Fang Qingdai led Qingluan back, and they encountered Xiao Mao on the way.

Xiao Mao knew something was wrong as soon as he saw Fang Qingdai's expression. Before he could even share the good news, Xiao Mao hurriedly asked worriedly, "What's wrong, sister?"

Fang Qingdai looked up and saw it was Xiao Mao, and then breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"The plan might need to be brought forward a bit."

Xiao Mao was taken aback: "What plan?"

Fang Qingdai didn't want to chat outside, so she shook her head and headed home first.

Xiao Mao had no choice but to lift his leg and follow.

Once home, Fang Qingdai closed the door and said with a heavy expression, "The plan to leave the base needs to be brought forward."

Xiao Mao was stunned, but quickly recovered: "Move to Linguan City? Okay! I'll talk to my aunt about it tonight!"

Xiao Mao knew that Fang Qingdai didn't want to stay at the base and would have to move out sooner or later.

When he made the decision to send his mother away, he had already made up his mind that he would definitely leave with Fang Qingdai in the future.

Being able to reunite with his family is his goal, and he has never cared about power in the base.

But Fang Qingdai shook her head: "No, we won't go to Linguan City. It's not 100% safe there."

Fang Qingdai told Xiao Mao about Jing Yi and his team discovering the underground passage, and then said, "Moreover, the safe accommodations over there aren't very spacious. It was already quite crowded when Jing Yi's subordinates went there, and after I sent some more people over, it became even more cramped."

"If we expand, it will inevitably connect to the secret passage, so we have to abandon that stronghold and find a new place to develop."

After listening, Xiao Mao scratched his head: "Anyway, I'll listen to you, sister. Whatever you say, I'll do. Just tell me if you need anything!"

"Should I contact Huang Changming and Xuan Ba ​​now and ask them to start preparing?"

Fang Qingdai pulled Xiao Mao down to sit, and after thinking it over, she said, "I think it's best if you stay at the base. Qingluan and I will leave first."

Xiao Mao looked up instantly, looking a little nervous: "Sis, what do you mean by this?"

"I'm not afraid of hardship. I'll go out with you to reclaim the wasteland. My current power and status are all thanks to you. If you leave me at the base, I'm not sure I can hold onto it myself!"

Fang Qingdai explained earnestly, "What I'm thinking is that if we need to build a new base, we'll need a large supply of building materials and supplies. If we all leave the base, replenishing supplies will become a major problem!"

"Moreover, the base's power is only just beginning to take shape, and it's impossible for all those team members to leave with us. If we just give up like this, all our previous investments will be wasted!"

It would be a great pity to simply give up the defensive equipment that Fang Qingdai painstakingly retrieved, the captain position she planned for Xiao Mao, and the network of relationships that Mao Ling, Xuan Liu, and others had painstakingly cultivated.

Xuan Liu and Xuan Ba ​​still care about the base leader and may not leave with him, but they also have no way to take over Fang Qingdai and Xiao Mao's team.

"We need cooperation from both inside and outside to ensure smooth development outside. If you stay, we will have a stable supply. We also need you to win over those team members day after day until they are completely on our side before we can send them out to our new base."

Someone must remain at the base to ensure a stable supply of resources and to train personnel.

Fang Qingdai had originally planned to stay behind and leave the outside to Jing Yi.

But after speaking with the base commander today, Fang Qingdai had a bad feeling!

"The base chief asked me to give up my method of taming alien beasts. He promised to help me find my parents and let them return to the base to live a normal life."

Xiao Mao was stunned: "Your parents aren't..."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Mao scratched his head and said, "Why don't you just agree to him? Anyway, he definitely won't be able to find your parents, so you don't need to give him any methods for training strange beasts."

"There's no need to leave the base in such a hurry!"

Fang Qingdai shook her head: "The base commander is very confident. He promised to find my parents within a week!"

Xiao Mao chuckled: "I never expected the base chief to make such boastful promises when he's trying to fool people. I thought he was serious and upright, not the kind of person who just talks big!"

Xiao Mao knew that Fang Qingdai's parents were in her space, so where was the base chief going to find another set of parents for her?

He was amused for a long time, but then he noticed that Fang Qingdai didn't smile at all and was still frowning.

"Sis, we can just wait a week and see. There's no way he can conjure up a person. Why are you so worried about this!"

Fang Qingdai frowned: "What if he really can 'conjure' it?"

The base commander knew perfectly well that Li Weidong had turned the base upside down, but so far he had only caught three escaped suspects. The rest of them were nowhere to be found, even after Li Weidong had dug three feet into the ground.

Eight days have passed, and the longer it drags on, the slimmer the chance of finding them becomes. After all, snakes have their ways and rats have their paths. They are all people who grew up in the Xuanwu Base. Who can be sure that those fugitives have no way to leave?

Under these circumstances, why did the base commander dare to make such a confident promise to Fang Qingdai?

Did he believe Li Weidong would definitely succeed, or... did he have some method to create a connection between Fang Qingdai's parents?

Feeling increasingly uneasy, Fang Qingdai grabbed Xiao Mao Qingluan and slipped into the space.

After finding Qingzhong and his wife squatting by the wheat, Fang Qingdai went straight to the point and recounted her conversation with the base chief, then expressed her own doubts.

"Mom and Dad, do you know why he's so confident?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Zhong frowned and pondered, as if he had thought of something, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"You suspect he'll find a fake pair of 'us' to trick you into handing over the method for taming the beasts?"

Fang Qingdai nodded.

Although it sounds like a fantasy, how can two living people fake it?

Even with the most advanced cosmetic surgery techniques of the 21st century, it is impossible to completely transform a person into someone else's appearance.

Even if one's facial features are surgically altered to resemble someone else's, other minor details such as body shape, personality, and habits are not easily changed.

Even if they really had such amazing skills, it would still take them several years to create a fake Qingzhong couple, right?

Why was the base commander so certain that they would find the person within a week?

Qingzhong hesitated before speaking, "What you're saying reminds me of something."

"When your mother and I were first taken to that lab, we overheard the researchers talking to Li Weidong a few times. I heard them call him Li Weixi..."

"At the time, I thought it was a joke, a deliberate mispronunciation, but now that I think about it carefully, that organization is very serious and they never make small jokes, so Li Weixi probably didn't mispronounce it!"

Li Weidong, Li Weixi.

Putting aside the absurd possibility that Li Weidong felt the east was unlucky for him and changed his name out of superstition, well…

Does Li Weidong actually have a brother?

Everyone turned to look at Xiao Mao.

Xiao Mao's face turned pale, and he stammered, "What do you mean? What Li Weidong and Li Weixi? I've never heard my dad say he has any brothers. Could it be just a joke?"