At the same time, Red Spider Star.
Tang Ce did not faint from beginning to end. When Lu Zexuan chased him with a knife, he immediately pretended to be dead and used the lizard's ability to regulate body temperature to cool down his body temperature. The bloodstains were also caused by himself...
He sat up only after Yu Ran and Lu Zexuan drove away in the starship.
Next time you can’t pretend to die with your eyes open. Your eyes are so wide that they look a little sore.
Tang Ce rubbed his eyes gently and looked around. The team members were still unconscious. He was just about to check on the injuries of Sister Bird and Brother Crocodile, but at this moment, a group of fist-sized spiders suddenly crawled out from the depths of the forest.
The swarms of spiders frightened Tang Ce. He clenched the knife in his hand, looked at them warily, and was ready to strike at any time.
However, to his surprise, the spiders actually began to weave webs diligently. Thin red silk threads came out of their mouths, and gathered together, like a doctor treating a wound, bandaging the injured parts of the team members, and the wounds that had been bleeding miraculously stopped bleeding.
What’s even more amazing is that after their wounds were treated, they crawled back to the forest in an orderly manner, just like “enthusiastic little angels”.
Tang Ce: “…”
Spiders can actually help people heal their wounds? If Tang Ce hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed it!
He stood there in a daze for a long time before coming back to his senses: "Could it be that Yu Ran already knew that there was a group of spiders on this planet that would help humans, so he brought the Falcon starship here so that he and Lu Zexuan could stage a good show of 'killing all teammates'?"
"Who is Yu Ran and how does he know so much?" Tang Ce was puzzled.
When the Marshal asked him to come to the Falcon Special Forces to assist Yu Ran, he didn't say much, just told him to protect Yu Ran at all costs. Tang Ce guessed that Yu Ran should be a very important move made by the Marshal. Whether he could find out the details of that organization would depend on Yu Ran.
After a while, Hummingbird woke up first. She rubbed her head, looked into Tang Ce's eyes, and asked in confusion, "Xiao Tang? Didn't Captain Lu go berserk and want to kill someone? He didn't kill you? Wait... Why am I not dead!"
Tang Ce smiled and scratched his head: "I don't know either. Captain Lu doesn't seem to really want to kill us?"
The surrounding team members woke up one after another.
The crocodile touched his itchy neck and said, "My neck feels cold. What are these red threads?"
The hound next to him said, "I have this thing on me too. Strangely, the bleeding from the wound has stopped and it itches. It seems to be healing slowly."
Tang Ce said: "If I say that this is a spider web and a group of spiders suddenly come over to help you bandage and stop the bleeding, would you believe it?"
The crocodile rolled his eyes at him and said, "Are you kidding me? Do you think we are three-year-old children? How can you make up such a story?"
Tang Ce coughed lightly and analyzed: "I think Captain Lu didn't really do anything ruthless. If you don't believe me, check your wounds carefully. They are either biased or shallow. You lost consciousness. He must have knocked you out, right?"
Everyone checked carefully according to what he said - it was true!
One of the sentries attacked by Yu Ran also said: "My mental picture is not damaged. Yu Ran did not attack me. Is he hypnotizing me?"
Hummingbird realized something was wrong: "What are these two doing?"
Tang Ce said, "I don't know the details, anyway, I saw them leaving in the starship." He really didn't know what Yu Ran's next plan was, he only knew that Yu Ran was going to create this accident, let all the Falcon Special Forces members "faked their deaths", and then take Lu Zexuan away. The two must have some special mission, and it was inconvenient for them to take everyone with them.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. However, at least they were all alive, which meant that Lu Zexuan didn't really want to kill them. This made everyone feel much better.
When Mor woke up, he heard a voice calling him. The red mist in front of him opened automatically, and Mor walked into the red mist. The voice became clearer and clearer: "You are a guide among humans. Can you receive my spiritual signal?"
Moore was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can hear it. Who are you?"
The voice said: "Someone told me to tell you to stay alive and take good care of your teammates. Only by staying alive can there be hope."
The gentle voice sounded like the comfort from a mother.
Moore's eyes couldn't help but become moist. He remembered the shocking secret that Yu Ran told him in his mind before he was hypnotized by Yu Ran - there was something else behind Lu Chengan's death.
