After drifting on the sea all night, the boat finally arrived at a port at dawn. Chen Chu found an empty corner, took Lin Xi to fly up a cliff, and then naturally blended into the crowd.
"I'm so hungry." The sunrise over the sea was extremely beautiful, but Lin Xi, who had been hungry for a day and a night, did not have the energy to appreciate it. Everything looked like food to her.
Chen Chu looked at the pitiful girl squatting on the roadside and consoled her: "I'll go ask where there is a restaurant nearby."
"Yeah, yeah." Lin Yan nodded hurriedly.
Chen Chu laughed for a while, then walked into the sunlight and stopped a handsome blond man who was jogging on the beach. After a brief exchange, he walked back and said, "It's not far. There's a convenience store two kilometers ahead."
"There are still two kilometers to go." Lin Xi really didn't want to walk another step.
Forget it, let's go, otherwise there will be nothing to eat. Besides, two kilometers is not very far, it will only take half an hour, and there will be food in half an hour. After Lin Yan prepared herself mentally, she was about to stand up in one go, but suddenly there was a squatting figure in front of her.
"Come up." Chen Chu said.
Lin Yan was stunned and didn't know how to react for a moment.
Seeing that Lin Yan hadn't moved for a long time, Chen Chu turned around and said, "You were unconscious for so long yesterday. It must be because you consumed too much energy. You need time to recover. You shouldn't overwork yourself. Let me carry you."
Having said that, without allowing Lin Yan to refute, he slightly hooked his finger, and Lin Yan felt herself pushed by something, and she fell straight on Chen Chu's back. Chen Chu took the opportunity to carry her on his back and strode forward.
Lin Xi grabbed Chen Chu's shoulders, her upper body stiff and motionless.
How could I let Senior Chen Chu carry me on my back? This... This is so inappropriate.
What's inappropriate? Senior Chen Chu also said that I have lost too much power and am very weak now. Even if we are just ordinary friends, it doesn't matter if I carry you on my back in this situation.
Lin Xi was just struggling when someone suddenly pulled her arm. Caught off guard, her upper body was pressed tightly against Chen Chu's back.
"Lower your center of gravity so it's easier to carry." Chen Chu said.
"Oh oh." Lin Yan didn't dare to move anymore and lay on Chen Chu's back pretending to be dead.
Chen Chu curled his lips and said nothing more. Thinking that the girl was still hungry, he walked down the mountain at a brisk pace. In order to let Lin Yan eat earlier, Chen Chu only walked the two kilometers in twelve minutes, which was faster than Lin Yan's five-kilometer run.
"There are only sandwiches and milk. You can eat them first to fill your stomach. We'll eat something else when we get to the hotel." Chen Chu handed the hot sandwiches and milk to Lin Xi.
Lin Xi was so hungry that she took the sandwich and started to take a bite.
"Wait a moment."
Lin Yan was startled: "What's wrong?"
"There's luncheon meat in it." Chen Chu reminded, "Don't you mean you can't eat meat?"
Lin Xi still had the aftereffects of using the wooden fish and could not eat meat. She was already hungry, and if eating meat caused her to vomit, she would lose her appetite.
"Yeah, I can't eat meat." Lin Xi was about to cry after being reminded. Why was she so unlucky? She bought a sandwich from a convenience store and couldn't even eat the luncheon meat in it.
Lin An was extremely hungry and had to eat three sandwiches in a row to feel better. However, all the meat in the sandwiches went to Chen Chu. It was not easy for Chen Chu either. He didn't enjoy his food very much under Lin An's pitiful gaze.
"It's okay, a month will pass quickly." Chen Chu comforted.
"It's been one and a half months now." Lin Xi wanted to cry even more after being comforted.
"…" I almost forgot that Lin Xi also struck the wooden fish several times in the Miao village. "One and a half months is pretty quick. We won't need to use the wooden fish anymore."
"Unless I never enter this sub-space again." Lin Yanren said soberly.
"..." Chen Chu really couldn't comfort her any more. It was impossible for Lin Xi not to enter the sub-space.
"Forget it, if you don't want to eat it, then don't eat it. Being a vegetarian is healthier." Lin Xi.
Chen Chu heard these words which were obviously self-consolation, so he tactfully did not respond and just smiled and nodded in agreement.
