Xu Xin took Coco, who was sleeping on the armrest of the sofa, into his arms. While caressing her, he began to think.
Shi Wanyun's experience reveals a lot of information.
Combining the information he knew, he could basically guess the general idea of many things.
The good news is that he may have found the entrance to the underground human base.
The bad news is that the underground human base has probably already been discovered by alien invaders.
This made him feel a little anxious and worried.
Could it be that a crisis has actually occurred below
Did Yingying take Wenxi away to... fight the alien invaders
No... Wen Xi's previous message said that she was not in danger and that her current situation was much safer than being here.
Judging from Wen Xi's tone, she probably didn't lie.
That means that the human base below has not yet been attacked by alien invaders.
But... According to Shi Wanyun's information...
This is disgusting. Let you humans deal with it yourselves.
Humans, deal with it yourself.
It's very obvious.
There is a high probability that alien invaders have discovered underground human bases.
To humans, they are monsters whose appearance makes people feel physically uncomfortable, but the same is true in reverse.
To them, humans are also that kind of monsters.
So, is that why it is unwilling to deal with the human bases below
Or...
They can't handle it
Um…
Yes, maybe there really is a reason for this.
When they invaded the Earth, they relied on the blood-red light that covered half the planet to cause it to mutate, causing the disaster to sweep across the globe.
But they can't make the blood-red light illuminate the entire underground world.
After all, the underground world is only three thousand meters high, and the terrain is complicated. Even if the location is found, it may be difficult to deal with.
They can't find a way to catch them all, so they won't take action against the underground for the time being
It is possible.
But this is not a good thing either.
Since they have discovered the underground human base, it means that the human base has been exposed to danger.
"Xu Xin."
Xu Xin was thinking, when suddenly the door of the second bedroom was opened.
"Hmm?" Xu Xin turned to look at Shi Wanyun inside the door. "What's the matter?"
She had already changed into a more comfortable and soft set of clothes.
"I have told you everything, and I am now out of his control, so... I hope you can also tell me what you know about this world."
Shi Wanyun looked at Xu Xin and said, "Not now. When you think I am really trustworthy, just tell me."
Shi Wanyun kept a very low profile.
This makes people feel her sincerity.
"oh… "
What he knew about the world.
Um.
He had actually told Shi Wanyun that this was the Earth a thousand years later and that those monsters were alien invaders.
But he has not yet said how these humans arrived a thousand years later, and what happened behind this crystal city.
Xu Xin nodded: "Let me think about it."
In fact, everyone in the explorer group, including Lou Feier and Zeng Tao, knew about the Crystal City.
If she could gain everyone's trust, then he wouldn't need to explain anything.
Someone else would tell her.
"One more thing, about my ability... I hope you don't tell anyone else." Shi Wanyun hesitated and said.
"Well... the abilities of our explorers are open and transparent." Xu Xin waved his hand, indicating that it was inappropriate, "If you really want to survive with us, you need to disclose your abilities."
"No, I don't want to join the Explorers. I'm just... your subordinate." Shi Wanyun walked out of the second bedroom and stood in front of Xu Xin. "I don't trust anyone except you."
"... Don't believe it?" Xu Xin thought of something and looked at Shi Wanyun.
She was doubting...
"Are all the members of your group of explorers really your own people?" Shi Wanyun's voice was gentle, but her words made people tremble in their hearts, "Any survivor could be like me before."
Xu Xin raised his eyebrows slightly.
… This is a bold guess.
She meant that the members of the Explorers might also be the ones controlled by the alien invaders
Is it possible
Yes, but not big.
Even if there were, all of them had been injected with genetic drugs before, so even if they were running dogs, they should have been rid of them by now.
Moreover, they all have special abilities. According to the information he obtained from the Crystal Palace, these people should all be members of the original team.
"You think too much." Xu Xin shook his head. "They are all injected with genetic drugs just like you."
"Maybe I'm overthinking it." Shi Wanyun said softly, "But... I still don't want to tell them. Right now, I only trust you. So, you... should consider whether to tell them all the things I just told you."
She really doesn't trust this group of people.
Indeed, her previous experiences might have made her a little suspicious.
