Chapter 684 Missing Persons
It seemed as if everyone just realized something was wrong at this moment, especially when they saw that the Divine Envoy Tan Yun, who was clearly entrusted by Lord Mountain God to manage the base, was standing in the corner without saying a word.
The younger people with special abilities were all learning and practicing their abilities under Qi Le. After seeing his methods and his gloomy face, no one dared to say a word.
Instead, some parents were confused and asked Tan Yun directly what was going on.
"From today on, Master Qi Le will manage the base." Tan Yun lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
"But didn't Lord Mountain God hand the base over to you?"
"Yeah, didn't someone say that Master Qi Le was colluding with the people at Panshui Base?"
"Have you found out about this?"
"God Envoy Tan, you are not threatened by anyone, are you?"
"No way? Could it be..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately observed the situation in front of them. Those with discerning eyes immediately understood what was going on. Some were smart and kept silent, while others, relying on the superpowers in their families, thought that this might be a good opportunity to rise to the top and immediately expressed their opinions, "God Envoy Tan, you don't have to worry. With so many of us superpowers, can we not be defeated by an ordinary person?"
"You... uh-ah-"
Before he could finish his words, there was a shrill scream. Everyone stepped back in shock and saw that the person who was so indignant just now had now fallen to the ground.
The man in his forties had veins bulging on his face. He held his stomach in pain, curled up into a ball, and rolled around on the ground.
"dad--"
"Dad, what's wrong with you?" A young girl looked at him anxiously, wanting to help him. He kept rolling around and she didn't know what to do. She asked for help from everyone around her, and finally targeted Qi Le who was in the first position, crying, "Master, my dad... my dad is in pain, please save him..."
Only then did everyone shift their attention from the person on the ground to Qi Le, and they saw that Qi Le, who was smelling bad, was holding Pang Qin in his arms.
He was sitting at a height that was just right for him to rest his head on Pang Qin's shoulder. He watched all this with a smile on his face, while Pang Qin was trembling all over, with tears silently flowing from his wide eyes, but he didn't even dare to make a sound.
Cube Sugar, who was closest to him, could hear him whispering with a venomous tongue, "Don't stop, or your grandfather will be the next one."
"It looks a bit painful, and I don't know if the elderly can bear it."
"continue".
"What a good and filial child."
The eyes standing nearby were fixed on the person on the ground, which gradually turned into a familiar figure.
The surroundings were so quiet that only the little girl's crying and the man's tragic howling could be heard. Soon, his voice gradually became weaker, and his rolling movements became much slower. Finally, he collapsed on the spot covered in mud, with blood slowly oozing from the corners of his mouth. He looked in the direction of his daughter and never closed his eyes.
His body seemed to be controlled by something and trembled. After a moment, the sound of skin being pierced and clothes being torn could be heard. Everyone watched as a tender yellow plant grew out of his body. The stems and leaves gathered together little by little, and with a hint of blood, it stretched flexibly in the wind, as if it was stretching lazily after a long sleep.
“Dad, Dad…”
"Sister Tiantian, please save my dad!"
"My dad is injured and he is bleeding."
“Master, Master…”
The little girl was at a loss as to what was going on and could only seek help from someone she thought was trustworthy.
However, no one dared to respond, and everyone watched the scene in horror.
Until Qi Le stood up and walked towards the little girl step by step, the man standing next to him immediately followed, while the people in the yard retreated step by step. Some little psychics who didn't know what was going on were held in the arms of their parents, wishing they could distance themselves from Qi Le immediately.
"It's okay, it's okay, don't cry, you will see each other again soon." Qi Le coaxed her gently, wiped the tears from the little girl's face, looked at the faces around him that were wary of him, smiled, and reached out to touch the top of the little girl's head.
The man standing next to him immediately stepped forward and put his hand over the little girl's head.
After a "bang" sound, the red and white things splashed all over the people nearby. The little girl fell on the man with a thud and rolled into his arms, as if she was alive and protected by him.
They did meet soon enough.
"ah--"
“Wow—”
“Wuwuwu——”
Fang Tang trembled all over and lowered his head, trying to ignore everything in front of him. The younger ones around him were so scared that they didn't dare to cry anymore. Compared with the people in the yard who were crying in fear, Tan Yun was the calmest.
She still had her head slightly lowered in a daze, as if she didn't realize what was happening at all.
"Be quiet, you're too noisy." Qi Le rubbed his ears and spoke in a contemptuous tone.
The surroundings immediately became quiet. Some frightened children couldn't help crying, but the adults next to them covered their mouths tightly, trying not to make any sound.
"From now on, I will officially take over the Mountain God Base. Do you have any objections?" Qi Lewei raised his head with an indifferent expression.
"without……"
"No".
