"I'm so sorry!" Wendell fell to his knees on one knee, his sly expression gone, "We have no intention of fighting, we are just quick for a while, please forgive us!"

The man nodded, seemingly satisfied with Wendell's false and frightened explanation: "Although what you say is not true, you are sincere. So I forgive your sins, and the sins of Heck Turner. With that, the man waved his hand, dispersing the force that had crushed Heck Turner to the ground.

"Ten...... Thank you very much......" The panting black man propped himself up, reluctantly acknowledging it.

"How's the battle going?" the leader of the returnees asked Wendell, bowing his head, "I hear you have new information to report. ”

"Yes," Wendell was shocked when he heard this, he had always spoken calmly and in a low voice, and somehow was known by the leader, "at the cost of the life of a subordinate officer, he spied on important news from the special operations team. ”

Say. ”

"The combat power of the special operations group is empty at this time, except for the number one combat power Xingchen, Gu Lichuan and Ye Yinglan are not at the base," Wendell looked up at the leader, "The special operations group base has been attacked, and the entire PRDC will definitely be on guard at this time and it will be difficult to attack." I think now is a good opportunity to hunt Gu Lichuan and Ye Yinglan, and after capturing Ye Yinglan, I grabbed one of Ye Xian's arms. ”

"Well," the man nodded, "you're right, did anyone volunteer to hunt the two of them?"

Ask while knowing the answer...... Wendell said in his heart, but he didn't dare to make the slightest mistake: "I just met with Yinchen, and he has already taken over this task." ”

The chief did not speak again, but turned and walked the way he had come.

"I'm sure you can handle these things," the man's words were full of bureaucratic and implicit threats, "and tell others that just because I'm not there is anything to do without fear for your life." ”

As he spoke, the man restrained his breath, and the warmth of the afterglow was slowly felt by Wendell.

"After all, my ultimate goal is to summon the goddess, and if you refuse to obey the command, you will not have the opportunity to share the favor with me. ”

"Chief," Wendell shouted at his back as he saw the man leave, "I have a problem. ”

The man stopped and looked back at Wendell slightly, "Speak." ”

"Do you want to be a ruler?" Wendell knew that his question was fatally risky, but he also had an answer that he must want to know, "Or are you just a troublemaker?"

The man smiled slightly, and the danger in his face instantly turned into easy-going: "I am neither a ruler nor a troublemaker. I just want to be a believer. ”

......

"Ahh

"What's wrong?" Gu Lichuan was startled by Ying Lan's exclamation, and woke up from his nap, "Are you having a nightmare?"

Ying Lan nodded: "I dreamed of ...... I dreamed that I had been cut off a piece. ”

"It sounds like a little piglet who has been killed," Gu Lichuan touched Ying Lan's thin shoulder, "You also had nightmares when you were in Rome." ”

Ying Lan nodded: "Then trouble will follow, which is not a good sign." ”

"It's okay," Gu Lichuan stretched out his hand to the conductor, "I'll protect you." ”

Ying Lan looked at Gu Lichuan and laughed: "You will never break your word. ”

The scenery outside the window turned into a simple ribbon because of the speed of the train, and there was never a scenery worth paying attention to along the railway in North China, which was a simple experience summed up by Gu Wangchuan.

Gu Lichuan's hometown is a two-hour train ride from the capital where PRDC is located, and he used to have to get off the train in Linshi and drive two hours along the provincial highway to get home. Today, the new railway route passes through Gu Lichuan's hometown, and it takes only ten minutes to get off the train from the station to his home.

"It turns out that Lethe's hometown is like this. Ying Lan stood at the exit of the station, looking out. The station is built on elevated ground and can overlook a small part of the city from south to north.

"Yes," Gu Lichuan looked at the dam in the distance, and a new road had been built on the dam, "Do you think it's very backward and dilapidated?"

Ying Lan shook her head: "I think the atmosphere of life in a small town is more intimate...... But, look, Lechuan," as she spoke, Ying Lan pointed out of the station with one hand and pinched Gu Lechuan's chin with the other to make his gaze match the direction he was pointing, "Is that the one who came to pick us up?"

Gu Lichuan looked in the direction of Yinglan, and sure enough, he saw Qin Huai who was "showing his teeth and claws" towards him.

"Hehe," a sly smile appeared on Ying Lan's face, and she reached out and poked Gu Lichuan's face, "That's Lechuan's stepmother?

Gu Lichuan sighed, and waved his hand helplessly in response to Qin Huai: "I knew that she would definitely come......"

"As soon as I heard that you were going to bring Ying Lan here, of course I had to rush to pick you up non-stop, your father, he was busy at home, and he didn't even have a lot of doors out of the study recently, so I had to come to you in person, you, you don't want to come back to see your father until your mother's death day, or do you just don't want to see me?" Qin Huai sat in the co-pilot, nagging Gu Lichuan in a series of words, not looking back at Ying Lan to seek her approval.

