After midnight

"Brother Yin, are you super awesome?"

“Not that great.”

"Why are you being so modest?" Su Ziling had already determined that Yin was very powerful, so he asked, "What kind of organization is 'Dark Night'?"

"Intelligence and assassination organization."

"..."

"What? Are you scared?"

"No, no, actually I had a vague guess about it, but it was still very shocking when I really heard it."

Yin was made to laugh out loud by Su Ziling.

Su Ziling was a little helpless, not knowing what made Yin feel funny. But thanks to Yin for chatting with him, he didn't feel so dull. Thinking of this, he looked at An Yan again, who was walking alone in front.

If it were just him and An Yan, it would definitely be dull and boring.

Su Ziling and Yin walked together with a smile. The domineering attitude that Yin showed when he first appeared and the tough attitude when talking to An Yan disappeared in front of Su Ziling, or it could be said that he had never been there. He was very easygoing with Su Ziling, as if they had known each other for many years.

The sun shone through the leaves, casting mottled shadows on the grass. An Yan was already waiting for them in front. Su Ziling opened his legs and walked over automatically. Yin followed him.

"Are you hungry?" Unexpectedly, An Yan was the first to speak.

"Yeah, a little." Su Ziling thought for a moment and said, "I didn't put much food in when I packed up. There's not much left at your house, and Lin Nuan didn't let me go out."

"I brought instant noodles." Yin took off his backpack and opened it.

"Are there instant noodles here?" Su Ziling walked over and looked eagerly into Yin's backpack.

"Of course they are for sale, but to be honest, I only prepared a little bit, and I don't think it will last for three days." Yin Zuoyou rummaged around and took it out. The packaging of the instant noodles was very familiar, and Su Ziling was a little stunned. But this time he wisely didn't ask any more questions.

"Then I'll go find something else to eat." After saying that, An Yan found a direction and walked away.

"Is it okay for him to go alone?" Su Ziling asked Yin while looking at An Yan's back.

"If it was you who went, I would probably ask the same question."

Well, Su Ziling curled his lips. An Yan was very strong, so his concern for him was unnecessary. But does being very strong mean that he doesn't need to be cared for? No concern is ever unnecessary. Su Ziling looked at An Yan's back for a while before retracting his gaze and taking the instant noodles from Yin's hand.

An Yan left alone under the pretext of finding something to eat, because he really didn't know how to get along with them. He also didn't understand why they could chat so quickly and seem so familiar with each other when they were just strangers.

Su Ziling looked like a pure, harmless and lively boy who had never seen the world. An Yan had never known how to deal with such a person. As for Yin, he still didn't know what his purpose was.

If it was for the sake of profit, he should have made friends with his senior brother. But Yin insisted that he was on his side. If that was true, then why did he go to so much trouble to help him escape and then wander with him?

He never believed that he had no purpose.

But Yin's behavior was very casual. He didn't hint at anything, nor did he hide anything. It seemed that they were supposed to be like this. As for his aggressiveness at the beginning, it seemed that he was just confirming something. An Yan didn't believe that he would be surprised by such a route.

But this is not the most important issue right now. Within five days, the people who are chasing him should be able to smell some clues. So what should he do after five days?

An Yan closed his eyes and breathed in. He slowly contracted his senses, trying not to miss even the slightest throbbing.

He felt the leaves swaying gently in the wind. The sunlight and the shadows of the trees intertwined on his body, presenting fine light and shadows. He stepped on the thick soil, and the grass crawled at his feet. Then, he smelled the fresh smell of the whole world.

An Yan sketched out this world bit by bit and slowly released his abilities, and then everything faded away. Those tracks were traces of water flowing through the grass, trees, and the earth. He extended this sense infinitely, and these tracks became more and more obvious, more and more intricate, extending to any direction he wanted to explore.

After a moment, An Yan retracted his power. He calmed down his breath and opened his eyes again. After he left, everything here returned to calm as if nothing had happened.

