Generation Z Mainland

Chapter 17 Do you want to protect your friends?
After hearing the news, everyone's expressions gradually became nervous. Yang Zhiyuan asked, "Where did you see them fighting?"

Mengmeng pointed out the window and said, "It's in the forest over there."

Niu Yinuo patted Zhiyuan and said, "I've just contacted their seniors, they should be here soon."

Yang Bowen also said: "Then let's go and help."

Zhang Guiyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Yang Hanbo, you and Chen Yiheng take your brothers here and wait for us to come back."

Yang Hanbo asked in confusion: "Why?"

Zhang Guiyuan explained: "There are so many people around, you're safe here."

Yang Bowen on the side said: "I'll join you too. After all, Zuo Qihan is my deskmate."

Zhang Hanrui said anxiously: "Alright, let's go quickly. If we dawdle for a while, what if something happens to Zuo Qihan?"

Guan Junchen also said: "Zhang Hanrui is right, let's set off quickly."

In the dense woods, Zuo Qihan and Yang Jiahao were still fighting with the woman. As the battle lasted longer, Zuo Qihan's physical strength gradually failed to keep up, but the woman didn't seem to have any intention of stopping.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zuo Qihan hid in the bushes nearby. The woman searched for a long time but couldn't find anyone, so she called her men and said, "Those two little devils were injured and couldn't run far. They must still be here. You guys search carefully in this forest. Also, pay close attention to his group of helpers. If you find them looking for these two little devils, kill them without mercy." With that, the woman flew away, and Yang Jiahao also turned back into human form.

Yang Jiahao asked, "Brother, what should we do now?"

Zuo Qihan sighed and said, "I don't know either. Her people are everywhere here, and there's no way to find other people to join her."

Meanwhile, Niu Yinuo and the others, led by the butterfly elves, arrived at the forest. Zhang Guiyuan was about to enter when he was stopped. Puzzled, he asked, "Why are you stopping me?"

Haohao replied, "There are people on patrol. They must be that woman's men."

Zhiyuan pulled Niu Yinuo's sleeve and said, "Arnold, try to see if you can sense Zuo Qihan."

Niu Yinuo nodded, closed his eyes, and tried to sense Zuo Qihan's location, but it was no use, there was nothing.

"No, my energy seems to be blocked by something, and I can't sense it." Niu Yinuo frowned, gently pressed his eyebrows, and sighed, "I don't know when the help sent by Zuo Hang and others will arrive?"

Zhang Hanrui looked towards the forest with a worried look on his face. Siyin walked over to him, touched his head soothingly, and said gently, "Don't worry, he'll be fine."

Li Jiasen looked at Zhang Hanrui, then turned to Zhi Enhan and said, "Enhan, the forest is heavily guarded right now, so we can't rush in. Can you try to see if Little Butterfly can go in and find out the situation?"

Zhi Enhan thought for a while, summoned a butterfly, said something to it, and the butterfly flew towards the forest with a flutter.

Yu Junxi patted Haohao and asked, "Haohao, where is my time bracelet?"

Haohao stretched out his hand, conjured up a glittering bracelet, and handed it to him: "Here it is, no, why are you using it? Don't forget, every time you use it, you will lose a little bit of your energy."

Yu Junxi frowned and snatched the bracelet away: "I can't care less! I want to see what happened to my brother Zuo!"

Niu Yinuo looked at Yu Junxi worriedly as he looked at the forest through the bracelet, but he seemed to have failed too.

"No! How come it's not working!" Yu Junxi said anxiously, "I can't see anything! I wonder how Brother Zuo and Brother Hao are doing?"

Niu Yinuo walked to Yu Junxi's side and said calmly: "His superpowers must have been blocked. I can't sense him, let alone your time bracelet. Also, how many times have I told you that you can't control the bracelet at all now? It will consume your energy! Why are you still..."

Yu Junxi lowered his head, fiddled with the bracelet on his wrist, and said nothing.

At the same time, Zhienhan's butterfly flew back. Zhienhan and Haohao both felt the energy conveyed by the butterfly, so they prepared to take everyone into the forest according to the route provided by the butterfly.

