Chapter 189: The Island

The two left the Advent World before the Juggernaut could find them.

After passing through the world barrier, Xiao Lan and Luo stand in the living room of their house, which is already dark at night, lit only by street lights from the neighbourhood.

Luo was standing not far from him, in his usual three-piece suit, in a field of night.

Xiao Lan casually turns on the lights to brighten up the room.

Xiao Lan asks Luo: "Is that white one just now?"

Luo: "That's the Juggernaut's power, but it's not the body, he's just searching the playground."

Xiao Lan: "Did he find you?"

Luo nodded, "Of course, he'd spotted me when I devoured Sara's core, but he'd have been pissed off at my little trick once."

Xiao Lan looked at Luo's expression, this guy must have done it on purpose.

After knowing full well that his recovery could not be hidden, he simply made a big move to play a trick on the other side.

It's also very vindictive.

It's been a while since I've been back in the real world, and I wonder how things are going here.

The situation is even worse than before.

The disappearance continues, the streets are no longer visible in the news, the shops that can be closed are closed, and the empty streets have even become the domain of animals.

The news was constantly warning people to try not to go out and be left alone.

Both the police and the media are doing their utmost to investigate the circumstances of the incident, but without a single clue.

Xiao Lan also looked at the internet, which has become a competition for everyone's imagination.

There are conspiracy theories, psychic legends, alien invasions, and some that have evolved into the realm of divine punishment, human eradication programs and the like.

Luo came over: "I've got a new place ready, let's leave before it's too late."

Xiao Lan took his eyes off the screen, "Will the juggernaut come looking for it? Or let the contracted players do it?"

Luo sat on the arm of the sofa beside Xiao Lan: "The Earth has its own rules, which form an exclusive barrier protecting it, and neither I nor the Juggernaut can enter at will."

"I was still able to get in because of you, sir, but even so, my power would have been suppressed in reality."

"And he would have been more rejected, so the Advent world would not have been able to cover all of humanity instantly, and the Compacts would not have been as strong in reality as they were in the Advent world."

"Although I have set up a tight perimeter around my home and have made some preparations to make it difficult for the indentured players to find us in reality. But there are always surprises in everything, and in case they find any trace of us, we could be besieged by all the indentured players."

Luo looked Xiao Lan in the eye, "When the time comes, it might ripple through the neighborhood."

Xiao Lan instantly thought of Mr. Zhang next door, and a number of neighbours who looked familiar but could not be named.

Once he was surrounded by the Pact players, he didn't think they would show mercy to ordinary people based on how ruthlessly the Pacts were attacking, and it didn't matter if they were exposed now that the Advent World wasn't even going to be hidden.

Perhaps not just Xiao Lan and his neighbours, but the neighbourhood, or the whole city, will be affected.

Ordinary people may be worthless data to the Advent world, but they are living, breathing people, and even if the Pact Players don't care about them, Xiao Lan can't care about them.

"Come on, let's get moving as soon as we can." Xiao Lan said standing up, "Where?"

Luo smiles: "I have prepared an island in the Pacific Ocean, where the only way to and from is by boat and private plane, and can guarantee safety."

Xiao Lan: "......"

Did this guy end up buying the island anyway? When did this happen?

The ability to pay for everything.

At that moment the phone rang abruptly.

Xiao Lan picked it up and saw that it was Cheng Wenyi.

Cheng Wenyi got straight to the point and asked, "What's all the fuss you've made? The whole Advent world has been alerted."

Xiao Lan: "How are you sure it's me?"

Cheng Wenyi laughed softly, "The last time I saw anything like that was Xiao Chengyan's. You two are father and son."

Xiao Lan took a look at Luo, and it was Luo who made both movements, to be precise.

The same handwriting, so of course it looks like it.

Xiao Lan says: "Perhaps the time has come for us to work together."

Cheng Wenyi: "So soon? Sure you're really ready?"

Xiao Lan calmly asks in return, "Do we have any more time to prepare for this?"

Cheng Wenyi is silent.

His eyes went out of the window, and the night scene, which had been so bright, was now silent and sullen.

Yes ...... they are running out of time, what will the world be like if it takes a little longer?

Was it Xiao Chengyan who anticipated this scene and later acted so decisively?

Thinking of Xiao Chengyan, Cheng Wenyi smiled, "Okay, let's talk."

Xiao Lan said, "Not now, I'll let you know where to meet later."

