Chapter 235: Strange

“Remember, unless I notify you, you must not enter this room again after this, nor should you talk about this matter,” Lin Zhen warned uneasily.

“If you discuss it privately, you can say that I went to the Underground World to find reinforcements for the survival test.”

He gave a mocking smile.

“Just in case that guy, Dr. Forefinger, is eavesdropping on your conversations. We have to trick him well.”

“Okay!”

Zi Jiu noted down everything Lin Zhen said and turned to leave.

But at the door, she suddenly remembered something and stopped. She turned back and asked, “Then if Xiao Xi returns later and asks about you, how should we answer?”

“This…”

Lin Zhen was momentarily distressed. Aside from him, no one else in the team had a way to use the shielding collars.

Elder Chacha was busy helping him disguise his signal and didn’t have the processing power to help them shield theirs.

The signal in the room right now was still being blocked by his old method.

From this perspective, it really was difficult to notify Yun Ruoxi about this.

After thinking for a while, he replied, “When the time comes, tell her I’ll be back in 2 days. At the same time, just point toward this room. Xiao Xi knows what I’m doing. If you say it like that, she’ll definitely understand.”

‘Understand what? He’s a master of understanding.’

‘Xiao Xi is still on her way, rushing over.’

‘Xiao Xi: “Are we going into the room to warm the bed? Then I understand perfectly.”‘

Zi Jiu nodded in realization and said softly, “Good luck!”

Lin Zhen smiled slightly. “Everything is ready. Everyone, do your best!”

*Clack!*

Zi Jiu closed the door from the outside.

Lin Zhen activated his supernatural power.

Outside the room.

The shielding alloy flowed down from everyone’s neck collars and wristwatches, sliding under the gap in the door and back into the room, returning to Lin Zhen’s body.

He looked at the dusty wooden floor and rubbed his hands together.

“2 years of preparation. It’s time for the real deal!”

He snapped his fingers, and the metal on his body transformed into saw blades, beginning to cut the floor.

This house was built on the great rock. After cutting through the wooden floor, Lin Zhen saw the grayish-white stone surface.

He then closed his eyes and opened his hands, aiming them at the rock.

Under the control of his supernatural power, the metal inside the great rock deformed violently.

Several crisp *crack* sounds rang out.

The stone skin on the surface of the great rock instantly split into several fissures, and large fragments fell off.

The meteorite interior, full of metallic luster, was revealed.

Lin Zhen cleared away the wood chips and blocks in the room.

He jumped into the pit, and the metal beneath his feet melted instantly, swallowing him slowly like a swamp.

*Creak!*

Just before Lin Zhen was completely swallowed, the wooden bed moved back into place, and a metal plate sealed the opening beneath it.

The entire room instantly returned to its original state.

Only the faint scent of wood chips in the air hinted at what had happened here.

***

Time passed minute by minute.

1 hour later.

The door opened again. Zi Jiu and the others placed the food and water they had bought on the ground.

Then they closed the door, locked it, and left the room.

The sunlight streaming through the window gradually shifted, turning dim until it was replaced by starlight.

A slight movement came from the room once more.

The wooden bed was gently pushed aside, and Lin Zhen, his face weary but his eyes unable to hide his excitement, poked his head out from below.

He was prepared to come out and take the food down to continue working.

But once he saw the situation inside the room, his expression changed instantly. He barked, “Why are you two here?”

In the dim corner of the room stood two creatures with emerald-green skin, looking like elves.

It was Genbeier and Guan Kelai.

After being scolded by Lin Zhen, they seemed a bit nervous.

Genbeier opened his mouth several times but couldn’t speak.

Beside him, Guan Kelai’s face was also panicked as he hurriedly said, “The — the young lady sent us here!”

“Xiao Xi?” Lin Zhen was slightly stunned, and the gravity and hostility on his face slowly dissipated. “She’s back already?”

“Yes!”

Genbeier nodded vigorously, his tension easing slightly.

“The young lady returned this afternoon. She learned about your situation, Young Master, and knowing it wasn’t convenient for you to show your face, she sent the two of us to help you handle things.”

‘I thought Xiao Xi wouldn’t be back until the final battle. She actually came back so early?’

‘What a caring woman.’

‘Xiao Xi really is suitable to be my mother.’

“So that’s how it is. It seems Jiu and the others successfully conveyed my message to Xiao Xi!” Lin Zhen nodded, a smile slowly appearing on his face.

As expected of Xiao Xi, she was truly thoughtful.

Relying on his supernatural power, he could build the spaceship alone, but there were always times when his star energy was insufficient or he lacked the strength.

At such times, an extra person meant extra strength.

Even if they were just ordinary green elves, they could increase efficiency significantly.

“Since Xiao Xi said so, take the food and water and come with me!” Lin Zhen commanded.

“Yes!”

Guan Kelai and Genbeier picked up the items on the ground.

They jumped into the pit and followed Lin Zhen toward the spaceship construction site located inside the meteorite.

The path Lin Zhen had opened with his supernatural power was exceptionally smooth; everywhere they looked, there was the unique luster of metal.

The two were momentarily dazed, having never expected the interior of the giant stone city’s divine stone to look like this.

Then, they instinctively touched something in their robes.

Genbeier thought of the night he met Yun Ruoxi. He tightly gripped the object, his determination set.

Guan Kelai also thought of the day he met Yun Ruoxi.

He took a deep breath and looked at Lin Zhen’s back. His eyes flickered constantly as if he had also made a certain decision, and he slowly relaxed his hand.

‘???’

‘This close-up… do they have some other mission?’

‘Could they have been bribed by someone else while they were separated from the main cast?’

While Lin Zhen took Genbeier and Guan Kelai away, Zi Jiu also slipped into Yun Che’s room.

She looked at Yun Che, who was checking his equipment, and asked, “A Che, why did you stop me when Xiao Xi asked me earlier? Did you notice something?”

That afternoon.

Yun Ruoxi had found them, bringing Guan Kelai and Genbeier with her.

The group, finally reunited with difficulty, was overjoyed. Aili, in particular, hugged Yun Ruoxi and didn’t want to let go.

Naturally, unable to find Lin Zhen, Yun Ruoxi asked the group about his whereabouts.

Following Lin Zhen’s instructions, Zi Jiu told Yun Ruoxi that Lin Zhen had gone to the Underground World and would be back in 2 days.

At the same time, she prepared to secretly point toward Lin Zhen’s room.

But unexpectedly, at that moment.

For some reason, Yun Che suddenly grabbed her wrist, stopping her.

Among everyone, Yun Che had always been the most sharp-witted.

So, even though Zi Jiu was incredibly surprised at the time, she didn’t say much. She waited until now, when everyone had returned to their rooms to rest, to quietly find Yun Che and ask the reason.

“Jiu, don’t you think the atmosphere between Xiao Xi and those two green elves is a bit strange?” Yun Che said softly.

“The two of them are far too nervous!”