Feng Chen wanted to take a good look at the black lion, but it suddenly disappeared after landing on the ground.
There was no cloud of black smoke or sound effects. It soundlessly vanished into thin air.
“Young Master…” Yan Bubu whispered in his ear, his voice a little hoarse from furiously shouting spells.
Feng Chen snapped back to his senses and asked, “Did you see that big black lion?”
“Big black lion? There are big black lions chasing us now??” Yan Bubu looked around warily.
Feng Chen paused. “When we fell just now, you didn’t see anything catch us and bring us here?”
“Catch who? Us?” Yan Bubu raised his voice steeply, “No one caught us! I chanted spells and used magic when we were falling so we flew over here.”
Feng Chen was stunned for a moment. He asked again, “You really didn’t see the black lion? Then what was I riding just now?”
Yan Bubu patiently explained. “You weren’t riding anything. It was my magic, ah. I used the magic I learned from the Grandmaster to fly with you all the way over here.”
Feng Chen took a deep breath and expressionlessly asked, “Then why you don’t you fly again for me?”
“Awu–”
“Keep your voice down.” Feng Chen interrupted.
Yan Bu lowered his voice, “Awubengga adawuxiya!”
Feng Chen asked after a few moments, “Huh? How come you’re not flying?”
Yan Bubu mused, “Maybe I used too much magic just now.”
Feng Chen looked around and found the black lion had carried the two of them out of the industrial area and back onto the main street.
He knew there was no convincing Yan Bubu so he said, “Let’s go. Our ID chips have been modified so we can pass the Western Union Army’s insepction now. We can go to the underground city.”
He mulled it over some more in his mind while walking until Yan Bubu called out to him again, “Young Master, Young Master.”
Feng Chen’s thoughts were interrupted. He impatiently asked, “What is it?”
Yan Bubu’s voice became careful, “Nothing, I just want to ask if I can get down and walk by myself? I’m worried you’re too tired.”
Only then did Feng Chen realize that he was still carrying Yan Bubu on his back. He put him down on the ground and then took his backpack back.
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Haiyun City was one of them.
Now that the Eastern Union Army has withdrawn from Haiyun City, the underground settlement was taken over by the Western Union Army. Feng Chen didn’t pay it much mind during its construction. He just knew that the cost was enormous and the scale huge.
It would take several hours to walk from where they were to the underground settlement. The weather was so hot the two had to sit down and rest along the way lest they get heatstroke.
The gas lamp was left in the Institute, so Feng Chen held the flashlight. Yan Bubu trotted after him, his mouth flapping nonstop.
“Young Master, why did bugs grow in that tree in the first place?”
“I’ve never seen vines that move before.”
“That tree eats people! It scared me to death.”
Yan Bubu said, touching his arm and shivering.
Feng Chen automatically blocked out Yan Bubu’s voice. He was a bit distracted, still thinking about the black lion.
He didn’t know how the black lion suddenly appeared and disappeared, and he didn’t know why Yan Bubu couldn’t see it. And that wonderful sense of connection…why did it make him certain the black lion was himself?
He remembered what A-Dai had said the night before on the beach when she was hanging in the air by that snake.
“You can see it? So you and I are the same. You don’t know yet, do you?…”
The same…as in they could both see this kind of animal? Or same as in they have the ability to summon this kind of animal?
Feng Chen tried to mentally summon the black lion. He silently ordered it to come out etc., but there was no response. He tried all kinds of methods, even reciting awu…axiya. Still he didn’t sense anything.
Yan Bubu’s noisy rambling was like background noise until the two found a rock to sit down on. Feng Chen took out a bottle of water to shut him up.
The profusely sweating Yan Bubu drank water while Feng Chen began to quietly record on his smartwatch.
“Body temperature is normal today, with no intermittent fever. Instantaneous explosive power is still improving, having reached 300 SJ over twenty seconds. Rapid force reached 40 kN/s.”
As he quietly spoke, Yan Bubu tilted his head at him and pricked up his ears to listen to those words.
“…Something strange also happened.” Feng Chen paused before hesitantly continuing, “Before hitting the ground, a black lion appeared–”
“You’re still talking about that black lion?” Yan Bubu interrupted indignantly, “I’ve already said it was my magic! Why do you keep talking about this black Lion, Young Master?”
Feng Chen ignored him and turned away. “I sense the appearance of that black lion has something to do with me.”
“There’s no black lion, just me!” Yan Bubu also came over and quietly whispered a correction to his watch.
“No one else seems to be able to see the black lion, but I can confirm it was no hallucination. It was real.”
Yan Bubu’s mouth was almost touching his smartwatch. “The young master can’t see my magic, but I can confirm it was no hallucination. It was real.”
Feng Chen turned off the watch’s voice recorder and stood up expressionlessly. “Let’s go.”
