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Chapter 1092 - 1064: On the Issue of Running Away

Chapter 1092: Chapter 1064: On the Issue of Running Away

An Xiu was sitting alone by a pool in the mountain hideout, staring blankly.

Not long ago, she had just woken up.

Perhaps she didn’t know what happened in the hideout, but she knew very well what happened to her.

She clearly remembered that just yesterday, she left the mountain hideout, wanting to find a quiet place alone, but unexpectedly, she hadn’t gone far before being captured by a group of people who suddenly appeared.

Afterwards, those people locked her in a small house.

She regretted her rashness, wondering what would have happened if she hadn’t impulsively run out, but thinking about those things was of no avail now.

Those people didn’t give her food or water, so she stayed quietly in that house, eventually falling asleep from sheer exhaustion.

Upon waking, the first thing she saw was the face she most wanted to see, yet least wanted to see.

She knew it was Li Chen who saved her, but she didn’t know how to face Li Chen; perhaps to Li Chen, she was just a passerby?

An Xiu’s heart ached subtly with bitterness.

Looking at the ruins within the mountain hideout, An Xiu suddenly wanted to cry but knew she didn’t even have the right to cry at that moment.

Just then, a silhouette suddenly appeared beside her.

"Is it... you?"

She recognized the girl before her because this girl had visited their mountain hideout last time and was well received by her classmates and herself.

Perhaps because of similar personalities, An Xiu had a good impression of this girl, though time had been limited, and they hadn’t had deep conversations.

Zhang Jing silently sat beside An Xiu, gazing into the distance, and suddenly spoke softly, "Not feeling well, are you?"

An Xiu was taken aback, then nodded.

"Is it because of him, or because everything around you suddenly collapsed?" Zhang Jing asked calmly.

Hearing Zhang Jing’s question, An Xiu was taken aback again, then lowered her head, unsure of how to respond.

After a while, An Xiu slowly said, "Perhaps, it’s both."

"Hmm." Zhang Jing nodded, "I understand how you feel because I’ve felt that way before too."

"You..." Looking at Zhang Jing, An Xiu hesitated.

She had originally thought the family Li Chen spoke of referred to Zhang Jing, but now it seemed that wasn’t the case?

"I can sense that although he treats me well, in his heart, he subconsciously feels distant from me." Zhang Jing smiled wryly.

Glancing toward the direction Li Chen and the others had left, Zhang Jing shook her head, "Perhaps he’s like that with everyone, but he doesn’t realize how easily this can confuse a girl."

An Xiu nodded in agreement; that’s how she had started liking Li Chen.

Not just because of Li Chen’s strong abilities and courage, but also the aura emanating from him that irresistibly drew her close.

That calm and warm temperament constantly attracted her.

"You know about my situation, right?" Zhang Jing said to An Xiu, "So when I say I understand how you feel now, you’ll believe me."

An Xiu nodded; she had heard some things about Zhang Jing. Initially, she sympathized greatly with this girl, but now, unexpectedly, her own situation had become so similar to Zhang Jing’s.

"Sigh—" The two girls sighed simultaneously.

"Nevertheless, however disappointing life is, it still has to go on, right?" After the sigh, Zhang Jing suddenly smiled faintly and said.

"You’re... right." An Xiu was startled, then realized, revealing a smile.

"Thank you."

...

"That’s basically the situation." Li Chen spread his hands, looked at the two beside him, completely unconcerned with their shocked expressions, feeling rather helpless himself.

"You’re saying that in that Miao Village, you saw a gigantic Gu insect, and its aura was stronger than yours?!" Fan Bayin exclaimed, mouth agape and face full of shock.

Although An Cheng was unclear, Fan Bayin knew very well that Li Chen, despite not fully understanding his attributes, was indeed a genuine Earth-Level Joint Strongman!

A Gu insect with an aura stronger than a Union-Level Warrior, how was that possible?

"In that place, I didn’t dare use weapons carelessly to disturb anyone, so I tried attacking that giant Gu insect, and then..."

Li Chen extended his right hand, allowing the two to see several clearly visible wounds on the back of his right hand.

"It didn’t seem to awaken, but its subconscious defense bounced me away." Li Chen shrugged and said.

"Moreover, remember the Super Gu we saw before?" Li Chen looked at An Cheng, his expression turning strange, "That was just its food."

"And, that creature’s food wasn’t limited to Super Gu, I also saw some animals and even human corpses around it!"

"If other Gu insects can be considered small soldiers, I think that creature can be called a Gu King, right?" Li Chen tilted his head, cracking a dark joke.

And An Cheng genuinely felt a chill all over.

"So... what do you think we should do?" An Cheng asked with difficulty. From Li Chen’s description, he could already imagine the Gu King’s might, and didn’t think his mountain hideout had anything capable of dealing with that monster.

"What else can we do?" Fan Bayin shouted directly, "Run quickly, while there’s still time. Li Chen, let’s also run, don’t worry about them!"

Hearing Fan Bayin’s words, Li Chen sighed, "I say, Comrade Fan Zhainan, can you have a bit of team spirit? If we run now, what about them?"

"Why should I care?!" Fan Bayin said with displeasure, "It has nothing to do with me anyway, and the Gu on that girl, they can’t help either, why bother yourself so much?"

Seeing the two arguing, An Cheng also found himself in a dilemma.

On one hand, it was possibly a matter of life and death for his clan, and on the other hand, it was his conscience. Fan Bayin wasn’t wrong; his people didn’t provide any help, they hardly had the right to request anything.

But just then, Li Chen shook his head again, speaking: "Actually, I also thought about leaving them behind and just running. But I just realized it’s too late."

As he spoke, Li Chen pointed in a direction outside the mountain hideout.

"They have already arrived."