Chapter 357: Dr. Ling Does Not See Visitors

“It’s light!!”

The apprentice, who was looking up behind his small glasses, had his eyes squinted into a tiny slit due to the stimulation of natural light. His pupils constricted as he looked at the ray of sunlight above that almost created a Tyndall effect.

However, this action lasted less than two seconds as his vision gradually became dark. His eyes, which had not seen the glaring light for a long time, activated their self-protection mechanism.

It was only after he kept opening and closing his eyes to adapt to the difference between the flashlight light in the cave and the natural light that his vision returned to normal.

The apprentice who had returned to his quilt to sleep was yelled at by several loud voices over there, and his tired consciousness was suddenly shaken away!

After hearing those words clearly, he immediately threw off the quilt and rushed to the camphor tree, which had grown into a towering tree, to take a closer look.

After a loud shout of surprise, everyone jumped and cheered at the foot of the tree.

“It’s connected, it’s connected!”

Liu Yu and Zhuang Moxing, who were the first to see the sunlight early on, sat on the tree trunk and looked at the apprentices below. They were so happy and excited that tears came to their eyes. They slowly smiled at each other.

After allowing the people below to clearly see the ray of sunlight, the small camphor tree immediately folded its branches and leaves, and with the energy of the spring water it had just absorbed, it pushed away all the large and small stones around the tree trunk in one fell swoop.

Only then did it completely place its entire crown under the sunlight, shaking out some of its branches and leaves to allow the warm winter sunlight to sparsely shine into the cave.

All the people who had awakened and gathered together finally saw the light of day again. It took everyone a while to adapt before they could open their eyes and look directly at the sunlight.

Several apprentices couldn't believe it, but they actually succeeded.

After everything was under control, the worried and hesitant people in the cave were no longer as anxious as before. Following Liu Yu's command, they had a good celebratory breakfast before quickly climbing out along the branches of the camphor tree.

When the apprentices breathed in the unique stench of the apocalypse, they actually found it strangely pleasant, familiar and friendly!

When they looked at the zombies wandering at the bottom of the stone mountain, they suddenly wanted to go down and touch them to see if they really existed.

Of course, they didn't actually put this into practice. After all, they still preferred being human and didn't want to be zombies.

After Zhuang Moxing came out of the cave, he released a group of paper cranes to explore the way ahead. The people behind him followed the gentle rocky road explored by the paper cranes and went down the mountain very quickly.

When Liu Yu finally stepped onto the ground, he found that the collapsed cliff was very large.

Her car and Bansheng Taoist's military trucks that were originally parked nearby were all buried by the falling rocks, leaving no trace.

Fortunately, there were still some cars in her space, otherwise it would take many days for everyone to return to the B City base by walking alone.

During the days that Liu Yu and his companions were trapped in the cave, the atmosphere within the Spark Team also underwent several earth-shaking changes.

From the calmness when Liu Yu and the others had just left, to the worry when they had not returned, and then to the fear when there was no news at all.

On the third day after Liu Yu completely lost contact, the Spark Team posted a missing person notice in the information hall.

But they were unable to obtain any useful information, as if Liu Yu and the others had disappeared out of thin air.

The Spark Team had already established a rule that if anyone in the team died or went missing, the others would have to take on the responsibility of caring for their orphans.

So Xu Shuyao took over the responsibility of taking care of Lingbao from the day Liu Yu left.

Even when Liu Yu and the others had completely disappeared and everyone was extremely depressed, she did not reveal the slightest sadness in front of Lingbao.

No one in the team mentioned anything about Liu Yu and the others, and they just tried hard to control their emotions in their hearts.

But Lingbao still noticed that their behavior was strange, and he frowned as he watched his brothers and sisters walking away from him.

Every night before going to bed, he would calculate the safety of Sister Xiao Yu and the others according to the method taught by his senior brother, and would only close his eyes and go to sleep when he got a definite answer.

He really wanted to share his news with his brothers and sisters, but every time he mentioned the names of Sister Xiao Yu and his senior brother, they would talk about other things or rush to stuff candy into his mouth.

He was so busy that he never succeeded in saying it out loud, so Lingbao often looked depressed these days.

This resulted in the following strange picture.

When the Spark Team saw Lingbao holding his face with his hands and frowning, his expression changed and they felt extremely distressed!

And once Lingbao wanted to talk to them, they covered their mouths and ran away, leaving Xiaotuanzi alone and depressed again...

Of course, all of this is just a minor incident in Team Spark.

Xu Shuyao and others were very conscientious and launched the preparatory plan she had prepared in advance on the fourth day of Liu Yu's disappearance.

According to the plan, the team members relied on their own strength to take root in City B and ensure their basic living in the absence of Liu Yu's supplies.

Early in the morning of the eighth day after Liu Yu disappeared.

With her swollen eyes, Xu Shuyao brushed her teeth and washed her face for Lingbao. Lingbao poked her goldfish-like eyes and giggled.

"Sister Shuyao turned into a goldfish——"

Xu Shuyao touched her swollen eyelids with an embarrassed expression, afraid of exposing the secret that she had cried for half the night.

He raised his hand and poked his small round belly, imitating Lingbao's action.

"I'm a goldfish, what are you? A pig?"

Lingbao twisted his body to avoid Xu Shuyao's teasing, his big eyes curved with laughter, and the topic was successfully diverted.

By the time Xu Shuyao calmed down and packed her things, it was obviously too late.

She quickly tucked the magic treasure under her arm and rushed downstairs, grabbed a few small white flour buns on the table and ran away.

"Shuyao, Lingbao's snacks were not taken!"

Grandma Yang saw Xu Shuyao running away in a hurry and hurriedly reminded her.

Xu Shuyao heard it from afar, slapped her forehead, ran back, picked up the lunch box and continued to sprint.

She stuffed a steamed bun into her own mouth and another into Lingbao's mouth behind her, then she moved nimbly among the survivors on the street.

"The spiritual treasure is saved!"

"good!"

This was Lingbao's third day traveling to work with Xu Shuyao. He was already used to her anxious look, so he hugged her neck tightly.

After much haste, Xu Shuyao finally rushed into the research institute on time.

After using the card to swipe through layers of checkpoints and undergoing several inspections, the adult and the child finally arrived at the third floor below ground in the dungeon.

Just as he was about to enter the research area with the highest authority, he was coldly stopped by a female researcher.

"Dr. Ling is currently conducting an experiment and is not seeing any visitors."