"You mean... let me use my mind-reading ability to help you identify the lackeys of the alien invaders?" Xu Xin understood what Li Wenxi and Xu Ying meant.
Being able to read what the other person is thinking does make it easy to discern what the other person is thinking.
"Yeah, that's what I mean." Xu Ying sat down and crossed her legs. "If your ability to read minds is really as good as you said, brother, this mission is for you. We may even know some of the other party's plans.
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"... If we plan, it will probably be difficult." Xu Xin lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "Don't forget who those lackeys of the alien invaders are."
According to the information provided by Xu Ying, the alien invaders who sneaked into the underground world did not have blood vein mutations. Because if they had blood vein mutations, Xu Ying would be able to see it directly.
Therefore, the lackeys who came to the underworld could not be the lackeys after the war. Those lackeys had bloodline mutations.
In other words, this group of people are probably...
Survivor.
They are all survivors living in that human city on the other hemisphere.
And these people have experienced time travel. They all traveled from thousands of years ago.
Xu Xin couldn't hear their voices.
"Well, if they are the lackeys of the alien invaders, they are most likely survivors who have experienced time travel." Xu Ying also understood this logic.
"So, if you meet someone who can't read their mind, they're basically just running dogs." Li Wenxi added, "Oh, your ability is really convenient."
"But there may be lackeys whose minds can be read. In that human city, the previous generations of survivors all have descendants. Brother, didn't you tell me that?"
… Ah! That’s it!
Xu Xin slapped his head.
The amount of information he received in the past two days was so huge that his mind was a little confused and he almost forgot this point.
That’s right, the descendants of that group of survivors neither experienced time travel nor had their bloodline mutations!
If the other party sent this group of people, then Xu Xin would most likely be able to read their thoughts!
Of course, the premise is that their parents have experienced time travel and it has no impact on them themselves.
"So, I might meet three types of people." Xu Xin stretched out three fingers.
"Well, the first type is people who can't read their minds. Those people must be the previous survivors sent by alien invaders to lurk, and have become their lackeys." Xu Ying said.
"The second type is the descendants of the survivors from previous sessions. We can read their thoughts and obtain some information from their thoughts, thus determining that they are the other party's lackeys." Li Wenxi continued.
"There is also a third type, which is... traitors from the underground human base." Xu Xin finally said, "Those people can also read minds, but they are not running dogs, they are just traitors."
Hearing the word "traitor", Xu Ying's eyes dimmed slightly, and she was silent for two seconds before saying, "If I meet that kind of person, my idea is to kill him right there..."
Xu Ying stretched out her hand and scratched her own fair neck hard.
This even left a white mark on her neck, which then slowly turned into a red mark.
"... So cruel?" Xu Xin was slightly stunned at first.
Li Wenxi glanced at Xu Ying, opened her red lips, and wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing and sighed slightly.
"People like that are just useless traitors." Xu Ying gritted her teeth and said, "We can't get any useful information from them. They are just tools."
"I don't care. I hate traitors." Xu Xin shrugged slightly.
There is no problem in letting him kill the traitor. He has no aversion to killing people now.
It’s not like I haven’t killed before.
Moreover, a traitor would be a nuisance if kept alive. Although there is a possibility that he could reform, Xu Xin was unwilling to give him a chance.
He was able to listen to the other person's thoughts, obtain useful information, and then kill him.
"But now I want to know more," Xu Xin's eyes moved back and forth between Li Wenxi and Xu Ying's faces, "What on earth did you go through down there?"
It was obvious that the attitudes of Xu Ying and Li Wenxi just now were a little subtle.
"Actually..." Li Wenxi said softly.
"You'll know when we get down there." Xu Ying interrupted Li Wenxi. "It'll take a long time to explain this now. It will be more convenient for you to just take you down there and see for yourself."
In this world tree, are you still worried that there is not enough time
Although it took an hour, only a few dozen seconds passed outside.
Xu Xin glanced at Xu Ying.
She seems a little reluctant to mention this
"By the way, Wenxi, you can now enter and exit the World Tree on your own." Xu Xin did not dwell on this and turned to look at Li Wenxi and said with a smile, "We have given you the permission."
"Oh, I see." Li Wenxi blinked, "So, I can lead people to the underground world to mine?"
"That's right."
"Great!" Li Wenxi stood up immediately. "The furnace has been empty all the time. I'm getting anxious! I'll find someone to go there right now!"
Li Wenxi went to look for the miners in a hurry.
Xu Xin said to Xu Ying who was thinking about something, "I say, taking Wen Xi away, it won't have any effect at all? Looking at her motivation, it seems like she has been idle for a long time."
"Ah? Who said that!" Xu Ying came back to her senses and said dissatisfiedly, "Although we can't manufacture weapons in the underground human base for the time being, we can still mine ore. My sister-in-law has discovered many mining sites down there, and she has also helped to transform the mining machines and tools, which has greatly improved the mining efficiency down there!"
