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The two men looked at each other, as if curious about what was going on. Suddenly, the gun stood up backward and hit their heads hard.
Again and again, the two men staggered and fell down, with a big bump swollen between their eyebrows.
Yan Jue walked in first, and Rong Xiao followed behind him, eager to try. Several times he wanted to rush over to find Ling Xi and the others.
But because it was agreed before entering that Yan Jue would act first, she tried hard to suppress her excitement and not do anything rash.
The man in black leather jacket standing there asked irritably, "Who... who are you?"
Yan Jue pointed his finger at everyone outside the cage, "Does anyone know what's in the injection?"
"Whether you know or not is none of your business..." Before the fierce man in black leather jacket could finish his words, the gun that had fallen on the ground floated up and pointed at their temples.
Even the needle on the plate was pointed at one of their eyes. No matter how they moved, the muzzle and the needle tip were always at the closest distance.
The cold feeling conveyed an invisible message - their struggle and escape would not succeed no matter what.
"...Don't kill me!!" The man in black leather jacket replied timidly, his tone changing. "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive. If you do anything, you won't be able to leave the base."
"Oh, really?" Yan Jue said unconcernedly, "Then how do you think we got in? We can get out the same way we got in. Saying anything unnecessary won't do you any good."
The man in black leather jacket was very good at reading people's expressions. He immediately put on a compromising smile and raised his hand awkwardly: "So what do you want?"
"Answer my question just now."
"That injection?" The man in black leather jacket glanced at the two men stupidly holding the injection and replied, "I don't know. They only told me to do this, so I..."
Before he finished speaking, the gun and the syringe floating in the air quickly changed positions. Yan Jue was puzzled for a moment and immediately realized who did it.
Rong Xiao pointed and whispered, "The gunshot is too loud. It might attract other people. Use this."
Under her control, the tip of the needle was only one centimeter away from the man in black leather jacket's eyes, and even moved up and down slightly with the rhythm of his breathing.
It seemed that no matter how he dodged, he could not escape.
The two people who had just compromised were shoulder to shoulder, not daring to run or talk much, but just quietly moved back to a corner and hid there.
The man in black leather jacket closed his eyes in despair, his legs trembling a little weakly: "I really don't know, I... I'm just a small follower, I do whatever the boss tells me to do!"
"Up there? What's up there?"
"It's just... Brother Qiu seems to have connections with some organization or institution. These things are provided by that place. They say that after injection, super powers can be temporarily disabled for 24 hours." The man in black leather jacket closed his eyes tightly, his voice unsteady because he was extremely scared. "But I don't know what that place does specifically. Brother Qiu always contacts them directly. I heard that exchanging the injections also costs a lot of supplies."
"Really don't know?" After giving a wink to Rong Xiao, Yan Jue crossed his arms and grinned evilly.
The needle tip, which was already very close, moved closer and closer, almost touching the eyelid of the black leather jacket. He could clearly feel a prickly and icy feeling spreading across his skin.
Dark Eyelids replied with his chin trembling miserably: "I don't know, I really don't know, I didn't lie to you!!"
The needle tip moved forward a little further, poking the skin painfully, as if it would pierce into the skin in the next second.
"Then, is there anything else related to that place recently? Think about it carefully. Anything is fine. As long as there is one piece of useful information, you can save your eyes." After saying that, Yan Jue smiled and patted Rong Xiao's shoulder. "This lady's patience is not that good. You have to hurry up and think about it."
Having regained life in despair, the man in black leather was silent for a while, his whole body trembling, his fingers constantly clenching and unclenching. He wanted to turn his head several times, but after feeling the coldness on his eyelids, he dared not move too much.
“Tsk.”
I couldn't see anything around me, and all I could hear was a sound that represented impatience.
The man in black leather felt his chest tighten, and suddenly raised his fingers and gestured: "I remember, I remember! Brother Qiu seems to have found a woman, the one they were looking for in that place. They should send someone to move her in the next two days."
