Chapter 229
He Ziqian drove the cool family car, carrying Ruan Xi and Xiaoguai, and drove all the way to... the Presidential Palace.
"Why are we here at the Presidential Palace? Aren't we going to the central base?" Ruan Xi asked subconsciously, not understanding the meaning of this destination for a moment.
"I really can't understand it?" He Ziqian said. He didn't believe that his little genius doctor was so stupid without considering his profession. He was just not used to certain ways of thinking.
"You mean, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and everyone in the Goshawk Squad have been locked up by the President?" This answer was absolutely simple and crude, but also infinitely close to the truth.
He Ziqian nodded approvingly, but a faint sneer appeared on his face. He continued, "It seems that our President is starting to get desperate."
This was said quite carelessly, but Ruan Xi didn't think it was a big deal and nodded vigorously, "That's like the style of a scumbag president."
If only Dashu were here right now, he would go up and beat the president up as soon as he saw him. He let him dream of immortality and persecute others for his own selfish interests. Beat him to death!
"I'm here! Just waiting to beat up my enemies! By the way, where did you throw the Great Elder?" Da Shu's voice suddenly sounded in Ruan Xi's mind. It was too unexpected. This time, Ruan Xi was also scared. He shuddered all over and jumped up in the car. Not surprisingly, he hit his head on the roof of the car. He was in so much pain that he saw stars and tears streamed down his face.
"Dad!" Xiaoguai watched this scene with his own eyes, and was so scared that he quickly hugged his father's head and cried, feeling heartbroken.
"It's okay, it's okay..." Ruan Xi was speechless. She rolled her eyes in her heart and couldn't help but complain to Dashu, "Dashu, can you stop being so elusive? Can you give me a preview of the show? I feel like my heart is really not enough..."
Ruan Xi took a few deep breaths and finally recovered. Then he explained to He Ziqian and Xiaoguai, "It's okay. Dashu is back."
"The little tree is back, and I have moved its habitat into the space. From now on, the little tree doesn't have to go back to the farming planet." What he meant was that from now on, Ruan Xi's illustration space would be the home of the big tree and the little tree, and they would no longer have to run back and forth.
"Really? Is Xiaoshu completely healed?"
"I'm fine! Xiaoxi, I can always be with you from now on!" Xiaoshu's lively voice sounded immediately, and then several tender green branches appeared in the flying car, rubbing against He Ziqian who was driving in the front, and then rubbing against Xiaoxi in the back seat, and finally, happily wrapped around Xiaoguai, and the two little ones consciously shrank to the side to play by themselves.
This was truly a pleasant surprise. Ruan Xi had thought that it would take at least a few days for Dashu to return. After all, that was what Dashu had said when he left Funong Star. Unexpectedly, Dashu was a liar.
"Dashu, don't you think it's very unkind of you to lie to me like this? Or do you think it gives you a greater sense of accomplishment?" Ruan Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, his words full of accusations.
"This is an accident! I didn't mean to lie to you! I originally thought it would take at least three to five days before I could come find you. But who would have thought that beneath my habitat, there was actually another energy core of the Tree of Life hidden. Isn't this just a coincidence!"
Ruan Xi: "..." What the hell, could such a coincidence happen? At this moment, he really didn't even have the energy to ask curious questions. It would be better to wait until everything settled down before asking.
Ruan Xi skipped the curiosity part and quickly brought Dashu into the topic.
"Dashu, our comrades might be held captive in the Presidential Palace. If you're here, it'll be much easier to find someone to rescue them. Let's try to get them out in one fell swoop. I'm in a hurry to find Grandpa He. Something must have happened to him. The alien parasite is really haunting him!" Why can't everyone be as cute as Xiaoguai and Xiaohei? Otherwise, those little black balls would be fine too!
As Ruan Xi sighed inwardly, the car had already stopped almost silently. He was patted on the shoulder and said, "We're here."
When Ruan Xi got out of the car, he saw a high wall in front of him and a door not far away. It looked like the back door of the Presidential Palace.
