Much of Italia has turned into rust-colored sand dunes.
Xu Cheng drove the shuttle across the violet sky, and the strong wind repeatedly beat on the portholes, leaving stains like rouge.
"Even if the Seven Hills have not been conquered by vampires, Italia is already a strange place." Paopao looked down.
After the catastrophe, many areas were polluted by alien ecology, and plants and animals from other worlds spread across the land. When people returned to Italia, they needed to write a new encyclopedia for the animals and plants in their hometown.
"We will meet Qianmeng." Xu Cheng was driving the shuttle as he was doing. "She is smart and older. She may have run away. Once we meet her, she will open her arms and treat us to a feast."
"Is she really that powerful?" Paopao didn't know much about Qianmeng.
Xu Cheng's understanding of Qian Meng is also mediocre. In the Witch Kindergarten in Shijin Building, Qian Meng once hugged Xu Cheng with both hands. That was 10 years ago.
Thinking of this, Xu Cheng grinned.
"Today, she is a real adult." Xu Cheng said.
Qiqiu was indeed controlled by vampires. When Xu Cheng approached the site, the once prosperous city was now in deathly silence, with countless monsters hiding in it.
The sky surveyor didn't get close, and there was no need to inspect, so he took a detour and searched for traces of human settlements in the vast Italia.
"There are deserts everywhere." Lianhua scanned the ground.
"This area seems uninhabited, but I also detected a large number of energy readings!" Shahua suddenly shouted.
Not long after, a monster similar to the Nydus Worm crawled out of the hills of Italia. It didn't seem to have appeared because of the Sky Patrollers. It just came out to breathe air. The strong insect shell armor was wrapped around its muscles with thorns.
Its long tail trailed behind it, and the whole thing looked like an elongated giant scorpion, with bright red eyes and fangs several meters long.
"...How can we drive all these weird things back to our hometown?" Lianhua shouted.
"Shh, don't let it find out..." Shahua whined.
The Nydus Worm instantly spotted the Surveyor gliding in the sky and roared at it.
Xu Cheng quickly increased his power and flew the Sky Patroller to a secluded beach in Italia, hiding himself behind a dry reef.
The sea was as gray as bones. Xu Cheng and the others climbed down silently. Hades Qiao raised a bonfire to heat the food. For dinner, they only had peas and pork stew in a can. Pao Pao laid out sleeping bags for everyone.
Looking at each other in silence.
If they can't find Qian Meng, the mission cannot be completed. The Sky Patroller is already empty, and the supplies have been delivered or sold. There is only the last black package in the cargo hold, which must be handed over to Qian Meng before they can get up to 100 million in funds.
reward.
Xu Cheng pouted and sat by the campfire. The others didn't want to disturb her and went to rest.
The torn moon hung high in the starry sky. Italia was originally grassland and mountains, but now it is a large desert. Occasionally, alien flowers and plants bloom densely, forming a weird colorful garden.
Sooner or later, their homeland will become a paradise where alien life is rampant. This thought makes Xu Cheng shudder.
Xu Cheng took a deep breath and thought of what other witches would do, so he leaned forward and looked at the flames.
Lord Falosha, she said silently. I ask for your strength, please help me.
Xu Cheng closed his eyes.
She didn't see a trace of starlight shining in the flame. When she opened her eyes, the starlight had long since disappeared, leaving only dancing orange flames.
Ming Gongqiao was guarding on a rock holding a sniper rifle. Seeing its figure, Xu Cheng felt relieved. She lay back in the sleeping bag, put herself in it, closed her eyes, and imagined that nothing happened.
——
She returned to the dark dreamland and came back. She counted the 2,100th time in six years that she had had a strange dream.
Xu Cheng walked through the illusory wilderness, leaving the sea of stars behind. She came to the edge of the cliff and looked at the ever-changing white tower.
