172BN035

Jiang Shulan briefly talked about the night of the mountain flood twenty years ago, and naturally mentioned Lu Shen, whom she had met once. However, out of courtesy and unwritten rules, she did not mention his name.

She looked at Shi Youchen again kindly and said, "That boy is as good-looking as you." She pointed to the corners of her eyes and said, "He has two moles there. He looks very beautiful when he smiles."

Shi Youchen listened for a while. Jiang Shulan's overall description of the rescue incident was similar to what he remembered from his notes, so he thanked her, "Thank you, mother-in-law. Where is your home? I'll take you back."

Jiang Shulan: "It's okay, my home is not far away, I can go back by myself. Child, you still have things to do, go and do your thing." She waved her hand, stood up and walked away slowly step by step.

Shi Youchen was still sitting there. He was silent for a long time, and finally returned to the car and took out the notebook that Ying Yungui had locked in the password box under the seat.

He quickly turned to a certain page -

"On August 13, 2015, I participated in a flash flood rescue mission in the southwest of District 9 in the early morning. Unexpectedly, I ran into an old friend. The landslide occurred at 1:37 a.m., I arrived at the scene at 2:05 a.m., completed the rescue mission at 2:47 a.m., and arrived home at 12:30 p.m."

...

"I had delicious noodles, they tasted like my mom's."

Shi Youchen stared at the page in a trance. He hadn't expected that the person he randomly asked would turn out to be one of the people mentioned in the notes. He hadn't missed the brief sentence in Jiang Shulan's story: "Da Zi and his friends all love the noodles I cook. They eat a lot of them."

Is this such a coincidence? The old woman said her son had brought a friend home to stay the night, and she had cooked noodles for them. Lu Shen's notes also mentioned eating noodles, and the fact that there was a nearly 10-hour gap between completing the mission and returning home suggests he spent the night in town.

Even though the old woman did not mention the man's name, all these details indicated that Lu Shen was her son's friend.

And the most important thing is——

Shi Youchen opened the bracelet and called up the previously saved photo of Lu Shen when he was young, as well as the photo of the black-robed woman saved during the mental invasion of Area 10.

When the two photos are placed side by side, the facial similarity is as high as 80%, and there are two neat little moles at the end of the left eyes on both faces.

"Lu Shen, what kind of person are you?"

At this moment a new message popped up:

"We will immediately set off for the eighth monitoring point, at the southernmost end of Area 9. —Captain Ying"

Shi Youchen looked at today's "Progress Report", and the anxiety in his heart just now inadvertently dissipated a lot. He raised his hand to reply.

"Okay, take care of yourself. — Stubborn Beauty (Strategy Version to be Quested)" Ying Yungui looked at the reply he received quickly with a smile, then closed the screen and said seriously, "We've already scanned the entire area for over two-thirds of the way. The danger will only increase from now on. Be prepared for battle at any time."

Including the newly deployed ones, seven more domains have successfully covered the remote areas of Area 9, but so far no unidentified energy has been detected. The team members are well aware that if Area 9 truly contains a base of fugitives, then the remaining areas will be designated as red alert zones.

Just like the brave warriors who have passed through numerous levels and are getting closer and closer to the dragon, they are all waiting for the final battle.

Pei Chanbai's light red pupils stared at the scene passing by outside the car window, and suddenly said, "This area is a bit strange." Almost the moment he finished speaking, Ying Yungui asked someone to pull the car over.

Everyone stopped laughing and got off the bus. Ying Yungui said to a man in the team, "Tim, open the domain." Tim was the one with level 6 teleportation ability.

While giving the order, Ying Yungui initiated an application for the area of application to the 9th District Association branch. On the other hand, He Xian in the base was tracking the movements of the task force in real time. Naturally, he received the application as soon as possible. When he approved it, he also noticed that the interval between this application and the previous one was very short, so he contacted Ying Yungui directly through the monitoring center's system as a liaison officer.

"The interval time is wrong. You should not have reached the target location yet. Report the situation." He Xian said in a serious tone.

Ying Yungui: "There was no attack. The specific situation will be clear after the domain is opened for inspection."

When He Xian heard "no attack", he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The application has been approved, remember to report the situation." After that, he hung up the call.

Ying Yungui nodded to Tim, who was already prepared, and then -

"The field was successfully deployed."

"You have entered the copy 'No. 172BN034'." Everyone's bracelet prompted at the same time.

The moment Tim successfully set up the domain, he felt the strange and cold abnormal energy rushing towards him, and his face turned pale instantly.

Ying Yungui had been observing his reaction, "What's wrong?" Tim shook his head with difficulty.

Suddenly Rosa exclaimed: "Oh no! Tim, take us away quickly!" The teleportation ability was activated, and the next second 13 people appeared on a hill one kilometer away. The ground where they originally landed had cracked into a crack more than three meters wide, revealing the dark underground. Half of the car sank into the ground and was stuck inside, overturned and stuck.

