Chapter 104: Chaos's Turn (VI) - Rotting Tissue and the Smelly Stink...

Wei Yuanye still said nothing that night.

Now the two of them maintain a tacit understanding. They both seem to know that the other knows that they are hiding something from each other, but neither of them has the intention to delve into it further.

They all seem to have a common goal, which is to live well in the present moment.

Wei Yuanye still gets up early to go jogging, brings back breakfast, and waits for the lights to turn on before getting up. In the evening, he still washes up as soon as he gets home, goes to bed, and waits for the lights to turn on before finishing writing for today.

Less than a week later, Zhang Deng received a call.

When he saw it, he felt something was wrong.

Dong Yu called and said, "I haven't been feeling well lately."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Deng said, "Something's wrong."

Dong Yu said, "I accidentally traveled through time."

"Where have you been?" Zhang Deng acted very calm.

Dong Yu: "It's the place I mentioned last time."

Zhang Deng: "Why are you back again?"

"It fell back accidentally," Dong Yu said. "Why aren't you surprised at all?"

Zhang Deng said, "Why should I be surprised? You've already said it once before. So what's your question?"

Dong Yu: "I've been falling in and out four or five times a day lately."

Zhang Deng: “…”

Zhang Deng: "Did you do this on purpose?"

"I fall into it when I see the words," Dong Yu said. "So now I don't dare to send text messages, I can only make phone calls."

Zhang Deng guessed that Hu Ningning must have done something to make the boundaries between these worlds very fragile. It seems that Dong Yu is also a very talented person who can easily travel between several worlds.

Just as Zhang Deng was about to speak, Wei Yuanye's communicator rang. Wei Yuanye's communicator usually doesn't ring. It was the first time Zhang Deng heard him calling the police, and he was startled.

Jia Ming's head popped out from the darkness and said, "Level 1 alert! All helpers, return to the city immediately!"

Wei Yuanye said: "Apply for special circumstances and manual communication."

After about a minute, the manual communication was finally connected. However, it was not Jia Ming, but Elia. Elia's voice came: "What's going on, 679?"

Wei Yuanye said, "I'm currently on a mission at the center of the world axis. If this place collapses, the consequences will be disastrous. Should I go back too?"

Elia's voice was silent for a moment, then he said, "I just asked Director Jia, and he said that all personnel must return immediately."

Wei Yuanye said: "Okay."

Elia asked, "You've been gone a long time, 679. Isn't the mission still not completed?"

Wei Yuanye: "The situation is very complicated."

"You come back first," Elia said. "The World Tree is facing an unprecedented crisis. We need to re-evaluate the mission difficulty and divide the personnel. If necessary, we can pair up masters and apprentices to reduce personnel losses. The place you are in is extremely dangerous. Return immediately, return immediately."

Wei Yuanye said: "Got it."

Xiao Mi noticed a different smell and raised her head alertly. Wei Yuanye said, "Put on some clothes."

Zhang Deng asked, "Can I...can I go?"

"Go," Wei Yuanye said without hesitation, "If you don't go, I won't go either."

Zhang Deng quickly said to Dong Yu, "There's no time to explain. Just keep living for now. It will be fine in a couple of days."

He got up and put on his clothes, stuffing his computer into his tattered schoolbag while asking, "What about Xiao Mi?"

Wei Yuanye had already taken out the cat bag and said, "Let's go together."

Wei Yuanye was about to get the cactus, but Zhang Deng couldn't stand it anymore and said, "It's too late, just leave it there!"

Wei Yuanye said: "I'm not sure how long I'll be gone."

"We can't get it no matter how long we go," Zhang Deng said. "That pot of cactus on the battlefield is too abstract!"

Although Zhang Deng was reluctant to leave Xiao Ai, he was still able to distinguish priorities. He knew that he couldn't be so pretentious at this time. He grabbed his phone, a bag of cat food, a bag of cat food, and said, "Let's go!"

Wei Yuanye took all these things, threw them into the cat bag, and said, "Let's go."

They didn't know what they would face on this trip, but the two of them walked out with a mighty momentum, turned on the communicator, and disappeared.

When I arrived at the World Tree, I found that the place was in such chaos that it seemed to be paralyzed.

All the helpers were standing in the square under the World Tree. They all looked like they had just been summoned back from other worlds. They were exhausted and wore clothes of various shapes. It was the first time for Zhang Deng to see so many colors from the World Tree.

Despite this, they were the only ones who returned with the cat.

Zhang Deng comforted Xiao Mi through the cat bag and found that Xiao Mi was not actually that scared. Xiao Mi often changed her living environment and met many people. She was well socialized and not afraid of strangers. She looked outside with wide eyes and seemed very curious.

The transparent big screen lit up, and Zhang Deng was startled by the shaking. It was the first time he knew there was a big screen here. He saw a strange man's face appear on the big screen.

"Hello everyone, I'm number 681 in the Special Affairs Section, and I'm the temporary section chief."

Zhang Deng said, "I've never seen this person before. Do you know him?"

Wei Yuanye: “Not very familiar.”

Someone pushed Zhang Deng and Zhang Deng dodged. Then the person pushed Zhang Deng again. Zhang Deng turned around and saw that it was Yu Xing.

Yu Xing was also very excited when he saw them and said, "I thought I had made a mistake."

"I said everyone is back, you should be back too."

Zhang Deng was about to greet Yu Xing when he heard number 681 say, "Thank you all for interrupting your work and returning to the World Tree. We've called you back because the World Tree is facing a crisis."

There were some fluctuations in the picture, and after shaking, the sound was also a little distorted. Zhang Deng found that everyone's state suddenly changed.