However, as soon as the group entered the forest, they were blocked by fog. Guan Junchen sensed something was wrong and shouted, "Who! Come out!"

"Hahaha! I was wondering who's here? It's that guy's helper!" A woman in a black robe surrounded everyone with a group of patrolmen.

"Are you Mei Suzhi?" Niu Yinuo asked with a slight curl of his lips.

The woman swung the whip in her hand. "How dare you! How dare you call our boss by his name!"

"Oh, sorry, I recognized the wrong person. You and Mei, your boss, look so much alike, and even wear similar clothes. It's no surprise that I made a mistake." Niu Yino pretended to apologize to the woman in front of him.

Wang Hao asked curiously, "Brother, do you know him?"

Niu Yinuo glanced at him and said with a smile, "I don't know him, but I've heard of him."

Wang Junxi pointed at the woman and stammered, "Where is Zuo Qihan? And Yang Jiahao! Hand them over!"

Yang Bowen also rushed to the front and said, "Hand them over quickly! Otherwise..." Before he could finish, the woman laughed up to the sky: "Hahahaha! Otherwise what? Otherwise you can still kill me? Let me put it this way, that kid and his so-called weapon spirit, I don't know where they are hiding, we are looking for them, how about you help us find them?"

Zhang Guiyuan spat at the ground and walked to Yang Bowen: "You're dreaming! I'll get rid of you before I find them!" After that, Zhang Guiyuan was about to use his supernatural power to attack, but the woman took the initiative to attack him. Yang Bowen pushed Zhang Guiyuan away with his quick eyes and hands, and was knocked far away.

Suddenly, a flashing card slipped out of his pocket. He picked it up with trembling fingers and looked at it, then looked forward firmly: "You evil woman! I will never forgive you!"

After Zhang Guiyuan was helped up by Li Yunchenrui, he saw Yang Bowen squatting on the ground with a card held up in his hand. The card kept flashing with light. He slowly closed his eyes and his whole body exuded a strong aura. A strong wind blew, ruffling Yang Bowen's hair and making everyone a little unstable. They all held on to the people around them tightly.

"What's going on!" The woman in black robe squinted her eyes due to the strong wind. The patrolmen also raised their hands to block the attack of the strong wind. Several of them were so vulnerable that they fell down.

"Strength!" Yang Bowen suddenly opened his eyes and glared at the woman and the patrolmen. "Hand over Zuo Qihan and Yang Jiahao!"

Amidst the fierce attack of the Power Cards, the woman showed no sign of weakness. Even though she had already lost a lot of her combat power, she forced herself to remain calm and said, "No matter what! Until the boss gets that ancient weapon! Don't even think about seeing them!"

Guan Junchen suddenly felt his entire body brimming with energy. He clenched his fists, gnashing his teeth in anger, his eyes filled with rage: "Don't hand them over! You won't be able to leave!" His eyes flashed as the woman suddenly flew up uncontrollably as if being strangled by someone, clutching her own neck with both hands: "Ah! Help! Boss!"

Everyone looked at Guan Junchen dumbfounded, and he explained slowly and calmly, "This is telekinesis. You don't need to use your hands. You can control people with your mind."

Zhang Guiyuan swallowed hard, but before he could react, Guan Junchen said, "What are you waiting for? Get started!"

"Ah? Oh, good!" Zhang Guiyuan finally reacted and attacked the woman. Li Jiasen and Ling Zhaoxue also attacked the woman and the surrounding patrolmen respectively.

A minute later, Guan Junchen could no longer hold on and knelt on the ground, one hand touching his chest, breathing heavily. Zhang Hanrui and Niu Yinuo walked over and helped him to his feet.

The woman fell to the ground. Several patrolmen came over to help her. She said to them, "That's impossible! The boss clearly set up a barrier to block supernatural powers. What's going on?"

"Nothing is impossible in this world~"

Everyone looked over to see two cloaked men standing in a bush. Niu Yinuo recognized them immediately: "Tong Yukun! Mu Zhicheng! You're finally here! What goodies have you brought?"

"Look, enhanced equipment! This is what senior He Junlin and his team finally came up with after a long period of research!" Tong Yukun proudly shook the instrument in his hand. The instrument was not big, but it was indeed very powerful.