"Not bad, not bad. Is there anything else you can think of?"
The needle tip pressed against his trembling eyelids, which wrinkled slightly. The man in black leather jacket's lips trembled for a long time before he finally regained his ability to speak. "I don't know anything else. I really don't know. I'm not lying."
Seeing that he had no other news to say in this situation, Yan Jue spread his hands, signaling Rong Xiao not to continue threatening him.
"Then can I go and take them away?" Rong Xiao pointed in the direction where Ling Xi and the others were imprisoned.
Several people who had heard the noise here a long time ago were lying on the iron railings, staring at Rong Xiao and Yan Jue with expectant and enthusiastic eyes.
Unexpectedly, Yan Jue shook his head and replied, "If we want to clarify some things, we can't let them out for the time being."
"Ah? Why?" Rong Xiao had just finished asking the question when Yan Jue leaned close to her ear and whispered something in her ear.
The others at a distance strained their ears to listen, but could hear nothing. Tian Yichuan was so angry that he pointed at Yan Jue and said, "You idiot, don't lie to Rong Xiao!!"
Unexpectedly, Rong Xiao, who was always well-behaved and worried about them, nodded this time: "Then don't let it go for now."
Tian Yichuan howled in anger. Shangguan Yu, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it any longer. He tugged at him and said, "Quiet, can you let me sleep for a while?"
"If you're still sleeping, your chance to be rescued will slip away!!!"
"I know why I won't let you go for now. You won't die here, it's just temporary. If you stay quiet now, I'll still have the energy to explain it to you later." After saying that, Shangguan Yu leaned over and changed his lying position. He then stood up slightly and said to Tian Yichuan with his head tilted to the side, "Coat."
Tian Yichuang, whose curiosity was piqued to the extreme, did as he was told. He took off all his clothes except for his short-sleeved shirt and covered Shangguan Yu with his coat.
Rong Xiao walked to the front of the cage, grabbed Ling Xi's cold hand, and rubbed it to warm it up: "Sister Xi, don't worry, I need to figure out some things, and I will definitely come back to save you!"
"Of course I believe you!" Ling Xi patted his chest and shouted.
Shangguan Huai beside him also raised his hand quickly: "I believe in Rong Xiao too!"
"But I want to go out and rescue Brother Long," Tian Yichuang was so anxious that he was spinning around in the cage, his hands on his waist showing obvious muscle lines. "He was taken away alone. I'm afraid there's some conspiracy. What if..."
"Don't worry, I found Brother Long!" Rong Xiao puffed out his chest as if to take credit, excitedly raised his hand and high-fived Tian Yichuan, "He's fine now, I'll take care of him."
"Xiaoxiao, you look so reliable now!!" Tian Yichuang, who was trapped in a cage, stretched out his hand with great effort and gave her a thumbs up.
After the reunion and reminiscing about the past, Yan Jue gathered all the people together and squatted down in front of them with a smile on his face.
The color of his eyes seemed to be getting lighter under the light above his head, and there seemed to be a black vortex in the depths of his pupils, dragging him into an abyss of no return.
The man in black leather jacket wanted to look away, but he was too tired and sore to move. His head was getting heavier and heavier, as if he was extremely sleepy and could hardly muster up energy.
The two people standing in the corner felt that the situation was not good. They were about to move back to reduce their presence when they saw Yan Jue looking at them. His eyes seemed to be so beautiful that they had a kind of magic that made them want to look at him. However, the more they looked, the more out of control their bodies became.
After a while, Yan Jue stood up and snapped his fingers at Rong Xiao: "Xiao Xiao, please take care of these injections. Don't break them. Just draw out the liquid and pour it out."
He glanced at the other people in the cage and said, "If you still want to leave here, don't say anything extra~"
"What... do you want to do!!" The two people who were knocked unconscious by the robbery woke up, stumbled to their feet, covered their heads and tried to grab the gun that fell on the ground.
