He took two steps and found that the bottom of the cave, which had been filled with all kinds of creatures, now seemed to be nothing.

What's going on?

Is the qiē you have experienced before hallucinations, or is it real?

Zhou Yu's feet stepped on those branches and leaves, they were very soft, and every step left footprints.

Exhale, this Elpis seems to be really dead?

So all the creatures that depend on it are gone?

Or maybe they were controlled by Elpis before, and now they're finally free?

Zhou Yu leaned on his back, feeling his breathing and heartbeat.

He's alive. It's incredible, but he's really alive.

He had to go back to base...... I don't know if Wu Yun left safely! and Zhou Qing, if he didn't go back, he would definitely be very worried.

Zhou Yu searched for a long time, and finally found the rope that Wu Yun fell when he left.

With this, Zhou Yu can at least go back the same way he came in.

When he finally walked out of the stone path, he saw that the ancient trees that protected Elpis were all dead.

The world is eerily quiet.

Zhou Yu walked for a long time before he walked out of here.

He was hungry and tired, as if the qiē that had happened after falling into Elpis had exhausted his body.

Suddenly, he remembered that he still had two fruits in his pocket that Mo Ye had stepped on for himself, although he didn't know if he could eat it, but if he didn't have any nutritional intake, Zhou Yu felt that he was going to fall to the ground immediately.

He took one out and found that it was still intact after all it had been through, not even a little dehydrated or wrinkled.

Regardless of whether it was harmful after being soaked in Elpis's golden liquid, Zhou Yu directly threw it into his mouth.

It's still that sweet.

The body seemed to be infused with some kind of strength, and Zhou Yu felt that he was not so tired.

Yes, just thinking about Zhou Qing and Wu Yun, I don't know what happened to Mo Ye.

Will it be stupid to hit the glass wall again!

Are you waiting to bite his finger?

I hope it sees Zhou Qing and can be well-behaved and not do stupid things.

I miss the soft fluff on its back, its drooping ears, and its flapping little wings.

Zhou Yu smiled bitterly.

When he went back, he didn't know what kind of eyes Song Zhi would look at him.

The helicopter carrying the Alpha Team also came to the huge hole.

As they looked down from above, they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

It was like a huge blooming flower that fell at the bottom of the hole.

Under the setting sun, the moonlight flows in, like a huge skirt, as if flowing with the moonlight, and like the annual rings of life, still rotating endlessly.

Members of Alpha Team followed the helicopter's rope down to the bottom of the cave and released flares.

A qiē is like daytime.

They examined inch by inch and found Zhao Xiaoping, who was unconscious, in a corner.

They sent Zhao Xiaoping to the helicopter, but they did not find Zhou Yu.

One of the team members saw the clear puddle in the middle of the cave. He used the sampler to take some of the water from it and left the place.

The Nibelungen at night is dangerous, and some nocturnal flying creatures may attack them, and they must do their best to rush back.

When they flew over the forest and saw the withered and fallen guardians of Elpis, they were amazed at what had happened.

One of the team members suddenly pointed to the woods and shouted, "That...... Is there someone walking around? ”

The pilot turned on his searchlight and shot into the woods.

Zhou Yu, who was walking, was illuminated by the strong light and raised his hand to block his eyes.

"Is it Zhou Yu?"

"It seems to be! Let's go down! Gotta get him back to base! ”

The helicopter circled over Zhou Yu, and the members of the Alpha Team landed down the rope with guns.

They didn't know what was going on in the cave, and they weren't sure if he was still in a normal state, so the guns were loaded, and the muzzles were pointed at Zhou Yu.

"Are you Zhou Yu?"

"I am." Zhou Yu didn't expect that the base would send someone to find him, and in their hearts, Zhou Yu should have died.

"We were sent by Mr. Song to find you, please come with us."

So Zhou Yu was escorted to a helicopter.

The two team members sitting across from him along the way were on guard, pointing guns at him, and for the first time Zhou Yu felt as if he had become some kind of dangerous creature.

After they arrived at the base, Zhou Yu went through a series of examinations such as a full body scan and blood tests before officially entering the base.

Song Zhi personally supervised his inspection process.

"The blood is normal, there is no bacterial or viral infection, no parasites, but ......"

"But what?" Song Zhi motioned for the other party to continue.

