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Bab 240: AZI Volume 5 Chapter 19

A few days later in the airport of GC012's third ward, on its second floor, where one of its boarding areas is—

"You were really planning to leave without saying a word, my dearest?"

"…"

Facing Wu Xiao, who has her hood raised over her head, Long Hua sighs, as he looks up to the ceiling, which is made up of numerous glass panels incased within a colossal snowflake frame.

"…"

Standing behind Long Hua is Tian Cheng, and a few meters behind her are the other members of the office.

"For real, that's the wife?"

"Surprisingly, they feel kind of natural together…"

Making these remarks are Ye Chen and Li Xue respectively, whereas Yu Ji and Qing Yue can only blink their eyes.

(Surnamed Long became the proprietor of the Lan Si Restaurant?)

Just as Qing Yue had thought of this—

"Come now, my dearest, say something."

With an impatient look on her face that is hidden by her hood, Wu Xiao tilts her head, to which, Long Hua asks—

"Is there really a need to put this much effort into an act?"

Shrugging her shoulders, Wu Xiao replies—

"I'm bored. Playing around with you helps to shave off time."

"For a worthless reason like that, you'd drive yourself over to the airport?"

"Why not? Besides, isn't it natural for a wife to see her husband off? You could even praise me by saying that I'm dedicated in this situation."

"…"

Turning around, Long Hua says—

"Surnamed Mo, remember, I'm something that you can never hope to obtain."

"What a cheesy ass line to say…"

As Long Hua begins to move towards the others, Wu Xiao adds—

"Remember our deal. Any flutes you find-"

"Are yours."

"Good."

Having confirmed this, Wu Xiao turns the other way, and heads off.

As Long Hua approaches them, Ye Chen asks—

"No hugs, no kisses, no nothing? Only words that sound like two people, who are already fed up with their marriage life?"

"Piss off, surnamed Ye. When you realized there's more to life than love and marriage—that is when you've actually grown up."

"…?"

Being told this by someone who looks evidently younger than himself, causes Ye Chen's expression to turn odd.

"…"

Staring out at the window of the boarding area, Yu Ji nervously asks—

"…So that's our ride?"

"…Yup."

The white body of the high-speed jet is rather narrow, reminiscent of a missile.

Momentarily, a staff member walks over, and says—

"Please follow me."

"…Right, let's go."

With no time left to waste, the group is guided by the staff member—to board the high-speed jet, which had been reserved to take them to the airport closest to the ruins.

The ruin itself is located west—more than 4,000 miles away from GC012.

After getting off the jet, the plan is to board a military transport, which will drop them off at the designated coordinates—situated somewhere within the wastelands.

"…"

"…"

Guided into the jet's interior, one sees a row of seats on each side; altogether there are eight passenger seats total.

"…This feels a bit extreme?"

As soon as Yu Ji sits down on one of the seats, she discovers the seatbelt to be the seven-point type.

Not only that, but the seat itself is equipped with its own parachute, as if the designer of this aircraft expects it to go down.

"…"

Looking out the small window, Long Hua sees the aircraft's wings, which had two thrusters attached to them.

Walking over to Qing Yue—

"Put this on."

Li Xue passes her a brown-colored vest, and receiving the unfashionable wear, Qing Yue asks—

"What's this for exactly?"

"It's an airbag vest."

Towards the answer, Qing Yue widens her eyes.

And rather quickly, a similar vest is passed out to the others, who are expected to wear them before launch.

"This thing… It's stable, right?"

Towards Yu Ji's concern, Ye Chen casts his eyes downwards, and answers—

"…Theoretically it is."

Hearing this, Qing Yue is quick to shout—

"I'm getting off! Uh?"

However, just as she begins to undo the seatbelt, she finds it impossible to unlock them, to which, Li Xue remarks—

"Once you're locked in, there's no getting out of it until the people upfront disengages the locks."

"I didn't sign up to be a guinea pig for this thing that might kill me!"

"Relax. It's nothing unusual."

"You two…-?"

"…"

Noticing how calm Ye Chen and Li Xue are, Yu Ji and Qing Yue realized that this must be a common occurrence for them, and the two must have long gotten used to it.

Momentarily, an announcement comes from the speakers, saying—

[Five minutes until takeoff. Please do not have your mouth open during the launch, and lean your head against the headrest as much as possible. We shall now begin moving to the runway.]

...…

For the most part, Long Hua slept through the three to four hour long jet ride.

If one had to describe the riding experience, "far from pleasant," would be the first phrase to come to mind.

Due to how bumpy the ride itself had felt at all times, it was as if the entirety of the aircraft was on the verge of tearing itself apart at every second.

That being the case, right after getting off the jet, both Yu Ji and Qing Yue had the urge to throw up—with the ensuing two-hour ride on a military transport worsening that urge.

Subjected to such rough modes of transportation—by the time they had arrived at the site of the ruins, pretty much everyone had a fed-up look on their faces, aside from Tian Cheng.

"…"

Getting off the military vehicle, Ye Chen takes in the sight, and mutters—

"Finally…"

The site is rather flat with no traces of grass in sight.

Tents have been setup throughout the area, so that people can maintain a watch over the site—to prevent the uninvolved from approaching.

Glancing at Li Xue, Ye Chen asks—

"You want to do it, or should I?"

"As the holder of the highest military rank in our group, it's only appropriate for you to deal with it yourself, right?"

"Ai…"

Heaving a sigh, Ye Chen makes way for the largest tent in the vicinity—to exchange a few words with the military officers in charge.

As soon as formality related matters are dealt with, they should be allowed into the ruins.