If you do something yourself, you will doubt whether others will do the same.
This is human nature.
To be honest, when she said this, Xu Xin herself began to doubt whether there was any problem.
Xu Xin looked at her and suddenly smiled.
"Then have you ever thought that I'm the most likely one to be the traitor? I've been at the top of the leaderboard since the first event. If it weren't for their help, how could I have stayed in this position?"
"… You are not, you can't be. If you were, that monster wouldn't let me kill you." Shi Wanyun still stood in front of him and looked at him, "I was sent to kill you, you can't stand on the same side as them."
Is that why she only trusts herself
"Is there a possibility that this is just an internal conflict between us? Otherwise, how could that monster have... a photo of me with a blood tattoo on my face?"
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Shi Wanyun.
Shi Wanyun's eyelashes trembled slightly.
"You..." She opened her lips slightly, not knowing what to say.
"Also, why do I have the World Tree seeds that only monsters have? Aren't you curious?"
Xu Xin stood up.
"Only the monsters you mentioned can become the masters of the World Tree, right?"
Shi Wanyun took a step back gently.
yes…
Why
Xu Xin walked up to her and whispered in her ear, "Who do you think I am now?"
"I..." Shi Wanyun took another step back and forced a smile, "You are... kidding, right?"
"Do you think I'm kidding?" Xu Xin looked at her closely.
Shi Wanyun's vagina was trembling slightly.
"you… "
"I was joking."
Xu Xin stopped when he saw that things were going well, smiled and shook his head, then sat back on the sofa: "All the situations I mentioned have reasons, and everyone in the Explorers actually knows it. I am an out-and-out good person, not a wolf."
"…Is it interesting?"
After being stunned for a few seconds, Shi Wanyun turned her head away, her tone already slightly annoyed.
She almost thought that there was something wrong with Xu Xin.
Even now, she still had some doubts in her heart about the questions Xu Xin had just raised.
"I just want to see your reaction." Xu Xin glanced at her, "Are you sleepy?"
"… I was sleepy." Shi Wanyun nodded gently, "But after being scared by you, I became much more awake."
"If you're sleepy, go to sleep. This world is quite complicated. I'll explain it to you in detail when you wake up."
Shi Wanyun was slightly startled, then she understood what Xu Xin meant.
Does he really trust himself
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "Well, I understand."
Then she didn't stay any longer and turned and walked into the second bedroom.
Xu Xin decided to believe her.
Just now during his test, her performance basically proved that she was one of his own.
Although her expression did not change much, it could be seen from her movements and eyes that she really knew nothing about it, and she also showed shock and fear.
Well, she can be her own person.
What a hassle.
Now that the mutant beast contract is no longer effective, it is up to him to judge whether he is trustworthy or not.
Now he chooses to believe Shi Wanyun.
Xu Xin sighed.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether there is trust or not. Interests are the most appropriate bargaining chip to maintain interpersonal relationships.
Even if he is really the opponent, as long as he can take out chips, he may be able to make the other party become his own person.
But unfortunately, they are not yet on equal terms with the alien invaders and cannot offer any significant benefits.
I can only be more careful.
However, once the World Tree truly grows up, combined with the Crystal City, they should have some pretty good bargaining chips in their hands.
Shi Wanyun reminded him.
Now, there may still be a possibility that there is a traitor like Shi Wanyun in Crystal City.
After all, there was a group of people who came here to seek refuge, so there might be one or several people with problems.
However, there is no need to worry too much for the time being, as the core information is basically only spread among explorers.
As for the members of the Explorers...
His idea was, probably not.
Of course, since Shi Wanyun brought it up, it still needs to be verified, otherwise it will always be a thorn in my heart.
It is not difficult to verify this.
As long as we find Yingying, everything will be fine.
Logically speaking, the people among the explorers should all be members of the original team.
And that Yingying is also a member of the team.
If she knows them all, then there shouldn't be any problem.
As for how to find Yingying...
Xu Xin directly opened his watch and contacted Lou Feier.
"... Hello...?" Lou Fei'er's voice was very lazy and dazed, and it was obvious that she was woken up from her sleep, "Who is it..."
"It's me, Xu Xin. Stay with me until dawn."
