Chapter 151 Leaked Photos
The team members' faces all changed when they heard this: "A lightning-type mutant?!"
Cao Zhan was suspicious and said, "But Xing Yuan has never left Sky City recently. How could he appear here for no reason?!"
There is only one lightning-type esper in Sky City, Xing Yuan, and he always goes alone. Even when he goes out for a night hunt, he will never team up with others. The nearby soil ruins have traces of being scorched by lightning, which is indeed very similar to his usual style.
Shi Xuan closed his eyes and used his supernatural powers to sense the surroundings. He found a strong scent of the Wanderer's remnants. He frowned and said to himself, "Could it be that the Illusion Wanderer was killed by him?"
They had searched Black Stone Street for so long but could not find any trace of the Illusion Wanderer, so they could only come to this conclusion. Just when Shi Xuan was about to give up the pursuit and take his team back home, they heard a sudden noise in the distance. Two black figures were squatting on the ground packing up the live broadcast equipment. They were the two anchors they had met before.
Cao Zhan couldn't help but complain: "I thought they had left a long time ago, why are they still staying here? They are simply throwing their lives away!"
The contaminated area is the lair of all high-level wanderers. These two ordinary people came out to wander in the middle of the night and were not eaten by the wanderers. I don’t know whether to say it is luck or a miracle.
Shi Xuan raised his hand to signal his team members to be quiet, and led them over. He stood three steps away and asked Lu Yan and Lu Xiaozhao, "Why haven't you left Black Stone Street yet? Where do you live? Do you want us to give you a ride?"
Compared to the first time they met, his attitude was much better, but there was a hint of temptation. There was clearly the scent of wanderers in the air, and these two people were nearby but unharmed. I'm afraid their identities are not simple.
Lu Yan had already heard the footsteps of this group of people. After he finished picking up the scattered things on the ground, he stood up and said lightly: "Thank you, no need, we live nearby, we can just walk back by ourselves."
He doesn't like dealing with people he doesn't know, especially when these people are from Sky City.
Lu Yanyu gave Lu Xiaozhao a look, picked up his equipment and prepared to leave, but unexpectedly a strong wind suddenly blew at his ears, and three sharp ice cones suddenly appeared in the air and stabbed towards his back with destructive force.
“Whoosh!”
Lu Yan's eyes froze upon seeing this, and he swung out a dense blue-purple electric net with his right hand, instantly smashing the three ice cones into pieces, and forcing Shi Xuan, the leader, to retreat three steps. If the opponent had not dodged in time, he would have been electrified by now.
"Captain!"
"Captain, are you okay?!"
The team members were all shocked when they saw this and rushed forward to support Shi Xuan. They obviously didn't expect that their captain would attack the anchor in front of them, and the opponent was actually a rare thunder-type psychic. They looked at each other for a while, not knowing how to start.
Cao Zhan was anxious: "Captain, you you you..."
He wanted to ask Shi Xuan why he attacked him for no reason, and he also wanted to blame the man on the other side for being too cruel. However, he was the one who was in the wrong, and he was too embarrassed to even ask for justice.
Shi Xuan stood up with difficulty under the help of his teammates, and said with an unpleasant expression: "I'm fine."
Shi Xuan had just made a sudden move just to test Lu Yan's strength, but he had not expected that the opponent's skills were far beyond his expectations, and this time he had offended him.
After Lu Xiaozhao realized what happened, he threw his things to the ground in anger, rolled up his sleeves and rushed over to fight them: "Are you sick? My brother has provoked you to do this to you behind my back? If you have the guts, just fight me openly. What kind of hero are you if you hide your head and show your tail!"
Lu Yan frowned and said, "Lu Xiaozhao, come back!"
Lu Xiaozhao immediately turned around and hid behind him, saying secretly: "Brother, these people are very sinister, you must not let them get hurt!"
Shi Xuan is indeed the captain. He was able to smooth things over even at this point. He saw that Lu Yan was the boss and said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I was just joking. I didn't expect you guys were also superpowers."
Lu Yan smiled wryly: "Really? That's not very funny."
Shi Xuan didn't mind his attitude: "Little brother, if your supernatural power is so powerful, why don't you live in Sky City, but stay in Devil City to do live broadcasts?"
