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Knowing that Laura was fine, Lu Qi was not in a hurry to rush to her location, but after checking the map, he immediately changed his plan:

"It's good that you're fine... I just checked the map, and your location is very close to the village camp. You want to find a way to get back there, where can we meet?"

"Okay, see you then."

Chapter 283 Loss and Sacrifice

It is difficult to go up the mountain, but it is much faster to go down the mountain.

About ten minutes later, Lu Qi returned to the village camp on the mountainside and joined Ross.

Ross, who was standing by the cliff guardrail and staring down the mountain, turned around and saw that Lu Qi was alone, and couldn't help asking:

"How are you alone, Laura?"

"We separated, she should be back soon..."

Before the words fell, Laura's shout came from behind:

"Lu Qi! Rose!"

Say Laura, come Laura!

The two turned around at the same time, just in time to see the dirty Laura coming out of the cave.

"Laura, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, I just look a little dirty..."

Looking at Rose's bandaged left leg for a while, Laura's face brightened, "Ross, I'm glad to see you can move."

"Me too, girl."

After all, the two embraced affectionately.

After letting go, Ross looked at Lu Qi who was on the side, and then asked:

"By the way, what happened to you up there?"

Hearing this, Laura and Lu Qi on the side looked at each other, seeing that Lu Qi didn't intend to make a sound, she began to describe what happened just now:

"I made contact with the rescue plane...and made a distress call..."

"One second everything was normal...but the next...black clouds, storms, lightning, just appeared out of thin air and shot down the plane..."

As she spoke, Laura's mood dropped significantly.

Seeing this, to Laura, Ross, who is not a father but more like a father, couldn't help reaching out and patted Laura's arm, comforting:

"It's not your fault, Laura..."

Laura's expression was still annoyed, and her tone was full of guilt: "But, I called them here, Rose,"

"Hey, we'll find another way..."

Just when Lu Qi was thinking about whether to bring up the roar in the black cloud for discussion, a male voice mixed with some electric noise suddenly sounded from the walkie-talkie:

"Help! Help!"

"I'm Jessop, the co-pilot of aircraft N177A..."

Hearing this, Laura's eyes lit up, then she picked up the walkie-talkie and responded:

"Hello? Captain Kitsop! Can you hear me?!"

"I was seriously injured on landing and need first aid now! Can anyone hear it?"

"I have issued a smoke signal, please answer."

He yelled several times into the intercom, but the pilot on the other end of the intercom just continued to talk on his own without responding.

"Damn! He can't hear me!"

Shaking her hands in frustration, Laura retracted the walkie-talkie, looked up at the blue smoke floating in the distance, and said involuntarily:

"I have to find him, his smoke signal is there..."

Hearing this, Ross frowned, and immediately objected:

"No! We still have our own people to worry about. After Reyes and the others join us, we have to go to the inland palace together to save Samantha."

"I know... But I am also responsible for the reason why he encountered such a thing. I really can't just leave him alone like this!"

After all, Laura was about to step away, but Rose grabbed Laura's hand and tried to persuade:

"Sometimes sacrifices are necessary, Laura...you can't save everyone..."

Hearing this, Laura frowned, and shook off Rose's hand, "I know what sacrifice is!"

"No, you only know what loss is. Sacrifice is a choice you have to make, and loss is a choice made for you. The two are different..."

"So, that's exactly why I'm going after him! I can't choose to let him die, Ross."

From Laura's expression, Ross saw a strong determination. For a while, he was a little speechless and didn't know how to persuade her.

Lu Qi, who had witnessed the quarrel between the two and stayed out of it all the time, said in a timely manner:

"We still have time."

As soon as these words came out, Ross and Laura's attention was immediately attracted.

Spreading his hands, Lu Qi continued in a calm tone:

"Matthias captured Samantha for some kind of sacrificial ceremony. The sacrificial ceremony will only be held tonight. So, before that, Solari should not harm Samantha."

"In other words, the next plan is that we rescue the pilot, then reunite, regroup, and rescue Samantha."

"What do you think?"

Lu Qi knew that Rose was doing it for Laura's good, and didn't want her to be in danger.

However, Laura is not the kind of timid and irresponsible princess, nor is she a good girl in the traditional sense.