"Master Qi Le, what do you need us to do?"
"Yes, Base Commander, Base Commander Qi."
"Yes, yes, Base Commander, just let us know if there is anything we can do."
Even though their voices were still trembling, everyone was still rushing to express their opinions, fearing that if they were a second late they would suffer the same fate as the person in front of them.
The extremely tragic scene shocked everyone present. Some people completely gave up the idea of resisting, while others became more determined.
As for Qi Le, he was extremely satisfied with the scene before him. In the past, he only wanted to be a good manager under the guise of disguise, but various voices emerged one after another. Now it seems that the best control is still fear.
Look at it now, there is no unnecessary sound at all.
The people with special abilities are too young to spread throughout the entire base, so they can only participate in small teams with their families.
Qi Le required that all the people in the base be under control within three hours.
After everyone dispersed, he led the man who had been following him towards the mountain temple.
Fang Tang waited until the people walked away before she had time to ask Tan Yun about the abnormality of the man.
"Those are... the residents of the base."
Qi Le no longer minded using direct threats to control the base, so naturally he didn't need Tan Yun, the high-sounding messenger of God. Everyone else went to perform new tasks, leaving her with nothing to do, as if they were deliberately reminding her of her dispensability. The people who had just been threatened didn't dare to join her. In the end, Tan Yun was left with the frightened Mo Tiantian.
Seeing that Fangtang didn't understand, Tan Yun whispered, "To be precise, they were the first residents of the base who disappeared inexplicably."
"There were six people with special abilities enlightened by the Mountain God at the beginning. One of them had special abilities of the five elements, and one was a healing ability. However, except for me and Sha Peng, all the others failed."
"The man just now was one of the failures. His name was Li Ming. He was enlightened with water-related supernatural powers. About twenty days after he succeeded... he suddenly disappeared," Tan Yun added dejectedly, "and the remaining two people are also missing."
"At that time, the mountain god said that after they were successfully enlightened, they became careless and felt that this place was not a good place... and they left secretly."
"It said it was leaving, and you believed it?" Fang Tang couldn't believe it. How could someone who had brought his family together till now give up so easily?
Tan Yun shook her head and said, "I don't believe it. At that time, no one specifically formulated a direction for superpower training. We all figured out how to use superpowers together, or went to learn from those superpowers who had already awakened."
"The day before, he told me that he discovered the difference between the superpowers that are enlightened and the superpowers that are awakened naturally. The next day, they disappeared."
"But we found some food left at their house, as if it was a special compensation, and there was also a message saying that they wanted to explore the world without any burdens."
In addition, when the mountain god's ability to enlighten was deified, basically everyone believed what he said.
"At the time, we were worried that it would affect the initial stability of the base, so the matter was concealed and not many people knew about it."
"Did anything suspicious happen before he disappeared?" Fang Tang asked.
Tan Yun wanted to laugh, but the expression she made was uglier than crying. She seemed to have figured something out, and after a while she asked, "Do you think there is a possibility that the enlightened supernatural power will fail?"
"..." Fang Tang didn't say anything. He had already guessed what Tan Yun wanted to say.
The people who disappeared every time before were all those who had been enlightened recently. All the news that circulated at that time was that there were spies inside the base who took advantage of the situation to attack these people.
This makes every batch of newly awakened people extremely cautious, but even so, people still keep disappearing.
Fang Tang had paid special attention to these people and even inquired about them privately. He came to a unanimous conclusion that most of the missing people had experienced unstable supernatural powers.
The enlightened superpowers are too powerful, so Qi Le will take over as soon as they succeed, divide them into teams according to different attributes, and begin training them to master the superpowers and formulate training directions.
After that, there will be a closed training period of nearly half a month. During this period, they will be divided into teams according to the strength of their superpowers. Each attribute will be arranged according to strength, and then formed into a unified team.
Fangtang is the strongest metal-type psychic in their group, and his team members are also the most powerful psychics of other attributes. They are the group with the highest level of psychics in the base currently, which is why Qi Le attaches great importance to their team.
Among their team members, eight were missing. They were not all the top psychics, but they had one thing in common, that is, their superpowers disappeared to varying degrees during the training process - just like an ordinary person, their superpowers suddenly became completely unusable.
But this situation was only intermittent. When the team member who had the problem asked Qi Le, he explained that it was because the body had not yet fully adapted to the supernatural powers and needed more intensive training.
They tried harder, and then...
Suddenly disappeared.
Knowing that he had figured it out, Tan Yun smiled at him stiffly, with fear flashing across her eyes, and then she broke another horrifying news, "His eyes... are all white."
Fang Tang stopped abruptly and turned his head to look at Tan Yun. An expression of surprise rarely appeared on his calm face. "You mean..."
"He's a zombie."
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