A strange brilliance is reflected in the seamless white stone. The stone pillars, corridors and windows are constantly changing. They are not real architectural structures, but an interlacing of points and lines.
I’ve almost written it down. Xu Cheng thought silently.
"So, can you remember?" Xu Yang's phantom stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the ever-changing white tower.
"What exactly is it?" Xu Cheng silently stared at the tower. Its appearance was in the process of eternal change. The pale cold wind passed through her toes, feeling soft and cold.
"It's a palace, or an organ." Xu Yang stared at it, "We will go here one day."
"What are you doing there?" Xu Cheng leaned back and put his hands on the ground behind him.
"Make a break." Xu Yang said.
"Quack." Xu Cheng looked at this ever-changing phantom. She was not smart and didn't know what the rules were, but she was very patient. She could memorize it. After falling into a dream 2100 times, she knew its 4 million kinds.
She couldn't help but smile at the changing pattern, "——It has changed again, but I remember it."
"Can you recognize it clearly at any time?" Xu Yang asked.
"I can recognize it clearly at any time." Xu Cheng gave an affirmative answer.
Xu Yang's phantom was silent for a while.
"You know I'm just a figment of your imagination," it said.
"I know." Xu Cheng's eyes turned to the vision of his father, "Because I miss my father so much."
Xu Yang's phantom turned around and slowly dissipated in the ripples.
"A visitor is coming," it said.
Xu Cheng stood up and saw a figure coming from the misty dreamland.
She was a girl in her twenties, with short and smooth black hair, a pretty face, bright black eyes, and a small nose. She was wearing a dark blue denim jacket, casual pants and off-road boots, and was carrying a small shoulder bag.
"Yo!" Qian Meng waved to Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng was stunned.
"Quack...!" Xu Cheng got up and looked at Qian Meng in surprise.
"Why are you here?" Qianmeng turned around and saw the ever-changing white tower, "What is that? It's dazzling."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Xu Cheng's tears were about to fall, "Did I also imagine you?"
"Nonsense." Qianmeng replied with a smile, "Of course I am the real deal, little fool."
"I have a name." Xu Cheng said quickly, "Dad named me Xu Cheng."
"Did Xu Yang adopt you? There is such a good thing, I almost forgot." Qian Meng smiled, "The past is not as good as now."
"I still want to know, why are you here?" Xu Cheng asked.
"The power of Lord Falosa guided me here." Qianmeng said easily. She walked to Xu Cheng and patted her, "Are you here to find me?"
"Yes!" Xu Cheng touched her pocket and wanted to hand the package to Qian Meng, but she forgot that she was in a dream and she had nothing. She raised her head and smiled tiredly and gratefully at Qian Meng, "Finally
Found you..."
Qianmeng sat next to Xu Cheng. Xu Cheng looked at Qianmeng. The stubborn child who was rescued from the Kyoto Infinity Laboratory has now become an outstanding witch who cannot be underestimated.
"The connection provided by Lord Falosa is very weak, and I also want to know what you came all the way to Taixi Continent to bring me." Qianmeng comforted Xu Cheng, "How about we meet again tomorrow? When we are awake, on the seventh day
The base outside Qiucheng."
"You have a base outside Qiqiu City?" Xu Cheng was surprised.
"yes!"
"We couldn't find anyone in Qiqiu, I thought you..." Xu Cheng felt in a daze.
"Our base is here..." Qianmeng reported the coordinates to Xu Cheng and asked her to remember it. "I have gathered as many survivors and troops as possible, and plan to launch a powerful counterattack to drive the vampires from Qiqiu City.
Drive them all away, so that the survivors in the Italia region can use the Seven Hills as a stronghold to slowly take back the entire Italia!"
"Fight, fight vampires! Are you the boss of everyone now?" Xu Cheng said excitedly.
"Yes! If they are not controlled, they will travel outside Taixi Continent sooner or later, and I am the most powerful witch here." Qian Meng said calmly.
