"Okay," Xiaoyu cheered up again.
Kids are so easy to please.
At this moment, Qingchen looked at Zard again: "So what did you do to get locked up?"
Zard chuckled and said, "I've been wronged."
"Oh? How did they wrong you?" Qing Chen asked curiously.
“An uncle upstairs from me said he wanted to play hide-and-seek with me at his house in the middle of the night,” Zard said. “In the end, I climbed up the gas pipe to his window in the middle of the night, and he was so scared that he screamed. He later became one of our fellow patients and lived in the next room. He wanted to hit people all the time.”
"Which floor does he live on?" Qingchen asked.
"18th floor."
Qingchen understood. The other party probably wanted to lure Zard to their home because they thought Zard had some mental issues and wanted to bully him.
Little did the other party know that Zard didn't go through the door at all, but instead climbed to the window on the 18th floor and stuck his head out. Who wouldn't be confused by that?
"But, just because of this, they locked you up in a mental hospital?" Qingchen asked in confusion.
Zard thought for a moment and said, "My parents passed away, and my aunt and uncle claimed they would take care of me and moved into our house. My aunt never liked me, so she used this as an excuse to send me to a mental hospital."
So that's how it is. Qingchen sighed inwardly. In the end, it was that house that attracted people's envy.
"Let's go, it's time," Qingchen said with a smile. "Yangyang, you take them up, Dingdong and I will climb up ourselves."
As he spoke, he and Dingdong used both hands and feet to climb up the trunk of the World Tree towards the canopy. Under the setting sun, the huge dome of the World Tree looked like a beautiful 3D special effect.
More than ten minutes later, everyone sat side by side on the thickest branch, letting the warm evening sun shine on their faces and bodies.
High in the sky, behind the distant mountains lies the sun's resting place.
Yangyang slowly rested her head on Qingchen's shoulder, ignoring how stiff the boy beside her was, and asked softly, "What are your plans next?"
“Go to City 10 to kill Qing Wen, and then go to City 18 to take away Li Cheng and Qing Ling’s more than 900 intelligence personnel. Although they have been awarded medals, the Li and Qing families are worried that there are spies trained by the Divine Era among them, so they are not being given important positions at all.”
Just like how undercover agents often fail to reintegrate into the police force after returning, no one knows if any of those people who have been in Base A02 for so many years have been turned by Kamishiro.
"And you? What are your plans?" Qingchen asked.
“I want to take Zard with me to build houses for the Wastelanders. The conditions there are quite harsh. I’ve called on many Time Travelers to settle there, so we need to go and see for ourselves,” Yangyang said.
“Yes,” Qingchen nodded.
The sunset was so beautiful that Tuanzi slowly leaned against Sun Chuci.
Zard looked to his left and right, then slowly leaned against Dingdong...
Chapter 671, Accepting the Summon
"You enjoy spending time with Dingdong, so you're willing to travel thousands of miles to Forbidden Land No. 002 just to eat some of the fruit he prepared for you, and then leave."
"It's dusk," Yangyang said softly.
The setting sun shone on the two people's faces until it finally sank alone into the mountains.
“Yes,” Qingchen nodded, “Seeing him reminds me of the original form of kindness. Yangyang, before the time-travel incident, I was just an ordinary student, not knowing how I would make a living tomorrow. Every day I had to go to that alley in Junmin Lane to play chess with the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper knew I was poor, so even though he kept losing, he kept playing with me. He wasn’t learning chess; he was just moved by my struggle to survive and wanted to help me. At that time, I thought he was the kindest person, but my pride kept me from talking about it, as if those chess games were really fair transactions.”
Qingchen sat under the supermarket awning on that alley, watching people hurrying to catch the No. 103 bus at the end of the alley.
Watching the raindrops fall on the ground outside the awning, he used to feel very safe there.
Qingchen: "It's so hard to stay kind in this world. Life will tell you more than once how worthless your moral standards are. Murderers and arsonists live high positions, while those who repair bridges and roads are left without a trace. Now, when I make choices, I think about that boss and Dingdong. They are like anchors in my spiritual world."
The fragrance from the girl's hair permeated the orange-red air, lingering under Qingchen's breath.
The two of them suddenly began to enjoy the peace and quiet of the moment.
In fact, Yangyang approached him in Luocheng because she discovered that he might be one of Li Shutong's people.
Therefore, she wanted to win over the Knights organization through Qingchen and overthrow the Federation together with Spade.
Qingchen was so wary of Yangyang at first because this girl entered his world too suddenly and with too much purpose.
I rented a house across from his.
I used the excuse that I have no sense of direction to go home with him.
In front of other classmates, they quickly closed the distance between each other by driving.
In fact, even the most directionally challenged person could remember a 5-minute walk.
Back then, Yangyang seemed more like a secret agent using her beauty to seduce him...
Qingchen didn't like this feeling, so he wanted to keep his distance from the other party and hesitated to bring Yangyang into the daytime group.
However, their relationship later progressed, and they became friends, and even gradually went beyond friendship.
