Sensing her emotions, White Crane patted her back gently and said to Xia Jinyuan, “I’ll wait for you to come back.”

He patted Xia Jinyuan on the shoulder and rushed out of the forest into the sea while supporting the trembling Azure Bird.

Their brief encounter ended before they could confide in each other.

Xia Jinyuan didn’t touch the back of his hand until he couldn’t see her anymore. His fingers were stained with cold tears. He pursed his lips. The tears were cold, but they seemed to be scorching his flesh.

‘This is war, Little Fox. With no way out, you must face its cruelty. You have no other choice.’

Wiping away the tears on the back of his hand, Xia Jinyuan started his operation. He had to meet up with Antonio’s subordinates first.

The distance between the two sides was not far. Xia Jinyuan took only five minutes to sneak close. Ye Jian and the other two had just rushed out of the forest and were looking for the speedboat according to Xia Jinyuan’s instructions.

Eight minutes away. They had to get there in six minutes!

On the other side, Xia Jinyuan told the two injured mercenaries seriously, “If we don’t go after them, Antonio will be even angrier! At the very least, we have to know who came to Antonio’s territory to do bad things.

“You all know the ferocity of Antonio’s temper. What awaits us if we know nothing?”

Of course, it was the consequences they least wanted to face!

The two mercenaries gritted their teeth and accepted Xia Jinyuan’s suggestion. However, the local man was afraid. He was so afraid that his entire body was trembling and he refused to go with them.

Xia Jinyuan glanced at him. Even though Antonio’s weapons and the people under him were powerful, there were a few cowards mixed in.

Xia Jinyuan was used to being domineering. When he suddenly saw the man’s terrified look, he was not used to it.

When Ye Jian and the others saw the speedboat, Xia Jinyuan and two mercenaries rushed into the beach from the trees. The speedboat started up, and the sound alarmed the mercenaries who were looking for it. One of them shouted, “Damn it, they’re taking our speedboat!”

The speedboat was maneuvered by White Crane. With a beautiful swing, it rushed into the sea.

Ye Jian turned to look at the sea. Vaguely, she saw someone chasing after her from the beach. She held the railing tightly and pursed her lips into a straight line.

“Q King is an all-rounded soldier. His comprehensive skills, physical fitness, and other traits are much better than those of us veterans of the Xueyu unit.

“Back then, when he joined the Xueyu unit as the captain, we were all unconvinced as he was still so young. However, in less than three months, we were all convinced.”

Seeing that Azure Bird was worried about Q King, he told her some things about Q King in the Xueyu unit.

At the mention of all these, there was only admiration in his tone. “It should’ve been the air force’s responsibility to test the new batch of fighter jets, but because our unit needed to introduce it, the military ordered the Xueyu unit to send six special forces soldiers to test the new fighter jets.

“The flying test was considered high-risk. When Q King completed the high-altitude spin dive, a certain control key suddenly failed. In order to protect the new fighter plane, Q King refused even when the command center ordered him to abandon the plane and jump!

“In the end, he managed to fly the fighter back to the airport. Just from this incident, I was completely won over by his courage and his skills.

“He is our king, Azure Bird. He’s the captain of our Xueyu unit and the soul of our unit.

“Since he said he’d return safely, Azure Bird, you must choose to trust him. For he is the soul of us all and is one with us. We must trust him.”

It was a veteran’s lesson to a new recruit.