The space above the teleportation device suddenly twisted, and a purple-black vortex appeared in an instant.
Li Wenxi immediately took out a crossbow from his backpack and aimed it at the location where the space was distorted.
Xu Ying reached out and grabbed Li Wenxi's arm.
If those who maintain order appear, they may not be able to fight against them with the strength of just two people.
Although she had some weapons in her hands, they were all for self-defense. Facing the opponent's vanguard, she was not wearing any protective gear, so it was considered good if both sides were injured.
Therefore, once someone appeared, she would directly teleport Li Wenxi away.
Other people need to use a teleportation device to teleport out of here, but she doesn't.
Moreover, since she has already been here, it will be very convenient for her to come here in the future. She can come here directly as long as she thinks about it.
There's no need to confront them here!
If it's really them, just run!
The purple-black vortex spun for a few seconds, but no one walked out of it.
Seeing that no one came out for the time being, Li Wenxi's mind became a little more active.
She quickly looked around, then her eyes lit up, and she pulled Xu Ying and ran towards the protruding rocks at the edge of the space.
"Do you want to hide?" Xu Ying immediately understood Li Wenxi's intention.
"Of course, if there's more than one person coming, we might be able to overhear useful information!"
The two men quickly ran to a few protruding rocks at the edge and hid behind them.
Then they all stuck out half of their heads and looked at the slowly rotating purple-black vortex.
Still no one came out.
"What's going on?" Li Wenxi asked in confusion, "Why haven't you come yet?"
"Wait a minute, maybe... it's coming!"
Xu Ying exclaimed softly, and then the two of them fell silent, staring at the vortex that suddenly burst out with purple-black light.
Immediately afterwards, a person walked out from the purple-black vortex.
Li Wenxi opened her eyes and almost screamed out.
She quickly covered her mouth and retracted her head.
Xu Ying's Tong Kong suddenly shrank, gritted her teeth, and stared at the person who walked out.
The person who walked out of the purple-black vortex seemed to feel someone was watching him, and immediately looked towards the rock where the two were hiding.
Xu Ying also retracted her head a second before he looked over.
"Is this an illusion?" the man muttered to himself in a strange voice, "Why is there someone here? I must have been too nervous during this period."
He immediately raised his foot and stepped onto the transmission device, then was swallowed by a ball of purple-black energy, and then disappeared.
The two people hiding behind the rock slowly stood up.
On the transmission device, the purple-black vortex shrank and disappeared instantly.
"Was that man just now... Wei Bo?" Li Wenxi's throat rolled over, "But, how could he..."
Xu Ying's expression could be described as gloomy: "He looks a lot younger. He already looks like he did back then."
That's right.
Li Wenxi was surprised. Besides why Wei Bo was here, her most important question was...
Why did Wei Bo just now look as if he was only... forty years old at most
A... Wei Bai in his prime!
What on earth is going on!
"Is it true that Wei Bai was replaced?" Li Wenxi speculated, "And the guy who replaced Wei Bai was actually very young, he just had plastic surgery to look like Wei Bai! The one in front of us was him pretending to be old on purpose!"
The head of the Wei family was actually replaced!
"This guy... this guy!" Xu Ying gritted her teeth and wanted to punch the stone in front of her.
But thinking that the power of her fist would easily break the rocks and cause major changes here, which would be unfavorable for hiding their actions, she could only withdraw her hand in hatred.
"Well... Wei Bo is your friend. I know you are sad to hear that he got into trouble, but he may not be dead. Maybe he is just locked up." Li Wenxi immediately comforted Xu Ying, who was a little emotionally unstable.
She didn't think that Xu Ying was hundreds of years old and still acted like a child.
After all, Wei Bo was Xu Ying's friend, but for Xu Ying herself, it was just a matter of a few days ago.
As a result, a friend who had been interacting with you a few days ago disappeared a few days later. This is really unbearable.
"... Of course he's not dead." Xu Ying's voice was a little bit gnashing, "He's not dead at all, because that guy just now was him!"
"Himself?" Li Wenxi was shocked. "You said that was the real Wei Bo...?"
"That's right, this guy wasn't replaced, he was betrayed!"
Xu Ying wanted to kick him again, but she finally held back: "That guy actually betrayed me! He knew everything. He knew that the alien invaders would never have a good impression of humans, and that they would definitely slaughter all the humans in the underground world! He must be crazy!"
As a cooperating family of Xu Xin and Xu Ying, Xu Xin and Xu Ying told each other almost everything.
The direct descendants of the Wei family are absolutely aware of the cruelty of this world and are the least likely to betray them.
Moreover, Wei Bo is an old acquaintance of Xu Ying, and Xu Ying knows his character very well!
Why would this guy betray me
"Wait, wait! How do you know that this Wei Bai belongs to him?" Li Wenxi asked hurriedly.
"How can I not tell if it's him? This is definitely him, at least his body is definitely his, so..."
Xu Ying rubbed her brows and said, "I've said this before. I asked him a lot about my experiences with him at that time. They were all ordinary little things, but he could recall them very naturally. It was definitely him."
"Is it possible that the memory of the person who was replaced will also be directly transferred to the mind of the person who replaced him?" Li Wenxi guessed, and then said embarrassedly, "I'm just guessing. I don't know if the other party has this technology, but isn't it usually seen in science fiction movies?"
This technology…
Xu Ying thought of Shi Wanyun in her mind.
Her abilities are somewhat similar to this situation.
But then she shook her head: "Impossible, I said, this body is his own body, the brain is his own brain, plus there is no problem with his memory, he has not been forcibly deleted or brainwashed, so this is him."
Then she sighed, "This guy betrayed us on his own will."
No wonder.
No wonder the location of the teleportation device turned out to be the Wei family’s important military base.
