Chapter 1381: Another Ji Xuan

United States.

Under the dim night, two figures stepped onto the stairs and finally arrived on an inconspicuous ship.

The old deck creaked under their footsteps. Several sturdy black figures stood on various parts of the ship, glanced in their direction, nodded to each other, and then skillfully raised the anchor, preparing to set sail.

"Old Lu, can this ship really return to the country?" Wu Tongyuan looked around cautiously. "This looks like a smuggling ship no matter how you look at it!"

The current Wu Tongyuan had lost a lot of weight since Shennongjia, looking disheveled, and it was clear that his time in the United States hadn't been good.

"There's war everywhere now, where else can you find a normal ship to take you back?" Lu Xun shook his head.

"But don't worry, I've already contacted the domestic side. As long as our ship can get close to the border, someone will come to guide us back."

"That's good... but these people, won't they trick us into the high seas and kill us??" Wu Tongyuan was still worried.

"...I say Old Wu, why are you still so timid?" Lu Xun was somewhat speechless. "Even without me, you could solve this whole ship of people yourself, right?"

“？？？”

Wu Tongyuan widened his eyes. "How would I solve it?"

"What about your ability? Don't tell me you don't have one. It's been so long since the Shennongjia incident. People like Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei can already handle things on their own. Have you made no progress at all?"

Wu Tongyuan shrank his neck, wanting to say something but stopping...

"I... I have one... but I don't really know how to use it yet..."

Just as Lu Xun was about to say something, a cell phone ringtone suddenly sounded. The busy crew members around all looked over here.

"Strange... shouldn't there be no signal?" Lu Xun muttered in confusion and took out his phone. Before he could press the answer button, a voice sounded directly.

"Lu Xun, it's me."

"Yang Xiao?"

Hearing this voice, a flash of surprise crossed Lu Xun's eyes. He held the phone to his ear. "What's wrong?"

“……”

"I understand what you mean, but this doesn't seem like your style... Is Director Chen with you?"

“……”

"Okay, I understand. I'll send you their numbers in a while."

“……”

"I just got on the ship, it will take a while to return to the country... Anyway, Wu Tongyuan and I will try our best to be there."

“……”

"Okay, see you in the country."

Lu Xun hung up the phone.

"Is it Dr. Yang?" Wu Tongyuan asked in confusion. "Does he have something to do?"

"Yeah, it should be something major. He wants to gather the nine of us together again for a meeting."

"Oh... have the meeting, I'll follow you anyway." Wu Tongyuan looked like he was ready to cling to a big thigh.

The ship started slowly, approaching the direction of the country under the cover of night. Lu Xun stood on the deck, looking into the distance and sighing:

"...He seems to be in a hurry, saying we must gather within 24 hours. At our speed, we probably won't make it."

Normally, shipping routes from the U.S. to the country take at least 20 days. Under these circumstances, they definitely wouldn't make it.

It wasn't that Lu Xun didn't want to take a plane, but the world war was at its most intense right now. It was impossible for the U.S. to have direct flights to the country, and once the U.S. side knew that two important scientists like him and Wu Tongyuan were on the plane, they would probably shoot them down with a missile.

Although Lu Xun could use starlight to guide them, his current tier wasn't enough to cross the ocean, let alone with Wu Tongyuan in tow.

"24 hours..." Wu Tongyuan muttered, his gaze sweeping toward the void in front of him.

He hesitated for a moment, then gently raised his hand, as if fiddling with something in the void.

"Maybe... we can make it?"

……

"Got all the phone numbers."

Yang Xiao said, putting down his phone.

He was about to dial them one by one, but Chen Ling interrupted him first:

"Wait."

"What's wrong?"

"Don't call Lou Yu."

"Why?" Yang Xiao was somewhat puzzled. "Didn't you say you wanted to gather all the Nine Lords?"

"Lou Yu is different. The version of him in this era is not the original him... I don't know what he's trying to do, but the only thing I can be sure of is that he might harbor malice toward the other Nine Lords."

The [Morality] archive that the Silver King stole from the Gray King had likely already fallen into Lou Yu's hands, and Chen Ling clearly remembered that when they were in Shennongjia, Lou Yu had attacked Wu Tongyuan directly, and it was a lethal blow!

Therefore, the Lou Yu of this era was the future Immortal Lou Yu, an enemy standing on the opposite side of the Nine Lords.

"Then, I'll just notify the others?" Yang Xiao asked.

Chen Ling pondered.

Since they parted ways in Shennongjia, Chen Ling hadn't seen Lou Yu in this era again. Thinking about it carefully, he was probably being held back by the Suspended Jade Lord Ji Xuan, who had traveled back through time. After all, when they were in Shennongjia, those two had already fought.

Yang Xiao wanted to gather the Nine Lords to awaken the others and make them work together, but this also gave Lou Yu an opportunity to wipe them all out. Once something went wrong on Ji Xuan's side, no one knew how many Nine Lords would die at Lou Yu's hands.

Therefore, the safest way was to notify Ji Xuan about this in advance and have him keep a close eye on Lou Yu.

"Call Ji Xuan first." Chen Ling said directly.

Yang Xiao nodded, aurora flowing slightly in his pupils, and dialed Ji Xuan's number directly.

Beep—beep—beep—beep...

During the endless waiting, Yang Xiao's brow gradually furrowed. Just when he thought Ji Xuan wouldn't answer, the phone suddenly connected.

"Hello?"

"Is this Dr. Ji? This is Yang Xiao."

"Hmm? Dr. Yang? Wait... how did you get this call through?? There shouldn't be any signal here."

"Dr. Ji, where are you now? Is it convenient to talk?"

"I am now..."

Before Ji Xuan on the other end of the phone could finish his sentence, there was a sound of a door opening, as if someone was talking to him from behind.

Ji Xuan's impatient voice followed: "Hey, you guys wait a second, I said I would cooperate! Let me finish this call..."

Ji Xuan's voice moved closer to the receiver:

"Hello? Dr. Yang, what were you saying just now... Oh, it's convenient now!"

"I won't hide it from you, I'm currently in a laboratory here with the government. They insist that I... uh... have superpowers and want to give me a check-up. I thought, well, check if you want... but so far, it doesn't seem like they've found anything. I suspect they made a mistake."

Yang Xiao had the phone on speaker. When he heard Ji Xuan say this, Chen Ling's heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly realized a problem.

"Oh no... this Ji Xuan, is he the Ji Xuan who didn't obtain the Red Star Wish Power?"