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When the captain pushed the door open and entered the room, Lian Chuan was still lying unconscious on the mat.
Ning Gu was also sleeping soundly against the wall.
The captain kicked him on the leg and he suddenly jumped up. After seeing that it was the captain, he held his stomach and bent over. He exerted too much force suddenly and felt that his abdominal muscles were about to be torn.
"Let's go talk to Li Xiang." said the team leader.
"How about... later?" Ning Gu said without much confidence.
He has been afraid of the leader all his life. Recently, he disobeyed the leader's ban, causing the deaths of many travelers, and also did something to offend the leader in front of all his companions. Now he refuses again... He subconsciously feels a little panicked.
I always feel that the leader will beat him up in the next second.
"Do we need to wait for him to wake up?" The captain glanced at Lian Chuan.
"Well," Ning Gu responded, thinking of a very respectable reason, "He can't be in any trouble. He... is still useful to me at the moment."
"It's okay at the door, right?" the head of the regiment said, "I'm standing here, who dares to touch him?"
Ning Gu didn't dare to say anything more and followed him to the door of the hut.
The shelter is busier than usual today. You can hear the excited voices, laughter, shouting, and fighting of the travelers around you.
But it was probably because the leader had given the order, there was no one around the hut, only small lighted lanterns lined up lonely on both sides of the path.
"Did he say anything to you?" the captain asked.
"Who, Lian Chuan?" Ning Gu said, "He went into the room and fell asleep."
I didn’t dare say that Lian Chuan seemed to have fainted.
The leader turned around and looked at him: "Who did you meet in the main city?"
"I have been in Lost Valley," Ning Gu said, "and I hid in the main city after several days. Lian Chuan's... friend arranged a place for me to stay until you guys came."
"Okay, we'll talk about this in detail later," the captain kept looking into his eyes, "What's the matter with your ability? Is it related to Lian Chuan?"
"I don't know," Ning Gu sighed, "I don't even know when it was triggered."
It could be felt that the captain had a lot of things he wanted to ask him, but he stopped after asking a few questions.
"You've grown up," the head of the group said, "you have secrets, and you only speak half of what you've learned."
Ning Gu lowered his head and said nothing, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"It's okay, we just got back," the leader said, "rest first, we still have plenty of time."
Ning Gu still didn't dare to speak. When the captain turned around to leave, he couldn't help but ask, "The nail is missing?"
"Yes." The captain answered with his back to him.
"How come he disappeared?" Ning Gu asked again.
"He went to Tongue Bay," the captain turned and looked at him, "he entered Tongue Bay."
Ning Gu felt his breathing pause.
"He was gone when we arrived," said the team leader.
Ning Gu was a little dazed.
The hammer only said that the nail went to the tongue bay, but did not say that it went in.
How did you get in
Dingzi is not a brave man, nor is he a curious person. They have been to Tongue Bay so many times, but Dingzi has never thought of going in...
Why
He subconsciously wanted to ask why.
But he didn't speak.
Once the topic of Tongue Bay comes up, there are some things that cannot be avoided: what is in the Tongue Bay, what are those things in the basement, why he knows all this, how to explain this to the team leader, and how to ask the team leader for an explanation.
"Don't go out today," the leader said, "I'll come to see you tomorrow."
"Oh." Ning Gu responded.
"I'll take you to Tongue Bay." The team leader said and walked straight forward without giving him time to speak.
Ning Gu did not return to the house. He stood at the door and looked at the captain's back. Until he could no longer see the captain, he slowly turned around and returned to the house.
Lian Chuan didn't move.
When Ning Gu went out, he took a special look and saw Lian Chuan's hand on the edge of the mat with his little finger outside the mat.
It is still the same now.
He was not worried that Lian Chuan had eavesdropped on his conversation with the team leader. He was a little worried about whether Lian Chuan could wake up. Could he be struggling to get out of the divestiture state, and then return to the divestiture state after negotiating the deal
"Lian Gou." Ning Gu tried calling him.
