CHAPTER 549: CHAPTER 549: A NEW DIRECTION

After hearing the analysis of these people one by one, Yang Da finally felt a sense of calm gradually settling in his heart.

At the very least, if Ye Chen had no ability to survive, then that would have been helping him get rid of a major problem.

"Alright, since we don’t need to consider Ye Chen’s side anymore, the key issue now is how should we deal with this U12 and the person behind them, Guo Tao?"

"What else can we do? We can only fight openly now, but, I think, it’s best to resolve these issues amicably. After all, if both sides start fighting, it would probably be disadvantageous for everyone."

Yang Da knew this outcome, didn’t he?

He was aware that taking action would indeed be very difficult.

If they were to make minor moves in secret, perhaps it would be easy, but the key issue now is that he had already lost direction.

Yang Da knew, since they now have Yang Wenyu in their hands, he simply can’t play any tricks, and the only thing he could do is sit down with Guo Tao and have a serious discussion about this matter.

"The Jade Ring is still in our hands, if Guo Tao is just after reclaiming this Jade Ring, then it’s simple, isn’t it? Just give it back to him."

"But I always feel like this matter won’t be that simple. I am worried that Guo Tao might want to settle old and new scores together."

"It won’t be that simple. I just want to ask, according to the capabilities of a few of you and with the addition of the mercenaries I have sought, do you think you are capable of confronting the members of U12?"

"We haven’t had any interactions with the members of U12 before, so we don’t know their combat abilities. We will only know if we are a match for them when we confront them."

"Okay, I understand. Everyone has already been busy all night, and it’s been nerve-wracking. Go back and rest for a while, and we’ll take action first thing tomorrow morning."

"What should we do tomorrow morning?"

"Since things have come to this point, I think there’s no need to hide anymore. I will go directly to his location. If he wants to continue the fight, then I will simply join him to the end."

"Okay, I understand."

After finishing speaking, those people nodded and then gradually left.

For Yang Da today, tonight is likely to be a sleepless one.

He had thought that everything could be completely concluded tonight, but unexpectedly, troubles have only increased.

"What time is it now?"

Ye Chen spoke in a weak voice, unsure how long they had persisted inside.

But now, they felt the breathing was becoming more difficult.

He worried that if they couldn’t hold on until they were discovered, the both of them might die there.

When Ye Chen raised his head to ask the question, he noticed that Anying’s face was pale, a clear sign of oxygen deficiency.

Anying raised his wrist and looked at it.

"Since we crawled in here, a whole hour has passed."

"Based on your estimations, the pipe is quite long. How long can we survive with the oxygen that is available?"

"At most, we can last another hour. After that, there won’t be any way."

"I can hold on for another hour, but why do I feel that the air is starting to get thin now?"

"Yes, that’s a common reaction, and it would be best if we minimize talking because it wastes oxygen."

"Okay, I understand. Then I’ll push this layer of soil periodically, but I feel like my strength is already waning."

Anying nodded but didn’t speak because she knew that speaking was a big waste of physical effort.

While they were doing this, the search above never stopped.

The old man, along with Li Fu and Guo Hongyu, had already arrived at the scene.

At this moment, the site was brightly lit, and floodlights had already been set up.

"Ah Da, come here for a moment."

After standing there for a while, the old man shouted across.

"Old man, what is it?"

"How many people are currently deployed at the scene?"

"Old man, there should be about 50 people right now."

"That’s not enough, too few. I just estimated, and this area is at least a few hundred square meters, 50 people can’t achieve the effect we need."

"But, but that’s all the manpower we have available right now—just 50 people."

"I don’t care what you have to do, even if it means gathering reserve forces, you must get the number to 100, at least 100."

"100 people, we can do that, but what about those people?"

"We can’t worry about that now; life is at stake. Furthermore, every minute is a golden chance for rescue, understand?"

"Okay, I understand, old man. It’ll take them about half an hour to reach the scene?"

"That’s too long. No matter what method you use, you must gather 100 people ASAP, I’m giving you just 10 minutes."

After hearing this, Ah Da just clenched his teeth tightly, as this indeed posed a great difficulty for him.

But there was no choice, now that the old man had given the order if he couldn’t accomplish this task now, he wouldn’t be able to explain himself later.

Actually, gathering personnel wasn’t so difficult for Ah Da.

But the key issue was the short timeframe of 10 minutes to assemble 100 people; this was certainly a tall challenge.

No matter what, Ah Da could only try his best.

"No, Grandfather, how about this, I am also very anxious watching from here, let me join them in the search."