Chapter 239: A Return of Comrades! Chatting with Xu Jiutian!

"Other squads have missions too!" Zhu Xiaoshuang said quietly. "The Third and Eighth squads went to Upper Qingcheng and haven't returned yet—they'll probably stay there for a while. The Fifth and Sixth squads lost many people last time and haven't recovered their strength… Even the Starlight-ranked Beast Tamer of the Special Operations Group is rarely seen—they're probably busy too…"

"Stop talking, my head hurts!"

Shen Yan spat and cut off Zhu Xiaoshuang.

The next day, Su Yang woke up early.

After a good sleep, he felt refreshed and clear-headed.

Even the weakness from using his power burst had vanished.

Probably because of the Earth Tyrant Bear's Mythic talent, Indestructible Golden Body.

He pushed open the door, and the two soldiers on guard immediately turned around, staring at Su Yang in surprise.

Su Yang remembered these two—they'd helped him bathe yesterday.

"You're better?"

"Better!"

Su Yang stepped out of the room and found people standing outside the doors of other Emergency Squad Beast Tamers.

He glanced at Xu Jiutian's room—the door was slightly ajar, and no one was there.

Su Yang pushed open the door and found the bed empty.

"Where's the guy who lived here?"

"He got injured yesterday. He didn't want to go to the hospital, but we talked him into it…"

Soon after, some Emergency Squad members opened their doors and came out.

They saw Su Yang and greeted him with smiles.

"Su Yang, yesterday you could barely walk, and today you're full of energy—your recovery is fast!"

"Young people, their bodies are strong!"

"Young man, how many times can you do it in one night?"

"Don't tease Su Yang, or he'll get angry and smash your head open—you didn't see how fierce he was yesterday…"

"…"

Soon after, food arrived.

Same hearty meal—Su Yang sat under the eaves with his small iron basin and devoured it greedily.

He saw the veteran who'd just teased him—his hand holding the chopsticks was shaking!

Probably hadn't recovered yet—he was finally fed by other soldiers.

After breakfast, Deputy Captain Shi You appeared.

"The Jiacheng crisis is temporarily resolved. There may still be ferocious beasts, but they won't cause major trouble. The Seventh and Tenth Emergency Squads will rest here for ten days!"

Hearing the deputy captain's words, all Emergency Squad members exhaled in relief.

Today was a fine day—the sun shone warmly on the earth.

After Shi You left, many Seventh Squad members brought their belongings outside, basking in the sun and chatting.

They boasted about how brave they'd been in yesterday's battle, and occasionally mentioned fallen comrades.

When they spoke of those people, they fell silent.

Though they were in the Emergency Squad and used to death, thinking of their comrades still brought them pain.

"Where's Su Yang? Where'd that kid go?"

"That kid was amazing yesterday! All those blood-red plant beasts were his!"

"I saw him flip over more than ten Rock-Armored Rhinos—he wasn't even hurt when they slammed him into the city wall!"

"He's not here—he went out."

"…"

On the second day of the Tongjiacheng defense battle, Xu Jiutian limped back.

"Xu Jiutian, aren't you still injured? Why'd you come back? Was it bad over there?"

"Bad? How's it bad? Life there's great!" Xu Jiutian laughed. "Every day, beautiful nurses take care of me—feed me whatever I want. It's like heaven!"

"If it's so comfortable there, why come back?"

"Of course I missed you all!"

"…"

That night, Su Yang asked Xu Jiutian why he left the hospital.

Xu Jiutian sat on a chair, one leg propped on another, staring at the stars in the sky. "It was awful there."

"Some were wrapped like rice dumplings, others had arms or legs cut off, and some critically wounded died—wrapped in shrouds and taken away… I didn't like being there."