Lian Chuan didn't move.
Ning Gu walked over and patted him on the face twice. It was not light and could make a popping sound, but Lian Chuan still didn't react.
Good opportunity.
Ning Gu looked at his hands, slowly raised them and clenched them into fists.
Ever since he met Lian Chuan, he was either being strangled or being picked up and thrown around. Due to the huge gap in fighting power between them, he could only endure it.
Now, there is a perfect opportunity to fight back...
Taking advantage of someone's misfortune
The traveler doesn't care about that. He will grab the opportunity and punch hard...
Lian Chuan opened his eyes.
Ning Gu's hands froze in the air, and after a few seconds he scratched his head: "When did you wake up?"
"There's someone outside." Lian Chuan said.
"What..." Ning Gu was stunned.
"Ning Gu," a low voice suddenly came from outside, "Are you there?"
Ning Gu could tell that this was Wolfskin from Shelter No. 3. He wasn't particularly familiar with him, but he had a decent relationship with Nail.
"Come out for a moment," Wolfskin whispered, "I have something to tell you."
Ning Gu turned his head.
"It's not just him." Lian Chuan sat up and spoke in a low voice.
"I saw the nail go into the bay," said Wolfskin. "He said . . . "
When Ning Gu heard the word "nail", he didn't care about anything else and rushed out of the house: "What did he say?"
Wolfskin stood more than ten meters away from his hut, and the cold light illuminated half of his face from the side.
"What did Dingzi say?" Ning Gu took two steps towards him. When he spoke, he saw the cold expression on Wolf Skin's face and the anger in his eyes.
Ning Gu didn't wait for his answer, turned around and rushed back.
He's not the only one.
Lian Chuan is indeed amazing.
When Ning Gu turned around and rushed forward, more than a dozen dark shadows had already jumped out of the darkness, and it was impossible to see who they were.
We are all travelers anyway.
Travelers who come looking for trouble.
When he took the second step, a gust of air came over and pushed him several meters away.
A few clusters of dark green lights flashed in the black fog above the hut, followed by a loud bang.
"Stop!" Ning Gu roared, jumped up and tried to rush back, but the air wave knocked him to the ground again, and someone pounced on him and pressed him to the ground.
The hut collapsed with a loud bang at the second loud noise.
"Let me go!" Ning Gu struggled hard, "Are you crazy?"
This was not an ordinary fight between travelers. Even in a group fight between several shelters, such devastating killing power would not be used.
This is to kill Lianchuan.
"Are you in a hurry?" Someone pressed his head to the ground. The cold and hard black iron seemed to pierce into his skin, and he felt cold all over. "Do you want to save your hyena friend? Traveler!"
"You are a Traveler!" another voice yelled in his ear, "Don't you remember? Travelers will never compromise with the main city! Kill them if you want to! Die if you want to die!"
Something hit him, something hard and heavy, probably a piece of black iron.
Ning Gu gritted his teeth and said nothing. No one would listen to what he said at this moment, and whatever he said would be bullshit.
There were twenty or thirty people around the hut. Ning Gu tried hard to rub his head which was pressed to the ground. When he looked over, the hut had turned into a pile of debris.
He lived in the little house for many, many years, and there were many treasures in it that he had exchanged for...
I didn’t see Lianchuan.
With Lian Chuan's reaction and speed, he should be able to get out, but he was obviously not in good condition today. He had injuries on his body, or it might be a side effect of the peeling state.
Ning Gu was a little uncertain.
Nothing can happen to Lian Chuan. He still has too many questions that need answers from Lian Chuan, even nails. Maybe Lian Chuan can guess what happened.
And no matter why Lian Chuan came to the ghost town and what his purpose was, he said he would protect Lian Chuan.
More importantly, Lian Chuan paid a huge price to ensure his safe departure from the Lost Valley and his safety in the main city.
"Lian Chuan!" Ning Gu shouted, his voice a little hoarse.
