Chapter 98
"Dr. Wang, you're here." Liu Wanqi had been looking around but couldn't find Wen Shaocheng. Just then, Wang Jie arrived at the Xinghuo Base to deliver some medicine to Tian Zhaozhao and the others. Liu Wanqi quickly called out to him.
"Lieutenant Liu, is something the matter?" Wang Jie stopped in his tracks.
"I wanted to ask if you've seen our major? I've been looking for him all day but haven't been able to find him." Liu Wanqi was extremely distressed.
Thinking of the fleeting figure he had seen on the island, Wang Jie felt uncertain. Since it involved the island, he couldn't just tell anyone. So he mumbled, "...I've been staying at home. I came here as soon as I left, but I didn't see the major."
"Then I'll go look elsewhere," Liu Wanqi said anxiously and confusedly, scratching his head as he walked away. "Where could this person have gone..."
Wen Shaocheng, whom Liu Wanqi couldn't find no matter how hard he looked, was currently in Nini's magic house, engrossed in reading thousands of magic books with Tong Shu.
“Nini, searching like this isn’t a solution.” Tong Shu put down an old, hardcover book, rubbed her sore eyes, and said, “Why don’t you think about what that diary you mentioned looks like? We can do some screening.”
Nini was also exhausted, and said with a long face, "Nini hasn't read that diary either, she only heard Grandma mention it. If only Nini hadn't been so playful before, she would have organized the bookshelf properly..."
Seeing the little girl's frustrated and self-reproachful expression, Tong Shu could only comfort her and tell her not to worry. She then whispered a few words to Wen Shaocheng before leaving the magic hut.
When she returned, Tong Shu was followed by a string of little tails.
“I’ve called all the little animals on the island over.” Tong Shu wiped her sweat and sat down next to Wen Shaocheng. “I just ran into my mom and the others and told them about the current situation. Oh, and my brother told me that Lieutenant Liu has been looking for you.”
Wen Shaocheng had a gut feeling that Liu Wanqi had also discovered something. He stood up and said, "I need to go out for a bit. Where do I leave from?"
“Now that you have a work pass, it should be the same as when you entered and exited your own game space before. You can just meditate and you’ll be able to come and go,” Tong Shu said.
Wen Shaocheng nodded and then vanished from the spot.
After settling the animals in, Tong Shu buried herself in searching for the diary.
Busy until midnight, Tong Shu was so hungry she couldn't stand it anymore. She said goodbye to the still-busy animals and ran off to find food.
Unexpectedly, her family members were still awake at this hour, sitting in the living room with serious expressions as they waited for her.
Seeing Tong Shu come out, Shu Hua immediately brought out a bowl of wontons that were keeping warm in the pot and urged her to sit down and eat: "Are you starving? Do you have any ideas?"
Tong Shu shook her head in frustration.
"If only we could be of any help, but unfortunately we can't get into that little house," Wang Jianye said, shaking his head and sighing.
"Huh? Was it Major Wen who went to the cabin with you this morning? How could he have gone into the magic cabin with you?" Wang Jie asked in confusion.
Tong Shu figured it was probably because he used to have a game space, and laughed it off, saying, "Maybe his physique is different from ours. Never mind, that's not important. Did you guys go to the Starfire Base today? Did they find anything?"
When this was mentioned, everyone became concerned. Qin Jiaqiang said, "The speed at which this celestial body is approaching is too fast. Many people have already noticed something is wrong. Tian Zhaozhao should have received instructions from above. She told the base that it is a normal phenomenon. Before Ahua mentioned it, I thought it was really a normal situation."
“However, now that the celestial bodies are getting closer and closer, their current explanations are no longer enough to appease everyone. I think they are already considering other methods,” Tong Songming said.
Wang Jie paced back and forth at the dining table: "What can we do? According to Shu Shu, once this planet collides with us, the entire Earth will be doomed. Even if we hide on the island, we might not survive, let alone those who are still outside."
Tong Shu swallowed the last wonton with difficulty, stood up and looked out the window. The celestial body was getting closer and closer, and the light it emitted was clearly different from that of the moon. No one would mistake it for that gentle and quiet satellite anymore.
"...They're moving too fast." Tong Shu murmured, "You guys keep a close eye on the situation outside. I'm going back to the island. Try to find a way to accurately locate Duoka within a day. If any troops are spotted, everyone should immediately move to the island."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
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Tong Shu spent the whole night in the magic house with the little animals, flipping through books. As dawn approached, she finally couldn't stay awake any longer and fell asleep on the pile of books.
Half-asleep, Tong Shu felt a lightness in her body and quickly woke up, only to find herself being held by Wen Shaocheng, as if he was about to move her to the sofa.
"You...you're done with your work?" Tong Shu asked a little embarrassedly.
Wen Shaocheng nodded: "We activated two nearby classified underground defense works and spent the whole night working with Liu Wanqi and the others to move classified information. The next step is to relocate the base's residents to the works for refuge."
