Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 1645: The Plan Has A Flaw

The sky turned dark, and everyone proceeded cautiously, their hearts racing with sweat constantly trickling down their backs due to the tension.

Since this is an important enemy base, it is impossible for it to be undefended. There must be surveillance cameras installed throughout the island. If Gu Fan and his team’s movements are discovered, it would turn this place into utter chaos. frёewebηovel.cѳm

As they walked, someone suddenly raised a question: "Who has a retreat plan?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan’s heart skipped a beat, and his footsteps came to an unconscious halt. As he stopped, the others followed suit and stood still.

The surrounding was silent, yet the eerie atmosphere made everyone’s skin crawl. One by one, they glanced at Gu Fan, who stood motionless and wordless, and a sense of foreboding crept into their hearts—could it be?

Gu Fan forced an awkward smile, "Sorry, I was only focused on how to get here. I forgot to make a retreat plan, but it’s okay. I’ll think of one now."

Everyone stared in disbelief. Gu Fan suddenly seemed unreliable to them.

After advancing a short distance further, Gu Fan instructed everyone to stop. Every step now carried the risk of encountering enemies or being detected, so they had to proceed with utmost caution.

They had no idea where the Demon Refining Island Base was, how the soldiers and surveillance cameras were distributed—absolutely nothing. The situation was grim.

Many began to question Gu Fan’s actions, doubting if all he’d thought about was landing on the island without considering how to retreat, let alone what to do after landing. Wasn’t this essentially leading everyone to their death?

However, Lin Yue disagreed. He argued that since they knew so little about the Demon Refining Island, it was impossible to make a post-landing plan at all.

Since no one knows what they’d encounter or what might happen after landing, it also meant they couldn’t formulate a retreat plan. In other words, everything now hinges entirely on their adaptability on the spot.

At first, there were disagreements, but after hearing Lin Yue’s explanation, they found it quite reasonable. One by one, hopeful gazes fell on Gu Fan.

Gu Fan sat cross-legged on the ground. After pondering intently for a moment, he stood up abruptly and leapt onto a towering ancient tree.

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the farther you see. Gu Fan wanted to survey the surrounding terrain and reflect from the enemy’s perspective—if he were in charge, how would he configure the island’s defenses?

Additionally, Gu Fan needed to consider if he were the Great Demon King, how would he predict his own movements?

The island’s defensive measures could boil down to two types: patrol units and surveillance systems.

The first thought that came to Gu Fan’s mind was the old trick—ambushing the patrol units, then having everyone disguise themselves in their uniforms, blending in to avoid detection.

But Gu Fan realized that if he could think of this, so could the Great Demon King. Hence, this strategy was no longer viable.

Without pretending to be part of the patrol, how could they avoid the surveillance? Even worse, they still didn’t know the location of those cameras.

Gu Fan looked up at the massive ancient trees and suddenly thought of something crucial—the dense and lush foliage of these trees. If the surveillance cameras were installed higher up, they would be blocked by the branches and leaves, rendering them ineffective.

Gu Fan surmised that, even if the enemy indeed installed many surveillance cameras, they must have placed them lower on the tree trunks. In other words, as long as they climbed onto the trees, they wouldn’t be captured on camera.

Gu Fan quickly shared this idea, which immediately caused the group’s faces to turn sour. For people like Gu Fan, Lin Yue, and Gu Xiaojin, who could fly, this method posed no difficulty.

But for Lu Yi, who lacked such abilities, she could only rely on ropes to swing from one ancient tree to the next. This would require training, and Lu Yi happened to have no such experience.

Gu Fan casually tossed several blue potions to the group, urging them to drink it. After consuming the potion, they gained tremendous jumping ability for a short period, allowing them to traverse from one tree to another without external assistance.

Soon, with Gu Fan’s blue potion and the strategy in place, the group began darting back and forth atop the tree canopies. They moved not only quickly but also steadily. The wind whistled past their ears, and the sensation of sprinting through the trees effortlessly—as if it were flat ground—combined with the rush of newfound power in their bodies, filled them with sheer exhilaration.

"This is amazing! If only I could possess this kind of power forever," someone exclaimed, voicing the sentiment shared by all.

Lu Yi was puzzled, "Hey, I’ve always wondered—your blood can suppress vampires, so why can’t its effects be inherited like theirs and permanently exist within the human body? Also, if it’s about perfect immortality, why can you have children but Zhuo Hang and the big boss can’t?"

Hearing this, Gu Fan was taken aback, silently pondering the same question—why indeed?

Gu Fan suddenly recalled something. Back when he narrowly escaped the Dark Primitive Mountain’s forbidden zone, he had obtained a vial of blue potion.

At the time, someone had tried to snatch the blue potion from him, sent by none other than the Great Demon King.

If the Great Demon King intended to help Gu Fan achieve perfect immortality, then why send someone to seize the blue potion from him? This didn’t add up. Unless... the Great Demon King didn’t want Gu Fan to drink that potion? But why?

The fact remained—what must happen, will happen. Even if the Great Demon King knew what had transpired in the past and sent someone to intervene, it would be futile. Gu Fan still drank the blue potion in the end.

One more puzzling thing lingered. If the Great Demon King was so strongly against Gu Fan consuming the blue potion, why didn’t he personally intervene for a higher chance of success? Instead, he sent someone—this made no sense.

Gu Fan refused to believe that the Great Demon King would devote effort toward meaningless endeavors. Whatever his motives, they surely concealed deeper intentions. But what could those be?

At this moment, someone exclaimed, "Look—there’s the enemy base!"

Gu Fan snapped out of his thoughts and focused his gaze. Shock overtook him as he saw a towering black mountain ahead, the active volcano of Demon Refining Island, now coated in black metallic material—a veritable metallic volcano.

The group was dumbfounded. Could it be that the X Legion had constructed their base atop a volcano... weren’t they worried about an eruption?

Gu Fan quickly deduced the rationale. The outer shell of the base was built with an ancient Super Civilization’s metal, capable of withstanding magma. But even then, why go to the lengths of situating a base on a volcano?

"No, this isn’t a natural volcano—it’s an artificial creation," Lin Yue discerned, his heart trembling.

The group was incredulous, marveling at the audacious scale of the endeavor. Using ancient Super Civilization technology and materials to manufacture a volcano? Was this some sort of joke? With all that money, wouldn’t it be more useful to issue better bonuses?

Gu Fan knew the Great Demon King wouldn’t engage in such frivolities. This metallic volcano must have a greater, more crucial purpose.

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