Chapter 686: Yellow Bird
Qi Le did not return to the mountain temple after leaving, but turned around and quietly left the base.
In the night, Qi Le was like a speed-type mutant. His feet seemed to tap the ground as lightly as the wind and in the blink of an eye he was already a hundred meters away. In contrast, Li Ming who was following him was a little clumsy in his movements. The thumping sound of his feet landing on the ground and running was particularly loud in the wilderness at night, startling many hidden mutant animals that fled in all directions.
Rage filled Qi Le's heart, making him inattentive to everything around him. Even when a blind bird attacked him, without waiting for Li Ming to make a move, Qi Le took out a very tough long sword from his waist and slashed at the bird.
The flexible long sword flipped in the air, like a dancer in the dark, shining dazzlingly in the moonlight, bringing up the sparsely falling blood and internal organs, adding a few more bloody stains to the already dirty bodies of the two men.
Qi Le hurried along the way and finally stopped at a dilapidated village. The village was so overgrown with weeds that its original appearance could no longer be seen. The mountains seemed to be pressing down from the sky. Occasionally, half of a yard could be seen exposed, but most of the place had merged with the mountains.
He moved skillfully through the bushes and finally stopped at a hidden cave.
Pushing aside the huge rock blocking the door, Qi Le lit a torch and walked in first.
The dark cave walls seemed to be naturally formed, smooth and flat. Occasionally, you could see stalactites hanging down overhead. Some places had been broken off, leaving only old cross-sections.
Qi Le waved to Li Ming who was following him and pressed downwards, but Li Ming seemed not to understand what he meant and did not react at all. He kept stepping on the spot cautiously and anxiously.
Qi Le cursed, pulled the man over, pressed him to the ground, stepped on him, and motioned for him to stand up.
Reaching out and touching the broken surfaces of several stalactites, Qi Le's teeth were grinding.
After jumping off Li Ming, he continued to walk inside. There were neatly arranged beddings and some simple kitchen supplies. It was obvious that someone had lived nearby.
Qi Le looked around the corners of the cave, stomping hard from time to time, then knocking on the walls one by one, and finally stopped in front of a wall not far from the bedding.
He knocked in the direction of the hole in the wall to make way, and Li Ming, who was following him, clenched his fist and smashed it hard. After the fist was wrapped in supernatural power, a big hole immediately appeared in front of his eyes.
The rubble fell, revealing the space inside - the small cave had an exit facing another direction, and it was so narrow that only one person could pass through sideways, and it didn't look like a place suitable for living.
But there was a stone on the ground that looked out of place, as if it had been placed there on purpose.
As Li Ming punched from top to bottom, he finally knocked out an entrance that was big enough for a person to pass through with his body bent.
After Qi Le passed through, he stepped on the stone and turned around, holding the torch and sweeping the wall in front of him little by little. Finally, he stood on tiptoe and saw a hole in the wall as thick as a little finger.
Looking through the small hole, you can just see what's happening on the opposite side.
Qi Le punched the wall hard, then turned and walked towards the passage on the other side. Compared to the spacious passage on the other side, this side was obviously narrower.
Even a tall and slender person like Qi Le would need to turn sideways to pass through, and it would probably be more difficult for someone taller and stronger than him. He looked carefully and found traces of strong friction on the wall, and there was even a faint trace of blood in many places.
After winding around a circle, it suddenly became spacious. A space was separated by a sheet pulled with a clip. The earthen kang inside was tidy, and the bedding and clothes were neatly stacked in the cabinet next to it.
The earthen kang is connected to an earthen stove with thick ash in the stove. The dishes and pots in the cupboard on one side are clean and tidy.
A little further away, processed meat was hung on the vent, and underneath it was neatly arranged firewood piled several meters high.
This is the real trace left by the passing of time.
Places similar to watchtowers can be seen from time to time around the cave. From these not-so-obvious observation points in all directions, one can almost observe all the situations around the village.
Following the passage outward, the exit was actually not far from the entrance next to it, but it was just a slope heading underground, like a naturally formed basement that was obscured from above and could not be noticed without special attention.
Qi Le stood for a long time in the cold wind of the early spring night, and the desire to grind the sand puff to dust became even stronger.
"Let's go back," he whispered after a long time, turned around and ran towards the base.
Compared to the noise of the entire base, the area around the mountain temple was silent. Qi Le pushed the door open and walked towards the underground passage, followed closely by Li Ming.
"Aqi?" The woman's voice sounded anxiously.
"It's me." Qi Le raised his hand. Li Ming stopped and stood aside without moving forward.
"What happened outside? I heard an explosion," the woman asked anxiously.
"Something happened," Qi Le said, standing in a separate glass cubicle, took a quick shower, quickly changed his clothes and walked towards the woman, "Our plan has to change."
"What's wrong?" The woman on the bed was wearing pajamas, and her exposed feet were still animal hooves.