"Damn it! Retreat!" The woman raised her hand and waved, leaving with the remaining patrolmen.

"Hey! Don't go! Let's talk some more!" Mu Zhicheng said with a smile in the direction the woman left. "Tsk~" Then he walked towards Guan Junchen, checked on his condition, and said to Zhang Hanrui, "It's okay. He just used his supernatural power for the first time. It consumed a little physical strength, but he will recover soon."

"Oh, okay, thank you, senior." Zhang Hanrui bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

Guan Junchen raised his head and looked at Mu Zhicheng, his hand still on his chest: "Mu Zhicheng, why are you here?"

Mu Zhicheng patted his shoulder and said, "We're here to help you! That woman and her men are extremely cruel, so we're here specifically to assist them."

"Hey, why are there only two of you? Where are the others?" Guan Junchen recovered and sat up slightly.

"Brother Shun and Brother Shuo went looking for Zuo Qihan and the others, but we don't know if they found them. They said to send a message when they found them. We found you and sent messages to them, but they haven't responded in a while." Tong Yukun also came over and said. "Brother Tong, what should we do next?" Wang Hao came over to check on Guan Junchen and asked Tong Yukun when he saw him.

"I'll try to contact them again." Tong Yukun took out his phone and placed it on the signal booster he carried with him. He then sent a message to Huang Shuo: "Brother Shuo, Brother Shuo, have you found your brother?"

On the other side, Yang Jiahao and Zuo Qihan were dodging Mei Suzhi's attacks everywhere. They finally found a bush behind a big tree that was not easy to be discovered, and then they rested for a while.

"Brother, what should we do? Our cell phones have no signal and we can't contact anyone else to rescue us." Yang Jiahao sat on the ground, letting his brother Zuo Qihan lean on his shoulder.

"I don't know either." Zuo Qihan spoke weakly. He was really tired from fighting and was also injured. His face was pale and bloodless, and his eyes gradually became dim.

Yang Jiahao looked at his brother distressedly and was about to say something when the bushes in front of them suddenly shook twice. Yang Jiahao was so scared that he leaned closer to Zuo Qihan. He heard a cry of "Ouch!" Zuo Qihan looked at the two men in a state of disgrace in front of him, stunned, and uttered two words lightly: "Huang Shuo?"

Yang Jiahao looked at Zuo Qihan in disbelief, then looked at the two men who had gotten up from the ground and were brushing off the leaves on their bodies.

"Brother, it's the seniors! Are they here to save us?" Yang Jiahao shook Zuo Qihan's sleeves a little excitedly.

Huang Shuo looked at Yang Jiahao's cute appearance and smiled gently: "Well...we are here to rescue you!"

"That's great!" Yang Jiahao hugged Zuo Qihan tightly, but suddenly remembered that his brother was still injured, so he quickly let go and stood aside excitedly.

"Really? Thank you." Zuo Qihan said calmly, "By the way, what happened in the school warehouse that night? Why did that man in black arrest me? Was it because I was the Holy Flame? Or because I was the leader of the five elements?"

Huang Shuo was silent for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, a beam of light suddenly blinded the four men, and then a sinister and eerie laugh echoed: "Hahahaha! I finally found you! Come on! Why don't you dare to fight? Do you want to fight me? Or do you want to watch me take your beloved brother away?"

Yang Jiahao suddenly stood up from the ground, pointed his finger at Mei Suzhi, and shouted in a deafening voice: "Don't be delusional! I will never go with you! You want me to sign a contract with you? It's impossible in this life, the next life, or even the next life!"

Mei Suzhi smiled disdainfully, and cast her gaze towards Huang Shuo and Zhang Junhao, mockingly saying, "Oh, you actually found two helpers?"

Zuo Qihan endured the severe pain in his body, stood up with difficulty, and resolutely stood in front of the three of them. He stared at Mei Suzhi with a firm gaze and said righteously: "Come at me if you have the guts!"

Mei Suzhi raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a half-smile, "Look at your miserable state now. It's really unbearable. Why don't you just hand over the Aurora Sword obediently? Then I can consider letting you go and take good care of your brother for you~"

"You're daydreaming!" Zuo Qihan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with one hand, staring at the front with anger, his eyes burning with rage.

