Rong Yingying had "disappeared", and the Dark Night Organization was too lazy to look for a contact person to avoid being targeted by the Investigation Department. Professor Mo Wei simply called Yu Ran with an unfamiliar number and told Yu Ran to go find General Xie tomorrow.
The Investigation Department can intercept secret messages from unknown sources, but it cannot monitor people’s daily conversations, which is an invasion of privacy.
After Yu Ran received Mo Wei's call, he asked Lu Zexuan to write this visiting card.
My aunt has been busy with military affairs these years, and all her relatives have passed away. She must have had a hard time. Yu Ran would never let the Dark Night Organization hurt her, but he still had to discuss with Lu Zexuan in detail what to do.
Lu Zexuan said: "When you controlled me, you could combine your spirit with mine, move the snow mountain to your forest, and pretend to destroy my mental image. But my aunt... you can't combine your spirit with hers, so how can you pretend that her image has been destroyed?"
My aunt’s spiritual body is a black shark, and her spiritual vision is an endless deep blue sea.
It is not easy to destroy a huge ocean, and rebuilding it is even more time-consuming and labor-intensive. When he helped Lu Zexuan rebuild the snow mountain, it took him a whole week, and it was done secretly under the protection of the Spider Queen.
Now, under the eyes of the Dark Night Organization, it was impossible for him to have a week alone with General Xie.
Since we can't protect her by destroying and rebuilding her, then... let's survive in the face of death!
Lu Zexuan noticed Yu Ran's thoughts: "You want to attack her and temporarily control her spirit?"
Yu Ran said, "Not only me, but you as well. My aunt's spirit is very strong. If I fight her alone, we might both get hurt. Tomorrow we have to join forces and subdue her as quickly as possible."
Lu Zexuan thought about it carefully for a moment and also thought that this was the best solution at the moment.
If General Xie is informed of Yu Ran's true identity, perhaps she will cooperate in the play. However, her mental image will be exposed as soon as the Dark Night Organization examines it. The premise of controlling the sentinel is to destroy the image. Yu Ran cannot really destroy her consciousness, so he can only find a way to subdue her first and report to the Dark Night Organization. This is also a kind of protection for her.
That night, Yu Ran tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
He recalled that when he was a child, every time his aunt visited him, she would bring him a lot of delicious food. Once he was sick, his parents were busy, and it was his aunt who stayed with him and took care of him carefully all night.
He has always had a good relationship with his aunt, who is the closest family member to him besides his parents.
Tomorrow, he will attack this person who is closest to him with all his strength, making him suffer the pain of his spiritual world being burned by flames...
Yu Ran closed his eyes, his eye sockets feeling a little hot.
The next moment, a pair of hands suddenly reached out and gently held him in their arms.
There was a familiar warmth in Lu Zexuan's embrace, which made Yu Ran's heart tremble slightly.
He subconsciously reached out and hugged her back, burying his face in Lu Zexuan's chest. The voice in his head said muffledly, "I don't want to attack her shark either. I loved her shark the most when I was a kid. But... I can't help it. My time is too tight."
Lu Zexuan gently rubbed Yu Ran's hair and whispered to comfort her: "Don't be sad, she will understand."
Yu Ran was silent for a moment and closed his eyes.
Fortunately, Lu Zexuan was by his side, so he didn't have to face all this alone.
***
The next day at noon, Lu Zexuan and Yu Ran took gifts and went to General Xie's residence together.
The Xie family is a century-old prestigious family. Their ancestors made great contributions in the battle to quell the Sentinel Rebellion 200 years ago. The genes inherited by their descendants are very excellent, and many S-level Sentinels and Guides have emerged.
The most outstanding sisters of this generation are Xie Xi and Xie Chen. The elder sister is the Flame Wolf King and the younger sister is the Deep Sea Black Shark. Back then, this pair of sentinel sisters were also goddesses in the eyes of many guides and had countless suitors.
After many years, Yu Ran returned to his familiar home with mixed feelings.
Lu Zexuan gently took his hand and led him into the gate.
Someone came to greet them and said respectfully, "General Lu, General Xie is waiting for you in the hall. Please come this way."
Yu Ran looked around. The furnishings in the yard had hardly changed. The koi in the pond heard his footsteps and quickly gathered around, as if waiting for Yu Ran to feed them. In the corner of the yard, the coral tree planted by his father himself had grown much taller than he remembered. June was the season for coral trees to bloom, and the red flowers dotted them, full of vitality.
Yu Ran walked across the bluestone bridge, crossed a large pond, and came to the living room.
The Xie family’s manor is an antique building. They have lived here since their great-grandfather, and it looks very old and heavy.
Xie Chen usually likes to wear a ponytail, which sways gently with the rhythm of her walking, making her look very capable. Today, because she was at home, she wore casual clothes and tied her hair into a bun, which made her look more gentle than when she was wearing a military uniform.