Yan Jue, who had already noticed all this, remained indifferent and had no intention of stopping it.
He calmly waited for the two men to pick up the guns, but just as they raised their heads to aim, their movements suddenly stopped like brakes.
Rong Xiao tried to control the guns in their hands from a distance. Without any resistance, he took the guns out of the hands of the two men easily.
Yan Jue stood in front of them, a charming smile on his lips. He tilted his head slightly, looking through the two of them at Rong Xiao: "Xiao Xiao, I'm fine. Give them the gun and continue what we were doing."
"Oh, okay." Rong Xiao stuffed the gun back into the two men's arms and continued to deal with the injection.
After handling everything as planned, Rong Xiao, Ling Xi and the others waved goodbye and walked out the door one after another with Yan Jue.
"Wait a minute!" someone shouted from inside the cage.
Rong Xiao stopped and looked for a long time before he saw a girl in the corner desperately reaching out her hand: "Can you let us out?"
Without waiting for her to answer, Yan Jue reached out his hand from the side, touched Rong Xiao's hair and ears, and shook his finger at the girl: "Not yet."
"Why not? Please, there must be a way for us to leave, right?"
"We still have some things to take care of," Yan Jue said confidently, pointing to Ling Xi and the others in the corner. "They are her teammates, but they have to be kept here for the time being. If you still want to leave here, just be patient and wait."
The girl stopped talking, retracted her hand, and gripped the cold iron railing tightly: "Okay, I believe you, you must come back."
"Don't worry!!" Rong Xiao raised his arms and shook them in a completely different style.
Her exciting voice made the girl laugh. Through the gap in the iron bars, the girl nodded vigorously and stopped talking.
Walking out of the door, Yan Jue smiled and snapped his fingers inside, then closed the door and locked it again.
The eyes of the people standing at the door were dull and lifeless, like stagnant water.
Not long after, the group of people staggered and held their heads, looking confused.
The man in black leather looked at the group of people in the cage, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, the injection is done, let's go, let's go back to sleep."
Everyone seemed to have completely forgotten what had just happened and carried their things out without any suspicion.
There were only two men with guns left in the warehouse. They slung their guns over their shoulders and rubbed their foreheads, "What's going on? My head hurts, hiss..."
"Are you an idiot? You just stole my beer," the other one yelled angrily, pointing to an open can on the table. "If you hadn't snatched it from me, we wouldn't have bumped heads and it hurt so much."
"Asshole, you know supplies are tight these days, so what's wrong with me drinking a sip of your beer?"
"No, no, get out of here."
The two men put down their guns and continued to drink and eat snacks as usual. After a while, they leaned back in their chairs and fell asleep.
Under the cover of night, Yan Jue and Rong Xiao returned to the rooftop of the base, staring at the dark clouds in the sky as if they were just out to enjoy the breeze.
There were patrols downstairs, one every five minutes, but no one noticed anything unusual up there.
Rong Xiao held down the hem of her skirt with both hands, her feet resting obediently and quietly on the edge of the building, her eyes full of thought.
Even without asking, Yan Jue knew what she was thinking.
"You also want to know who will be sent in two days, right?" Yan Jue went straight to the point. It was not so much that she knew Rong Xiao was curious, but rather that he was curious too.
Why did that group of people want to capture Rong Xiao? There were too many questions lingering on her.
Rong Xiao sighed softly, propping himself up with his hands and leaning back. "I don't have any memories of my past. When I woke up, I didn't know who I was. There are so many things I want to figure out. Teacher Mosaic said that everyone has their own past, and I must have one too."
Without stopping her or offering any unnecessary comfort, Yan Jue smiled and tilted his head to look her in the eye seriously: "No matter what it is, you can always ask me to go with you. Playing games is fun."
