Chapter 156: Conspicuous Bag
Professor Mo obviously recognized the other party and quickly pushed through the crowd and walked out: "Captain Xing, we are researchers from the Seventh Branch. Did Director Liu ask you to come to the rescue?"
Xing Yuan raised his eyebrows lightly, without making any comment: "If you have anything to say, let's get on the aircraft first. Time is tight, don't delay."
The headquarters sent a message half an hour ago that Yunduan Road was in big trouble and more than half of the superpowers were trapped there. Who would risk their lives to run over and save them at this critical moment? It was just that Xing Yuan happened to be clearing out vagrants in the nearby streets, and this task fell on him, so he came over to help.
The streets nearby were narrow and cramped, and there was no place for the aircraft to park, so everyone could only climb up the ladder one by one. Lu Yan stood at the back, and his eyes under the brim of his hat could not help but look at Xing Yuan. His face under the mask was full of excitement, and he had begun to doubt his life:
It can't be such a coincidence. He was just trying to cheat a few bucks online, how could he run into the real owner?
Xing Yuanminrui noticed that there was a pair of eyes behind him secretly observing him. He frowned and looked, only to find that it was a man standing at the end of the team. The man was dressed in black, completely covered from head to toe, and stood out among the crowd of white coats.
Xing Yuan raised his eyebrows coldly and asked in an ambiguous tone, "Why, why don't you go up and wait for me to treat you?"
Lu Yan was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that everyone else had already boarded the aircraft, leaving him alone. He quickly retracted his gaze, decided not to say anything, and climbed up the aircraft neatly with the help of the ladder. Compared with the people in front of him who climbed like stupid bears, his movements were simply too pleasing to the eye.
Lu Yan found a random seat in the aisle and sat down. Unexpectedly, Feng Xiangming sat behind him. He leaned forward slightly and asked, "Why were you staring at Captain Xing just now?"
Lu Yan: “???”
Can you ask such a question casually? ! !
Lu Yan cut off the live broadcast without leaving a trace, veins on his forehead throbbing: "It has nothing to do with you!"
Feng Xiangming didn't understand why Lu Yan was angry, so he was inevitably confused. He leaned over to his ear and whispered, "I'm telling you, that person is the No. 1 supernatural being in Sky City, and he's known for his bad temper. Don't go up to him and talk to him, it's just a waste of time."
He paused and thought of something, then comforted her, "But you don't have to be afraid of him. You and Xing Yuan both have lightning abilities. If you really fight, we don't know who will win or lose."
Although Feng Xiangming didn't know the upper limit of Xing Yuan's strength, he was sure that even if Lu Yan's level was not ranked first in Sky City, he was more than enough to be in the top three. He was the only two thunder-type esper in the entire city, and even a fool knew how high his value was.
While they were talking, Xing Yuan had already boarded the aircraft. The two of them fell silent at the same time and turned their heads to look out the window as if nothing had happened.
Luo Yang was standing on the aisle counting the number of people. Suddenly he realized that the number was not right. He couldn't help but hissed, "Are you all researchers from the Seventh Institute?"
Professor Mo stood up and explained, "There are a few more people we found on the road. They all live nearby. I wonder if it would be convenient for you to take them home."
Normally, the mission of the superpower team is just to eliminate vagrants, not to rescue citizens, but since Professor Mo has spoken, Luoyang can't help but give them some face: "Okay, let them tell us the address later, and just pull over and land."
He glanced at Xing Yuan who was sitting in the front row before walking up to him and asking in a low voice, "Captain, there are still a few ordinary people on the aircraft. Let's take some time to send them home."
Xing Yuan had been staring at the data on the tablet in his hand. It showed that the wanderers in this neighborhood had been almost dispersed. He frowned slightly when he heard this, and said without raising his head: "Deal with it as soon as possible, don't waste too much time. The headquarters said that Yunduan Road has a big problem, so we should return to the team immediately."
Luoyang was secretly shocked. He never thought that Xing Yuan actually agreed. After all, the other party never liked to get involved in these trivial matters. Once when they were out on a mission, the director of the transport team wanted to take advantage of them by asking them to help escort supplies. When Xing Yuan found out, he kicked those supply boxes one by one and kicked them all off the aircraft.
Tsk, there was a compressed rain of dry rain over the Devil City that day, the scene was truly spectacular.
After this incident, Xing Yuan directly called him "One Kick" in the Super Power Zone, and anyone who wanted to take advantage of him had to think carefully. Luoyang thought he would refuse, and was ready to persuade him with words. Unexpectedly, it was all useless. He held it in for a long time before he finally managed to say:
"You are really strange today. The sun is rising from the west."
Xing Yuan was acting weird today. He ignored his mission in the central area and had to come all the way to this small, broken area of Devil City to clear it out. Now he even promised to send those distressed citizens home. Luoyang once suspected that he had taken the wrong medicine.