She was making tea herself in the living room, her movements exactly the same as she remembered, and the fresh aroma of tea filled the air.
Yu Ran almost blurted out calling her "Auntie", but when the words were on the tip of her tongue, she forced herself to hold them back.
Lu Zexuan took the initiative to step forward and said, "Thank you, General. Happy birthday."
He handed a large, beautifully wrapped gift box to Xie Chen, who stood up and took it, smiling and saying, "General Lu, you're too polite. I rarely celebrate my birthday these years, and it's rare that you're so thoughtful that you remember my birthday and personally send me a gift."
Lu Zexuan said respectfully: "I am a junior who has just taken over as the legion commander. It is only natural for me to come and visit you, senior."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Xie Chen glanced at Yu Ran and said, "Please come this way, both of you."
Lu Zexuan and Yu Ran walked into the house side by side and sat down in the living room.
This was Lu Zexuan's first visit to Xie's house. Looking at the warm-toned furniture in the living room, he couldn't help wondering, did Ranran grow up here when she was a child? The atmosphere and environment of Xie's house looked really warm. Unfortunately, the once lively courtyard was now only occupied by Xie Chen.
How nice it would be if nothing had happened back then.
Xie Chen handed them two cups of tea and said, "This is the tea I brewed myself. Cooked tea warms the stomach. You two should try it first. The kitchen is preparing lunch. Let's eat together later."
She made the tea herself, and it seemed that she was aware that the Dark Night Organization would do something bad to her, so she was very cautious.
Yu Ran took it and tasted it. It was a familiar taste in his memory. When he was a child, he had a bad stomach. This special tea was specially found by his aunt to help him regulate his stomach. Yu Ran drank the tea, and a sour feeling rose in his heart.
He lowered his head and said nothing. Xie Chen moved his gaze to the top of Yu Ran's head and said coldly: "General Lu and Guide Yu really have a deep affection for each other. I heard that the two of them are inseparable. Even when the general goes to the office to handle military affairs, he always takes him with him?"
Lu Zexuan smiled and said, "Ranran has no one to rely on in the capital star. I am really worried about leaving him alone at home."
"Really?" Xie Chen looked at Yu Ran with a sharp gaze.
She suspected that Yu Ran was an undercover sent by the Dark Night Organization to be by Lu Zexuan's side, and even suspected that Lu Tingyu's "sacrifice" was related to this Yu Ran.
The timing of this little guide's appearance was too coincidental. Shortly after his appearance, several officials died mysteriously, and the information in the Sentinel Academy Library was stolen. Some time ago, a large number of Sentinels suddenly went berserk. Those should be failed experiments. Later, the Sentinels' berserk state was suddenly controlled... She always felt that the Dark Night Organization's drug research had made great progress.
This made her feel extremely uneasy.
After his sister's death, the Star Legion has been investigating the Dark Night Organization. Xie Chen has been extremely careful with every step he takes. Over the years, the agents he has sent to various major organizations have only found the core figure Mo Wei and his subordinates, Adeline and her brother.
She has not yet fully figured out what research they are doing and how many supporters there are behind the scenes.
As a result, General Lu Tingyu "sacrificed" again. Xie Chen always had a bad feeling - would she be the next person to "sacrifice"
Xie Chen collected his thoughts, stood up and said, "You two, I only prepared some home-cooked meals, please forgive me if my hospitality is not good enough."
She never celebrated her birthday in these years, and if Lu Zexuan hadn't suddenly come to visit her with gifts today, she would have almost forgotten this day.
There were eight dishes and one soup on the table in the restaurant, a combination of meat and vegetables, which was very rich.
Xie Chen invited Lu Zexuan and Yu Ran to sit down. Yu Ran looked around and saw the silhouette of a servant leaving.
That was an old lady who had lived in the Xie family for many years. She was an ordinary person who had not evolved and had always helped with cleaning and cooking at home. When Yu Ran was a child, he called her "Grandma Li". If I remember correctly, her arm had been burned.
When Yu Ran was 10 years old, he ran to the kitchen to play and accidentally knocked over the steamer. In order to protect him, Grandma Li burned the back of her hand.
After my father found out, he asked Grandma Li to go to the dermatologist to repair it. The old lady smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if there is a little scar on my hand. I am so old now. Do I care about a little scar on my hand? Don't waste your money."
She was very stubborn and her father had no choice but to let her go.
Yu Ran and Lu Zexuan were connected spiritually. After seeing his memories, Lu Zexuan immediately glanced at the old lady calmly. The sentinel's eyes were much sharper than the guide's. Even a small mole could be seen clearly at a distance of more than ten meters.
Lu Zexuan said in his mind: "There are no scars on her arms."
Yu Ran's heart tightened: "Could it be that the mimic octopus pretended to be her and came to my aunt to supervise us?"