When An Yan returned, Yin was talking to Su Ziling, who was listening with great interest. Seeing An Yan coming back, Su Ziling left Yin and ran over, taking the washed wild fruit from his hand.

Su Ziling took a few and shared them with Yin, then he opened his mouth and bit the one in his hand. While biting, he mumbled, "Thank you, An Yan."

An Yan nodded in response.

In the afternoon, under the guidance of An Yan, they arrived at a small river. The water was so clear that you could see the bottom and colorful pebbles.

Su Ziling was happy but also a little strange. He thought for a long time before he realized that the strange feeling was because An Yan never showed a happy expression. Take this stream for example, although An Yan came here for the first time, he seemed to already know that there was a stream here.

Su Ziling shook his head, scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on his face. Water is the source of life. With water, everything will be easy. Then Su Ziling took a bath and changed his clothes. Even eating instant noodles seemed to be delicious.

"Let's continue walking deeper into the forest."

Su Ziling nodded. He understood that it was too easy to be exposed by walking along the river.

Yinye nodded and said, "But we have to wait here for a while."

Su Ziling curiously approached Yin and asked him, "Brother Yin, what are we waiting for?"

"You'll know in a while." Yin smiled mysteriously and did not give a direct answer. He seemed to be in a good mood.

"Tsk~" Su Ziling sat a little further away from him and ignored him.

At this time Su Ziling looked at An Yan. An Yan was not curious at all. He just tilted his head and stared blankly.

Not long after, when Su Ziling was bored, a delicate but angry female voice sounded in his ear, "You didn't say anything in your letter, but you asked me to prepare so many things and run to this shabby place by myself. What do you want to do?"

Su Ziling opened his eyes suddenly and looked at the person in front of him in shock. She looked older than him and seemed to be very familiar with Yin. Who was she? How did she appear here out of nowhere? What was her relationship with Yin? What did Yin ask her to bring?

Su Ziling was so surprised that he was stunned for a long time before he remembered to look at Yin's reaction.

Yin had already walked in front of the woman, who was still glaring at him with dissatisfaction.

"Thank you, Wuying. You can go back first. I will tell you later."

"You!" Wuying pointed at Yin, but considering that there were outsiders around, she had to retract her index finger.

"It's better this way." After she said that, she glanced at Su Ziling and An Yan who was standing beside him and disappeared.

If Su Ziling didn't notice how she appeared just now, then now, Su Ziling watched her disappear out of thin air in less than a second.

"Come over and help." Yin shouted towards them.

"Oh, oh." Su Ziling opened his mouth and nodded continuously, then trotted over to help.

An Yan paused for a few seconds and walked over.

"What are all these things?"

"It's something good that will make our lives easier." Yin just smiled. Su Ziling heard his answer which was equivalent to no answer and decided to translate it himself.

"She is a member of our organization." Yin started answering without waiting for anyone to ask.

"Her ability is teleportation. The reason she came here is because of this." Yin took out a letter and waved it in front of Su Ziling. Su Ziling stopped rummaging through his bag to look at the letter.

The material and texture of the letter paper were exactly the same as the one Su Ziling saw at An Yan's house. It was the letter with the three words "Su Ziling" written on it.

"Letter paper is used by people with special abilities to send messages to each other. As a user, you only need to write the content, the name and code of the recipient, and then inject your own abilities into it, and it will automatically reach the recipient's location. If the recipient cannot receive the letter for some reason, the letter will automatically appear in the place where the recipient has received letters most frequently in the recent period of time."

"Su Ziling, look carefully, it's just like this."

Yin took out a pen and wrote the word "An Yan" on the recipient's address on the paper, then wrote a string of codes and injected his ability into it. At this time, a white light appeared on the letter, and when the white light disappeared, there was no word on the letter and it automatically floated up and disappeared.

Just three seconds later, the letter was firmly held in An Yan's hand. An Yan cooperated and opened it. After another flash of white light, the contents written by Yin magically appeared on the letter.

Yin wrote the two words "An Yan" powerfully. Su Ziling was shocked again.

"No one other than the recipient can open this letter. How is it? Isn't it very powerful?"

