Little Mushroom

"Hubbard." Tang Lan murmured and repeated the name: "He..."

He seemed to be speechless, and he didn't speak again until more than ten seconds later, his voice was also slightly hoarse: "...Is he alright?"

An Zhe recalled those pictures about Hubbard.

Bug swarms ravaged the outer city. When the sixth district was blown up, Hubbard was on a mission outside the city. This was an extremely wise move. He not only avoided the disaster of the outer city, but also avoided being attacked by Lu Feng. Arrested for the crime of illegally stealing information from judges.Later, he led the team back safely and was welcomed by the main city.Later, the legendary mercenary captain still met Lu Feng, and he and Colonel Lu took PL1109 to the dungeon base for rescue.While in the mine, he and Lu Feng occasionally chatted. Hubbard and Lu Feng completed the rescue mission and returned safely together.

"He's fine," he said.

Tang Lan lowered his eyes slightly, and he seemed to smile.He didn't ask anything else, didn't say a word, just said: "That's good."

An Zhe looked at Tang Lan.

The first time he knew this person was in Boss Shaw’s shop. He saw a beautifully made doll that was almost real. Boss Shaw said that it was ordered by Hubbard at a cost of most of his fortune——Hubard was The captain of the most legendary mercenary team in the entire outer city, this person is his deputy team with a lifelong friendship. He never came back after an expedition, and he didn't even find a single body part.

Next to the doll is a label with various data, the first line is his name, Tang Lan.

Now the living Tang Lan was standing in front of An Zhe. He was safe and sound, and he didn't seem to have suffered any injuries—he survived this dangerous abyss, and he lived so well.

"You survived." An Zhe said, "Aren't you going back?"

There was a hint of helpless smile in Tang Lan's eyes.

"I can't go back," he said.

As he spoke, he buried the marked stone in his hand into the soil.

"I have a map, I can go back." An Zhe said, "...do you need it?"

"No need." Tang Lan said, "You are not human, are you?"

An Zhe: "..."

Tang Lan took out another gleaming dagger, and carved an arrow on the nearby tree trunk, and said while carving, "Do you know what I'm doing?"

An Zhe: "I don't know."

"After being infected, most people are unlucky and completely turned into monsters. But there are also one in ten thousand people who are more lucky, and sometimes they look like human beings." Tang Lan said, "I'm pointing out to those lucky people The way—that’s how I was pointed out in the first place.”

An Zhe didn't speak, he found that he had a special talent, he could recognize a person who wanted to tell a story.

However, Tang Lan's story is very short.

"I had a bit of an argument with Hubbard that day. He wanted to go further. I thought it was time to go back. It was very unpleasant. I didn't see him again that night, and I kept vigil in another car as a rule."

"There is everything in the abyss. At twelve o'clock, a monster that can't be provoked found us. I have never seen such a dangerous thing." Tang Lan finished carving the label and put away the dagger. His voice was also like his. This person is equally clear and sharp: "I gave them a warning, and then lured that thing away in another direction. Afterwards, I died, and I should have died a miserable death."

"But I don't know why, I seem to have woken up again, and turned into something very powerful." He played with the dagger, and said to An Zhe, "What about you?"

An Zhe thought about his words.

At this moment, Tang Lan turned his head abruptly, his eyes shot towards the middle of the dense forest like sharp arrows - a rustling sound came from there.

He whispered to An Zhe, "Go!"

The moment the voice fell, a huge black shadow rushed out from the forest!

An Zhe's arm was grabbed, and Tang Lan carried him on his back with indisputable strength.The next moment, there was a huge sound of breaking through the air, and a pair of huge black membrane wings spread out from his back!

An Zhe left the ground abruptly, and behind him, the paw of the mountain-like monster swooped down, but Tang Lan flew up faster than it like a ghost, and left the dense forest almost instantly.

An Zhe looked down, and everything on the ground became farther and smaller as they rose, while the tall mountains in the south were getting closer.

In the oncoming wind, he asked Tang Lan, "Where are we going?"

The wind at high altitude was getting stronger and stronger, blowing away the voice, Tang Lan asked him a word loudly.

"Have you heard of Fusionism?"

After the words fell, he flew higher and higher with An Zhe, and gradually approached the highest mountain. When he was getting closer to the sky, the highland was reflected in red gold by the setting sun, and the white building on the top of the highland was at the junction of the sky and the mountaintop. gradually emerged.

The first thing that caught An Zhe's eyes were two smooth cylindrical white pagodas. They were divided into two ends and connected by a line in the middle.Between the two white towers is the main body of the building, an oval three-story low building, flanked by auxiliary buildings and other scattered buildings.The open space in front of the main building is scattered with all sorts of grotesque installations. Behind the building is a flat land where more than a dozen tall wind power towers stand, and the snow-white three-blade wind wheels are spinning rapidly in the howling wind.

A huge dark green vine was divided into more than ten strands, enclosing the entire building complex. Its branches hung on the fence and the white pagoda. I sniffed each of them, and then dispersed.

The huge black wings on Tang Lan's back slowly retracted into his body - when retracting, Tang Lan's body trembled slightly, her fists were clenched, and her face showed pain.An Zhe looked at him without blinking until he opened his eyes again.

At first glance, Tang Lan's eyes were dark, with an inhuman look, but luckily it recovered within three seconds.

"The conversion process was a bit chaotic and uncomfortable," Tang Lan said, "But I'm already very lucky."

He looked at the vine: "This guy can't become a human again."

An Zhe looked at the vines: "Does it have human consciousness?"

"There are some." Tang Lan raised his legs and walked forward, An Zhe followed him, the strong wind on the top of the mountain blew their clothes, and they gradually approached the slightly old white building in the center.

Six o'clock in the evening, the moment when the sunset is the strongest.

In the southwest of the sky, clouds surged, a huge red sun burned and sank, the golden-red luster illuminated the open door, and a figure stood in the very center.

An Zhe is actually not very clear about the age of human beings. He only knows that the man is at least as old as Boss Xiao, and he is about 70 to [-] years old.But he didn't show any old and crooked posture because of his age.Approaching, An Zhe saw that he was wearing a strict and straight black suit, a bow tie was carefully tied under the silver gray shirt collar, his snow-white hair was combed back neatly, and on his calm and kind face that became more and more calm as the years passed, Has a pair of mild gray-blue eyes.

Those eyes made An Zhe feel that he had seen all the turmoil and changes in the world.

"Sir." Standing in front of him, Tang Lan's voice was very respectful: "I have brought new members back."

The man looked at An Zhe with a smile, his gray-blue eyes made people feel close to him involuntarily, An Zhe looked up at him, and he extended his right hand to An Zhe.

After a little hesitation, An Zhe shook hands with him in a slightly unfamiliar posture. The palm of the other party was warm and dry, and the handshake was gentle and firm.

"Welcome to the Highland Research Institute. We take the liberty of calling ourselves the Fifth Base of Humanity." The man said, "I'm Polly Jean."