The girl helped him more and more often, and he began to share the same goal with her. Eventually, they both forgot their original purpose.
The two of spades, now turned into daytime saplings...
Yangyang even tricked Xu Linsen and Jiang Mubei into going to City 22 to work for Qingchen.
Thanks to Yangyang's efforts, the Spade Club is practically merging with the Parents' Association...
When Luo Wanya returned last time, he told him that after the 22nd city was settled, Xu Linsen did not leave the Parents' Association, but led the team to the more northerly 24th city to continue helping the Parents' Association with urban transformation as a member of the Golden Family.
Of course, Xu Linsen did not admit to being the Ace of Spades, and Luo Wanya did not reveal it either.
Sometimes, Qingchen suspected that Yangyang was actually a beta tester, chosen by Yan Liuyuan from the wilderness.
Because the other person's behavior still carries a wildness that belongs to the wilderness, it is straightforward and they wish they could pierce your heart with words on the spot.
Some people say that Yangyang, like Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen, is a rich second-generation student at Haicheng High School, but she has never mentioned her parents, and Qingchen can't find out what her parents do.
He looked at the girl beside him: "When did you go to the world?"
Yangyang paused for a moment, then laughed: "Guess?"
Qing Chen laughed: "Fine, don't tell me then."
Yangyang changed the subject: "You're leaving."
“Well, as you know, the time Shadow bought me is limited. I need to have the power to fight Chen Yu before he can come out of seclusion again. Of course, this is a difficult task,” Qing Chen nodded. “What about you? Do you want to go to City 10 for some fun?”
“I’m not going. I’m definitely going to that new settlement,” Yangyang said with a smile, sitting on the edge of the tree trunk. “Although our goals are different, you have things to do and I have things to do.”
"clear."
Yangyang said, "You take Xiaomengqian with you. Sun Chuci, Tuanzi, Zard, and Huanyu will come with me to the settlement. The wilderness has been quite unsettled lately, and with Zard around, I can relax a bit."
Qing Chen laughed and said, "Zard and Huan Yu are like ticking time bombs. Aren't you afraid they'll explode at any moment?"
Yangyang leaned on Qingchen's shoulder, nuzzled her head, and moved to a more comfortable position to rest her head: "Even if Dayu comes out, it's okay. I'll have Zard stand by the fire. If Dayu dares to threaten the safety of the wilderness settlement, Zard will commit suicide! Don't worry, he won't do anything reckless."
Yangyang spoke very casually, but Qingchen felt that Zard would be very willing to cooperate with this kind of thing.
Qing Chen stiffened and said, "Well, you can wait in Forbidden Land 002... I'll have someone come and meet you. Perhaps they can be of help to you."
Yangyang asked curiously, "Who are you going to send to meet me?"
"you guess?"
"He's quite vengeful, how boring!" Yangyang muttered. "I can guess that you brought them out from Base A02, but why didn't you take them with you from the beginning and instead sent them back to the Li and Qing families?"
Qing Chen said with a smile, "We need to let them have a few good days before they make a choice."
At this moment, he stood up and looked at Dingdong: "I'm leaving."
"Ding-dong!" Ding-dong looked reluctant to part.
(When will you come next time?)
Qing Chen laughed and said, "I'll come often. Next time, I want to bring a lot of knights to collect debts from those old guys."
The wind in Forbidden Land No. 002 suddenly stopped, and none of the old guys dared to make a move...
Qingchen looked at Zard: "Where are the seven Purple Orchid Stars I asked you to bring back?"
Zard patted his tummy: "It's here."
“Let’s plant it in Forbidden Land No. 002. That’s the confidence the new team has in starting out,” Qing Chen said.
As he guessed, the idea of leaving the child behind and returning the wife was indeed feasible, and he successfully brought back the original seven Purple Orchid Star plants.
Although they can no longer grow rapidly in Forbidden Land No. 002, the seven Purple Orchid Stars were once capable of nurturing demigods in the Chen family.
...
...
Return countdown: 78:00:00.
In City 18, there is a dormitory building on the edge of the city's garrison barracks.
However, what's strange is that, despite being a building within a military camp, it is separated by a wall.
After leaving this building, one must pass through layers of checkpoints to enter the military camp.
However, leaving the military camp is not so complicated; you can simply tell the sentry and pass through without any hindrance.
This dormitory building has become a unique sight in the garrison barracks.
The other soldiers in the garrison knew that the people in this building were all members of the former Lee family intelligence agency, 'Red Sparrow,' who had fought their way out of Base A02.
Their situation is quite awkward.
Everyone has been at Base A02 for at least ten years. The 18-year-old boy is now 28, and the officer who was 31 back then has half of his hair turned gray.
More than ten years is enough time for a lot to happen.
In the first year, you suffered from hunger and cold.
The following year you were still suffering from hunger and cold.
If in the third year someone tells you that as long as you defect, you can secretly eat a full meal every week.
Many people make choices that go against their own principles.
Professional soldiers are no exception.
So, did no one really betray their cause in such an extreme environment? That's a story from fairy tales; it won't happen in reality.