The researcher's finger pointed to Zhou Yu's brain on the monitor: "Scans show that his brain is much more active than before. ”

"That's ......," Song Zhi narrowed his eyes and thought.

When Zhou Yu walked out of the quarantine area, the first thing he saw was Wu Yun and Zhou Qing.

Wu Yun's eyes were red, and seeing Zhou Yu again was completely unexpected. Zhou Qing's expression was much calmer than Zhou Yu imagined, as if his safe return was within his expectations.

"How many times are you going to bring the dead back to life?" Wu Yun's voice trembled, "Do you know how many times I've wanted to kill myself since I left that cave? ”

Zhou Yu smiled indifferently and clashed with Wu Yun tacitly: "It's good that you didn't really do that." ”

Wu Yun shook his head helplessly, and then hugged Zhou Yu tightly: "You have to tell me, how did you survive." ”

"Of course." Zhou Yu also patted Wu Yun, and his gaze fell on Zhou Qing's face.

"Brother...... If only you're safe. Don't make such a risky decision in the future. ”

"I'll be cautious." Zhou Yu nodded.

"Let's go see Ink Night. It's not good if it wakes up and doesn't see you. ”

Zhou Yu's heartstrings were plucked fiercely: "Not very good? Does it want to crash through the glass wall again? ”

That little fool!

"It's not. It cowered there, and even when I went inside to accompany it, it didn't react. Bioscans show that its body temperature is decreasing, its heart rate is slow, and it has not eaten anything. ”

"Did Carlos feed it anything?"

"A specially formulated nutrient solution that looks just like human blood. I don't know if Mo Ye recognized that it wasn't blood or if Mo Ye just wanted to see you, once Mo Ye refused in his heart, his body would refuse, and the injection could not be injected in, and he refused to eat anything. ”

"I'll check it out!"

Looking at Zhou Yu's back, Zhou Qing slowly clenched his fists, and what he held in his palm was the fruit of Elpis that the S-class creature had given to him.

Zhou Yu strode towards the area where Mo Ye was, and the first thing he saw was Mo Ye curled up in the corner.

So small, so lonely.

Zhou Yu felt distressed inexplicably.

Carlos, who was in charge of taking care of Mo Ye, came to Zhou Yu and said with a headache: "Since you left, this little guy has been like this. Doesn't react to anything. I'm in a hurry! I heard that something happened to you before, and I was still wondering if if you can't come back, will it starve to death! ”

"If it doesn't eat for a few days, it shouldn't starve." Zhou Yu tapped the glass with his fingers, "Mo Ye." ”

Mo Ye didn't react, and he didn't even lift his ears that were hanging there.

"Look......" Carlos looked worried.

"I'll go in and accompany it."

Carlos opened two doors for Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu walked to Mo Ye's side and sat down.

He put his hand on its back, his fingers gently embedded in the soft fluff of Mo Ye's back, and Mo Ye's body temperature was really low.

He didn't speak, picked it up, and rubbed its face, just like it had been coquettish before.

But Mo Ye still closed his eyes, moved his head slightly, and didn't even look at Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu smiled in his heart, this little thing was obviously a tantrum.

"Moye, I went on a very dangerous mission, so I didn't stay with you for the time being. But Zhou Qing said that he came to accompany you, but you ignored him, you are really unbehaved. Zhou Qing is the most important person to me, don't you know? Zhou Yu's voice was soft.

Except for Zhou Qing when he was a child, after being bullied by his classmates at school, Zhou Yu hadn't coaxed anyone like this for a long time.

"Hmm......" Mo Ye raised his left ear slightly at this time, sticking it to Zhou Yu's chest, as if listening to his heartbeat.

"I almost died. Do you know what it means to die? It's just that you'll never see me again, I'm gone forever. Zhou Yu rubbed his chin against Mo Ye's head.

"Huh?" Mo Ye suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Yu with his little head up, as if he was very nervous and nervous, and even the little wings on his back were raised.

"And the creatures of the Nibelungen...... No...... Even compared to you, the length of my life is not worth mentioning. ”

The Night Spirit will live forever if it is not mortally wounded.

"Hmm-" Mo Ye's voice lengthened, then shook his head, stretched out its front paws, pressed them on Zhou Yu's forehead, and then retracted again.

At that moment, Zhou Yu seemed to understand what it was saying: I am with you. If you don't have it, I won't save zài either.