Everyone's face darkened, and Lusa said, "I feel that the geological activity around here is unusually active." People with special abilities of a certain natural element will have an extremely keen perception of the energy of that element.

Ying Yungui's eyes were gloomy: "Tim, scan the space within the domain." After Tim opened the domain, he was affected by the abnormal energy and urgently transferred a large group of people. At this moment, beads of sweat had seeped out of his forehead due to the energy fluctuations in his body.

At this moment, someone walked up behind him and placed a hand slightly to the left of his vest. "Don't worry, just sense it," said the steady, elderly voice. This was the team's only Level 7 psychic—the Energy Transfer Healing System. This person could transform their own energy into matching natural energy and inject it into the bodies of others, commonly known as a "mobile blood pack."

The others were on high alert. A moment later, Tim opened his eyes, his face returning to color. "There's no unknown energy in this space."

"How is this possible?!" someone exclaimed, "This is too abnormal!"

Ying Yungui said, "What's unusual? This area is prone to geological disasters. A crack in the ground is no big deal." Although he said this, his eyes fell on the village that was vaguely visible in the distance. "Prepare to set up monitoring points."

Yan Zhiyuan was shocked: "Here?" According to the original plan, a team would first conduct a geological scan to find the best location after arriving at the target location, and then several people would work together to visualize the domain. The exploration of the location required calculating the coordinates of the previous monitoring point.

"If it's here, it will overlap with the previous one by a considerable area."

Ying Yungui had his own thoughts in mind: "Follow the instructions." After he gave the order, no one questioned it anymore.

The old-fashioned and conservative middle-aged man walked between Ying Yungui and Jin, skillfully placed his hands on their shoulders, and activated his "grafting" ability.

One second delay to graft telekinesis.

Ying Yungui released the gathered energy, covering the domain previously cast by Tim and continuing to extend outward until the last bit of that energy was drained.

Of the three who could open a domain, only Ying Yungui was the most suitable candidate. Firstly, the energy from the Level 7 Healing System needed to be reserved for the team members, not wasted on such a long and arduous task. Secondly, Tim's abilities were best suited for emergencies, as he could be forced to relocate at any moment and not be constrained by his own domain. Thirdly, Ying Yungui's ability fluctuations and control were both top-tier within the team, allowing him to minimize consumption.

After the domain containing the one-second delay attribute was unfolded, Ying Yungui asked Tim to take back the domain, and asked Pei Chanbai to apply for approval from the association and explain the situation, while he began to perceive the space within the domain.

Pei Chanbai reported the situation in a slow tone: "...The situation is as described above."

He Xian in the base looked worried: "I know, be careful." While cutting off contact, he approved the domain "number 172BN035".

After a long pause, Ying Yungui spoke, "One piece of good news, one piece of bad news." He looked around at everyone and grinned, "We've found an unidentified energy entity, and it's in a static state."

Without waiting for anyone to react, he added, "But it's in the southernmost mountain."

"The southernmost part? Isn't that the border mountain with District 10?" Yan Zhiyuan said.

Ying Yungui: "Yes, so we have to go there as soon as possible. It will be difficult if a living creature runs into District 10." The mission location registered in the current file of the S-level mission is still District 9. If that situation really happens, we have to wait for the mission to be updated before we can take action.

Lusa: "But there is a village two kilometers ahead. If the ground crack just now was not accidental..." Everyone understood what she meant. If the situation just now was aimed at them, then there was no guarantee that they would bring any disaster to the villagers when they passed by the village.

One of the association's rules is that people with special abilities cannot disrupt the normal life of ordinary people under any circumstances.

This naturally includes any situation when on a mission.

Ying Yungui made a decision: "Go around from the east." He raised his hand and moved the mission vehicle stuck in the crack to the flat ground below the hill. "Deputy Captain Pei, can you help me see if it can still be used?"

Pei Chanbai glanced at the dents and deflated tires on the right side of the modified car body, put his hand on them, and the concrete molecules reorganized and started, and the car body was back to normal.

Ying Yungui: "Deputy Captain Pei is very knowledgeable!" Not everything can be reconstructed by concrete molecules. The psychic must be clear about the material and structure of the object in order to use his ability smoothly.

Pei Chanbai's expression remained calm: "Thank you for the compliment."

Time was running out, so everyone got in the car and drove around from the east to the southernmost border mountain.

At the association base, He Xian did not receive any new applications or contacts after ending his call with Pei Chanbai, and the monitoring system showed that the vital signs of the thirteen people and the status of the mission vehicle were normal, so he temporarily felt relieved.

"It seems that they have reached the next location smoothly." He Xian frowned as he looked at the coordinate light spots on the monitoring center screen heading west.