"By the way, where are we now? We don't have a passport, and we can't use Sadako. How are we supposed to go back? We can't float across the sea, right?" Lin Xi asked.
"This should be an island in Country Y. Don't worry about returning home. We can catch a ride on a favorable flight."
"Downwind plane?"
"Go wait outside the airport and pick a plane to China. I'll take you up there, on a ride that's tailwind." Chen Chu explained.
Is there such a trick
"Doesn't that mean we have to sit outside the plane?" Lin Xi asked.
"Pfft" Chen Chu couldn't help laughing, "I was kidding you, I just swiped my salary card when I bought something, and the headquarters must have locked our location by now. We will find a hotel to stay for the night, and someone will contact us soon to arrange for us to return home."
Lin Xi suddenly realized, and she said that Chen Chu was able to take a ride on the plane because he had the wind-related ability to fly, but not everyone with special abilities can fly, so there must be other ways to return home.
"Let's go, let's go to the hotel, take a good shower and have a good sleep."
After eating and drinking their fill, the two of them felt much more energetic. Lin An, who was walking on the streets of a foreign country for the first time, found everything new. Seeing that Lin An was having fun, Chen Chu did not urge her. The two of them strolled leisurely, blending in with the crowd, like a young couple who came to a foreign country for vacation.
"Lanzhou Ramen?" Lin Xi suddenly pointed at a street stall and exclaimed in disbelief.
Chen Chu followed the instructions and saw a Lanzhou ramen stall. The owner seemed to have just set up the stall and was setting up tables and chairs on the street.
Lin Yan's voice was so pleasantly surprised that the stall owner also looked over. Seeing the two of them, he greeted them warmly: "Fellow Chinese."
"Yeah." Lin Xi rushed over in three or two steps. If she hadn't just eaten three sandwiches in a row, she would have asked the boss to give her a bowl of ramen on the spot.
"Where are you two from China? Why are you coming to Odin Island for vacation?" Odin Island is a famous tourist town in Country Y. Many people come here to travel, and the boss sees fellow Chinese almost every day. As for seeing Lanzhou ramen on Odin Island, the fellows were all very surprised, which was also one of the pleasures of opening a noodle stall here.
"Jinshi." Lin Yan replied, "Boss, are you selling here at noon? I want to eat ramen."
"Yes, I'll be open until 10 o'clock tonight. You can come anytime." said the boss.
"So late? Isn't it said that people abroad don't have night markets?" Lin Xi asked.
"Isn't this Poseidon Festival?" said the boss.
"Poseidon Festival?"
"You don't know? Didn't you come to Odin Island specifically for the Poseidon Festival?" the boss asked in surprise.
"We were passing by here on a self-driving tour and just arrived this morning, so we are not very clear." Chen Chu made up an excuse.
"No wonder, you're lucky. According to the official account of Odin Island, the Poseidon Festival is about 1,800 years ago, when Poseidon, the god of the sea, passed by here and saw that the fishermen on the island were in poverty. He ordered the sea to change its course and brought fish. Since then, Odin Island has become prosperous. In order to thank Poseidon, the god of the sea, the Poseidon Festival was held. But to put it bluntly, it's just a celebration organized by the local government to make money." The boss smiled and said, "But the celebration is well organized and quite interesting. This year's theme seems to be vampires."
"Vampire? Isn't it the Poseidon Festival?" Lin Xi was stunned. It seemed that vampires and Poseidon had nothing in common.
"It seems that because there is a vampire movie that is very popular this year, the organizers have come up with this gimmick and are going to hold a dance party in the haunted castle in the evening." said the boss.
"Haunted Castle?" Lin Yan's eyes lit up immediately. She had also seen the vampire movie that her boss mentioned. When the movie was first released in China, Song Ranran asked her to go watch it together. Lin Yan also liked the beautiful, handsome and powerful vampires. Especially at the end of the movie, the scene where the vampires held a dance party in the haunted castle was a visual feast for those who love beauty.
"Want to attend?" Chen Chu saw the girl's excitement. "You need a ticket, right?" Lin Yan was just thinking about it.
"No need. How can we make money if we don't charge admission tickets?" The boss is well aware of the local government's money-making routine.
