Chapter 244 Reunion on March 25th "Peach!" Sang Zhi Tao...
"Peach!" Sang Zhi Tao was squatting on the ground watching the girl who stole her badge when she heard Yas's voice behind her.
She turned her head and saw Yas and the others carrying their bags, hurrying towards her.
Ruan Ruan, who was standing next to her, turned her head curiously and saw several young people walking over. She quickly stood up.
"Hello, Captain Ruan." Although As is the oldest in Squad 773, due to his personality, Shana usually takes the lead in external affairs.
"Hello, Captain Shana of 773?" Ruan Ruan raised an eyebrow, looking at Shana, who looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with surprise. "How old are you?"
Shana was taken aback, and subconsciously replied, "Eighteen."
"Tsk!" Ruan Ruan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "No wonder everyone calls you 773 the 'Baby Team,' you really are a bunch of kids."
Shana smiled nonchalantly. This wasn't the first time she'd heard the name of this "baby team," and she didn't really have anything to explain about it, since the oldest member of their team, As, was only nineteen.
"Peach, are you alright?" Ruyue ignored the adults' dispute and squatted down to ask Sang Zhitao in a low voice.
Sang Zhitao nodded and then shook her head.
Seeing Ruyue's blank expression, she tugged at Ruyue's sleeve, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "I'm not in any danger, but it seems like my identity has been discovered."
She wasn't a real child, nor was she naive and innocent; she had long noticed Lianlian and Mingwen's unusual attitude.
Thinking about it, there's nothing about me that's worth speculating about, except for my healing ability.
Moreover, Yas once said that although few people know about the All Things now, it was a household name three hundred years ago.
Given that, it's not surprising that some people guessed her identity.
What saddened her was that she thought it would be a long time before her identity was discovered, but she never expected that she couldn't even hide it from the first team.
Ruyue frowned slightly after hearing her explanation, but when she saw Lianlian's face, she suddenly realized, "It's her..."
After saying that, she patted Sang Zhitao on the shoulder: "It's okay, it's not surprising if it's her."
Sang Zhitao was taken aback, somewhat confused about what Ruyue was saying.
"Hello, I'm Lianlian, the captain of Team 325."
“Vice Captain Mingwen.”
Before Ruyue could explain, Lianlian and Mingwen had already arrived in front of them, so she quickly shut up and didn't say anything more.
Lianlian didn't pay attention to the whispers between the two girls. She glanced at Yas before saying to Shana, "Go to the conference room and rest for a while. You can leave tomorrow."
Shana nodded in agreement. Although they did not rush on their way after receiving news that Sang Zhitao was safe, they also did not dare to rest for long, which resulted in the group being quite exhausted along the way.
After nodding in agreement, the group headed towards the conference room.
The number of people in Group 325 is several times that of Group 773, so they have a dedicated meeting room, and this meeting room is quite large.
Once inside the conference room, Shana and As sat with Lianlian and Mingwen, exchanging information they knew.
Lillian was pulled aside by Ruan Ruan to play with the little grass flowers.
Sang Zhitao was pulled away by Ruyue to a corner to continue their previous conversation.
"What did you mean by what you just said?" Sang Zhitao looked up at Shana and the others who were chatting and asked curiously.
Ruyue looked around before whispering, "Captain Lianlian comes from the Spiral Tower and used to serve in the Cleansers. She has personally witnessed the healing process of the Angel of Mercy and the Angel of Light."
"Moreover... as a Cleanser, I am not only extremely familiar with the identity of the All-Knowing One, but I also have some understanding of it."
"The Cleaners... what is that?" Sang Zhitao frowned, sighing inwardly. How come it's another organization she's never heard of?
Ruyue tapped her left hand with her right and looked apologetically at Sang Zhitao: "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you."
She glanced at the others who were still busy with their own things, and simply pulled Sang Zhitao to move to a corner.
He also took out a packet of snacks from his bag and handed it to Sang Zhitao.
"I won't go into detail about the Shadow Council and the Spiral Tower. As you know, the Mutual Aid Society is independent of both."
"Besides these, there are also some smaller forces that fall below the two."
"The Cleaners are an armed force belonging to the Spiral Tower responsible for capturing, controlling, and eliminating dangerous aberrants."
Ruyue saw Sang Zhitao stare blankly for a moment, then smiled and explained, "Everyone calls us negative ability users 'pollutants' or 'disasters,' while the Spiral Tower likes to call us 'emotional distorters,' 'stains,' or 'living disasters.'"
Seeing that Sang Zhitao nodded knowingly, she explained, "Besides that, there's also the Purification Hall."
"The Purification Hall is not a fixed organization. It is an organization formed by a group of extremists in the Spiral Tower who believe that emotional ability users should not exist and that humans do not need abilities."
"Could it be that they intend to kill all the superhumans?" Sang Zhitao asked in disbelief, her eyes wide.
"Yes, that's why their armed forces are called the Purifiers. Run away if you see them; they're all a bunch of lunatics." Ruyue nodded solemnly, carefully instructing her.
"What about Xin Hui Xiao Zhu?" Sang Zhi Tao asked curiously, thinking of the academy for superhumans she wrote about in her original book.
Ruyue paused for a moment before saying with difficulty, "Xin Hui Xiaozhu was completely destroyed three hundred years ago because of everyone's emotional collapse."
She looked at Lianlian, who was talking to Shana, her eyes deep and filled with indescribable emotions: "Xin Hui Xiaozhu believes that emotions are human instincts, and whether they are negative or positive, they have their own meaning. Humans can control them with love and heart."