Xing Yuan didn't know what Luo Yang was thinking. He just felt that the red sun outside made people feel upset. He frowned and threw the tablet aside. He closed his eyes and leaned back in the chair to rest. But he suddenly opened his eyes again, not knowing what he remembered.
Xing Yuan took out his phone and skillfully switched to the chat interface. His fingertips paused for a moment on one of the red fox avatars, as if he was thinking about something. Finally, he sent a message:
[The vagrants near your home have been cleared out. Stay still and don't go out. ]
"bite--!"
There was silence on the aircraft, which made the special prompt tone of Lu Yan's mobile phone particularly abrupt. Many people turned around and looked at him.
Lu Yan: “…”
Lu Yan froze. He took out his phone slowly under everyone's gaze. Only then did he realize it was a message from his sponsor. He quickly turned on the mute function and quickly replied with a message:
[I know that you have to be careful when you are out on a mission.]
Lu Yan typed and clicked send, then stuffed his phone into his pocket and covered it tightly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. However, before he could congratulate himself for escaping the disaster, he heard Xing Yuan's phone, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly ring:
"bite--!"
Lu Yan: “…”
Lu Yan closed his eyes in despair, silently lowered the brim of his hat, leaned against the porthole and pretended to be dead asleep. He felt that he could finally rest in peace.
Fortunately, their cell phone messages only went back and forth once, and others thought it was just a coincidence, and didn't find any clues. The aircraft sent the rescued citizens back home one by one according to the route, and finally Lu Yan was the only one left.
Luoyang looked Lu Yan up and down. He was wearing a hat and a mask, which covered his face tightly. He was dressed in black from head to toe. He looked strange no matter how he looked at him. He asked, "Hey, where do you live?"
Lu Yan didn't dare to say a word. He just hoped that these people would let him down quickly. He pointed to the bottom of the aircraft without saying a word.
Luo Yang's eyelids jumped: "You said you live in that area down there?"
Lu Yan nodded coldly.
Luo Yang glanced out of the porthole: "There's a river below. Are you a black fish spirit living in there?"
Lu Yan: “…”
Just when Lu Yan was thinking about whether to jump off the aircraft, Professor Mo spoke up and saved him: "Mr. Lu is our friend. If he hadn't helped us in time in the factory, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to get out alive. I want to take him to Sky City and have a meal with him to thank him."
Even if Lu Yan didn't want to go, he had no choice but to agree.
Luo Yang laughed when he heard this. Although he didn't say anything, his tone was quite intriguing: "He saved you?"
Feng Xiangming was unconvinced and explained: "He is a superpower, and he is very powerful..."
"cough!"
Before Feng Xiangming could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lu Yan's heavy cough. He subconsciously looked at the other party, only to see Lu Yan secretly winking at him, so he had to swallow back his words.
Luo Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "So you are a superpower, that's really amazing."
Anyone could hear the perfunctory tone in his words. After all, everyone on the entire aircraft was a superpower. This identity might be very valuable in Devil City, but it was not good enough in the Superpower Special Zone.
On the other hand, after Lu Yan cut off the live broadcast, the comment section was all in a state of confusion. After all, it was fine just now, why did the screen suddenly go black? !
[Oh no, did Brother Lu encounter some giant monster? ]
[Impossible, didn't he just run into the Sky City rescue team? Could it be that the signal is bad when flying in the sky?]
[My husband is invincible! ! Those big monsters are no match for him! ]
[Maybe the signal in the sky is not good, I will squat for a while. ]
Anyway, no one has to go to work today and everyone is at home. At this moment, the number of people in Lu Yan's live broadcast room has reached a terrifying one million, accounting for almost the vast majority of the platform's traffic. However, these netizens would rather stay in Lu Yan's live broadcast room and chat than go to Sky City's official account to take a look. No matter how the platform recommends it, it's useless, resulting in the number of people in the latter's live broadcast room being stuck at an embarrassing number of hundreds of thousands.
Netizens now just think that the leaders of Sky City are putting on a show. They said they would send a team of special forces to rescue them, but after most of the day they were still stuck on the cloud road and couldn't move. Little did they know that there were a lot of big troubles there.
Where the Sky City and Cloud Road meet is a long ladder, more than a thousand meters high, which is responsible for the trade between the two cities. No one knows how this ladder came to exist, just like they don't know when the Sky City appeared.
At this moment, countless wanderers appeared at the junction of the two cities. It was a black shadow that was big enough to cover the sky and the sun. They were like flies and vultures that smelled blood. They swarmed in the sky and rushed towards the Sky City like crazy.
