It's not easy to be a man after travelling to the future (541+)

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Chapter 886: Self-destruct!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

It seemed that right as his team member blocked the beam shot with his mecha to save Han Jijyun and dying in the process, Liu Furong suddenly erupted all of his potential and broke through the barrier holding him back for so long, making him instantly enter the imperial level.

The accumulation of his experience for the past 20 years made him instantly reach the mid-stages of imperial level right after he broke through. Even though he was still somewhat weaker than his terrifying opponent, the difference between the two of them was not that huge anymore.

"It's because you are our hope. Our future. We would rather die here than to let our hopes and future die here!" Liu Furong's words echoed in Han Jijyun's mind.

It turns out, he was wrong from the beginning! He was never hated and looked down on by anyone. Those hurtful words were actually just clumsy ways the veterans used to communicate with them.

If they had looked down on him and hated him, they would have just stopped caring about him.

Inside Han Jijyun's mind, flashbacks of the scenes of veterans speaking to him appeared. Their eyes were filled with happiness. The smiles on their faces were warm, but there were also hints of worry and suspicion in their eyes. There wasn't any bad intent in their eyes at all. Why couldn't he see these signs clearly before? Was it because his mind was filled with those negative thoughts so he was blinded by that? Han Jijyun regretted everything and couldn't help but hate himself. He couldn't even control his eyes as it teared up uncontrollably...

Song Yiqing, still stiff from before, just stared blankly as a mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan didn't hesitate to sacrifice his own life to save his comrades. A feeling of regret and embarrassment towards himself suddenly bloomed in his mind.

"Bam!" Song Yiqing slapped himself on the face and the pain from it woke him up from his stupor. He moved his mecha and instantly flew towards Han Jijyun. He then dragged Han Jijyun, who was still mulling over himself, into his team.

"Leader Han, our mission is to retreat. Retreat! Focus god damn it!" Song Yiqing shouted angrily at Han Jijyun. Even though he was saying those words to Han Jijyun, those words were also for himself as well.

"I know!" Han Jijyun's hoarse voice was heard in the commlink channel of the mecha.

Han Jijyun raised his head and looked at the imperial mecha who had just killed the mecha operator of team 02. At that moment, his mind was filled with thoughts of taking revenge, but he was held back by an officer from Liu Furong's team so he had no way of making a move on them.

Han Jijyun will remember this. He will remember how his life had been saved at the cost of someone else's life. Han Jijyun made a promise to himself that he would no longer let his comrade sacrifice his lives to protect him.

Han Jijyun closed his eyes. When he opened them again, it was calm as a body of water. He coldly said to Song Yiqing, "Regiment Commander Song, take your clan and immediately retreat back to Base 013 as fast as possible. Don't linger here and waste anymore time."

Song Yiqing was somewhat stunned by the sudden change in Han Jijyun.

"Then, what about the situation here..." Team 02 and 08 were not enough to hold back this battle team full of imperial operators.

"Regiment Commander Song, I don't want to say it a third time. Your mission is to take the supplies to Base 013 as fast as possible. It isn't your role to provide cover fire here," said Han Jijyun coldly.