Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Upon hearing Huo Wen’an’s response, Jin Yunhai fell silent for a moment.

This single guy really had been shown off.

Yet in this show-off, it was mixed with broken glass, leaving one feeling choked. Jin Yunhai fiddled with the grip of the gun at his waist and spoke to himself, ”Captain Huo, you are very different from the legend.”

”The No-man District, if you don’t enter, it’s fine, but entering means death.”

”Honestly speaking, you are willing to venture into the No-man District for Miss Xu, which truly surprises me.”

After Jin Yunhai finished speaking, he noticed Huo Wen’an seemed to have fallen asleep. His eyes were slightly closed, the dim light filtering through the leaves fell on his cold pale face, casting a layer of mottled light and shadows, making him seem fragile and brittle.

This was completely a different image from the devil who, as tales go, could kill without batting an eye.

Jin Yunhai’s gaze lowered, noticing Huo Wen’an’s right hand gently rubbing the wooden bracelet on his left wrist, realizing that he hadn’t fallen asleep.

Huo Wen’an was simply disdaining him for talking too much, finding him bothersome.

Finding himself unwelcome, Jin Yunhai decided not to bother Huo Wen’an anymore.

He opened his backpack, took out a climbing rope, and tied it to a tree. As he tied, he said, ”If we can find Miss Xu this time, won’t you let me come for a drink at your wedding in the future?”

Huo Wen’an’s mood lifted as he curved his lips and responded to Jin Yunhai. ”Certainly, we’ll invite Commander Jin.”

Jin Yunhai clicked his tongue, gulping down the words ’if you can stay alive’.

”Alright. We’re heading off first.” Jin Yunhai instructed his subordinates, ”The terrain inside the No-man District is complicated and the living conditions are harsh, everyone must be careful and not push themselves too hard.”

”Roger!”

*

A day passed.

Jin Yunhai and his team hadn’t returned yet, but the 15 subordinates sent by Huo Wen’an came back exhausted.

After nearly thirty hours traversing the No-man District, their spirits were worn out and they were covered in thorn fruits, with mud-soaked feet, looking utterly disheveled.

Seeing them return empty-handed, Huo Wen’an’s expression turned grave.

”Is everything alright?” he asked them, his tone calm, showing no anger.

Upon hearing this, the 15 subordinates felt ashamed.

At the forefront stood a woman who appeared to be in her thirties, with a neutral appearance.

She held a gas mask in her arms, and said apologetically, ”Pilot, the terrain deep inside the No-man District is complex, with toxic gases in the air. Fortunately, you provided us with gas masks. Otherwise, we had to return just two thousand meters inside.”

”Unfortunately, we didn’t find Miss Xu.”

Another middle-aged man suddenly took a small identity tag out of his pocket.

He bent down, offering the identity tag to Huo Wen’an.

Huo Wen’an frowned and glanced at it, noticing the front of the identity tag was engraved with the image of a ferocious tiger.

He had seen this kind of marking at the Underground Beast Fighting Arena where Xu Xingguang killed Li Yucheng.

That night, tiger-striped flags were inserted all around the battleground.

The middle-aged man flipped over the identity tag, revealing the name ’Xie Shisan’ written on it.

He explained the origin of this identity tag to Huo Wen’an, ”Pilot, I found this at three thousand meters in the No-man District. The owner of the identity tag is dead, killed by the toxic gas.”

Upon hearing this, yet another younger subordinate said, ”I discovered a corpse that had been gnawed by wild beasts in a valley. Judging by the color of the wounds, the time of death should be within twenty hours. And yes, he also carried an identity tag.”

The person handed the identity tag to Huo Wen’an, and unsurprisingly, it also featured the tiger pattern.

Huo Wen’an personally flipped over the tag, seeing ’Xie Chujiu’ written on it.

Then, the woman added, ”Shortly after I entered the No-man District yesterday, about twelve hundred meters in a straight line, I saw five off-road motorcycles scattered on the ground.”

Combining the clues and descriptions provided by these people, Huo Wen’an roughly guessed what had happened to Xu Xingguang.

Looking at the leading woman, Huo Wen’an said, ”Everyone has been wandering for dozens of hours and is exhausted. Cheng Yue, take your men back to rest.”

After speaking, Huo Wen’an lifted the thin blanket off himself, tidied his attire, and gazed into the depths of the forest. ”I’m heading to the No-man District. If I don’t return in six days, go back to Divine Concealment Island.”

Pausing, Huo Wen’an added, ”Upon returning, just say I am dead. Kindly ask Old Helmsman to choose another heir.”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yue and others were shocked. ”Pilot, your health is unfit for entering the No-man District.”