Chapter 571 - Surprised Again [Two in One] (1/2)
Edited by Aelryinth
“Come on, we’ve already achieved our goals above and beyond. We can return now!”
Zhang Che took another look at the mountains and rivers around him. Truth be told, he was a little unwilling.
This period of time in the beast world was like paradise to him.
Nightly activities with Huang Tielan were something they did every day. After they returned to Mercury, it’d be more difficult to experience such days again.
However, it had been almost a whole month since they had entered the beast world. Zhang Che knew their family would worry if they didn’t return.
“Hmm, let’s go, then. If things go well, we’ll arrive at the safety zone tonight!”
Huang Tielan was incredibly excited. She could finally return home!
She was a woman, after all. After so many days of fighting, she would of course be sick of it, even though it was her goal to raise her strength. She was very much looking forward to returning to Mercury to rest for some time.
However, similar to Zhang Che, Huang Tielan was a little unwilling to leave their unrestrained days in the beast world behind.
One could never forget the taste after trying it. She was unwilling to separate from Zhang Che for even a day. But when they returned to Mercury, the two would definitely not be able to be together like this everyday.
Putting aside the fact that they were not married yet, even if they were, they had their own careers and businesses to handle. How could they possibly stay together every day?
Moreover, the world was in troubling times. They had to plan for the future and work hard to increase their strength. They couldn’t be like ordinary people.
Perhaps they were really unwilling to leave this lifestyle behind. On their way back, Huang Tielan didn’t fly on her Dark Unicorn, but chose to ride on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon’s back, letting Zhang Che embrace her from behind as they whispered sweet-nothings to one another during their journey.
Zhang Che had intentionally slowed down the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. In their original plans, they could have returned to the safety zone tonight. But when night fell, the two were still hundreds of kilometers away from civilization.
It went without saying they needed to spend another night in a mountain cave.
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When camping, the elemental queen had very tacitly chosen to not enter the cave. She chose to stay outside of the cave alone, forcing herself to not think of strange things, and instead immersed herself into the world of a chess manual.
Indeed, the elemental queen’s foresight was very wise.
That night, Zhang Che and Huang Tielan almost didn’t get any sleep at all. They spent the night tangled in a sleeping bag, doing some vigorous activity. In the end, the two finally stopped from exhaustion, so tired they couldn’t move any longer.
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“It’s already the 28th. Why are Xiaoche and Lanlan still not back?”
Back in Bei Du, Huang Juyun was worried sick.
Although he believed in Zhang Che’s strength and trusted that they wouldn’t be in any danger, it had been almost a whole month since they left, and hadn’t returned. It truly left him extremely worried.
Alas, the beast world was vast without end. He would have gathered his men and went searching for them personally otherwise.
“Ai, the youngsters are really insensible. How can they stay in the beast world for so long? Even if they want to raise Lanlan’s strength, they shouldn’t do things in such a hurry. They’re really killing me from worry.”
Huang Juyun paced back and forth in his office. He tried contacting the two youngsters with his personal terminal again, but as usual, he couldn’t reach them.
In the end, he could only sigh and pray that nothing untoward had happened to them.
Dok dok dok… knocks came from the office door.
Huang Juyun gathered himself and responded calmly, “Come in.”
The door was pushed open. An aide-de-camp came in respectfully and reported, “Chief, at present the cult organizations in Bei Du’s metropolitan area are almost wiped out, but judging from the interrogation results from our captives, it seems these are all only branch organizations. They know nothing about the higher-ups. How should we proceed?”
Huang Juyun pondered silently for a while, then said viciously, “Continue intensifying our efforts in striking at them. I don’t believe these rats have left no traces behind. Pay attention to strengthening our cooperation with the government. Their intelligence network is very good; hopefully we can find some usable clues.
“That’s all. Send the order down!”
“Yes, Chief!” the aide-de-camp stood at attention and left the room, closing the door.
Huang Juyun sighed, mumbling to himself, “Ai, times are really difficult. It’s indeed as Xiaoche said. Those evil cults might really be controlled by the demons. How could they have left things so watertight otherwise? It’s already been a month, and we’ve only been dealing with their branches. Things are going to become difficult…”
Shaking his head, he let out another sigh and opened up his personal terminal again, sending the report he had just received to the top brass.
During this period of time, Huang Juyun had been appointed chief commander for cracking down on evil cults due to his prior experience, instead of returning to Xinjing City to assume his post, and he had stayed in Bei Du to handle the matters.
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In the beast world to the south of Bei Du, a deep blue creature was seen in the skies several kilometers away from the safety zone, closing in rapidly.
Zhang Che and Huang Tielan had finally returned to the vicinity of the safety zone and would soon return to the human world.
Looking at the exotic scenery, the two felt even more unwilling.
“Zhang Xiaoche.”
“Hmm?”
“When we have time in the future, let’s come back and play for some time, okay?”
“Mmm, whatever you say. I’ll come with you whenever you want.”
“Zhang Xiaoche.”
“Mmm?”
“Thank you for being by my side all this time. You’re really fantastic!”
Huang Tielan had a blissful smile on her face. Zhang Che’s arms were around her slim waist. He couldn’t help but hold her tighter, saying softly, “I want to thank you too. It’s very nice to have you by my side.”
The two directly flew into the safety zone on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. They landed, and crossed the spatial gateway holding hands, officially leaving this place where they had spent close to a month together.
Once they stepped out of the spatial gateway, the two took out their personal terminals from spatial storage, which immediately vibrated intensely at the same time.
“Aiya, we stayed in the beast world for so long. Daddy must be worried sick!” Huang Tielan cried out. She opened her personal terminal, and as she had expected, it displayed the many calls Huang Juyun had sent her.
“We won’t get reprimanded when we get back right? Haha!” Zhang Che laughed. His own terminal was also displaying the many calls requests Huang Juyun had sent.