"What do you mean?" Lin Xi was puzzled.
"If you want to attend the ball in the ghost castle, you must first have a set of clothes that match the medieval period, and then wear it to stroll around the main street of Odin Island. During this period, if you can encounter a vampire, you will have a chance to get an invitation from the vampire and get an invitation to the ball, so the invitation cannot be bought." The boss praised, "I don't know which genius came up with this idea, it's amazing. The sales of medieval clothes alone in the past two days are equivalent to the annual turnover of the store. The key is that you are happy to spend this money. Even my daughter bought a set. I told her that it was a way for the government to make money, but she just wouldn't listen."
The boss looked distressed that his money had been cheated away.
"It sounds interesting." Lin Xi's heart was pounding when she heard it. Girls are naturally unable to resist such romantic things.
Who can refuse a vampire's invitation
"Boss, where is the clothing store?" Chen Chu asked the boss.
"You guys want to join too?" The boss complained, but he wasn't surprised. He pointed in a direction and said, "Just keep walking along this street. You'll see it in about ten minutes. Just find a store that sells clothes."
"thank you boss."
The two left the noodle stall and walked along the street. Lin Yan wanted to go, but she still had some concerns: "We are going to attend the dance? Shouldn't we hurry back to Jin City?"
"Since you can't leave, why not join in?" Lin Xi understood what Chen Chu meant.
"Okay." Chen Chu smiled.
"Senior Chen Chu, please lend me some money to buy clothes. I'll pay you back when I get back. I don't have my card with me." China has become the world of electronic payment, let alone cards. Lin Xi doesn't even carry cash when she goes out. She travels around the world with just a mobile phone.
"No, the company will reimburse you."
"This can also be reimbursed?" Lin Xi was shocked.
"We have gone through a lot of hardships to get out of the Miao village. Our clothes are dirty and torn. It is reasonable for us to buy some clothes to change into." Chen Chu said.
"Yes, that makes sense." Lin Xi agreed strongly.
As expected, when it comes to taking advantage of the company, you have to rely on the old employees.
When shopping for clothes, Lin Yan showed Chen Chu with her own actions how terrible women's physical strength is when shopping. Lin Yan made Chen Chu, who had an S-level physique, tired out before she finally chose two sets of skirts.
One set was for herself, and the other was a gift for Song Ranran. When she and Song Ranran went to see a vampire movie together before, Song Ranran had said that she wanted to buy a skirt like this. Seeing that the clothes here were exquisitely made, Lin Yan thought of buying one for her as well.
"Let's go to the hotel."
"Yeah." Lin Xi, who had returned with a full load, skipped and walked in front, no longer looking half-dead as she did in the morning.
Chen Chu smiled and shook his head, then took Lin Yan to the most expensive hotel on Odin Island.
It's not that he wanted to take advantage of the company, but when Lin Xi was choosing clothes, he had already borrowed the store's landline to inquire about the hotels one by one. This hotel was the only one with rooms left on the entire island.
The hotel only had suites left, and the room had two bedrooms, so there was no need to book an extra room. As soon as she entered the room, Lin Yan went back to her bedroom to wash up, while Chen Chu sat in the living room, slowly brewing coffee. After a cup of coffee was brewed, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Chu stopped stirring, stood up and went to open the door. Outside the door was a middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes.
"Chen Chu?"
"it's me."
"Hello, I'm Lin Qi, a member of the Chinese Superpower Office in Country Y." The middle-aged man introduced himself.
"Hello, please come in." Chen Chu turned sideways and motioned the other person to come in.
"No, I just came here to verify your identity. After the identity verification, I will prepare passports for you to return home as soon as possible. It is expected to be ready tomorrow." Lin Qi said, and handed a bag in his hand to Chen Chu, "Here is a mobile phone, which will facilitate you to contact the headquarters."
"Thank you." Chen Chu took the phone.
"Goodbye." After saying that, Lynch turned and left.
As soon as Chen Chu closed the door, his cell phone rang. He glanced at the familiar phone number on the screen and his eyes darkened slightly, but he still answered the call: "Team Leader Tang."
"Why are you in Country Y?" Tang Tianyuan's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.
