"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with the people here? They won't want to arrest you again, right?" Li Wenxi asked with some concern.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. We are all family here. I have confirmed that there is no problem."
At this time, Li Wenxi and Xu Ying were in a tall building.
Moreover, it was exactly one of the three tallest buildings in the city that Li Wenxi had seen before.
The two were in the elevator at this time, rising to the higher floors at a very fast speed.
The entire high-rise building has two hundred floors and is estimated to be about eight or nine hundred meters high. The elevator is outside the building. Through the transparent elevator body, you can see the city outside falling at a rapid speed.
"Then... Then I believe you. You've lived for hundreds of years, so you shouldn't mess up, right..." Li Wenxi lay on the transparent glass and looked outside, muttering, "But why do we have to go to such a high building? Can't we go to another place? I can't escape here even if I want to."
"Hundreds of years old..." Xu Ying's mouth twitched slightly, and she said dissatisfiedly, "Can you please stop talking about me like that? Although I am indeed hundreds of years old, my body is very young!"
"Yes, yes... Which floor are we going to?" Li Wenxi looked at the elevator. In such a short time, the elevator had already risen nearly a hundred floors.
"Why are you like my brother!" Xu Ying complained, and then said, "Of course it's the top floor. I brought you here to naturally bring you directly to the most important place and discuss with the most important people!"
"Um... who is this? What is this place for? Can you tell me?" Li Wenxi came over and asked in a low voice.
She was suddenly teleported to this building by Xu Ying, and before she even figured out what was going on, she was already in the elevator.
She always felt that she was being spied on and eavesdropped on in this elevator, so she subconsciously lowered her voice.
"Hehe, you might be surprised if I tell you this, but this is the landmark building of the family in charge of military power in the human base." Xu Ying was also influenced by Li Wenxi, and whispered with a snicker.
"Military... Military?" Li Wenxi was shocked. "Does that mean they have a lot of high-tech weapons?"
"Hmm... it's indeed a lot." Xu Ying tapped her lips and said as she thought, "After all, this is the family that my brother supports. In order to become a force to resist alien invaders on the ground in the future, he has put in a lot of effort."
"Your brother..." Li Wenxi was stunned for a moment, then realized that she was talking about the disappeared Xu Xin. Then she became a little worried, "Now that your brother is gone, they are so strong, can you guarantee that they..."
"Don't worry, their interests are the same as mine." Xu Ying was very confident. "I had a friendship with the head of their generation fifty or sixty years ago. We were very familiar with each other at that time. My brother was jealous. Hehe, but now he is almost eighty years old, right? I can't believe how he looks..."
Li Wenxi blinked.
This is really a bit amazing.
I wonder how that guy would feel when he sees Xu Ying, who still has the face of a young girl.
"Is that... a military base up there?" Li Wenxi asked, looking at the elevator display that had jumped to the 150th floor.
"How is that possible? Who would build a military base on such a tall building?" Xu Ying shook her head.
"Then here..."
"Oh, you'll know once you get there. There's no need to be too nervous, sister-in-law. This is just a... um, landmark building?"
As she spoke, she pointed to two other tall buildings outside.
"Like those two, they symbolize the three pillars of the family, but in fact, these three high-rise buildings basically only have this function. They are basically useless. They are even opened as tourist attractions during the peak season."
"There is also this kind of operation..."
"But it's not the peak season now, so we're not open. And in terms of confidentiality, this place is very strong. After all, although it's a symbol, it has to be done well, right?" Xu Ying knocked on the transparent glass of the elevator. "Don't think we're transparent from the outside. The outside can't see us. This is one-way glass."
"Then the person we are going to see is..."
"bite!"
There was a crisp sound and the elevator door opened.
"Come and take a look and you'll know." Xu Ying pulled Li Wenxi out of the elevator.
There was a door right outside the elevator. Xu Ying reached out and pushed it open, then pulled Li Wenxi in.
As the top floor of a building eight or nine hundred meters high, the area here is not very large.
Although the area of the first floor is not small, the top is a spire-style building. From a height of about 700 meters, the area begins to shrink layer by layer, and finally at the top, there is only an area of less than 100 square meters.
The style here is very serious, with a huge long solid wood table surrounded by a circle of solid wood chairs, a huge white screen hanging on the wall, and several projectors mounted on the ceiling.
It looked like a serious meeting room.
At this time, there were two people sitting on the main seat and the deputy seat at the conference table.
One of them was an old man with gray hair, deep wrinkles on his forehead, and two straight and thick pale eyebrows, giving people a strong sense of majesty, a feeling of having been in a high position for many years.
The person sitting in the passenger seat was indeed a girl of about the same age as the two of them, and she looked somewhat similar to the old man.
Even when she was sitting there, she stood straight, had a pretty face, and short straight black hair that only reached her earlobes, but she had a blank expression and looked very serious.
Seeing Xu Ying and the other person push the door open, the two people who were sitting also stood up.
