Chapter 679: The Mountain God's Attitude
"A wood-type mutant appeared, and used plants to drag Nannan away from us. Shunzi went to chase him, and I stayed behind and hurried to where there were more people. Before I ran over, I saw Shunzi had been suppressed by someone." Old Zhang carefully recalled what had happened at the time, trying not to miss anything.
"One of them has wood-type abilities and is holding Nannan, and the other has fire-type abilities. They are both men, probably... over 30 years old, and bald." After thinking for a while, he added uncertainly, "It seems that one of them has signs of injury on the top of his head."
"And, and," Old Zhang seemed to have remembered something crucial and was very excited, "their eyes don't even blink, like robots, and their pupils have no focus."
He himself was the first to shudder.
"How did they threaten Nan Xiao, whom you slandered?" Tan Yun asked, "Did they speak?"
"No," Old Zhang took out a half-burned piece of paper from his sleeve, "They handed me a letter, which told me everything I should do, otherwise they would kill Shunzi and Nannan."
Sha Peng, who was closest to him, took it, took a look at it, and handed it to Tan Yun. The paper was burnt, with a black circle winding around the edge. All that was left of him were a few brief words, "Are you Nan Xiao? Otherwise, you will die."
"You can't tell from this..." Tan Yun saw the burn marks on Old Zhang's hands and realized that he was doing his best to protect the last bit of evidence. She didn't say the rest.
"This is the most common notebook, the manuscript paper that could be found everywhere before the end of the world, the handwriting..." Tan Yun looked at Sha Peng inquiringly. After Sha Peng identified it, he shook his head.
"What happens next?" Shapong asked.
"After that, Shunzi and Nannan were taken away by them."
"Where were they taken?"
"In the mountains," Old Zhang added, "They were heading towards the mountains. They were all superpowered people. They took the two people with them effortlessly and disappeared in the blink of an eye, but..."
Old Zhang said with a serious face, "I saw them walking very stiffly, and... as if they had no sense, they didn't know to avoid touching tree branches. I thought I was seeing things, but just now the clothes on Shunzi's back were torn. It was because the fire-type mutant was carrying him through the trees and he was caught on a branch, and the branch was broken by the impact."
The Thailand described by Old Zhang was so weird that it didn't seem like a living country at all. The group looked at each other in bewilderment, and some even thought he was talking nonsense.
According to Qi Le's attitude of argument, he should have refuted it, but at this time he didn't react at all. His calm look made Wu Yue feel that his suspicion of him was wrong.
Wu Yue knew something was fishy just from the way he forced the matter onto Yue Banwan. Seeing that the rest of the people didn't quite believe what Old Zhang said and were just arguing with their mouths like laymen, he suggested bluntly, "If you want to know whether it's right or not, why not just take people to the scene to investigate?"
Thinking of what Zhou He and his group said after they returned that there was a secret space in the entire mountain behind the training ground, Wu Yue's lips curled up into a smile. Since they have decided to overturn it, they might as well do a big one. "If what Uncle Zhang said is true, then I'm afraid the Mountain God Base is not as safe as we imagined. We might as well take this opportunity to put the entire base under martial law and conduct a thorough investigation."
Observing the reactions of the crowd, he added, "Zhang Shun is a late-stage A-level psychic, only one step away from S-level. It is probably not something that a simple person can do to subdue such a powerful psychic in an instant. Such a master is hiding in the base for unknown purposes..."
He didn't make his words clear, but he put pressure on everyone.
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Ji Zheng took the lead in expressing his opinion, "Let's investigate it thoroughly."
Before Tan Yun could speak, Sha Peng said, "Okay."
Although Wu Yue was very interested in what was hidden in the mountains of the Mountain God Base and wanted to go there in person, he was a person from an outside base and was still treated with caution. Ji Zheng handed the matter over to his subordinates and politely asked Wu Yue to continue to the meeting room.
The meeting hall of the Mountain God Base was located not far from the central area of the Mountain God Base. Wu Yue observed the location and found that it was still some distance away from the cement floor underground that could suppress superpowers.
Ji Zheng was obviously familiar with this place. He sat down on a stool at the side and invited Wu Yue to sit down while continuing to ask him about the advanced weapons in the outside world and the new things happening.
Qi Le sat on the other side indifferently, in sharp contrast to the other two groups. Tan Yun and Sha Peng had already gone to the central area to look for Lord Mountain God, wanting to inform him of what was happening here, hoping that he would come forward to investigate the current situation in person.
The only psychics who had followed along the way were from Fang Tang's team. The rest had already returned to their original posts and were only told that they would be notified of the results. As for ordinary people, they had no chance to participate in such matters.
Near the door, Cangcuo and Nan Xiaomo sat together, leaning against each other. From time to time, Cangcuo's heart-wrenching coughs could be heard, and his violent breathing looked like he could pass out at any time. However, his firm eyes gave people the illusion that he was holding on until his death.