Zhang Deng leaned over to Wei Yuanye and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Even if the World Tree's communication travels to the extreme ends of the coordinate axis, there will be no fluctuations," Wei Yuanye said. "No one has ever seen such a scene."

"Oh," Zhang Deng said, having seen many of them since childhood. He didn't find it strange and said, "The signal is bad."

681's face cleared up again, and he said, "Currently, all key anchor worlds are experiencing varying degrees of collapse. The scale is beyond our capabilities. We've brought everyone together to redistribute personnel. The anchor worlds need more experienced and capable aid workers. To maximize personnel utilization, we've decided to adopt a model where experienced aid workers lead new aid workers. Each experienced aid worker will be paired with a new volunteer. Each key anchor world will have at least three people working together."

"Your communicators should have sent your assignment results to the helpers numbered before 1500 by now. Please complete the pairing as soon as possible and head to the mission world."

Wei Yuanye raised his hand and saw the system notification he received, and was silent for a moment.

Zhang Deng looked at the coordinate axis and said, "What's wrong?"

Wei Yuanye said, "Looks familiar."

"Have you been there before?"

Wei Yuanye said: "It seems to be the time before last."

Zhang Deng is not sensitive to numbers, he just feels familiar with it. If it is really a world he has visited before, it seems to be of no use because all the memories have been cleared.

Yu Xing suddenly said solemnly: "Master."

Wei Yuanye looked at him in confusion.

Yu Xing felt eager to try: "I've been wanting to take part in the mission for a long time. Can you take me with you?"

Zhang Deng said, "But I'm a novice too."

Can Wei Yuanye lead two newcomers at the same time? Wouldn't that be a bit of a drag?

Zhang Deng was a little hesitant, but Wei Yuanye was very happy: "Okay."

"You've already participated in three missions, so you're no longer a newcomer," Wei Yuanye said, "We can't go without you."

Yuxing said, "Don't worry, I have good grades."

Zhang Deng said, "Let's just remember one thing."

Yuxing pretended to listen attentively.

"Quick hands and quick eyes," Zhang Deng said, "Run if something happens."

Yuxing made a gesture that it was all right: "I can run very fast."

Zhang Deng's communicator rang. It was Chi Xiaoxia. Chi Xiaoxia looked anxious and asked, "Zhang Deng, are you back?"

"Yeah," Zhang Deng said, "How's your logistics?"

Chi Xiaoxia: "I want to join your team, take me with you. Now only the senior management will be left in charge of logistics, everyone else must leave."

Wei Yuanye took the communicator and said, "Don't you need to bring new ones?"

"I'll bring a lantern," Chi Xiaoxia said, "and you find another one."

Wei Yuanye: “…”

"Is that reasonable?" Wei Yuanye asked, "We have a new person now, and we are both old. We can't go to the same world under this situation."

Chi Xiaoxia said: "I was not assigned a world."

Wei Yuanye was a little surprised: "Why?"

Chi Xiaoxia: "I don't know. Maybe it's because I've been working in logistics for too long. Anyway, they didn't give me the coordinates."

"Just take me with you," Chi Xiaoxia said, "I'm really exhausted. I'll die if I go to another world."

Wei Yuanye: "It's very likely that the application will not be approved."

"No problem," Chi Xiaoxia said. "We created the current approval system. It's very sloppy. To get you started on the mission as quickly as possible, there are almost no barriers to entry. You will definitely pass."

"Come on," Wei Yuanye said, "The square is waiting for you."

"He's here!" Chi Xiaoxia shouted behind them. Several people turned around and found that Chi Xiaoxia had already run over.

The people from the World Tree were in a hurry. Chi Xiaoxia led the way while explaining, "Those of you who have been assigned anchor worlds will choose your partners first. The rest of you will wait for the second assignment, so we must move quickly."

Zhang Deng said speechlessly, "What is this you pulled for yourself? A suitcase?"

Chi Xiaoxia turned around and said as a matter of course: "Yeah, I don't know how long it will take."

Zhang Deng asked, "Are you going on a trip?"

"The quality of life cannot be reduced," Chi Xiaoxia said, "and I'm not as exaggerated as bringing a pet."

Yu Xingdao said, "I was just about to ask, what is this - a cat? I think I've learned this before, what's going on?"

"You don't even know a kitten? Okay, I forgot. There are no kittens in your world," Zhang Deng said. "This is my pet, her name is Xiaomi."

Yu Xingdao: "Our team is really too large."

There are four people and a cat. Zhang Deng is a little worried about whether Xiao Mi can withstand the time travel, but so far Xiao Mi has adapted well and is very curious about everything.

A few people first went to collect some supplies distributed by that world. Again, each person got a piece of Kunlun wood. This time there were three kinds, two pieces of snow mountain wood, one piece of flowing water wood, and a pitch-black piece of thunder wood.

Wei Yuanye asked them to choose first, and everyone was very polite. Chi Xiaoxia took the Thunder Wood, Yu Xing took the Flowing Water Wood, and the remaining two Snow Mountain Woods belonged to Wei Yuanye and Zhang Deng.

Zhang Deng felt that it was a waste to use this, but Yu Xing said, "We can use it alternately, it's okay."

Chi Xiaoxia said, "Let's go quickly, or we'll be chased away soon."

The four of them just kept going, found a passage and set off on their way.

When they landed in that world, Zhang Deng was the first to confirm Xiao Mi's condition and found that Xiao Mi was fine. He turned around again and saw the foggy weather, and immediately had a sense of déjà vu.

They landed in a deserted place with some very strange vegetation along the way. They saw a house after walking a few steps. Chi Xiaoxia knocked on the door and someone answered it soon.

Chi Xiaoxia asked, "Where is the nearest city?"

The man looked at them and asked, "Are they visitors from outer space?"