"That's right. Humans' spiritual roots only slowly appear after the age of ten, and only after the spiritual roots appear can they be awakened through the Holy Spirit Stone."
The burly man glanced at Xiao Xin curiously, "However, there are also geniuses who start awakening their spiritual powers at the age of ten. But the warlords all offered benefits to recruit these genius children into their armies. However, these are also ten-year-old children, and even among the ten-year-olds who awaken their spiritual powers, there are only a handful in the entire South City."
Upon hearing about spiritual roots, Jiang Yuan and Ning Yanlan's doubts gradually dissipated. The USB drive data mentioned spiritual roots, which represent human talent. However, they did not expect that spiritual roots had an age limit. No wonder they had not seen many children out and about so far.
"Who is this?" Jiang Yuan asked the burly man with a puzzled look.
Zhu Penghai stepped forward and introduced, "Brother Jiang Yuan, this is our newest member of the Gale Squad—Xiong Yong. He is a Tier 3 Shield Warrior, but his Tier 3 is much stronger than some Tier 4 warriors!"
"Xiong Yong!" The burly man reached out his hand to Jiang Yuan.
“Jiang Yuan!” Jiang Yuan replied.
"Xu Lian, is the little boy hurt?" Zhu Penghai asked Ning Yanlan apologetically.
"It's okay, she's just a little scared!" Ning Yanlan hugged Xiao Xin.
"It's getting late, why don't we all get in the armored vehicle and talk as we go!" Zhu Penghai suggested. "As for the kids!"
Zhu Penghai's tone softened, and the burly man instantly became like a friendly older brother, comforting him: "Would you like to come and have some fun with us?"
Xiao Xin's eyes were a little red; she was completely frightened.
"Xiao Xin, if you want to protect your mother, you have to go through these things, you know?" Ning Yanlan knew that crying like this wouldn't help Xiao Xin grow, so she started to comfort her.
"Hmm, I wasn't paying attention!" Xiao Xin broke free from Ning Yanlan's embrace and carefully picked up her substitute doll. "Let's fight together next time!"
Xiao Xin understood that she had lost to the older brother because she was scared. It was just her who lost, not the substitute doll. That's why she firmly said, "Let's fight together."
"So good!" Ning Yanlan seemed to see her stubborn self from when she was a child in Xiao Xin.
"The car and everything are ready, let's go!"
Next, Jiang Yuan saw the so-called armored vehicle. At first, he thought it was a wheeled armored vehicle of the army, but after seeing it, he realized that the armored vehicle was just an extended off-road vehicle that had been modified.
The interior of the armored vehicle was completely simplified, making the most of the space to carry supplies. In the apocalypse, no one cares about comfort; life is the priority.
Moreover, the armored vehicle's power system has been optimized, and its protective armor has also been reinforced and modified. Although it looks ugly, it can easily withstand impact forces of less than ten points of force, coupled with its excellent power system.
This is a super-fast iron turtle.
"Entry and exit from the southern part of the city are becoming increasingly strict!"
Sitting in the car, Qian Kai looked at the ruins that had not yet been rebuilt and sighed deeply.
"I heard that someone killed a warlord commander yesterday. The warlord of Nancheng was furious and now requires strict checks to enter and leave the city!" Zhu Penghai, a veteran of the camp, knew a lot about the warlord's affairs.
"Who's so bold? Didn't they say there are sixth-level warriors among the warlords? Is there anyone blind enough to provoke this tiger?" Qian Kai joked.
Ning Yanlan frowned inside the car. Her intuition told her that this matter was inextricably linked to Huo Huang. If that was the case, she had no time to spare.
"Roll down the car window!"
At the checkpoint, several heavily armed soldiers were knocking on the windows of an armored vehicle.
Qian Kai, who had just been laughing and joking, immediately changed his expression. He rolled down the car window, took out a few Holy Spirit Stones from the storage compartment in the door, and handed them to the soldiers. "Sir, we are from the camp. We are going out of the city for training today. Please make an exception for us!"
"I'll repeat myself, roll down all the windows!" The leading officer glanced at the Holy Spirit Stone in Qian Kai's hand, but didn't take it; instead, he continued to inspect it.
Zhu Penghai nodded, and Qian Kai took out a few more Holy Spirit Stones, then said with a forced smile, "Brothers, cooperate with the commander and roll down your car windows!"
As he spoke, Qian Kai added a few more Holy Spirit Stones to his palm.
None of the people resisted, and they rolled down their car windows one after another.
The officer put away the Holy Spirit Stone, then glanced at the people in the car. When he saw Xiao Xin, he frowned. "Why is this child leaving the city?"
"Oh, I see. There's a couple in our team, and this is their beloved daughter. They were worried about leaving her alone, so they brought her along!" Qian Kai quickly explained.
"You two, take off your hats!" the officer said, pointing at Ning Yanlan and Xiao Xin.
Ning Yanlan's hidden hand had already formed ice shards. Although Zhu Penghai was unaware of this, he still spoke up, "We are from the camp, there's no need for this kind of inspection!"
"I'll take it off!" Ning Yanlan knew she couldn't leave without taking it off, so she took off her baseball cap.
The officer glanced at Ning Yanlan but didn't notice anything. The little girl who hadn't taken off her hat was completely ignored. He looked at the supplies behind the armored vehicle and said coldly, "Are you hiding any heavy weapons?"
"Sir, you're joking. How could we dare to hide that? We're all honest people who fought with our bare hands. Besides, heavy firepower doesn't explode the core, right? Who would use it?" Qian Kai said with a forced smile.
"You're quite sensible. Let's go!" The officer waved to his men and then walked toward the next vehicle heading out of the city.
The group then rolled up the car windows, and as soon as they did, Qian Kai started cursing inside.
"These bastards are always causing trouble for you!" Qian Kai roared.
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