Chapter 186 Return to Base

Jiang Zhan’s guess was indeed correct.

After the convoy left Mingxia Mountain, the energy of the crystal stone became weaker and weaker, and the number of alien species became fewer and fewer.

This made Qiao Yu feel relaxed but also a little worried.

If the energy of this crystal stone continues to weaken, will it completely turn into an ordinary piece of waste stone by the time it reaches the base?

If this is true, then the lives of Professor Kang's team and the victims of the rescue team have been in vain.

Qiao Yu told Jiang Zhan about her concerns, but Jiang Zhan was not sure whether the energy of the stones would completely disappear. He could only comfort Qiao Yu gently and told her not to worry too much.

After returning to the car, Yu Qingchuan soon switched to the driving seat. After listening to the conversation between the two, he frowned and tilted his head and said, "I remember Jiang Zhan said before that the thing inside the stone might be a living creature. If that's the case, could the weakening of the crystal's energy be due to the gradual death of the creature inside?"

When Qiao Yu heard this, he felt that it made some sense and couldn't help but look at Jiang Zhan again.

But Jiang Zhan simply shook his head, "No. The vitality of that crystal stone has not weakened."

The vitality of the stone was already very weak, but strangely, it seemed to be completely unaffected by energy.

Whether the energy is strong or weak, its vitality is quite stable.

So he actually had some doubts...

"It may have sealed its energy itself."

Qiao Yu and Yu Qingchuan were both stunned when they heard this, "Seal?"

Jiang Zhan stroked Qiao Yu's hair and said softly, "I'm just guessing. I don't have any basis for this yet."

Having said that, Qiao Yu knew that Jiang Zhan's intuition and guesses had always been accurate, so it was inevitable that he would want to believe it at this time.

But what Jiang Zhan said made sense. They had no evidence at the moment, so it was all just speculation.

never mind……

Qiao Yu rubbed his nose and shouted to Yu Qingchuan, "Qingchuan, when we get back to the base, tell Professor Kang about this. Maybe he can help."

Such a professional issue should be left to professionals to solve.

"Okay." Yu Qingchuan nodded and agreed.

"By the way, Qiao Yu, I plan to hand over my father's research results to Professor Kang after I return. Is that okay with you?"

Qiao Yu thought about it and nodded, "Okay, if you've made up your mind, go ahead. By the way, have you told Professor Kang about the 331st Legion?"

"Not yet. I plan to tell Professor Kang after we return to the base." Cheng Sinian sighed. "Who knows if there's a traitor among the mercenary team this time? It's better to wait until we return to the base and find a safe place to tell him everything."

"But I asked Professor Kang, Commander Xie is really a good person."

Qiao Yu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but said nothing.

Well, maybe she really did make some generalizations about the military after the apocalypse.

Since Professor Kang said it himself, there should be no problem.

The journey back was much more leisurely than the journey there.

As the three of them were talking, they unknowingly saw the gate of the base.

The convoy stopped in front of the gate and registered.

The mercenary team was directly taken over by the guards at the door, and Professor Kang's team and Yu Qingchuan had to be escorted back to the research institute by the army first.

They need to show their faces first before they can move freely.

Before Yu Qingchuan left, he glanced at Huayue on the roof of the car seemingly casually and found that Huayue was lowering her head, wondering what she was thinking about.

Gao Yang was standing not far away, also staring at Hua Yue in a trance.

Yu Qingchuan frowned slightly, pulled Qiao Yu aside, and whispered, "Qiao Yu, if Hua Yue doesn't return to Shengshi Dynasty, I'm afraid she won't have anywhere to go for the time being... Can you..."

Qiao Yu raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes, "Tsk tsk. Our Ah Chuan, is he so nosy?"

Yu Qingchuan's ears turned red when he heard Qiao Yu's teasing tone, but he still explained in a low voice: "...After all, I saved her. She is a girl...so...it's better to send her off to the west..."

Cheng Sinian heard the commotion over here, walked over and deliberately cleared his throat, then began to speak in a broadcasting voice, surrounding Yu Qingchuan and saying in a clear voice: "Spring is coming..."

Yu Qingchuan covered his mouth again in anger.

This shameless guy actually dares to say that!

"Alright, alright." Qiao Yu took Jiang Zhan's arm and waved with a smile, "Go over quickly, Professor Kang and the others are still waiting for you."

"Hmph." Upon hearing this, Yu Qingchuan reluctantly let go of Cheng Sinian.

Cheng Sinian glanced at Professor Kang and saw him sitting in a wheelchair, stretching his neck to look at them. He couldn't help but smile helplessly, then pulled Luo Zhenzhen over.

"Little old man, take good care of yourself, okay? Zhenzhen and I will come to see you when we have time."

When Cheng Sinian was relaxing, he always looked so lazy and lethargic. Professor Kang was used to it. He snorted coldly when he heard it, but he couldn't suppress the curled corners of his mouth.

Professor Kang didn't respond to Cheng Sinian's words. He just looked at Luo Zhenzhen lovingly and said softly, "Zhenzhen, don't worry about him. Come see me more often when you have time. I'm sure I'll get better faster!"

Luo Zhenzhen smiled shyly, then nodded obediently, "Okay, I understand, Professor Kang."

After the army took away Professor Kang's team and Yu Qingchuan, several teams went to the mission center with the certificates issued by the army to submit their tasks.

Since this was a rescue mission and the target could not come to the scene for verification, they could only bring a certificate stamped by the military.

According to the distribution ratio agreed upon before, Qiao Yu and his team easily obtained 150 crystal cores and 15 points.

There were quite a lot of people in the mission hall at this time. When they saw several teams coming to redeem mission rewards, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise.

When Qiao Yu walked out of the door, he could still hear people whispering beside him.

"Did they really come back alive from Mingxia Mountain?"

"Yeah! Didn't you see that all the mission rewards have been collected?! I heard there's a second-level team in there!"

"That's the big pendulum, right?"

"Yes, yes, that's them!"

"They're just going along to join the fun, right? After all, there's Scorching Light and Vulture! Oh, if we'd known it was so easy, we would have gone too!"

"What?! Come on, Big Pendulum got 30% of the prize! And Burning Light only got 10%!"

"What?! Is this true? How is this possible?!"

"Why would I lie to you? I saw them settle the accounts with my own eyes! I heard that Big Pendulum took on seventeen tasks in a row, and I thought someone was just trying to boost their reputation. I didn't expect them to be such tough guys..."

Qiao Yu and the other three listened to the sounds around them without looking around.

They didn't notice Tang Ran in the corner, staring at their backs in a daze.