"Okay, okay!" Gu Lichuan stopped and waited for the red light, "Where are you here to pick me up, in the end, it's not me driving home." ”

Qin Huai looked back at Ying Lan and deliberately omitted Gu Lichuan's rebuttal: "Ying Lan, what's your surname?"

"The surname is Ye. Ying Lan replied to Qin Huai that in the ten minutes since they met at the station, she had thoroughly observed Qin Huai. Although he is older than himself and Gu Lichuan, Qin Huai is still completely in the state of a big sister, her expression and tone of voice are full of vitality, and her face has many fewer traces of aging than her peers, so she must have paid attention to maintenance on weekdays.

Qin Huai nodded: "Your name is so nice." ”

"Thank you......" Ying Lan wanted to thank her, but she didn't know what to call Qin Huai for a while.

"You just call her Aunt Qin," Gu Lichuan looked at the lingering expression in the rearview mirror, knowing that she must have some concerns, "Since you are my stepmother, you must have the consciousness of being an old man." ”

Qin Huai pouted at Gu Lichuan: "I'll be happier if you call me Sister Qin!"

Looking at the two people arguing in the front row, Ying Lan smiled, and the bad mood that had just been disturbed by the nightmare was gone.

Although they have all suffered accidents, Lethe is obviously more accepting of these misfortunes than I am. Lan looked out the window, just as she had done in Rome.

I just like Lethe like this.

Gu Lichuan's home is located in a villa group by the river, Gu Lichuan's father Gu Ercheng is a distinguished professor in other universities, and has very unique views on geology, archaeology, history and theology, and even in the eyes of the academic circles, but it is undeniable that his contribution to scholarship within the scope of common sense has far surpassed that of his peers, so everyone has no right to ask more questions about his incomprehensible research. As he grew older, he gradually did not want to be involved in teaching, so he stayed at home most of the time, and almost stopped attending pretentious meetings at school.

"I'm back!" Qin Huai opened the door and pushed Ying Lan and Gu Lichuan's suitcases in first.

A figure walked out of the room.

"Good work. Gu Ercheng smiled at Qin Huai and moved his gaze to Ying Lan. In just a few seconds when Gu Ercheng observed Ying Lan, Ying Lan also looked at Gu Ercheng: medium height, slightly long and slightly curly, unbleached, white hair and black hair on par, and from a distance, it just happened to show a harmonious gray. There are not many wrinkles on the face, concentrated in the corners of the eyes, eye bags and nasolabial folds. He has a short beard and is well trimmed. As for clothing, the loose style of the home, I can't see anything.

But when she saw Gu Yicheng at first glance, Ying Lan felt a similar temperament to Ye Xian in his body - loneliness, the loneliness of those who can't resonate with him in his soul.

"Lethe," Gu Ercheng closed the book in his hand and walked to the door, "Why don't you introduce it?"

Gu Lichuan was stunned for a moment: "Oh, that ...... How can I introduce it......"

Yinglan smiled and bowed to Gu Ercheng: "Hello uncle, I'm Ye Yinglan." ”

Gu Ercheng smiled and nodded: "Hello." I am Lethe's father, and my name is Gu Ercheng. ”

Ying Lan liked Gu Ercheng's answer very much.

"Come in, don't be there," Gu Ercheng reached out and grabbed Gu Lichuan and Yinglan's suitcases and walked into the house, "The luggage will be placed in Lechuan's room." ”

Ying Lan secretly winked at Gu Lichuan, as if to show off her calmness. Gu Lichuan gave her a thumbs up and shouted into the room, "Haven't you been to school recently?"

"Alas, don't mention it," Qin Huai interjected on the side, "Haven't you watched the news? Your father usually doesn't want to go back to school, but now he can't go back to school!"

"What do you mean?" Gu Lichuan frowned, he recalled his stupidity when he was unaware of the news of the dissolution of the Transhuman Foundation, and had a hunch that the embarrassment of that day would be repeated today.

"That's it. Qin Huai handed the mobile phone to Gu Lichuan, "Don't you usually watch the news?"

Gu Lichuan walked into the room while browsing the information on the screen, and Ying Lan also came over to take a look.

"Returnee...... Declaration of war ......"

Gu Lichuan and Ying Lan glanced at each other.

War has been declared on the regimes of various countries, so the special operations group and Wuming are even more inescapable.

Gu Lichuan glanced at Yinglan and asked her, "Do you want to contact Long Ao?"

Ying Lan nodded, reaching for her bag. Then, she looked ashamed.

Really......

Gu Lichuan shook his head. He wasn't angry at Ying Lan's mistake, he couldn't be angry at all about Ying Lan, but he was already worried, because for the enemy, in a small town far away from the vortex of events, there were two important team members in an excellent outlier state.