Lin Beichen stretched his muscles and said, "These people might be specially prepared for us by Joseph."
Upon hearing this, everyone shivered, recalling Joseph's deceptive tactics, chilling them to the bone.
"But... what is his goal?" Flying Eagle asked with a frown.
Everyone shook their heads in confusion, and Lin Beichen was equally puzzled: "Joseph's mind is too hard to guess. Everyone needs to be careful; he may have set traps on those people or in that area."
At that moment, Xia Luyao restored her authority as the team leader and made a decisive call.
The group nodded in agreement. Until Lin Beichen mastered the art of resurrection, none dared to risk their lives.
Xia Luyao gave them a look, and they immediately flew out.
However, Xia Luyao was stopped by Lin Beichen, who signaled her to stay calm.
Watching Flying Eagle and others engage fiercely with the enemy, Xia Luyao was anxious.
As expected, Flying Eagle and others soon fell into crisis, each of them bearing a bloody hole.
Watching the splattering blood, Xia Luyao became even more anxious, breaking free from Lin Beichen's grip, wanting to rush forward.
Lin Beichen helplessly said, "What's your rush?" Xia Luyao responded angrily, "Can't you see Flying Eagle and the others are about to die? If you don't act, neither will I—are we just going to watch them die?"
Lin Beichen did not refute but asked, "Look carefully, do they have any other wounds apart from that bloody hole?"
Xia Luyao looked intently and realized that indeed there were no other wounds, finally understanding Lin Beichen's intention.
Originally, Lin Beichen had already applied Defense Talismans on Flying Eagle and others, which though weak, could withstand the bullet attacks.
Xia Luyao asked in confusion, "Then why did you stop me?"
Lin Beichen replied solemnly, "I have a premonition that Joseph planted powerful explosives ahead, and this shelter cannot withstand such high temperatures."
Lin Beichen handed Xia Luyao a Talisman and seriously said, "Use this Talisman immediately after seeing the explosion ahead, and we will be transported back."
He added coldly, "Whether we can defeat Joseph depends on this battle!"
After that, he tightly gripped two Talismans and charged forward.
Watching his back, Xia Luyao bit her lip, filled with a determination unlike any other.
As Lin Beichen and others pressed forward, a deafening explosion rang out.
The mercenaries opposite were uniformly dressed; obviously, no senior officers were near the explosion zone.
Lin Beichen quickly activated the Freezing Talisman to lower the surrounding temperature and applied another Talisman to make the group invisible.
Simultaneously, Xia Luyao also activated the Talisman given by Lin Beichen.
Lin Beichen and others were immediately transported beside Xia Luyao; however, she couldn't see them, panic filled her heart.
She looked towards the lingering smoke, a decisive expression on her face, ready to rush into it, when Lin Beichen promptly transmitted the explanation, allowing Xia Luyao to breathe a sigh of relief, and the invisible Flying Eagle and others reckoned if Lin Beichen had anticipated the captain's anxiety.
Watching Xia Luyao's anxious yet cute demeanor, Lin Beichen couldn't help but smile.
Actually, he chose Xia Luyao for this task just to see her cute anxious appearance.
Of course, he dared not say so initially because back then, Xia Luyao was really fierce.
But now it seems his decision was right, for he got to see her lovely anxious look once again.
At this moment, inside the plane far away, Joseph listened to the trench reports and suddenly burst into laughter.
His laughter echoed in the cabin, causing a wave of inexplicable fear among the surrounding soldiers.
They had never seen Joseph laugh like this; even in his past days, such laughter rarely emerged.
El, piloting the plane, had a flash of memory, recalling the former cheerful Joseph who always boasted about his wisdom before laughing heartily.
Yet now, while certain aspects remained unchanged, like his disregard for life, he became even more terrifying and cold-blooded.
El became silent, understanding that being a friend to such a frightening person often required bearing immense pressure and fear.
After a long time, Joseph's laughter abruptly ceased.
He silently watched the soldiers treat Barney and others' wounds before shifting his gaze to their peculiar expressions.
As the laughter faded, he fell into silent contemplation.
Though a smile remained on his lips, restless emotions quietly grew within him.
He turned and whispered, "Could it be that the fullness of joy can truly last only a moment now?"
Restlessness in his eyes was undeniable, randomly grabbing a gun, he ruthlessly shot one of his own subordinates and a member of Barney's suicidal squad.
The stench of blood filled the air again; Barney and others' eyes flooded with rage and despair.
Joseph gently blew the black smoke from the gun's muzzle, his gaze turning to the group of suicide squad members.
His eyes were chilling and profound, as if throwing Barney and others into an endless abyss, even for those accustomed to facing life-and-death situations, it was an unprecedented fear.
"If I could kill people like you..." Joseph's voice was low and cruel, "perhaps it would bring me a bit of comfort."
He disregarded Barney and their fearful eyes and turned to sit in the co-pilot seat.
Looking down at the jungle below, he asked, "El, how much longer until we arrive?"