The Marshal’s Wife is Wild
Chapter 215 - 214 Trapped in the Abandoned Laboratory

Chapter 215: Chapter 214 Trapped in the Abandoned Laboratory

Qu Tong clicked to connect, and a familiar, sincere voice came through:

"This is the headquarters of the First Army Corps. Planet A15 has been attacked by the Insect Clan and is now under military control. All unrelated personnel please leave immediately."

Qu Tong had no intention of leaving. Instead, she said, "Is that Major Xiong Lie? I’m Jun Li. Please let me in, I can be of help."

"Miss Jun Li?" Xiong Lie obviously hesitated, but still said, "The higher-ups have ordered that no one is allowed to..."

"Let her in," a cold and authoritative voice sounded from behind her.

"Yes, Boss."

Qu Tong passed through the Planetary Shield following Xiong Lie’s coordinates.

Upon entering, she saw a massive warship hovering in the air. Qu Tong docked her vessel inside the warship and was brought before Si Yuting.

Qu Tong smiled at Si Yuting, "Thank you, Admiral, for making an exception."

Si Yuting simply nodded slightly, without speaking.

The members of the First Army Corps had also just arrived, discussing countermeasures with the local garrison.

An engineer operated the control screen and called up three small maps.

"We’ve confirmed the points where the distress signals were sent from: here, here, and here. There are three directions," the engineer pointed to three red dots on the screen.

"I’ll lead a team to support; you continue to monitor, try to contact the people sending the distress signals to ascertain their real-time positions and specific circumstances, and get in touch with any news immediately," Si Yuting ordered calmly and proficiently, then quickly divided the members of the First Army Corps into three teams, each led by himself, Xiong Lie, and the garrison leader.

Si Yuting then looked at Qu Tong, "Miss Jun Li, if you don’t mind, you may come with us. The terrain of Planet A15 is complicated; I don’t recommend acting alone."

Qu Tong, seeing the Optical Brain Bracelet still unresponsive, chose to accompany the garrison leader, who had the weakest forces.

A first-tier planet was several times larger than a remote one, and rather than aimlessly searching by herself, it was better to follow the main forces and share information in real time.

Considering Qu Tong’s abilities, just before leaving, Si Yuting instructed the third team and the garrison leader, "Miss Jun Li’s abilities are strong; you do not need to interfere with her actions."

Some soldiers, who had never seen Qu Tong’s abilities, were naturally surprised, and even the garrison leader couldn’t help but give Qu Tong a few extra glances.

But no objections were raised, and the three teams did not delay any further, swiftly splitting up and embarking on their missions.

*

In an abandoned laboratory building, a rusty iron door was propped shut with an iron bar; the windows, plastered with newspapers, were further secured with several wooden planks.

From the gaps in the newspapers, Fei Wenxing peeked outside at the flying and crawling members of the Insect Clan, then shrank back in fear.

The small room was crammed with forty or fifty people; not a single face looked relaxed.

The atmosphere in the room was very oppressive, filled with despair, fear, and anxiety...

People kept changing their positions to send messages, but were greeted with the red exclamation mark of failure, prompting one to smash their Optical Brain Bracelet on the ground in frustration.

Someone nearby just gave it a lackluster glance, their voice despondent, "Forget it, as soon as you enter the rarely trodden dense forest, there’s mostly no signal."

"What ill fate have we encountered, how could the Insect Clan appear on a first-tier planet?" someone complained.

But no one could answer them; no one on site knew what was going on.

"Talking about splitting up, they just want us to draw the attention of the Insect Clan so they can escape!" one person said with righteous indignation.

"Exactly, the direction they guided us to had another wave of the Insect Clan, such deceitful intent."

"So many bugs, and High-Level Bug Tribe members too, what are we going to do?"

...

The others also complained, but none dared to raise their voices too much.

People often complain and direct their anger elsewhere when they find themselves in a difficult situation.

Some had already turned their angry and dissatisfied gaze toward Song Ke, uttering passive-aggressive remarks.

Song Ke didn’t speak, nor did he look at anyone, sitting dejectedly in a corner with his legs hugged to his chest, indifferent to the hastily bandaged wound on his arm that was once again seeping a large patch of blood.

Fei Wenxing stepped forward, unwilling to accept the situation without argument, "When we chose this path earlier, it was with everyone’s agreement, what do you mean now?"

"Exactly, it was Lan Xingye who suggested it and Song Nuan who gave directions, blame them if you will, why whine about it here?" Cheng Yao also chimed in.

"A bunch of losers even I can best, what right do you have to complain?" Fei Wenxing spat on the ground, utterly uncouth.

He was indeed livid, thinking that if it hadn’t been for their Mecha’s protection, they would’ve already become meals for the Insect Clan.

"With things as they are now, let’s not complain anymore, save your energy to think about how to get through this crisis," Xie Ci also spoke up to calm the situation.

Xu An noticed the injury on Song Ke’s hand. After searching through the Space Button and not finding any medicine, he remembered his sister gave him a Space Button before she left. He guessed that it contained some supplies for going out. Since he was already prepared, he had not opened it.

When he opened it and saw a dozen Spirit Power Stabilizing Potions and forty or fifty Energy Liquids, he was completely shocked.

In the corner, there were also four Void Crystal Stones, a refrigerator full of food, and some Energy Stones, which made Xu An’s eyes well up with emotion.

But now was not the time for sentimentality — he searched and indeed found a bottle of blood-stopping powder and some disinfectant spray.

He also took out gauze and scissors from his own Space Button, touched Song Ke’s arm, "Your wound is bleeding, I have medicine, let me rebandage it for you."

Song Ke stared blankly at his own arm as if noticing it for the first time and extended his hand somewhat out of it, letting Xu An replace the blood-soaked gauze.

Xu An meticulously helped Song Ke change it, tying a knot that was neither too loose nor too tight, and didn’t forget to bunch up the replaced gauze and toss it back into the Space Button.

"It’s not your fault, don’t take it to heart."

The clear and gentle voice reached her ears; although Song Ke was still somewhat emotionally troubled, she gave Xu An a smile.

The atmosphere on the scene had been brought under control by Fei Wenxing, Xie Ci, and others; nobody dared to spout any more useless talk.

"What do we do? Senior Liu’s mental outburst is almost uncontrollable," a student next to Liu Hang exclaimed.

"Who else has Spirit Power Stabilizing Potions? Take them out for an emergency; otherwise, with Liu Hang’s S-rank spiritual power, nobody can suppress it once it goes berserk," another senior urgently requested the medication from everyone.

Everyone remained silent, not speaking up.

"Liu Hang got injured protecting you all, and if we manage to escape, do you think Senior Liu will care about your little bit of money?" the senior was frustrated and angry.

"It’s not about the money, it’s just..." someone began to speak hesitantly.

They might not even be able to wait for rescue, and the High-Level Bug Tribe’s venom could cause mental outbursts, which they might need for themselves.

Moreover, Senior Liu was S-rank, and they didn’t have Advanced Mind Stabilizing Potions.

Some had already turned their eyes toward Fei Wenxing and his team; only Fei Wenxing’s group had Miss Ali’s family medications with them.