Doomsday Roulette

“Sister Lei, who are those people?”

Liang Chuyin stood beside Xia Lei, looking at the suddenly appeared group in the distance.

Xia Lei shook her head, equally puzzled. She hadn’t received any news about anyone coming to help Cloud Summit before now.

She was aware that some people were still working hard for Cloud Summit. The last time she had heard news, at least the people from Tonghu were still trying, but Xia Lei didn’t hold out much hope. To defend Cloud Summit and strengthen the city’s defenses, all the core members had withdrawn, leaving Tonghu alone, and it was destined that no one would be willing to come here to die.

If that was the case, who hired these people? From their actions yesterday, it seemed they were on Cloud Summit's side, even though they hadn’t even sent someone to make contact.

“How long have the dispatched people been gone? When will they come back?”

“They left just four hours ago. Since they couldn’t go out from the front, they had to use ropes to descend from the cliffs and take a detour. They probably won’t be back until tonight.”

Xia Lei exchanged a few words with Lu Yi, who was standing on the other side, then furrowed her brow as she looked at the suddenly bustling Anti-Cloud Summit Alliance camp. It seemed… there were more people there.

“How has Da Huang been these days?”

Having been busy with defense, Xia Lei had little free time lately, and she hadn’t been able to care for the earth yellow pill. It was Little Tiger who had taken care of him. In the past few days, Park Soo-young had treated Little Tiger many times, and today he had finally recovered to a near-normal state.

“It's gotten a bit better, but he’s basically still the same. At this rate, he won’t heal in less than two or three months.” Little Tiger rubbed his side, where he had been pierced by Brother Jiu’s Arrow Tower attack. He felt a burning anger inside him for being severely injured without having fought back. Looking down at the Anti-Cloud Summit Alliance, his eyes were filled with fire.

Xia Lei pondered for a moment and said, “Tell Soo-young to halt the treatment for Da Huang. She needs to conserve her mental energy now; otherwise, we won’t even have our strongest support left when the enemy attacks. Next time, she has to join the battle.”

Everyone fell silent, knowing they had no other choice. If they allowed Park Soo-young to continue using her healing skills on the earth yellow pill daily, her mental energy would almost never recover. During the cooldown time of the sunset holy light, she needed to be on the battlefield to cast the void crystal shield, sweet dew technique, and gentle chain for the combatants. If she couldn’t ensure enough mental energy, she likely wouldn’t last long.

At that moment, Liu Zhenghong suddenly climbed up the city wall. The core members holding a temporary meeting there looked over, confused as to why this sister, who had been in the lab, would come to this place.

“Just now, Liao Gang and Liao Dong suddenly became a bit agitated. If I hadn’t injected them with a sedative in time, they might have entered a combat state.”

The expressions of Xia Lei and the others changed at once. Who were the Liao Brothers, or rather… what were they? Only the core members of Cloud Summit knew that they were a significant trump card. They were supposed to play a crucial role at a critical moment, much like Park Soo-young did during the night raid. However, due to the brothers’ peculiarities, they couldn’t be as stable and normal as evolvers. After all, they were experimental subjects produced in Liu Zhenghong’s lab. If they lost control, they would no longer be a trump card but rather a weakness like Achilles' heel.

Liu Zhenghong knew everyone was waiting for her explanation. She glanced outside and said uncertainly, “You all know how the Liao Brothers were created. The genetic sequences and peculiar parts in their bodies come from mutated life forms, and their abilities are… of that nature.”