El glanced at the satellite navigation on the plane, pondered briefly, and replied, "If we go full speed ahead, it will take about five more minutes."
Joseph nodded, "Then what if we bypass that clearing and head directly to the other side of the jungle? Remember, no one should notice our movements."
After thinking for a moment, El said, "In that case, it would take about fifteen minutes."
Joseph closed his eyes, "Then let's take a seventeen-minute semicircular route."
Meanwhile, Lin Beichen and the others watched as the remaining dozens of people approached the deep pit left by the explosion.
The shattered paper limbs still remained there, appearing exceptionally lifelike.
One of them looked at the deep pit and couldn't help but sneer, "Joseph said how powerful these people were, but I think they're just mediocre."
The person next to him nodded approvingly, "Indeed, Joseph is such a loser that he took so much effort to kill this group of people. How can he have the nerve to lead us?"
These soldiers, like the trenches underlings, were forced to submit to Joseph out of fear.
Their original leader had been toyed with by Joseph, leaving them with no choice but to pretend loyalty to Joseph for their own safety.
However, they had no idea that Joseph's original order was to capture Lin Beichen and the others alive.
If Joseph had intended to kill from the beginning, the unprepared Lin Beichen and his companions would have suffered substantial losses, and the situation would not be as it is now.
But later, due to Joseph's personal feelings coming into play, he decided to kill Lin Beichen and the others.
However, he was still somewhat hesitant because the person he was loyal to had repeatedly warned him not to touch Lin Beichen and the others.
As a result, Joseph, who originally had everything under control, hesitated between killing and capturing, leading to the current outcome.
As for that bomb, was it really the work of a master? If Lin Beichen and his team hadn't been prepared, would they have really been hurt by this bomb?
The answer is, of course, no.
Lin Beichen had the habit of casually divining, so how could such a foolish trick hide from him?
"Can we use this achievement to impeach Joseph when we return?" At this moment, a small, wretched-looking man asked with a gleam in his eye.
The people around him instinctively distanced themselves, thinking: What a joke! Impeach Joseph? Before that person makes a decision, Joseph will have already killed them all.
In the crowd, a burly man coldly glanced at the small man and then pointed towards Xia Luyao's direction, "Everyone, don't be careless. There's still one person there."
"Another person?" Someone instinctively retreated to the back of the crowd upon hearing this.
To be honest, this rabble dreaming of overthrowing Joseph? It was nothing more than a pipe dream.
A middle-aged man squinted and looked ahead, then sneered and taunted the person who retreated to the back, "Look at you, getting scared by a single woman."
The atmosphere among the crowd suddenly relaxed a lot, "A woman? I remember there's only one woman on this team, right?"
"That's right, just one woman, and she's the captain."
"Captain? What kind of captain is she?! I think either someone powerful is backing her, or that kid playing with strange things deliberately gave her the position."
"Why would anyone give her that position? It's strange."
"You don't understand, do you? Obviously, you haven't seen her picture. Tsk tsk, that figure, that face..." Those who had seen Xia Luyao's photo laughed lewdly.
And those who hadn't seen the photo immediately understood the implication upon hearing them, "Does that mean we'll have some luck this time?"
The strong man who had sneered before heard this, and his disdain for the people around him grew even more.
But he didn't show it; instead, he hesitated and said, "But that captain is someone that the big man wants too..."
"Oh, come on, what are you afraid of? Since when did you become so timid?"
Someone walked up beside the strong man and said, "This time, after eliminating the major threat for our master, what's the harm in enjoying a woman?"
Inwardly, the strong man sneered, but on the surface, he no longer tried to persuade them, letting them court their own doom.
Regardless of whether they were brave or timid, everyone else had already charged toward Xia Luyao like mad dogs.
Standing nearby, Lin Beichen listened to their conversation, his face dark with fury.
Originally, he had planned to deal with these people as he had with the ambush on Joseph, but after hearing those beast-like words, he could no longer bear it.
Just as he was about to make his move, he noticed that the strong man had not rushed out but stayed where he was.
Lin Beichen hesitated for a moment and decided to let Flying Eagle check out what that strong man was up to, and then he would go kill.
Upon receiving the order, Flying Eagle immediately stood up from the woods and ran toward the strong man.
The strong man surveyed his surroundings, spat on the ground after everyone had left, "These idiots, Joseph still keeps them around. I don't know what he's thinking all day."
Mentioning Joseph, the strong man's expression grew serious.
This strong man was once a high-ranking frontline commander of a major world power but was imprisoned for offending a powerful figure.
Later, he was bailed out by the current bigwig.
After his release, he encountered Joseph in combat, shooting, and strategy but lost miserably in all three encounters.
Especially in strategy, Joseph easily defeated him within half an hour using only half the number of soldiers, even though Joseph had only ten soldiers left after the battle.
The strong man shook his head, trying to shake off the thoughts in his mind.
He took out the lighter Joseph had given him and walked over to the bodies, setting them on fire.
In the roaring flames, the strong man's expression was uncertain, "Joseph, this guy..."
He had used his undercover role to aid in setting a trap for these disloyal people and had his men stir up trouble in the crowd, allowing Lin Beichen to wipe them out in one swoop.
Moreover, Lin Beichen's magical techniques had only been demonstrated in front of him once, yet Joseph had immediately devised a countermeasure.
The strong man took a deep breath, growing even more apprehensive about Joseph.
He took out the private number through which he communicated with Joseph and typed out a message, "evrything like your hoping."
However, just as he was about to send the message, Flying Eagle suddenly attacked, knocking him out and seizing his phone.
Flying Eagle looked at the message, frowned at the misspelled word.
He wanted to add the missing letter "e" but found himself under the protection of a talisman, unable to make the phone screen sense his body heat.
Helpless, Flying Eagle decided to wait until Lin Beichen finished dealing with the other side.
...
Meanwhile, on the plane, Joseph was lazily calculating the time.
Ever since he had asked Barney about Goji Berries earlier, he seemed to have transformed, as if he'd reverted to his true self.
"Now, I guess those guys have been wiped out," Joseph muttered to himself.
"These fools, they really thought I was interested in playing along with them forever." He stretched and glanced at El seated nearby, finding El's focused gaze somewhat boring.
"Really," the irritation in Joseph's eyes briefly flickered, "Can't go back, huh?"
No one could hear what he was saying, and no one knew what he meant by "can't go back."
"How many people do I have left under me?" Joseph suddenly asked.
From the group of soldiers behind him, one stepped forward, standing respectfully at his back, "If we include those who defected from the trench, we have added about fifty more."
"So excluding those rookies, we've lost ten people?" Joseph continued to ask.
Knowing he referred to the trench defectors as rookies, the soldier hesitated momentarily before responding, "We've lost four people."
Upon hearing this, Joseph chuckled disdainfully, "Oh, it seems they still don't trust me, daring to forcefully take people from my command."