RITAAB 73.2

But time was running out now, the supporting monkey clan had arrived!

In less than a minute after they were spotted, the entire group of reinforcing monkeys were scrambling all over the trees, advancing with incredible speed.

Seeing them approach the battlefield of Xia Liansheng’s team, not only Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan, but even the distant ordinary beastmen were panicked, and even the two highly confident reverted monkeys looked somewhat incredulous at the monkeys running ahead.

This was as if… as if they were being chased by something? Could there be something very difficult for them to deal with behind them?

Xia Liansheng instinctively looked towards the direction the monkey clan was coming from, and what he saw made his eyes widen – a gaping maw came, directly biting into the neck and shoulder of one of the reverted monkeys, one of its sharp long fangs piercing through the monkey’s chest, piercing its heart!

This sudden turn of events startled the other monkey, and as it tried to flee, it was bitten on the hind leg by a snow leopard, and then directly fell from the tree due to the snow leopard’s weight.

Just as it was about to attack the snow leopard to make it release, the giant tiger seized the opportunity to bite down on its head, and with that the two highly reverted monkeys were dead.

The group of monkeys in front had gradually disappeared from their sight.

The appearing giant tiger and snow leopard were naturally Qin Jiulin and Mo Xinghui, who had chased after the reinforcing monkey clan. In fact, they were able to kill the two highly reverted monkeys so easily because the monkeys were startled by the group that had just rushed by, obstructing their vision, otherwise it wouldn’t have been so simple.

And while they were chasing and killing that group of monkeys, they also killed about thirty ordinary monkeys and one with mild reversion, the remaining fleeing monkeys were all ordinary ones, they didn’t really need to pursue them.

After some time, when the military’s strength increases, the monkey clan will just become food delivered to them.

Everyone recognized this black and red patterned giant tiger, he was a member of another mutant beastman squad, Qin Jiulin.

As for the snow leopard beside him… not many people recognized him, but there were quite a few in the military who did, so the two of them returned to the base together.

Qin Jiulin put on his clothes and walked over to Wu Feiyang, “Captain Wu.”

Wu Feiyang smiled and patted his shoulder, “Well done, Jiulin, you came just in time, and you too, Xinghui… I didn’t expect you to have grown so much!”

Mo Xinghui, “It was really Jiulin… he was too fierce, the two of us chased after that group of monkeys killing them, at first the leader of the monkey group still planned to turn back and fight us, but Jiulin just pounced and broke the tree trunk with his hind legs, directly biting off the head and half the body of the monkey with signs of reversion, that monkey died on the spot.”

“With such a scene at the start, the other monkeys were all scared and screeching, running for their lives without caring, so we chased them all the way here, and the earlier scene happened.”

At this time, a soldier came to report, “Captain Wu, that group of monkeys has disappeared completely, they didn’t linger around, just kept fleeing farther away.”

Wu Feiyang finally let out a sigh of relief, “That’s good, that’s good, since it’s like this, then it means there’s no problem.”

He then turned to look at the others, especially Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan, “You’ve worked hard, the contribution points for this mission will be increased for you, everyone go rest.”

Xia Liansheng glanced back, and after confirming that only Qin Jiulin and the mutant beastman in the form of a snow leopard had returned, his mind started to become active.

But there were still some matters that Wu Feiyang hadn’t finished saying, “Jiulin, since you and Xinghui are back, does that mean Zhongyuan is also back? And Qi Yu and Zhang Yuankai…”

Qin Jiulin, “We encountered that group of monkeys on the way, and then found that the direction they were heading was problematic, so we had Qi Yu go take a look, and after finding out the situation, me and Mo Xinghui came back first, after all, our speed is faster. As for Zhongyuan… if nothing unexpected happens, he should be back in about half an hour.”

“Oh right, earlier on the way, we planned to hurry back, so we left half the military supplies along the way, this time Zhongyuan only brought back half, tomorrow we’ll set out again to bring back the other half we hid, guaranteeing not a single one is missing.”

“There’s still a lot at the military base, but we can only transport this much at a time, so the rest will have to wait until later.”

Wu Feiyang was very happy, “This is no problem at all! I thought it would take you at least ten days, didn’t expect you to be back on the ninth day, truly impressive!”

“Wait here, after Zhongyuan is back, you all go find Captain Gao to report on this mission.”

