Generation Z Mainland

Chapter 4 Mysterious Cave (1)

Zuo Qihan followed Yu Yuhan to the mysterious castle. Zuo Qihan looked around and asked Yu Yuhan warily, "Why did you bring me here?"

Yu Yuhan turned his head to look at him, sneered and said, "Don't you want to know your life story? Shouldn't we talk about it behind closed doors?"

Zuo Qihan was speechless: "Where is this place?"

Yu Yuhan turned around and looked at him, smiling: "It doesn't matter. What I am going to say next must be of great interest to you."

Zuo Qihan raised his eyebrows: "I'm all ears."

Then, Yu Yuhan took him to a corridor. It was a long, narrow and deep corridor. If Yu Yuhan was not there, Zuo Qihan would still be a little scared.

Yu Yuhan led him to a small room. There was nothing inside except a glowing glass box, empty.
"This was once the container for the Elven Flame, a sacred object kept by your family for generations. Whoever possesses it can master all elements of fire. During the great war 500 years ago, your parents, to prevent the Elven Flame from being taken away, exhausted nearly all their magical powers to create you. They then hid the Elven Flame within you, leaving this world behind and allowing you to reside permanently in the real world."

Zuo Qihan looked at the empty box without even glancing at Yu Yuhan, and interrupted him coldly: "Why should I believe you!"

Yu Yuhan looked at him and smiled contemptuously, "That's because in my previous life, I was fortunate enough to witness your parents seal the Spirit Holy Fire within your body. I brought you here because I wanted to possess it, but your parents are very cunning. Once the Spirit Holy Fire leaves your body, you will die. Once you die, the Spirit Holy Fire's power will be gone."

Zuo Qihan turned and looked at him: "What about A Rui? Why did you arrest him?"

Yu Yuhan smiled and looked at Zuo Qihan: "Zhang Hanrui? You want to know?"

Zuo Qihan nodded.

"Why did I tell you?"

Zuo Qihan: ".You! How despicable!"

Yu Yuhan chuckled. "Thank you for the compliment. I've told you everything you wanted to know. Now it's time to send you back. I heard that a kid you care about is really worried! Hey, if I take the Spirit Holy Fire out of your body right now, how worried would he be?"

Zuo Qihan yelled, "Come on! I don't believe it! I don't believe you'll actually take it out! After all, if I'm dead, this thing will be useless. You said so!"

Yu Yuhan raised his eyebrows: "Oh~" A little angry, Yu Yuhan gave Zuo Qihan a move and directly knocked Zuo Qihan out of the hut. He collapsed in a corner of the corridor.

Zuo Qihan slowly got up, glared at Yu Yuhan, and was about to walk towards the castle gate when he heard Yu Yuhan say behind him, "They have left the forest now. I don't think you can find them like this. You should stay and let me figure out how to use the Holy Spirit Fire for me!"

Zuo Qihan turned around and glared at him: "You're dreaming!" Then he left without looking back.

Yu Yuhan looked at his back, thoughtfully, waved his hand to summon a bird, whispered a few words to the bird, and said, "Go!" The bird flew away after receiving Yu Yuhan's instructions.

On the other side, under Haohao's guidance, everyone finally walked out of the forest. The next scene shocked them again: in front of them was a beach and an endless sea.

It was still daytime, but the beach didn't look any better than the dark forest. Zhang Hanrui watched everyone resting beside a huge rock, walked over, patted Zhi Enhan on the shoulder, and called him away.

Everyone was puzzled by Zhang Hanrui's sudden behavior. Why did he suddenly call Xiaozhi away? When did these two have a secret?

Zhang Guiyuan asked, "What is Zhang Hanrui doing?"

Yang Bowen straightened his clothes and looked up at the direction the two men were going: "I don't know."

The others didn't think much about it and just sat down to rest.

Zhang Hanrui called Zhi Enhan to a reef ten meters away and asked quietly, "Your ability... Chen Junming and the others didn't see it, right?"