No one could hear his voice amidst the noise. Travelers always put having fun first, and no matter it was a normal fight or the "revenge" like now, everyone was shouting and screaming.
They raised their hands and released their abilities, causing flashes of fire and debris to rise up all around them, and the cold wind was torn to pieces by them.
His voice was so faint that it seemed like a whisper amid the strong wind and explosions.
A streak of blue light flashed through the black debris carried by the wind.
Ning Gu breathed a sigh of relief.
But within a second he yelled again: "Run! Don't hurt them—"
Lian Chuan could run away. As long as he ran away, these travelers would not do anything to him. At most, they would beat him up. After all, he was the non-ghost town successor who was brought up by the leader himself. He was the face of the ghost town, the bully of the ghost town, the ghost town...
He is a traveler who was born and raised in a ghost town.
The blue light flashed out from the black fog again, drawing an arc. The three travelers it passed by screamed and then fell to the ground.
"Attack!" someone shouted. "Attack!"
Seven or eight abilities were activated at the same time in an instant.
Ning Gu could feel the ground shaking due to the powerful ability.
But the second arc was drawn from outside the attack circle. Lianchuan had already broken away before the ability attack was launched and rushed back again.
Several more travelers fell within the semicircle.
"Go away!" Ning Gu was helpless.
Lian Chuan did not kill them. The travelers just fell to the ground and then struggled to get up again.
Except for the strongest few abilities that require energy recovery, other travelers can quickly start the next round of attacks.
When Lian Chuan rushed in front of him, Ning Gu suddenly felt that Lian Chuan's master might not be able to understand that travelers would not kill travelers.
His body suddenly loosened, and several people who were holding him fell to the ground.
Then Ning Gu felt his collar tighten.
… again!
Lian Chuan grabbed him by the collar and jumped him onto the roof of a small house nearby, and then he was swung directly to the next roof.
In less than two minutes, the pursuing travelers were left behind.
"Go..." Ning Gu wanted to speak, but his neck was strangled and he couldn't speak.
After this is over, I must make a deal with Lian Chuan! I can't strangle you every time!
He raised his hand and slapped Lian Chuan on the butt.
Lianchuan finally put him down on the roof of a warehouse in Shelter No. 2.
"Run over there," Ning Gu pointed him in a direction, "If you run this way, you will reach the center of the shelter in a little while. It will be full of travelers."
When Lian Chuan stretched out his hand, he pointed at Lian Chuan and said, "Don't strangle me!"
Lian Chuan's hand turned in the air and grabbed the waist of his pants.
"I'm really impressed... Ugh!" Ning Gu was strangled so hard that he couldn't speak clearly.
Lianchuan’s speed was very fast, but obviously not as fast as when he was in the main city and Lost Valley.
He couldn't feel it when he knocked the traveler down in the cabin just now, but now when he was carrying the person away, Ning Gu could feel it.
"In the front... uh," Ning Gu said, "there is a... uh, half... uh, hut."
Crazy uncle's cabin.
When Lian Chuan put him on the ground, Ning Gu quickly turned over and lay flat, took a long breath, and then shouted: "Crazy Uncle!"
"No one." Lian Chuan said.
"Maybe he went out," Ning Gu sat up, "The old madman is always wandering around, it's normal that he hasn't been seen for more than ten days."
"Mad man?" Lian Chuan asked.
"Well, everyone says he's a lunatic," Ning Gu stood up and pushed open the door of Uncle Crazy's hut. The cold light bottle beside the door was on, indicating that Uncle Crazy had been gone for only two days. "Come in, it's safe here."
Lian Chuan walked into the room.
Ning Gu took out two more cold light bottles, placed them on the table, and lowered his head to check himself.
There were no serious injuries. His face was probably bruised, his clothes were torn, and there were probably some swollen areas on his body... He turned his head and looked at Lian Chuan, a little surprised.
"Your face is hurt," he said.
There was a deep black wound on Lianchuan's face, running from above his right eyebrow, across his eye and to next to his right ear.
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
"Is it serious?" Ning Gu asked, "Are there any other injuries on your body?"