The call ended, Luo sent the other man the location of the island and the two headed for the door.

Xiao Lan looks back before leaving the house.

This is their home in reality, and although they don't spend much time back in reality, it holds many of their memories.

The legend of the very first haunted house, the kryptonite idyll of Grand Master Zhang and Tie Hanhan, Cheng Wenyi's trials and confessions, the most memorable birthday, and many more seemingly ordinary everyday occurrences.

This time I left, and I don't know when I will be back.

The house remains quiet and still, seemingly bidding them a silent farewell.

Xiao Lan silently says goodbye to it in his mind and closes the door.

--

Unexpectedly, at the doorstep of the house they met Master Zhang who was returning home.

He was much as he had been the last time we met, sternly dressed in a suit and his hair neatly combed.

Master Zhang has a lot more white hair and his eyes are still bloodshot, his whole person has aged quite a bit with the naked eye, but his back is still straight and his pace is still steady.

Master Zhang also saw the two Xiao Lan, and he smiled at them, "It's been a long time."

Xiao Lan both greeted him too and Xiao Lan asked, "Grandpa Zhang, how is your son?"

Zhang said, " Tian Yi he now lives over in Wenyi, it's still kind of good ...... they seem to have something going on but can't talk to me."

Xiao Lan instantly understood that Master Zhang's son was probably under the care of Reincarnation, and with Cheng Wenyi's special care, he should not have any major problems in the lower fields.

Zhang looked at the darkening sky: "I don't know when it's going to end ......"

Xiao Lan's expression also looked serious, for if they failed, there would be no end to such things.

Suddenly Master Zhang seemed to have noticed something and he asked Xiao Lan, " Little Xiao Ah, are you facing any difficulties?"

Xiao Lan was somewhat surprised at his perceptiveness, and after meeting the old man's wise and penetrating eyes, he said, "Well, it must be a ...... difficult matter of life and death, not only with us, but also with many other people involved."

Zhang looked at Xiao Lan and Luo and reminisced, "There was a time when I faced a great difficulty, and if I failed I would have nothing, and not only that, I would have taken my brothers who started the business with me down with me."

Xiao Lan: "So what did you do then?"

"Of course it is to press all my chips and give it all I have to fight for once." Zhang's eyes were filled with light, "When I can't go backwards, I stop thinking about other ways out and moving forward is the only goal."

Xiao Lan said, "It looks like you've won."

Zhang said, "Naturally, not only did I win, but I won big and laid the foundation for the later development of the company."

His eyes were fixed on Xiao Lan.

These eyes are old and cloudy, but they still carry an air of pride and authority, as if they were an aged lion: "Remember, never think you deserve to be defeated."

Xiao Lan felt the heavy boulder in his heart loosen as he turned to Zhang and said, "Thank you."

At that moment, a furry dog's head bursts out of a nearby courtyard door.

Tie Hanhan gave an owl to Xiao Lan as if to echo his master.

You see, if you don't give up, the vegetable patch will belong to Erha after all.

Xiao Lan reached out and stroked Tie Hanhan's big, warm, soft head, "Thank you too."

--

After bidding farewell to Master Zhang, the two men followed Luo's arrangements to the island in the Pacific Ocean.

The island is not small at all, and it looks like a villain's base in a sci-fi movie, with no one in sight but heavily guarded, so I wonder how far in advance Luo has been preparing.

It's practically a military facility.

The living conditions on the island are still comfortable and Luo himself made black tea and served it to Xiao Lan: "You can rest assured, sir, that it is very well guarded and no one but our invited guests will be allowed on the island."

Xiao Lan lifted his cup of tea, "Does it need to be such a big deal? I thought we were just going to find a house to live in away from the crowds."

Luo gently moved closer to him and kissed his forehead: "I don't want you to take the blame for any accidents."

At that moment, Luo suddenly received a signal from the island's alert equipment.

He looked down and said, "Sir, Cheng Wenyi has arrived, I'll go and bring him over."

Xiao Lan nods.

Shortly afterwards, Cheng Wenyi and Luo walked into the room, one after the other.

Cheng Wenyi is still as much a fan of white couture suits as ever, styling them with the sophistication of a star at all times.

In all the time I've known him, Xiao Lan doesn't seem to have seen him in anything other than a white suit.

I don't know if it was the white suit that made Cheng Wenyi so flamboyant, or if Cheng Wenyi himself is the embodiment of flamboyance.

