Chapter 165: Members of the God Group (Part I)

Under Angel's arrangement, Wujue and his companions officially set off on their journey toward the First Emperor's Mausoleum within Shaanxi.

Because their route also passed through the neighboring territory of Henan, the distance was indeed quite long.

Consequently, the four of them chose to take a helicopter provided by Angel to fly directly to their destination.

Before their departure, Angel informed Wujue that the organization would dispatch its most elite Divine Squad members to rendezvous with them, expectedly near the Henan border ahead.

"Divine Squad members? It seems this is another team similar to the Eliminators to which the Gemini Assassins belonged," Wujue recalled the incident that had taken place at the scenic spot and couldn't help smiling.

Angel did not elaborate further, simply saying, "Be careful. The people in the Divine Squad are just as arrogant as the lot of you; I hope you can get along well."

With that, the four of them hit the road. Wujue asked Huron, "Have you ever heard of this Divine Squad?"

Huron shook his head. Having lived in China for several decades, his understanding of Earth's affairs was quite comprehensive. Openly appearing factions were nothing new, and as for the Divine Squad, it was merely a code name.

Xiao Han suggested, "Should we contact Xiao Yang and ask him to help look up some information?"

The helicopter pilot chuckled and said, "You don't need to ask around. I haven't heard much about the Divine Squad either. Word has it that it's a force established by the organization after the apocalypse, consisting of civilian masters just like you all. So it's no surprise at all that you've never heard of them."

An Yi clenched her fists and remarked, "Are they really that miraculous? They actually call themselves the Divine Squad. Could it be that I am the true descendant of the gods?"

As the group chatted idly in the helicopter, time passed quickly.

Before long, Xiao Han suddenly pointed out the window and said, "Look down there, another large group of zombies is active. What a pity that we can't go down and help them!"

Wujue also peered out and said, "Perhaps the Mirror Hero will send people to intervene. Surely Ming wouldn't just sit by and do nothing, right?"

He knew that Ming had been researching a secret weapon—the particle cannon. Since it could resolve the zombie crisis, they would surely make a move.

Yet by that time, China would inevitably be controlled by this savior. Recalling what Boss Cheng had once said, if there were foreign forces behind Ming, they needed to be wary of the ambition hidden within.

While everyone was feeling somewhat depressed, as the helicopter flew further ahead, the ground below suddenly became a scene of turmoil. Xiao Han shouted, "Hey, what kind of freak just appeared down there? Looks like a woman, too."

Princess An Yi couldn't help leaning out for a look, only to see a woman dressed in traditional ancient attire, with a sword scabbard strapped to her back and a sharp blade in her hand, fighting frantically amidst a swarm of zombies. In the blink of an eye, she lopped off the heads of more than a dozen zombies, rescuing several children trapped in the center of the city.

Following that, she sheathed her sword and waved to signal the helicopter hovering overhead to land, effectively greeting Wujue and the others.

The pilot let out a sigh: "I didn't expect to run into them so soon."

Reluctantly, he flashed a signal light, instructing the other party to meet on the rooftop of a nearby building, and then landed smoothly.

Wujue asked, "Well, are they our own people?"

The pilot replied, "She just flashed our organization's secret code. It seems she is indeed a member of the Divine Squad."

After a brief wait, the helicopter touched down, and the woman, already leading two children, pulled open the door and stepped inside.

Without even glancing at Wujue and the others, she escorted the children to their seats and said, "You go on ahead. I need to rescue the children in this city; I cannot just ignore them."

With that, she reached to close the helicopter door, but Wujue grabbed it and said, "Wait a moment. Are you a member of the Divine Squad? Shouldn't you at least greet your future partners?"

The woman cast a glance at him. She appeared to be in her early twenties, with delicate facial features and an air of heroic spirit between her brows.

Her eyebrows arched immediately as she stated, "I am Plum Blossom, the twenty-fifth generation successor of the Emeishan Sect. Greetings."

