The Other Ji Xuan
Arica.
Under the dim night sky, two figures stepped onto the stairs and finally arrived on an inconspicuous ship.
The old deck creaked beneath their feet. Several burly black figures standing around the ship glanced in their direction, nodded to each other, and then skillfully weighed anchor, preparing to head out to sea.
"Old Lu, can this ship really get us back ho?" Wu Tongyuan cautiously surveyed their surroundings. "No matter how you look at it, this is a smuggling ship!"
The current Wu Tongyuan had lost a significant amount of weight compared to when he was in Shennongjia. He was unkempt and disheveled, making it obvious that he hadn't fared well during his ti in Arica.
"There are wars going on everywhere right now. Where are you going to find a normal ship to take you back?" Lu Xun shook his head.
"But don't worry. I've already contacted the people back ho. As long as our ship can get close to the border, soone will co and escort us back."
"That's good... But these people won't just trick us into going to international waters and kill us, right??" Wu Tongyuan remained deeply worried.
"... I say, Old Wu, how are you still so timid?" Lu Xun was sowhat speechless. "Even without , you should be able to deal with a ship full of people by yourself, right?"
"???"
Wu Tongyuan's eyes widened. "How am I supposed to deal with them?"
"What about your ability? Don't tell you don't have one. It's been so long since the Shennongjia incident. Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei can already hold their own, haven't you improved at all?"
Wu Tongyuan shrank his neck, hesitating to speak...
"I... I do have it... but I don't really know how to use it yet..."
Just as Lu Xun was about to say sothing, a phone ringtone suddenly rang out. The busy crew mbers around them simultaneously looked in their direction.
"Strange... shouldn't there be no signal?" Lu Xun muttered in confusion. He took out his phone, but before he could even press the answer button, a voice rang out directly.
"Lu Xun, it's ."
"Yang Xiao?"
Hearing this voice, a hint of pleasant surprise flashed in Lu Xun's eyes. He pressed the phone to his ear. "What's wrong?"
"..."
"I understand what you an. However, this doesn't seem like your style... Is Director Chen with you?"
"..."
"Alright, I understand. I'll send their numbers to you in a bit."
"..."
"I just got on the ship, so it will take so ti to get back ho... Anyway, Wu Tongyuan and I will try our best to be there."
"..."
"Okay, see you back ho."
Lu Xun hung up the phone.
"Was that Dr. Yang?" Wu Tongyuan asked in confusion. "Does he need sothing?"
"Yeah, sothing major must have happened. He wants to gather the nine of us together for a eting."
"Oh... let's have it then. I'll just follow you anyway." Wu Tongyuan looked as if he was clinging tightly to a thick thigh for support.
The ship slowly started, using the cover of night to inch closer to their holand. Standing on the deck and looking into the distance, Lu Xun let out a long sigh:
"... He seed pretty urgent. He said we must gather within 24 hours. At our speed, we probably won't make it."
Normally, a shipping route from Arica to their holand would take at least twenty days. Under these circumstances, there was absolutely no way they could make it in ti.
It wasn't that Lu Xun didn't want to take a plane, but the world war was currently at its fiercest. There was simply no way a direct flight ho would be available from Arican soil. Moreover, if the Aricans found out that two important scientists like him and Wu Tongyuan were on a plane, they would likely shoot it down with a missile.
Although Lu Xun could use starlight to guide them, his current rank wasn't high enough to cross the ocean, let alone carry Wu Tongyuan with him.
"24 hours..." Wu Tongyuan muttered under his breath, his gaze sweeping over the emptiness in front of him.
He hesitated for a mont, then gently raised his hand, as if fiddling with sothing in the void.
"Maybe... we can make it?"
...
"I've got all the phone numbers."
Yang Xiao said, putting down his phone.
Just as he was about to dial them one by one, Chen Ling interjected first:
"Wait."
"What's wrong?"
"Don't call Lou Yu."
"Why?" Yang Xiao was sowhat puzzled. "Didn't you say you wanted to gather all the Nine Monarchs?"
"Lou Yu is different. The Lou Yu in this era isn't the original him... I don't know what exactly he's planning, but the only thing I'm certain of is that he might harbor malicious intentions toward the other Nine Monarchs."
The [Morality] save file that the Silver King had stolen from the Grey King had most likely fallen into Lou Yu's hands. Furthermore, Chen Ling clearly rembered that back in Shennongjia, Lou Yu had directly attacked Wu Tongyuan with lethal intent!
Therefore, the Lou Yu of this era was the immortal Lou Yu from the future, an enemy standing in opposition to the Nine Monarchs.
"Then, I should just notify the others?" Yang Xiao asked.
Chen Ling sank into thought.
Since parting ways at Shennongjia, Chen Ling hadn't seen Lou Yu again in this era. Thinking about it carefully, Lou Yu was probably being kept in check by Ji Xuan, the Lord of Hanging Jade, who had transmigrated back in ti. After all, the two of them had fought in Shennongjia.
Yang Xiao wanted to gather the Nine Monarchs to awaken the others and unite them. But this also gave Lou Yu the opportunity to wipe them all out at once. If anything went wrong on Ji Xuan's end, no one knew how many Monarchs would die by Lou Yu's hand.
Therefore, the safest approach was to inform Ji Xuan about this in advance and have him keep a close eye on Lou Yu.
"Call Ji Xuan first," Chen Ling said directly.
Yang Xiao nodded. With aurora faintly swirling in his eyes, he directly dialed Ji Xuan's number.
Beep—beep—beep—beep...
Amidst the continuous ringing of the waiting tone, Yang Xiao's brows gradually furrowed. Just as he thought Ji Xuan wouldn't pick up, the call suddenly connected.
"Hello?"
"Is this Dr. Ji? This is Yang Xiao."
"Hmm? Dr. Yang? Wait... how did you get a call through to ?? There shouldn't be any signal here."
"Dr. Ji, where are you right now? Is it convenient to talk?"
"I'm currently..."
Before Ji Xuan on the other end of the line could finish his sentence, the sound of a door opening rang out, as if soone behind him was speaking to him.
Ji Xuan's impatient voice followed: "Oh, just wait a minute, I said I'd cooperate! Just wait until I finish this call..."
Ji Xuan's voice drew closer to the receiver:
"Hello? Dr. Yang, what were you saying just now... Oh, yes, it's convenient for to talk right now!"
"To tell you the truth, I'm currently in a governnt lab. They insist that I... uh... have superpowers and want to run so tests on . I figured, whatever, let them test... But so far, they haven't seed to find anything. I suspect they made a mistake."
Yang Xiao had the call on speakerphone. When Chen Ling heard Ji Xuan's words, his heart skipped a beat.
He suddenly realized a problem.
"Oh no... this Ji Xuan... is this the Ji Xuan who hasn't obtained Red Star Aspiration Power?"
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