This realization made Yu Ran and Lu Zexuan feel chills down their spines.
The person behind the Dark Night Organization actually came to the scene in person and watched them deal with Xie Chen.
Fortunately, the two had already discussed the strategy.
Lu Zexuan pretended to eat, but actually he was secretly observing Xie Chen.
It would be very rude for the host not to eat anything when a guest comes to visit. Besides, it was lunch time and Xie Chen was hungry. She picked up the chopsticks to eat the food. Suspecting that Yu Ran was an undercover agent, she calmly picked the dish that Yu Ran had eaten.
Yu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
My aunt was always on guard against him, and it seemed that his acting skills had deceived even my aunt.
After eating the dishes, Lu Zexuan took the initiative to pick up the spoon to scoop up the soup, and also served a bowl to Yu Ran and General Xie.
Seeing that both of them had drunk the soup, Xie Chen lowered her head and started drinking it. Her vigilance of "Are you guys here to harm me?" was understandable, after all, Lu Tingyu had just died not long ago.
However, the drug was not in the food or soup, but in her bowl—Yu Ran had guessed this long ago. The drug was colorless and tasteless, and dissolved in water. After the Dark Night Organization improved the drug formula, a small dose could drive the sentinel crazy.
The maid dissolved the medicine in water and then rinsed the dishes with the water, so there would be medicine residue on her dishes.
Yu Ran was tense and kept an eye on her aunt's condition. Sure enough, after drinking the soup, her face changed slightly, and the pupils in her eyes gradually turned a dark black. Her shark also suddenly became irritable and restless.
It's now!
Yu Ran stretched out his red thinking tentacles without hesitation and attacked Xie Chen's brain at lightning speed!
Xie Chen only felt a "buzzing" in his head, and his head suddenly felt splitting with pain.
From the deep ocean of spiritual vision, huge waves suddenly arose.
A huge black vortex formed in the center of the ocean. The vortex was bottomless and seemed to completely swallow up her consciousness. The black shark swam quickly in the sea, trying to escape the influence of the vortex. However, the vortex continued to spread...
At this moment, a dazzling beam of fire suddenly fell from the sky, illuminating the dark sea.
The flames spread rapidly across the sea. Water and fire are obviously incompatible, but strangely, the flames were not afraid of the seawater, but instead continued to devour the seawater. Under the terrible scorching heat of the flames, the seawater was evaporating at an extremely fast speed.
Xie Chen angrily drew out the knife from his waist and shouted: "Yu Ran, you are indeed the traitor of the Dark Night Organization!"
Her mental world was in danger at this moment, but she was an S-level Sentinel after all, and she could still force herself to maintain her sanity at this moment.
Xie Chen ignored the pain of his spiritual world being burned by the flames, flew up, and chopped at Yu Ran's brain with a knife!
She acted decisively and attacked fiercely, almost chopping Yu Ran in half.
However, Lu Zexuan's actions were faster - he had long been prepared that General Xie would attack Ranran in a rage, and almost the moment Xie Chen drew his sword, Lu Zexuan immediately stood in front of Yu Ran.
With a clang, the blades collided and sparks flew.
There was such rage in Xie Chen's eyes that he almost wanted to torture Lu Zexuan to death.
Yu Ran said calmly: "Zexuan, hold her back, I will capture her spirit body!"
Xie Chen put away the electromagnetic knife and suddenly punched Lu Zexuan in the face. Her hook punch was as fast as lightning and brought up a fierce wind. If Lu Zexuan had not dodged in time, his head would have been smashed to pieces.
Lu Zexuan fought with her in fear and trepidation, and the two S-class Sentinels were unable to determine the winner.
However, in the spiritual world, the flames spread over a larger and larger area, and the vortex continued to sweep across the sea.
Xie Chen was fighting one against two and was attacked from both sides. He was simply unable to withstand such tremendous pressure.
Her mental picture was already shaking violently due to the influence of the drugs. It was as if an 8.0 magnitude earthquake had occurred on the seabed. The tsunami and hurricane destroyed all the corals and reefs she had carefully arranged. Yu Ran was still burning on the sea surface...
The severe pain in her spiritual world made her face pale and sweat kept dripping from her forehead.
Black Shark was exhausted and could no longer escape.
Just as the black shark was about to be swept into the abyss and completely lose consciousness, the next moment, several green vines suddenly stretched out into the vortex like flexible tentacles - those vines completely tied up the black shark's body in less than two seconds and picked it up!
Xie Chen: “…”
The severe pain in her spiritual world made it impossible for her to continue fighting with Lu Zexuan.
Lu Zexuan took the opportunity to grab her and pin her down in her seat.
The next moment, Xie Chen fell into a coma.
Before she lost consciousness, she wondered: Yu Ran, why did you save her shark at the last moment
Aren't these two people here to kill her? Why did they save her
(End of this chapter)