"... Can Wen Xi also modify mining machines?"
"Of course, you don't think that my sister-in-law's ability is only able to make artificial pickaxes, right?" Xu Ying nodded her head. "That's the ability we developed by standing on the shoulders of alien technology. How can it be so shabby!"
"That's right. But, in this case..." Xu Xin looked at her in surprise, "You... have already taken control of the power of the underground world?"
"Yes." Xu Ying nodded, "But as for the lackeys and traitors, you are still needed to deal with them, otherwise it will not be stable."
Unexpectedly, the problems of the underground world have been basically solved, and only the traitors and lackeys are left.
"... However, compared to the hundred times faster time flow here, isn't the mining efficiency in the underground world too low?" Xu Xin said with a smile, "During the time you've been back, maybe only a few pieces have been dug out there."
"This is an unexpected surprise." Xu Ying looked out the window, "Who would have known that the time flow rate of this world tree is hundreds of times faster."
"This World Tree is indeed the biggest surprise."
Xu Xin touched Coco in his arms and sighed.
Um…
He lowered his head and looked at Coco in his arms.
Why is this little guy so honest
It looked like it was asleep, but this time... I didn't hear its familiar soft snoring.
Xu Xin looked at it carefully and saw that the little guy opened his eyes slightly.
Seeing Xu Xin looking at it, Coco blinked and then closed her eyes again.
Not moving.
Good guy, are you pretending to sleep
What's going on
Is it because of Xu Ying
Ever since Xu Ying came, the little guy seemed to have developed a resistance to her. He always wanted to stay away from her and didn't want to communicate with her.
What’s going on…
The last time Xu Ying came, it wasn't like this before? The little guy even helped Yingying pass the message before.
Why did his attitude suddenly change 180 degrees this time? He even cried angrily when Xu Ying teleported him once.
Normally, it only shows this kind of avoidance attitude towards danger.
… Wait, could it be that…
Xu Xin suddenly turned his head and looked at Xu Ying.
"What?" Xu Ying was startled by his exaggerated action and moved her butt to the side on the sofa. "Why are you looking at me suddenly?"
"Yingying, are you...about to disappear?" Xu Xin asked in a deep voice.
As the last person in that time and space, Xu Ying is very likely to follow in the footsteps of those people.
"..." Xu Ying was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "No, it's just... a little unstable now. It's still a long way from being wiped out by the world."
"A bit unstable?" Xu Xin asked, "What do you mean?"
"Um..." Xu Ying hesitated for a moment, but finally gave an explanation, "That is, I used some things from another time and space in the underground world, which caused my existence to be a little unstable now."
"Has this world... noticed?" Xu Xin's eyes were a little serious, "Then you..."
"But don't worry, it's just that the space and time around me are starting to become slightly disordered. Based on previous experience, as long as I don't do anything too outrageous, this state can even be restored." Xu Ying said with a relaxed look.
She has been noticed by the world. The moment she handed over the weapons of that time and space to Xu Xin and the others, she would probably disappear completely.
Xu Ying thought silently in her heart.
Xu Xin was silent.
Is that really the case
He didn't believe what Xu Ying said. It would not be easy to recover from the disorder of time and space.
Perhaps Coco felt the disorder of time and space on her, which is why she showed a completely different attitude from before.
As for how this little guy feels...
It has always been mysterious, and it has also traveled through time, so it is not surprising that it can feel the disorder of time and space.
"Yingying, you should stop teleporting so often recently." Xu Xin looked at her with some concern and said, "Space teleportation..."
"Teleport? Ah, that's no problem." Xu Ying waved her hand indifferently, "The key point is time, not space. You can do things like space teleportation with the help of coordinates. It's as normal as drinking water."
Space teleportation is as normal as drinking water, but it’s OK…
"But now you..."
"Alright, alright, I've said it's okay!" When Xu Ying heard that her brother was going to lecture her, a deep resentment immediately surged up, and she said impatiently, "We should get down to business!"
Xu Xin was helpless.
This damn girl...
He also couldn't preach as much as before.
After all, the Xu Ying in front of him was not his sister, but a person who was three hundred years older than him. She knew much more than he did, so he had no right to preach to her.
The two of them no longer sat here, but instead gathered the other explorers again and told them about the situation in the underground space of the World Tree and the opening of permissions.
"With me here, there will be no shortage of materials!" Li Wenxi patted his chest, "You can start building here. I have already found some good people. I will take a few people to explore the mines. We will soon be able to have resource freedom again!"
The abundant mineral resources in the underground world made her full of confidence and she couldn't wait to go down.
"That's great, haha, now we can focus on building our new home!" Wang Lei couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Ji Chaoyang spoke up: "Xu Ying, you said before that we should strive to accept more survivors now, right?"
"Yes." Xu Ying nodded. "Don't underestimate the survivors. Compared to ordinary people, the survivors who have chips implanted in their brains are all super technicians with special skills. They can rely on the tree house system to manipulate various devices by hand."
