Scarlet Hand's treasure vault.
Tang Yu flipped open a box, "Cold weapons, not interested, not interested."
Then he opened the second box, "Firearms, barely passable, let's pack them up first."
This vault, storing various supplies of the Scarlet Hand, especially Source Crystals, was also packed in boxes.
This completely overturned Tang Yu's perception of the Scarlet Hand.
He originally thought they were quite poor, but in reality, they were unexpectedly wealthy.
So this robbery was very valuable... Ah, spit it out, how could this be called robbery, it's clearly rightful spoils of war.
Tang Yu and Grey Blade busied themselves, moving some valuable spoils into the Space Backpack.
After cleaning up this Scarlet Hand outpost, the three naturally searched it inside and out.
Besides this one vault, the Scarlet Hand had another "vault."
It held those girls they had captured, the "vault" of girls.
When first seen, the scene was indeed unbearable to witness.
Not only were they stark naked, but there were also many special tools that tormented the girls immensely.
It was a shocking sight.
In fact, Tang Yu was mentally prepared to encounter some symbols of the dark side of humanity here, yet seeing it with his own eyes still felt unbearable.
It's like watching a horror movie, many brave people are completely unaffected by the movie, but if some terrifying event happened in reality, happening close to themselves, perhaps, few people could remain calm.
What's more, this was the first time he had witnessed such a scene.
After these girls were rescued, some committed suicide on the spot, the rest, Tang Yu had Eileen take them out through another gate.
Of course, he wasn't escorting them to the Lindong Sanctuary, there were quite a few girls and they were slow, who knows how long it would take to walk back to Lindong.
Lending a hand to Tang Yu was no issue, but he was a man worth several... several Source Crystals per minute, how could he waste precious time here.
Thus, he had Eileen find a military team nearby, casually drop them off, without even showing his face, just leave them in memory of Lei Feng or anonymously.
Doing a good deed without leaving his name, next time he summoned adventurers, wouldn't he necessarily be the king of luck?
While pondering this, he continued to pack the supplies into the Space Backpack.
Some boxes were too big, he needed to figure out a way to process them before they could fit.
Finally, all the supplies were packed, suddenly Tang Yu felt something vibrating in the backpack.
Taking it out, it was a detection lens.
The kind that had been used.
And this vibrating type of alert was triggering an alarm message.
He looked at it, the detection lens displayed many small dots, some of which were quickly heading his way, not much distance left.
"This display is marked with Lin Wei's men, what is Lin Wei doing here, looking at the speed, it seems like he's in a hurry."
Tang Yu couldn't figure it out.
If the military knew there were mercenaries in conflict here, they might send someone to check, but what does Lin Wei have to do with the Scarlet Hand?
If you really have to say, Lin Wei's surname is Lin, and the commander of the Scarlet Hand also has the surname Lin, but there are many people in the world named Lin...
Tang Yu carefully recalled the appearances of Lin Wei and Lin Mingjie, perhaps, maybe, probably, actually quite similar.
His expression suddenly became odd.
He glanced again at the detection lens, at the many small dots now gradually approaching the abandoned factory.
Suddenly, he had a bold idea.
Lin Wei sat in an armored vehicle, his main combat force, the first Corps, swiftly advancing ahead, and his closest confidants, also the strongest guards, half of them always by Lin Wei's side, the other half acting as a mobile force, annihilating some strong demonized beasts.
The team moved rapidly.
Yet Lin Wei was somewhat uneasy.
The Scarlet Hand was indeed related to him.
To be precise, the commander of the Scarlet Hand had a very close connection with him.
Years ago, due to an accident, he later accidentally learned he had an illegitimate child who was out there.
Compared to his uneducated eldest son, this illegitimate child, whether in character or ability, was more to his liking.
However, with a dominant maternal family, Lin Wei could only keep this hidden.
But he also covertly funded Lin Mingjie, helping him establish a career.
After the apocalypse, his wife and son in Beiting had been out of touch early, and his younger son just happened to be in Lindong.
