Chapter 421 Time to wrap up work and go home!
Once the team had walked away with Xie Linlin, Lu Nange and the others looked back at the screen...
Gu Wan: "The 'Twelve Fiends' thing is really awful!"
He Zhuo also curled his lips in disgust: "Twelve evil gods, evil gods... We are a group of upright and exemplary young people, what are we called evil gods?"
If I hadn't realized they meant no harm, I would have thought they were insulting us!
Ji Xian: "You should think of it this way: at least it's a respectable title. It's better than going back to Beijing and being completely disgraced before even leaving the city a few times!"
"That seems to be true..." Gu Wan tilted her head and thought for a moment, "At least with this reputation, the number of people causing trouble has decreased by more than half!"
He Zhuo sighed, looking resigned to his fate.
"Yeah, let them shout. We don't care anyway... If we did, we'd easily become someone else's puppet, having to swallow their every whim!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Nange, Lu Beiye, Chi Yanzhou, Lu Xici, Shi Xu, Gu Qi, Luo Xingyou, and Wen Qing, who were staring at the surveillance footage, all turned their heads and retorted in unison, "That's you!"
Gu Wan shifted to the side: "Stop with 'we,' it's you!"
Ji Xian: "When describing yourself, don't include us."
He Zhuo: "..."
He Zhuo: "......"
......
At 3 p.m. sharp, the selection process came to an end.
He Zhuo took the megaphone from Lu Nange, cleared his throat, and his loud voice echoed throughout the entire mountain forest.
"Attention! Today's selection process is now over! Participants who haven't descended the mountain yet, please hurry down! To reiterate, the selection process is over, please descend the mountain immediately!"
After shouting it three times, He Zhuo handed the megaphone to Lu Nange.
Lu Nange stood up and raised the megaphone: "Attention all ability users still in the mountains!!!"
From now on, the plants in the forest will no longer attack you.
Please follow the guidance of the vines or macaws; they will safely escort injured or lost individuals down the mountain!
She paused, then raised the megaphone towards the mountains and forests and continued shouting, "Zhizhi, Gangzi, start clearing the area!"
Get all the bound and eliminated participants safely down the mountain!
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire mountain forest came alive with activity.
The surveillance footage showed vines wrapping around the trapped participants.
Some vines supported the injured, while others wrapped around the waists of those who had lost their way.
Gangzi hovered in the air, his eyes scanning the entire mountain forest.
Upon spotting a superhuman leaning against a tree or circling around, the attacker swoops down, its claws gently grabbing the superhuman's collar, and carrying them down the mountain.
"My God, is this parrot some kind of spirit?" exclaimed the man at the foot of the mountain who had been escorting the superhumans out of the mountains time and time again.
"I've heard that these mutated parrots and mutated plants are no ordinary creatures!"
"Do you even need to hear about it? Anyone with eyes can see that, okay?"
......
Twenty minutes later, the cleanup was basically completed.
Zhizhi and Gangzi appeared one after the other beside Lu Nange. The little tree person affectionately touched her arm with its vines: "Chirp chirp chirp..."
[Master, I'm back!]
Gangzi, preening his feathers triumphantly, exclaimed, "Beauty...beauty, I'm back!"
Lu Nange originally wanted to call out to Shi Xu, but then remembered what he had said last night and changed her mind, saying, "Brother Xu, thank you for your trouble!"
Shi Xu: "Okay, Nan Nan!" — [Finally, he called me brother!]
He closed his eyes, and his mental energy spread out, meticulously scanning every corner of the mountain forest.
A moment later, he opened his eyes: "There are no more participants left in the mountains."
Chi Yanzhou: "Gu Qi, Ji Xian, let's begin!"
They both nodded at the same time.
Gu Qi stepped forward: "Congratulations to everyone whose numbers have been called! You have passed the test and are welcome to join 'Flameheart'!"
As for those gifted individuals who were not selected this time, please don't be discouraged. You are welcome to participate in our base's selection process again next time!
Ji Xian cooperatively guided those who had passed the selection: "Those of you who have passed the selection, please stand in the designated area in front of me."
"Number 3, number 12, number 19..." Gu Qi began to read out the numbers of those who passed the selection.
Those selected gathered excitedly in the designated area, their faces beaming with barely suppressed joy.
Those participants who failed the selection, though visibly disappointed, still boarded the waiting pickup trucks in an orderly fashion, guided by the Flameheart members...
It is worth mentioning that no one caused trouble throughout the entire process.
This was not only due to the widespread fame of the "Demon God," but also because Lu Nange and Shi Xu used their mental power to suppress the entire scene before they could even sense that a few troublemakers were about to speak.
The suppression from two level-six mental beings naturally silenced everyone who had objections.
The pickup truck was parked by the golden fence, and each participant who was not selected received a gift as they got out of the truck.
A bag of fresh vegetables, containing bok choy, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.
These were all planted by the Flameheart Base itself, and were cultivated by Chi Yi and the wood-type ability users during their daily ability training.
"I didn't expect Yan Xin to be so generous..."
"That's quite a lot; it could be exchanged for several level-one crystal cores at the market!"
"Just for this, I'll come back for the next selection!"
"Why wasn't I chosen?" someone asked, scratching their head in frustration.
"Did you feel that suppressive mental force just now...?"
"Yeah, a sharp pain in my head... but that one instant shut those troublemakers up!"
......
The chosen individuals, under the arrangement of Chi Yi, Chi Qi, He Huaijing, He Huairang, Xie Linlin, and others, were taken to different areas of 'Flame Heart' according to their respective superpower attributes and levels.
However, two figures in the crowd stood out...
The wood-type ability user, number 19, kept glancing at Lu Nange and Lu Beiye, the siblings.
Number 43, a young male superhuman, followed them out, but his eyes remained fixed on Lu Nange and her group.
Chi Yanzhou: "Nannan, Aye...do you know these two people?"
Lu Nange: "Number 19 looks somewhat familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen her before... I have no recollection of Number 43."
Lu Beiye shook his head as well: "I've never seen one before!"
The others all said they did not recognize the two people.
Gu Qi: "Should we get two people to keep an eye on things?"
Chi Yanzhou pondered for a moment: "Their ability levels are all quite good. Let's proceed according to the normal procedure...assign them to be with Shen Zhiheng."
Gu Qi: "Mm!"
"They've all left, let's call it a day and go home!"
As Lu Nange spoke, she stored the drone, monitoring equipment, temporary tables and chairs... all into her spatial storage.
As for the return journey—the metal road that deliberately started from the golden fence and extended all the way to the foot of the mountain—it was preserved.
Given that selections may be held every month in the future, this path will be used repeatedly...
However, Lu Beiye added several gates in the middle of the metal road to prevent anyone from sneaking in from the other side of the forest...
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