Wasn’t his sacrifice that year an accident
Moore clenched his fists tightly, thinking of the scene when Lu Chengan was torn apart by the monster. The man pressed his chest hard. The real pain, like his heart being crushed by a heavy object, spread along the nerves to his whole body. He curled up in pain, his face extremely pale, but a hint of determination gradually emerged in his eyes blurred by tears.
Live well until the day when the truth comes out. If Lu Chengan's death is really a conspiracy, he should at least know who the murderer is. Only by killing the enemy can the dead soul rest in peace.
Moore took a deep breath to calm down, and went to the forest to look for other teammates.
Tang Ce, Fengniao and the others were also looking for people in the forest. More and more team members gathered together and found that no one was dead. Everyone had a sense of unreality as if they had survived a disaster, and they were also very confused - Captain Lu looked crazy, and he obviously wanted to kill them, so why didn't he kill them
Moore analyzed, "Captain Lu must have his reasons for doing this. Don't forget, last time on Planet S107 in Doradus, he risked his life to save everyone. He has always treated us as family, so how could he really be so cruel as to kill us?"
Crocodile scratched his head and said, "But he has gone berserk, hasn't he? A berserk sentinel will lose his mind..."
Moore looked at him and said, "Have you ever seen a berserk sentinel flying around with a guide in his arms? If he really goes berserk, the first person he'll kill will probably be Yu Ran, who's beside him."
Everyone nodded. Moore had been in the Falcon Special Forces for more than eight years and had treated every sentinel. He had a lot of prestige in the team and everyone listened to him. What's more, what he said made sense.
Hummingbird asked, "What should we do next? Xiao Tang said that he saw Captain Lu and Yu Ran drive the starship away."
"Wait." Moore adjusted his glasses and looked into the depths of the forest filled with red mist. He said softly, "The spiders in this forest have no ill will towards us. They even help us heal our wounds. Please don't hurt these spiders. Next, we will rely on the fruits, water and some edible mushrooms in the forest to survive for a while. I believe that the Army will have arrangements and will not abandon us here."
With More standing up to stabilize the morale of the troops, everyone's emotions finally calmed down a lot.
Lu Zexuan must have some plan that made it inconvenient for him to bring them along, so he deliberately knocked everyone out and left them here. Then they would stay here and wait for Captain Lu, since the starship had been driven away anyway and they couldn't leave the planet.
Tang Ce smiled and said, "Since we are here, let's make the most of it. Let's just treat it as a vacation!"
Everyone turned around to look at him.
Suddenly, Hummingbird put his hand on his shoulder: "Xiao Tang, why do I feel like you know too much?"
The sentry who was tripped by him suddenly stood up and said, "Did you trip me on purpose? At that time, your 'corpse' was like a block of ice, and you stared at me with your eyes wide open. I was shocked."
Tang Ce was surrounded by the crowd, and he stepped back with a dry laugh: "Well, we can talk it out, everyone, let's talk it out!"
Hummingbird clenched his fist and said, "We sentinels speak with our fists."
Several people rushed forward, and Tang Ce immediately ran away with his head in his hands: "You are outnumbered and bullying the minority, this is not a fair victory!"
When Moore saw everyone chasing after Tang Ce who was pretending to be dead, he couldn't help but smile - no matter what kind of difficult situation they are in, the members of the Falcon Special Forces can quickly adjust their mentality and face everything optimistically. This has been the tradition of this team for many years.
In adversity, only by not giving up hope can you encounter a turning point.
Captain Lu, Yu Ran, don't worry, I will lead everyone to survive.
***
The Falcon starship arrived safely at the Capital Star Space Station at 7pm.
As a special forces starship carrying out emergency missions, the Falcon has the highest federal authority pass and can make an emergency landing. The security personnel at the Capital Star Space Station immediately let the Falcon go after identifying the pass.
Yu Ran drove the starship back to the White Tower.
The people from the White Tower Command immediately sent people to support them. They thought that Lu Zexuan should have captured a few alien monsters for research as required by the mission. Unexpectedly, only three people from the Falcon Special Forces came back
The commander asked seriously, "Major General Lu Zexuan, what's going on?"
Lu Zexuan lowered his head and repeated what Yu Ran had taught him: "When we were on a mission in Swordfish, we were surrounded by alien monsters. The horror of those monsters far exceeded our expectations. All 51 soldiers of the Falcon Special Forces... were killed." He paused and said in a hoarse voice, "I only had time to escape with Yu Ran and Lu Xiaolong."