“In that case, Xin Hui Xiao Zhu’s idea makes more sense.” Sang Zhi Tao couldn’t help but rub her chin.
"Xin Hui Xiao Zhu no longer exists..." Ru Yue sighed.
"What are you saying?" A voice suddenly rang out from the side, startling the two of them.
The two turned their heads at the same time and saw Ruan Ruan and Lillian looking at them curiously.
"It's nothing." Both of them shook their heads.
Seeing that the two women were unlikely to tell, Lillian and Ruanruan didn't pursue the matter further and went out for a stroll together.
Ruyue and Sang Zhitao were speechless at their actions.
“I’m going to find Yas,” Sang Zhitao said to Ruyue as she stood up.
Ruyue was tired after saying so much, so she didn't stop her.
"...Then I'll leave this matter to you. It would be even better if you could collect more information."
As soon as Sang Zhitao walked to Yas's side, she heard Lianlian whisper.
Yas nodded.
Sang Zhitao then noticed that there was a red fruit shell on the table.
A newspaper was placed next to it.
Sang Zhitao's brows furrowed slightly as she glanced at the date on the newspaper.
Today is July 14, 502 in the Gregorian calendar, but the date on the newspaper is November 3, 501 in the Gregorian calendar.
"News in the pipeline world is always relatively slow, especially in a remote place like ours."
Sang Zhitao nodded thoughtfully, then handed her photo to the other person after a moment's thought. "Have you seen the person in the photo?"
Lianlian and Mingwen took the photo and looked at it carefully, then shook their heads in unison.
Sang Zhitao frowned slightly. If no one had seen her father on March 25th, it meant that the man had passed through this area when Ruyue saw him before.
"Thank you." Sang Zhitao put the photo away and didn't ask any further questions.
Seeing this, Lianlian lowered her eyes and thought for a moment: "Perhaps you can ask one of your teammates to take a look."
Sang Zhitao suddenly looked up at Lianlian and nodded emphatically, "Thank you, thank you."
"You're too kind," Lianlian said with a smile, waving her hand.
Her movement caused a corner of the newspaper on the table to be lifted.
A news article appeared before Sang Zhitao and Yasi and the others.
"The Spiral Tower is offering a hefty reward! A red-haired boy and a black-haired girl, aged approximately thirteen to nineteen, are being apprehended. The boy possesses a powerful negative superpower, Fear, while the girl possesses a powerful neutral superpower, Reason. Anyone providing clues or assisting in the successful capture will be rewarded with ten thousand kilograms of food, a thousand pieces of defensive equipment, and a thousand pieces of offensive equipment. Contact us if you have any information..."
“This is…” Sang Zhitao looked at the information on the bounty, and it seemed to be about the As siblings, but she didn’t understand why the Spiral Tower would suddenly put a bounty on the two of them.
“This is a bounty issued last year,” Lianlian explained with a smile. “This time, any faction can claim the bounty, even the Shadow Council.”
"Haven't they found them yet?" Not only did Sang Zhitao believe that the people wanted for the bounty were the As siblings, but Shana also thought so.
Mingwen smiled and explained, "As far as we know..."
"not yet."
Seeing him shake his head, Sang Zhitao's heart involuntarily jumped.
Lianlian continued, "Based on the information we have, these two siblings are very likely in our pipe world."
“They’ve been hiding until now without being discovered, and it’s more likely they’re hiding within our mutual aid association,” Mingwen continued, picking up where she left off.
Sang Zhitao took a deep breath, her heart leaping into her throat: "It can't be, right?"
She twitched her lips and glanced at Yass unconsciously.
As's fingertips, resting on his knees, turned white, but he smiled as usual as he looked at Lianlian: "I see... So, do you have any leads now?"
“No, but providing such a vague clue can still get you some supplies.” Lianlian smiled slightly. “I heard it’s quite a lot, and I’m indeed a little tempted.”
"Why didn't you go and tell them?" Sang Zhitao gently patted Yass and looked at Lianlian.
Mingwen and Lianlian exchanged a glance: "We are also members of the mutual aid society, and we don't really want to betray our companions."
Sang Zhitao lowered her eyes to look at the newspaper.
She didn't believe their reasons for not wanting to betray the mutual aid society because of its principles.
She was more convinced that it was simply because the price of betrayal wasn't high enough.
Thinking of this, Sang Zhitao looked at Yas and said, "Since you're fine after seeing me, you should go back to the settlement as soon as possible, so that your companions won't be worried when they come back and don't see you."
This statement came out of the blue, but Lianlian and Mingwen didn't think much of it.
In their eyes, Sang Zhitao was just a four or five-year-old child, and it was common for her to have a leap in thinking.
Yas understood what Sang Zhitao meant; the longer they stayed, the greater the danger they would be exposed to.
However, he still hesitated and said, "So, are you still going to proceed as planned?"
Sang Zhitao nodded: "Yes, I still want to find him."
Seeing this, Yas lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before raising his eyes and saying, "Okay, but the communicator and map need to be redone."
“Let us handle this. We just found someone on our team who can do this.” Lianlian didn’t delve into the so-called plan or who the person they were looking for was.
After all, everyone in the world of pipes has their own secrets.
Yas and Shana didn't stand on ceremony with Lianlian and the others, and took the communicator off Sang Zhitao and handed it to them.
"Could you please make a waterproof and fireproof map?" Sang Zhitao hesitated, scratching her face. "I don't know if it would be too much trouble."
Mingwen smiled and shook his head: "It's alright, the team happens to have some ready-made."
After exchanging a few more polite words, Lianlian left with her group, while Yas and the others tidied up the meeting room and went to sleep.
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