Cheng Wenyi holds Xue Li and sits opposite Xiao Lan and Luo.

Xue Li pokes her head out of Cheng Wenyi's arms and gives Xiao Lan a soft "mee-woo" as a greeting.

Fluffy, soft white fur with big blue eyes, lovely as always.

Cheng Wenyi didn't spare a beat: "Tell us about the cooperation and what leverage you have in hand."

Xiao Lan also said bluntly, "The disobedient."

Cheng Wenyi's eyes widened: "The rebel? The rebel who worked with Xiao Chengyan? He's still alive?"

Xiao Lan nods.

Cheng Wenyi took a deep breath, "Where is he?"

Xiao Lan reached out and pointed at Luo, who had a calm face next to him.

Cheng Wenyi's breath stuck: "...... Are you sure you're not teasing me?"

Don't think he doesn't know that this guy is having an affair with Xiao Lan, just the way Fei Luo looks at Xiao Lan, he can't allow anyone else to get close, not even a cute cat like Xue Li.

This guy? The rebel?

Why are the Disobedient painted in this style?

Xiao Lan said, "Really, he's such a rebel."

He then gave Cheng Wenyi a brief account of what he knew about Xiao Chengyan's collaboration with the rebellious and what had happened at the time, with Luo adding an occasional comment or two.

Cheng Wenyi suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed with information.

It turned out that he had met the mysterious Paradox long ago, and the outrageous thing was that the Paradox was actually having an affair with his master's son.

Has this guy ever thought about the picture he would get of meeting his father-in-law?!

Maybe he's older than Xiao Lan's 18 generations combined ......

This is no longer an old cow eating young grass, it is simply a Zhenhe iron cow that has become refined and run out to eat young grass.

The other two were oblivious to his mental activity as they waited quietly for him to digest the news.

When Cheng Wenyi's shocked expression subsided a little, Xiao Lan talked to him about the Juggernaut's plans and his own speculations about the recent changes in the real world.

Then said, "Think about it, if you fail you are the same as the Wu She members."

Cheng Wenyi also collected his thoughts as he regained his relaxed posture and leaned back on the sofa: "It's a big gamble, if you lose, you'll be torn to pieces, if you don't, you'll be subjected to this damn thing for the rest of your life. If you don't gamble, you're stuck with this thing for the rest of your life. Why does Xiao Chengyan dare to gamble, and so does his son, but not me?"

"Now that you've seen what's going on in the real world, if we let the Juggernaut's plan go ahead, will humanity really be alive?"

"Resisting may lead to death, but not resisting will definitely lead to death. Even I don't think that according to the way the Juggernaut acts, he will spare the contracted players after the success of his plan, they should be just tools to be discarded at any time in his eyes, right?"

Xiao Lan looked at him, "So, what's your answer?"

Cheng Wenyi suddenly reached out and waved his hand, "Wait, how can you be sure there won't be any traitors? Unlike Wu She, no one in Wu She would betray Xiao Chengyan, but not in Reincarnation."

Luo says: "I will leave a mark on everyone involved and when the action is taken the pull of the mark will unify them into the Advent world and if any of them betray I will find out."

Cheng Wenyi laughed softly: "Oh, surveillance?"

Luo: "You could say that, but I promise these marks will only last for a while."

Cheng Wenyi nodded: "So ...... have a good cooperation."

Xiao Lan: "Good cooperation."

--

Cheng Wenyi went back to prepare for his reincarnation.

As the boss of a huge organisation, he has a lot of details to take care of.

Shortly afterwards, Xiao Lan also received contact from Wen Zhixian.

He probably received a message from Cheng Wenyi and deduced something from what he knew.

Faced with Xiao Lan's surprise, Wen Zhixian simply said, "Dad was afraid to gamble with your dad back then, of course it could be that your dad disliked him ...... but I'm willing to gamble with you, how about that?"

Xiao Lan: "Are you sure?"

Wen Zhixian said, "I'm already in charge of Xiangliu, those old guys with dissenting intentions have been cleaned up and are at their sharpest, so it's time for us to be aggressive."

Xiao Lan then received another video call from Qi Ning.

Surprisingly, he was sitting next to the woman in drag, Wu Ting.

Faced with Xiao Lan's surprise, Wu Ting said, "He's my Uncle Xiao, quite senior, but not much older than me."

Xiao Lan It dawned on me that your family's penchant for cross-dressing is genetic ......

