Chapter 1393: Dr. Wen

Ji Xuan didn't want to be in the same boat as those people. But compared to Lou Yu, he was lucky; he hadn't been pushed to such a miserable point yet. Precisely because of this, he still retained the drive and edge of a young man...

This was something Lou Yu had lost long ago.

"You should step back a little; you're blocking my digging." Ji Xuan was about to continue shoveling when he realized Lou Yu was blocking his side, making it hard for him to swing, so he couldn't help but remind him.

Lou Yu's body trembled imperceptibly.

He looked at Ji Xuan, who was drenched under the floodlights, and a complex look appeared in his eyes behind the lenses...

He was silent for a long time, but finally, he stepped back silently.

Ji Xuan didn't notice Lou Yu's abnormality. He swung his shovel, about to continue digging, when the next second, a strange sound came from the surrounding floodlights!

Click——

The floodlights surrounding the meteorite crater suddenly all went out!

Ji Xuan looked up and around in confusion, not realizing at all that a crisis was coming, and asked suspiciously:

"What's going on? Did the power go out?"

Around the pitch-black pit, several foreign Shinto possessors, who had perfectly concealed their presence, were approaching the two like ghosts.

The Grim Reaper's scythe was raised silently in the darkness...

Swish, swish——

Dense raindrops hit the surface of the black raincoat.

Beside Ji Xuan, Lou Yu slowly raised his face. The innocence and cowardice behind the thick lenses had disappeared, replaced by a depth like a black abyss...

……

"Director Chen, is it convenient to talk?"

In the warm and calm camp tent, Dr. Wen lifted a corner of the curtain at the entrance and said to Chen Ling, who was sitting quietly at the table.

Chen Ling glanced at the time on the wall, nodded without much hesitation, and got up to walk out of the tent.

Dr. Wen led Chen Ling to a secluded corner of the camp. Seeing him so mysterious, Chen Ling couldn't help but ask:

"Dr. Wen, is something the matter?"

Dr. Wen got straight to the point:

"Director Chen, you shouldn't be from this era, right?"

Chen Ling was stunned.

He looked Dr. Wen up and down in surprise, seemingly a bit shocked: "How did you see that?"

Chen Ling hadn't intended to hide the fact that he came from another era; after all, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei already knew. But he hadn't expected Dr. Wen to be able to tell at a glance. During the meeting just now, Dr. Wen had probably already discovered it.

"I don't know how to describe it to you... the quantum field around you is different from everyone else's." Dr. Wen paused for a moment. "The quantum field around you is exactly the same as mine, as if you're wearing a special 'garment,' and the aura on this 'garment' is much stronger than mine is now.

So, either you possess the same ability as me, or... you were sent to this era by me."

"You're right." Chen Ling nodded slightly. "I did come here relying on your ability."

"But... you don't seem to be very familiar with me?"

Chen Ling was slightly startled. He saw a trace of helplessness in the depths of Dr. Wen's eyes.

"I don't know what your purpose for coming back is, but judging from the quantum field wrapped around you, my ability this time should have covered the entire world... I know how hard that is to do, and I would even pay a huge price to achieve this step... But you haven't spoken to me almost at all in this era, which means..."

Dr. Wen paused for a moment. "Am I already dead?"

Chen Ling fell silent.

Dr. Wen's thoughts were too sharp. If he really came back relying on Dr. Wen's ability, it meant their relationship should be very good, otherwise Dr. Wen wouldn't be willing to pay such a huge price... But after he came back, he had always been close to Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei, and hadn't even taken the initiative to say a word to Dr. Wen.

Presumably, the first time he saw him just now, he had already associated these things and realized his own death. Dr. Wen's perception of human emotions was truly too delicate.

"It seems I guessed right." Dr. Wen let out a long sigh.

"Sorry, I should have contacted you sooner." Chen Ling paused for a moment. "But actually, I was a bit worried... because I was afraid that if we contacted each other too much, it would change the development of the future and create a paradox."

Dr. Wen was stunned:

"Paradox? What paradox?"

Just as Chen Ling was about to say something, a blood-covered figure ran over from the other side of the camp!

"Someone come quickly!! Save Old Lu!!!!"

Wu Tongyuan's anxious shouting broke the camp's quiet. Almost everyone rushed out of the tent, and seeing Lu Xun, who had become a bloody mess on Wu Tongyuan's back, they were shocked.

Su Zhiwei and Dr. Qi were the first to step forward, placing Lu Xun on the ground inside the tent, while Yang Xiao quickly contacted the nearby military using communication equipment:

"They are already on their way, they'll be here soon!"

"Damn it, if only Dr. Chu were here..." Dr. Qi didn't understand medicine and could only look up at Su Zhiwei. "What's his condition?"

"If the bullet hit the center of his heart, he would probably be dead already... Now it seems it missed a bit, so he can be saved." Su Zhiwei answered after a brief check.

Everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Behind the crowd, a streak of scarlet blood flowed from Dr. Wen's nose. He was slightly startled, silently picked up a tissue from the table to wipe it, as if nothing had happened.

But how could his actions escape Chen Ling's eyes?

"You activated your ability?" Chen Ling asked in a low voice.

Dr. Wen nodded slightly. "What Wu Tongyuan carried back should have been a corpse, but I used consciousness entanglement to influence Lu Xun a few minutes ago, making him lean to the side a bit... and he saved his life."

Even though Chen Ling knew Dr. Wen could back them up, when all this really happened and he hadn't noticed it at all, he finally realized the terrifying nature of this ability.

He looked into Dr. Wen's eyes and couldn't help but say:

"Perhaps... you are the strongest among the Nine Sovereigns."

"Me?" Dr. Wen thought for a moment. "I don't know, I don't know how to fight."

While the two were talking, a large number of military personnel had arrived at the scene, including medical staff, who quickly began treating Lu Xun.

Just as Su Zhiwei said, the bullet didn't hit Lu Xun's heart, and he was saved... but this also made the military extremely nervous. After all, in this period, any one of the Nine Sovereigns having an accident would be a huge loss.

Seeing that Lu Xun's life was not in danger, everyone finally felt relieved...

"What about Ji Xuan and Lou Yu? Haven't they come back yet?" Only then did everyone remember the two who had been forgotten.

Yang Xiao was about to go out to find them when he saw two figures walking slowly toward them from the direction of the meteorite crater in the continuous drizzle...