NOVPUB"Protect the professor and retreat into the palace!"
The third squad knew they were no match for the enemy, so they immediately began retreating with the research staff.
Seeing the members of Dark Crow charging from a distance, Wu Bin couldn’t help feeling tense.
"Weapons? Give me a weapon!"
Nightingale thrust a longsword into Wu Bin’s hands and then said, "You go with the third squad and protect the professor, and wait to come up last."
Nightingale was aware that Wu Bin lacked combat capabilities, so there was no need for Wu Bin to take action before the shadows arrived.
After Wu Bin began to retreat, Nightingale drew her sword and charged directly towards the members of Dark Crow.
The two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.
The sharp longswords and spears pierced through the deep-sea suits.
Under the intense water pressure, any wound would instantly be torn open by the immense force, spilling the victim’s organs and entrails into the water!
The personnel of The Ninth Research Institute were tremendously fierce in combat, clearly stronger than Dark Crow, with better coordination and the ability to take on multiple adversaries.
However, the overwhelming numbers of Dark Crow, plus their spears which were long-range weapons, led to The Ninth Research Institute being suppressed, struggling to break through the blockade quickly.
As The Ninth Research Institute’s casualties mounted, Dark Crow dispatched more and more troops to surround and target Nightingale.
After all, Nightingale’s combat prowess was simply too formidable.
In the water, she was like a swordfish, not only agile and quick in movement but also lethal with every strike, claiming the lives of Dark Crow operatives.
For a moment, all members of Dark Crow dared only to encircle Nightingale, but none dared to engage her.
They knew that at this moment, whoever advanced first would become a soul under Nightingale’s blade.
They were not afraid to die, but they also didn’t wish to throw their lives away in vain.
"It’s over, it’s all over, we’re going to die here today."
"Professor, we should destroy these research data, we absolutely can’t let Dark Crow get their hands on them."
"Yes, Professor, shall we start destroying the documents now?"
Liang Ru’s face remained stoic, and he said nothing.
They spent so much time collecting all this intelligence on the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, if they destroyed it now, all their efforts would have been in vain.
Most importantly, the Dragon Palace of the East Sea was right here. Even if they destroyed all the intelligence data, Dark Crow could quickly recollect the information through research.
Considering this, Liang Ru said, "No, this information is irreplaceable for us, we must find a way to get it out."
Liang Ru turned to the captain of the third squad, Fang Hou, and asked, "Do you have any idea how we can break through?"
After a moment of silence, Fang Hou said, "The west side is their weakest defense. If we want to break through, we can only do it from the west side. But we have too few people, so the only way to get the information out is to break through individually."
"As long as one of us can breach the encirclement, there’s a chance the information could be transmitted."
Fang Hou’s plan silenced everyone present.
They were all smart enough to know what breaking through individually meant under these circumstances.
The research personnel lacked combat ability, and even the fighters couldn’t possibly take on hundreds like Nightingale could.
So while breaking through individually would force the enemy to dispatch more troops to intercept in every direction, any successful interception would mean the relentless slaughter of those caught.
"Let’s do that. Everyone share the data, so if anyone manages to escape, the intelligence we’ve collected can be transmitted."
All research personnel shared their data with the determination to face death.
Once everything was prepared, dozens of people left the palace in groups, each scientist accompanied by two combatants, to break through the encirclement in different directions.
The members of Nightingale detected this movement immediately and began to intercept.
In an instant, the sea was stained red with blood.
Witnessing one scientist after another being killed, Feng Geng, who was fighting a bloody battle, had his eyes turn red with rage.
"Fang Hou! What the hell are you doing! Didn’t I tell you to protect them?"
Fang Hou responded helplessly over the comms, "Captain, we can’t just sit here and wait for death. We must get the intelligence data out. It’s our last resort."
After saying this, Fang Hou, along with Wu Bin and Liang Ru, also began to make their own breakout.
Feng Geng was furious.
"Fine, if they don’t want us to live, then we’ll all die together! All members of the Jiaolong, lock on torpedoes, prepare to launch!"
At the command of Feng Geng, the Jiaolong submarines floating outside the palace immediately changed direction, with torpedoes locking onto this location.
At this moment, Feng Geng no longer cared about the principle of not using lethal weapons.
Rather than just handing over the Dragon Palace of the East Sea, it’s better to go down together, so that nobody gets it!
Sensing Feng Geng’s intent, the members of Nightingale lost their will to fight and quickly swam back to their submarines.
They had more submarines than The Ninth Research Institute, so as long as they could get into their vessels, they would have a decisive advantage, even if it came to a torpedo exchange.
"Wu Bin, hurry up! What are you still pondering over?"
Seeing Wu Bin suddenly freeze, Fang Hou was very anxious.
Both Liang Ru and Wu Bin were treasures of The Ninth Research Institute.
If both of them were lost here, the Institute’s loss would be tremendous.
Unexpectedly, Wu Bin suddenly spoke, "Professor Liang, that dragon script on the stele, let me take one more look, just one more look."
Although Liang Ru didn’t know what Wu Bin was planning to do, he still took out the tablet and showed Wu Bin the dragon script on the stele.
Indeed, things turned out just as Wu Bin had guessed.
What originally were obscure and complex dragon scripts now seemed to change in Wu Bin’s eyes!
These scripts seemed to come alive to Wu Bin, rearranging themselves into a brand new form of writing.
Most importantly, Wu Bin discovered that he could understand these writings!
Wu Bin instinctively opened his mouth and recited the words out loud.
Listening to the strange sounds coming from Wu Bin’s mouth, both Liang Ru and Fang Hou’s eyes widened in disbelief.
"Wu Bin, can you understand the dragon script?"
Wu Bin ignored Liang Ru’s question, continuing to read faster and faster.
It was at this moment that the voice of the Jiaolong’s captain came through the earpiece.
"Captain Feng, we’ve also been locked on by the enemy, should we launch the torpedoes now?"
Just as Feng Geng was about to give an order, Wu Bin suddenly looked up at the Nightingale’s submarines and pronounced the last syllable.
