Ten days have passed and Chu Zehuai hasn't come back yet.
Bai Yu, who was in the blooming period, felt more and more depressed, and even the plant happy water could not make him happy.
He also tried to get drunk at the purification factory, but after sobering up, he still couldn't control his desire to bloom.
Forget it, let’s work.
If you focus on your work, you won't think about so many messy things.
In the office of the first team, Bai Yu was looking at Chu Zehuai's task recorder while writing furiously on the blank task report.
"I feel like Xiaobai is writing documents faster and faster. Sooner or later, he will run out of things to write."
Lin Mo listened to the horrible rustling sound next door and whispered.
The Chu family members are not very good at Chinese, so when faced with this great man who can easily handle material documents, they all feel a sense of admiration and awe from the bottom of their hearts.
"Don't worry, the materials will never be finished. But Xiaobai seems to have started looking through the mission records of Team Chu from a few years ago. It's so scary."
...
...
Yuan Xue nodded in agreement.
"Not only that, my friend from the fifth team told me that Xiaobai worked part-time to help the fifth team write documents two days ago. He finished their task reports that had accumulated for a week in half a day. Mu Yang strongly invited Xiaobai to stay."
Yanran touched the knife in his hand and said.
"Is Team Mu going to snatch players like Team Li? But with my brother here, I won't worry about Xiao Bai suddenly jumping ship."
Lin Mo touched his chin, and then, like a blind man discovering something new, his eyes fell on Yan Ran.
"Sister Yan, I didn't expect you had friends in the Fifth Squad. I thought you were a lone ranger."
"I am a normal person and it is normal for me to have friends. We often practice sword fighting together."
The topic of chat smoothly shifted from Bai Yu to Yan Ran. The former did not join in the chat with the other three, but continued to write the task report.
Until a special feeling came.
Bai Yu paused, and without controlling the strength in his hand, the pen drew a long mark on the document, even penetrating the paper, making a loud "ripping" sound.
Bai Yu didn't care about the invalidated mission report and his face was solemn.
Just now, the white rose pattern he placed on Chu Zehuai sent a warning that the host's health was rapidly decreasing, and his breathing and heartbeat were gradually weakening.
At the same time, the value on the controller that Bai Yu carried with him turned into a shocking red.
Something happened to Chu Zehuai.
**
The message that the controller can receive can of course also be received by the monitors of the Investigation Bureau. The moment the value turns red, it is directly sent to Chu Yunrou with the highest authority.
In the director's office, Chu Yunrou, who was mediating between Li Song and Yue Feng, stood up suddenly with a gloomy face. She did not bother to deal with the affairs in the bureau and directly contacted Chu Zehuai through various means.
The two people who were arguing just now looked at the director's sudden action. Although they were curious, they immediately shut up after noticing the extremely low pressure in the office.
"Xiao Huai, please, answer the phone."
Chu Yunrou looked at the number on her phone pleadingly, but in the end all she got was a busy tone.
She tried several different contact methods, both private and public, but she just couldn't get in touch with her nephew.
The usually calm Golden Eagle was now in a panic and began to contact the person in charge in Beizhou.
After waiting for a long three minutes, someone finally answered the phone, his tone full of fatigue.
"Our operation in Beizhou was leaked, and we and the Glorious Church suffered heavy losses. Our executive officer is still lying in the hospital, his life or death unknown. The executive officer of Dongzhou, Chu Zehuai, was ambushed by the Sunken One and the Water Ghost during the battle against Sirius, and his whereabouts are unknown after he was seriously injured."
This short sentence made Chu Yunrou fall into silence.
"What should we do now?"
Li Song also realized the seriousness of the matter at this moment. He put away his playful smile in front of Yue Feng and looked serious.
"Go and complete your mission first. I'll contact Beizhou and see if we can send someone over."
Chu Yunrou continued to look through the address book with one hand, while her other hand had unconsciously transformed into the sharp claws of a golden eagle, directly crushing a corner of the brand new wooden desk.
"Okay, Director Chu."
"By the way, let's keep this matter secret for now... Wait, go tell Bai Yu and Xiao Mo so they can be mentally prepared."
After all, these two are Chu Zehuai's closest people, so Chu Yunrou felt it necessary to tell them.
As for Grandpa Chu...he is old and has a weak heart. He cannot stand being frightened, so don't tell him for now.
If Chu Zehuai was fine, then the old man would have worried for nothing. If something happened, they would have to hide it from the elderly.
"good."
Li Song nodded.
"Wait, don't tell Xiao Mo yet. I'm afraid he will say something nonsense."
Chu Yunrou thought of her son's bad mouth and his ability to disguise his emotions, which was rated negative, and added.
"Um."
