You Two, Too?

I agree.

Minister Zhang waved his hand and said, "Master Lu, you are the expert in dealing with the supernatural. You can command all the personnel in the containment center's Action Department."

Lu Bai still wore a harmless and kind smile, "No need for all that trouble, I just want to take a quick look around the tent area to make sure everything is in order."

"How about this then?"

Minister Zhang pointed at Captain Mao: "Colonel Mao Siyu, you will continue to accompany Master Lu. You must ensure his safety."

"Yes!"

Captain Mao immediately stepped forward and saluted.

Lu Bai's current status certainly doesn't allow just anyone to try and take advantage of him.

If he weren't unwilling, he probably would have to arrange for a team of professionals to clear the way for him whenever he went out.

After parting ways with the high-ranking officers of the Action Department, Lu Bai, as before, led Captain Mao discreetly into the tent area.

This time, they didn't even bring Observer Chen.

Since the strange occurrences, the peaceful lives of ordinary people have been destined to never return.

Temporary evacuations and withdrawals are common practice at the national level.

Fortunately, humans are ultimately a species with an extremely high capacity for adaptation.

Even if people haven't experienced it themselves, they are already mentally prepared for such a thing to happen.

Neither the continuous bombing of the location of the Abomination last night nor the appearance of the Plague Doctor during the subsequent evacuation caused a large-scale psychological breakdown among the people.

By the evening of the second day, the people who had arrived at the shelter were all safely settled into the tent area under the orderly guidance of the staff.

The resilience honed by the strange occurrences of the past two years allows people to force themselves to persevere amidst such turmoil.

Splash~

After washing up at the designated location, Zhou Lei turned and went to the water supply station to fetch water.

The loudspeakers in the tent area continued to play tirelessly, creating a lively atmosphere.

"Sigh, I wonder if the 'Guardian God' has woken up yet."

"Yes, please make sure nothing happens to you."

"Sigh, please don't take offense at my harsh words, but I feel there's little hope for the 'Guardian God' to awaken."

"Think about it, if such powerful forces don't require any price to pay, then why would the Guardian God choose to strategically retreat when encountering Abomination?"

At the water supply station, several residents, carrying bottled water, returned to their tents together, their faces filled with worry.

This is not an isolated case.

In fact, most of the people in this shelter were silently worried about Lu Bai's situation.

On one hand, Lu Bai fainted because he was overwhelmed with the burden of protecting them; anyone with a conscience would know to be grateful.

On the other hand, it stems from concerns about their own safety.

Admittedly, 99% of strange occurrences do not happen in crowded places.

But those rare oddities that are attracted by dense crowds are, without exception, none of them easy to deal with.

If Lu Bai can wake up, with Guardian God overseeing things, the people will feel a sense of security.

Lu Bai is currently unconscious. What if another strange entity appears at the containment center?

Just then, the broadcast, which had been urging everyone to remain calm and maintain order, suddenly stopped and was replaced by an excited voice.

"Hello everyone, our Keshan Shelter Center broadcasting station has received an update: after a team of medical experts... to repeat..."

This impromptu broadcast was short, and contained only one main point.

That is to inform the people that the Guardian God has recovered and awakened.

As the broadcast began, Zhou Lei, who was on his way to the water supply station, immediately heard deafening cheers erupting throughout the shelter.

Many of the people in the crowd began to shout excitedly, while others at least showed expressions of relief.

It's not surprising that the public is generally very excited.

Recalling the abilities Lu Bai displayed when facing the Plague Doctor, it not only shocked the death fighters but also gave all the people hope of completely eliminating the strange phenomenon.

After all, the Plague Doctor is a strange Sequence 06 unit.

If this level of anomalies can be handled, then anomalies of even lower sequences would probably be even easier to manage, right?

"She woke up so quickly?!"

Even though Zhou Lei, a fighter, was preoccupied with his own thoughts, he had to put on a smile so as not to appear too abrupt.

The situation changed, and he abandoned his plan to continue fetching water and immediately turned back.

Back in the tent he was assigned, he could immediately hear the college students inside excitedly discussing something.

This made Zhou Lei inexplicably irritable.

He shook his head and then turned his gaze to a young man with excessively long bangs who was sitting next to him on the bed.

The other person smiled and waved at him.

Zhou Lei hurried over, and before he even got close, he lowered his voice and said quickly, "Are you still sitting there? Didn't you hear that he's already woken up?"

"What else do you suggest we do?"

Feng Qian blew a breath upwards, managing to lift his bangs away from his face for a moment.

The fighters who attacked Lu Bai last night were not just the dozen or so people who were captured.

Many more, like them, took advantage of the chaos to hide.

"There's no way to hide in these tent areas. I can figure out which tents are hiding deathmatchers just by walking around outside."

Zhou Lei asked somewhat anxiously, "If you were that Smiling Face, would you let go of so many easily attainable points?"

Feng Qian hid his eyes behind his long bangs, making it impossible for anyone to see his gaze.

Of course not.

"That settles it, given his current situation..."

Zhou Lei glanced discreetly at the group of college students engaged in a heated discussion on the other side of the tent, and continued, "... their prestige in the eyes of these natives means they can easily find a reason to find us and kill us, without any risk whatsoever."

"Yeah, so I decided to hang out with that guy."

Feng Qian spread his hands, frankly stating his attitude. "We can't even use our abilities right now, we're no different from these natives. Even if you want to resist, what can you do?"

"Switch allegiance to Smiling Face?"

"Otherwise what?"

Zhou Lei paused for a second, then sat down somewhat awkwardly.

Do you think Smiling Face would agree?

"You two..."

Looking at Zhou Lei and Feng Qian, who had excitedly run up to him to pledge their allegiance, Lu Bai's tone was somewhat strange. "You also want to become his disciples?"

He emphasized the words "becoming an apprentice".

Zhou Lei mustered up his courage and peeked behind Lu Bai.

It is obvious that the colorful artistic lettering is piled up in layers.

Yes, behind Lu Bai were about a dozen fighters.

Those who fought to the death looked at Zhou Lei and Feng Qian with barely suppressed laughter in their eyes, as if they were looking at one of their own.