Chapter 481: We Need to Talk

With the help of the staff, Yang Xiao packed his things and changed into clean clothes. By now, his headache was gone, and he had recovered quite well.

"The car arranged for me is almost here." Yang Xiao checked the time and turned to ask Lu Xun, "Aren't you leaving yet?"

"I have to wait for this guy to wake up." Lu Xun pointed helplessly at Wu Tongyuan.

"I'm the one who dragged him into this, so I have to be responsible to the end, right?"

Yang Xiao nodded slightly. He knew about the friendship between Lu Xun and Wu Tongyuan. Dragging someone into such a dangerous place and nearly costing them their lives must have weighed heavily on Lu Xun.

"Then I'll go first... This exploration took too long, and there are many things waiting for me at the lab."

"Wait..."

Lu Xun called out to Yang Xiao. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke, "Are you very close with that Director Chen?"

"Director Chen?" Yang Xiao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head. "Not close. It was our first time meeting... Why do you ask?"

"I just found out too. The real guide, Chen Li, never entered Shennongjia at all. He was swapped."

"What? Then who was the person who traveled with us the whole way?"

"I don't know... But he is definitely not an ordinary person." Lu Xun recalled the scene where Chen Ling saved them from numerous disasters and added, "The good news is that he doesn't seem to have any malice toward us... If it weren't for him, I'm afraid all nine of us would have suffered casualties.

I saw him talking to you the whole way and deliberately protecting you, so I thought you knew each other..."

Yang Xiao recalled carefully and found that it was indeed as Lu Xun said. The confusion in his eyes grew deeper.

"But it really was my first time meeting him."

"Never mind. This exploration was too bizarre, and I have a feeling this won't end so simply." Lu Xun looked solemnly into Yang Xiao's eyes. "After you go back, you must stay vigilant."

"I understand."

Yang Xiao said goodbye to Lu Xun and walked straight toward the outside of the base. During this time, Wang Xinye came over with a non-disclosure agreement and asked about Chen Ling. After all the procedures were completed, he personally escorted him to the mountain road.

At this moment, a black business car had been waiting by the side of the road for a long time.

"Hello, are you Dr. Yang Xiao?"

Yang Xiao walked to the car, and the driver, wearing white gloves, took the initiative to get out and help him put his luggage in the trunk, asking at the same time.

"Yes."

"The destination is the airport, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, please get in."

Yang Xiao sat in the back seat and looked through the window at the rolling Shennongjia mountain range in the distance. The misty fog still drifted above it, casting a mysterious veil over the place... He was about to leave, and everything he had experienced here felt like a dream.

As the car slowly started, the mountains outside the window receded, the setting sun gradually sank into the earth, and the dim mountain road was rugged and bumpy.

Yang Xiao carefully recalled everything that happened during the exploration, every detail, every figure, as well as those bizarre monsters and the huge fragments standing in the deep pits...

By the time he regained his senses, the sky outside was completely dark. The car drove out of the mountain road and headed west along a straight path.

Yang Xiao looked at the increasingly desolate villages outside and was slightly stunned.

"Is this the way to the airport?"

Two beams of headlights tore through the dark night, illuminating a corner of the silent path in the distance.

The driver, who was driving with full concentration, looked at the bewildered Yang Xiao through the rearview mirror. The dim light of the dashboard barely illuminated a corner of his face... deep and mysterious in the night.

He raised his hand and gently tore at his chin. A layer of skin drifted into the air, replaced by another young face.

Chen Ling said calmly:

"Dr. Yang Xiao, we need to talk."

……

Under the night sky, a figure with his hands in his pockets walked slowly up the mountain peak.

At the top of the peak, a figure was already standing tall, with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, his gaze staring like a torch at a certain direction under the night sky.

"His Majesty couldn't kill Heart 6?" Dr. Lou raised an eyebrow.

"..." Ying Fu said in a deep voice, "I underestimated him... I didn't expect him to possess this level of power so early."

"After all, he is the one chosen by the Red King. The Red King dared to hand the [Spirit Treasure] to him, so he must have something to rely on."

Dr. Lou's sleeves fluttered in the night, and a sharp light flickered in his eyes.

"A Heart 6 with a [Spirit Treasure], an uninvited Ji Xuan... these two guys are the biggest obstacles to His Majesty's plan. However, Heart 6's strength is insufficient right now and he's not a threat. The biggest trouble is that guy Ji Xuan."

"What about the Red King who possesses [Primordial]?"

"Him..." Dr. Lou paused. "The Red King is indeed a fatal threat, but if he could really take action, he would have done so when we were fighting for the Red Star fragments earlier..."

"You mean he can't take action?"

"The Red King is mysterious and powerful, and no one has ever been able to guess what he's thinking. But even if he takes action, I'm not afraid of him." Dr. Lou smoothed his sleeves and said calmly, "Besides, don't we still have you, Your Majesty?"

"In this era, my wings are not yet fully grown, and I cannot deal with the Red King and Ji Xuan."

"It doesn't matter, we still have time." Dr. Lou's eyes narrowed. "I will contain Ji Xuan, and Your Majesty should build up your strength as soon as possible. As for the rest... you can leave it to your subjects."

Ying Fu glanced at him, his deep and majestic eyes seeming to pierce through his soul. He said slowly:

"Who do you want to kill?"

Seeing his thoughts exposed, Dr. Lou didn't feel the slightest embarrassment. Instead, he smiled and took a list out of his pocket, handing it to Ying Fu while saying, "If Your Majesty wants to rule the world, there are a few people who must be eliminated... otherwise, they will surely become major threats in the future."

Ying Fu took the list and scanned it casually. The first thing that caught his eye was the name "Wu Tongyuan."

Ranked second was "Su Zhiwei."

Ying Fu didn't speak, just threw the list behind him casually. In the dim shadows, a figure carrying a hunting rifle stepped forward silently and caught the list steadily.

It was a pair of rough hands, and the sturdy leather boots were covered in mud, as if he had just arrived from somewhere very far away. As he held the list in his hand, a pair of sharp eyes, like a wolf's, slowly opened in the darkness.

Fifth Rank, Soldier God Path, [Heavenly Wolf].