However, when the two went to the office of the first team with heavy hearts, they found that the person they were looking for had already left and even wrote a note asking for leave.
"You mean Xiaobai? He seems to be feeling a little unwell. I think he has been writing too many articles recently and his brain cells have been damaged."
Lin Mo, who didn't know what was going on, said casually.
"Okay, I got it. I'll contact him on my phone."
**
Bai Yu, who was being looked for by the two, had now arrived in Beizhou.
It's not that he doesn't believe in the ability of the Investigation Bureau, but the main reason is that the location given by Rose Pattern is in Beizhou, and their Qinghe City Investigation Bureau has no manpower or power in Beizhou.
Bai Yu, who has been pretending to be a human for so long, also understands that doing things across regions requires a lot of complicated procedures, not to mention doing things across continents. By the time the two sides reach an agreement, his boyfriend may have passed away.
For an S-level pollutant, although the distance between Dongzhou and Beizhou is far, it won’t take long.
When he went there, Bai Yu specially went to find Yue Jihua to find out more about the situation.
[White Rose: Did you participate in Beizhou's event?]
[Rose Flower: No, I’m in charge of South Continent’s affairs recently, but I heard that the North Continent branch caused a great loss to the Four Continents Alliance, severely injured the executive officers of West Continent and North Continent, and buried the executive officer of East Continent alive. At this moment, the entire Divine Church is having a happy banquet.]
[White Rose: Buried alive?]
[Yue Jihua: Yes, it was [Miss Yun], [Sinker] and [Water Ghost] who took action, the three-month messenger, who barely sank the bird under the Beizhou Plateau. Why are you interested in this?]
[Sunflower: Rose, you idiot, wake up. The person the boss likes seems to be the bird that was buried alive in your mouth.]
[Rose Flower: .....Sorry. Boss, is there anything I can do for you?]
[White Rose: Help me collect information about those three. I don’t have any other information. I have other things to do.]
After leaving this sentence, Bai Yu cut off the call between them and stepped onto the frozen soil of the Beizhou Plateau.
Unlike Dongzhou with its distinct four seasons, the weather in Beizhou is always cold. When Qinghe City is in the midsummer with its blooming flowers, the cold wind from the Beizhou Plateau is howling through the mountain gorges, making a terrifying and loud noise.
Thin and withered grass lay on the frozen soil, and there was residual snow under the cold stones. There was almost no sign of life here, and the only thing left in the whole world was the biting cold wind.
Bai Yu followed the direction of the rose mark and finally found Chu Zehuai's location on the vast Beizhou Plateau.
Looking up, there was nothing here, no different from any other place on the plateau.
If he didn't have the Rose Mark, he wouldn't be able to find the other party's location at all relying only on the clue of 'buried alive' given by the rose.
Being buried alive underground, far away from the world, and sleeping forever in the frozen soil that has not melted for thousands of years, is indeed an extremely painful way to die for the Sun Bird soaring in the sky.
The plant made a firm note in its little notebook, then turned its attention to the land beneath its feet.
The straight-line distance between Chu Zehuai and him was 1,583 meters.
[Bai Yu, can your vines penetrate that deep? ]
The system looked at the frozen soil that was as hard as iron and became worried.
Bai Yu's vines only penetrate the bodies of pollutants. Other than that, they can bind and take things away. Penetration is not a characteristic of vines.
[It's a bit difficult, so I'm not going to use vines. ]
Bai Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the frozen earth.
[System, what I have been showing you is my flower branches, but for a plant, the more luxuriant its branches and leaves are on the ground, the stronger and more tangled its roots will be underground.]
A second after the words fell, the brown roots penetrated into the cold frozen soil, the soil cracked, boulders rolled down, and the mountain shook. The huge root system easily shuttled through the soil. The thick main root had an unstoppable momentum and cleared a path inside, while the rest of the lateral roots rummaged through the soil.
When the mountain was about to collapse, a side root finally touched the warmth of human beings.
Found it.
I was still in shock and speechless after seeing Bai Yu use his root system for the first time. Over there, Bai Yu had already pulled out the dying bird with his lateral roots.
"Fortunately, fortunately, the person is still alive."
The plant breathed a sigh of relief, brushed the dirt off the other party with its leaves, and then checked its physical condition.
Not optimistic.
Being in an oxygen-deficient underground environment for a long time caused Chu Zehuai's vital signs to be extremely low, not to mention that there was a poisonous wound on his chest, and the flesh and blood that was turned outward had turned black and blue.
Bai Yu stretched out his vine tendrils and absorbed some.
A toxin that attacks the nervous system, but not as strong as his own.
