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"No matter how we plan, we cannot overcome the difference in strength."
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Before long, Li Yuan, Li Yang, and Lei Meng had returned to the Bright Moon Base.
Outside the Fourth-order Battleship.
Luo Chan, Tavares, and the over ten other people stationed at the base, having received the news, came forward to greet them with notably grave expressions on their faces.
"Tavares, eyes reddening, asked, "Spirit Gun, is it true that Wu Manong has fallen in battle?"
The burly man struggled to contain his emotions.
"Ah," Li Yuan sighed softly, flipping his palm to retrieve two shields and spoke somberly, "Tavares... keep these weapons, and give them to his wife and child."
Wu Manong had a family; his wife was a Prime Warrior, and they had a son.
With red-rimmed eyes and shaky hands, Tavares took the two shields.
Everyone else felt a heavy sigh in their hearts.
Wu Manong's death saddened everyone... but in these times, scenes like this had become all too common.
