Naruto: They are all reborn.

Chapter 42 Innate Earth and Wood Sacred Body

Naruto Namikaze placed his hand on the puppet, and pale blue chakra flowed from his hand, extending along the chakra lines on the puppet's body and forming a blue spider web above the "crowd".

Shi Xu's eyes lit up, and he praised, "The chakra threads extend from those pipes, and these pipes are everywhere in Loulan. That's how those puppet legions operate."

The entire Loulan was like a swarm of bees... wait, isn't this just the Zerg from StarCraft?

The Zerg's expansion relies on creep, and the control of the golems depends on these laid conduits. An Lushan, hiding behind these golems and manipulating them, is like a gamer sitting in front of a computer. If more types of golems can be created in the future, this technology could be used to combine them...

"The centipede's technique isn't unusual. In your... no, I misspoke." Naruto wanted to say something more, but remembering Minato's advice, he held back.

Across from him, Kakashi cast a questioning glance: "Who is Centipede?"

"Centipede is An Lushan's real name. My mission is to kill him."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi was surprised: "According to intelligence, An Lushan arrived in Loulan six years ago. How old were you six years ago?"

Naruto clenched his fist: "Sorry, the mission needs to be kept secret."

Just then, Shi Xu, who had been pondering the feasibility of "Zerg technology," suddenly asked, "How did An Lushan manage to control so many puppets simultaneously? And... where did the puppets get their energy?"

"The Dragon Vein." Sara finally made her decision. "The Dragon Vein lies deep beneath Loulan, possessing almost limitless chakra. I can shut it down. In exchange, you must help me rescue my people from An Lushan."

"it is good."

Seeing how decisive and straightforward Toki's answer was, Naruto's expression became somewhat complicated.

As his enemy, Naruto actually knows Toki's character very well, which is why he's here to help.

Sarah then asked, "Where should we go to find our people? Do you have any ideas?"

Just then, Kakashi raised his hand and said, "I know where it is. Before, when I was looking for Queen Sara, I met a living person in the underground of Loulan by chance, and he told me that the queen was on the highest tower."

"Great!" Sarah rushed forward and grabbed his arm, calling out anxiously, "Take me there quickly, I haven't seen them in so long."

Kakashi shook off her hand, glanced around, and walked to a manhole cover, lifting it open.

"Let's go inside and look for it."

Because the dragon vein is located deep underground in Loulan, An Lushan has hollowed out the entire underground area of ​​Loulan and built it into a tower-like structure similar to the above-ground part, and there is also a lighting system powered by the dragon vein's chakra.

"An Lushan was simply a superhuman in civil engineering."

This was the umpteenth time Shi Xu had exclaimed in admiration. According to what Naruto had just said, An Lushan was probably also from the future. If there was a chance in the future, he would definitely recruit him to work for him.

Seeing his appearance, Naruto's expression gradually turned grim. Fortunately, he was at the back of the group and did not attract attention.

Soon, Kakashi stopped in front of a door and knocked a few times rhythmically.

A moment later, the door opened, revealing a woman wearing a black veil. She looked at Kakashi warily, her gaze sweeping over him. When she saw Sara surrounded in the middle, the woman immediately shouted towards the door.

"Everyone come quick! Queen Sarah has really arrived!"

People gathered around, chattering amongst themselves. Each of them was covered with a black veil, and some even carried farm tools as weapons.

Shi Xu looked at them and asked, "Why are there only women and children? Where are the men?"

The woman in the lead replied, "That's exactly the question we want to ask Queen Sarah."

"Me?" Sarah was taken aback. "I...I don't know either, what happened?"

"I'm so sorry, I'm Masako." The woman in the lead removed her veil, revealing her beautiful face.

"Our family was taken away one morning, supposedly on Queen Sara's orders. I thought they would be back soon, but we haven't heard from them for several days. We want to see Queen Sara, but those puppet machines don't understand anything and just keep us outside."

"But... I've never given such an order." Sarah's heart clenched. It was all her fault that her people had become like this; she had failed her mother's trust.

Shi Xu thought for a moment: "An Lushan's goal is to rule the world, and for that he needs soldiers, and his soldiers are those puppets. If I'm not mistaken, the men have all been captured by An Lushan to be made into puppets."

Sarah quickly said, "Manufacturing those weapons of war requires a huge amount of energy. I can follow those pipes to find the place where the dragon vein chakra is concentrated."

"There's no time to lose, let's get started."

"By the way," Shi Xu suddenly stopped and turned to look at Ya Zi, "a battle may break out next. You should quickly lead the remaining people to evacuate, preferably outside of Loulan."

Masako nodded: "I understand. I'm entrusting my family to you."

Back on the surface, everyone gazed at the dense, crisscrossing network of pipes. Only Sara could sense the flow of the dragon vein chakra within.

A few seconds later, she opened her eyes and ran in a certain direction: "Over here."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Following behind her, it was visible to the naked eye that the number and arrangement of the pipes gradually became simpler, eventually converging into a huge pipe inserted into the ground.

Kakashi looked around and pointed to a vent near the giant pipe, saying, "We should be able to get down there."

He pulled out his kunai, removed the iron mesh securing the vent, and then jumped in first.

A moment later, Kakashi's voice came from the darkness of the ventilation shaft: "It's safe down there."

Naruto continued, "You take Queen Sara down first, I'll cover the rear."

"it is good."

Without hesitation, Shi Xu grabbed Sarah and jumped inside. They walked along the ventilation duct for a while and soon found the missing men.

They were wearing shackles and working on the puppet-making assembly line, with puppet overseers holding curved swords nearby.

"That damned An Lushan!"

At this moment, Sarah completely abandoned her illusions about An Lushan, and anger made her temporarily forget her self-blame.

"What should we do next?"

Sarah pointed to the bottom of the armory: "Take me to that altar, where I can cut off the dragon vein's flow."

"it is good."

Without further ado, all three were highly skilled ninjas, so evading the puppets' patrols was not difficult for them.

But when they arrived at the altar, An Lushan emerged from a corner, seemingly having been waiting for a long time.

"We meet again, Naruto Namikaze. And... my boss, Tokio Uzumaki."

(End of this chapter)