Continuing to Cast the Net

"No."

A flash of helplessness crossed Chen Yi's eyes.

"Killing everyone right now would just bury everything in silence, to no avail. What worries me the most now is whether those lingering ghosts still harbor other plots and schemes."

There was nothing wrong with what he said, but George felt a deep sense of shame in his heart. After all, the group of people who caused this trouble were brought here by him personally, with him beating his chest and making guarantees.

Now that these people had turned problematic, George felt thoroughly disgraced and humiliated, completely losing face.

Chen Yi walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled calmly.

"Alright, don't worry about so many things all the time, George. You've always been great to everyone, and I'm very clear on that. But now, those people courted their own deaths, so it has nothing to do with you."

George frowned, his mood terribly heavy.

"I know you're just comforting me, and I understand. But right now, I honestly can't bring myself to feel any better."

"Stop being so gloomy already!"

Chen Yaxi pouted.

"The mutant fighters outside are already pressing us hard with a relentless pursuit, and you still have the energy to throw a pity party?"

"Cut it out."

Chen Yi patted Chen Yaxi's head, a trace of helplessness in his eyes.

"You child, how can you talk to your companions like that?"

"It's fine!"

George smiled with a sense of release.

"Yaxi is a cute girl, I think whatever she says is fine. As for you, Brother Chen, stop wearing such a bitter face all the time. No matter how strong the opponent is, teamwork fears no one!"

Hearing it put this way, Chen Yi couldn't help but smile as well.

Indeed, with their newborn vanguard team around, any difficult problem could be readily solved.

Under the current circumstances, Chen Yi began formulating a new battle plan.

"George, you and Lu Kai will be in charge of logistics and defense. Hu Sanhan, Hals, and Velu will handle the frontal assault, while I, Yaxi, and Chu Yunxi will take charge of the rear and flank breakouts."

"What about me?"

The large Kunpeng instantly put on a helpless expression.

"Come on, Boss, you can't leave me out of the critical battle!"

"That's not what I meant!"

Chen Yi's gaze turned sharp at that moment.

"Leaving you out is because we need to carefully plan the combat protocols right now, not because this is a plan designed to exclude you."

"Then what about me?"

The little Kunpeng bobbed its head back and forth.

"Am I being excluded too?"

"Beat it!"

The large Kunpeng slapped the little Kunpeng's head.

"The adults are talking, little kids shouldn't make a fuss."

"Hmph!"

The little Kunpeng refused to be convinced.

It had a little plan of its own brewing in its heart.

When its father went out to deal with the enemies this time, it was definitely going to follow along quietly and then help Chen Yi and the others fight them together.

Naturally, doing this would very likely result in a group of people scolding it later for being immature, but as a member of the Kunpeng clan, it had to set a proper example.

Therefore, the little Kunpeng made a secret decision that it had to take action.

After arranging the people closest to him, Chen Yi prepared to take action as well.

Those who had caused such heavy suffering to the people around him deserved to pay a price!

Under the scourge of the calamity spell-disk, the human population plummeted once again.

According to Chu Yunxi's data analysis, this disaster had wiped out at least another third of the remaining thousand-plus people.

The remaining portion were presumably individuals who possessed their own supernatural abilities.

Thinking about this, Chu Yunxi truly began to gasp in a cold breath.

The gap between humans was simply too vast; the survivors were actually willing to trade the lives of others for their own!

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Chu Yunxi looking somewhat absent-minded, Chen Yi immediately hurried over and supported her shoulders. "Do you have something else on your mind? Tell me."

Chu Yunxi shook her head.

"I'm fine, I was just pondering some situations, and now I've figured it out."

Seeing the expression on his little wife's face, Chen Yi felt something was amiss. Yunxi was never this nervous unless she had encountered monumental trouble.

Chu Yunxi spoke up then, "I feel that the doomsday we are experiencing might be the result of humanity's negligence toward nature, leading to a fatal reckoning. If we cannot face our own mistakes squarely, perhaps this disaster will continue to unfold."

These words left the others somewhat dumbfounded.

"You mean that if we don't realize our mistakes and correct them, the slaughter will continue endlessly without a pause."

"Exactly."

Sighing, Chu Yunxi wore a troubled expression.

"We should have understood long ago that nature's punishments against humanity would continuously reappear, but none of us took it seriously, so now there's no escaping these bitter consequences."

Her words made everyone feel somewhat embarrassed, but they had to admit that all of Yunxi's thoughts were correct.

At a time like this, they truly could not lower their guard.

After some deep contemplation, the group quickly prepared themselves to fight nature to the bitter end, while simultaneously resolving to reflect deeply upon themselves.

The large Kunpeng was deeply moved by Chu Yunxi's thoughts.

"Sigh, Sister-in-law, don't be so tense. You aren't the one who did wrong; when it comes down to it, the other humans were the ignorant ones. The fact that you can care for us animals is already more than enough."

"No."

Chu Yunxi shook her head, a hint of helplessness in her eyes.

"The problem now is who can successfully bridge this divide and reconcile things."

"I will."

Chen Yi spoke up suddenly, his gaze resolute. "Since this has happened, we cannot run away from it. Let me handle and resolve this matter. Rest assured, I won't let this trouble ruin our future."

Seeing Chen Yi's reaction, Chu Yunxi stepped forward and held his hand. "Since we must face the punishment heaven has given us with equanimity, then I will accompany you."

"Let's all go together."

Lu Kai's spirits soared at that moment.

"If the boss isn't afraid of death, what do we have to be afraid of?"

The zombie monkey, the Kunpeng, the Tengshuai, and other biological entities could actually have avoided this storm, but seeing Chen Yi and the others face the danger with such unyielding resolve, they naturally refused to show weakness.

"We'll accompany you too. If you humans vanish, it won't do us any good either, so we're sticking with you this time."

Chen Yi looked at them with profound gratitude.

"With your help, everyone can avert danger. Thank you all so much!"

"Don't mention it!"

The zombie monkey laughed heartily.

"As long as the boss can talk to us more often and spare some crystal core energy, I'll be satisfied!"

"Get lost!"

The large Kunpeng gave the zombie monkey a sidelong glance.

"So you were just in it for the crystal core energy all along!"

"Of course I'm in it for the crystal core energy!"

The Cat King curled his lips as well.

"Without crystal core energy, we're all goners, so I think the zombie monkey made the right choice this time."