Zhi Enhan blinked and said, "No? What's wrong with you? Are you suspicious?"

Zhang Hanrui sighed: "It's good that no one found out"

Zhi Enhan asked in confusion, "Isn't it bad to be discovered? Why are you hiding it?"

Zhang Hanrui said softly, "I don't know why I'm so nervous, but I always feel like something bad is going to happen."

Zhi Enhan: "How about summoning the little butterflies?"

Zhang Hanrui saw Zhi Enhan about to take out the magic weapon and hurriedly stopped him: "No! It will attract too much attention, and I won't be able to explain it if they ask!"

Zhi Enhan reluctantly withdrew her hand: "No, you can't do this or that, you..."

Zhang Hanrui hesitated: "But..."

Zhi Enhan said with a serious face: "If you summon them now, maybe we can find him faster. If you hesitate any longer, what if he loses his life?"

Zhang Hanrui didn't say anything, and the air fell into silence.

Zuo Qihan had been walking for a long time without seeing his companions, so he prepared to sense them again. However, he was too badly injured this time and could not sense anything.
"How on earth am I going to find them?" Zuo Qihan said, perhaps because of the severity of his injuries, he slowly fell to the ground and fell into a coma.
Before he passed out, he seemed to vaguely see a figure appear. He subconsciously wanted to call out to him, but suddenly he couldn't see anything clearly. He felt as if a force was carrying him up into the air. He didn't know where he was going.
Zhang Hanrui returned to the group with Zhi Enhan, looking worried. Before anyone could ask what happened to Zhang Hanrui, Yu Junxi said worriedly, "Where on earth did Brother Zuo go? Okay, let's fly up and see if we can see him."

After responding well, he flew up and looked around for any trace of Zuo Qihan.

Suddenly, he discovered something and flew over with his eyes wide open.

Zhang Hanrui lowered his head and called out softly, "Xiao Qiqi..."

Li Jiasen patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, he... will be fine."

Zhang Hanrui glanced at Li Jiasen and said, "I hope so."

A few minutes later……

Haohao flew back from the sky: "Brother Yu Junxi, everyone! I found him, follow me!"

Under Haohao's leadership, the group finally saw Zuo Qihan who was in a coma.

Zhang Hanrui immediately ran over and hugged him: "Xiao Qiqi, Zuo Qihan, wake up, Zuo Qihan, Xiaozhi, please help me save him!"

Zhi Enhan was stunned for a moment and said, "Ah? Okay, brother, please move aside first."

Yu Junxi looked at Haohao in surprise: "Ji Eunhan... does he have superpowers too?"

Haohao curled the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled and said nothing.

Guan Junchen scratched his head: "Should I do this..."

Wang Lujie rubbed his arm and said, "If I hadn't still been hurting from the fall I got while fishing yesterday, I would have thought I was dreaming!"

A few minutes later……

Zhi Enhan stood up and said, "Brother, Brother Zuo Qihan is seriously injured. I can only help stabilize his injury temporarily."

After saying that, Zhi Enhan turned into a beam of light and flew into the magic weapon hidden behind Zhang Hanrui.

Zhang Hanrui took out the magic weapon behind him with a confused look on his face: "You disappeared a little suddenly, right? Can you at least tell me how he became like this?"

Zhi Enhan made a warm boyish voice: "It's too scary outside, I'll go in and hide for a while."

Zhang Yiran looked around: "Where's Xiaozhi?"

Zhang Hanrui was speechless: "You ungrateful person! Come out!"

Zhi Enhan lost his voice in the magic weapon, and Zhang Hanrui could do nothing to him.

Yang Hanbo looked around and then at Zuo Qihan: "What should we do now?"

Zhang Guiyuan crossed his arms and said, "Isn't it possible that we have to spend the night here? It's so scary!"

Yang Bowen looked at Zhang Guiyuan and asked, "Where should we go next? What about Zuo Qihan?"

Haohao couldn't help but say, "Ji Eunhan, you hid after reading this, come out!"