It wasn't to help her, nor was it for her. Yan Jue's tone sounded more like he was asking to join her game, to become a teammate fighting alongside her, and to share the excitement of the game.
Rong Xiao didn't refuse, but nodded with a smile: "Okay."
Curling his eyes with satisfaction, Yan Jue was very happy that he had her permission.
These things...she probably never let her other teammates participate, his specialness is obvious.
After a pause, Yan Jue cleared his throat and said, as if preparing for something: "Have you read the notebook I gave you?"
"I saw it!" Rong Xiao suddenly thought of something and stood up and approached him: "How did you get a notebook with a cover like that, and why did you think of drawing a 'You Draw, I Guess' game for me? Could it be... that you know Mr. Mosaic?!"
Yan Jue smiled slowly, then turned his head lazily to look at her. "I like this game, too. I don't know the Mosaic teacher you mentioned. But, did you guess the hardest question at the end?"
Rong Xiao shook his head, a little frustrated, and said, "I haven't had time to look at the contents yet, and now everything has been taken away by those people."
"It's okay, I'll find a way to get your things back for you. I roughly know where they are."
"You can tell me and I'll get it myself!" Rong Xiao excitedly got up, imitated Tian Yichuan's usual actions, raised his hand and patted Yan Jue on the shoulder.
Unexpectedly, he just shook his head and smiled slyly, "Answer me a question first. Is that Mosaic teacher... important to you?"
Rong Xiao nodded vigorously, shaking his hair in the air.
There was no hesitation, no wavering, as if she had an absolutely clear answer to this question in her heart.
Nodding and whistling a pleasant sound, Yan Jue did not ask any more questions, but Rong Xiao beside him looked at him eagerly, waiting for him to tell him where the things were hidden.
Yan Jue raised his hand and placed it on her shoulder, his face serious. "If you want to find out about the people and things 'up there', you probably won't have time to move freely. Leave the search to me."
"Do you have a plan?"
"The people from 'higher up' probably won't arrive for another day or two. We still have to stay at the base for two days," Yan Jue said in a voice that was both gentle and alluring, like a little devil tempting people to make mistakes in the dark night. "And we can't let the base fall into chaos. If the people from 'higher up' notice something's wrong, they probably won't show up."
"I understand. I must stay and not create too much chaos." Rong Xiao didn't seem to be afraid of this disadvantageous situation at all. He analyzed what he should do without any emotion.
Yan Jue changed the subject and looked at her with his head resting on his elbow: "Do you believe me?"
"believe."
"Why?" She answered so quickly that it aroused Yan Jue's curiosity.
"I don't know, I just feel that you... feel a little familiar, but I don't understand why. My intuition tells me that you can trust me."
"Since you are willing to trust me, Xiaoxiao, let me tell you my plan."
The two of them were enjoying the night breeze on the rooftop, chatting for a long time. Rong Xiao then returned to his room as he wished.
Rong Xiao pulled back the quilt and lay back on the bed. Not long after, there was a very slight noise outside.
It would be difficult for an ordinary person to notice it, but Rong Xiao, whose body was extremely sensitive to any abnormalities around him, had already sensed it before those people even reached the door.
She continued to pretend to sleep and did not move, remembering what Yan Jue had said on the rooftop before: no matter what happened, she would always pretend to sleep unless she heard his voice.
The door was gently opened, the sound of clothes rubbing against each other was approaching, and Rong Xiao seemed to hear the sound of a gun being loaded.
She continued to pretend to sleep without moving, and her arm seemed to be gently pulled by someone. Rong Xiao felt something cold suddenly touch her wrist, and cool water slid down her skin.
Why don't you let her wash her hands?
Rong Xiao curiously opened her eyes a little and found that the person squatting and kneeling in front of the bed was holding a needle with a curled needle. It was more like touching her skin and making an injection motion than stabbing her. The liquid inside all flowed away along the needle that was bent in other directions.