Zhang Junhao stared at Zuo Qihan intently, then quietly approached Huang Shuo and praised him in a low voice, "Your brother is so cool and handsome!"

Huang Shuo rolled his eyes at him and retorted in a bad mood, "How is he handsome? He's so reckless! And you still call him handsome!"

Just as Mei Suzhi was about to unleash her powers to attack Zuo Qihan, a deep voice suddenly emanated from the nearby bushes. Immediately afterwards, a group of young figures surged towards him like a tide. Zhang Hanrui, without hesitation, ran to Zuo Qihan's side at a breathtaking speed. Meanwhile, Ling Zhaoxue followed closely behind, hastily rushing to his side.

Zhang Hanrui hugged the battered and weak Zuo Qihan tightly, his voice trembling with emotion. "Zuo Qihan! Are you okay? What happened?" His concern was palpable. Ling Zhaoxue, with a look of worry on her face, reached out and took Zuo Qihan's arm, examining him closely. Tears immediately poured down like a flood. "Zuo Qihan! Do you really enjoy playing alone? Is there anything we can't face together?"

Zuo Qihan endured the severe pain, forced a smile from the corner of his mouth, and comforted with a relaxed tone: "Oh, I'm fine... cough cough..." However, his violent coughing and the unconcealable pain in his body made it difficult for anyone to believe that what he said was true.

Li Jiasen also ran over, frowning and questioning him: "Before you left, I told you not to be impulsive! You didn't listen! This is the result of abandoning your friends and going into the wild alone!"

Zhang Yiran followed over and took a look: "Although I know you are doing this to protect everyone, we can't bear to see you go against that female devil alone!"

Mei Suzhi's lips twitched awkwardly when she heard Zhang Yiran call her a "female devil," but she still pretended to be calm, coughed twice, and said, "Don't pretend to be friends in front of me. Friendships are all fake!"

But these words did not seem to be heard by the group of teenagers and were once again ignored. Mei Suzhi was completely unable to bear it anymore. There was anger in her eyes and her whole body was filled with a dark and resentful aura.

Zuo Qihan noticed something was wrong with Mei Suzhi: "Oh no! She's going to use her ultimate move!" He then pushed Zhang Hanrui and Ling Zhaoxue aside. Li Jiasen and Zhang Yiran hurried over to support them. Looking up, they heard Zuo Qihan yell, "Jiahao!"

Yang Jiahao transformed into the Aurora Sword once again, and together with Zuo Qihan, he rushed towards Mei Suzhi with swords in hand. Mei Suzhi smiled contemptuously, "Boy, I'm afraid you can't stop me alone!"

"How do you know if you don't try!" Zuo Qihan roared and rushed towards Mei Suzhi with the Aurora Sword. At this time, Mei Suzhi's ultimate move was also fully charged.

"Soul Devouring Shield!"

Zhang Hanrui was grabbed by the arms by Zhang Yiran and cried out heartbreakingly, "Zuo Qihan!"

Ling Zhaoxue was supported by Li Jiasen's arm, and with tears in her eyes she shouted, "Zuo Qihan!"

Yang Bowen stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes: "It's over!" After that, when he was about to take out a card, Zhang Guiyuan was also about to use his supernatural powers to save Zuo Qihan, a strong beam of light streaked across the place where Zuo Qihan and Mei Suzhi's energies intersected, and two figures quickly caught Zuo Qihan and Yang Jiahao, who had turned back into human form, and handed them to Wang Hao and Wang Junxi, who were closest to them.

While everyone was still confused about what was happening, Wang Lujie looked at the two people around him who had suddenly become strange in surprise: "Chen Yiheng? Yang Hanbo? You two."

The two men held a bow and arrow and a silver whip in their hands. Although they were both confused, the weapons in their hands suddenly spoke: "What are you standing there for? Do you want to save your friends?"

The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Yes! Of course!"

Weapon spoke again: "If you want, follow my lead!"

Yang Hanbo scratched his head with his other hand: "Huh?"

Weapon was speechless: "Ah what? Time waits for no one!"