She believes that she needs to take some responsibility for the crash of the plane, so, to save the pilot is her way of remedy.

To be honest, Lu Qi didn't care too much about saving the pilot or not.

After all, Lu Qi is not willing to put Laura in unknown danger for the sake of a stranger.

Ross thought the same way, so he would speak out to persuade him.

Human nature is selfish.

Especially in a dangerous situation, it is good to be able to take care of the people around me. How can I be a saint and save every stranger.

However, that is without the ability.

It would be callous not to do something when you have the ability to save others.

This is not Lu Qi's style of acting.

After all, the pilot also entered the periphery of the island to rescue the people on the Endurance, and finally encountered a lightning attack...

Lu Qi's words eased the tension between Laura and Rose to a certain extent.

With Lu Qi as his companion and helper, Ross felt relieved a lot.

"In this case, you should be more careful..."

Before the two left, the elder who had watched Laura grow up did not forget to grab Lu Qi's hand and add:

"Protect her..."

Looking at Rose's serious face, Lu Qi couldn't help but nodded, and promised:

"I will."

. . .

The location of the smoke signal is probably on the edge of a cliff on a distant mountain.

To get there, Lu Qi and Laura must first pass through the ruins of the village below, then climb the rock wall, and use the rope connecting the mountains to move.

Not only that, but they also have to face enemies that appear at any time...

"There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the house."

"There will be no one here..."

"Maybe, but we have orders from above, we must find out those escaped shipwrecks, kill them or arrest them..."

"Okay, I'm going to the plane to perform missions with other people, and you continue to search the ruins here..."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of breaking wind sounded.

In the next second, two black lightning flashed across the air!

Accompanied by muffled grunts, the two enemies who were walking out of an old house fell down in response.

"what?!"

Before the last remaining enemy could react, with a "swoosh", a sharp arrow shot directly into his neck!

After killing the three enemies blocking the way, Lu Qi and Laura stood up from behind a wooden box, and continued to move forward without stopping at all...

Chapter 284 Third Party Force, Storm Warrior

After a lot of effort, Lu Qi and Laura finally arrived at the hill where the smoke signal was located, but there was no trace of the pilot.

There was only rising blue smoke and a parachute that had been undone.

"Where did he go?"

Looking around, looking at the only road extending towards the valley, Lu Qi easily guessed the pilot's movement:

"I think he should be going this way..."

Looking at the valley entrance next to it, Laura and Lu Qi glanced at each other, then took out their respective weapons, and then stepped into this slightly quiet valley.

Walking along the valley road, the two stopped in front of a pitch-black cave.

The sound of the wind passed through the cave, making a whistling sound of "wuwu", which gave people a feeling of terror.

"I have an ominous feeling..."

Hearing this, Lu Qi, who was lighting the torch, couldn't help reminding casually:

"Me too, get ready..."

"Ah."

After that, the two of them held the torches and followed the direction of the wind, all the way forward.

Soon, a burst of light came, indicating that the entrance was not far away.

When the two had just left the dark cave, what caught their eyes was another scene.

On the mountain walls on both sides, there are female statues carved from stone, of different sizes.

"These ruins are older than the Kofun era..."

In the depression, there are some man-made murals, which seem to tell about a group of devout believers, kneeling all the way and making some kind of pilgrimage.

Looking at the murals, Laura, who has some knowledge of the history of the Yamatai Kingdom, couldn't help muttering:

"Kneeling... Pilgrimage... Is this the scene of Himiko's era?"

While observing the carvings and murals on both sides, the two kept walking towards the exit.

When they are about to come, a shocking

I saw a huge mural carved on the flat mountain wall. The protagonist of the mural is a huge female Buddha statue with the sun as the background, spreading her hands, as if she is giving grace to the world.

On both sides of the Buddha statue, there are statues of two priestesses as a foil.

Needless to say, this woman who stands in the center like the spokesperson of the sun must be the ruler of Yamatai Kingdom, Himiko who is known as the "Queen of the Sun"!

"The Queen of the Sun...Himiko...is incredible..."

Just as Laura was immersed in the huge ancient statue, Lu Qi was attracted by the strange scene ahead.

Their location is probably in an underground valley.

However, this valley is more like a gap between mountains.