After picking up Xu Shang-Chi, Razor Fist quickly met up with Xialing in Hong Kong.
Some unpleasant things happened when picking up Xialing, but everything was resolved after Xu Shang-Chi intervened.
Xialing hugged Xu Shang-Chi angrily and said, "You said you'd be back soon..."
"Five whole years, why did you wait until I left before choosing to come back?"
Xu Shang-Chi hugged his younger sister and said sadly, "Father has had an accident..."
"What?"
Xu Shang-Chi then recounted what had happened and, together with Xialing and Razor Fist, returned to the Ten Rings headquarters.
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Sitting in the helicopter, Xu Shang-Chi looked down at the Ten Rings headquarters, which had been razed to the ground, and recalled his childhood days living there.
Xialing, standing to the side, covered her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes.
"My God, how is this possible..."
"Home, home is destroyed..."
The helicopter landed quickly, Xu Shang-Chi looked around. Of the entire headquarters, only one corridor had been completely preserved.
Xu Shang-Chi walked to the wall and stroked the murals on it. This was the place where he spent his childhood, and now it was all that remained.
Just then, Razor Fist walked over with a stack of documents and said, "These are the documents the master researched on Ta Lo. They might be of some help to you."
"The only useful part of this place now is the underground base. I'll wait for you there."
Xialing walked up to Xu Shang-Chi and said sadly, "I still can't believe that Father has really left us."
Xu Shang-Chi stroked the mural on the wall, looked at the dragon head in front of him, and heard the words from his childhood echoing in his mind.
"Shang-Chi, one day in the future, you will find your way home."
"The Ta Lo will truly appear before you."
Touching the dragon's eyes, Xu Shang-Chi felt that the size of the area was somewhat similar to the necklace his mother had left him.
Looking around the entire headquarters, only this place remained, as if by some unseen force. Xu Shang-Chi took off his necklace and placed it in the dragon's right eye, the position just right.
Xu Shang-Chi looked at his sister and said, "Give me your necklace."
Xialing was a little confused, but she still took off the necklace around her neck as her brother asked.
"Do you want to put the necklace here?"
"What's the use of this?"
Despite her doubts, she still handed the necklace to her brother.
Xu Shang-Chi placed another necklace on the dragon's left eye, and the next second, a radiant light shone in the dragon's eye.
Suddenly, water droplets flowed from the dragon head, and in the next instant, a large amount of water gushed out from the mural, shooting into the air and suspending itself.
Then these water droplets suddenly fell to the ground and turned into a Ta Lo map.
Then a golden light appeared from it, resembling a line on a map.
Looking at the scene before him, Xu Shang-Chi instantly understood. This was a treasure left to them by his mother, telling them how to get to the Ta Lo.
Looking at the scene before her, Xialing asked, "Is this... Ta Lo?"
Xu Shang-Chi nodded and said, "This should be my mother's house, Ta Lo."
The map then disappeared, transforming back into flowing water.
Xu Shang-Chi stepped forward, took off the necklace, and then said, "Perhaps we should study the documents left by our father."
"That's where our hope for revenge lies."
"They destroyed our home, and we will take revenge."
Xialing nodded in agreement with her brother's words, and then the two headed to the underground base.
They had a lot to prepare before heading to the Ta Lo.
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On the other side.
East of Los Angeles, California.
A young Black boy looked at the superhero figurines in the shop window with an envious expression.
At this moment, his father turned around, looked at his son gazing at the shop window, and said, "Your birthday is in a few months."
Who is your favorite person?
Looking at the Avengers and ninja figurines in the shop window, the child very sensibly said, "No need."
Hearing his son's answer, a hint of disappointment flashed across the father's face. He squatted down and said to his son, "Hey, Dad's a little short on cash right now, but I'll find a job soon."
"I won't go back to the factory, but I'm very confident."
Looking at his son, the father spoke again, "What are we, father and son?"
The son looked at his father and said, "A team."
The father laughed and bumped fists with his son, "That's right."
Then he pulled his son aside and said, "So, which figure do you want?"
Before her son could answer, a violent explosion suddenly occurred on the top floor of the building next door, with thick flames shooting out of the windows.
"Boom!"
The crowd immediately screamed, and the father immediately hugged his child and turned to look at the place where the explosion had occurred.
Upon seeing the location of the explosion, the father's eyes widened in disbelief. He then turned to his son in his arms and said:
"How are you?"
"Ace, look at me."
Ace nodded, indicating that he was alright.
Looking at the Charlotte figurine in the shop window, he said, "Would you like to stay here with Charlotte?"
"Maybe someone is injured. I'll go see if they need any help."
After saying this, the Black father immediately ran towards the building where the explosion had occurred.
Watching the people evacuate, he looked up at the exploded room upstairs and immediately heard the woman's cries from the top floor.
"Help! Help!"
Hearing that familiar voice, he glanced around the side of the building, but there was no one else around.
He pulled up his hood, took a deep breath, and stared at the wall in front of him.
"Drink!"
He then shoved his hand into the hole, creating a dent, and then he stomped his foot into another dent.
With each punch and each kick, he created a dent, and he climbed straight up to the top floor where the explosion had occurred, quickly reaching the floor where the explosion had taken place.
Upon entering the room, he found it ablaze everywhere. He quickly located the woman who was calling for help, and in the instant of the second explosion, he grabbed her and jumped from the top floor.
He landed in a classic superhero rescue manner, pulled the woman to safety, placed her on the ground, glanced around, pulled down his hood, and ran away.
And Skye, who was at the scene, recorded the whole thing on her phone.
After the hooded man left, Skye went over to check on the woman she had rescued and found that she was no longer in danger.
At the same time, Skye thought to herself, "We can't explain everything we're seeing, but it's certainly broadened our horizons."