The long and thin tendrils of the vine absorbed all the toxins in an instant. Bai Yu even cut a small section of the vine and, without bothering to squeeze it into juice, simply crushed it and fed it to the dog.
Powerful plant power flowed through Chu Zehuai's body, and the white rose pattern on his lower back lit up with silver light. With the two forces working together, the opponent's breath finally stabilized.
Bai Yu felt fortunate that he had arrived early, and at the same time, he held the person in his arms and returned the way he came.
According to Chu Zehuai's recovery ability, the other party will be almost awake by the time they return to Dongzhou.
However, Bai Yu still underestimated the power of the Sun Bird. Without the obstruction of the poison, Chu Zehuai's body was stimulated to have a stronger recovery power than usual. Before the plant left the Beizhou Plateau, the person in his arms had already opened his eyes.
The pair of golden-orange eyes first looked blankly at Beizhou's eternally gloomy sky, and then looked blankly at Bai Yu: "I... am dead?"
If it wasn't for the fact that after death he went to heaven and he had the hallucination of Bai Yu because he missed her too much, Chu Zehuai couldn't figure out how he could have seen the face he had been thinking about day and night.
"Not dead, I pulled you back."
Bai Yu glanced at the other party and said,
"How did you end up like this?"
He had confidence in Chu Zehuai's abilities. With his dual powerful awakening abilities and his calm and cautious character, he should not be easily ambushed by the enemy.
"Ms. [Sirius] Yun has a face similar to Ye Yu. I suspect she is Ye Yu's missing sister. After I told her Ye Yu's name and information, she showed signs of struggle and mental control. I was about to continue, and then -"
Then he was ambushed by the [Sinking Man] and the [Water Ghost].
"Is that so? Next time, don't worry so much and take care of your own safety first. I was really panicked when I felt what happened to you. I even regretted why I didn't agree to some of your requests before."
Bai Yu said dimly, the rescue process was simpler than he thought. Perhaps the people of the Glorious God Cult felt that no one could penetrate the thousand-meter-deep frozen soil of North Continent.
"Bai Yu, do you still think so now? Can you please remove the thorns on your vines at night? It's too exciting for me. Even an S-level awakener's physical fitness can't stand your playing like this."
Bai Yu: ......
"It's already this late, and you're still in the mood to think about this after suffering such a fatal injury."
After a few dozen seconds of silence, Bai Yu spoke, and the thorny vines waved in front of the other person's eyes.
"It's okay. I don't think anyone can kill me more than you."
"Do you have to ask me to put the vine in your mouth before you stop?"
Bai Yu stared at the person in his arms, trying to determine whether the other person had suffered some kind of nervous breakdown.
The Chu Zehuai in the past would never say such words even when he was being pollinated.
"Well, forget it, I won't say anything."
Chu Zehuai looked up at the sky of Beizhou and said in a light tone,
"I just thought that since you often said similar things before, you would like this, but I never said it before. Before I died, I suddenly figured it out. If you want to listen, it doesn't matter if I say a few words."
It's just a few words anyway, not a big deal.
Bai Yu's expression became subtle.
This...actually he learned it from the resources given by Yuan Xue. The humans in the resources often say some flirtatious words when doing exercises. In order to better disguise himself as a human, he also learned to say these 'necessary' words.
In fact, he didn't particularly like to say this kind of words. What plants liked most was to use their vines to tie up the other party and spray pollen all over the other party's body inside and out.
After a few seconds of silence, Bai Yu decisively changed the subject:
"When you were underground, was this the only thing on your mind?"
Chu Zehuai's long eyelashes drooped, hiding all the emotions in his golden orange eyes:
"In fact, when I first felt that I was about to die, I felt quite calm. Perhaps this is the fate of the awakened - either collapse and die due to mental disorder, or die heroically in a mission. My parents and my friends are all like this."
"It's not just me. Lin Mo, Chen An... All the friends and relatives I've come into contact with who are awakened have this awareness. With great power, you must bear the corresponding responsibilities or pay a sufficient price. I'm also prepared for them to leave early one day."
"But...but only you, Bai Yu, this is the first time I have such a selfish thought. I hope you can survive, even if you don't become an investigator or do missions, but just pretend to be an ordinary person and live a mediocre life, I still hope you can survive."
"My strongest thought at the time was probably that it was fortunate that it was me who was buried there, not you."
It was so cold, lonely and dark under the frozen soil of the Beizhou Plateau. Unlike him with blood on his hands, a gentle person like Bai Yu should not experience such pain.
silence.
There was a long silence.
After a while, Bai Yu finally walked out of the frozen soil of Beizhou.
The bright sunshine shines through the clouds and a slightly warm breeze blows, as if returning to the world.
"Chu Zehuai."
"I am here."
"In May next year, do you want to get married?"
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