Chapter 149: Gambling Ruins Lives

Just as Liang Xingteng was about to refuse, Ye Yuanzheng continued, "If I lose, I'll return that bottle of Night Fruit Wine to you. How about it?"

Liang Xingteng's heart skipped a beat.

This...

It didn't seem entirely unfeasible.

After all, he had previously dispatched several powerful figures from the military department, yet they still couldn't do anything about the target.

He simply refused to believe it.

Could a few college students who had only undergone special training for two or three days resolve the threat in a single day?

When setting up this assessment, he had merely adopted a desperate, try-anything-goes attitude.

Perhaps they wouldn't even be able to complete it at all.

In that case, wouldn't the Night Fruit Wine he had lost be returned to him?

With this thought in mind, he nodded, "Fine, a bet is a bet!"

"However, if you lose, not only must you return a bottle of Night Fruit Wine to me, but you must also give me another epic-tier piece of equipment."

Ye Yuanzheng still nodded with a smile, "No problem, even ten pieces would be fine."

Seeing the other man's profound confidence, Liang Xingteng suddenly hesitated a little.

Yet, since the words were already spoken, he could not go back on them and could only pray that those youngsters would show some mercy.

They absolutely had to drag it out until the second day to finish!

Otherwise, this second bottle of Night Fruit Wine wouldn't be safe either.

Wang Yuan spoke up, "General Commander, Lord Ye, why don't we head to the lounge to wait?"

Both Liang Xingteng and Ye Yuanzheng nodded.

The three of them walked together to the lounge and took their seats.

Someone brought over three cups of water and placed them before the group.

Wang Yuan's phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and took a look.

It was a call from Xu Han.

Liang Xingteng picked up his water cup and asked, "Who is it?"

Wang Yuan frowned, "It's Xu Han."

Liang Xingteng raised an eyebrow and glanced at Ye Yuanzheng, "It seems they've run into difficulties."

With that, he slowly took a sip of water.

Wang Yuan pressed the answer button, turned on the speakerphone, and asked, "What's wrong? Did you run into trouble?"

Xu Han's voice came through the phone, "Instructor, we have already completed the assessment mission and eliminated the target leader."

"Pfft—"

Liang Xingteng spat out a large mouthful of water.

The water droplets hung suspended in the air before slowly drifting down.

Disregarding his image, he asked loudly, "Are you certain?"

"If you make a false military report, you will be sent to the military tribunal!"

Xu Han was momentarily stunned.

Then he realized.

This was the voice of the General Commander.

"Reporting to the General Commander, the mission has indeed been completed."

"There are still quite a few hostages in the stronghold, and their condition is very poor. It's inconvenient for us to bring them out, so we request reinforcements."

Liang Xingteng said in a deep voice, "Wait right there."

"The helicopters will arrive immediately!"

"Yes!"

With that, the call was disconnected.

Ye Yuanzheng smiled and said, "This time, the second bottle of Night Fruit Wine belongs to me as well."

Seeing that infuriating expression, Liang Xingteng had the urge to punch him.

He really shouldn't have shot his mouth off and made a bet with this guy!

Gambling ruins lives!

Had it not been for the wager, he wouldn't be losing two bottles of Night Fruit Wine!

However, this was not the time to dwell on that.

He immediately instructed Wang Yuan to dispatch helicopters to the destination.

Soon, five helicopters roared into the sky and headed outside the city.

Wang Yuan also boarded an off-road vehicle and sped rapidly toward Nanyun Town.

In addition, a large force of the Spring City garrison troops was marching toward Nanyun Town.

Ye Yuanzheng and Liang Xingteng stood at the entrance of the military department.

Watching the troop carriers roll out of the compound, Ye Yuanzheng chuckled and said, "Old Liang, what do you think of these students of mine?"

Liang Xingteng glanced sideways at him and nodded, "Not bad."

Ye Yuanzheng sighed, "Ah, but I feel they're still not quite enough, still lacking something."

Veins bulged on Liang Xingteng's forehead.

He really wanted to beat this old man up!

Still putting on an act!

Clearly, the smile on his face was completely unstoppable!

He simply turned around and walked back into the lounge, ignoring Ye Yuanzheng altogether.

...

The grand army marched imposingly into Nanyun Town.

The residents of Nanyun Town were utterly shocked.

What was going on?

What had happened here?

Everyone wore expressions of utter bewilderment.

The garrison troops stood guard around Nanyun Town, waiting.

After a moment, five helicopters flew out from the woods and landed in the clearing.

The waiting medical personnel hurriedly stepped forward to lift all the injured people onto the vehicles for treatment.

Fortunately, thanks to Su Li's timely treatment, all the severely injured hostages were long out of danger.

Only their psychological trauma remained difficult to erase.

Yet, that could only be left to time.

Xu Han and the others approached Wang Yuan.

Xu Han placed a massive corpse on the ground.

Wang Yuan took a look.

It was indeed that leader!

This was also one of Spring City's most wanted criminals.

He was far too familiar with this face.

Wang Yuan nodded, a satisfied smile blooming on his face, "You all exceeded my expectations."

"You have two more days. You can rest and wait for the secret realm ruins to open."

"If you wish to look around Spring City, I can arrange a guide for you."

A wave of joy rippled through the group.

Smiles bloomed across their faces.

This was fantastic!

They could finally explore Spring City to their heart's content.

Only Xu Han wore a solemn expression.

He stepped forward and handed a spatial jade pendant to Wang Yuan, "Instructor Wang, take a look at this."

Wang Yuan opened the spatial jade pendant and glanced inside.

His gaze grew grave as well.

Clenching the spatial jade pendant tightly, he drew a deep breath, "I will have people take these away for proper burial."

"Allow them to rest in peace."

Xu Han nodded and continued, "Instructor Wang, there is one more matter."

He then recounted everything that had just transpired to Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan's brows locked tightly, "You're saying... modified humans?"

"Using mutated beast limbs to modify humans?"

Xu Han nodded, "That's right."

Wang Yuan's frown deepened into a scowl, "These beasts actually plotted such an evil scheme!"

"Rest assured, I will report this matter upward."

The garrison troops swept through the stronghold, uncovering hundreds of mutilated corpses.

Afterward, they buried these bodies on the spot, granting the deceased a proper final resting place.

With everything dealt with, the group returned together to the military department.

Just as they stepped out of the vehicles, they saw Liang Xingteng and Ye Yuanzheng standing in the distance.

Liang Xingteng stepped forward and saluted the group.

Everyone was taken aback.

They looked at each other in blank dismay, unsure of how to react.

Liang Xingteng said in a solemn voice, "On behalf of everyone in Spring City, I thank you!"

"You helped us eradicate this malignant tumor!"

"To show my gratitude, each of you will be rewarded with a skill book suited to your abilities."

The group froze, and then wild joy erupted across their faces.

This truly was an unexpected windfall!

"Over the next two days, you may relax. If you wish to tour Spring City, I can arrange a guide for you."

Immediately, the others eagerly signed up, planning to have a wonderful time exploring Spring City.

After all, Spring City was one of the Dragon Kingdom's premier tourist destinations.

Only Xu Han did not sign up.

The others looked at Xu Han with perplexed expressions.

Xu Han stated that he intended to find Wang Yuan and spar further.

It was not easy to have finally developed some muscle memory for combat techniques.

If he didn't practice for two days and that muscle memory faded, the results would drop significantly.

The others curled their lips in disdain.

This was simply too hardworking!

Meanwhile, Ye Yuanzheng and the others merely exchanged knowing smiles.