Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 277 - 270: Temporary Rest

Chapter 277: Chapter 270: Temporary Rest

The speculation from both sides gave Li Si a headache. The current situation in Yazhi City was complex, causing all three parties to inadvertently create a platform for communication and negotiation. He thought, if they hadn’t adopted Luo’er’s suggestion back then, the third Otherworld war would have probably already broken out.

"So, how does your side intend to maintain law and order in Yazhi City? The current state of affairs has dealt a devastating blow to both Earth and the Otherworld. We urgently need Yazhi City to return to peace and stability, ensuring bilateral trade can run steadily and normally," Mike asked after holding in for a long time following the rebuttal of the resolution.

"At present, the Church Court’s troops are rallying towards Yazhi City. In about two days, the vanguard of our team will arrive in Yazhi City. At that time, we will cleanse the disorder in Yazhi City, letting the will of the god of light shine on Yazhi City again!" replied Hillna dispassionately.

Mike glanced at Li Si. He knew that this guy wouldn’t take their side even though they represented Earth’s forces. He sighed quietly and began to think about how to respond to Hillna’s words.

"Since these unknown armed attackers have greatly impacted the normal economic exchange between Earth and the Otherworld, why don’t we three parties unite to eradicate them?" Li Si, after long silence, suddenly proposed.

At Li Si’s suggestion, Hillna paused for a moment before resolutely rejecting the idea. "Impossible, Earth’s troops absolutely cannot appear in Yazhi City. That’s a bottom line!"

"Our deployment of the armed forces doesn’t mean that Earth’s military personnel need to be deployed. We can hire mercenaries from Otherworld to represent us in conjunction with the Church Court’s troops to eradicate these armed attackers," suggested Li Si.

Hillna paused to think, then again turned down his proposition. "There is no need for the two of you to bother. The Church Court’s forces will reach Yazhi City at the earliest possible time and maintain law and order as well as combat the armed attackers."

Clearly, the Church Court representatives, lead by Hillna, still didn’t trust the Earthlings. They would rather handle it themselves than let the nations of Earth interfere. They feared that, if Earth got involved and eliminated the attackers, they could then legitimately establish an army of mercenaries in the Otherworld.

There are mercenaries from both sides in the Otherworld at present, but those were assembled privately and the Church Court acted as if it was unaware. But it would undoubtedly be unacceptable for the Church Court if they openly talked and planned about it.

Actually, Li Si was just testing the waters with his suggestion and didn’t really plan on it. In his view, if the three-party meeting could be dragged out until they transported the blueprint data of Arya’s Blade back to the Otherworld Research Center, it would be a success.

After all, military internal consensus hasn’t been reached on the proposition of a military offensive into the Otherworld. Without the military’s explicit support, Headquarters could only proceed according to the previous plan.

Since the offensive on the Otherworld was still undecided, Li Si naturally wouldn’t have to worry about the Church Court’s troops stationing in Yazhi City causing trouble for Earth’s military. As long as the blueprints could be safely delivered back to Earth, it wouldn’t matter to him if Church Court’s people lived there.

Luckily, the Church Court’s people were stuck in Yazhi City, which could delay the initiation of Earth’s military attack, affording a precious window of opportunity for the military’s decision-making. This would also allow Luo’er and his team to take a good rest and not have to go on an expedition.

Back to Luo’er’s situation, Headquarters had recently come to collect the finished blueprints and Arya’s Blade.

The staff explained the situation in Yazhi City to them and conveyed Headquarters’ demands. The Advance Team wouldn’t need to go on an expedition before the matter of Arya’s Blade was resolved. They were to stay put and wait for new orders.

Ever since they found Tangmo in the mountains, everyone could feel something was off about her, but couldn’t put a finger on it. They speculated that it was because she was shocked by the incident with Luo’er, leading to changes in her personality.

However, after the staff arrived, Cheng Ziang disregarded Luo’er’s opposition. He admitted the truth about Luo’er’s illness to them and asked them to deploy medical personnel to perform surgery on Luo’er.

The timing he chose was good. Right now, Yazhi City was in chaos. The Advance Team couldn’t even go to Yazhi City, let alone go back to Earth through the Otherworld Gate for surgery. The only solution was to let Headquarters dispatch resident medical personnel for treatment.

Considering the tense situation, Headquarters entrusted Durman to reinforce the defense of the mansion and hired dozens of mercenaries to protect the mansion and the team members of the Advance Team.

When Wang Xu heard the news of Luo’er being shot, he was even more anxious than if he had been shot himself. He immediately deployed most of the resident medical personnel to the mansion in a rush to treat Luo’er.

For Wang Xu, Luo’er’s safety wasn’t just about the Chief’s entrustment. More importantly, Wang Xu had deep feelings for Luo’er. It was impossible for him to ignore Luo’er’s condition.