"Fool." Zhou Yu hugged it tightly.

Carlos, who was monitoring them, exhaled.

It was the first time he had seen any human being in such close contact with a Nibelungen creature, and he didn't know what Zhou Yu had experienced, but he was glad that Zhou Yu had come back alive.

Zhou Yu pointed his finger on the tip of its nose: "Hungry or not?" ”

Mo Ye's big amber eyes narrowed, and with a happy look, it stretched out the tip of its tongue and licked it on Zhou Yu's fingertips.

Zhou Yu thought that it would bite itself immediately, but he didn't expect it to stretch out its claws and save Zhou Yu's fingers.

As if to say: I will protect you.

Don't give me any more warmth.

I'm afraid that one day, when I can get out of here, I won't be able to let you go.

Mo Ye let go of his claws, carefully took Zhou Yu's fingers, and bit down gently, as if he was afraid that Zhou Yu would be in pain.

That subtle feeling poured into his blood again, like countless slender and warm streams, seeping into the voids of every cell of Zhou Yu, filling him and being with him.

Mo Ye closed his eyes and made a gurgling sound.

It's really hungry.

Zhou Yu could feel that Mo Ye's body temperature was rising.

I don't know if it's because it's sucking his own blood, Zhou Yu has the illusion that Mo Ye's heartbeat is synchronized with himself.

After eating enough, Mo Ye still didn't let go of Zhou Yu's fingers.

It rolled over slightly, revealing its belly.

Zhou Yu amusedly covered his other hand and rubbed it.

Mo Ye immediately let out a soft moan of comfort.

Zhou Yu turned his finger to the left, and Mo Ye's head followed to the left. Zhou Yu wrapped his fingers around the right side, and Mo Ye's head followed to the right.

As if knowing that Zhou Yu was teasing himself, Mo Ye bit Zhou Yu lightly unsatisfied, but there was no pain.

He sat with Mo Ye in his arms for more than an hour, and Mo Ye let out a soft snoring sound, as if he was asleep again.

Probably because Zhou Yu came back, Mo Ye could finally rest assured.

As soon as Zhou Yu looked up, he saw the opposite side of the glass wall, and Song Zhi looked at them thoughtfully.

Song Zhi made a gesture of "come out" to Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu knew that every qiē he experienced in the cave of Elpis had to tell Song Zhi.

"Carlos, if Mo Ye wakes up and loses his temper again, you can sue him and I will come to accompany him later."

"Does it understand?" Carlos asked dumbfoundedly.

"What do you think?"

Zhou Yu left with a smile, followed behind Song Zhi, and came to Song Zhi's office.

"Alpha Team, some liquid samples from Elpis caves." Song Zhi has always been straight to the point.

Human time is short for the Nibelungen, so they want to do as much research as possible in a limited amount of time and don't waste time on nonsense.

"The results of the study are available so soon?" Zhou Yu asked.

Song Zhi shook his head: "That's just water." But...... However, it is pure water that is very pure and free of microorganisms and impurities. ”

"Oh......"

"It's as if Elpis has exhausted all his nourishment overnight." Song Zhi looked into Zhou Yu's eyes, "When Wu Yun came back, he reported to me that Elpistone guò their minds control the life form. ”

"Yes. It accused researcher Zhao Xiaoping. ”

"Zhao Xiaoping is back. But he has not woken up yet. Detecting little to no brain activity, Dr. Daniel suspects that he will be brain dead if he continues. This may be the sequelae of being charged by Elpis. ”

Zhou Yu did not agree with this view, so many creatures in the cave were controlled by Elpis, and after Elpis dried up, those creatures left.

"We brought all the remains of Elpis back to the base from the cave."

Zhou Yu was surprised: "The wreckage is very big......"

"Yes. The scientific team is dissecting it. Although it is in the form of a plant, the complexity of Elpis neural structure far exceeds that of humans. When you sacrificed yourself to save Wu Yun, you said that Elpis's goal was you. If it's going to nourish you, but why are you coming back alive now? ”

"The reason is simple...... Elpis didn't treat me as food or nutrition, but ...... "Zhou Yu was thinking about how to describe it that would be more in line with his relationship with Elpis."

"And what?"

