lovenovelstory #482 - Goodbye, dear
#482 - Goodbye, dear
Chapter 479: Reunion with Family
Xie Lingyun's words were forceful and domineering. Zhang Chen actually wanted to tell Xie Lingyun that he was not afraid of the Gong family, but seeing that Xie Lingyun had already stepped forward, he chose to remain silent.
"Xie Lingyun, your Directorate of Surveillance is already struggling to save itself. Do you still want to offend my Gong family?" Hei Lao appeared on the bow of the ship at some point, his eyes looking down at Xie Lingyun, his voice full of murderous intent.
"Then you should know even better that since my Directorate of Surveillance has reached this point, there is nothing to fear," Xie Lingyun said, turning her head to look at Gong Hei.
Gong Hei took a deep breath upon hearing this. He was also helpless in his heart. Now that the Directorate of Surveillance had reached its final moment, it didn't mind going all out. If it were to fight to the death with him before the final battle with the Prince of Peace's mansion, he would face the Directorate of Surveillance's final counterattack, and the Gong family's experts would probably not be able to leave the Northern Territory.
Therefore, facing the aggressive Xie Lingyun, Gong Hei chose to swallow his anger: "Since Centurion Xie has come forward, my Gong family will of course give you face, but I still need to ask this kid a question. After questioning, Centurion Xie can take him away."
Xie Lingyun remained noncommittal upon hearing this, but then she saw Gong Hei turn his head to look at Zhang Chen: "Boy, let me ask you, where did Gong Bai go?"
That day, he and Gong Bai separated to hunt down Zhang Chen and Zhou Chuan. Later, he was seriously injured by Zhou Chuan, and Gong Bai also disappeared. Gong Bai was a top expert of the Gong family, a being who suppressed the fortune, and there must be no mistakes.
"Your question is strange. I don't know the Gong Bai you're talking about, so how would I know where he went?" Zhang Chen replied nonchalantly, standing at the bow of the ship.
Of course, he knew where Gong Bai had gone. Gong Bai had already been controlled by the Blood God Seed and went to the White Bone Great Wall to lie in wait. When the demon army entered the pass, he would be able to quickly kill and increase his strength, striving to evolve into an expert of the Fruit Realm as soon as possible.
"You're talking nonsense! Gong Bai clearly went to intercept you that day. You're fine now, but Gong Bai is gone. Who would believe you if you said you didn't know where Gong Bai is?" Gong Hei scolded angrily, pointing at Zhang Chen and reprimanding him.
"See, I told you, but you didn't believe me. What can I do?" Zhang Chen said unhappily.
Then Zhang Chen closed his mouth and stopped talking. Xie Lingyun glanced at Zhang Chen, somewhat surprised by Zhang Chen's entanglement with the Gong family, so she turned her head to look at Gong Hei: "Since my brother says he doesn't know Gong Bai and doesn't know where Gong Bai went, Ancestor, please make way."
Gong Hei's face turned ashen with anger, and the Gong family disciples beside him also had angry expressions, all eager to try and tear their eyes apart, wishing they could rush out and start a massacre, but Gong Hei still maintained his rationality, waved his hand to tell the Gong family disciples to make way, and let out a cold laugh: "I hope you can still be so tough when the Directorate of Surveillance and the Prince of Peace's mansion have a showdown."
"Don't bother you, this world hasn't given birth to anyone who can challenge my Directorate of Surveillance yet!" Xie Lingyun retorted lukewarmly.
She had to protect Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen controlled the art of water manipulation, and the Directorate of Surveillance wanted to break out of a path to survival, so Zhang Chen's art of water manipulation was indispensable.
With Zhang Chen's methods of water manipulation, if he was willing to help, even if the Prince of Peace had millions of soldiers, the Directorate of Surveillance would not be unable to break through the encirclement.
Xie Lingyun took a step forward, her figure stepping on the water and landing on the bow of Zhang Chen's boat. Then, Zhang Chen urged the ice boat to go away, leaving behind the Gong family members with angry faces.
"Ancestor, the Directorate of Surveillance is just a grasshopper after autumn now. Are we just going to let them go like this?" A Gong family steward complained with a dissatisfied expression.
"Hehe, the Directorate of Surveillance's elite have not been lost. If we were to attack at this time, we would face the Directorate of Surveillance's desperate counterattack, which is really not worth it. When the Prince of Peace and the Directorate of Surveillance settle the score, that will be the time for us to take revenge. We will help the Prince of Peace's mansion throw all the Directorate of Surveillance into the water to feed the turtles," Gong Hei snorted coldly, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he looked at the departing ice boat.
Let's say that Zhang Chen and Xie Lingyun drove the ice boat away. Xie Lingyun turned her head to look at Zhang Chen: "My brother, you're finally back. If you didn't come out again, I would have to sneak into the ground to find you."
"Aren't you clear about my methods, sister? Why worry about me?" Zhang Chen said.
"I'm not worried about you, but I want to ask you to help out. Look at the three million troops of the Prince of Peace gathered together, already vaguely surrounding the Directorate of Surveillance's fleet, just waiting for those demon beasts to enter the pass, and cooperating with the demon water monsters, it will be time to launch a fatal attack on my Directorate of Surveillance. My Directorate of Surveillance's 50,000 troops are now trapped here. If you don't come out again, you may not see me again," Xie Lingyun didn't hide her purpose:
"I want to use your art of water manipulation to win a chance of survival for my Directorate of Surveillance."
Zhang Chen looked at the dense warships in the distance. The Prince of Peace's mansion probably had tens of thousands of warships, while the Directorate of Surveillance's army was only a mere hundred or so. The strength of the two sides was vastly different.