"Go through the back door or climb the wall?" Comparing the two, Ruan Xi prefers the latter. After all, going through the back door requires the extra step of opening the door, which is quite troublesome.
"Since you want to climb the wall so much, then let's climb it." He Ziqian answered while suppressing his smile, and then took Ruan Xi and Xiaoguai to a shady place.
The security of the Presidential Palace is naturally very strict. Not only are the walls high, but there are also many checkpoints inside. At first glance, it is definitely not a road that can be easily passed through.
However, He Ziqian looked completely confident. It seemed that he at least had a certain degree of understanding of the Presidential Palace.
As if seeing through Ruan Xi's doubts, He Ziqian took the initiative to explain, "The eldest prince has always been wary of the president. He asked me to study the architectural structure and defense layout of the presidential meeting. I know exactly where the blind spots are."
Ruan Xi: "..." Okay, he should say, people who play politics really have dirty hearts, right?
Well, her boyfriend must be excluded!
Ruan Xi was too lazy to say anything more, and Xiaoguai had no surprises to express. He followed obediently throughout the whole process, and his curiosity was not even as strong as his father's. In this way, with He Ziqian leading the way, the three of them entered the Presidential Palace smoothly, and, just as He Ziqian said, they perfectly avoided all surveillance and sentries and came to a courtyard.
In the middle of the courtyard, there was a white three-story building. There was no sound coming from the house, and the three of them sneaked in smoothly. Then, He Ziqian took them straight into a bedroom.
Ruan Xi blinked and looked around, then asked, "Is this the eldest prince's bedroom?"
"That's right. Let's rest here for a while and take action after dark."
"There's no need to wait until dark to move the tree!" Ruan Xi was eager to act and immediately moved the tree out.
Dashu: "..." Why did this sound a little off? Although he was eager to give the president a beating, he felt like he was just looking for trouble. Then, Dashu said tentatively, "Actually, I could use a break."
Ruan Xi: "Dashu, stop kidding me. You have so much energy in your body that it's almost overflowing. If you don't use it up quickly, are you planning to save it for the New Year?"
Dashu: "..." Before beating the president, can he beat this naughty kid first?
However, the tree was reluctant to hit Ruan Xi, the naughty child, but it had no way to refute Ruan Xi's statement. So, in the end, it could only nag in Ruan Xi's mind while extending its roots.
Just find someone. After all, if the naughty kid wants to succeed, he still has to rely on this tree!
Ruan Xi couldn't read Dashu's thoughts at the moment. Seeing Dashu start to move, he just breathed a sigh of relief, then found a chair to sit in and take a rest.
"Are you tired?" He Ziqian leaned over and asked softly.
"I'm so tired. This is so frustrating. I really thought that the alien races were a thing of the past. I didn't expect that they could strike back at us!" Although this matter has not been confirmed yet, he senses that it is 99% a foregone conclusion.
It’s so terrible!
"Everything will be fine. You are a person blessed by the goddess of luck. If you are not happy, things will definitely not get out of control."
"...I hope so." Ruan Xi didn't argue, but just sighed deeply, feeling extremely upset.
"Dad, can I go with Dashu to catch the bad guys?" Xiaoguai didn't make any noise, but he was very bored. This kind of lurking action was really not suitable for Xiaoguai, who had a more lively personality. At this moment, he blinked his bright big eyes and looked at Ruan Xi, and Ruan Xi felt a little unbearable.
"Now Dashu is just going to scout the enemy situation. Once we are sure where the enemy is, we will go to capture them. Xiaoguai, wait a moment, don't be in a hurry, okay?" Ruan Xi couldn't stand it, but He Ziqian still stood up for it, and he coaxed Xiaoguai with just a few words. Seeing this, Ruan Xi wanted to applaud her boyfriend.
His boyfriend is really good at coaxing children!
While waiting, night fell quietly. It took Dashu a full hour to beat someone up. When Ruan Xi was almost worried about Dashu's safety, Dashu finally came back, and brought back someone with him.