“Oh… ah?!”
Lou Feier was lost for a second, then she came to her senses in an instant, her voice stumbling: "Accompany...accompany you? Eh? Now...now? Really... Well, should I go to your tree house to find you now? Or do you come over?"
Lou Feier's voice was slightly nervous.
"Did you misunderstand something..." Xu Xin shook his head helplessly, "I want to go and see the cave you found before."
"Cave? Oh... cave." Lou Fei'er was a little disappointed. "I thought... wouldn't it be better to talk about this kind of thing after dawn? If you don't sleep, you might die suddenly."
"Time is of the essence now, use your time wisely."
"Okay, okay, I'll get dressed right away..."
After hanging up the call, Xu Xin held the sleeping Coco in his arms and swung down from the tree house.
After waiting for two minutes, Lou Feier also swung down from the tree house.
"So we're leaving now?"
"Let's go."
In order not to waste time, Xu Xin called out the Silver King, and Lou Feier rode on Axue, and the two of them moved quickly towards the target.
In fact, her speed is already faster than Axue's, but she still tries to save energy wherever possible.
The Crystal City is very bright, like a city that never sleeps.
When passing by the edge of Crystal City, Xu Xin saw many active mutant creatures.
Some of these mutant creatures are nocturnal, so they did not sleep.
"Awoo—" the Silver King howled.
Immediately, the mutant creatures quickly made way for them and watched them leave.
Soon, the two arrived at the place that Lou Feier had mentioned before.
“This is it.”
Lou Feier pointed to a very narrow gap in the mountain that was hidden by many lush plants and said, "Just go in from here."
"Hmm... Hmm?" Keke also woke up. She looked around blankly and her eyes immediately widened. "Hmm?"
"Let's go in. Remember, don't move. We are just here to take a look."
Even if this is really the entrance to the underground human base, he does not plan to enter directly this time.
At least they have to see if there is any situation tomorrow before considering other actions. Their primary goal now is to protect the World Tree.
After obtaining Shi Wanyun's memory, he knew that this world tree was definitely their biggest bargaining chip and strongest resource.
"Just coming to see? Okay, I get it. I'll go in first."
As she spoke, she slipped into the crevice in the mountain.
"嘤!" Coco cried, jumped out of Xu Xin's arms and crawled into him.
"Axue, Silver King, you stay here and call us if anything happens."
“Ouch!”
“Ouch!”
After getting the answer, Xu Xin pushed aside the plants beside the gap and crawled in.
The narrow gap was not very long, and he only walked about seven or eight meters before he crawled out of the gap.
What came into view was a giant human-faced statue similar to the previous one.
"Is that so?"
Looking at the familiar face in front of him, Xu Xin nodded slightly.
Just as he expected.
It was indeed Yingying’s face.
The statue is still made of stone and looks slightly damaged.
The statue still wears some strange-looking decorations.
The two people in the video were both wearing strange clothes at the time, and Xu Xin hadn't figured out why they were wearing them that way.
Looking at the statue, Xu Xin knew that this was not the statue's true appearance.
After removing the worn-looking stone layer on the outside, the inside should also be a crystal statue.
He looked around again.
There are no ruins in this area, and there is only this one statue in the entire cave.
And there are no walls around, but normal rocks and soil.
"Look, isn't it almost exactly the same as the previous one, except that its personality has changed." Lou Fei'er was standing in front of the human-faced statue, pointing at it and saying, "Is this statue your sister?"
She thought of this too.
"Yes, it's my sister." Xu Xin nodded.
"Really?" Lou Feier said in surprise, "You two are really strong. If that's the case, then is there a crystal city underneath? Ah, look here."
Lou Feier walked to the side of the statue and pointed at its ears: "There are also pendants on the ears, similar to the previous statue of you. So, is it the same as before? We just need to twist the pendants on the two ears together to open the mechanism?"
"Hmm!" Coco agreed.
It had already climbed onto the statue's head, and was lying on the edge, looking at an ear.
"Maybe." Xu Xin walked to the side, reached out and touched it, and found that the earring could indeed be twisted.
By triggering the mechanism, a passage to the human base can be opened.