However, this group of people seemed to be completely unaware and just mechanically performed the injection. After the liquid in the syringe was emptied, they put the syringe away and pointed at the bed.
The strong man standing at the back stepped forward hesitantly and asked in a low voice, "Will she wake up?"
"Don't worry, the injection just now will make her fall asleep temporarily, and her supernatural powers will be ineffective."
"Okay... okay."
"Put the collar on, just in case."
As if treating Rong Xiao as a terrible bomb, the man moved to the bedside, first poked her with the quilt, and when he saw that she didn't move, he carefully put the collar around her neck.
After waiting for several minutes and seeing that the man really did not wake up and struggle, they dared to carry him out, as if he were dealing with a sleeping tiger.
After walking for about ten minutes, Rong Xiao felt himself being placed on a piece of cold ground, and the noise around him lasted for a long time before disappearing.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you locked up too?! Ahhhhh!" Tian Yichuang's screams rang out not far away. Rong Xiao wanted to open her eyes several times, but thinking of Yan Jue's words, she continued to pretend to sleep and did not respond to her teammates.
"Okay, the plan works, Xiaoxiao, you can wake up now."
It’s Yan Jue’s voice!
Rong Xiao opened one eye and saw a cage in front of him. Next door was Yan Jue who was also imprisoned.
This is where they came at night, the low building where the people with special abilities were imprisoned.
Yan Jue next door had a festive look on his face, not at all depressed about being locked up. He even smiled and waved at her.
Rong Xiao touched the cage in front of him. It was a metal cage. Yan Jue could control metal. If he wanted to leave, he should be able to leave easily.
There must be a reason why you don't leave!
The door next to him opened, and this time it was not the man in black leather jacket who came in, but Brother Qiu himself. The first thing he looked at was the imprisoned Yan Jue.
"What special abilities does he have?" asked Brother Qiu.
Yuan Yi stared at Yan Jue for a while and replied, "Only one fire ability."
Not only Rong Xiao, but even Ling Xi and the others who were imprisoned not far away were dumbfounded.
Only one fire ability?
So were they blind when Yan Jue controlled the metal before?
Or did Yuan Yi suddenly go blind?
Little question mark, do you have a lot of children?
Rong Xiao grabbed the iron railings with an angry and aggrieved expression, and dutifully played the role of Tears Behind Bars, not caring what they said at all.
"Where is Ling Xuting?" After saying that, Brother Qiu looked across again. Ling Xuting and Long Qingyu were imprisoned in the cage opposite.
"He... doesn't have any special abilities." Yuan Yi answered hesitantly, as if afraid of angering Brother Qiu.
"Damn it," Brother Qiu cursed angrily the next second, "I spent so much effort to trick people here, but in the end, only these two showed up, and none of the other people with special abilities showed up."
"Brother Qiu, what are we going to do next? Is it still the same as before?"
Brother Qiu looked at the group with a cold and cruel look in his eyes and said, "Before someone comes from 'up there', we'll take those who are willing to stay, and send those who are stubborn away. Anyway, we'll take anyone with special abilities over there."
"clear."
"You..." The subordinate next to him was ready to give advice with ease. Just as he started to speak the prepared lines, someone next to him raised his hand.
The hand was waving happily, showing no sign of depression or fear. Brother Qiu looked up and saw Yan Jue's face.
"Is there something wrong?" Yuan Yi asked him.
Yan Jue replied: "I've just asked the others. Anyone who is willing to stay at the base and help can leave the cage, right? I'm willing, I'm willing!"
The cheerful tone was as if they were rushing to the market. They had never seen this style here before. Even Brother Qiu was a little stunned and suspected that there was something fishy going on.
"Are you really willing? I advise you not to cause any trouble. The thing on your neck is controlled by us, and we can make your head explode at any time." Brother Qiu sneered at Yan Jue with his hands folded, as if waiting to appreciate the fear and despair in his face after he took off his disguise.
