Chapter 753: Searching for the Flame
"Aiyi, let grandpa hold you. Dad will be back in two days, okay?" Lin Yimu stepped forward and stretched out his hand, but Zhuang Aiyi hugged Lu Weiyi even tighter, wishing his little body could melt into Lu Weiyi's body.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yimu's eyes welled up again. For such a young child, both fathers are no longer around. Even if the child is spoiled at home, the feeling is still different.
"Aiyi, can your uncle hold you?" Lu Xi stepped forward to pick the child up, but no one wanted to pay attention to the child at this moment.
"Forget it, let him follow me." He just sent the person to the middle space. Anyway, there was Qin Nian in it, so one more or one less would not make much difference.
When Zhuang Aiyi heard this, he immediately became happy and said in a muffled voice, "Dad, I will be good and won't disturb you."
"Is it convenient? Will it affect you?" Lin Yimu hesitated.
"No." Facing Zhuang Aiyi's red eyes and eager look, Lu Weiyi rubbed the child's head.
Back on the ground, Lu Weiyi didn't hesitate any more. He released the Phoenix and put Zhuang Aiyi on it first, and instructed, "Hold it tight."
"I'll be back soon. The base is relying on you," said Lu Weiyi.
"rest assured".
Lu Weiyi climbed onto the back of the Phoenix nimbly. As soon as he sat firmly, he saw Li Zhuang flip over and sit behind him.
I met his inquiring gaze and said confidently, "I'll go with you."
"Let him come together," Ning Yuan also said.
"No……"
"Can you use a magnetic field corrector?"
Li Zhuang shook the instrument in his hand, and with just one sentence, Lu Weiyi had no words to refuse. He patted the Phoenix on the back and simply flew into the sky.
Li Zhuang couldn't even see the Phoenix, let alone Zhuang Aiyi. His whole body was lying on the Phoenix's neck, and his hands couldn't even hold its neck. His two short legs were struggling like a little turtle.
"Dad, we are flying!" Zhuang Aiyi shouted. The strong wind in the sky blew the rain directly into his mouth, choking him and causing him to cough violently twice.
Lu Weiyi quickly used his mental power to block out the rain, patted him on the back and asked if he was okay.
"It's okay." Zhuang Aiyi's eyes were still swollen. He wiped the rain off his face and smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed. "Why are we flying?"
"It's dad's spirit, a very big bird."
"How big is it? Is it bigger than Goku?"
"A little taller than Goku."
“Why can’t I see it?”
…
While the two men were talking about meaningless things, Li Zhuang kept adjusting the equipment and directing them to change direction.
More than an hour later, they appeared above the Kyoto base without any hindrance.
"We're here." Li Zhuang patted Lu Weiyi on the shoulder and motioned him to look down.
The city walls on the ground are dilapidated, but familiar traces can be seen. There are few pedestrians in the city, and most of the shops on the streets are closed. There is no sign of the former prosperity.
"We haven't been to Kyoto base since we left. We just heard Major General Lu mention during the contact that an underground city has been opened up. However, there are too many people and the earth-based abilities are out of control, so it's very chaotic. But we're not sure where the exact entrance is." Li Zhuang followed the Phoenix as it hovered in the sky, taking a general look at the entire Kyoto situation, and finally asked, "Go straight down?"
"Yeah," Lu Weiyi nodded and patted Phoenix, "Find a spacious place to put us down, and keep it quiet."
The Phoenix made no sound, but responded to him through the mental link.
Lu Weiyi helped Zhuang Aiyi tidy up his clothes, "Aiyi, can you go find your brother?"
"Brother? Is he my brother?" Zhuang Aiyi's eyes lit up and he looked up at him, his breathing slowed down, as if he was afraid to hear an answer he didn't want to hear.
"Yes, my brother was sick before and is a little weak now. You should take care of him." Lu Weiyi gave a reasonable explanation for Taotao's shrinking stature.
"Okay," Zhuang Aiyi said seriously, "Dad, don't worry, I will take good care of myself and my brother."
The Phoenix had already chosen the landing site. Lu Weiyi didn't have time to say anything else and directly transferred people into the space.
Zhuang Aiyi used to play in this space from time to time, so now he felt completely at home in it. After taking a look around, he turned around and walked towards the familiar tree house.
As soon as he entered the tree house, he immediately noticed a child inside. Looking at the figure, he thought it was Taotao. He walked forward in surprise and lifted the quilt, revealing Qin Nian's fair little face.
"Brother? Brother——" Qin Nian's confused voice turned into surprise when he saw someone, and he immediately got out of the quilt.
"Niannian, why are you here? Uncle Jin has been looking for you." Zhuang Aiyi said as he looked around and didn't find Taotao, so he asked where Taotao was.
"Uncle Lu saved me and let me play with my brother." Qin Nian saw a familiar person, hugged Zhuang Aiyi's arm, and happily shared his experience.
While the two children were talking, Taotao sensed something was wrong with the space and entered it.