"It's the carrier of its memory, the inheritance of its thinking. Elpis will pass on what they see from generation to generation. But this Elpis has lost its fruit, so it needs another creature to accept its memories. ”

Song Zhi's eyes lit up, and he clasped Zhou Yu's wrist: "Elpis is an extremely ancient creature in the Nibelungen, if it gives you its own memory, then there are many creatures here...... Do you know their habits and their characteristics? ”

Although Song Zhi's strength was great, Zhou Yu broke free easily.

"Mr. Song, do you believe it?"

This is nonsense for anyone. Memories inherited from other plants?

It's even more fantastical than a fantasy movie.

"Is there an S-class creature in Elpis's memory, its original form is a creature with translucent silver scales......"

"Is it the S-class creature that took your wife?" Zhou Yu interrupted Song Zhi's words.

"Yes. Did you get any information about this from Elpis? Where do I find it? Is there any way to kill it? Song Zhi's eyes fell into some kind of state on the verge of madness, and it looked terrifying.

Mr. Song...... You have to know that S-class creatures don't actually have their fixed form, because they can change their appearance, they can be anything. They can even turn into humans and mingle among us. ”

Song Zhi showed a stunned expression and fell back in his chair.

"The creature you're talking about, I don't know why it's named by the research team here. But if you describe the translucent silver scales, slender body, and haughty and cold personality, it should be a creature that has survived the Nibelungen since time immemorial, and the Eidolon is its servant. It's like the Sword Bone Disc and the Blue Firefly are to Elpis. Wrong...... No, the Eidolon is absolutely loyal to it. ”

Song Zhi's breathing gradually stabilized, and he pressed his face and said, "Do you know how many types of S-class creatures there are in the Nibelungen?" ”

"I know. Three categories. In the water, on land and in the air. ”

"Yes, we call these three S-class creatures the Nibelungen Kings. And that silver-scaled creature is called the King of Kings. ”

"There is a legend that you hurt it."

"Yes, the neurotoxin you are now using to make bullets comes from its spinal cord. It had lost a lot of its spinal cord, but it had escaped my grasp, and I don't know where it was sleeping now. Once it recovers, we're all going to die. Song Zhi suddenly thought of something, "You just said that the night spirit is its servant?" Don't you have a Eidolon? Can't you find it through that little thing? ”

"Ink Night? It's still that small! Never grew up in your own community! It's never even seen an S-class creature! ”

"But...... Something is in its genes. This creature must have somehow kept in touch with its owner! ”

"I think you're crazy, Mr. Song. The Nibelungen is so big, and Ink Night is like a baby, if it really has the ability to find its owner, if it really has any connection to that S-class creature, it will not be so obsessed with entering this base to find me, but to find its master, that is where it belongs. ”

“…… Indeed...... It is a direct copy of the genes extracted from Ye Ling's unhatched but dead eggs...... Maybe it doesn't have the nature of a Nibelungen creature. But one day it will...... For that day to come, to be on our side for it......"

Song Zhi seems to have a very important decision to make.

"Mr. Song?"

His paranoid expression made Zhou Yu inexplicably worried.

"I've decided to let it live with you, out of the breeding area of A-class creatures. I'm going to set it free, let it regain its nature as a night spirit, but I won't do anything to hurt us, as long as you're there. I want you to train it, teach it, assimilate it! ”

Zhou Yu opened his mouth, and the development of things was completely beyond his expectations.

But letting Mo Ye get out of there was indeed what Zhou Yu wanted, but Zhou Yu never wanted Mo Ye to become a human tool or pet.

Song Zhi contacted Carlos directly and asked him to hand over Mo Ye to Zhou Yu.

When Zhou Yu left Song Zhi's office, Song Zhi suddenly stopped him: "You haven't sued me yet, how can you kill it?" ”

"As you know, it's so powerful. Mr. Song, how did you hurt it at that time? That might be how you killed it. ”

After saying that, Zhou Yu left.

Song Zhi sat alone in an empty but cramped office, with a sad expression in his eyes.

"Kill it again? That's impossible...... Because it won't trust me anymore. ”

Zhou Yu came to look for Carlos, and Carlos asked with some concern: "Is Mr. Song really okay?" Although I don't want the little guy to be locked up in this all the time, if he keeps it closed, he will get depression! But if you let it out like this, will it run away and disappear? ”

Zhou Yu patted Carlos on the shoulder: "I will bring it regularly to let you check what heartbeat and body temperature, I am here...... Even if it runs away, it will come back. ”