There are many people who want to pretend to compromise, but most of them have poor acting skills. Once they get out of the cage, they will cause trouble and usually end up badly.
Some people only try to escape when they are out on a mission, but as soon as they leave the range of the controller, the end result is the same.
"Why are you guys acting so weird?" Yan Jue leaned against the cage, swinging his knees and frowning. "You were the ones who wanted the psychic to join, and I expressed my willingness, but now you doubt me!"
“…” Everyone outside the cage was silent, even Brother Qiu had nothing to say.
Ling Xuting on the opposite side didn't react at all, as if he was looking at an insignificant person. He could do whatever he wanted, it had nothing to do with him.
"Do you agree or not?" Brother Qiu and the others were not in a hurry, but Yan Jue started to urge them like a big boss.
Yuan Yi regained his composure the fastest and walked forward to talk about what needed to be done while staying at the base. Yan Jue seemed to be listening carefully and had no objection to any of the things, indicating that he could accept them.
"Since you can accept it, then..." Not daring to make a decision on the spot, Yuan Yi looked at Brother Qiu, seeking his opinion with his eyes.
Soon, Brother Qiu also smiled and raised his hand, motioning for others to open the door for him: "Welcome aboard, Mr. Yan!"
"You're welcome." After the lock was opened, Yan Jue came out of the cage, behaved well and showed no intention of causing trouble.
Immediately, one of his men was ready to lead Yan Jue out. He took two steps, then suddenly thought of something and turned around and said, "Xu Ting, I'm leaving first. Goodbye."
"Oh, goodbye, take care." Ling Xuting sat in the cage and waved at him.
If they didn't know that he always had such a blank expression, everyone would probably think that he was angry about Yan Jue's betrayal.
After everyone had left, Long Qingyu curiously nudged Ling Xuting with his elbow and asked in a low voice, "Is this your plan?"
"Plan? I don't know. There may be one, but there may not be one."
Long Qingyu was dumbfounded and smiled awkwardly: "I understand, I understand. Some things cannot be said too much."
That mask-like face, so serious, made Long Qingyu think that this matter needed to be kept secret and no one should get involved.
Realizing his words had been misunderstood, Ling Xuting tried to explain, "Captain Long, you misunderstood. I wasn't trying to stop you from speaking. However, Yan Jue has always been the one to arrange any plans within our team, and sometimes he won't tell anyone."
"It seems that you two have a good understanding of each other." Long Qingyu touched his head and sat in the corner of the cage, trying to chat with Ling Xuting.
From the first time they met, Ling Xuting gave people the signal that he was quiet and difficult to approach, and Long Qingyu always thought so.
But he suddenly opened up today, actually saying quite a bit. "Even if what happened just now wasn't part of a special plan, if he can save his life with it, that's great. Even though our team has only been together for a short time, our goal is to stay together. As long as we can stay alive, there's nothing better than that."
Long Qingyu silently looked at the lonely and even pitiful captain beside him.
Maybe it is not easy for others to understand his feelings, but Long Qingyu understands.
As long as his teammates are alive and well, he doesn't care even if they betray him, hurt him, or leave the team.
His only hope was that everyone could survive.
The surroundings became quiet again and Ling Xuting fell asleep in a short while, but he would immediately open his eyes if there was any noise around him.
A small piece of sky can be seen through the ventilation window high up. It seems that it is already dawn and the weather is good. A little sunshine can be vaguely seen.
In the morning, someone brought us a few bowls of watery porridge. The rice in it was floating on the water surface in sparse pieces, as if it had accidentally fallen into the water and drowned.
Being able to play so simply must require some skill.
At the same time, breakfast was also delivered to the two guards nearby, which included four large buns, two cups of soy milk, and two fried dough sticks. It was extremely luxurious.
Those people placed the watery porridge next to the cage and left. Rong Xiao lowered her head to take a look and reached out to take it, but she heard Ling Xi from the opposite side sending her a "puff puff" signal.
