Chapter 1059 Salute and mourn, return to base

Along with the sound of wheels rolling over the muddy ground, the rescue team organized by Zhao Zhiming arrived at Gu Chen's current location.

That is, the edge area away from the center of the battlefield.

However, when the rescuers arrived at Gu Chen's location, the first thing they did after getting off the car was not to carry out the rescue operation, but to stare in a daze at the huge figure lying on the ground not far away.

Although the world is shrouded in darkness at the moment, with the existence of night vision goggles, everyone can still move freely in the dark environment at this time when the current light source is very likely to attract Mururoa's attack.

"Taylor..."

Zhao Zhiming, who came with the rescue team, got off the rescue vehicle and looked at Taro who was lying on the ground without a sound, and couldn't help but murmured.

"salute!"

When Zhao Zhiming came to his senses, he shouted loudly and his body immediately became extremely straight, paying his highest respect to Taylor as a soldier.

The members of the Dragon Kingdom who came with Zhao Zhiming to participate in the rescue also saluted Taro in unison with the most standard military salute after Zhao Zhiming gave the order.

When the rescue team members from other countries saw this scene, they silently followed the actions of Zhao Zhiming and other members of the Dragon Country and saluted Taro with their country's military salute.

Three seconds later, Zhao Zhiming lowered his raised arm.

"Immediately launch a rescue operation and bring the soldiers back to the base safely!"

After the salute, Zhao Zhiming immediately issued a search and rescue order to the rescue team, and then walked towards Gu Chen who was standing next to a crashed fighter plane.

"Coach Gu."

Walking closer to Gu Chen, Zhao Zhiming looked at Gu Chen, who was standing motionless on the ground watching the falling fighter plane in front of him, and called out softly.

"Colonel Zhao."

Hearing this, Gu Chen also responded softly.

"Next, do you have any suggestions for our next actions?"

Zhao Zhiming looked at the fighter plane in front of Gu Chen curiously, and then asked Gu Chen.

"What about the next action... Staff Officer Zhao, perhaps there is no need for us to continue the action."

Hearing Zhao Zhiming's question, Gu Chen spoke quietly, his tone faintly revealing a hint of despair.

"It's not necessary? Chief of Staff Gu, why is this? The monster Mururoa has not been destroyed, and the black smoke covering the earth has not been resolved. We can't just do nothing, right?"

Feeling the faint sense of despair in Gu Chen's tone, Zhao Zhiming frowned instantly and asked quickly.

"When I came here, I met Zoffy, who shared some information with me and showed me a terrible future."

Gu Chen turned his head, a hint of fear revealed in his calm eyes, and he seemed to be much more depressed.

This was a look Zhao Zhiming had never seen before. In his eyes, Gu Chen had always been an ambitious young man with high spirits, exuding a vigorous vitality that seemed to infect everyone around him.

But now, what Zhao Zhiming saw was a depressed Gu Chen, and he didn't know what he had heard from Zuo Fei.

"Colonel Gu, what did Zoffy tell you?"

Looking at Gu Chen's appearance, Zhao Zhiming suddenly had a very ominous premonition.

It is hard to imagine what kind of horrible thing had happened to make Gu Chen look like this.

"First of all, we are all very clear that Mururoa is not dead. Secondly, Zoffy told me that the reason Mururoa was not destroyed by him was because Mururoa was enhanced by some kind of dark power. Finally, the dark power that enhanced Mururoa caused great turmoil in the universe not long ago."

Gu Chen briefly summarized the information that Zofi had told him in a terrifyingly calm tone and told it to Zhao Zhiming.

"Dark power?! Cosmic unrest?!"

Zhao Zhiming keenly extracted two key words from Gu Chen's words, and without even thinking too much, he saw a horrifying thing from them.

"That's right, and the Earth is now isolated and helpless. Zoffy can't contact the Kingdom of Light, so we may not be able to survive this crisis."

Gu Chen nodded indifferently, showing an unprecedented sense of dejection.

At this moment, after hearing what Gu Chen said, Zhao Zhiming was completely stunned.

Although what Gu Chen revealed was not detailed enough, he was not stupid and quickly realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Colonel Gu, what happened to turn you into what you are now?"

Zhao Zhiming reached out and grabbed Gu Chen's shoulders, turned his body around to face him, looked straight into Gu Chen's eyes, and said in a deep voice.

"I will explain everything to you after we finish the search and rescue work and return to the base. I just hope that by then, you won't be scared to the point of mental breakdown by what I say."

Gu Chen did not answer Zhao Zhiming's question immediately, but planned to explain the details in front of everyone after returning to the base.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhiming did not continue to ask questions. He stood beside Gu Chen and watched the members of the rescue team carrying out the search and rescue work. At the same time, the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

He had a premonition that when Gu Chen returned to the base with him, what he was going to say would definitely bring great terror to everyone.

"Report! Staff Officer Zhao, Staff Officer Gu, the search and rescue work has been initially completed. Except for Tokotaro from the ZAT team, the search and rescue of all other members has been completed."

As time went by, the search and rescue team members searched the surrounding area again. After confirming that nothing was missed, a team leader came to report the search and rescue situation to Zhao Zhiming and Gu Chen.

"Is Higashi Kotaro... the pilot of this fighter?"

Zhao Zhiming turned his head and first looked at Gu Chen, then his gaze fell on the Chaoyan next to him.

Unlike other fighter planes, the fuselage of the Chaoyan was covered with scars, and the cockpit was completely destroyed by some unknown attack, leaving the cockpit in a mess.

Although no body fragments of the driver Higashi Kotaro were found in the cockpit, it was very unlikely that Higashi Kotaro would have survived the explosion so close to the center of the battlefield without the protection of a fighter plane...

"Colonel Zhao, Counselor Gu, should we expand the search area to look for Higashi Kotaro?"

The captain of the search and rescue team looked back and forth between Zhao Zhiming and Gu Chen, then asked for instructions.

Zhao Zhiming was about to speak when he heard this, but Gu Chen spoke before him and said, "No need, let's go back to the base first."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhiming and the rescue team leader were both stunned. Then the rescue team leader looked at Zhao Zhiming for instructions.