Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 351 - 346: The Commander Has Returned, at Jiuming Mountain
The Wind Girl and Ah Mu stood atop the white snow, looking down at the few people below with complex expressions.
Forgotten for too long, the two were finally remembered by Ji Ning, who sent them to ambush on the road to Jiuming Mountain.
Others ambushing included two other groups, with Xiao Shun, Asheng, and the up-and-coming Xiao Kong lying in wait on the section of the mountain road below them.
If they couldn’t stop them, Xiao Shun’s group would help with the cleanup.
This was truly ironic for the Wind Girl and Ah Mu, who possessed Wind Element and Wood Element abilities.
Though their hearts were unwilling, the two could only suppress their discomfort, striving to complete the task in hopes that Ji Ning would see their abilities.
Beneath the white snow, four people shot at Huang Ying on the other side with vicious expressions.
Where the bullets hit, round craters formed, yet Huang Ying remained unscathed.
As the bullets dwindled, the hearts of the four sank to the bottom.
Their eyes grew increasingly anxious.
Alert both to the approaching woman and the yet unseen enemy.
"Take them down..."
A command rang out.
The Wind Girl and Ah Mu raised their palms, and a small tornado swept up the white snow, rising from the side of Pan Mountain Road.
***
"Beep-beep-beep..."
A piercing sound came from the valley.
In an empty room, a line of text automatically appeared on a giant screen.
[Commander has returned, at Jiuming Mountain]
This message seemed to grow wings, quickly reaching certain individuals.
Before long, the empty room was suddenly opened by someone.
A woman with glasses and a delicate face quickly walked to the giant screen outside, demanding, "Where does this information come from?"
Two seconds later, the giant screen displayed another line of text.
[Hua Continent, Ye Xingyan]
The woman paused, her beautiful brows furrowing slightly, before asking after a moment, "He’s back on Hua Continent?"
[Yes, near Jiuming Mountain]
The woman’s expression didn’t look good, seemingly disapproving of Ye Xingyan’s recklessness, "When did he return? Why don’t we know?"
[December 29]
[He blocked the central brain’s tracking system]
The woman’s complexion worsened, crossing her arms and pacing the room anxiously, "Did he leave voluntarily?"
[Unclear]
"Damn it, so worrying! I need to return to Hua Continent."
Just as she spoke, a strange male voice came from behind her, "You don’t need to be too anxious; he’s doing well on Hua Continent."
The woman abruptly turned around, "You know?"
"Naturally, he went back with the Twelve Guards and smoothly brought S20 back to Hua Continent." Hearing this, the woman suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, while the man’s gaze darkened briefly and then said, "But midway, he was tricked by the Lane family in Jiazhou. Now part of S20 has fallen into the hands of Jiuming Mountain Base."
"What?"
"Where is he? Is he okay?" The woman looked anxious, stepping forward quickly and grabbing the man’s arm.
The man shifted his gaze from hers to the giant screen, "Having been able to send a message back, he should be fine."
"Should?" Her tone rose significantly.
The man felt displeased, "With Twelve Guards, what are you worried about?"
"The Twelve Guards aren’t absolutely safe. Ah Yuan hates having people around him; he might very well slip away from the Twelve Guards and return to Hua Continent alone."
The more the woman thought, the more worried she became, feeling unable to stay still as she quickly headed outside, "I’m returning to Hua Continent immediately."
"Wait..." Before the man could finish speaking, the woman had already left the room.
The man’s expression darkened, lip pressed tight as he stared at the closed door for a long time before turning back to the giant screen.
His eyes sparkled with intensity.
***
"Achoo... Achoo..." Ye Tong, wrapped in a thick down jacket, sneezed repeatedly.
Her pretty skin flushed with a reddish hue.
Liu Bin was the first to notice Ye Tong’s discomfort, immediately asking, "What’s wrong? Have you caught a cold?"
Ye Tong sniffed, puzzled as to how she suddenly caught a cold.
With her physical condition, she hadn’t been ill for several years, let alone catching a cold.
But her current symptoms were indeed cold-like.
"Oh my, Sister Xiaotong, why is your face so red?" Bai Xiaotang, sitting nearby, raised her head upon hearing the sound, putting down her phone as she reached out to touch Ye Tong’s forehead, taken aback, "It’s a bit warm. Sister Xiaotong, could you have a fever?"
"Really?" Ye Tong touched her forehead, unsure.
"Surely a cold and fever. I’ll go get Sister Ning."
Before Ye Tong could refuse, Bai Xiaotang already turned to call Ji Ning not far away.
Noticing the commotion, Joe Lane naturally saw this too, believing Ji Ning wouldn’t care about such trivial matters, yet she quickly stopped her conversation and headed over to the pretty girl.
Raising her hand to grasp the girl’s wrist, she then used her Healing Ability.
The faint, almost invisible power gradually infused into the girl’s body, an utter waste.
Joe Lane scrutinized the pretty girl carefully but found nothing special.
He chuckled lightly, looking away.
Under Ji Ning’s ability, Ye Tong’s somewhat swollen head cleared up slightly, but Ji Ning’s brows furrowed.
Inside Ye Tong, she discovered a still-unresolved, special drug.
The drug was remarkably similar to the substance found on Feng Yu at the Jiuming Mountain Museum.
How did she come into contact with that type of drug?
Annoyance flickered in Ji Ning’s eyes, then she calmly said, "Just a bit of chill, sleep it off."
"Okay," Ye Tong, unsure if she was being overly sensitive, had an unsettling feeling that Ji Ning was hiding something, causing deep anxiety.
Ji Ning subsequently summoned the base’s doctor to prescribe cold medicine and had the base soldiers escort her back to her room.
Bai Xiaotang accompanied her.
Once they left, Ji Ning approached the Feng family brothers, extending a hand to hold Feng Yu’s wrist.
"Sis... Sister Ning... I... I..." Feng Yu was startled by Ji Ning’s sudden action, cheeks instantly flushing crimson, thrilled into stuttering.
Ji Ning rolled her eyes at his noise.
Feng Yu’s soaring body temperature dropped a few degrees, yet his heart continued to race like it had a small motor installed.
Feng Yu also had that drug inside him, and the dosage was higher than Ye Tong’s.
"Are you feeling unwell?" Ji Ning asked.
Feng Yu shook his head vigorously, "No, no, I’m very healthy, no physical issues at all..."
Ji Ning released his hand, her eyes glancing towards Joe Lane, subsequently turning to Feng Lei.
"My apologies."
Feng Lei hesitated, suddenly realizing that when Ji Ning grasped his wrist, a foreign force was entering his body.
He instinctively wanted to resist, but Ji Ning said, "Calm down, don’t move!"
Surprised, Feng Lei focused, aware that this foreign force wasn’t malicious, spending a prolonged period in his stomach region before disappearing.
Feng Lei noticed Ji Ning’s somewhat chilly demeanor, prompting him to ask, "Is there a problem?"
"No," Ji Ning replied tersely, then turned to leave.
Her expression didn’t match her words.
Feng Lei, feeling uneasy, wanted to chase after her, only to see Ji Ning bypassing two rows of tables and heading straight toward the Jiazhou delegation.
