”

Sun Hao frowned and said, “Even so, you couldn't...”

“I know this is all my fault, and I'll accept whatever punishment the Military Headquarters gives me, but my daughter absolutely cannot fall into the hands of the Jiang Family!”

“Don't worry, the brothers will definitely not let that happen!”

“Besides, simply selling quenching thought beads isn't that serious; this is all a conspiracy by those bastards!”

Tao Lin shook his head. Even if it was a frame-up, the evidence had already fallen into Jiang Sheng's hands.

Furthermore, there were quite a few Jiang family members among the high-ranking officials; they would likely help Jiang Sheng solidify the charges against him when the time came.

“My matters can wait until later. The priority is to save Captain Guo.”

But the problem now was that they were no match for Jiang Sheng, nor did they know anyone who could contend with him.

“Starfall Pit is very close to the Imperial Capital, and Captain Su Ze is currently there participating in the Beast Taming Grand Competition. I'll go find him for help!” Sun Hao said.

“Will this... will this delay the Captain?” Tao Lin hesitated, as he was the one who had caused the current situation after all.

“Probably not...” Sun Hao said as he took out his phone and opened the top trending news.

“The group stage has already ended. The Captain successfully advanced as the first in his group, and he has a half-month break now.”

“Everyone was celebrating this today. It's only because you were so distracted that you didn't notice, which is also why I started suspecting you.”

Tao Lin still said with some worry, “Captain Su Ze is indeed powerful and exceptionally talented, but he is still young after all.”

“Jiang Sheng now has the help of his brother, Jiang Donglin. I'm afraid Captain Su Ze won't be a match for them.”

Sun Hao said, “I believe in Captain Su Ze, and I don't necessarily want him to step in personally.”

“The powerful people he comes into contact with are far more numerous than us. If he can contact Lord Xiao Sheng, all problems will be solved!”

Although he knew Xiao Sheng wasn't easy to meet, contacting the principal of Azure Dragon Beast Taming University, Xiao Xu, through Su Ze and asking him to intervene was also an option.

As for the other powerhouse in Beishan City, Yu Shenghuo, he had been promoted just a few days ago due to a breakthrough in his strength.

Sun Hao hadn't had the chance to contact the new president of the Beast Tamer Association yet, so he wasn't clear on the other party's stance.

In fact, he knew there was another powerhouse in Azure Dragon Beast Taming University who was the true strongest person in Beishan City.

However, Sun Hao didn't know who this person specifically was, let alone where to find him.

Secondly, judging from the few times that person had acted, he seemed unable to leave the Beast Taming University at will.

“I'll go with you!” Tao Lin stood up and said; after all, this matter started because of him.

But Sun Hao shook his head and pressed him back down.

“You can't move. They must be watching you right now. Once there's any movement or if we have a large-scale personnel transfer, they will definitely notice and send people to intercept us on the road.”

“Therefore, it's enough for me to go alone.”

Tao Lin countered, “But you are now the Vice Captain of our Thirteenth Squad, and you are also one of their primary targets.”

“Your every move must be closely monitored by them. It's almost impossible to slip away quietly!”

Sun Hao laughed upon hearing this and said, “In the past, it would indeed have been impossible, but things are different now!”

Looking at the confused Tao Lin, Sun Hao led him to an open space in the night and stepped on the soil with his foot.

“Not too hard, not too soft—just right.”

Then, a flash of golden light from a summoning circle appeared, and a bipedal demon beast as tall as a person appeared before them, its body covered in a layer of shimmering golden carapace.

But the most eye-catching features were its pair of thick arms and sharp, giant claws.

“The Gold-Armored Burrowing Beast. This is the demon beast that hatched from the demon beast egg Captain Su Ze gave me. After so many days of high-pressure strikes, it finally hatched yesterday.” Sun Hao looked at the demon beast beside him and smiled.

A Gold-rank Demon Beast might be nothing in the eyes of those great families, but for him, it was a height that used to be unattainable.

Now, he was also someone who possessed a Gold-rank Demon Beast!

“The method you mentioned is... this?” Tao Lin said, pointing at the Burrowing Beast.

“Exactly. As the name suggests, the Gold-Armored Burrowing Beast has amazing digging speed. It can dig a path leading out of the city in a single night.”

“Once I'm outside the city, I should be free of their surveillance. Then, I'll rush to the Imperial Capital at full speed to find the Captain.”

Then he looked at Tao Lin very seriously and said, “I need someone to help me guard the entrance of this tunnel so it isn't discovered and my whereabouts aren't exposed. Can you... do it?”

Tao Lin nodded firmly. “This time... I definitely won't make another mistake!”

After receiving the other's affirmative answer, Sun Hao immediately began digging.

He didn't let the Burrowing Beast dig on its own, but instead had it use Weaponization to turn into a massive Gauntlet.

Then, using his only remaining arm, he moved it rapidly, quickly breaking through the ground and sinking into the soil below.

In just a moment, he had completely entered the earth, with only soil being continuously pushed out.

After a while longer, Tao Lin leaned over to look and could no longer see Sun Hao's figure, leaving only a deep pit that went down an unknown number of meters.

Inside the pit, Sun Hao had already changed direction and was digging toward the outskirts of the city.

He kept moving that single arm, and the hard soil was easily piled behind him like dough.

He continued until he felt it was about time and began to dig upward toward the surface.

As light shone into the tunnel, it was already the next morning.

He had dug for a full night, trying to get as far away from Beishan City as possible. He only felt it was enough when he was exhausted.

In fact, it was true; he had almost dug his way into the neighboring city district.

After his eyes adjusted to the outside light, Sun Hao quickly rushed toward the Imperial Capital.