The vital signs that Zhang Yun and Yang Shize left at the Yunze base have disappeared.
The entire Yunze base was instantly thrown into an uproar.
The deployment of laser satellites is a major event; the news simply cannot be concealed.
So on the afternoon of the day they disappeared, not only the entire Eastern Continent, but also every base in the world with even a little bit of information knew that the Ye family forces in the capital had deployed the Eastern Continent's laser satellite to kill Zhang Yun, the leader of the Yunze base.
The well-mannered Governor of the capital, Shen Shengzhi, couldn't help but slam his fist on the table, knocking the cup off the table.
"That's a laser satellite! How many resources did our Eastern Continent spend to develop such a top-secret weapon? It can only be launched five times! When the zombie horde besieged the city, I almost knelt down and begged them, but they would rather use the flesh and blood of their frontline soldiers to fill the zombies than launch it even once! Now, just to kill a promising young man who refused to submit to them, they've casually wasted two launches!"
"Sir, please calm down. The doctor said you absolutely cannot have any more intense emotional fluctuations. Your health is the most important thing!" the bodyguard beside him quickly advised.
Shen Shengzhi took a deep breath to calm himself down, and said solemnly, "Summon everyone immediately for a meeting!"
...
A somber atmosphere hung over the conference room at Yunze Base.
The two seats in the center of the meeting room were empty.
Vulcan Qi Heng sat in the middle right position and used his mental power to transmit his voice to everyone present: "We must take revenge."
Sitting next to him, Yang Yiyi looked up, her eyes blazing with the flames of revenge. "Yes, revenge! I want to avenge my brother and my older brother!"
"That's right! They're using laser satellites to attack our fellow human beings! Those people in the capital don't deserve to have access to such a super weapon!" He Yang slammed his fist on the table in anger.
"Yes! Revenge!" The crowd echoed indignantly.
The little girl sitting on the left, at the same level as Vulcan, suddenly floated up from her seat.
Her long white hair moved without wind, and her silver eyes looked at everyone, causing them to fall silent in fear.
"Target one: Ye Hui; Target two: the Ye family; Target three: the capital."
After the silver-haired girl finished speaking in a mechanical and indifferent voice, her body suddenly turned into a wisp of green smoke and disappeared.
"Yunmeng! It's too dangerous for you to act alone!" He Jiajia's words came too late; Yunmeng had already left the conference room.
"Sis, you know perfectly well that she doesn't listen to anyone except Yun-ge." He Yang shook his head.
Yang Yiyi suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to everyone. "I know this request is selfish, but without them, there would be no Yunze today. I beg you all, please help me get justice for my two brothers!"
He Jiajia quickly went over and pulled her up, her beautiful eyes looking at Vulcan, "With Brother Yun not here, you are our commander, please give the order."
Looking at the trusting eyes of his companions, Qi Heng felt a lump in his throat. He felt like crying, but ever since he awakened his superpower, he had never been able to shed a single tear.
"All superhumans, evolved humans, and mech pilots at Yunze Base, immediately prepare for combat!"
"All missions of the Mercenary Guild are suspended. All missions have been changed to attacking the capital and eliminating forces affiliated with the Ye family!"
"We will march on the capital in one hour!"
"yes!"
Thus began a civil war that would affect the entire Eastern Continent.
...
Meanwhile, on a deserted island in the center of the Pacific Ocean, Zhang Yun slowly opened his eyes.
He was lying on a wooden bed in a simple wooden hut, with clean broad leaves under him. Beside him was a fire made of stones, the fire was almost going out. On a wooden frame above the fire hung a stone pot, in which meat soup was simmering, the soup was bubbling and the aroma filled the whole room.
Zhang Yun sat up abruptly. "Yang Shize?"
A sound came from outside the wooden house. Zhang Yun quickly turned his head and saw Yang Shize walking in from outside the door, shirtless, with grass around his waist and several coconuts in his arms, looking like a wild man.
"Brother, you're awake!"
Seeing that he was awake, Yang Shize quickly threw the coconut on the ground and hurried to his side. "How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you?"
"I'm fine, nothing's wrong. How about you?"
Remembering the burns on his back from the laser's high temperature, Zhang Yun quickly grabbed his arm and made him turn around, saying, "Let me see your back!"
