Putemi was shocked by the scene and quickly explained,

"Lord Sperd, I didn't mean that. I just meant we should prepare for the worst."

"If our Black Obsidian was about to sink, you'd be right, cutting our losses is the wise choice. But the situation hasn't reached that point yet. When did we become so afraid of risk that we'd abandon our comrades?"

Sperd reprimanded him with a hint of displeasure.

To put it bluntly, the troops that were affected and swallowed up were mostly the bravest fighters. Of course, there were also some who wanted to make a fortune by kicking a man when he's down.

But they were definitely the most core combat personnel, mostly from the GT department.

Auglas then spoke up to persuade, "Sperd, Putemi didn't mean that. He was just making a suggestion. How could we so easily abandon our comrades?"

"Humph."

Sperd didn't say much more when he heard Auglas speak.

Li Ruiqi then said, "Lord Sperd, Lord Auglas, do you have any good ideas on how to explore the situation inside?"

"Alas, we don't have any good ideas either, but we've already asked the GT department to speed up the repair of the IV generation pure mechanical mecha, Lightshadow. If it really comes down to it, we might have to ask Winloss to take a risk."

Sperd said in a deep voice.

"That's too dangerous, isn't it?"

Li Ruiqi's eyebrows twitched.

"Of course, we know it's dangerous, and we're not stupid enough to send Lightshadow straight in. Dr. Zhang Wei is already building special chains to wrap around Lightshadow. If anything goes wrong, we'll pull it back immediately. I believe that with Lightshadow's full-power burst and the Black Obsidian's power, as long as it doesn't go too deep all at once, we should be able to save it. Of course, it's not without risk, since no one can predict every sudden change."

Sperd explained in a deep voice.

"I understand."

Li Ruiqi nodded in agreement. Indeed, there was no other feasible strategy at the moment other than this method.

"Let me say a few words. It will take quite a while to repair Lightshadow. In the meantime, don't just sit around. Try all possible methods to probe the situation inside. Don't worry about any other losses besides personnel. Try boldly."

Auglas also expressed his position.

Hearing Auglas' words, the morale of the people in the command room was renewed.

"Understood."

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Eight days later, inside the hidden armory, the combat personnel leaned wearily against the metal boxes, each looking listless.

Su Mo was also leaning against a metal box, pondering.

At this moment, Qian Chengxue silently walked over, gently patted Su Mo's shoulder, and said in a low voice.

"Su Mo, come with me for a moment."

Su Mo was stunned when he saw Qian Chengxue calling him, then slowly got up and followed her towards the corner.

Along the way, Su Mo looked at Qian Chengxue's exquisite back, and for some reason, his heart suddenly beat faster.

Soon, the two arrived at a corner.

Qian Chengxue slowly turned around, lightly flicked her silver hair, and said softly.

"Um, I want to talk to you about something."

"It just so happens that I also have something to tell you."

Su Mo replied subconsciously.

"Ah, why don't you go first?"

Qian Chengxue looked at Su Mo in surprise.

"No, you go first."

Su Mo quickly waved his hand.

So, Qian Chengxue took out two of the three nutrition bars remaining in her waist pouch and handed them to Su Mo.

"These are for you."

Su Mo was slightly stunned and looked at Qian Chengxue, then quickly waved his hand to refuse.

"No, you eat them."

"I have more."

"How is that possible? When we were allocating supplies, everyone was given the same number of nutrition bars."

Su Mo awkwardly declined.

"I had a Type III gene injection, so I have better endurance. I don't need to eat so much. Just take them and don't go hungry."

Qian Chengxue explained to Su Mo in a low voice. She knew that Su Mo was declining for her sake, so she tried to explain as much as possible.

"Really, I don't need them."

"Just take them, please."

"No, really, I don't need them, and..."

"And what?"

"Actually, I was just about to find a chance to get you some."

Su Mo was also a little dumbfounded.

"How is that possible?"

Qian Chengxue didn't believe it at all.

At this moment, Su Mo directly took out a large handful of nutrition bars from his pocket, a total of five.

In fact, Su Mo hadn't eaten any of his rations, just as the Fake Creator Devourer had said. He could go hungry for half a year without any problems, let alone just six days. However, he did feel the emptiness, but he just wasn't used to it at first, and after a few more days of hunger, he didn't feel anything.

"How do you have so many?"

Qian Chengxue was also stunned and couldn't believe it at all.

"Cough, well, I actually eat less. Plus, I kept a little extra for myself when we were counting them."

Su Mo could only make up an explanation. He couldn't say that he hadn't eaten anything, or he would be considered a monster.

It had already been eight days since they had moved to the armory.

They had searched countless times, and almost every place nearby had been searched, but they couldn't find any food at all.

Su Mo and the others had even thought about returning to the surface, but all the roads back were guarded by security guardians.

It was impossible to get through!

Everyone had no choice but to conserve their food, but even so, the nutrition bars they had would eventually run out.

For a time, everyone's morale was very low, and some were even desperate.

Although they could last for a while longer because of the gene injections, the fact that they couldn't find any food made them feel inexplicably desperate.

"Okay."

Qian Chengxue awkwardly took back the two nutrition bars. Her face was a little red at this time, and she didn't expect Su Mo to have so many.

"Cough, Xue-jie, here, take these. I can't eat so many."

Su Mo handed the nutrition bars in his hand to Qian Chengxue.

"I can still hold on, why don't you give them to someone else?"

Qian Chengxue shook her head and said.

"This, okay."

Su Mo didn't force her and turned his head to look at everyone present.

He walked towards several injured officers.

Su Mo walked up to them, squatted down, took a few nutrition bars and handed them to them, and said.

"Here, take these and share them."

The officers in front of him shook their heads when they heard Su Mo's words.

"Sir, this is not appropriate. We are already a burden, how can we take your food?"

"There's nothing inappropriate about it, and there's no burden. And I'm not some officer, just your comrade. Just call me Su Mo. Okay, that's enough, take them and share them."

Su Mo shook his head and said.