Chen Yiheng looked at Yang Hanbo, and they both nodded at the same time. They rushed forward, raised their weapons with serious expressions, and in an instant, two strong rays of light rushed towards Mei Suzhi.

Mei Suzhi looked at Chen Yiheng and Yang Hanbo in disbelief: "This is impossible! No one can hurt me except the five elements combined!"

As she spoke, the light of bows and silver whips flew towards her. At this moment, a figure stood in front of her: "Boss!" It turned out to be the arrogant and domineering subordinate.

Mei Suzhi watched her men being shot by arrows and falling in front of her. She slowly raised her head and said with gritted teeth, "You are lucky! Retreat!" After that, she turned around and left with her injured men, and the rest of the patrolmen followed.

After Mei Suzhi left, the weapons held tightly in the hands of Chen Yiheng and Yang Hanbo finally returned to their original human form.

At this moment, Yang Jiahao, who was leaning on Wang Hao's arms, looked carefully and said in surprise, "You are actually... Sister Xingxi Xinghuan!"

After hearing the voice, Xingxi turned around and looked at Yang Jiahao, a smile appeared on her face and she responded gently: "It's been a long time since I saw you, Jiahao brother~"

Xing Huan, who was standing by, gently kneaded her waist and patted Xing Xi's shoulder, saying with emotion, "It's really unexpected that we would run into Jia Hao in this place~ And it looks like he really has successfully completed the contract! I'm really happy for you~"

Chen Yiheng's eyes widened, his face filled with confusion as he looked at the equally bewildered Yang Hanbo. His gaze slowly shifted to Yang Jiahao, who was walking towards them. His heart was filled with curiosity and confusion, and he couldn't help but ask, "Jiahao, what's going on with these two girls? Why did they suddenly appear here?"

Yang Jiahao slowly walked up to Chen Yiheng and Yang Hanbo and stopped. He first looked them over carefully, then smiled slightly and said softly, "Actually, they are just like me, spirits of artifacts left over from ancient times! However, they are a little older than me. Take me for example, my original body, the Aurora Sword, has existed for over five hundred years. And Sister Xingxi, her full name is Xingxi Spirit Bow, and it's been around for six hundred years. And this Sister Xinghuan, her name is Xinghuan Divine Whip, and it's also been around for six hundred years."

This time, not only Chen Yiheng and Yang Hanbo were surprised, everyone present was stunned.

Xingxi spoke first: "We can talk about this later. Our main goal now is to quickly rescue Jiahao and your friends."

Yang Jiahao nodded and looked at Zuo Qihan who was in Wang Junxi's arms: "My brother..."

Xing Huan walked over and took a look at Zuo Qihan's injuries, frowned, and looked at Yang Jiahao seriously: "Jiahao, you guys fought fiercely with that female devil."

Yang Jiahao pursed his lips tightly, his eyes revealing a hint of determination and resoluteness. He took a deep breath and then slowly began to speak, "That hateful woman has our other friends under her control. Even my dear brother couldn't escape her clutches. She's like a cold-blooded demon, constantly using these hostages to torture us, distracting us, making us anxious and unable to focus on her attacks. Every time I see my friends' painful expressions or hear my brother's helpless cries, my heart feels like it's being torn apart by unbearable pain. And this woman just watches us smugly, enjoying this perverted pleasure." At this point, Yang Jiahao's fists unconsciously clenched, his nails digging deep into his palms.

Xing Huan stared at Zuo Qihan in silence. Zhang Junhao turned to look at his two good brothers beside him—Tong Yukun and Mu Zhicheng—and spread his hands helplessly. "We were originally rushing here to provide reinforcements, but who could have imagined that those two little girls would get there first? It's truly unforeseen! Sigh... Huang Shuo, what should we do next?"

Huang Shuo frowned, looking at Niu Yinuo and asking, "Brother Nuo, what do you think we should do now?" Niu Yinuo remained silent. Just then, Zhiyuan broke the silence, saying softly, "Mengmeng, Tiantian, you two should lead them back to our residence first."

As soon as he finished speaking, two playful and cute flower elves flew up lightly, leading the group through the dense jungle, and carefully escorted the injured people back to the quiet and peaceful village.

＜To be continued＞
(End of this chapter)