The formerly dignified old man showed a look of delight and surprise: "Yingying, it's really you, you really... haven't changed at all."
Xu Ying's eyes widened: "Oh my God, you... you have become so old!"
Although fifty or sixty years have passed in this world, for Xu Ying, it is not that long.
She traveled through time, and the last time she saw this person, to her, it was just...
Just a few days ago.
"It's been fifty-five years. I'm eighty years old now. How can I not age?" the old man sighed. "I never thought I'd see you again before I die."
"Wow..." Although Xu Ying had expected this, she still found it hard to accept. She looked at the girl next to the old man, "This girl can't be..."
"This is my granddaughter, her name is Wei Shishi." The old man introduced the girl next to him to Xu Ying, and the girl also nodded slightly and leaned forward.
"Oh my God, you already have a granddaughter!" Xu Ying said in surprise.
Although she had done time travel many times, it was still a bit shocking to see people she was familiar with grow old and have children and grandchildren.
"Haha, it's been more than 50 years." The old man looked at Li Wenxi, who had been silent and looking at him curiously, and said with a smile: "Is this the person you said can help us get through the difficult times?"
"Yes, this is my sister-in-law!" Xu Ying immediately pulled her to her side and introduced her with her head raised.
"Ah, hello!" Li Wenxi responded quickly, "My name is Li Wenxi."
"Hello. Your sister-in-law..." The old man was surprised. "Didn't your brother already..."
"Yes, hey, it's amazing that you still remember what happened more than 50 years ago." Xu Ying smiled, "It's a long story, but she is indeed the one my brother likes, and she also has special abilities, which can definitely help you."
The old man didn't have much confidence when he saw the very young girl next to Xu Ying.
But now that he heard that she was Xu Xin's sweetheart, his cloudy eyes suddenly lit up: "That's great, Miss Li Wenxi, we have been waiting for you to help us."
"Ah, old man, just call me Wenxi!" Li Wenxi immediately waved his hand and said, "I'm just an ordinary person."
And Wei Shishi, the girl who had been silent beside the old man, also changed her expression when she looked at Li Wenxi.
She said, "Grandpa said that more than 50 years ago, the girl named Xu Ying told him that in about 50 or 60 years, our destiny would reach a turning point. Is that now?"
She had no expression on her face the entire time, and even when she spoke at this moment, her tone was emotionless, as if she were a lawyer doing her job impartially, solemn and serious.
More serious than the old man who looks much more dignified.
It was so serious that Li Wenxi didn't know what tone to use when talking to her. She always felt that if she spoke too casually, the other party would get angry...
"Well, it should be now, right?" Xu Ying said ambiguously.
"Should..." Wei Shishi frowned, "Grandpa has been waiting for your news for more than 50 years, and the result is just a should?"
"Shishi." The old man stopped the girl from questioning, "Don't be so rude."
"What are you doing? Why are you doing this all of a sudden?" Xu Ying was suddenly confronted with an unfriendly attitude and felt a little dissatisfied. "Why do I feel like you have some resentment towards me? What did I do?"
"... You left so suddenly back then, did you know...!"
"Shishi!" The old man's tone suddenly became serious, making Wei Shishi shut her mouth.
She turned her head slightly and stopped talking.
Li Wenxi looked at the girl, blinked her eyes, pursed her lips, and she felt like she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.
This Wei Shishi seems to be very serious and stylish, but when she speaks...
It gives people a feeling of stubbornness of an immature little girl.
"I left suddenly?" Xu Ying was a little confused. "I should have said hello before I left, right? How can it be considered a sudden departure?"
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore." The old man was a little embarrassed. He glared at his granddaughter who was no longer talking, and then said, "Let's talk about business."
He looked at Li Wenxi and said, "Excuse me, Miss Wenxi, how can you help us get through this difficult time?"
…
On the ground, while Shi Wanyun was telling the story, Lou Feier came back.
She was holding a little kid in her arms, curled up and sleeping.
As soon as she came back, she saw Zeng Tao, who was sitting next to the World Tree and looked a little depressed.
"Why are you sitting here? Where's Xu Xin?" Seeing Zeng Tao hitting the ground with a small stone in her hand, Lou Feier asked curiously, "What are you doing? Why do you seem a little angry?"
"Of course I'm angry!" Zeng Tao immediately stood up and said bitterly, "That bastard Xu Xin not only occupied my tree house, but also wouldn't let me in. I don't know what he was doing in my tree house with that Shi Wanyun!"
"…Huh?" Lou Feier was slightly stunned, then her eyes widened, "What do you mean? Is it so exciting?"
"They must be doing something shameful in there now! I heard the noises!" Zeng Tao snorted, "If you're interested, go and take a look."
"Then I'll go check it out now!... What the hell." Lou Feier rolled her eyes at Zeng Tao, "You think I'm stupid, right? How could Xu Xin do that with that woman? So what's going on? Did Shi Wanyun agree to it?"
"Why wouldn't he do something like that?"
"? Am I worse than that Shi Wanyun?"