"Hmm." Su Ziling was instantly in worship. What a magical thing this was.

"When did you write the letter to Wuying?" I think that was the name of the one just now.

"Of course, when you don't know."

"..."Su Ziling lowered his head and continued to look through something.

The items were surprisingly varied. Food and drinks, even pots and pans and induction cookers. If Su Ziling hadn't just been reminded of what kind of world this was, he would have thought they were out for a picnic.

That’s not right. How can the induction cooker be used without electricity?

Seeing Su Ziling staring blankly at the induction cooker, Yin asked him jokingly, "Why are you in a daze again?"

"No, I was just thinking about how to use this."

Yin didn't keep the secret this time. He squatted down and held the plug. After about a minute, he put his hand down and pressed the switch with his other hand. The induction cooker actually turned on, lit up, and made a sound.

Su Ziling has nothing to say about this world anymore.

"My ability happens to be thunder and lightning. I developed it when I was in exile for a period of time." Yin said it calmly and unconcernedly.

"Su Ziling, can you please find some wild vegetables that can be cooked?" Yin asked him tentatively.

"Oh." Su Ziling nodded and walked away along the river bank.

"Is there anything you want to ask?" After Su Ziling walked away, Yin turned his gaze to An Yan and accepted his somewhat hostile scrutiny.

"I've never heard of a Wuying in the Dark Night organization, nor did I know they have the ability to teleport." An Yan asked this question first after speculating.

"Dancing Shadow is our secret weapon, so I certainly won't let anyone know about it. As for teleportation, its existence is truly a miracle. To be honest, I've gathered a lot of intelligence since Dancing Shadow appeared, but no one else has this ability except her. But as you can see, she doesn't have any other offensive abilities. So, in order to protect her, I will never let anyone else know about her existence."

Yin added: "I will make sure her arrival will not give anyone away."

After saying this, Yin saw that An Yan's expression was no longer tense, but then he pursed his lips again.

"Why on earth did you want to escape with me and Su Ziling?"

"How about this. You answer a few questions for me first, and then it will be easier for me to explain this one."

"it is good."

"You know I'm not a 'keeper'."

"Yes."

"You know or vaguely know who the 'Guardian' is."

"..."

Seeing An Yan didn't say anything, Yin sighed and softened his tone, "Be honest with me, so that we will both know the answers that each other wants to know."

"Yes, I vaguely know."

"But you don't know if he's alive or dead."

"……Yes."

"Then I tell you, I know. I know he is alive and will definitely come back."

"How do you know? Who are you? What's your relationship with him?" An Yan was too surprised.

"You will naturally know the answers to these questions when he shows up. I can only say that I am not his enemy."

"I think I'd better continue answering your previous question. But I think you have roughly understood it. I am going with you because of the 'Guardian'. He is the one I have been waiting for. If he comes back, he will definitely appear in front of you first. Therefore, it is best for me to follow you."

"But even so, you don't need to expose Wuying to me and Su Ziling. So, what is your purpose?"

"To make you believe me." Yin said.

An Yan stopped talking and continued to wait for Yin's answer.

Yin slowly stated his purpose. "An Yan, I want to form an alliance with you! Only with you alone."

"Tell me why."

Yin's words were powerful, while Anyan's were light. But this did not mean that Anyan did not take it seriously. On the contrary, he took it as seriously as Yin.

"Because this is about the Guardian, besides Dark Night, I can only trust you."

"Okay, I agree." An Yan agreed without thinking. Yin's words were too clear, and the relationship between Yin and the "Guardian" must be extraordinary.

When Su Ziling staggered back, the cooking had already begun. Su Ziling had nothing in his hands, and no one really cared whether he had nothing in his hands.

Before falling asleep, Su Ziling counted on his fingers carefully. Today was the fifth day since he came to this world, and the second day since they began to escape. Compared to being tortured by unknown imagination and fear, you will find that once you really start on a certain path, it will not be so difficult.

And there are still seventeen days before Su Ziling returns home.