"There was an abnormality in the space of the Miao village, and we deviated from our direction when we came out." Chen Chu said.
"What happened in the Miao village after you brought the leyline map into the village? Why did you show up five days later? Where did you go in the previous two days?"
Five days
Chen Chu frowned, subconsciously opened his phone, checked the date, and found that today's date was actually five days later.
"I'm not sure. We came out yesterday afternoon and have been drifting on the sea since then. We only returned to land this morning." Chen Chu said.
"That should be the impact of spatial turbulence on time and space. We'll tell you the details when they come back." Someone on the other end of the phone told Tang Tianyuan his analysis.
"Yes." After Tang Tianyuan answered, he turned to Chen Chu and said, "Lin Yan has also come out, so why don't you return home immediately?"
"During this trip to the Miao village, Lin Xi's supernatural powers were over-consumed and she was injured. She can't use her spatial supernatural powers and needs a large amount of energy stones to replenish them. I hope Team Leader Tang can report to the headquarters for supplies." Chen Chu took the opportunity to report to Lin Xi.
"It's just a few energy stones. When she comes back, ask Assistant Tan to report directly how many energy stones she needs." It was just a few energy stones. Tang Tianyuan agreed very readily.
"Thank you, Team Leader Tang." Chen Chu thanked him sincerely, and thought that this was a rare opportunity, so he had to ask Lin Xi for more.
"Once you get your passports, return to your country immediately. We'll talk about the details when you come back." Tang Tianyuan said as he was about to hang up the phone.
"There are two more things." Chen Chu said.
"What's up?"
"I met the high priest in the Miao village." Chen Chu first said the first thing.
"What did you say?!" There was a commotion on the other end of the phone. Apparently, other people had also heard what Chen Chu said and were discussing it intensely.
"The high priest has the ability to travel through space turbulence and can enter other subspaces through space gaps." Chen Chu said calmly.
There was another commotion on the other end. After a while, a different voice came through the phone: "Chen Chu, you just mentioned two things. What's the other one?"
"Under the statue in the center of the Miao village, there is a sorcerer of the same level as the high priest sleeping, and she has awakened." Chen Chu continued to reveal.
"A witch master of the same level as the high priest?!"
Chen Chu hadn't finished speaking yet. Regardless of the tense mood on the other end of the phone, he continued to drop bombshells: "She can come to Earth through parasitism."
Chen Chu was cursed by the high priest, so he could not reveal that the high priest could leave the subspace, but he could tell him about Miao Geyun.
"What?!"
Through the phone, Chen Chu could hear at least six different voices shouting this sentence at the same time.
"Chen Chu, I am Guan Zeyang, the director of the Privy Council. I am going to ask you a question now. You need to think it through before answering me." After a long time, the last voice that spoke to Chen Chu asked.
"You ask."
"Has this sorcerer come out yet?" Guan Zeyang asked.
Chen Chu began to recall that when Miao Geyun and the high priest fought, the entire Miao village was affected, and coupled with the spatial anomaly, the exit could not be opened, so no superpowers could leave through the exit. If superpowers could not leave, Miao Geyun could not parasitize.
"No." Chen Chu gave the answer after thinking about it.
"Are you sure?" Guan Zeyang asked.
"At least she can't get out of the Miao village." Chen Chu said.
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to buy you the earliest flight ticket, and you can return home immediately after getting the ticket." Guan Zeyang said.
"Yes." Chen Chu.
"Is there anything else?" Guan Zeyang asked worriedly.
"have."
"What else?!" Guan Zeyang felt his scalp tingling. He just asked casually, not really hoping for anything. "What is it?"
"I only told you half of the story about the witch doctor." Chen Chu paused and said, "Not only can the witch doctor leave the subspace through parasitism, but she also has a disaster of the same level as the earth vein map sealed in her body, a plague."
"Bang, bang." There was a series of sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground from the other end of the phone, and I don't know how many people could not sit still.
"Are you sure?" Guan Zeyang's voice sounded hoarse.
"Sure." He himself had been infected with the plague, so he was sure of it.
"Convene a United Nations meeting! Quick!" Guan Zeyang yelled and hung up the phone.
Chen Chu put down the phone and stared at the cup of coffee which had already cooled down, lost in thought.
(End of this chapter)