Paying no heed to Ye Chen and the others—

"…"

Long Hua spreads his divine senses, and is quick to notice the ruin's entrance.

The entrance into this specific ruin is different from the first one, as it takes on the form of two stone pillars with a swirling purple rift in between them.


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Bab 241: AZI Volume 5 Chapter 20

Gathered in front of the swirling purple rift, Ye Chen turns around, and asks—

"Final confirmations. We really doing this?"

Despite looking a bit pale due to how rough the trip here had been, Yu Ji answers—

"…Well, I'm already here."

"Certain."

"…"

As Ye Chen turns to Li Xue, she simply shrugs her shoulders—wanting to get on with it.

As for Long Hua—

"Let's just get this over with."

Saying this, Long Hua is the first to step into the rift with Tian Cheng following.

"…"

Upon entry, Long Hua finds himself on an island.

There are no trees on this island, all there is, is brown sand—creating a shore like landscape.

"…"

Rather quickly, Long Hua's attention is drawn to the warship that is in the waters up ahead.

The entirety of the warship is around 300 meters in length, and is armed with two colossal cannons on each side.

Other than the warship's main batteries, eight additional cannons of a smaller scale are situated to the front and rear—adding up to a total of 16 cannons.

Near the ship's stern is a helipad that will most likely not see any use in this excavation.

"…"

"…"

Momentarily, Ye Chen and the others enter, and similarly, their attention is drawn to the ship with the former muttering—

"How grand."

Soon after, they begin to look around the island landscape that is occupied by—

"So those are the Moon Guards?"

Dressed in black body suits with hooded jackets, along with oni masks covering their faces—are the Moon Guards of the Long Yue family.

"Seems like it."

With each Moon Guard in possession of beast-like traits, it's quite easy to tell them apart from ordinary Sinners. In total, there are around 50 of them.

"…"

"…"

Similarly to the Moon Guards, the people near Shao Tianming and a dispirited Wang Yongning number in the fifties as well. What makes them stand out is their hooded jackets, and their vast array of full-faced masks.

As for the others—who are essentially a mash-up of various Guilds and the military, it's impossible to give an accurate headcount; however, their numbers should still be well over 600.

"Colonel Ye."

Being called out to, Ye Chen turns to the side, and sees Teng Hao dressed in a black jacket over a sleeveless shirt.

Raising a smile of amusement, Ye Chen asks—

"So, Major Teng, what's up with your office and the military?"

Heaving a sigh, Teng Hao replies—

"Not much that I could have done under those circumstances, you see. So, I ended up giving away some insider information to the hall—in exchange for letting us use their exit."

"I see. Well, smart move really. And your squad?"

"Only brought Shen Le with me this time. Afraid of not having enough information to pay for a full squad."

"…Is that really something that you should be saying?"

As the others begin to move, Long Hua follows them, while stretching his arms with Tian Cheng an arm's length behind him.

"…"

"…"

Seeing as how Yu Ji is right in front of him, Long Hua figured that he might as well ask—

"So? Surnamed Yu, why did you come here?"

If possible, Long Hua would have wanted Yu Ji to just find some place safe, and stay there until Wen Qing arrives to pick her and her little sister up. That way, he wouldn't have to pay too much attention to her health.

Glancing back at Long Hua, Yu Ji replies—

"I don't feel safe leaving my little sister's issues to a stranger that I've never met before."

Nodding his head in an uncaring manner, Long Hua asks—

"And?"

Towards Long Hua's dispassionate gaze, Yu Ji awkwardly answers—

"…Some debts that I need to settle."

"Don't you have enough money in your bank account after that first excavation?"

Staring up at the grey skies, Yu Ji heaves a heavy sigh, and answers—

"…Surnamed Long, interest over time is a real bitch, isn't it?"

"How realistic…"

Replying as such, Long Hua chuckles, while Yu Ji adds—

"Also, the doctors can't say for certain that Li's conditions have really stabilized. So, the machine still requires maintenance."

"You really going to trust that black company's employees?"

Forming a helpless frown, Yu Ji replies—

"Ai, I don't want to either. But legal matters and the likes with my debt are… You know. Doesn't help with the fact that contracts are highly disadvantageous to Sinners in the fine prints' section. …Even though I knew that, I was still forced to sign them due to past circumstances. Also, I'm no doctor myself, hence… I can't make proper judgment on Li's conditions."

"I see."

Glancing at Tian Cheng, Long Hua inwardly thought back to the documents that he had seen.

(Hmm. This little sister of surnamed Yu's—according to those documents, it's said that she possesses a Relic that is merged with her body. The ability of this Relic is similar to a practitioner's divine senses, which allows her to see into the far distance—while not being at the actual scene. Her cryostasis unit was designed to be a component that would allow an unnamed satellite weapon to function… Those documents didn't say if that weapon was completed or not, still…)

Thinking up to here, Long Hua felt like it would be best to get Li out of Dainsfield's HQ as soon as possible.

(That surnamed Wen had better not go back on his words, or I'll make sure he pays for it dearly.)

Just as Long Hua is thinking of this, the Tai Xuan Emperor says—

(*-laoban, you got enough free pulls for ten.)

Being reminded of this, Long Hua brings up the gacha interface, and hits the button for ten-rolls, which results in—

(Two physical strength boosting talismans, and some grenades.)

The black jadeite flute has yet to be converted into pulls, as Long Hua needed an instrument to re-acquaint himself with his skills as a musician.

(Promised to play surnamed… Mo a tune every week, as a member of Dao He Palace—I'd be dragging the sect's name through the mud if I didn't play well.)


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