Qi Ning nods at Xiao Lan as a greeting.

Xiao Lan asks about what happened after they left Sara's Song.

Qi Ning said, " I have all the Wang family brothers here, Wang Ke is recovering well, he's not back to fighting strength yet but it won't take long."

Wang Taidi's face appears in the other half of the screen: "We all guessed that the changes before Advent had something to do with you, didn't we?"

Xiao Lan nodded and, without beating around the bush with them, went straight to what happened afterwards.

Wang Taidi: "So, you're really going to turn the Advent world upside down?"

Xiao Lan said, "Yes."

Wang Taidi raised his hand straight away, "That's on me."

Qi Ning said, "Me too."

Wu Ting also said, "And me."

Not far away, footsteps suddenly sounded.

Wang Ke walks slowly, still looking thin but steady in every step.

Wang Taidi jumped right up to his brother, looked down at him from a height, and excitedly reached out and gave Wang Ke a hand on top of his head: "Brother! You can walk now!"

Wang Ke raised his hand and grabbed him by the back of the neck, "Not only can I walk, but I want to do it with great justice!!!"

Wang Taidi scrunched up his neck, "Ouch, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts ...... brother why is your hand still so strong ......"

Wang Ke lifted his head and sneered, "That's so you don't feel itchy."

Tilting his head to look at his brother made him feel a bit new ...... What on earth was this boy eating to grow so tall?

While suffering from his brother's iron fist attack, Wang Taidi gushed to Qi Ning, "Dr Qi, my brother has recovered thanks to you, I want to send you a banner that says, 'A hot hand returns to life, fighting poison with poison'!"

Qi Ning: "......"

Sure this isn't a mockery of him?

Wang Ke also looks in the direction of the camera and he says to Xiao Lan, "I heard what you just said, count me in."

Wang Taidi said, "But your body ......"

Wang Ke said, "Just recover faster, won't you?"

Wang Ke looked to Qi Ning who nodded, "Rather, I can give you a little fierce medicine, it just so happens that no one has tried my new medicine yet, and with your vitality you should be able to carry it ...... heh."

Wang Ke nodded calmly at him, "Then I'll be glad to see you."

Xiao Lan, who watched the whole thing from the sidelines: "......"

There is always a sense that some illegal human experiment is about to take place ......

--

At the end of the day, Xiao Lan finally had some time to spare.

It's been a busy day with contacts and before we know it it's late at night.

Although he had made a breakthrough and entered a new life form, he felt he still belonged to the human race and a bath before bed would be more helpful to relax.

Xiao Lan takes a change of clothes and enters the bathroom.

Xiao Lan feels relaxed under the shower.

The warm water running over his skin gives Xiao Lan's pale skin a faint pink tinge and cuts through the little splotches of red left on his skin.

Such marks would actually be easy for him to remove now, but he didn't.

At the sound of the rushing water, suddenly something leans silently against Xiao Lan's back.

Xiao Lan didn't even turn around: " Luo ."

Luo's voice sounded low behind him, reaching around his waist, "It's a pleasure to see how quickly Sir has recognised me."

The warm water carries a mist that envelops the two men.

Xiao Lan turned to look at him, "What are your chances of winning against the master?"

Luo thought for a moment, "I've only just recovered, while he's secretly amassed more power and a huge number of contracted players. To be honest, it's about 30% for myself, maybe 50% if I add you and the other players."

Luo asked softly, "Feeling nervous, sir?"

Xiao Lan: "I'd be lying if I said I didn't."

Luo's voice came close to his ear, "So want to come and relax ......"

With those words, he took a step forward and pushed Xiao Lan against the wall, his arm braced next to Xiao Lan's body, blocking her escape route.

With a smile, Luo looked at Xiao Lan: "Care to offer your coveted one a little reward?"

Behind Xiao Lan is a cold wall and in front of him is the hot body of Luo, who smiles at him and extends an invitation.

"If you don't want to, then ...... it's okay to give me a little punishment." Luo leaned closer, like a demon with a heart of gold.

Xiao Lan knowingly asks, "What do you want?"

Luo smiled: "Sir knows that."

Xiao Lan smiles back and kisses Luo on the lips of her own accord.

Sweat slides down the texture of the muscles, outlining the charming contours.

They feel each other's presence, frantically declaring their fears for the future and their longing for each other.

The result of the physical strength on both sides was - thankfully - that the bathroom was sturdy enough.