Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 332: Remnants

Panic spread like a plague, instantly flooding the small stone hut.

Some began to sob quietly, some beat the walls in despair, and some even had flickering eyes that glanced toward the teleportation formation, as if calculating something.

"Instructor Su!" Lu Jun suddenly grabbed Su Ming's sleeve, as if clutching at a final lifeline. "The teleportation formation! Let's activate the teleportation formation! We might not have high-grade spirit stones, but we can pool our mid-grade ones, even stack low-grade spirit stones! As long as we can get out of here, anywhere is fine!"

"Yes! Teleport! Even if we land off-target, it's better than waiting here to die!" Several wounded soldiers echoed in agreement.

Su Ming looked at Lu Jun expressionlessly, letting him hold onto his sleeve.

"Lu Jun."

Su Ming's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a strange penetrating power that instantly silenced the noisy room.

"You studied the basics of spatial arrays. You should know what happens if a teleportation formation has insufficient spiritual energy, or if the spirit stone quality is inadequate."

Lu Jun froze for a moment, his lips trembling. "It... it would cause spatial tremors..."

"No, that's the mild outcome." Su Ming cut him off, his gaze sharp as a blade. "The more likely scenario is that we get torn to shreds by spatial turbulence within the transmission channel, or part of our body gets transmitted while the rest remains here."He pointed at his own waist. "Do you want to experience what it feels like to have only your upper half return to the sect?"

Lu Jun shuddered all over, subconsciously letting go and taking two steps back.

"But... but staying here is also death!" Lu Jun shouted, breaking down. "The northern route is cut off, the sleeper agent has run away. With our few people, wounded and crippled, how are we supposed to fight the insect swarm?"

Su Ming didn't answer immediately.

He turned around and looked through the broken window lattice toward the direction of Iron Wall Pass.

The flames there were still burning, dyeing the night sky a bloody red.

"First."

Su Ming raised one finger, his tone as calm as if giving a lecture. "The teleportation formation's destination is fixed—it's the outpost of the sect's 'Northern Border Patrol Division.' If that place was safe, why didn't the sleeper agent teleport directly away, but instead chose to run south? This indicates that the other end of the teleportation formation is probably more dangerous than here."

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this. In their extreme panic, they had overlooked this simple logic.

"Second."

Su Ming raised a second finger. "We indeed don't have high-grade spirit stones, but the sect does."

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over each person's face. "Iron Wall Pass has fallen, Elder Mo sacrificed himself with the formation, the earth veins were detonated. With such a huge commotion, do you think the sect wouldn't know about it?"

"Will... will the sect come?" the old soldier with the broken leg mumbled, asking.

"They definitely will."

Su Ming stated resolutely, his gaze so firm it brooked no doubt. "Iron Wall Pass is the northern gateway. The sect would never stand by and do nothing. Flying boats, warships, even Nascent Soul Ancestors are probably already on their way."

truth, he

hope. Even if this hope was a painted cake, it could keep them breathing

his embrace. That was the lifeline of the

isn't to run,

is both for

Lu Jun muttered to himself, the panic in his eyes gradually fading,

"Alright, stop standing around."

his hands, breaking the heavy atmosphere. "Anyone who wants to live, listen to

who understand formations and go outside to camouflage that teleportation formation. No need to repair it, just make it less conspicuous. Remember, set up a few 'Warning Bells' around it. Use the most basic vibration runes, don't use formations with high spiritual energy

Having a task actually calmed

a few brothers who can still move and tidy up the hut. Move the severely wounded onto the stone beds. Use a fire starter to make a fire, but don't use an open flame. Surround it with stones to make an 'underfloor heating' system—we want

soldier with the broken leg, Old Zhang, responded and called

Iron Wall Pass and the northern approach. At the slightest

arranged everything methodically. Each of his

don't need grand strategies; they just need to know

Ming walked alone to the hidden door

and carefully examined the hidden

is this secret tunnel

collapsed. But this entrance section seems relatively stable. Keep it. If we truly get surrounded, we can

let out a long sigh and sat down leaning

pain and exhaustion he had been forcibly

The night deepened.

the stone hut, the wind

stone hut, though crude, the "underfloor heating"

letting out a groan of pain. Lu Jun curled up

in the darkest corner

he had saved from the previous battle. The medicinal

to guide the medicinal power to repair

blue water-attributed spiritual energy flowed gently within his body, softly enveloping the

was currently emitting an extremely faint, yet incredibly

......

third quarter of the hour of

before dawn, and

"Whoo—whoo whoo—"

urgent owl call suddenly came from

Lu Jun,

a stupor instantly woke up. Old Zhang almost instinctively grabbed the half-broken blade beside him. Even

Ming's eyes snapped open. There wasn't a trace of sleepiness in

a ghost, and he pressed a hand

"Shh."

a finger,

again urged the "Formation Heart Seal," carefully extending his

North.