When all the food was ready, Luo Xiao Le, ever diligent, began serving food to the people at the outpost.
For a full thirty minutes, her hands did not stop. Her aching wrists were already trembling involuntarily, and her arms felt as if they were filled with ten layers of lead. She could barely lift them.
"Oh dear, you should rest for a bit, Xiao Le. We'll take over the serving from here!" Da Qiang and the others quickly snatched the serving ladle away.
Luo Xiao Le let out an "Aye" and, clutching her arm in pain, limped to the side.
Despite the fatigue, while serving food, she had successfully memorized the faces of three spatial ability users from their conversations.
It had not been a wasted trip.
She looked down at the wall clock and calculated the time. Mo Chen and the others should be ready.
"Brother Wang, has the food for the guards at the gate been sent yet? I'll go deliver it. Staying here and not doing anything makes me feel uneasy."
"Oh my, Xiao Le, you're truly... what do you kids call it these days... a hardworking laborer! Go ahead, go ahead." Brother Wang chuckled in amusement. This girl was indeed quick with her hands and feet.
As soon as Luo Xiao Le arrived near the barrier, the sternness of the surrounding guards hit her.
Six people stood rigidly at the barrier, like a tightly woven net, completely blocking it.
Luo Xiao Le's heart pounded. So many people here!
The relief guards should be arriving soon...
Speak of the devil, two voices sounded from behind Luo Xiao Le, "Hurry up, prepare for the shift change. Go fill out the shift change form quickly!"
The soldiers who were about to relieve the guards had already rushed to the handover table to fill out the forms.
"Let's go, brothers, time for lunch!" The guards at the gate also excitedly slung their arms around each other and quickly surrounded the table for the forms.
"Hoo..." Luo Xiao Le tried to calm herself.
Calculating the time, the effects of the drug should be kicking in soon!
A hurried set of footsteps rapidly approached the crowd.
"Quick, quick, you all go! The people eating in the mess hall, I don't know if they ate something unclean, but many are starting to lose strength and have diarrhea! The doctors don't have enough staff. Just leave one person to watch the gate. The rest of you, follow me! The mess hall is in chaos!" the person shouted anxiously.
"What is all this! No more food to eat!" The guards who had just been on duty, having just finished filling out the form, scrambled away. In an instant, only one person remained at the gate.
Luo Xiao Le quickly seized the opportunity and stepped forward, "Brother, would you like something to eat? I don't dare give you the food that was just served. How about this, these are steamed buns from our kitchen that we ourselves eat. They're definitely clean. Would you like to have some of these to fill your stomach?" Luo Xiao Le smiled sweetly, appearing like a little sister, instantly disarming the guard.
"Sure!" The guard took the steamed buns from her hand. "Eating them like this is too dry. I'll go get something to drink!" The guard, holding the steamed buns, ran off excitedly.
"Quickly!" Seeing that there was finally no one around, Luo Xiao Le quickly called out Pi Jia Jia, who was following behind her.
"Wait for me, I'll open it right away!" Luo Shu busily turned the compass, skillfully adjusting it a few times.
The ripples in front of them vibrated with a "buzz."
Unexpectedly, just three seconds later, a very slender finger calmly parted the water ripples.
Then, a pair of slender legs suddenly emerged from the ripples, stepping out of the barrier quickly and steadily.
Ink-black hair, caught by the wind the moment it passed the barrier, swirled in the air in a beautiful arc.
Mo Chen's deep, dark eyes immediately fell into Luo Xiao Le's sight.
She felt as if her heart had been struck by something, suddenly beating erratically, as if her heart rate was irregular.
Perhaps it was because since arriving at Luocheng Base, she had been with them every day. After two days of not seeing him, she suddenly found it difficult to adapt to Mo Chen's incredibly handsome appearance?
Luo Xiao Le quickly shook her head, forcefully casting those thoughts aside. Now was not the time to think about these things!
"Quick!" After Mo Chen entered the barrier, Luo Xiao Le quickly beckoned to her other teammates behind her.
In just a few seconds, five figures had swiftly passed through the barrier.
"Wait, don't leave me behind!" However, Zhou He's faint voice suddenly came from the gap in the barrier.
Then, the sixth figure, just as the barrier was about to close, forcefully darted in.
"Ah..." Zhou He had just rushed in and couldn't stand steady. She glimpsed Mo Chen and was about to fall towards him.
As if Mo Chen had predicted it, he used footwork comparable to "Lingbo Weibu" (a skill from martial arts novels).
He instantly moved away from the spot where he had been standing.
"Hey, brother, why are you..." Wang Biao and the others had naturally seen Mo Chen's "abstinence technique," but they couldn't bear to watch the girl fall face-first.
Wang Biao and the other two quickly reached out to help her. Only then did they realize they were still holding extremely sharp weapons. The three gasped and, with their weapon-wielding hands, abruptly shifted direction. They twisted their bodies, and the momentum was too great. The three of them stumbled a few steps, almost colliding with each other.
Lin Xia, standing nearby, found it quite amusing. He shook his head and reached out, steadying Zhou He.
Luo Xiao Le couldn't help but laugh and cry, feeling as if Wang Biao and the other two were straying further and further down the path of silliness, yet they were renowned powerful players on the leaderboards...
Pi Jia Jia, standing beside her, was sweating cold sweat. "Xiao Le... are these guys who dance the twist holding weapons really reliable..."
"Stop fooling around, hide quickly!"
"Hey, why are you still standing here? Pi Jia Jia, what are you doing here again?" The guard at the gate quickly ran back.
"..." Pi Jia Jia's forehead was covered in nervous cold sweat. He turned his head and glanced fiercely at Luo Xiao Le's side!
Only then did he realize that the group from before had already retreated like lightning. At this moment, besides him and the guard at the gate, only an empty grassy area remained beside Luo Xiao Le...
"Wow, wow..." he silently marveled.
"Oh, I was worried this bean sprout would be lazy again, so I came to check. Aren't you going? Did you finish your work in the kitchen?" Pi Jia Jia immediately put on a fierce expression.
"Yes... yes... I'll go right away!" Luo Xiao Le followed him closely.
The two quickly retreated from the scene.
The guard then took out a small flask of wine he had hidden behind him and prepared to drink it with relish.
"Dong!" A small stone flew from nowhere and hit the barrier nearby!
"Who is it! Who is it!" The guard quickly dropped the wine bottle, turned his back, and quickly checked the barrier.
"There's nothing here..." He scratched his head and muttered in confusion.
In the instant he turned around, he didn't see several figures silently leaping down from the nearby wall and quietly following the retreating figures of Luo Xiao Le and Pi Jia Jia.