Before, people could be seen on the street from time to time, either young adults riding motorcycles, playing rock music and causing trouble or as a few dark shadows rummaging through the rubble. There were sometimes a few religious nutcases holding signs filled with various slogans and muttering things no one could understand.
However, they were all alone tonight. The whole of Haiyun City was deathly silent, the smell of rot thickening in the air.
The stifling heat combined with the stench finally bested even Yan Bubu. He shut his mouth sullenly.
Because many buildings have collapsed, they could go straight over like a shortcut. It only them an hour to see lights appear in the distance. They hung high in the sky like a man-made Big Dipper.
The lights outlined the shapes of the surrounding buildings. Yan Bubu realized that they had arrived below the Haiyun Tower.
“Young Master, are we almost there?” Yan Bubu tugged at his clothes. His T-shirt was soaked with sweat and sticking to him in uncomfortable ways.
Feng Chen: “Yes. Two more blocks away is the entrance to the underground settlement.”
Fwoosh!
Giant lights suddenly turned on behind them, illuminating the ruins completely. Yan Bubu had to squint. He whirled around at the same time as Feng Chen.
A hovercraft had stopped behind them at some point. A few people walked out from the light.
Their leader was a tall, robust man whose right arm glinted like cold metal in the light. The moment Yan Bubu saw that arm, he remembered the man’s name, Chu Shi.
“Young Master, Young Master!” He frantically tugged on the corner of Feng Chen’s shirt, trying to remind him.
Feng Chen held his hand silently. “I know.”
“Young Master Feng, you’ve made me wait quite some time.”
The gravelly male voice rang out as several people came closer, led by none other than Chu Shi. He was followed by several subordinates, A-Dai among them.
Feng Chen’s first reaction when he saw A-Dai was to look for her snake, but it wasn’t there.
Chu Shi smiled as he drawled, “I’ve been waiting for you many days now at the entrance to the underground city. I almost thought you had met with some accident and thought about looking for you elsewhere, but here you are.”
Feng Chen tightened his grip on his backpack and touched the outline of the cipher box within.
His movements didn’t escape Chu Shi’s notice. He slowly extend his mechanical arm. “I don’t want to make things difficult for children either. How about this? Hand over the cipher box and I’ll let you go in the underground city.”
Feng Chen was silent for a moment. “What if I don’t hand it over?”
Chu Shi chuckled again, rubbing his chin with his mechanical arm. “Then I’ll have no choice but to bully children. But if it comes to that, not only will you not be able to keep the cipher box, you will also no longer be able to go underground. I’m sure Young Master Feng has become a discerning character after learning from General Feng for many years. You know which is the correct choice.”
Yan Bubu stayed close to Feng Chen. He scowled and glared fiercely at Chu Shi with his big eyes. As soon as Chu Shi’s words fell, he suddenly rushed forward, loudly shouting, “Awubengga–“
“Hush.” Feng Chen hurriedly interrupted him.
Only then did Chu Shi notice Yan Bubu. He smirked and made a shooting motion at him. “Bang.”
He obviously remembered Yan Bubu pretending to shoot him as he left the beach last time.
Yan Bubu showed no weakness and dual wielded his finger guns. “Bang bang bang bang…”
Chu Shi ignored Yan Bubu and looked back to Feng Chen. “How about it, Young Master Feng? Have you made your decision?”
Although it was a question, he didn’t really care about Feng Chen’s answer. With a gesture from his mechanical arm, two of his subordinates walked towards Feng Chen.
“Run.” Feng Chen stared them down and said in a voice that only he and Yan Bubu could hear.
Yan Bubu had just finished firing his finger guns. He has just holstered his thumbs back into his chest pocket when he was stunned by Feng Chen’s words.
However, it was second nature to obey Feng Chen’s orders. The moment his brain processed what the young master had said, his body responded, making his legs turn and carry him away.
The two subordinates also froze. One immediately chased after Yan Bubu, and the other lunged at Feng Chen.
Yan Bubu felt like he was running so fast that he seemed to be flying. A thought even came to mind as he ran: if he was still in kindergarten, he would definitely be able to win first place on Track and Field Day and get that little brown teddy as a reward.
Then he would give it to the young master.
If the young master didn’t accept it? He would hide it in his bag!
RUN RUN BUBU!!
Bubu, fun for your life, not for your master
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His life IS his master at this point 😂
RUN FOR– BUBU… RUN!!!
I really hope Feng Chen plays that recording for Bubu when they are adults LMAO
Omggg that would be glorious xD
I had the same thought I feel like it’s gonna be a good memory LOL
RUN BUBU!!!
for some reason I have a feeling that Feng Chen left the cipher box with Yan Bubu. Well, story wise, probably not, but I can picture him thinking up an idea like that