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From North to South.

National Highway 319.

A convoy braves the scorching sun, heading south.

It's Ju Tianrui and others who have shaken off the followers of Gan Shang.

...

In the vehicle.

Ju Tianrui lies on the back seat. His body is soaked with sweat, his complexion pale, and beads of sweat on his forehead roll down like water droplets.

He breathes rapidly, sometimes uttering low moans. His eyes are tightly shut, his expression one of pain.

Dong Tai beside him is panicked, anxious and fearful.

Dong Tai tries to give him water, but his lips are cracked, unable to take in any liquids.

Constantly wiping his face with a moist cloth, yet his temperature remains dangerously high.

Time seems to move extremely slowly in this situation, each second as long as a year.

Dong Tai shouts to the driver at the front, "How far is it to Xin City?"

The driver nervously replies, "Still hundreds of kilometers away. The route we just took was blocked, we could only take an alternative road. How is the Camp Commander doing?"

Dong Tai shouts angrily, "Drive faster. Why didn't you avoid it earlier? Hurry up!"

Hearing Dong Tai's emotionally charged yell, the driver isn't annoyed because he knows Dong Tai is too worried about Ju Tianrui.

Someone sighs beside him, attempting to calm him:

"Dong Tai, don't get too irate; it wasn't intentional. If he had known that the road ahead was blocked, he wouldn't have gone that way.

My main worry is, we don't know the situation in Xin City. Even if we get there, we don't know if they have the facilities to help the Camp Commander."

Overwhelmed with anger, Dong Tai responds:

"Enough said, now we can only head over there and see. I should die — if I had stopped the Camp Commander from getting off the vehicle, he wouldn't be like this now."

Another person, also distressed, comforts:

"Dong Tai, keep it together. The more critical the situation, the more we need to stay calm..."

Dong Tai, looking at Ju Tianrui still unconscious, is tormented by guilt and pain so much so that he finds it hard to breathe.

He seems to have lost all strength, slumped on the floor, back curved in an arch. His hands still buried in his hair, as if hoping this could somewhat lessen his inner torment.

After a long while, Dong Tai takes a few deep breaths and his face regains composure.

He tells the driver, "Drive as fast as you can. Also, turn up the air conditioning."

The driver checks the remaining fuel, enough for another two hundred kilometers, which is sufficient.

Thus, he turns the air conditioning to maximum.

The vehicle is filled with weary people, as anxious as they are, no speed can be fast enough.

Their only hope lies in Xin City, that Xiao Jun and the others who went there before could assist them.

.....

August 13th.

The outdoor ground temperature has reached a new record high of a terrifying seventy-five degrees!

48 hours have passed since Uncle and the others at the Big Camphor Tree Base offered to take in extra staff working with the base.

Only 24 hours left, the Second Outer City of Big Camphor Tree Base is now crowded to capacity.

Residential buildings in the Second Outer City are considerably large, spanning three floors, but only the first floor has central air conditioning installed.

The first floor has ten suites, each containing two separate rooms.

Additionally, there are fifty individual rooms.

Along with a large hall of over two hundred square meters.

There are a total of one hundred fifty extra staff, these hundred-plus people are spread across the suites, roughly 7-8 people per room.

The rooms are approximately ten square meters each; albeit a bit cramped, besides their personal belongings, there's just enough room to lie down and sleep.

Compared to the space allocated to those merely cooperating with the base, this is considerably more spacious.

As of now, cooperative personnel have grown to 800 people, all crammed into the fifty individual rooms and some in the hall.

Upon entering, these people are required to pass through Weng City for a full-body check, surrendering all weapons,

and matched against the registered list of cooperative personnel before being allowed in.

To manage these people, Li Yu authorized nine groups of extra staff to oversee these cooperative individuals.

Anyone causing trouble would be immediately expelled.

Outside the base, vehicles are parked in abundance.

And on the walls of the Second Outer City, Li Tie and a dozen others, armed with guns, are constantly monitoring the activity within.

To stay abreast of the situation inside the Second Outer City, Li Yu has installed over a dozen cameras in this residential building, ready for any sudden occurrences.

According to regulations set by Li Yu, without his explicit permission, no one from the Inner City or the First Outer City is allowed down into the Second Outer City.

Moreover, all personnel currently in the Second Outer City's residential building are not allowed to leave on their own.

Even if there's an incident in the Second Outer City, it's the extra staff living there who are first to handle it.

It's not that Li Yu doesn't trust them, but he knows human nature is complex and for the safety of the base personnel, he must take these actions.

Although there's a gate between the First Outer City and the Second Outer City allowing passage, it can only be opened from the wall controls.

The several hundred people, upon entering, seeing the fully armed and equipped personnel of the Big Camphor Tree Base, were inwardly alarmed.

They queued quietly, submitted to inspections obediently, no one daring to make a move.

Any disruption would be met with the barrels of dozens of guns pointed at them.