Qin Jiulin, “Okay, since it’s like this, I’ll go back and freshen up first, I couldn’t bathe properly while out there.”

Mo Xinghui also headed towards his dormitory, he’ll come back here later, of course Wu Feiyang had no reason to stop him, Qin Jiulin’s face and body were still covered in the fresh blood from the monkeys he just killed.

To be honest, if it was seen in the dimly lit evening, one might even think it was a murderer, it looked really ferocious.

As Qin Jiulin walked back, Xia Liansheng came over from not far away. Earlier when they were discussing the mission with Wu Feiyang, he didn’t come forward, just listened to the general gist, their squad had received a mission related to military supplies this time, which naturally required Liu Zhongyuan.

This mission indeed required Liu Zhongyuan, after all, apart from him, no one else was capable. In the current situation, going by vehicle was also not practical.

Xia Liansheng approached Qin Jiulin, “Jiulin, thank you for saving me just now.”

Qin Jiulin looked at him with some confusion, he hadn’t really paid attention to Xia Liansheng at all during that time, but had been focused on those two highly reverted monkeys.

Having Xinghui cooperate with him to herd the monkey clan towards their battlefield, successfully blocking their vision, and then freely unleashing to kill them.

At first he thought he could only kill one, and the other would require some effort, but he didn’t expect it to be so successful, Xinghui’s cooperation was also very good.

So at the time, he didn’t notice what Xia Liansheng’s situation was, if it was possible, he would have been quite happy for Xia Liansheng to die there, did he inadvertently save Xia Liansheng?

This is really unpleasant!

Qin Jiulin’s expression was very cold as he shook his head, “No need to thank me, I just happened to do it.”

Xia Liansheng, “The thanks are still necessary, I know you still care about me.”

Qin Jiulin raised an eyebrow, how was Xia Liansheng still so mealy-mouthed? Did he think being submissive and weak would make him change his mind?

Oh right, he didn’t know that Qin Jiulin had been reborn from the future, but had he really forgotten everything he had said before? Now he still wanted to gain Qin Jiulin’s trust?

Qin Jiulin, “I’m already in a relationship with Zhongyuan, you… if you didn’t know, let me tell you again.”

Xia Liansheng clenched his fists, he looked like he couldn’t accept it, but what he couldn’t accept was probably not that Qin Jiulin had a boyfriend, but that he couldn’t become Qin Jiulin’s lover to gain his trust.

Xia Liansheng, “How did we end up like this? Before… before it was still fine, just a few months of separation, and you’ve changed so much.”

“I just don’t understand why.”

Qin Jiulin, “Didn’t you go home after leaving my place? Why did you show up at that villa? Wasn’t it because you took the opportunity when I was gone to contact Qin Jiuzhen?”

Xia Liansheng hurriedly explained, “I’ve told you so many times, this was a misunderstanding on your part, I… I know your relationship with them isn’t very good, I’ve always wanted to help ease things between you, so whenever I have time I would go there and speak well of you, Jiulin, you… you can’t misunderstand me like this!”

His expression looked sincere and genuine, without a single flaw, if he didn’t have the memories of his past life, he would have been fooled 100%.

“I don’t believe a single word you say!”

Xia Liansheng was just about to speak when he was interrupted by Qin Jiulin, “If there’s nothing else, don’t follow me, I’m busy with other things.”

Xia Liansheng, “Jiulin, wait, explain clearly, why don’t you believe me, give me a reason, or do you have evidence, or did someone say bad things about me in front of you?”

“Or is it that, since I was nice to them in the camp, you believed the rumors and thought I was being nice to them because of Qin Jiuzhen?”

“No, no! I was being nice to them completely because uncle and aunt are your parents, and Qin Jiuzhen is your brother, so I was just trying to help them!”

It made sense, this part was indeed logical, but the only thing he didn’t know or perhaps deliberately avoided mentioning was…

After becoming a mutant beastman, after ensuring the safety of the Qin family, he didn’t take the time to go to the villa where Qin Jiulin lived for several months.

It was as if he didn’t care at all if Qin Jiulin would be killed earlier, or if anything unexpected would happen, he knew from the beginning that nothing would happen to Qin Jiulin, and it wouldn’t affect his subsequent plans.