"Number One! Can we drive away from here? With the war chariot's speed, we should be able to shake off those rats, right?"

Duan Lei thought for a moment and asked again.

"Maybe we can, maybe we can't!"

Number One replied:

"Because, first, we don't know if there are more mutated rats ahead. Second, I don't know how fast those mutated rats can sprint at full speed, so I can't be sure if we can shake them off. Third, activating rapid speed will further reduce our defenses. If we fail, the space might collapse directly, and you won't even have time to react!"

"Phew! So, Number One, do you have any good suggestions now? Any suggestions that can help us get through this crisis?"

Duan Lei sighed.

"Awaken the Slayer. As long as he wakes up, everything will no longer be a problem. As long as we have Slaughter Points, the space war chariot can even be transformed into a war fortress! Don't mention a group of mutated rats, even a group of mutated tigers wouldn't be able to break through our defenses!"

Number One replied.

"Alright!"

Duan Lei sighed and then looked at Li Chenzhou. Now, it seemed the only hope was that Li Chenzhou could wake up in one hour and thirty-eight minutes—no, now it was one hour and thirty-six minutes!

As everyone watched, time ticked by, and soon, more than an hour had quietly slipped away. Li Chenzhou still hadn't changed at all. Looking at the remaining twenty minutes, Duan Lei's eyes swept across everyone's faces. Finally, he said:

"It seems he won't wake up. Tianya! In a while… when there's only one minute left, you take Boss, and Xiaoya too, and use your skill to leave. The rest of us will do our best to distract and hold back those rats!"

"You don't need to. I can do it myself!"

Fatty stood up and said:

"My Immovable as a Mountain skill can't be used, but I can still use my other skills! I can attract all the rats over here. Before I die, they won't bother with you!"

"That won't work!"

Duan Lei shook his head:

"Fatty, without Immovable as a Mountain, you won't last a few seconds before turning into a pile of bones. Tianya won't have time to run away. I need to ensure that he can take Boss and Xiaoya out.

"So, you'll be the last one to leave. We'll take turns going out before you, and each of us will take a grenade and throw them around until… until we can't throw grenades anymore!"

As he said that, Duan Lei looked at the others:

"Everyone, I just want to rescue Boss, and Tianya is the fastest, especially since his skill can be used. So, he'll take Boss out. Do you have any objections?"

"No!"

Everyone shook their heads together.

"As for Xiaoya, she can heal. With her around, Boss will be safer. Besides, Xiaoya is light, so she won't affect Tianya's speed too much! Does anyone have any objections?"

Duan Lei asked again.

"Xiao Lei! What about Xiaoyu'er?"

Duan Xue couldn't help but ask.

"He can't come!"

Duan Lei shook his head without hesitation:

"Although Xiaoyu'er is lighter, he won't be of any help to Boss. Instead, he's a ticking time bomb because he's a baby who might cry at any moment!

"Boss took him in before because he knew we would redeem this war chariot in the future. With Dark Blood, having another baby wouldn't be a problem. It would even give Xiaoya a playmate!

"But now, we can't protect this war chariot, and we've been carrying Xiaoyu'er for so long. If I let Tianya take Xiaoyu'er out, with Boss's temper, he probably wouldn't abandon him. So, I won't let him follow Boss anymore!"

Hearing Duan Lei's firm tone, Duan Xue opened her mouth but said nothing because she knew Duan Lei was right. Without the war chariot and with only Tianya and Xiaoya by his side, Li Chenzhou would indeed be burdened by Xiaoyu'er.

Especially when Li Chenzhou woke up and learned that the team was almost wiped out and the war chariot was completely destroyed, she didn't know what he would feel. At this time, letting him be a babysitter…

"Sigh! Little one, who knew you'd only live a few more days!"

Turning her head to look at Xiaoya's room where Xiaoyu'er was, Duan Xue sighed inwardly.

Duan Lei also looked at Xiaoya's room and suddenly looked at Tianya:

"Tianya! Your first goal is to rescue Boss. Before he wakes up, don't go to any bases. Find a house on the edge of the city and hide for a few days. When Boss wakes up, he'll naturally know what to do next!"

"Okay! I remember! Don't worry, even if I die, I will definitely die in front of Boss!"

Tianya nodded firmly.

"Also…"

Duan Lei continued:

"Let me ask you a question. When you're carrying Boss and Xiaoya, ready to rush out of here, you suddenly find a bunch of rats chasing after you. What would you do?"

"Run for my life! I definitely won't let them catch up! Don't worry, I will never leave Boss to escape. I said long ago, he saved the people in the orphanage. My life is his, and he can take it anytime!"

Tianya thought Duan Lei was afraid that he would abandon Li Chenzhou and escape on his own, so he said with a serious face.

"No! Running for your life will only make you lose your life, and it will also cost Boss his life!"

Duan Lei shook his head and then looked at Tianya seriously:

"Don't forget, I'm asking you to safely take 'Boss' out, but you're not just carrying Boss himself!"

"Huh?"

Tianya was stunned and didn't understand what Duan Lei meant!

"Sigh! What he means is… you're carrying Xiaoya, in addition to Boss!"

Gray Bear had already guessed Duan Lei's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh and say:

"The rats are chasing people. If you leave one person for them, let them fight over it, wouldn't that buy you some time? Give you a better chance to escape?"

"Leave one person?"

Tianya was still confused, but he immediately reacted and looked at Xiaoya's room in horror. Then, he stared at Duan Lei and stammered:

"Don't tell me… you mean, I should throw Xiaoya into the rat swarm to buy me time to escape???"

"Not for you, but for Boss to buy a moment to escape!"

Duan Lei shook his head and looked at Tianya:

"Now tell me, if you really encounter the situation I described, would you throw Xiaoya into the rat swarm and take the opportunity to escape?"

"I… I…"

Tianya came from an orphanage. Although Xiaoya wasn't from their orphanage, she was still a child. Tianya always had a strange concern for children. So, when he heard that if the rat swarm chased after them, he would have to throw Xiaoya behind to be eaten by the rats, and he would take the opportunity to escape, Tianya really wasn't sure if he could do it!

"All of us will use our lives to buy time for Boss. Although Xiaoya is a child, she was also rescued by Boss. Otherwise, she would have become a zombie long ago!"

Duan Lei stared at Tianya, and what he said seemed to be true. Because Xiaoya's family's ramen shop was within the range of the zombie tide, if Xiaoya had stayed there, she would have become one of Leopard's subordinates…