Qi Le flicked her hoof lightly with his index finger and asked, "How far have you recovered?"
"My calves," the woman said, blocking his hand as he wanted to see, and covering her legs with the quilt, "Don't look at it, it's weird."
"Haven't I seen enough?" Qi Le said calmly, not forcing her to embarrass herself, but getting down to business, "Do you remember the village we lived in when we first came back?"
The woman looked at him strangely and said, "Fulu Village is my hometown. Of course I remember it. If I weren't familiar with it, we wouldn't be able to find the cave to live in temporarily. If the earthquake hadn't destroyed it, it must have been a very suitable place to live."
The woman looked longing, and after a while, seeing no one responding, she turned her head and found Qi Le lowering his head and pinching his fingers unconsciously. The index finger of one of his hands had been pinched and bled without him realizing it - this was his unconscious habitual behavior when he was angry and thinking.
"Aqi?" The woman called him and reached out to cover his hand. After a while, the wound healed, leaving only a faint stain of blood on both hands. "What happened?"
"Sha Peng disappeared with the crystal core gun given by Yuebanwan." Qi Le did not hide it. He arranged all this quietly and controlled the families of all the superpower users in his hands. He arrogantly believed that he had made all the preparations for the final retreat.
However, Sha Peng, who had been standing nearby, gave him a blow on the head.
"Where's his lover?"
"Haha, that's probably not his lover at all." Qi Le's face was ferocious. After a while, he calmed down and slowly told her what had happened.
"I went to the cave where we used to live and found a cave next to it. It had all the living facilities. It should be where the Shapeng lived. There were observation points set up around it, from which we could see the whole village."
"I'm afraid we were discovered as soon as we entered the village. As for that clean cave, it's probably where he occasionally stays."
"Then..." The woman looked nervous.
"Yes, the other party must have heard all the decisions we made in the cave." Qi Le felt like a breath was stuck in his chest and was about to suffocate him to death.
He could imagine everything that happened.
The hunter living alone in the mountains lived a stable life in the end times. However, someone broke into his territory. After realizing that he could not fight back, the other party hid his strength and secretly observed them.
He hid in the dark and eavesdropped on all their plans. After knowing that the other party wanted to "enlighten" a group of people with special abilities, he catered to their plan, returned to the base, found an inconspicuous person as his "lover", made it his weak spot, and sent it to them together -
Eventually, he succeeded and became one of the first people with super powers to be enlightened.
"It would be good if he could leave on his own initiative." Seeing that he was very angry, the woman reached out and stroked his chest to help him calm down.
"Okay?" Qi Le looked at the woman with gloomy eyes, "Are you stupid because you are so safe? If our news leaks out, have you thought about the future?"
"Do you want to be caught and continue to live in darkness?"
Qi Le's words successfully made the woman pale. She bit her lip and grabbed Qi Le's hand in panic, "No...it can't be such a coincidence, right?"
"This place is so far away from there... it's impossible." She forced a smile, "No one would be so idle, right? Zombies are so powerful, mutant animals are already so strong, and... and..."
"Aren't all communications cut off now? No one will know, right?"
The woman looked excited as if she was stimulated and was eager to get a positive answer from the other party.
Qi Le took a deep breath, calmed himself, and pressed the woman to his chest, "You're right, nothing will happen, I'm just worrying too much."
"However, we still have to try our best to track down Shapeng's whereabouts."
The woman nodded decisively this time.
"I will be in control of the base from now on. I will do my best to handle everything before you recover."
"good".
Perhaps the previous speculation frightened the woman. She did not refute anything Qi Le said. She just looked startled and overly frightened. It was difficult for Qi Le to leave for a while.
At the same time, in an entire area not far from the entrance of the Mountain God Base, the outline of a house could be vaguely seen, but it was pitch black here, and even patrol personnel were not there.
Right next to the mountain wall, a small farmhouse is built directly into the mountain wall.
The hollowed-out mountain formed a cave dwelling, and the enclosed curved wall formed a simple courtyard.
At this moment in the courtyard, Ji Zheng was fighting with three agile psychics. Various superpowers were circulating among the four of them, making a deafening noise. However, the people around them seemed to notice nothing and did not make any movement at all.
In the room where firewood was piled nearby, Cangcuo, Nan Xiaomo, and the Zhang family's father and son were sitting in distinct groups.
Ji Zheng did not treat them as criminals. He felt that his abilities were strong enough, so he only locked the door from the outside and had no intention of restricting them at all.
"Xiao Mo, Qi Le will not let us go. These people might be coming for us. While Ji Zheng is pestering them, you should leave quickly." Cangcuo leaned against the wall, his face pale, but he looked in good spirits and he didn't even need to breathe heavily when he spoke.
Nan Xiaomi, who was leaning against him with her arms around his waist, just shook her head when she heard the sound. She had a premonition that her lover would not be able to survive.
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