Feng Chen wanted to take a good look at the black lion, but just as he stepped onto the ground, it suddenly disappeared from his sight.
It neither turned into a puff of black smoke nor was there any sound effect. It just disappeared silently out of thin air, leaving no trace.
"Young Master." Yan Bubu called softly in his ear, his voice a little hoarse because he had been shouting spells.
Feng Chen suddenly came back to his senses and asked, "Did you see the big black lion?"
"Big black lion? There is a big black lion chasing us?" Yan Bubu raised his head and looked around vigilantly.
Feng Chen paused and said, "When we fell down the stairs just now, didn't you see something catch us and bring us here?"
"Catch us? Who caught us?" Yan Bubu suddenly raised his voice. "No one came to catch us. When we fell from the building, I chanted a spell and used magic power. Then I flew up and flew all the way here."
Feng Chen was stunned for a moment, and asked again: "You really didn't see the black lion? Then what was I riding just now?"
Yan Bubu patiently explained: "You are not riding on anything. It is my magic power. I learned magic from my master. Then I took you to fly on the ground and flew all the way here."
Feng Chen took a deep breath and said expressionlessly: "Then fly another distance for me to see?"
“Ahh—”
"Keep your voice down." Feng Chen interrupted.
Yan Bubu lowered his voice: "Awugabang Adawusia!"
After a moment, Feng Chen stood there and asked, "Where is it flying? Why isn't it flying?"
Yan Bubu pondered and said, "Maybe I consumed too much magic power just now."
Feng Chen looked around and found that Black Lion was running with them. They had now left the industrial area and were on the street.
He knew that he and Yan Bubu would not reach a conclusion, so he said, "Let's go. Our identity chips have been modified. Now we can pass the inspection of the Western Alliance Army and go to the underground city now."
He walked forward unconsciously while pondering in his mind, until Yan Bubu called in his ear again: "Master, Master."
Feng Chen's train of thought was interrupted, and he asked impatiently, "What are you doing?"
Yan Bubu's voice became cautious: "Nothing, I just want to ask if I can get down and walk by myself? I'm afraid you're too tired."
Feng Chen then realized that he was still carrying Yan Bubu, so he put him down, took off the backpack and carried it himself.
"You really didn't see—"
"I told you it's my magic power!"
“… Forget me asking.”
The entrance to the Western Alliance's underground settlement is at the other end of the city. It was built together by the two armies when the Eastern Alliance was still in existence.
At that time, both armies nominally obeyed the orders of the President of the United States. A group of scholars proposed the theory of the end of the world, which attracted the attention of the upper class. The President then designated several large cities to build underground refuges.
Haiyun City is one of those cities.
Now that the Eastern Alliance has evacuated Haiyun City, the underground settlement has been completely taken over by the Western Alliance. When it was still under construction, Feng Chen did not pay much attention to it. He only knew that the construction cost was very high and the scale of the completed site should be quite large.
It takes several hours to walk from here to the underground resettlement site, and the weather is hot, so the two had to sit down and rest after walking for a while to avoid heatstroke.