Nan Xiaomi had tears in her eyes and kept stroking his chest. When he whispered to her to comfort her, she just forced a smile and responded obediently.
Old Zhang sat in a daze not far from the two of them, holding the unconscious Zhang Nannan in his arms. Zhang Shun, whose external injuries had just been repaired, lay on the ground. Mo Tiantian judged that he had suffered a severe blow to the head, and even if the external injuries were repaired, it was unclear whether he could wake up smoothly.
The family who were loving and caring for each other yesterday, suddenly had no communication anymore, which made people sigh.
Not far from them, the crazy old woman who had been here before somehow also came over. Her bulging eyes kept wandering over the two groups of people. After a while, she walked up to Old Zhang and asked, "Are they really not man-eating mutants?"
Old Zhang looked up at her, his wrinkled face showing his age. He did not answer directly, but avoided the question and said, "The missing mutants in the base were not eaten by them."
He gently patted his granddaughter in his arms, as if he could soothe the pain she had suffered, "Think about the level they were at when they just awakened. If they had really eaten so many psychics, their abilities would probably have been upgraded to SS level long ago. How could they still be B level?"
The way he looked at the woman was like he was looking at another self, with a bit of pity and helplessness, "Don't let yourself be taken advantage of."
The old woman glanced at the two relatives in front of her whose lives were unknown, and retreated to the corner.
Ji Zheng, who had been paying attention to the movements here, took a look and asked Mo Tiantian who was hiding behind Fang Tang, "Tiantian, can't you cure the little girl?"
Mo Tiantian turned her head away from Fangtang and looked at him quietly, "I can only heal the wound."
"Can't the plant be taken out of her body?" Ji Zheng spoke like an interrogation, directly confronting Pang Qin, the most powerful wood-type psychic in the hall.
The little girl thought about it, shook her head, and whispered, "I haven't learned it."
"Ha," Ji Zheng sneered, "You only learned how to plant it for you, not how to remove it."
"It's not easy to remove," Wu Yue suddenly said, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall. He immediately talked about the mutated plants that Li Qing and his men had encountered, "More than half of that group of people died."
"What about the rest? How did they survive?" Old Zhang took two steps on his knees towards Wu Yue and asked anxiously.
"Our base commander rescued the remaining people. As for how he did it specifically," Wu Yue shook his head, "I don't know."
When the person who had always lived in legend was mentioned, Ji Zheng immediately became interested and asked about Lu Weiyi. Wu Yue responded without noticing Qi Le's reaction next to him. He didn't know that it was because of his mention that Qi Le, who was still hesitating, immediately made a decision.
While several people were chatting and laughing in the hall, Tan Yun and Sha Peng had already arrived at the mountain god temple deep in the mountain god base.
Tan Yun was allowed to enter places before, but since Qi Le started to take care of her personally, she was no longer allowed to enter.
Standing here and knocking on the door, Tan Yun began to doubt Qi Le's claim that he controlled the Mountain God.
"Is there something?" The voice of the mountain god came.
"Lord Mountain God, we have something important to report. May we come in and explain it in detail?" Tan Yun asked.
There was silence for a long moment, and then the person inside spoke again, "If there is anything, please let Master Qi Le handle it. I cannot come out for the time being."
Tan Yun frowned and looked at Sha Peng who came with her, and saw that the man had a wooden face, facing the door without any emotion, and had no intention of joining in. She could only continue speaking, "Someone at the base reported that Master Qi Le and Luo Qi from Panshui base are the same person. I request that you investigate personally."
There were two bangs, as if something had fallen to the ground. Tan Yun asked anxiously, "Lord Mountain God, are you okay?"
Sha Peng just raised his eyes without any extra reaction, like a cold-blooded bodyguard who didn't think too much.
"Nothing," the voice of the mountain god sounded again, "There is no problem with Master Qi Le's identity, and you don't have to believe his lies to confuse the people."
Tan Yun originally thought this was unlikely, but after Wu Yue hinted that the Mountain God was being manipulated, she began to have doubts when she heard her affirmation without asking for evidence.
After waiting for a long time without hearing any voice, the person inside asked, "Anything else?"
"Lord Mountain God, some people suspect that you are controlled by Lord Qi Le." After Tan Yun roughly explained what happened, the calm female voice began to fluctuate in emotion.
"He... the people of Moon Bay were framed?"
"I'm not sure whether you were framed or not, but many people now suspect that you are controlled by Master Qi Le. Lord Mountain God, please see..."
"I'm not being controlled. I'm just not feeling well and it's inconvenient for me to show up." The female voice was no longer as calm as it was at the beginning, but her tone was firm.
But even after saying this, the other party still had no intention of coming forward, which inevitably made people more suspicious.
Tan Yun's thoughts were almost written on her face, and she heard the voice inside continue, "Since everyone is suspicious, the affairs of the base will be handled by you and Sha Peng for a short period of time."
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