Life gradually returned to calm, and they just needed to quietly wait for the arrival of the medical personnel. However, during such peaceful days, Baiyue was extremely dissatisfied.

If Tangmo’s personality had changed before, she still had a slight advantage over Luo’er. But now, she had completely lost it.

The current Tangmo stuck to Luo’er’s side almost all the time, except when sleeping. Wherever he went, she was there. Whatever he did, Tangmo helped him. Baiyue was never good with words, and now faced with the constant pressure from Tangmo, she was at an even greater disadvantage.

For Baiyue, if the old Tangmo used to have a naive personality, the current her was now more scheming. She seemed to be deliberately getting close to Luo’er to gain his favor, while purposefully isolating her relationship with Luo’er.

"This thirty-year-old man is really popular!" Cheng Ziang, sitting at the dining table and supporting his chin, watched Luo’er, who was busy preparing dinner for them in the distance, and couldn’t help but comment.

Next to Luo’er, Tangmo was also earnestly learning skills, hoping to help Luo’er. Baiyue originally occupied this place, but it was now fully occupied by Tangmo.

"Sister Moumou finally got smart. It looks like it won’t be long before Luo’er will become my brother-in-law!" Hu Daoke watched the busy silhouettes of the pair and happily exclaimed.

"Are you really stupid or just pretending to be?" Cheng Ziang glanced at him, unable to hold back his question.

"You damn kid always like to mock me," Hu Daoke said discontentedly.

"Don’t you find your sister Moumou a bit strange?" Cheng Ziang asked, frowning.

"No, I just think she’s gotten smarter. Why do you guys think that the old Sister Moumou was the normal one, people have to grow up and mature!" Hu Daoke looked back at him dismissively, retorting his statement.

Cheng Ziang sighed deeply, choosing not to engage further with him. Tangmo was indeed different from before, but whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, he wasn’t sure. However, he knew for sure that for Baiyue, this was absolutely a bad thing.

"Ah!" Tangmo, who was slicing vegetables, suddenly let out a surprise cry. Her finger had been cut by the sharp kitchen knife, and bright red blood immediately sprang out.

"Let me see your injury!" Seeing Tangmo injured, Luo’er quickly turned around and said anxiously.

"It’s okay!" Tangmo smiled, sucking the wound on her finger. She seemed to enjoy the taste of the blood and did not frown at the scent of it. When her finger stopped bleeding, she gently licked the wound. Her crystal-clear lips still stained with a touch of red blood, looked somewhat enchanting.

Luo’er, feeling sympathetic, grasped her hand and examined the wound before frowning and saying, "Okay, stop working. Let me handle it here. Go and get some medicine!"

"I am already fine," Tangmo pulled back her hand, then threw her arms around his waist and leaned into his chest as if flirting, "As long as I can stay in Luo’er’s arms, my wound will heal."

"If you keep behaving this way, I cannot cook." Used to her flirty act, Luo’er smiled bitterly without discomfort or resistance, while patting her head.

"Then, like this!" As she spoke, Tangmo slipped around to his back like a little bunny, hugging him from behind and gently resting her head on his back.

"This..." Luo’er couldn’t help but smile wryly while shaking his head.

"To the uninitiated, you’d think they’re making candy instead of cooking!" Cheng Ziang sighed, shook his head and mumbled to himself. Although Tangmo was indeed acting strange, he didn’t want to dwell on it any longer. After all, she hadn’t displayed any tendencies that were detrimental to the team, it was at most a petty squabble between young girls.

Soon, the medical team from the Headquarters arrived at the manor. Although the environment wasn’t comparable to Earth, a simple surgery on Luo’er would not be a problem. They promptly diagnosed Luo’er’s condition and prepared for the surgery.

When he was being pushed into the operating room, Tangmo persistently requested to help inside. To her, the bullet lodged inside Luo’er was closely related to her, so she wished to lend a hand.

After her repeated pleas, the medical team agreed to her request and allowed her to enter the operating room as an assistant.

After more than two hours of intense surgery, the doctors from the medical team finally removed the bullet lodged in Luo’er’s chest. After the bullet clinked into the metal tray, the military doctor quickly recognized it, a steel core bullet.

The bullet was intact, obviously penetrating directly into his body after piercing through Luo’er’s protective rune, and it wasn’t deformed due to the impact. The severity of Luo’er’s injury was largely because he had used magic to staunch the bleeding while injured, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been wounded so severely.

You could say that his actions at the time were out of necessity. After all, if he hadn’t stopped the bleeding then, he wouldn’t have lived for long. Besides, at that moment all he had were two unknowing women with him, asking them to stop his bleeding was indeed unrealistic.

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