Ling Xi took out a pack of biscuits and two sausages from the space, and threw them at the guard when she was not paying attention.
Rong Xiao took the food steadily, but did not eat it himself. Instead, he gave it to Long Qingyu on the other side.
After silently mouthing thank you, Long Qingyu gave some of each to Ling Xuting. The two of them turned their backs to the guards and quietly started to eat a richer breakfast.
A pack of biscuits and two sausages flew over. Rong Xiao raised his hand and grabbed them, then immediately moved the porridge in and began to open the pockets quietly.
"Why is there a sound of plastic bags?" the guard suddenly became alert.
Tian Yichuang, who was not far away, began to imitate a mouse, making squeaking sounds. The two guards suddenly realized what was happening and sat back down.
"Can you give me one of your cookies? I'm so hungry." Rong Xiao finally saw clearly that the girl in the cage next to her was the one she had talked about yesterday. "They have only given us these insatiable foods since they locked us up, hoping that we would give in."
The girl's face was pale, her lips were bloodless and chapped. The bowl in front of the cage had long been empty, and the porridge with only a few grains of rice was not enough to fill her stomach.
Rong Xiao looked at her, and suddenly took out three biscuits from his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth in big mouthfuls, which made the girl's eyes gradually fall into despair.
"for you."
The remaining biscuits and two sausages were passed through the gap in the cage and gradually became blurred in front of the girl's lowered eyes.
The girl took the things tremblingly, took a biscuit from the bag with tears in her eyes, and pushed the rest back: "Thank you, I only need one, one is enough."
"How can one piece be enough?" Rong Xiao tore open the sausage packaging, suddenly thought of something, and broke it in half, "We each have half."
The girl still shook her head and refused to accept it. She held the small piece of biscuit and shrank to the other end of the cage, nibbling it in small bites, carefully feeling the sweet and crispy taste spreading in her mouth.
Rong Xiao didn't know what politeness meant, and thought the girl really didn't want it, so he ate the leftovers.
Not long after, someone came in from outside, bringing 3 buns, 3 boxes of milk and 3 freshly baked steamed buns.
Hot steam kept rising up, and the whole building was filled with the aroma of their breakfast, which made the other people drinking porridge drool.
"This is Lao Chen and his friends' breakfast."
The two guards responded without even looking at the food and prepared to eat the first batch of breakfast that was delivered.
The hand that was about to take the bun was hit with a loud bang, and the tall guard scolded, "Did you wash your hands, idiot?"
"Why wash it? It will get cold soon."
"Did you clean up the playground last night? Bro, that place is full of zombies and all sorts of mess. You didn't even wash your hands. Aren't you afraid you'll mutate after eating?" The tall guard cursed, dragging the man to his feet and walking out together. "Go wash now. I'm going to wash my face too."
"I'm so hungry..." As soon as the two left, the person in the cage tried to put his head close to the gap and sniffed the fragrance in the air.
After Rong Xiao finished eating, he looked at the food on the table, then looked at the group of hungry and listless people around him, and suddenly a bad feeling came up in his stomach.
"Am I going to die?" someone in the cage closest to the table asked in surprise. "I think I see steamed buns floating. Wait, steamed buns are floating too!"
“It’s not blurry, it’s really floating!!!”
The food on the table floated up one by one, and landed in front of everyone very evenly, leaving no one out, and everyone got one.
No one had time to think about the weirdness of the situation. They just stuffed whatever food they could get their hands on, not even missing the milk and soy milk that came their way.
"Linlin, are you still hungry? Do you want to eat some more?" Shangguan Huai stretched out his hand to reach the buns floating in the air. He finally caught one. It was still hot, and with a little effort, oil would sizzle out of it.
The little girl next door nodded, and Shangguan Huai immediately handed the food over. It was too late for Shangguan Yu to stop her.
"What? Is there poison in the buns?" Shangguan Huai looked at his brother blankly and asked.