Because there were residential areas nearby and weapons of mass destruction could not be used, the top management of the Monitoring Headquarters could only send psychics and military forces to guard the front row of the ladder and block the attack with manpower and guns. However, it seemed that these vagrants were endless. After one group died, another group would rush over. Many psychics could not hold on and had to retreat.
The director of the hospital was standing high up. Seeing this, his face turned blue with anger. He held the intercom and kept chattering, "Team Three can't hold on any longer. Team Four, Team Five, Team Six, hurry up and take over!! These wanderers definitely wouldn't rush to Sky City for no reason. There must be someone behind this. Check it out for me immediately!!"
"Also, quickly ask Team One when they will be back, and move all the fire and spirit elements to the front! Tell them to guard the entrance until the end of the red sun!"
"Where are the patrol teams?! Didn't I tell them to scatter the nearby citizens? Why are there still people running down there? Scare them away immediately!"
There are countless nobles living in Sky City, as well as tens of thousands of research data. Once lost, it will cause incalculable losses and consequences. The chief director can only transfer the fire and spirit systems, which have the second most destructive power after the lightning system, to the front, hoping to delay until the citizens are evacuated, so that heavy weapons can be deployed to deal with them.
The director was so angry that he jumped up and down on the ladder. Netizens on the other side of the screen shook their heads repeatedly. The TV reporter saw the viewing data plummeting, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to risk his life to interview him:
"Director, how long do you think it will take to clear out these vagrants? Will they pose a threat to the residents of Sky City?"
"Get lost!"
Before the reporter could finish his words, the director of the hospital spitted in his face and roared angrily, "What time is it and you still come here for an interview! If you dare to ask these nonsense questions again, I will throw you up to feed the wanderers! If you have too much to do with it, just carry a gun and fight!"
The reporter silently wiped the spit from his face and quickly hid aside. He lamented that it was hard to make money and eat shit, while showing a professional smile to the camera and said in a standard broadcast tone:
"The current situation in Sky City is not optimistic. The number of wanderers is gradually increasing, but the supernatural team is seriously short of manpower. The patrol team below is doing its best to evacuate the crowd. I believe the situation will improve after the heavy weapons arrive. Reporter Wang Xiaole will continue to report to you."
Another group of espers retreated due to exhaustion. The captain in charge of commanding the battle became hoarse and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Are there any more fire espers? Hurry up and take over! Quickly!"
The legs of those superpowers were shaking, as if they had just been pulled out of the water. Upon hearing this, they shouted angrily, "Where the fucking fire is there! Just burn me to death!"
Their normal abilities can only last for two hours at most, but now they have been fighting continuously for four hours. Even an iron man can't stand it. If they continue fighting, they will really be reduced to ashes.
Just when the battle situation was getting grim, a familiar aircraft suddenly flew over the horizon. The pilot swiftly dodged the clusters of wanderers, sent a rejoining signal with a walkie-talkie, and slowly landed above the Sky City.
"Reporting to the headquarters, a team has successfully arrived in the city, please rejoin the team!"
The director was relieved when he heard this. Team One was the ace team of the Special Power Zone. They were finally able to hold out for a while after they came back. He quickly said on the intercom: "All members of Team One, follow the instructions and join the battle immediately. Defend the ladder before the citizens evacuate! Repeat again, all members of Team One, join the battle immediately!"
Xing Yuan and his companions had been clearing out the Devil City before, and they never expected that the situation in Sky City was so bad. Upon hearing the order from the chief dean, they immediately equipped themselves and got off the aircraft, and hurried to the front to prepare for battle. Lu Yan also followed Professor Mo and his companions to the temporary safe zone built above the ladder.
Feng Xiangming was terrified by the overwhelming number of wanderers above him. His face turned pale and he suspected that Sky City was about to fall: "Lu... Brother Lu, why are there more wanderers here than in Devil City?"
Lu Yan originally wanted to go over to help, but the battle zone was blocked by the military, and no outsiders were allowed to enter or leave. He was driven down as soon as he went over, and had to stand aside and watch the battle with Feng Xiangming and the others.
Hearing this, Lu Yan put his hands in his coat pockets, looked up at the sky, and sighed silently: "Yes, there are so many wanderers here."
These are all living moments.
Little did they know that some of the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the Sky City official live broadcast room had already noticed something was wrong. In addition to focusing the camera on the fierce battle above, the camera would occasionally cut to the scene of citizens evacuating to the safe zone. In the chaotic and noisy background, a dozen researchers in white coats stood in the front. The color was quite eye-catching, and the black figure standing in the middle of them was even more conspicuous.
Although Lu Yan never showed his face during live broadcasts, fans who are familiar with him know that Lu Yan often wears black clothes. In addition, he stopped live broadcasting for no reason not long ago, which inevitably makes people think too much.
Someone commented late:
[That person… when the camera just cut to that person, he was standing in the front. Does he look familiar to you?]
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