"No more." Lian Chuan stood in the middle of the room.
Ning Gu went over and dragged out the best piece of furniture in Uncle Feng's room, a large recliner, and cleared away the things piled on it: "You can rest here."
Lian Chuan hesitated for a moment and didn't move.
"There's no bed here, so Uncle Feng usually sleeps on this," Ning Gu said, "Do you still dislike my mattress?"
Lian Chuan sat on the recliner and leaned back.
"You haven't recovered yet?" Ning Gu looked at him, "You are actually injured. Those people are not the strongest travelers."
"Your house," Lian Chuan said, "is completely destroyed."
Ning Gu paused, sighed softly, lowered his head and sat on the small table next to him: "It's okay."
"There are a lot of little things," Lian Chuan said, "are these your collections?"
"Well," Ning Gu glanced at him, "How did you see it? Didn't you faint when you entered the room?"
"I can see a lot of things at a glance," said Lian Chuan.
When mentioning those little things, Ning Gu felt a little uncomfortable again.
Maybe it wasn't just because the cabin was ruined and everything was gone.
Also because those were his companions, who had just risked their lives to rescue him from the main city.
"You just had to run away," Ning Gu said, "They won't do anything to me. At most they'll beat me up. When the leader shows up, they'll disperse."
"The commander's house isn't far from your place, right?" Lian Chuan said.
Ning Gu felt his breathing stop for a second.
Yes, not far.
The leader should have come over when the hut collapsed.
But the team leader never came.
"He won't come." Lian Chuan said.
"Shut up!" Ning Gu suddenly raised his head and glared at him, "Aren't you usually mute? Why are you talking so much now?"
"He wants to see," Lian Chuan turned his head and looked at him, "whether I really need your help."
Ning Gu didn't say anything.
"Is there any water?" Lian Chuan asked, "I want to drink some water."
"There should be some," Ning Gu was stunned for a moment, then he stood up and walked to the side to look for it. He saw the pot that Uncle Feng usually used, which still had half a pot of water from some unknown time. He handed the pot to Lian Chuan, "This water may be... you can make do with it..."
Lian Chuan took the pot and without any hesitation, he tilted his head towards the spout and started drinking.
Ning Gu stood by and watched him drink up half a pot of water in one breath, then he asked, "What happened to you? If you are dying, tell me. I have a lot of questions to ask you before you die."
Lian Chuan put the pot on the ground, looked at him, raised his hand to unbutton the collar of his uniform, then lowered his head.
Ning Gu moved forward and glanced at Lian Chuan's exposed neck.
There is a small silver dot between the cervical vertebrae.
"What is this?" He moved closer and was surprised to find that it looked like a metal needle driven into the bone, but it was much thicker than a needle.
"Limiter." Lian Chuan raised his head and buttoned his collar.
"Restrict... what?" Ning Gu asked.
"Body functions." Lian Chuan replied.
"Did the main city do it?" Ning Gu looked at him, "What are the terms of exchange?"
"Yeah." Lian Chuan responded.
Ning Gu only then understood why Lian Chuan was so cold, why he was so slow, and why he always needed to rest...
"Captain, they should be able to find a way to get this thing out," Ning Gu whispered, "Maybe..."
"We can't let them know." Lian Chuan interrupted him.
"Then what are you going to do?" Ning Gu said, "Even if you are awesome and can handle it, after a while, the captain and the others will be able to see through it."
"Help me." Lian Chuan said.
"I'll help you," Ning Gu frowned, "How can I help?"
"The day you first arrived in the main city," Lian Chuan lowered his voice, "you dreamed of Betelgeuse."
"Yeah," Ning Gu nodded, "Hammer said that was Betelgeuse, and you also said that was it, so it should be it."
"You can see Betelgeuse, and you can see me," Lian Chuan said.
"So what?" Ning Gu suddenly became nervous. He already sensed what Lian Chuan wanted to say.
"Wake up Betelgeuse." Lianchuan said.