144: The final moment has arrived, the big one is coming!

The portal twisted.

"Poof!"

Two disheveled figures were spat out, crashing heavily into the muddy ground of the valley.

One of them was Night Crow.

He clutched his pierced left leg, gasping in pain.

The other was the "unconscious" Lin Yuan.

"Devil! There's a devil in there!"

Night Crow suddenly went mad, pointing at the portal and letting out a hysterical scream.

"Everyone's dead! Everyone's dead!"

Tears and snot streamed down his face, his body trembling uncontrollably, like a terrified mental patient.

"Help... help me..."

The Dragon Shield Bureau's blockade unit rushed over immediately.

Leading them was a C-rank Peak operations team leader.

He looked at the two survivors, his brows deeply furrowed.

"What happened? Where are the others?" He crouched down, trying to soothe Night Crow.

"Eyes... blood-red eyes..." Night Crow mumbled, his pupils dilated, "It's watching us... It ate everyone... ate them all..."

The operations team leader was completely bewildered.

He then looked at the unconscious young man beside them.

Lin Yuan's "injuries" looked more severe, his body covered in bloodstains and wounds, with only a faint rise and fall of his chest indicating he was still alive.

"Cough cough... Lord..." Lin Yuan let out a timely groan, a "painful" expression on his face.

The team leader was at a loss.

One was mad, the other was on the verge of death.

What was there to ask?

"Immediately send them to the temporary medical station!" The team leader ordered decisively, "Prioritize their rescue! We'll interrogate them once their condition stabilizes!"

"Yes!"

...Inside the temporary medical tent.

Lin Yuan was placed on a cot, and a female nurse was carefully cleaning his wounds.

"Such severe injuries..." The nurse looked at Lin Yuan's "wounds" with heartfelt concern.

Night Crow was arranged on another bed, and a male doctor walked over with a sedative.

"Don't be afraid, this will make you feel better."

Night Crow continued to mumble words like "devil" and "eyes" in a low voice.

But the eyes hidden beneath his messy hair quickly scanned the entire tent.

Two medical personnel, one exit.

It was enough.

Just as the needle in the doctor's hand was about to pierce his arm.

Night Crow moved.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, the male doctor's neck was twisted clean off!

"Ugh..." The doctor didn't even let out a whimper before collapsing softly to the ground.

"Ah—!"

The female nurse nearby saw this scene and was about to scream.

A dark shadow had already flashed in front of her.

It was Night Crow!

"Pfft."

A dagger made of shadow energy was plunged into the nurse's throat.

The scream stopped abruptly.

Lin Yuan slowly "opened" his eyes.

He looked at the man standing in a pool of blood, his face stained with it, full of "bewilderment."

"Lord...?"

"Don't speak." Night Crow quickly stripped off the male doctor's white coat and put it on, then donned a mask, "We need to leave immediately."

He walked to Lin Yuan's bed and draped a white sheet over him.

Then, he pushed the bed and walked grandly out of the tent.

The guards at the entrance saw a "doctor" pushing a "severely injured person" out, didn't suspect anything, and even actively pulled open the curtain for him.

"How is his condition?"

"Very bad!" Night Crow lowered his voice, imitating the doctor's anxious tone, "Multiple internal organ ruptures, he needs to be immediately transferred to a medical capsule for emergency treatment!"

"Quick! Make way!"

No one dared to stop him.

Under everyone's admiring gaze, Night Crow pushed Lin Yuan, unimpeded, to a waiting ambulance.

The driver in the car just poked his head out to ask about the situation.

Night Crow's figure had already transformed into a ghost, slipping into the driver's seat.

Bang.

A muffled thud.

The driver was knocked unconscious with one punch and tossed aside.

The next second.

Woo—woo—

The ambulance blared its siren, stomped on the gas, and sped away... The ambulance sped along the mountain road.

In the back of the car.

Lin Yuan ripped off the white sheet and sat up.

He looked at the figure driving in the front and asked, "Lord, where... where are we going?"

Night Crow glanced at him through the rearview mirror.

His face, devoid of its previous madness, now only held solemnity.

"The mission failed." His voice was hoarse and heavy.

"Everyone is dead."

"Their sacrifices were all in vain."

Lin Yuan was stunned.

His face first showed bewilderment, then was overwhelmed by immense grief and self-reproach.

He lowered his head, clenched his hands, his body trembling slightly.

"It's all my fault..."

Lin Yuan's voice was tearful.

"It's me... I'm too weak!"

"If I could be a little stronger... I wouldn't drag everyone down!"

"Scorpion Sting... and everyone else... they wouldn't... wouldn't..."

He couldn't continue, only pounded his chest fiercely with his fists, making muffled "thump thump" sounds.

He clearly intended to bear all the responsibility himself.

In the driver's seat.

Night Crow looked at the "newcomer" in the rearview mirror, who was so self-reproaching he was on the verge of collapse, and was completely stunned.

Is this guy... so understanding?

He had already prepared a complete set of excuses, ready to pin all the blame on this Heaven-Defying "A Li" once they returned to base.

But now... the guy voluntarily took the blame!

And he bore it with such sincerity, so movingly!

Night Crow's mood became incredibly complex.

This... saved me a lot of trouble.

Just then.

"Beep—"

A sharp buzzing sound broke the silence in the car.

The sound came from Night Crow's embrace.

His face changed, he slammed on the brakes, and pulled out the black special communicator from his chest.

The screen lit up, and an encrypted channel was connected.

Lord Tianshu's voice came from the communicator.

"Night Crow, A Li."

Night Crow stiffened all over.

"Lord... Lord Tianshu!"

He had prepared himself for the wrath of thunder.

However, Lord Tianshu's tone was unexpectedly calm, even with a hint of... urgency?

"No more nonsense."

"Come to me immediately."

"The final moment has arrived."

As soon as his voice fell.

On the communicator's screen, a red coordinate began to flash.

Night Crow held the communicator to his eyes, and Lin Yuan also leaned over from the back compartment.

When he saw the location represented by the coordinate, his eyes narrowed.

Jiangcheng.

Central Plaza.