"Who is this?" Ruan Xi saw that it was a stranger and immediately turned to ask He Ziqian.
"The Third Prince." After a brief moment of shock, He Ziqian answered Ruan Xi's question while carrying the unconscious Third Prince to the bed.
Ruan Xi immediately stepped forward to examine the Third Prince's body, and then his expression became increasingly ugly.
"He has been poisoned. The neurotoxin has spread, but fortunately, it has not invaded his internal organs." Otherwise, even gods would be unable to save him.
He Ziqian took a deep breath when he heard this, but he also understood that Ruan Xi's words meant that he could cure the third prince, so he felt a little relieved.
"Dashu, where did you find the third prince? Did you see who poisoned him?" He Ziqian asked Dashu directly, and Dashu's voice immediately rang in his mind.
"The other bedroom looks magnificent. It is probably the bedroom of that dog president. But the dog president is probably not in the presidential palace. There is only this person in that bedroom." Dashu called him "dog president" very smoothly and made the matter sound nonchalant.
He Ziqian was also at his wit's end and continued to ask, "What about the eldest prince and the members of the Goshawk Squad? Did you find them?"
"I found them. They are locked up in a dungeon. I don't know what material it is made of. My roots can't extend through it. I tried for a long time but it didn't work." In fact, the process of searching for the people went smoothly. The big tree spent most of its time trying to break through the dungeon and get the people back.
Obviously, Dashu was very annoyed that he had not succeeded in saving anyone and had not successfully drawn the president.
"Special materials? What special materials?" Ruan Xi had been listening to their conversation distractedly. After hearing this, he couldn't help but ask another question, obviously caring about this issue.
"I don't know. I just can't get in. Maybe it's your human high technology. Anyway, I've found the person. You can go there again with me at night and see if there is any way to get in." Dashu quickly came to his senses. Then, he finally remembered that he had not received an answer to the question he asked at the beginning!
"I say, you haven't told me yet, where did you hide the Great Elder?"
Ruan Xi: "..." Did Dashu ever ask this question? He had no recollection of it.
"Anyway, it's hidden well. No one can find it except us." Ruan Xi said this with great pride, without stopping his hands. Half an hour later, he had cleared the neurotoxin from the third prince's body.
Of course, this was accomplished with the assistance of his wood-related abilities. If medical treatment was used, the Third Prince would have to stay in bed for ten days or half a month, or at least remain in a coma for three to five days.
"How long until he wakes up?"
"About an hour. Why don't we take this opportunity to rescue people first?" After taking care of the third prince, Ruan Xi put all his attention back on saving people.
Moreover, he was quite concerned about the fact that the president was not in the presidential palace. The president detained people in the palace, but he ran away. What was he going to do? Had he rescued his most loyal lackey?
He could only guess about these things now, and they could only be confirmed after meeting the eldest prince and others. This made Ruan Xi feel even more anxious.
"good."
He Ziqian had no objection, and the three of them quickly set off. This time, Xiaoguai and Dashu took the lead, and they worked in perfect harmony. Xiaoguai's speed was so fast that he almost left an afterimage. Ruan Xi was stunned and couldn't help but sigh, "Our son is really amazing..."
With this level of skill, no one can bully him wherever he goes!
"It's good this way. It's not easy to be bullied."
"really."
The two chatted for a while in a relaxed manner, and soon they arrived at the door of the dungeon under the conference hall. He Ziqian took a look and quickly confirmed that the entire dungeon was a giant safe. Conservatively estimated, it had at least seven levels of passwords. If there was even the slightest mistake, the alarm would be triggered, and the consequences could be imagined.
"Fuck! This dog president is such a dog! He even killed his own son!" Ruan Xi couldn't help but curse. Then, in her mind, she asked Dashu, "Where did you see the person? Why can't I see him?"
Ruan Xi had been looking into the door for a long time, but there was no sign of a person, not even a ghost.
“When I came here before, people were already inside.”
The big tree spoke very innocently, and then, after a few seconds of silence, the three people and two trees all became alert.
Oh shit, this is not a trap, right?
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