After offering a slight bow, she turned to leave, but Wujue's interest was thoroughly piqued. He stepped out of the helicopter entirely and said, "What a coincidence, I am a disciple of the Shaolin Temple, with the Buddhist name Wujue. If the Heroine isn't too shocked, care to guess how many decades ago I came from?"

Hearing Wujue's question, Plum Blossom looked somewhat startled and couldn't help sizing him up a few more times. "You... are also a person from decades ago?"

It seemed Wujue had guessed correctly; the other party was also not from this era. Both of them were ancients who had time-traveled across the ages.

Wujue nodded in silent confirmation. This was the second ancient person he had met since coming to this era who was just like him, whereas the other one, Desai, had long since become his mortal enemy.

Heroine Plum Blossom instinctively touched the ancient sword on her back and sighed, "I truly never expected to meet a martial arts peer here. Plum Blossom is deeply moved. However, this is not the time for conversation. Both of you and I have important matters to attend to. Let us talk further after I finish dealing with matters here."

With a flash, she leaped back down to the ground and rushed back into the city to save people.

Wujue turned back to Xiao Han and the others and said, "You guys go on ahead. I'll go give her a hand."

He followed her down as well. Xiao Han laughed from inside the aircraft, "The Great Monk still loves playing the hero. Big Sister An Yi, won't you get jealous?"

Princess An Yi pushed the door open and retorted, "What is there to be jealous of? He's helping people. I'm going to join in too."

Huron followed them down, saying, "Then let's all go together."

Thus, the three of them also disembarked, leaving the pilot stranded. He could only shout after them, "Hurry up! If nobody comes back in half an hour, I'm leaving!"

Xiao Han took the lead, transforming into a blur of light as he busied himself all around. He quickly caught up to Wujue and Plum Blossom, saying, "Leave the scouting to me. You two handle the cover."

Exerting the abilities of the Mirror Hero, his movements were breathtakingly fast. In mere fractions of a second, he circled the city two or three times, reported the locations of all survivors back to the two, and even rescued a couple of stray cats and dogs along the way.

Heroine Plum Blossom, who had just finished dispatching a zombie with her sword, watched in astonishment and exclaimed, "What kind of person is your friend? This is simply too fast."

Wujue smiled and said, "He is the fastest Mirror Hero in history, a New Human who has pushed lightness kung fu to its ultimate limit."

"Mirror Hero?" Plum Blossom sneered, seemingly still unfamiliar with the meaning of the title, though she clearly had her own opinions regarding the word 'fastest'. "If we are talking about being the fastest, I believe someone might beg to differ."

Just as she finished speaking, right as Xiao Han came speeding back over, another figure darted past him like a gust of wind, shot straight ahead of him, and snatched the puppy he was holding in his arms.

"Who goes there? What are you doing!" Xiao Han paused in surprise, only to see that the one who had snatched the puppy was a woman dressed in red. Her footwork was also astonishingly fast, prompting him to pick up his pace.

Immediately afterward, that figure drifted gracefully before Plum Blossom, placed the puppy on the ground, and came to a halt. "Big Sister Plum Blossom, why has another silly boy run over to steal my work? Hey, hey, are they not the people meant to cooperate with us?"

Wujue took a look and saw that the speaker was a young girl wearing sunglasses. Although she looked quite tender and green, her mastery of lightness kung fu was extraordinary.

Plum Blossom calmly introduced her, "My friend and also my squadmate, the master thief Red Rose! She is also a descendant of a vanished martial arts lineage."

Red Rose casually chewed on her bubble gum, blew a large bubble, and remarked, "Pleasure to meet you, I am Red Rose."

"What rose? I think you're just looking for trouble!" Xiao Han trotted over, quite displeased with Red Rose.

Red Rose turned her head and smiled, "What, unconvinced? Care for a race to see whose feet are faster?"

Before she even finished speaking, Xiao Han had already transformed into a streak of light, easily surging past her.

A blush appeared on Red Rose's face, and she immediately gave chase.

Wujue turned around with a smile and said, "It seems your friends are no simple folk either. I am genuinely looking forward to this trip to the First Emperor's Mausoleum."

With that, they exchanged no further idle words and plunged back into the effort of rescuing survivors.