Yang Shize obediently turned around, showing him his smooth back. "I'm fine, brother. I think I've advanced to the eighth level. All my injuries have healed."
"This should be a tropical island. Since my brother has been unconscious, I built a wooden house on this island for him to recuperate temporarily."
"Thank you," Zhang Yun said.
"What are you saying, brother? Did we need to thank each other before? Besides, you used up your mental energy and superpowers to save my life. I should be the one thanking you." Yang Shize turned around and hugged him, then lowered his head to kiss him.
Zhang Yun quickly raised her hand to cover his mouth, "Wait a minute, speaking of advancement, I think I've advanced too, let me sense it first..."
He used his mental energy to examine his body, and sure enough, his spatial ability had also advanced to the eighth level!
In addition to the normal increase in teleportation distance and expansion of storage space, he also has an additional ability: he can swap positions with any object within his perception range.
Zhang Yun named this skill "Displacement".
"My superpower has also been upgraded, and I've gained another skill."
As he spoke, he used "displacement" to swap his position with a coconut on the ground. Zhang Yun appeared where the coconut had been, and Yang Shize now had a coconut in his arms.
"Look, I can switch places with the object now!" Zhang Yun exclaimed in delight.
Yang Shize dropped the coconut he was holding, walked over, hugged him, and groped him all over. "Brother, you're getting more and more slippery. If you ever stop loving me, will you just slip away from me like you did today?"
"Nonsense!" Zhang Yun slapped his hand away, put her arms around his neck, and laughed, "How could I not love you? You're the one I love most!"
"Then prove it to me, brother." Yang Shize gestured to his lips.
Helpless, Zhang Yun tiptoed and kissed him.
A tender, lingering kiss is the most genuine longing between two people who have survived a catastrophe.
Yang Shize pinned him to the bed.
...
Two hours later, Zhang Yun took out a motorhome from his storage space.
Since the apocalypse began, he has developed a hobby of collecting things. He puts anything of value into his spatial storage. He doesn't even remember when he collected this RV, because he hasn't used it since.
Luxury RV, with its own bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom, complete with water and electricity, and full facilities.
Only someone like Zhang Yun, who has unlimited space, could afford to be so extravagant. Other space-type ability users would never be willing to waste space to store this thing.
Yang Shize laughed and picked him up, carrying him to the bathroom inside the RV. He said, "It's so much more convenient being with me. I've been living like a caveman these past few days!"
After taking a shower and changing their clothes, the two sat down at the table to eat.
Dinner was chicken soup that Yang Shize had cooked in a stone pot beforehand. Zhang Yun grabbed a handful of goji berries from her spatial storage and threw them in, then sprinkled in some salt.
After finishing their meal, Yang Shize told him about their current situation.
At the last moment, Zhang Yun's supernatural power broke through and he teleported the two of them randomly. However, the random distance was a bit far, and they ended up on a tropical uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean.
Moreover, the weather around the island is very strange, capable of blocking signals, and even the system cannot send out the message that the two of them are still alive.
Yang Shize continued, "Brother, you've been unconscious for five days. While you were unconscious, I explored the entire area around here. This island isn't very big, but the weather is very strange. Sometimes it's sunny on one side and stormy on the other."
"Moreover, the sea within ten miles of this island is very calm, but there is a powerful hurricane vortex ten miles away. If we are not careful, we will be dragged in. It is unlikely that we can swim there or take a boat out."
"So, we're trapped here now and can't get out."
Yang Shize nodded. "Yes."
Zhang Yun stood up and paced around the room.
Currently, they are in a very safe situation. There are no people or zombies on the island, only lush plants and small animals. The two of them are at the absolute top of the food chain.
The supplies stored in Zhang Yun's space were enough for the two of them to live a comfortable and prosperous life.
If it were any other young couple, suddenly transported from a dangerous post-apocalyptic world to a deserted island that resembles a paradise, they would probably be overjoyed and want to stay and make it their home.
But those two won't do!
One is the chosen one destined to save the world, and the other is the leader of the base. Both bear an immense burden on their shoulders. Their sudden disappearance and uncertain fate will likely throw the outside world into chaos.
After spending so much time and effort to create a favorable situation in the capital, the entire plan has been disrupted.