You know, that is the most heavily guarded and monitored area in the entire underground human base, no doubt about it.
Without the help of the head of the Wei family, how could such a thing happen silently!
No wonder it was the Wei family that fell!
But why...
The image of Wei Bo from that time emerged in her mind.
He is full of vigor and youthful vigor. He hates alien invaders very much and vows to destroy all alien invaders and lead mankind to see the sun again.
Although in Xu Ying's view, his bold words were a bit childish, it was also because of this that she remained calm when Wei Bo showed his kindness to her several times, and even wanted to laugh.
But it must be said that he did his best in all aspects.
Whether he is dealing with mutant behemoths invading human territory or developing and optimizing weapons, he is a rare genius.
At that time, he was less than 30 years old and had already been identified as the next head of the family.
Otherwise, the Wei family would not have allowed him to accompany Xu Ying, the most important person besides Xu Xin.
And for Xu Ying, these scenes happened less than ten days ago.
For her, it was a thrill to see two very different Webbers in such a short period of time.
It was a little difficult for her to accept.
"He wasn't originally this kind of person..." Xu Ying murmured to herself, "Did he change because of something? Because of... Wei Shishi's parents, his son and daughter-in-law!"
That should be it!
Absolutely!
She must find out what happened now!
Then consider it as appropriate.
If there is really a problem with the Wei family, then she can only do it herself.
Her eyes darkened slightly.
Wei family, you don’t really think that I’m just a person who can travel through time and space, do you
You dare to play tricks in front of me, do you really think I can't eliminate you
Xu Ying felt that the impression she gave them was perhaps too lacking in authority.
Make the other party feel that she is a soft persimmon.
She has always treated people like this. Besides her personality, the main reason is Xu Xin's warning.
If Xu Xin hadn't warned him not to take too big a role in this world, not to let the world notice her and erase her...
She has long ruled the entire underground world with thundering means.
Because she herself is a person who is afraid of trouble.
But her behavior seemed to make the other party look down on her.
They really seemed to think that an underground human base with a technological gap, no sunlight all day, and people living a life of debauchery could be compared with the technology that had developed for three hundred years on the shoulders of alien technology.
Moreover, the researchers in the team at that time were all genetic mutants whose brain utilization rate far exceeded that of ordinary people. They were also a special group of people who were able to rely on their own strength to avoid being brainwashed and controlled.
They stood on the shoulders of giants and had been working tirelessly to study scientific and technological achievements for three hundred years. Now, all the achievements depend on Xu Ying alone.
Although she could not lead a large-scale war alone, it would be easy for her to eliminate the three powerful families.
Wei Bo, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation.
When the World Tree on the ground is fully grown, I can pass these technological equipment and techniques to my brother.
By then, my life will be worthless.
By then, even if it costs me my life, I will wipe out the entire underground world.
We must not let the underground arsenal created by my brother and the last human population be destroyed by the enemy.
"Sister-in-law, let's go find Wei Shishi. I must know how her parents died and what happened to the Wei family at that time."
…
On the ground, it was already late at night.
Xu Xin lay in bed, unable to sleep.
According to Ji Chaoyang's prediction for the next day, there will definitely be a war tomorrow.
But according to what he said, the battle should be launched between eight and nine o'clock in the morning of the next day.
They can still have a good rest tonight and recharge their batteries.
The most important thing is to continue tomorrow's random increase.
Shi Wanyun has returned, but she did not bring back her own tree house. Instead, she left the tree house that was one floor higher than Xu Xin's tree house in Area 1.
After she came back, she went to Xu Xin alone to explain the situation.
After she arrived in Area 1, she received contact from the mysterious voice.
It turned out that under the dual blessing of the Crystal City and the ever-growing World Tree, the mysterious voice could not contact her who had been in the Crystal City before, nor could it sense her.
But as soon as she arrived in Area 1, she was sensed, and the mysterious voice immediately contacted her to inquire about the situation.
She was not considered a betrayer.
Because one of the instructions the monster gave her was that if she couldn't kill Xu Xin, she should find a way to stay by his side and wait for the right opportunity to strike.
Her current actions are consistent with this.
Although she had been injected with genetic drugs and got rid of control, the mutated genes in her body were still there and had become even stronger, which made the other party unaware of her abnormality.
This is normal. After all, Xu Xin and his organization in another time and space were also well disguised after being injected with genetic drugs, and they were not exposed until the world collapsed.
So, in this situation, she took advantage of the situation and became a double agent.
That's why she didn't transplant her own tree house here, which would have made it more credible.
But when she was in Area 1, she couldn't tell Xu Xin about this directly, because her every move in Area 1 would still be monitored and listened to, otherwise the mysterious voice would not have contacted her directly.
So, it was not until midnight, after she returned to Area 188, that she found Xu Xin alone and explained the situation.
The task given to her by the other party was to follow the pace before tomorrow's attack, and to find an opportunity to take Xu Xin's life in the chaos during the action.
Even now that the World Tree is about to grow, the other party still hasn't given up on taking Xu Xin's life.
This is the information Shi Wanyun brought back.
She was later found by Lou Feier and taken to her tree house. Lou Feier was very dissatisfied with Shi Wanyun sleeping in Xu Xin's tree house before.
This information is very useful.
This made Xu Xin realize for the first time that they could no longer be monitored or eavesdropped on in the Crystal City, beside the World Tree.
This is great news!
At least here, he no longer has to be so cautious and careful in what he says and does as before, and he doesn't even dare to tell everyone important news!
Moreover, Shi Wanyun is still trusted by the other party, which will probably play a very important role in the future!
Xu Xin stared at the ceiling with his eyes open, his heart was not at peace.
Perhaps, when the World Tree grows up, they can... take the initiative to attack!
"Go to sleep. Tomorrow is the battle that will decide your fate."