Chapter 381 Huayue Disappears
After making arrangements with Gu Nanyu, Qiao Yu and his companions settled down in the factory with peace of mind.
The days in the factory were free from the disturbances of various people, and there was no need to worry about various social interactions and tasks. It was like living in a paradise. If they did not need to go out for scouting, improve their abilities, and if there were not occasional alien species and mutated plants and animals attacking the factory, Qiao Yu and his companions would feel as if they had returned to the pre-apocalyptic era.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.
"In the blink of an eye, it's almost been a year." Cheng Sinian squatted in front of the corpse of an alien species, digging out the crystal core with a Tang knife, and sighed leisurely.
"Yeah..." Qiao Yu touched the heads of Wang Zha and the thug, and his eyes unconsciously looked into the distance.
In her previous life, she had been struggling in the apocalypse for four years and had never enjoyed a moment of peace... Could this kind of life she has now be considered God's compensation for her ending in regret in her previous life?
Qiao Yu was lost in thought when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a small figure in the dense forest on the mountainside.
Although the figure was as short as the alien... no, it could even be said to be shorter than the alien, but there was no sense of stiffness in its movement speed and behavior, and it looked no different from a normal human.
He looked very young and was trying hard to climb the giant mutant tree.
But... Qiao Yu frowned slightly. How could there be humans outside the alien nest?
Just when Qiao Yu was confused, Jiang Zhan's face suddenly turned stern. He immediately pulled Qiao Yu into his arms, and then looked at the figure with unfriendly eyes.
The thugs around him also shook their ears alertly and looked in the direction of the figure.
Qiao Yu was slightly stunned, "A Zhan, what's wrong?"
"Something's wrong." Jiang Zhan pursed his lips, his eyes still fixed on the figure, "The child's mental fluctuations are very strange."
"Child?" Cheng Sinian had not noticed the figure at this time, but he heard the movement from Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu, so he cautiously pulled Luo Zhenzhen back.
How could there be children outside the alien nest?
Jiang Zhan didn't say anything for a moment. He was considering whether to retreat first when the small figure in the distance seemed to have sensed something. It suddenly stopped on the tree trunk and "looked" at them.
However, just this one glance made Qiao Yu feel cold all over.
——It was indeed a child, but a child without pupils.
In terms of appearance, except for the fact that his skin color was a little paler than normal, the child's other features were almost no different from those of a normal human child.
But the child's eyes were completely gray. It looked like there were only whites of the eyes, with no dark pupils or irises at all.
"What's going on?" Cheng Sinian gasped, "Has the alien species also mutated?"
Qiao Yu didn't know how to answer. She had lived in the apocalypse for so long in her previous life and had never seen such a case.
What kind of variant is that?
"Let's go back first." Jiang Zhan said in a low voice.
That weird kid gave him a very bad feeling.
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Qiao Yu and his friends returned to the factory with heavy hearts. Before they had time to sort out their thoughts, they were stopped by Chen Xiangbei who was guarding the gate.
"Brother Jiang, Sister Qiao, someone just came to see you."
Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan exchanged a glance, "Who's looking for us?"
"That researcher named Yu from your team... Oh, he brought a few people with him, whom I don't know. Brother Yu and Sister Ning are out, so I took the liberty of asking them to wait for you in the conference room. You can just go straight over."
When Qiao Yu heard this, his face did not show any joy, but rather a slight heaviness.
Yu Qingchuan has the jade seeds she left behind. If it weren't for something extremely urgent, he would definitely not come here in person.
Several people hurried to the conference room and pushed the door open, only to find that Yu Qingchuan, Professor Kang and Professor Shen were all there, and Yan Zijin was also among them.
Cheng Sinian's face darkened slightly. "What happened? Why are you all here?"
Yu Qingchuan and Yan Zijin are fine, but given the identities of Professor Kang and Professor Shen, they cannot leave the base easily.
Qiao Yu also glanced around when he entered the room, and frowned at the same time, "Qingchuan, where is Yueyue?"
Yu Qingchuan stood up suddenly while holding onto the table, and in one swift step he came before Qiao Yu and the others, and said anxiously, "Qiao Yu, Yueyue is missing!"
Qiao Yu frowned even more tightly when he heard this. "What do you mean it's gone? Tell me what happened slowly."
Yu Qingchuan licked the corners of his dry lips and sat down again with Qiao Yu and the others. "Actually, Yueyue and I planned to come here the day before yesterday. Professor Kang and Professor Shen have made a major breakthrough in their research. We wanted to come and tell you the good news, but Yueyue has been bored at the base lately, so she took on a few missions at the Mercenary Hunter Center. The deadline is almost up, so Yueyue decided to finish the missions before coming here."
"I thought it wouldn't make any difference if it came a day earlier or later, so I agreed. But since yesterday morning, when Yueyue went out to complete a mission, she hasn't come back yet..."
"After you left the base, Yueyue worked with Xiang Heng and the others on every mission. When I discovered Yueyue was missing, I immediately went to look for Xiang Heng and the others. However, according to the team members who stayed behind, Xiang Heng and the others never returned."
"That's when I realized something was amiss. The mission they took wasn't difficult; it was just an ordinary third-level escort mission. Since there were only a few routes, I sent people to search around. As a result... we found the remains of several members of Xiang Heng's team on the road."
"There were traces of blood and battle in the woods surrounding the bodies, and even spider silk on the ground. They had clearly been in a fierce battle..."
"But I led people to search the entire forest, but still couldn't find Yueyue and Xiang Heng... No trace or..."
Yu Qingchuan paused for a moment, his eyes reddening rapidly. "Qiao Yu, I must see her alive or dead. Even if Yueyue really met with an accident, there shouldn't be even a piece of her clothing left... Yueyue and Xiang Heng are very likely still alive... Please, help me..."
Before Qiao Yu could say anything, Cheng Sinian slapped Yu Qingchuan on the back and shouted angrily, "Old Yu, what are you talking about?! What's the point of asking for help or not? Yueyue is also a member of our team, how could we not look for her?!"
"Why, after not seeing us for a few days, you've started to treat us as outsiders, right?"
Yu Qingchuan shook his head, "That's not what I meant... I know... I just..."
Qiao Yu pursed her lips and patted Yu Qingchuan's shoulder. "Okay, I know you're anxious. But Cheng Sinian is right. Yueyue is also a member of our team. Even if you don't tell us, we will definitely find her back!"
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