Seeing the little kid walking unsteadily, Zhuang Aiyi finally understood what Lu Weiyi meant by being sick. He hugged Taotao worriedly and asked him if he felt unwell anywhere else.
"Taotao, okay." Taotao also hugged the person back and rubbed against him affectionately.
While the three kids were chatting about their recent situation, Lu Weiyi and Li Zhuang had already quietly integrated into the Kyoto base.
Seeing that Li Zhuang did not take him directly to the villa area where Lieyan lived, Lu Weiyi looked around and asked him where he was going.
"Go to the Flame Team's location." Li Zhuang said, and then he realized that he didn't know that the Kyoto base was mostly destroyed by Qin Jin and the zombies. He simply said, "Since you saved Qin Nian, you should have met him, right?"
"I have seen him. He has been following us." To be exact, it was Qin Nian. However, Lu Weiyi did not mention the child. Instead, he attributed the reason to his own high supernatural power that attracted zombies.
Li Zhuang was not surprised. He introduced the changes in Kyoto afterwards. The two of them walked silently all the way and finally stood in a ruin.
Lu Weiyi looked at Li Zhuang inquiringly, and saw that the other party was standing there motionless. After a while, he said, "There is a large building area underground, but the surrounding area seems to be blocked by supernatural powers."
"Superpower blockade?" Lu Weiyi had no idea what this new ranking was.
"Nowadays there is no effective way to prevent super powers. After people build living areas underground, there is a possibility that people with earth-type super powers may sneak into some places."
Li Zhuang squatted on the ground and carefully determined the underground situation, explaining, "This will bring huge losses to some large warehouses or material storage points, so some people let earth-type mutants be responsible for the surrounding area of a warehouse, monitoring the state of the soil at any time to ensure that no earth-type mutants will mess around."
"This method of having earth-type mutants completely protect the area they want to protect is called power blockade," Li Zhuang stood up and added, "Of course, in addition to protection, it can also be used for isolation."
"So... they were quarantined?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"It seems so. My ability level is high, and my control over the earth element is more subtle. I can explore through the intersecting areas and feel that there is a huge space underground. I estimate that the population cannot be small." Li Zhuang looked around. It was almost dusk, and the heavy rain made the night fall even earlier.
The surroundings have become a little blurry, especially without the support of electricity. The whole city seems to have fallen into a primitive state, giving people a sense of powerlessness.
"I think it should be here. The ground was originally the territory of Lieyan. It is absolutely impossible for anyone to enter underground, but I haven't found the entrance yet."
"Let's go look somewhere else first, especially the guard team's side. The entrances should be similar. It's impossible that they don't go in and out themselves," Lu Weiyi suggested.
The two were just about to leave when they saw the ground not far away surging upward like boiling water. A moment later, a hole appeared and a familiar figure appeared at the hole. After looking around nervously, he waved towards the hole, and five people quickly emerged from it.
The rain and the darkness of night made the figures of the six people not particularly obvious. As soon as they appeared, the ground began to wriggle again, and recovered in less than a minute. The heavy rain washed away all traces of the cave entrance and they disappeared without a trace.
Li Zhuang looked at the familiar faces in front of him, clicked his tongue, and looked at Lu Weiyi with amusement, "Your luck is really..."
"It seems that our trip will be smooth." After a day of continuous consumption of supernatural powers, the crystal cores in Lu Weiyi's hand were not broken at all, which made him feel a little tired. The current success at least made him feel a lot better.
Seeing that the six people were about to leave after determining the direction, Lu Weiyi raised his chin towards Li Zhuang, motioning him to go and say hello.
Li Zhuang was very unsportsmanlike and did not care at all that the other men were in a state of tension. He just threw an earthen dart at them.
Several people with excellent skills reacted quickly. The moment they felt the attack, they dodged silently and quickly. They didn't even make any sound of footsteps from beginning to end, which made people admire them sincerely.
After dodging the darts, the six people quickly turned around and locked onto the direction where Li Zhuang was, ready to fight back. The rain curtain in the air condensed into a barrier with water waves, isolating the heavy rain that blocked the people's vision, and completely wrapping Li Zhuang and Lu Weiyi in it.
This would reduce the noise of their combat to a minimum, and at the same time the rain curtain would become the last means of attack, completely cutting off their retreat - these people would leave no chance for anyone to survive.
As everyone was on alert, they heard the leading golden eagle ask uncertainly, "Li Zhuang?"
"Hello, long time no see." Li Zhuang put his hands in his pockets, looking relaxed, not like someone who would sneak into another base.
"It's so scary. How can you greet someone like that in the middle of the night?"
"That's really too mean."
"At this time, the Guards should have joined forces with various bases to attack Moon Bay. Why aren't you helping at the base?"
"Could it be that you missed us? Haha..."
A few people were chatting with each other, looking very relaxed, but no one came close to each other, and they didn't even relax their vigilance at all.
As long as Li Zhuang dares to show any tendency to take action, they will definitely not show mercy.
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