"As for the blueprint..."
"Don't worry about the blueprints. I can provide you with various blueprints."
"That's good." Ji Chaoyang nodded. "Then our next stage of tasks is very clear. We need to start steady construction internally, and externally we need to find ways to quickly recruit new people, so that this place can become a true haven for human refuge."
"What about the upcoming crisis?" Qi Xuefei asked, "The crisis of the petrified giant beasts that you predicted."
"Well, don't think about it for now." Ji Chaoyang looked up at the sky, "It should be a day in the outside world. Because the time I predicted is in the early morning of a day, when the sun has not risen completely and a small part is still below the horizon. And now..."
Ji Chaoyang looked at Xu Xin: "It should be past that time now, right?"
"That's right." Xu Xin had just looked at the scene outside in the control area and could confirm this. "Although the sun has just risen, it has already completely appeared above the horizon."
"That's fine." Ji Chaoyang nodded, "The scene in the prophecy is definitely tomorrow in the outside world."
"Come to think of it, there is no such thing as tomorrow or not tomorrow in the World Tree, right?" Wen Guixin, who was lying on the windowsill and looking out, said, "Before Xu Xin came back, we experienced more than ten days of constant night, and now, we have to experience more than fifty days of daylight."
"That's perfect, it's easier to get things done during the day. It was dark before, and it affected my mood." Zhao Xiaochuan complained, "It's still better during the day!"
"Xu Xin..." Zeng Tao came close to Xu Xin, tugged at his arm, and whispered, "Isn't it time for Lou Fei'er and the others to come back?"
Although she usually quarreled with Lou Feier, Zeng Tao missed her very much after not seeing her for more than ten days.
“…It’s time to let them come back.” Xu Xin nodded.
More than three hours had passed in the outside world. Logically, they were just going back to test the intelligence, and they should have been back in more than three hours.
He hasn't come back yet, maybe something went wrong.
"You mean those three people?" Xu Ying thought for a moment. "None of them were part of the original team. Could they have been turned against us?"
"Nonsense! Impossible!" Zeng Tao stared at her, "It's impossible that they could be turned against us!"
"All three of them have been injected with genetic drugs." Xu Xin explained.
"Ah? You're really willing to do that..." Xu Ying felt a little sad, "Those medicines are one less if you use them... Oh, that's right!"
Her eyes lit up and she looked at Qi Xuefei: "Sister Xuefei, maybe you can research that potion! I can tell you some of the things I know. You were the main researcher of this potion in the beginning, maybe you can research it now!"
"Is that so?" Qi Xuefei became a little interested after hearing this. "Okay, I've been a little free lately."
The therapeutic drugs she now has are already very powerful and basically do not need to be strengthened further. In addition, the environment is very safe, so she has no motivation to conduct research.
Researching genetic drugs gave her a new goal again.
"Then... I'll leave the internal construction to you." Xu Xin stood up and said, "I'm going to go out and contact those three people. They should be able to give us some useful information."
"I'll come with you." Xu Ying also stood up, "After I finish this, the matter of the underground world... Well, if we return to the World Tree, it's not too urgent."
Xu Ying murmured to herself, "Perhaps, I can relax in the World Tree for ten days or so?"
The World Tree's time flow rate is a hundred times faster, even making Xu Ying want to be lazy.
Ji Chaoyang spoke again: "Xu Ying, can I ask you to take care of the new survivors?"
Xu Ying was slightly stunned: "Huh? Me? Ah... Do you want to use my teleportation ability to bring people here?"
"That's right." Ji Chaoyang nodded. "Your teleportation ability allows you to teleport anywhere at any time, so it's very convenient to use it to pick up people. It's not very troublesome. You just need to send the person you find to the nearest teleportation array, which can save them a lot of time."
"Oh!" Xu Ying's eyes lit up slightly, "What you said is a good idea."
"Yingying, you..." Xu Xin frowned slightly.
It's not like he hadn't thought of this method.
If he had not noticed that the time and space around Xu Ying began to become disordered, he would have asked Xu Ying to do this a long time ago.
But now…
"It's okay, brother. I told you, there won't be any problems with simple teleportation." Xu Ying turned to Ji Chaoyang and said, "I agree, but this matter has to come after resolving the issue of the human base."
As she spoke, she looked at Xu Xin.
Xu Xin had no choice but to agree.
He knew how stubborn his sister was. Even though Xu Ying in front of him was over three hundred years old, she still gave him this feeling.
It seems that his next action has become clear.
First contact the three women, take them to the World Tree, and obtain information about the World Tree.
Go to the underground world again, solve the following problems, and transfer the technology of the underground world to the world tree.
Then, Xu Ying will help them pick up the survivors.
…These seem to be tasks in the outside world.
I really don’t know what this world tree will look like after I come back.
He was vaguely looking forward to it.