"… Humph, you're smart."
Zeng Tao was ordered out by Xu Xin. As her contract was still in place, she didn't dare to run back by herself. She originally wanted to take Lou Feier with her to take a look, but her plan failed.
He walked to Lou Feier, reached out and touched Coco in her arms, and told Lou Feier what had happened.
"That guy has also been injected with the drug..." Lou Feier smiled teasingly, "It seems that someone hasn't been injected yet."
"… Humph!" Zeng Tao gritted her teeth, "I'm sacrificing myself for the comfort of the World Tree! The World Tree cannot live without my protection!"
"Okay, um... I'll wait a little longer." Lou Feier gently rubbed the little guy's head, making him hum comfortably in his sleep. "I also have something to tell him, but Shi Wanyun's matter is more important."
"Hey? What's your matter?"
"It's just... I found a good place." Lou Feier smiled mysteriously and touched Coco's little head in her arms again, "Thanks to this little guy."
…
In the tree house, Shi Wanyun was already telling her story.
"Soon, we arrived at the so-called baptism place."
Having said this, Shi Wanyun's eyes suddenly trembled, and Xu Xin saw that her hands, which had been relaxed, were now clenched.
"There, I saw the true face of the master they mentioned."
The true face of the master, that is, the true face of the alien invader.
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to listen to her story.
The place for baptism is a place...similar to an indoor hot spring.
Pushing the door open, warm mist lingered.
This space is very large, with a height of nearly ten meters and an area of several hundred square meters. On the walls on all sides, countless pale red waters flow like waterfalls into the large pool in the center of the area.
The mist was also light red and filled with a fresh fragrance.
Shi Wanyun's eyes moved.
She was very familiar with this smell; it was the scent of the diluted red mist.
This baptism... is it to make them undergo blood pattern mutation first
There are thirteen people in the room.
Like Shi Wanyun, they were in groups of two.
In each case, an old member leads a new member.
It is very easy to distinguish between newcomers and old members. Old members have some inhuman features on their bodies, while newcomers have none of those.
Moreover, the clothes these six newcomers were wearing were exactly the same as Shi Wanyun was wearing at the moment.
She had been wearing this dress since she woke up. It should have been changed for her by No. 228.
What terrified her the most was that each of these newcomers had rosy cheeks, looked excited, and had a hint of fanaticism in their eyes.
It seemed that the baptism that was about to take place was the wish they had been looking forward to for a long time, and this wish was about to come true.
It was like a cult scene.
… What on earth was this baptism all about, and should she run away or not.
Or should we just continue like this
… No.
Among the thirteen people, there was one person left alone, a woman who looked very mature and plump.
There were no obvious mutation features on her body and she looked like an ordinary person.
But this woman gave Shi Wanyun a very dangerous feeling, much more dangerous than the advanced mutant creatures outside!
Moreover, looking at No. 228's extremely respectful attitude, you can tell how high this woman's status is!
no.
This woman is too dangerous, so let’s just follow their procedures for now.
At least now, she won't mutate into a monster.
The mature woman looked around at the people around her, clapped her hands and said, "In about ten minutes, the baptismal pool will be ready. Since you are all here, let's start preparing."
"yes!"
The others responded in unison, and then No. 228 reached out and touched the back of Shi Wanyun's neck.
"Ah!" Shi Wanyun screamed softly.
Because, with the action of No. 228, the whole set of clothes she was wearing fell off to the ground.
Suddenly, she was naked.
For a moment, Shi Wanyun felt insecure.
But fortunately, all of them are women here...
No. 228 took out a wet white cloth from somewhere and began to wipe Shi Wanyun's body.
Shi Wanyun had a strange expression on her face and had so many things she wanted to ask.
But she remembered what No. 228 had said before, asking her not to speak. She glanced at the mature woman who had noticed her and was looking at her with a frown. She could only hold it in for the time being, relax her body, and let No. 228 wipe her body.
Everyone else around me did the same thing.
And the faces of those newcomers became even more excited.
Shi Wanyun discovered that two of the newcomers already had blood-colored lines on their bodies. They must have mutated their blood lines a long time ago, and these blood lines were flickering slightly in the light red mist.
Soon, Shi Wanyun's entire body was wiped clean.
"The time has come, let's get into the pool." said the mature woman.
Enter the pool…
Shi Wanyun was led by No. 228 to the edge of the pale red pool, and then...
Before she could react, she was pushed directly into the pool!
With a "plop", it fell directly into the water.
And at this moment, she felt the intense heat rushing into her body from all the pores on her body!
In an instant, her face turned red, and she suddenly raised her head from the pool, gasping for breath.
As she breathed, the faint red mist around her was inevitably inhaled in large quantities.
"What's wrong with you?" At this time, the mature woman's voice came from above her head.
She looked up and saw the mature woman standing by the pool, looking down at her and...
There was a dangerous red light flashing in his eyes.
"No. 228, what's her situation?" The woman's voice turned slightly colder.