Chapter 730: Chapter 729: Adding Insult to Injury Chapter 730: Chapter 729: Adding Insult to Injury The grand hall of the meeting room was a scene of devastation–some dead, others wounded, none with the ability to fight.

It was then that Lu Mian received an urgent message from Sikong Jian.

[“I’m fine, come and get me.”] She replied with a smile.

Her face was calm and composed, showing no signs of having just accomplished a major feat.

Sikong Jian replied almost instantly.

[“On my way!”]
Fortunately, Yinye Island wasn’t far from Shencheng. It took Sikong Jian and his team some time, but they found the place.

After sending her location to Sikong Jian, Lu Mian took out the miniature drone she had gotten from Team Three from her pocket.

She fiddled with it nonchalantly, setting a few control buttons.

By the time Sikong Jian and the other three arrived to rendezvous, Lu Mian had already dealt with all the programming and security issues.

Seeing blood on her, they were all quite worried.

Lu Mian didn’t seem to care–she felt no pain, no sensation at all.

“Go and see if there are any other victims here.”

With that, Lu Mian led the four of them deeper into the laboratory, moving as if she owned the place, her demeanor arrogant and domineering.

She had already planned her route, which would completely avoid the death soldiers–besides, those soldiers couldn’t receive any alarm messages anymore.

There were not many victims left in the laboratory, only about twenty in total.

Each one looked terribly tormented, their eyes filled with a despair for the future and a hatred for everything.

Lu Mian herself had once had that same look in her eyes.

After scanning the room, she didn’t find Dr. Hua and his team, but without dwelling too much, she had Ya Ling carefully inject them with tranquilizers and drove them out of the laboratory.

The tranquilizers were necessary because at this stage, the victims were highly aggressive, and she didn’t want to risk harming her companions while trying to save others.

Fortunately, with the support of Sikong Jian, she wasn’t left to handle everything alone.

Sikong Jian also thoughtfully brought her black backpack, which Lu Mian accepted with gratitude.

After sorting out these affairs, Sui Yuan hugged Lu Mian with a look of lingering fear.

“Mianmian, I’m so relieved you’re alright.”

“I’m fine.”

“But the blood on you…” Sui Yuan was visibly shaken.

“Most of it isn’t mine,” she said conservatively.

Ya Ling and the others immediately realized she was injured, but Lu Mian forcefully insisted it was nothing serious, just minor wounds.

It was hardly realistic to expect no injuries.

Yuren drove a minivan, taking the people and leaving.

Lu Mian, however, stood outside the vehicle, waving at them.

“Mianmian, what else are you planning to do?”

“Just… finish the job,” she stated. This place was a breeding ground for evil, and even without Huo Zhu, there might be others.

Thus, the best course was complete destruction.

Sikong Jian stood at the car door, trying to pull her away, “Stop worrying about that, let the criminal police deal with it.”

Lu Mian didn’t listen, firmly closing the car door, indicating for them to leave ahead of her.

Once she made a decision, it was very difficult for others to change her mind.

Left with no other choice, Yuren took everyone else and departed.

Once she received the message that they had safely left the island, Lu Mian, holding her phone at the harbor entrance, gently said,
It’s over.

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On Xiao Qimo’s side, they rescued Dr. Hua successfully. While this wasn’t the real stronghold of the kidnappers, the operation wasn’t without its gains.

Daine directly arranged for Ke Weimin and the man in sunglasses to escort five victims out of there.

“Mr. Qimo, should we head to Yinye Island next?” Daine asked, seeking approval. “But if we are to go to Yinye Island, it probably requires a day’s travel.

One to the north, one to the south, they’re quite far apart from each other.

Xiao Qimo stood silently in front of a massive device.

This device looked a bit like the small magnetic field that Lu Mian had previously built on the farm.

“Is there a problem with this?”

Xiao Qimo turned to Daine and asked, “Want to give it a try?”

“Are you saying this is the legendary magnetic tunnel they use for space-time jumps?”

“If I’m not mistaken, this leads directly to Yinye Island.”

However, he was unsure what would happen once inside.

But every time he thought of Lu Mian enduring these things, he couldn’t help but want to experience it himself.

Xiao Qimo had thought no one would agree, yet to his surprise, Daine, Wa Zhiqi, Sun Hui, and the others were all eager to try.

“What are we waiting for, let’s get moving. Yinye Island might just be the enemy’s stronghold!”

“Right, let’s catch them all in one fell swoop!”

Xiao Qimo nodded, “Make sure you’re all suited up with protective gear.”

Everyone began to unfasten their outer clothes, “We’ve been ready for a while.”

—-
On the opposite shore of Yinye Island, Xiao Qimo, Wa Zhiqi, and others emerged one by one from a pavilion.

It was as mysterious in its existence as the pavilion at Kunpeng High School.

They didn’t even have time to cry out in pain, their first thought was that this was just too fantastically surreal. They had directly traveled from the northern Xuefeng Mountain to the southern Yinye Island.

Wa Zhiqi glanced at the time, it had only taken ten minutes.

“No wonder we couldn’t find these people for the life of us–how could we?”

Even though they had taken precautions, the powerful magnetic tunnel capable of crushing stones proved too much for them to withstand.

The sensation of being torn apart was severe.

Wa Zhiqi, while rubbing his waist, said with a sigh of relief, “It’s a good thing Miss Lu didn’t come along, she definitely couldn’t have borne this pain. This must be worse than giving birth!”

Sun Hui teased from the side, “You speak as if you’ve given birth.”

“I’m just making a comparison, just say whether it hurts or not!”

“It hurts, of course, it hurts!”

Xiao Qimo’s eyes darkened, for the body pain wasn’t the worst of it–it was the heart that hurt the most. It hurt so much he couldn’t forgive himself, let alone dare to ask Lu Mian for forgiveness.

He should never have delved into these things in the first place.

He spoke softly, “When she was inside before, she didn’t wear any protective gear…”

The men who were joking around to lighten the mood abruptly fell silent.

“How could anyone endure that…”

No one knew what that felt like.

All heads lowered in silence; from then on, no one would ever complain of pain in front of Lu Mian.

“The island ahead is Yinye Island,” Daine broke the silence, “Let’s send someone up to scout the area.”

“I’ll go,” Mo Fan volunteered.

Xiao Qimo looked at him.

“Before I came, Miss Lu taught me a few moves. Plus, I’ve taken the experimental drug.”

Among them, Mo Fan’s combat ability was the strongest, of course, apart from the unfathomable Mr. Qimo.

His expertise was that of an assassin, specializing in concealment and pursuit.

Sending Mo Fan to scope out the situation was indeed the best choice.

Mo Fan readily accepted the assignment, found a vehicle, and began to make his way onto the island.

Yinye Island is an island in the middle of a lake.

Because its shape resembles a ginkgo leaf, it was named Yinye Island.