"No problem!" everyone replied.
That was the only way they could find what they needed at the first moment, and also avoid alerting the soldiers...
Thus, the group began to search along different paths...
About half an hour later, Xie Xie's voice rang out in the communicator...
"Everybody, I have found the soul airplanes. They are in the storage room in Zone C,"
Before him lay a huge storage warehouse, and right in front, there were soul airplanes big enough to accommodate several people!
At a rough glance, there were at least a dozen or so!
He couldn't help but exclaim loudly, "Is this the strength of the Northsea Legion? They are truly impressive!"
Just then, footsteps suddenly sounded from outside, and Xie Xie immediately hid...
The soldiers arriving soon after took out their keys to open the door of the storage room, only to find it opened with a light push...
Their expressions changed instantly, "Huh? What's going on? I should be the only one with the key to the storage room!"
Immediately, they took out their soul weapons and shouted coldly, "Who... who's there, come out!"
Xie Xie did not respond, staying still and waiting...
The soldier took a deep breath, "To the person sneaking into the storage room, I know you're hiding in the shadows. If you don't show yourself now, don't blame me for reporting to headquarters!"
"It's me!"
Having no other choice, Xie Xie, clad in armor, stepped out in front of the soldier...
Seeing this, the soldier frowned and asked in confusion, "Which zone's soldier are you? Why are you here in the storage room so late? And where did you get the key from?"
He had not expected the intruder to be a soldier from the Northsea Legion as well!
Xie Xie, hearing this, merely pursed his lips and did not move, thinking to himself that he dared not answer any of these questions.
The soldier's eyes narrowed with certainty, "You can't even answer these simple questions. There's definitely something wrong with you. I'm going to report this..."
But before he could take any further action, he felt a heavy blow to the back of his neck and slowly fell to the ground...
The one who acted was none other than Tang Wulin and the others who had arrived later. Yue Zhengyu rebuked, "Good thing we made it in time. Xie Xie, what are you standing there for?"
Yuanen Yehui also said coldly, "If we hadn't arrived in time, the message from just now might have already been sent out!"
Xie Xie replied with a slightly aggrieved pout, "There was nothing I could do. That guy was clutching the communicator the entire time. If I had acted, the high ranks of the Northsea Legion would have immediately known something was wrong!"
Tang Wulin interrupted their conversation mercilessly, "Enough. Now is not the time to think about these things. Look over there!"
After speaking, he pointed to a certain soul airplane...
Continuing, he said, "This soul airplane should be able to fully accommodate us! It's the most suitable one."
Yue Zhengyu nodded and stroked his chin, saying, "We've found the soul airplane, but who among us will pilot it? And how will we get it out of here?"
Xu Xiaoyan hesitated, "We... surely can't really kidnap a pilot to fly it for us, can we?"
Wu Siduo said coldly, "If we had anticipated this situation earlier, we would have learned to pilot soul airplanes ourselves."
Ye Xinglan reminded them, "Even if we can leave now, Lizhi is still in the confinement room!"
There was no way she would leave Xu Lizhi behind and escape the Northsea Legion alone!
This statement caused everyone's expression to darken...
Except for Tang Wulin, whose gaze fell upon the instruction manual not far from the soul airplane; an idea immediately popped into his head...
"I've got a plan! We'll do this and then that..."
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The next day!
Personnel responsible for inspecting the confinement room had already arrived outside the door...
The higher-ranking officer began to inquire, "How are the Shrek Academy students currently being held inside doing?"
Disguised as a soldier, Tang Wulin deliberately lowered his voice and seriously reported, "No abnormalities with those Shrek Academy students, sir!"
"However, they are always muttering loudly inside!"
The attentive officer listened carefully and indeed heard the noisy chatter coming from the confinement room, immediately reminding them, "Mmh, the Shrek Academy students are very cunning. You must supervise them closely!"
Yue Zhengyu raised his right hand and earnestly responded, "Yes, sir! With us here, those Shrek Academy students have no chance of leaving the confinement room!"
A trace of satisfaction crossed the officer's face, "Very well, I'll leave it to you. I will come to inspect again tomorrow!"
With that, he turned and led the other soldiers away...
It was only after they had all left that Yue Zhengyu finally exhaled deeply, "Whew... That was thrilling, thank goodness you're so clever, Wulin!"
Tang Wulin scratched his head, "Heh, I didn't expect we'd actually be able to deceive these Northsea Legion soldiers!"
The noise that had been coming from the confinement room was actually from several soldiers they had knocked out!
Yue Zhengyu pressed on, "So what do we do now? Just stand guard at the door? We'll be found out sooner or later!"
Tang Wulin sighed, "Hmm... For now, it seems that's all we can do. We have to buy Xie Xie time to learn how to pilot the soul airplane!"
Indeed, when he'd seen the soul airplane's instruction manual, an idea had struck him!
To have one among them learn to pilot the soul airplane!
Naturally, this would take some time, so they had taken it upon themselves to impersonate the soldiers outside!
Inside the confinement room, Xie Xie looked at the thick stack of instruction manuals in his hands, feeling nearly driven insane...
"My God, this soul airplane is too hard to learn! If Gu Yue were here, this definitely wouldn't be a problem!"
Beside him, Yuanen Yehui urged, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and learn! You're the only one among us with some understanding of soul airplanes!"
Xie Xie nodded seriously, "Yes! For your sake, Ye Hui, I'll make sure to master the piloting skills of this soul airplane!"
The soldiers, glaring resentfully at them, shouted, "What you are doing is a violation of the Northsea Legion's rules!"
"I never imagined that students of Shrek Academy would stoop to such despicable actions. It's truly disgusting!"
"Hmph, we've been missing for so long, the Legion must have noticed something's wrong. You won't be able to act so arrogantly for much longer! Wuu wuu wuu..."
Ye Xinglan took out something mercilessly and stuffed it into their mouths, "Sorry, but at this point, there's no turning back!"
Xu Xiaoyan also spoke with a hint of regret, "For the time being, we ask that you please remain quiet. As long as we can leave safely, you will be released!"
Her tone then shifted, "Of course, if because of you, we are discovered, that's going to be an unknown..."
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