Ch 123: Water Epoch
“All right,” Li Yu agreed.
He was only providing support outside Yan City; success or failure depended entirely on Lu Fan himself, and he saw no need to refuse.
“That’s great. With you helping out outside the city, there’s absolutely no problem.” After saying this, Lu Fan took a special look at the crossbow in Li Yu’s hand, thinking to himself.
Since even he couldn’t withstand it, he didn’t believe that Yan City’s Psionic could withstand it.
As he was thinking, Lu Fan suddenly turned to Wang Tianzhao.
“Can you help?”
If he could get Wang Tianzhao involved, Lu Fan even had a more grand and astonishing plan in mind.
Wang Tianzhao looked at Lu Fan sideways, a playful glint in his eyes:
“My services are quite expensive.”
Lu Fan answered without the slightest hesitation:
“I can give you Qingcheng.”
“You wish!” Wang Tianzhao was startled and immediately refused.
“I don’t want to stay here and watch this mess.”
If he just wanted to find a safe place to stay, he wouldn’t have needed to leave the Xirong Mountain Shelter.
Lu Fan wasn’t surprised by Wang Tianzhao’s refusal.
Persuading Wang Tianzhao to help wouldn’t be so easy.
“Judging by what you’re saying, you’re willing to give up Qingcheng, it seems you don’t want to be the City Lord either,” Wang Tianzhao said with a smile, his tone teasing.
Lu Fan actually nodded slightly, his expression calm as water:
“Qingcheng’s complete disappearance shouldn’t be long now. Even if I continue to be the City Lord, I can’t protect Qingcheng. Soon, this Sand Sea Area will also be devoured by the ocean.”
“How do you know?” Wang Tianzhao stared intently at Lu Fan.
Lu Fan lightly tapped his temple with his finger, his tone slightly mysterious:
“Premonition.”
Seeing Wang Tianzhao scoff in disbelief, Lu Fan continued:
“Zhongzhou seems to call this upcoming new era the Water Epoch.”
“Water Epoch?” Li Yu raised an eyebrow, his voice slightly uncertain:
“Are you talking about that catastrophe?”
It turned out that the catastrophe they had been trying to escape was called the “Water Epoch.”
“Catastrophe? You mean that prophet’s prophecy, the one about a catastrophe that will come and destroy the world?” Wang Tianzhao said dismissively:
“I’ve heard that nonsense so many times in the Xirong Mountain Shelter that it’s gotten old.”
“I’ve disliked that prophet for a long time. If I ever meet him, I’ll definitely give him a good beating.”
“That’s a prophecy that came from Zhongzhou,” Lu Fan said calmly.
At this time, Ma Yuanbai behind Li Yu couldn’t help but ask Lu Fan:
“I want to know, is Zhongzhou still the same as before?”
Lu Fan’s voice was low as he casually replied: “Hasn’t Zhongzhou always been like this?”
Ma Yuanbai fell silent, then quickly recovered, nodding as if in a daze.
Li Yu was completely bewildered and looked at Lu Fan.
Lu Fan explained according to what he knew:
“A hundred years ago, after the previous generation returned to the ground from the shelters, they were integrated by Zhongzhou.”
“With Zhongzhou’s help, many new cities sprang up. Zhongzhou tried to restore its glorious rule before the typhoon.”
“But everyone saw the result. Various forces outwardly obeyed but secretly disobeyed, secretly forming their own alliances. Even a small force like Qingcheng dared to seek independence.”
“However, Zhongzhou has never given up on integration. The arrival of the Water Epoch may bring another wave of large-scale reshuffling.”
Ma Yuanbai asked seriously: “Then is there no way to avoid the Water Epoch?”
Upon this reminder, Lu Fan seemed to think of something:
“Zhongzhou seems to be experimenting with a cloud vacuum cleaner, trying to save the atmosphere, but judging from the current effects, it seems to be counterproductive.”
Wang Tianzhao looked at Lu Fan, who was speaking eloquently, somewhat surprised.
Although Lu Fan had been forcibly controlled for nearly ten years, he seemed to be fully aware of everything outside.
Wang Tianzhao felt that Lu Fan’s Psionic Ability might not be so simple.
Li Yu listened attentively from the side. From just these few words, he could strongly feel the grand and far-reaching goals of Zhongzhou.
Zhongzhou actually wanted to rule all the cities.
Li Yu didn’t quite understand why such a powerful Zhongzhou would still go to the trouble of setting up a defense line.
As they spoke, Lu Fan’s gaze fell on the tattered clothes of Li Yu’s group.
“Since you’ve agreed to help, let’s go back to Qingcheng first.”
“Don’t rush. I’ll arrange for your people first. Once you’re ready, we’ll go to Yan City.”
“Okay,” Li Yu agreed. After all, there was also a Super Esper in Yan City, so more preparation was naturally better.
After hearing this, Ma Yuanbai quickly returned to the vagrants and led them back to Qingcheng.
Wang Qinshui, in the Safe Zone team nearby, saw this and hesitated for a moment.
Wang Qinshui glanced at the green flag outside Qingcheng. He had previously thought that Qingcheng was under Zhongzhou’s rule, which is why he chose to enter.
It turned out that Qingcheng was just a separate force, and its style of governance was quite different from Zhongzhou’s. There was no need to stay here.
After glancing at Wang Tianzhao, Wang Qinshui silently led his Safe Zone team westward.
Now that he had seen the green flag, he believed that as long as he continued to migrate west, he would surely find Zhongzhou.
That perfect empire described in the book.
The vagrants glanced at the departing Safe Zone team, then at Ma Yuanbai and Li Yu, and made their choices, ultimately following the two into the city.
The vagrants knew their low status and couldn’t integrate into any other team.
At this moment, the vagrants no longer hoped to rely on the Safe Zone to continue migrating. Li Yu’s Wanderers’ League was their best destination.
Moreover, Alliance Leader Li Yu had amazing strength. Many vagrants became Awakened thanks to Li Yu shooting down the Giant Eye.
Vice-Leader Ma Yuanbai also distributed a large amount of food every day. They had no reason to make the wrong choice.
From this moment on, they finally accepted their new identity from the bottom of their hearts—a member of the Wanderers’ League.
After returning to Qingcheng.
Li Yu saw from afar a large group of people forced to kneel in the plaza, surrounded by Qingcheng’s Awakener Squads pointing their weapons at them.
There was no need for Lu Fan to give an order. In order to show their loyalty, the soldiers had already arrested all the original Lu Family leaders, gathering them in the plaza to await Lu Fan’s judgment.
Seeing that Lu Fan had finally returned, these people surnamed Lu seemed to have grasped a lifeline.
“Nephew, it’s me! I’ve never participated in anything Lu Qinglin did,” a middle-aged man said in a trembling voice, prostrating himself on the ground and begging for mercy.
“Younger Brother! I don’t know anything!” a young man shouted.
“Lu Fan, do you know what you’re doing? Your grandmother is here! Get down on your knees!” a woman shouted, pointing at an old woman.
“Treason! Treason!” the old woman repeated in a trembling voice.
Lu Fan looked coldly at the controlled Lu family members, then glanced at the woman.
This aunt kept telling him to kneel. Did this person leave home without their brain?
Can’t she read the situation?