Shangguan Yu frowned unhappily: "No, it's okay."
He had been very sneaky about eating these past two days and hadn't had much hot food. Shangguan Yu originally wanted to eat a bun, but his brother gave it to others so quickly.
"Everyone, eat faster." Someone in the cage reminded.
Everyone's cheeks were puffed up, and the empty milk cartons and soy milk cups actually floated back obediently and landed in the trash can beside the table.
After a while, the two guards who had gone out to wash their hands came back and were stunned when they saw the empty table: "Where's breakfast? Where's our breakfast?"
They looked at the cage first, but those people looked like they were dying. Besides, hadn’t they all received injections?
Their super powers were no longer effective, and they couldn't do anything weird.
The tall man looked at the trash can next to him and angrily poked his companion: "Old Chen and the others must have eaten it. Look, the trash is still in the can!!"
"Damn it, are they the reincarnations of starving ghosts? Let's go and settle the score with them!"
The two guards went out in a rage, and soon a noisy argument broke out outside, which lasted for a long time before it ended.
Half an hour later, three new people came in, each with injuries on their face, cursing as they walked into the low building.
As soon as he saw the things in the trash can, he kicked it over in anger: "It must be them, they either stole the food or sold it to others, and now they are the first to complain and pick on us, bah!"
The three men were extremely angry. They sat down on their chairs, their expressions gloomy and silent.
But everyone in the cage who had finally had a full meal was holding back their laughter, trying hard to make themselves look miserable and helpless enough.
Breakfast would definitely not move for no reason. Everyone knew that there must be a person with special abilities hiding and helping them.
Since they came to help, they all kept the secret and did not mention it.
The food delivered for lunch and dinner was also not enough to fill you up. It seemed that because of what happened in the morning, every guard was guarding his food very carefully, fearing that it would be gone if he took his eyes off it for a moment. Rong Xiao did not dare to touch their food for fear of arousing suspicion.
It wasn't until late at night that Rong Xiao suddenly felt a strange feeling coming from above. It wasn't a sense of crisis, but...
She raised her head and saw a smiling face outside the ventilation window where she had been last night. Yan Jue was waving and greeting her.
Yan Jue seemed to know that she would discover him, and when their eyes met, he began to gesture in the air with his fingers.
From a distance, Rong Xiao roughly understood what he meant. The "people above" would arrive tomorrow, and after arriving, he would capture those people according to the plan and ask for the answers he wanted.
After a few minutes at the window, Yan Jue disappeared. Ling Xuting, who was imprisoned nearby, tapped the cage gently. When Rong Xiao turned around, he mouthed, "The people above will arrive tomorrow."
Rong Xiao nodded and looked curiously at the ventilation window above. Yan Jue had disappeared long ago, and Ling Xuting couldn't see that position from where he was. How could he know what Yan Jue wanted to say?
Ling Xuting, who appears to be low-key and ordinary, actually embodies mystery to the extreme. Rong Xiao's intuition tells him that Ling Xuting must be an extraordinary person.
The night before the storm is calm.
When Yan Jue was gesturing, Shangguan Yu, who was sitting opposite him, saw him and told others about it.
"The other day you explained why Rong Xiao didn't let us go. You said she wanted to investigate something," Tian Yichuan said, covering his mouth and whispering very quietly as he leaned closer to Shangguan Yu, asking curiously, "What did she want to investigate?"
"She didn't have a collar at first, which meant her significance was different from ours," Shangguan Yu said in a self-deprecating tone, "Perhaps it was because we later discovered that Rong Xiao's abilities were too uncontrollable and her aggressiveness was too strong, so we had to put a collar on her to control her.
The others were stunned. Although they were mentally prepared for some things, they still found it hard to believe after Shangguan Huai pointed it out so openly.
"Based on what that person said before, this base should also cooperate with forces outside the base. Rong Xiao is very likely one of those people.
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