He never disclosed his identity, instead letting Lin Mingjie develop on his own, eventually establishing the well-known Scarlet Hand Mercenary Corps in Lindong Sanctuary.
One of the forces secretly prepared by Lin Wei.
No one could have suspected, even though Elder Lu had doubted that there had been dealings between Scarlet Hand and him, he definitely couldn't have anticipated that this was a force completely under his control.
Because of this, he was somewhat anxious.
Especially since, according to the forward scouts, the battle seemed to be very intense.
Lin Wei arrived in front of the abandoned factory.
There was no longer any movement inside.
The doors were wide open, but due to the factory's tightly sealed outer walls, the interior was dim, and not much could be seen, like a giant beast ready to devour.
Lin Wei frowned and waved over his subordinates.
A group of people guarded him, cautiously moving toward the inside of the factory.
An Awakener turned on the searchlight, and Lin Wei could see clearly.
His face slightly changed.
Inside the factory, there were bodies everywhere, some frozen into ice blocks, some seemingly blown up, their bodies charred black, and even more that appeared to have been slashed to death, their bodies mutilated.
Was Scarlet Hand finished?
No, that's not right!
He did not see Lin Mingjie's body.
"Everyone, check thoroughly, I want to know what happened here."
Just as a group of Awakeners was about to disperse, suddenly someone pointed out into the distance, "Boss, there's something over there!"
Lin Wei followed the direction of the gesture and saw two chubby things, likely Puppets, carrying someone toward the deeper parts of the factory.
The person being carried was bloody, yet Lin Wei recognized him instantly—it was his second son, Lin Mingjie.
"Pursue, rescue him immediately!"
Many Awakeners from the First Corps hurried forward, but Lin Wei feeling it was not enough, dispatched some experts from his guard team.
These people were incredibly fast, covering half the distance in the blink of an eye.
Suddenly, several spherical objects flew from the depths of the factory.
The leading members of the guard team changed expressions and dodged.
The spheres landed, unfolding into several large, chubby Puppets, and immediately started fighting with the Awakeners from the guard team.
These Puppets were of course no match and were quickly dealt with; however, this delay allowed Lin Mingjie to be dragged a considerable distance away.
Especially since the ground was uneven, and being dragged made the bouncing even worse, Lin Mingjie's face seemed even more terrible.
A kind of ghastly pale like that of a dead man?
These expert Awakeners hurriedly pursued.
Suddenly, a few more spheres flew from the depths of the factory.
With experience, these expert Awakeners didn't dodge; instead, two of them took out swords and slashed.
A Source Energy bomb exploded, engulfing the leading two Awakeners in high-energy flames.
Lin Wei's face turned dark.
He did not know if it was anger or rage.
"Third Squadron, Fourth Squadron, Fifth Squadron, all of you go, flank from both sides, don't give the people hiding a chance."
Several squadrons of Awakeners took the command and advanced. The hidden enemy was still trying to obstruct them through various means, but they seemed somewhat powerless.
Soon, several Awakeners caught up with the two Puppets carrying Lin Mingjie and easily rescued him.
But quickly, someone's expression turned drastically, unable to stop themselves from shouting, "Dead, is he dead?"
Lin Wei heard this and staggered.
His face turned somewhat pale.
He suddenly thought of something and yelled, "Quick, everyone come back!"
A deafening explosion sounded, and flames surged all around.
It reflected on Lin Wei's ghastly pale face.
He could no longer care about those who had been dispatched, only able to retreat quickly to the outside under the protection of numerous guards.
He didn't even dare to take the main gate, fearing another ambush, and ordered someone to forcefully break through the factory's outer wall and rush out.
In the last moment, Lin Wei glanced back.
His gaze fell on Lin Mingjie, engulfed by the explosion.
He also seemed to see, in a deeper part of the factory illuminated by the firelight, a few figures, smiling and waving at him.
A mouthful of old blood spurted out.