Flowers Blooming in the Wasteland

By the time the super soldiers arrived, the dust from the explosion had already settled.

They searched the scene of the explosion carefully and found Beethoven with a big hole in his head and a mutilated body, but they couldn't find any clues about Fu Yunlan.

He Xiao and Celeste also arrived at the scene not long after. He Xiao put his hand on Beethoven's forehead, which was still intact, and remained silent for a long time.

"How is it?" Celeste was no longer as calm as before, and couldn't help asking.

"More than four-fifths of the brain was completely damaged, and I could only find some fragments of memories. At that time, Beethoven was controlled by the Devourer, and after Fu Yunlan was robbed, he was imprisoned in this secret base together with him. I found an opportunity to open the shackles, and tried to rescue Fu Yunlan--I can only see so much information."

Celeste tried not to think about the worst outcome: "Since the Devourer will detonate the base and the Beethovens are outside, there is a high possibility that both of them have successfully escaped."

"You injected him with the interfering fluid before, and Case and I couldn't detect his location, so we had to rely on manual carpet searches, which may take a long time." Seeing that Celeste's face was not very good, He Xiao comforted him. He said, "But think about it better, the Devourer has used up all the chess pieces in his hand, and now it can no longer dominate anyone, so if Fu Yunlan is still alive, we will find him sooner or later."

Celeste nodded: "Send some more people, there is no need to fight in other places, and transfer them here."

"I will."

He Xiao was still dressed in the suit, tie and leather shoes, squatting down at the rocky explosion scene, looking down at the ground motionless.

Celeste knew that he was using his special ability as a "guardian" to carefully screen any clothing fibers, odor molecules or other things that might be left behind at the scene to determine Fu Yunlan's whereabouts. The high temperature of the explosion might have destroyed the Many things, but there will always be fish that slip through the net.

A few minutes later, He Xiao came to the conclusion that Fu Yunlan was indeed still alive. The explosion almost killed him, but his strong physique as a super soldier allowed him to survive, and then he hid in the mountain among.

Fu Yunlan has a strong anti-reconnaissance capability. Celeste dispatched all the soldiers he could call, searched in the vast mountains for several days, and found some traces left by Fu Yunlan. It was certain that Fu Yunlan was still alive, but he couldn't find his exact location no matter what.

This made Celeste very anxious. Fu Yunlan should know that with the fall of the True God Sect and the bombing of the secret base, no one can use the Devourer. In this deep mountain without any high-tech products, the Devourer Like a crab with all its limbs broken, it can't do anything at all.

But he still carefully covered his tracks.

Who is he avoiding? Is it to avoid Celeste or He Xiao?

-

Under the search of crowd tactics, they finally found Fu Yunlan's approximate location, and one soldier even saw Fu Yunlan himself, but it is unbelievable that Fu Yunlan knew that it was the base soldier's. Under the circumstances, he shot and knocked him unconscious, and escaped again.

He Xiao didn't say anything after hearing the news, but ordered the super soldiers to surround the area with non-lethal weapons, and gradually searched from the outside to the inside.

Perhaps because he realized that he was doomed this time, Fu Yunlan did not take any further actions to resist or attack, and Celeste and He Xiao also quickly arrived at the scene by fighter plane.

When Celeste arrived, Fu Yunlan was huddled in the shadow of the corner of the rock dejectedly, and a group of super soldiers guarded him at a distance that would not irritate him, preventing him from escaping again.

Celeste approached him with some hesitation. Fu Yunlan's injury seemed to have almost recovered, but it was obvious that he hadn't eaten well these days, and he certainly couldn't find any food on this mountain. His body was very weak. Weak and not in a good state of mind.

Celeste called softly: "Lan..."

As soon as Fu Yunlan heard his voice, she suddenly shouted nervously: "Don't come over!"

Celeste froze in place, and now Fu Yunlan looked like a cornered beast, and repeated in a hoarse voice: "Don't come here..."

"Lan, what's the matter with you? It's me." Many terrifying possibilities flashed through Celeste's mind for a moment, making his voice tremble unconsciously.

But Fu Yunlan just looked at him with bloodshot eyes: "Who are you?"

"I'm Celeste, don't you remember me?" The anxious Celeste took another step forward, but He Xiao put his hand on his shoulder and shook his head gently at him.

"...Yes, you are Celeste." Fu Yunlan seemed to be digesting a difficult puzzle, "Then what about me, who am I?"

He Xiao asked in a steady voice: "You don't remember who you are?"