Zhang Chen looked at the distant ships, a touch of compassion revealed in his eyes: "I do have a way to break a path to survival for the Directorate of Surveillance, but it's a pity for the millions of troops of the Prince of Peace's mansion. After all, they are the elite of my human race. If they are all buried in the river…"
There was a trace of unbearable feeling in Zhang Chen's voice. After all, he was not a heartless person. Although the two sides had different positions, they were, after all, the living strength of the human race.
"Do you think the Prince of Peace's mansion will let you go? When the Prince of Peace's mansion's blade is on your neck, you won't have any compassion," Xie Lingyun said unhappily:
"Originally, the Prince of Peace's mansion's advantage was only those soldiers, but now with the help of demon experts and the assistance of Taiping Dao experts, all the shortcomings have now been filled. Even an eleventh-order powerhouse coming to the Northern Territory won't get any advantage. If you don't cooperate with the Directorate of Surveillance, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave the Northern Territory," Xie Lingyun earnestly advised.
Zhang Chen glanced at Xie Lingyun. What could he say?
He couldn't say anything!
Now the two sides were grasshoppers on the same rope. If one was finished, the other wouldn't have a good time either.
"The Northern Territory is flooded. How are my family members?" Zhang Chen asked.
"They're all in the fleet," Xie Lingyun said: "Now that the Directorate of Surveillance and the Prince of Peace's mansion have completely torn their faces, we don't dare to continue to keep your parents in the city. Moreover, Hook Blue County has already become a swamp, flooded by the flood. I'm also afraid that something will happen to your family."
Zhang Chen glanced at Xie Lingyun: "Now I can't help you even if I don't want to!"
If the Directorate of Surveillance was defeated, he might have a chance to escape with his escape technique, but he couldn't take his younger brother and sister away.
"I didn't mean to put you on the spot," Xie Lingyun quickly explained: "Now the city is completely chaotic. Various forces are taking advantage of the flood to constantly burn, kill, and loot in Hook Blue County. It's not safe for your family to stay in the city."
While speaking, they had already arrived in front of the Directorate of Surveillance's fleet. Zhang Chen's eyes flashed with golden light, and he saw the Directorate of Surveillance's fleet shrouded in dragon energy. The dragon energy was purple, which was different from the dragon energy of the Prince of Peace's mansion.
"That's the dragon energy of the Great Victory Dynasty," Zhang Chen said secretly. Compared to the Great Victory's dragon energy, the Prince of Peace's mansion's dragon energy seemed to be just average. The two sides were not comparable at all.
It's a pity that dragon energy can't directly kill enemies, it can only suppress all laws. Otherwise, if the two sides competed for dragon energy, the Directorate of Surveillance wouldn't have to take action and would have already won.
"Get on board," Xie Lingyun gestured to invite him.
The water flow rose under Zhang Chen's feet, and the ice boat decomposed in an instant. A stream of water held the package of the Earth Element Magnetic Iron and landed on the deck.
The Directorate of Surveillance guards' weapons kept humming, and the armor on their bodies vibrated, startling everyone to look at the iron lump, their eyes revealing a hint of surprise and doubt.
"Are you going to see my father first, or are you going to see your family?" Xie Lingyun asked.
"It seems like it's been a long time since I've seen my younger brother and sister," Zhang Chen didn't answer Xie Lingyun's words, but sighed, his voice full of emotion.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Xie Lingyun understood: "Come with me."
The two walked towards the central warship. The Directorate of Surveillance's large ships were naturally connected by iron cables. The two passed through more than twenty large ships along the way, and from afar they heard a burst of laughter. Zhang Chen followed the laughter and saw a dozen children playing shuttlecock on the deck.
One of them was six or seven years old. Although it had been a few years since they had seen each other, Zhang Chen recognized him at a glance. It was his younger brother, Zhang Fei.
Now Zhang Fei was wearing luxurious silk, the silk carved with exquisite patterns, which looked like it was embroidered with fine needlework. That suit of clothes was worth a lot.
But what made Zhang Chen frown was that Zhang Fei was fair and tender, and the whole person had become a ball of fat, like a small ball standing there bouncing, making Zhang Chen's eyelids twitch.
He could see that Zhang Fei had lived a very comfortable life these years, without suffering at all, but what was going on with this fat ball?
Zhang Chen looked up and down at Zhang Fei, turned his head to look at Xie Lingyun, and was about to ask when he heard Xie Lingyun say: "Don't blame me, your younger brother eats a roasted chicken plus a roasted goose every day, and no one can persuade him. Fortunately, I found a doctor to prescribe some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting things, otherwise this kid's spleen and stomach would have been damaged."
"Nonsense! Why doesn't mother take care of him?" Zhang Chen's voice was full of dissatisfaction.
"Don't you know the nature of your stepmother? She simply spoils him to the sky, how can she restrain him?" Xie Lingyun said helplessly.
Zhang Chen shook his head: "Next, he will have to learn martial arts, otherwise his weight will increase again, and it will be too late to learn martial arts."
Speaking of this, Zhang Chen shouted at the little fat ball in the distance: "Zhang Fei!"
The little ball that was bouncing over there stopped, turned his head to look at Zhang Chen, his eyes full of disbelief, and rubbed his eyes hard: "Big brother!!!"
Then he saw the little ball running all the way, crashing towards Zhang Chen.
"Slow down, don't fall!" Zhang Chen was very worried that he would fly out directly as a ball seeing him hopping around like that.
"Big brother, where have you been all these years? Why haven't I heard any news from you!" The little fatty shouted as he pounced over.