Ever since the Wanderer appeared, Sky City has set up a special zone for superpowers, and has basically recruited all the superpowers they can find. Lu Yan is the first person to possess powerful lightning powers but stay in this shabby place like Devil City to make a living by live streaming.
Lu Yan couldn't say that he was poor, so he put his hands in his coat pockets and asked in an emotionless tone, "Is it okay for a person to have his own hobbies? Do you, the supernatural team, even want to control this?"
Shi Xuan smiled and said, "That's not what I meant. The Special Power Zone has always been eager to recruit talented people. If you go to Sky City, you will definitely have a better development. Staying in Devil City is really a waste. I was presumptuous today. I hope you two don't mind. My name is Shi Xuan. Next time you come to Sky City, you can just say my name. I will definitely serve wine to apologize."
When he finished speaking, he saw that Lu Yan was still on guard, so he had to leave with his teammates. After getting in the car, Cao Zhan, who was sitting in the back seat, finally couldn't help but speak: "Captain, why did you suddenly take action to test them just now?"
Shi Xuan sat in the co-pilot seat with his eyes closed, and he exhaled slowly after hearing this: "Isn't this the result of the test? The opponent has lightning ability, at least level three. The illusion wanderer we wanted to catch was probably killed by him. I didn't expect that there is such a master hidden in the Devil City."
He muttered to himself, "Interesting. There has never been a lightning-type supernatural being other than Xing Yuan in Sky City. When the news gets back, I guess many people will be tempted to recruit him. There are always people who are better than you. You guys should learn a lesson. Don't think you are great just because you have some supernatural powers. Fortunately, I am here today, otherwise you would be in big trouble."
The other team members felt somewhat ashamed when they heard this. They really didn't take the two adventure hosts seriously at first. They didn't expect that they were actually users with lightning abilities. Fortunately, no conflict occurred, otherwise they would have been in real trouble.
Only Cao Zhan couldn't help but mutter, "Captain, we didn't have time to do anything. You were the first to fight them."
Shi Xuan asked mercilessly: "Didn't you scold them for being the ones who wanted to die?"
Cao Zhan choked, and his voice instantly weakened by eight octaves: "Swear."
That’s a close call. I won’t be so mean next time.
They drove away, and the distant horizon just revealed a hint of pale sky. The orange-red sun rose slowly, dispelling the endless haze and dyeing the clouds a shocking red. The abandoned high-rise buildings in the polluted area and the Ferris wheel in the amusement park turned into black silhouettes at this moment, silently telling of the glory of the old years and bringing with it an almost desperate romance like the world leaning towards the ground.
Seeing this, Lu Yan stood on a high place, found a good angle and took a photo with his mobile phone, then sent it to Phantom with a line of words:
[Good morning, the sunrise this morning is beautiful (picture)]
After Lu Yan posted the photo, he couldn't help but silently give himself a thumbs up in his heart: Wow, he punches in for work at five in the morning. Just ask who else is there. He is simply a role model among workers. He deserves the salary.
After Lu Yan finished all this, he jumped down from the ruins and patted Lu Xiaozhao on the shoulder: "Let's go home!"
Today's live broadcast mission was a complete success and I received a lot of rewards. I will go back and edit the video to attract more traffic. It's simply perfect.
Lu Xiaozhao was still angry about Shi Xuan's backstabbing: "Brother, you shouldn't have let those people go just now, they are so despicable!"
Lu Yan raised his eyelids and asked back, "Just go home if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? You are so powerful. Why didn't you charge forward in the fight just now? Why do you always hide behind me?!"
Lu Xiaozhao covered his head and said aggrievedly: "They have more people, I can't defeat them."
Lu Yan: "So you also know that they have more people. If you can't beat them, then I can? Stop talking nonsense and go home!"
Lu Yan had been fighting all night yesterday and now all he wanted to do was go back and have some sleep. Lu Xiaozhao also looked so sleepy that he was about to faint at any moment. After they walked out of the contaminated area, they hailed a taxi and went home. However, they didn't expect to hear a burst of mournful cries coming from nearby as soon as they got off the car.
"Don't take my son! Please! Don't take him!"
"He is still in school, how could he be a vagrant? He is still alive and well!!"