"Yeah!" Xu Cheng's eyes widened. Qianmeng now had leadership ability, was sassy, and was beautiful. Xu Cheng was in awe.
"Come on, I thought I would never see help from my hometown again, but you actually crossed such a long distance and tried your best to get to Italia. I am really touched!" Qianmeng hugged Xu Cheng,
He said emotionally, "After you wake up from the dream, come to Qiqiu to find me! Little fool, we will eventually meet in reality..."
"I will find you! Qianmeng! I will definitely find you!" Xu Cheng shouted.
Qian Meng's figure slowly faded in the starlight. After Xu Cheng woke up from the dream, he felt the corners of his eyes moist.
She opened her eyes, the sand was stuck to the sleeping bag, the first golden ray of sunrise illuminated the sky, and the others were still sleeping peacefully.
"Let's go to Qiqiu again." Xu Cheng announced to the others during breakfast.
"Why? We took a look at Qiqiu from a distance, and there was nothing there." Lianhua was puzzled. She believed most of Xu Cheng's judgments, but she always said strange things, so Lianhua had to make reciprocal decisions.
Counterargument.
"We didn't get close to check, maybe there are survivors." Ming Gongqiao said.
"No," Xu Cheng shook his head, "I dreamed that everyone gathered in the south of Qiqiu and was preparing to counterattack the city."
"What?" Lianhua was shocked, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"Maybe there really is." Paopao was full of confidence in Xu Cheng.
"Let's go!" Xu Cheng has already established her authority and doesn't need to say it again. She ties up her blue cloak and feels very handsome.
She took pictures of the sun rising over the gray sea. The sunlight shone on the gray sea water, showing a morbid spectacle. The world is colorful and diverse, and they came here to witness every wonder of the world.
The sky surveyor flew towards the Seven Hills again. The rust-colored desert stretched to the end of the horizon, and the shuttle moved at high speed in the sky.
"Half an hour's flight found nothing!" Lianhua said, "There is no sign of life."
Xu Cheng's heart slowed down for a moment, wait, what if the dream she had was a phantom? But Qian Meng in the dream was so real. If Qian Meng was still alive 10 years later, it would definitely look like that.
Have you always been just a little fool...
"Qiqiu looks intact. There is no movement, no smoke, no radio signal, nothing. Even if there are people who survived the vampire invasion, they must be hiding." Lianhua reported, and then looked at Xu suspiciously.
Cheng, "Are you sure it was a 'reliable dream' that brought us here? I always feel like this is a trap!"
"...No way..." Xu Cheng shook his head.
"Maybe it was the vampire who made you have that dream. We have to leave quickly!" Lianhua said.
"Wait! There is a signal!" Shahua shouted, "The signal has been found!"
Xu Cheng drove the shuttle to the coordinates in his dream, which was located in a wilderness south of Qiqiu City. The sky patrol slowly approached, and all doubts on the shuttle disappeared. A huge military camp stood under the belly of the shuttle.
There were people everywhere, not vampires, but humans, bustling about, hauling supplies, repairing buildings.
They seemed to have spent several winters here. Rows of colorful tents housed the survivors who were constantly gathering, and permanent fortifications were sheltered by artillery and missile emplacements.
It may have started out as a military base. After day-and-night construction, it became an important stronghold in the south of Qiqiu City. A large number of shuttles and military helicopters were parked at the airport.
Xu Cheng's shuttle descended as a courier and finally arrived. She felt incredible. Was it really all the way from Jialongpo to Qiqiu?
She opened the hatch and went down as if sleepwalking. When she looked up, she saw a beautiful woman walking towards her, just like in her dream.
"Welcome to the Italia Human Resistance Alliance!" Qian Meng said loudly, happily extending his hand to Xu Cheng, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, little fool!"
"I have goods for you." Xu Cheng choked with sobs, her nose sore as she spoke. She cried. Why was she crying? She couldn't explain clearly.