Chapter 282 The Show Begins
Li Shouyun stood in front of the darkness, on the stairs that he had walked down countless times before, but now he did not have the courage to go down.
He was very scared, and when he walked downstairs, he was greeted by the corpses of his former companions.
Su Heng patted Li Shouyun on the shoulder and took the lead to walk down.
The first underground floor is the residential area and office area. Because it is underground, there are no windows to let sunlight into the house for lighting.
In the past, the hall was illuminated by light magic and props. Now, without the maintenance of the people, most of the props have lost their luster. Only a few props are left, still emitting a miserable white light.
Su Heng took out a few steel nails and threw them casually, breaking the remaining magic props.
The underground level suddenly fell into darkness, and the dark vision was activated, allowing Su Heng to see more clearly.
After seeing everything clearly, Su Heng breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was still empty, at least the worst worry did not happen.
What greeted him was not a river of blood, nor the corpses of coalition members.
Su Heng called everyone down.
After searching every room carefully, Li Shouyun felt a little better.
Although the coalition forces must have encountered some force majeure, the losses should not be too great.
There was indeed no one left at the headquarters, but there were no signs of fighting, which at least showed that everyone had evacuated before the enemy invaded.
"If they really were retreating, Brother Chi and Yin Yin would definitely leave me a signal. They definitely believe that I would come back."
Li Shouyun was absolutely certain about this point.
Su Heng also nodded.
You Huayun and You Hualing looked at each other, and then ordered the team members to help look for it, but they were quickly stopped by Li Shouyun.
Although the two of them had good intentions, the secret signal left by Chiyou was certainly not something that anyone could notice. Otherwise, if Chang Bang found it, wouldn't that be courting death?
You Huayun and her team members didn't know what the secret code was, and Chiyou created many kinds of secret codes. Li Shouyun couldn't explain all of them because there were some parts that he couldn't remember for a while unless he saw them.
If these people help, they may not only fail to notice the code, but also accidentally destroy it.
Although it was a little slow for only him and Su Heng to search, it was ultimately the most appropriate method.
Su Heng searched from the bottom floor, while Li Shouyun went to the top floor.
In addition to the lounge for alliance senior executives such as Chiyou and Jiang Yin, the bottom floor is also a warehouse.
As expected, the warehouse's valuable equipment and props were completely emptied, leaving only some garbage.
Not to mention that everyone will take away some of the things before retreating, and when the intestinal tract arrives, even if there are some things that were missed due to the rush, they will definitely be picked out.
Su Heng searched Chiyou's room carefully for a while, but still found nothing.
"No, we shouldn't look for Brother Chi's room. If we encounter an enemy, Brother Chi will definitely go out with the others to fight the enemy."
Su Heng quickly realized that he had found the wrong location.
If we analyze the actual situation, it is assumed that Chiyou went out to meet the enemy, then encountered a strong enemy, and was forced to evacuate with everyone.
So when we returned to the headquarters and asked everyone to pack up and leave, where did Chiyou leave a secret signal?
It must be where he was standing at the time.
Combined with Chiyou's personality, during the retreat, Chiyou must have been on guard at the outermost perimeter of the stronghold.
After realizing this, Su Heng immediately went to the top of the mall. As an archer, Chi You was most likely to be on guard here.
When he reached the top, Su Heng saw Li Shouyun who had the same idea as him.
The two nodded and immediately began searching.
At the same time, far away in another corner of the city, in a temporary base built in the subway passage, Chi You was perfecting his plan step by step.
"I don't know when Li Shouyun will be able to come back, and whether he can find the secret code I left for them."
Before coming to the subway passage, Chi You made a special trip back to the Joint Forces Headquarters and left some secret codes there. Otherwise, if Li Shouyun and his companions couldn't find him when they came back, it would be a waste of time.
Although Li Shouyun could find them sooner or later with the help of luck, the difference between sooner and later might be just a few pieces of legendary equipment.
The plan has been launched and everything is on track. Chiyou doesn't want to waste any time.
However, whether the plan should continue or not is not up to him. The protagonist must come back before it can continue.
The groundwork is done, and now we are entering the most important part. If there is no protagonist, what else is he going to play?
At this time, Li Shouyun and his companions who were looking for the secret code in the mall finally got something.
They found a hidden symbol formed by a scratch on a large piece of broken glass. If other people saw it, they would definitely ignore it as an ordinary scratch. However, Li Shouyun had seen these symbols in the code book compiled by Chiyou.
Li Shouyun couldn't remember the codes at first, and it was Jiang Yin who forced him to remember more than a hundred of them. However, compared with all the codes in the booklet, the number was not even 20%.
"What's written on it?" You Huayun asked curiously.
"The information is very complicated. There is the name of a street and the coordinates of a high-rise building. Let's look there. There should be other codes." Li Shouyun stood up and looked back at You Huayun and others. He was a little confused now.
This city is likely to be filled with a large number of enemies. If we blatantly look for secret signals with so many people, we might be targeted by others.
But the base might have been under surveillance, and they had been exposed.
So it's not a good idea to keep these people here.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Shouyun led everyone away. On the second high-rise building on that street, Li Shouyun saw a symbol made up of several withered vines connected together.
Guided by the secret code, Li Shouyun walked through eight coordinates in succession.
At this point, Li Shouyun also realized the circumstances under which Chiyou left the secret code.
These are not the coordinates that directly indicate the hiding place, but the coordinates that Chiyou left behind as he led people to escape.
Not all coordinates were obvious, so Li Shouyun spent nearly half an hour to find the last code.
The coordinate point points directly to the nearby subway station.
Is this the final coordinate?
Or did Chi Ge follow the subway passage, open up a new path, and leave the city?
Li Shouyun led everyone down to the subway station and walked about two kilometers until they came to a landslide. The passage was blocked by rubble.
"Move the stone away and let's move on."
Li Shouyun made up his mind. There was no signal anymore. He could only move forward. But before he could act, as he finished speaking, the gravel on the far right suddenly fell down, revealing a passage that could be passed by one person. A familiar voice rang out, "Shouyun? Come in."
Brother Chi!
Li Shouyun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to follow the passage to the other side of the stone wall. He was about to ask what happened to the coalition forces, but when he saw Chi You standing in front of him, his pupils trembled violently, and all the words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't squeeze out a single word.
Su Heng followed in, he also had an expression as if he had seen a ghost, he simply couldn't believe what he saw, and said in a daze.
"You, Chi...Brother Chi?"