Lu Yan lived in a notorious slum, which was only slightly better than the contaminated area. But today, a group of armed patrolmen appeared nearby. They were guarding the door of a bakery and dragged out a struggling boy. He looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old. He roared like a beast, and his scarlet tongue swung wildly in an attempt to attack people, but was locked firmly in the iron head cage on his face. Below his knees was not the calf that a normal person should have, but a thick black mist.
The bakery owner ran after him, crying and shouting, but was forcibly pulled away by the patrol team: "We now suspect that your son is a latent wanderer. According to regulations, he must be brought back to the institute for processing. Please don't interfere with our work!"
The proprietress cried so hard that she was out of breath. She sat on the ground, took off her shoes and threw them at them: "What do you mean by 'wanderer'? I don't understand! I carried him for ten months in my womb and gave birth to him. Don't I know whether he is a wanderer or not?! Give my son back to me! Give him back to me!"
Because of this farce, many people gathered inside and outside the bakery to watch the excitement. Lu Yan relied on his height to squeeze in. He saw with his own eyes that the patrol officers detained the little boy and took him away. Five patrol cars drove away in a cloud of dust, leaving only the monotonous and heartbreaking crying of the boss's wife.
How could this happen?
Seeing this, Lu Yan frowned and felt surprised. He had bought bread from that store before and knew that the boss lady had a son who played marbles at the door every day and had talked to him several times. He was obviously a living person, how could he suddenly become a wanderer? !
I could hear the whispers of passers-by:
"It's scary. How could there be a wanderer living in my house..."
"I heard that her son suddenly went crazy at night and bit people everywhere. He was found by the monitoring institute. Fortunately, he was taken away by the patrol team. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to live here..."
"How pitiful..."
It was the limit for these ordinary people to squeeze out a few minutes from their limited lifespan to watch the excitement. Before long, they gradually dispersed. Lu Yan and Lu Xiaozhao had no choice but to go home. Before going upstairs, he looked at the sky. It should have been bright, but the sun was red as if it was dripping blood, and the surrounding sky was also dyed weird and gloomy.
Wanderers usually avoid the sun during the day and come out at night. In the past, Xing Yuan would have just gone to bed at this time, but the Monitoring Headquarters suddenly notified all psychics above level three to go to the headquarters for a meeting. He was forced to move his nap location from the soft big bed to the cold and sharp round table in the conference hall.
"According to the observation of the Meteorological Bureau, the rare red sun phenomenon may appear in the near future. We are not sure whether this phenomenon will affect wanderers, but according to the statistics of the reports received from citizens in the Devil City, 56 hidden wanderers have been found in just three days..."
The top leader of the Sky City Monitoring Center was standing in front of a virtual projection screen and delivering a speech. Because the entire venue was so large, his voice echoed through the loudspeaker, sounding like Tang Monk chanting the Tightening Curse, which made people drowsy.
Xing Yuan sat in the front row with an expressionless face and half-closed eyelids. His eyes were mostly white with less black, which made him look cold and impatient. In his heart, he just wanted to know which idiot had put him in the front seat, facing the old man at the podium, where he couldn't even doze off.
Xing Yuan placed his slender fingertips on his temples and raised his eyebrows coldly: "How long will he keep talking nonsense?"
Luo Yang yawned while sitting next to him. Just by looking at the dark circles under his eyes, he knew that he must have played all night again last night. "It should be soon. It will be dinner time in two hours. The dean will definitely let us go to eat. It doesn't matter. I'll just play with my phone for a while and time will pass quickly."
Luoyang was never idle during the meeting. His fingertips tapped the screen and chatted with more than a dozen new targets in the list. Yan Feng, who was always serious, sat beside him and took notes seriously.
Xing Yuan was really bored to the extreme. He casually flipped through his phone and unexpectedly saw the unread message that Lu Yan sent this morning. He clicked on it and saw a photo with great atmosphere and beauty.
A red sun rises slowly from the horizon, dyeing the sky a large patch of orange, looking like a beating heart. In the distance is the night that gradually fades away like a tide. The dark sky flattens the dilapidated buildings, leaving only undulating black silhouettes, which shows the photographer's exquisite composition skills.
Below is a line of text: Good morning, the sunrise this morning is beautiful.
