Rulu spoke to Jason in the sky for a while before returning to the armored vehicle with C.C., Sphinx, and A-Niu, instructing Captain Guan to keep an eye on the situation with General Li at all times.

  A few minutes later, Captain Guan's surprised voice came through the communicator: "Um... Commander, General Li just contacted me and said something strange happened on his side. He said the Sanctuary troops suddenly stopped their attack for some unknown reason."

  "Stopped their attack?" Rulu pondered for a moment and replied, "The Sanctuary troops must be retreating. Contact General Li immediately and instruct them to break through with all their strength and evacuate Blue Ocean City."

  "But why would the Sanctuary troops retreat?" Captain Guan asked in confusion. "Could this be a trap? Perhaps the Sanctuary troops are pretending to retreat to lure General Li into action, then attack them."

  "No, the Sanctuary has already gained the upper hand and has no need to do that," Rulu asserted confidently. "Hurry up and tell them to act. If we wait for the Sanctuary to redeploy, breaking out will no longer be as easy as it is now."

  "Okay, I understand," Captain Guan replied, contacting General Li's troops again. After a while, Captain Guan's joyful voice came through the communicator: "Commander, you were right! For some unknown reason, a large portion of the Sanctuary troops have withdrawn. Now, the Sanctuary troops can no longer withstand General Li's attacks, and his troops are rapidly advancing northwest. It seems they will be able to leave Blue Ocean City soon."

  Rulu spoke in an unusually calm tone: "I know. I anticipated that the Sanctuary would withdraw their troops."

  Hearing Rulu's confident and calm words, Captain Guan was puzzled: "But... Commander, what method did you use to make the Sanctuary troops retreat? You've been with us all this time and did nothing. How did you manage that?"

  "That's for you not to ask. As long as the goal is achieved, it's fine."

  At this moment, the voice of the bald scarred man came through the communicator: "I guess it might have something to do with what the commander said to the sky. He must have found some leverage over Governor Suwen, using it to threaten him, which is why the Sanctuary retreated."

  The other members of the rebel army echoed: "It must be so! No wonder the commander has been so calm; it turns out he had already planned everything. It seems our worries were unnecessary."

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  "Haha, General Li's side can successfully break through, and we rescued all the captured prisoners. This operation can be considered a great success, haha!"

  Everyone in the rebel army was beaming with joy, immersed in a happy atmosphere. At this moment, Rulu's cold voice rang out: "Don't be too happy yet; the matter is not over. There must be a large number of Sanctuary troops pursuing us from behind."

  The bald scarred man laughed: "Oh, it’s fine. We are about to enter the underground tunnel. The space inside the underground tunnel is so small that it can't hold too many troops. Even if they catch up, they won't be able to do anything to us."

  Rulu said, "Do you think others can't think of what you can? If I’m not mistaken, the Sanctuary will definitely send troops to seal off all the entrances and exits of the underground tunnel to prevent our escape."

  The bald scarred man was taken aback and said, "No way! There are so many entrances and exits to the underground tunnel in Blue Ocean City; how could they possibly seal them all? If they really block all the entrances and exits, how will they fight against General Li's troops?!"

  Rulu replied, "Have you forgotten that the Sanctuary troops on General Li's side have already retreated? Where do you think those withdrawn troops went?"

  Upon hearing this, the bald scarred man felt a bit panicked: "You... do you mean that the Sanctuary troops have all come to ambush us?!"

  Rulu said, "That's right. If we enter the underground tunnel, it would be like stepping into a cage, directly trapped with no way to escape."

  Captain Guan quickly said, "If that's the case, we can't enter the underground tunnel. We need to change our action plan immediately."

  Rulu said, "It's fine. We will proceed according to the original plan. Besides escaping through the underground tunnel, we have no other safe way to leave Blue Ocean City."

  Captain Guan said, "But didn’t you just say that the Sanctuary would seal off all the entrances and exits of the underground tunnel? Wouldn't that mean we are walking into a trap?"

  "I will find a way to handle that. You just need to follow my instructions."

  The bald scarred man laughed: "Haha, Captain Guan, you don't need to worry. Since the commander says so, he must have made thorough preparations. As long as we follow his arrangements, we can definitely leave Blue Ocean City safely, right, Commander?"

  Rulu said, "That's not necessarily the case. I can't guarantee that you will all be able to leave Blue Ocean City; at most, I can only assure you of a fifty percent chance."

  "Fifty percent?" The bald scarred man was taken aback, muttering, "Fifty percent... fifty percent is actually quite a lot; it should be fine."

  Meanwhile, during Rulu and Captain Guan's conversation, the rebel army's convoy had reached the entrance of the underground tunnel and entered it, starting to navigate through the underground tunnel.

  Once the convoy had fully entered the underground tunnel, near the exit, a figure in black robes holding a silver staff appeared, accompanied by a green-haired woman, a four-armed minotaur, and a sphinx-like creature.

  "Hey, Rulu, you told us to stay here and not go with the rebels. Is there a special reason for that?" C.C. addressed the masked figure in black, as the other members of the rebel army had left, and she directly called Rulu by name.