Furthermore, the laser satellite launch authority in Dongzhou is controlled by the Ye family in the capital. In other words, the person who harmed them is Ye Hui. So why are they able to know their and Yang Shize's coordinates so accurately?
Zhang Yun suddenly stopped and said, "There's a traitor in our base."
“Back then, when you faked your death and changed your identity to infiltrate the capital, only the higher-ups inside the base knew you were still alive, but I didn’t tell anyone what you were doing.”
“The brothers you took away didn’t know that you were actually Yang Shize. They all thought you were Zhang Shaoze, the squad leader I sent out to carry out an undercover mission.”
"Ye Hui couldn't possibly know that we meet in that underground stone chamber every now and then. Only the people in Yunze Base who know that you are actually still alive can guess that I am probably meeting you every time I suddenly go out."
"Because we arranged our meeting using bone rings, there was no fixed time, so the other party didn't know when we would meet. But that day was Valentine's Day, February 14th. This person not only knew you were alive, but also knew we were a couple, so they knew we would definitely meet on that day. That's why they chose that time to make their move."
This line of reasoning narrowed down the suspects considerably. Zhang Yun controlled a flying blade and wrote five names on the ground.
He Jiajia, Yang Yiyi, Yun Meng, Qi Heng, He Yang.
Yunmeng joined the base later, and like Qi Heng, she is a dual-ability user.
Zhang Yun first crossed out Yang Yiyi and He Jiajia, saying, "Yunmeng is just a ten-year-old child who has always been by my side. It's impossible for her to be colluding with people from the capital."
Zhang Yun crossed out Yunmeng.
There are only two people left.
Zhang Yun stared at the names Qi Heng and He Yang for a long time before crossing out He Yang.
"Why not him?" Yang Shize asked.
"Although He Yang has a bad personality, he knows what's important and is responsible when it comes to important matters. He would never take our lives."
Yang Shize suddenly hugged him with a hint of jealousy, "I noticed a long time ago that you treat this kid very specially. When you first met, he touched you inappropriately and said nothing nice to you, but you didn't get angry. Now you're even speaking up for him. Do you like him too?"
"How could that be! I've barely even exchanged a few words with him!"
Zhang Yun immediately said, "And is now the time to be jealous? Qi Heng may have betrayed us! In the past few years, while you were away from the base, he became our base's number one war god with his powerful fire-type abilities, second only to me in prestige! Now that you and I are trapped in this godforsaken place, your life signals should have disappeared, and the people in the base must think we are both dead. In that case, it's almost a certainty that Qi Heng will become the new leader of the base!"
Zhang Yun paused.
Currently, the only person who could have betrayed their coordinates is Qi Heng, but he can't understand why Qi Heng would do such a thing.
During the five years they spent together, Qi Heng showed absolutely no ambition to seize power; he was single-mindedly focused on being a hero. Zhang Yun couldn't understand why he wanted to kill her and Yang Shize.
Remembering the system's earlier warning that the second laser beam was aimed at the protagonist, or perhaps his target was actually only Yang Shize?
Zhang Yun vaguely felt that he had grasped some clue, but upon closer examination, he had no idea what it was.
"I know, but there's nothing we can do about it now."
Yang Shize said, "I explored the vicinity of the hurricane vortex before, trying to see if I could detect the extent of the hurricane zone, but my outward spiritual power was shattered as soon as it came into contact with the hurricane."
"This place should be a mysterious area similar to the Bermuda Triangle in the world. Even mental energy can be shattered, and frequency signals can no longer be transmitted. Moreover, even if people outside know that we are here, they probably can't break through the hurricane and vortex to come in and rescue us."
“Unless…” Yang Shize looked at him, “Brother, you can teleport me out of that vortex hurricane zone again, otherwise we’ll probably be trapped on this deserted island for the rest of our lives.”
"..."
Why can't I detect any worry or anxiety in your tone?
As the only protagonist who can save the world, is it really okay for you to just give up like this?
“Take me to the edge of the vortex,” Zhang Yun said, nudging him.
Yang Shize nodded and walked out of the RV with Zhang Yun.
Suddenly, raindrops began to fall from above.
Ignoring the raindrops falling from the sky, Zhang Yun teleported into the air.
He saw that the island below was indeed as Yang Shize had said: it was raining in the half of the island they were in, while the other half was sunny.
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