Early? Xing Yuan thought it was not early now, it was dark. He clicked on the picture to enlarge it, and recognized at a glance that this was a polluted area. He frowned unconsciously. After all, a normal person would not go there for no reason.
“Buzz——”
Lu Yan was originally lying in bed trying to catch up on his sleep. He opened his eyes subconsciously when he heard the message alert. He fumbled for his phone in the dark and opened it dazedly. After about ten seconds, his eyes adjusted to the light and could see things clearly. What caught his eyes was a line of words without any emotion:
【You went to the contaminated area.】
It is an affirmative sentence, not a question. The news comes from the financial sponsor.
The eyes are quite sharp.
Lu Yan threw his cell phone aside, got up and went to the bathroom to wash up. He washed his face with cold water and felt a little more awake. He looked out the window and found that he had slept from dawn to dusk and time passed silently.
The Devil City returned to its deathly silence.
Lu Xiaozhao was still asleep, and no one was cooking at home. Lu Yan lazily fell on the sofa, his hair falling down to cover his handsome face, and he was in a state of vacant thoughts. He woke up for a while, then picked up his phone to reply to Phantom:
[I happen to live near a polluted area. They said the sunrise there is beautiful. I want to take a picture of it for you.]
Lu Yan actually just took the photo casually, but those gentle words put together created an illusion: I took this photo especially for you.
Xing Yuan obviously couldn't tell the complicated text traps of human beings. He licked his mouth lightly with the tip of his tongue, feeling satisfied with the attitude of the person on the other end of the screen. It was a subtle emotion that only arises when someone takes you seriously.
It is very tiny and weak, but like the bait hanging on a fishhook, it is the beginning of attracting all things to come closer.
Xing Yuan typed a line of words with unclear meaning: [Are you not afraid of death? ]
He originally wanted to click send, but suddenly realized that the teasing between the lines seemed too intimate, so he hesitated and deleted it, replacing it with a slightly more critical sentence: [You were ten minutes late in replying to the message just now. ]
Wow, so smart.
Lu Yan: [My hand got hurt accidentally today, so I’m typing a little slowly.]
Xing Yuan frowned: [Why? ]
Lu Yan didn't explain in detail: [It's a bit messy near the contaminated area. ]
Robbery, murder, and arson happen every day in every corner of Devil City, and getting injured is not uncommon.
Xing Yuan realized this belatedly, and wondered if the man was injured because he was taking photos of the sunrise for him. This excuse was ridiculous and even sounded a bit idiotic, and it didn't move anyone at all.
Xing Yuan's eyes showed a hint of sarcasm, but the words could not be seen: [Can I transfer some money to you for medical expenses? ]
Lu Yan didn't know Xing Yuan's expression on the other side of the screen. When he saw the message, he thought this idiot was really going to transfer his medical expenses. He was inevitably a little surprised and typed a line of words casually:
[No harm, I lied to you. ]
The other party has already given him a lot of time. Even if Lu Yan wants to cheat someone out of money, he can't just cheat a fool to death. He would feel a little guilty about it.
Xing Yuan didn't expect Lu Yan to answer like this. According to the normal process, shouldn't the other party cry bitterly and then ask him for medical expenses, food allowance, moving expenses and other miscellaneous expenses? The fool Luoyang was often fooled by those crying vases on his mobile phone.
Xing Yuan couldn't help but believe some of Lu Yan's words, but he also felt that the other party was playing hard to get. He frowned and turned off the screen of his mobile phone, and threw it on the conference table. He leaned his head lazily and thought about something. After a few minutes, he picked up the phone again and typed a line of words:
【Take a picture and come over. 】
When Lu Yan saw the message, his eyelids jumped: "???"
What? Do I need to share my photos when I chat with you?
Before he could ask why, his phone vibrated for a moment, and another message came from the other end, with a tone of slight disdain:
【Clap your hands, your face doesn’t need to be shown on camera. 】
Xing Yuan simply wanted to see if Lu Yan's hand was injured, and had no interest in his face. If he turned out to be an ugly freak with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, he would lose all interest in chatting with him and would delete and block him in a moment.
When chatting online, it’s best if no one sees each other, just say hello to each other, and there’s no insurance if you get hurt or die.
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