Lu Zexuan was "killing teammates" on Red Spider Star at that time, and his body was covered in blood. At this moment, he was covered in blood and looked extremely embarrassed, which was indeed consistent with the characteristics of someone who had experienced a bloody battle.
The commander looked at him in shock. "Didn't they say that the range of the Swordfish monster's claws is limited? How come you are surrounded again?"
Yu Ran's eyes were red, and he choked up as he said, "There is more than one kind of monster on that planet. This time we also encountered some birds that can carry out air raids. The beaks of those birds are as sharp as knives. They came in groups and shot down all our airships..."
He seemed to recall that horrific scene, and tears couldn't stop falling.
The commander looked at Lu Xiaolong: "What do you say?"
Lu Xiaolong stood at attention: "I, I was on the starship at the time, responsible for guarding the starship. The airships of the team members were constantly shot down. The land team fought desperately with those monsters. In the end, only the three of us survived."
The three of them had already agreed on their statements.
Anyway, there were no other witnesses, and no one knew what happened at that time.
The commander saluted Lu Zexuan and said, "I express my deepest sympathy and condolences to the soldiers who died. General Lu, the three of you go back and rest first. I will report your experiences to the White Tower Command. The pensions for the fallen soldiers will also be paid to their families as soon as possible."
After seeing off the officials from the White Tower, General Lu Tingyu also came in person.
Looking at his son's dazed expression, he pressed Lu Zexuan's shoulder with a heartache: "How could this happen?"
Lu Zexuan lowered his head and said, "Father, it's my fault that I failed to protect you all."
General Lu said in a hoarse voice: "This is not your fault. No one could have predicted that there would be a large number of monsters capable of air strikes on that planet... Well, so many teammates died, don't be too sad. I will take care of the aftermath."
He looked at Yu Ran and found that Yu Ran's eyes were red from crying. Lu Tingyu asked with concern: "How is Ran Ran, is she not hurt?"
Yu Ran shook his head and said with a sob: "I'm fine, but Moore and the Zhao brothers were eaten by those monsters in order to protect me..." When he said this, his whole body was shaking, as if he didn't want to recall the tragic scene.
Lu Tingyu felt very distressed. The poor C-level guide must have been traumatized after experiencing such a nightmare. He looked at Lu Zexuan and said, "Take good care of Ranran. I won't assign any more tasks to you in the near future. Have a good rest."
Yu Ran nodded: "Thank you, General."
Groups of officials came to visit the three survivors, and even the rarely seen presidential palace sent representatives to express condolences.
The news of the sacrifice of 51 soldiers of the Falcon Special Forces spread quickly and became explosive news in the federation.
For a time, the public was discussing the issue. One view was that humans could not expand indefinitely and forcibly occupy resource stars, and that alien monsters also had intelligence, so humans should be in awe of them, otherwise more and more soldiers would be sacrificed; another view was that humans were a race with highly developed civilization and technology, and should become the overlord of the interstellar era, and even suggested that the military directly send a legion to bomb Dorado...
The two sides clashed fiercely, and a protracted war of words broke out in major forums.
Yu Ran and Lu Zexuan's superb acting skills deceived everyone. No one thought they were lying, and no one noticed that Lu Zexuan was controlled by Yu Ran. Except for Lu Xiaolong who knew the truth, he was worried all day long, fearing that he would be silenced.
Two days later, Yu Ran's "sister" appeared near the White Pagoda. She was nominally "visiting her brother", but in fact, the organization sent her to find Yu Ran to inspect the results.
In the spiritual world, Yu Ran said calmly: "They will definitely check the spiritual images of Zexuan and me. Nine-tailed fox, white fox, get ready. Big Eagle, go back to your master."
The falcon swooped down from the top of the snow-capped mountain, circled over the forest, and then returned to Lu Zexuan's picture.
The place was completely desolate, with only scorched earth left. White Eagle looked at the desolate and dilapidated scene and immediately got into the role, pretending to have a dull look and standing in the middle of the wasteland like an eagle statue.
Yu Ran said with satisfaction: "Very good, keep it up."
Lu Zexuan looked at Yu Ran worriedly: "Be careful later."
Yu Ran said: "You too."
The two looked at each other, got ready, and walked out of the White Tower side by side.
(End of this chapter)