Such fortifications are generally nuclear-grade, but both men knew that the disaster they were about to face would be difficult to withstand even at this level.
"Put me down first, let me rest, then I'll continue searching..."
"No rush, I'll do it for you." Wen Shaocheng said, about to put Tong Shu on the sofa. The sofa was right next to Nini's potion shelf. Tong Shu moved her arm, and a bottle of potion fell straight off the shelf, the crystal bottle shattered, and the potion spilled all over the floor.
"Ouch!" Tong Shu exclaimed in alarm and hurriedly got down to pick up the books beside her. Wen Shaocheng quickly pressed her down, saying, "Let me do it, don't prick your hand."
He quickly picked up all the books around him, handed them to Tong Shu, and then turned to clean up the crystal shards and potions on the ground.
Tong Shu took a handkerchief and wiped the book in her hand: "Luckily, only the cover got wet. The hardcover is fine, but this leather one... um? Salawa's Diary?"
Nini, who had been unmoved even after the potion bottle was broken, immediately dropped her book and rushed over upon hearing "Sarawak's Diary": "Yes! It's this diary! I remember now! Island Master, Island Master, let me see it!"
Tong Shu quickly handed the leather-bound diary to Nini.
Nini flipped through the book quickly, finding what she wanted in just a few pages: "...I used the feather left behind by the unicorn swan, and the Compass of Fate sensed the direction of their home...Nando's little boat carried me all the way...and I arrived in the world of the unicorn swans..."
"The compass of destiny! I know it!" Nini shook off her previous dejection and excitedly rushed into her little room to rummage around. In no time, she took out a compass the size of a palm.
"The ancestral notes seem to mention needing a lot of fur..." Nini hesitated again, turning to look at her friends who had gathered around: "Do any of you have a lot of fur?"
The little animals all shook their heads; they were already quite adept at shedding their own fur, so why would they collect other people's hair?
Wen Shaocheng thought for a moment and said, "Wait a moment." He left for a while, and when he came back, he was indeed holding a tuft of golden-yellow fur in his hand.
Tong Shu was somewhat surprised: "They don't have any of these, where did you come from?"
Wen Shaocheng glanced at the animals but didn't answer immediately. When Nini used the fur to cast a spell on the Fate Compass, Wen Shaocheng quietly approached Tong Shu and whispered, "It was in my game space before. I made a few animal traps to catch it, but the little thing was very clever and only fell for it once. Some of its butt fur was caught and I kept it in my workbook."
Tong Shu exclaimed in amazement, "This is truly foresight, Major Wen!"
Wen Shaocheng smiled and said, "It was just a lucky accident."
Nini quickly came up with a result: a string of mysterious characters that Tong Shu couldn't understand. Nini explained, "This is a set of coordinates. I'll use these coordinates to look inside the crystal ball and see exactly where it is."
Nini chanted a spell over the crystal ball, and soon, a building emitting flames came into everyone's view.
Wen Shaocheng recognized the landmark at a glance: "The temple, it's inside the temple."
“There are nine temples in that forest. They are far apart and connected to cover the entire continent. I haven’t fully explored them yet, but I recognize this temple. It’s the Temple of Life. Inside, there are three Fruits of Life. Each fruit can make a person invincible for 24 hours,” Wen Shaocheng explained to Tong Shu.
"No wonder Doka is hiding in this temple. I wonder how many fruits it has already eaten. We have to hurry and save it!" After saying that, Tong Shu immediately rushed towards the airport. Wen Shaocheng followed closely behind, took the coordinates given to him by Nini, and caught up with Tong Shu.
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"Shushu! Shushu!!" Tong Shu had only walked halfway when she heard someone calling her. She had to stop and saw Wang Jie running over, panting: "Outside... there's a riot outside, they've started looting supplies."
Tong Shu was shocked: "How could this be?"
"That celestial body was already as big as a hill, and no one believed that it was just an ordinary celestial phenomenon."
"Where are Liu Wanqi and Section Chief Li?" Wen Shaocheng asked.
"We've already led a group of people into the fortifications. But a large group of people have surged in from the surrounding area, and the fortifications can't accommodate so many people. Lieutenant Liu said that the original inhabitants of the Starfire Base should be given priority for evacuation, and the people causing trouble at the base now are all outsiders," Wang Jie hurriedly explained.
“Since the natural disaster broke out, many defensive fortifications have been destroyed. There are only two fortifications around here that can be used. Dr. Wang, I'd like to trouble you to inform Liu Wanqi that I have found a solution and to have him and the remaining troops do their best to maintain order,” Wen Shaocheng said solemnly.
Wang Jie turned to look at Tong Shu, and seeing that Tong Shu also nodded, it meant that they had really found a solution. He then nodded firmly: "Okay! Be careful, we'll take care of things outside!"
With Wang Jie's expectant gaze, Goose Flock 001 soared into the sky and flew towards that restless alternate dimension.
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