"I remember... I am Fu Yunlan, the general of the base, but now... I can't be sure of this.

Celeste could only look at him anxiously from a distance: "What's wrong with you, why are you running away, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid I'll hurt you." Fu Yunlan held her head and said, "I don't know what the Devourer did to me, so listen to He Xiao, don't come near me."

Celeste took a few steps towards him resolutely: "I believe you won't hurt me."

"But I don't believe in myself." Fu Yunlan said, "Beethoven didn't want to hurt us, but what happened? I'm just a mortal, and I can't compete with the will of the Devourer. If it wants to use me to do something, I couldn't resist at all."

"So you just hide alone and let me look for you everywhere?" Celeste gritted his teeth, "If I don't find you, how long are you going to hide by yourself? You have never been afraid for a moment, and you just don't believe in my ability, that I can handle these things well, that I will protect you?"

Fu Yunlan was used to seeing Celeste's expressionless face, and even if he occasionally showed some emotions, it was never very obvious. This was the first time he saw Celeste so angry, and he subconsciously Apologize first: "I'm sorry, it's not because of that, at least... at least not entirely..."

Celeste frowned: "What's the reason for that, watch me speak."

Fu Yunlan didn't look at him, but lowered her head deeply: "I don't know what to say."

He Xiao walked towards Fu Yunlan: "Then don't talk about it, this is not a suitable place for heart-to-heart talks, so go back with us first."

Fu Yunlan shook her head: "I can't go back with you, it's too dangerous."

"Don't worry, I have a measure." He Xiao said, "You know, I never joke about Celeste's safety."

Celeste said, "I'm not as fragile as you think."

"...Yeah, I actually don't know you at all." Fu Yunlan suddenly smiled bitterly, "I always wishful thinking that you are still the Celeste who needs my protection, but in fact, you are no longer what you used to be. "

Celeste didn't understand why Fu Yunlan said such things, but Fu Yunlan finally didn't insist anymore, but he still didn't dare to let Celeste touch him, and sat far away from Celeste when he got on the plane of.

Having been tense for several days, she didn't have a chance to relax until now. After Fu Yunlan ate some compressed food at will, she soon fell into a deep sleep.

-

When he woke up again, Fu Yunlan found that he had returned to his room in the base. There were no confinement measures on his body, and there were no guards around him. This made him break out in a cold sweat, and he suddenly turned over and sat up.

Case's unwavering voice sounded in the room: "Good morning, His Majesty left instructions: After waking up, please go to the meeting room as soon as possible, they will wait for you there."

Fu Yunlan faintly felt something was wrong, he bit the tip of his tongue forcefully - after undergoing countless simulation training in the holographic simulation cabin of the base, he has learned to distinguish from some tiny details whether he is in reality Still daydreaming.

Sure enough, it is impossible for He Xiao to be defenseless against him, he is now in the virtual world.

The Devourer said that if he returned to the base, He Xiao would either kill him or imprison him, so when Fu Yunlan got on the plane, he was already mentally prepared to be imprisoned for a long time, but he didn't expect that there was another way--put him His body is locked in the virtual cabin, so that he can't hurt anyone, but his spirit can get relative freedom.

Seeing him sitting in a daze, Case urged: "Please go to the meeting room."

The virtual world has its own set of very rigorous logic, so Fu Yunlan has to wash and dress as usual, and walk through the corridors and halls to the meeting room instead of teleporting directly there.

Everything along the road is still so realistic, probably Case directly copied it based on the real situation. Fu Yunlan saw the joy of victory everywhere in the base, and the electronic screen showed the destruction of the True God Cult and the defeat of the Devourer The passing staff smiled and nodded to him.

Fu Yunlan came to the same meeting room as in reality, where He Xiao and Celeste were already waiting for him.

"Blue!" As soon as they met each other, Celeste happily jumped up and hugged him.

Fu Yunlan stiffened visibly.

"Don't be nervous, it's me, not the avatar simulated by Case. I'm lying in another simulation cabin right now, performing a simultaneous simulation with you."

Fu Yunlan sighed softly: "I know it's you."

The Celeste simulated by Case would never act too intimately towards him. Since the real He Xiao has always been behind He Xiao, it is not unimaginable that Celeste is also behind him.

"I've been waiting for you to regain consciousness." Celeste looked worriedly at Fu Yunlan, who looked a little unnatural, "He Xiao can only check your body, there is no way to probe your body without hurting you. In the spiritual world, we can only wait for you to tell us what the Devourer has done to you? Is there any problem with your spirit?"