Zhi Enhan finally spoke again: "I'm scared! Don't worry about it!"

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Guan Junchen pointed to a small cave not far away and said, "Let's go take a look ahead. I'll carry him on my back." As he spoke, Guan Junchen, who had not yet had time to carry Zuo Qihan on his back, suddenly felt a gust of wind, and everyone squinted their eyes due to the wind.

A figure flashed by, and Zhang Guiyuan was so scared that he grabbed Yang Bowen's arm again.

Yang Bowen had an expression of "I'm speechless".

Wang Hao saw the person in front of him clearly and called out happily, "Yao Yuchen?"

Yao Yuchen turned around and saw the others: "Hey, why are you guys here too?"

Wang Hao subconsciously wanted to go forward and hug Yao Yuchen: "My brother~ Why do you need it later?"

Yao Yuchen spread his hands and said, "I came here for some unknown reason last week and haven't left since."

Guan Junchen asked, "Just you?"

Yao Yuchen replied: "Yes, he was in the dormitory before he went to bed, and when he woke up he was in the wilderness. Oh, what happened to him?" Yao Yuchen walked into the crowd and saw Zuo Qihan lying unconscious in Zhang Hanrui's arms.

"He...is not feeling well. We are planning to find a place for him to rest!" said Zhang Hanrui.

Yao Yuchen smiled and said, "That's easy. Take him to my place!"

Wang Hao was about to agree: "Ah, okay..." but was interrupted by Zhang Hanrui: "No need, thank you, senior."

A hint of inexplicable awe flashed in Yao Yuchen's eyes, and then he said, "Alright, if you need anything, remember to come find me at the cabin on the mountain ahead. Bye."

"Goodbye, senior." Zhang Hanrui said.

"Why did you reject me, senior?" Wang Hao didn't quite understand. He had been in this world for so long and finally met an acquaintance.

Zhang Guiyuan said: "Yes! What are you doing?"

Zhang Yiran said, "What are you thinking about?"

Everyone expressed their confusion. Zhang Hanrui slowly put Zuo Qihan down from his arms, stood up, and said, "Since Senior Yu Yuhan is here, he must know. Besides, I feel... he's here for Xiao Qiqi, just like Senior Yu Yuhan. Although we don't know Xiao Qiqi's true identity, since the seniors are all here for him, there's absolutely no way I'll let them take him away."

Yang Bowen listened to Zhang Hanrui's words and thought for a moment: "You mean... there's a high probability that other seniors are here too?" Zhang Hanrui looked at Yang Bowen and said, "This is just speculation. I'm not sure if other seniors are here."

Wang Hao interrupted again, "Then...are we still going to look for Yao Yuchen?"

Wang Junxi knocked his head in frustration: "Find a hammer, what if he takes Zuo Qihan away while we're sleeping?"

Wang Hao touched his head which was hurt by Wang Junxi's blow and said, "That's right."

Fu Ziming looked at Zhang Hanrui and asked, "Hanrui, what should we do now?"

Zhang Hanrui shook his head: "Let's take it one step at a time..."

Guan Junchen carried Zuo Qihan on his back and led the others towards the small cave. After arriving, Zhang Hanrui first checked the cave and found that it was just a small cave, only about eight meters deep. He said, "Everyone, let's rest here for a while."

After everyone put Zuo Qihan down, the three oldest brothers went to look for food and firewood, while the rest rested or played.

Zhang Zhongyu, Wei Zichen, and Chen Junming are playing the game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Win, Take a Step Back"

Fu Ziming came and sat down next to Zhang Hanrui: "What are you thinking about?"

Zhang Hanrui didn't look at him and just said lightly: "I'm wondering... who hurt him, was it Senior Yu Yuhan or Senior Yao Yuchen."

Fu Ziming held his chin in his hand and thought for a while: "We'll know this only when he wakes up."

Zhang Hanrui turned to look at Fu Ziming: "I don't understand why, after coming to this world, everyone we meet wants to take him away. What on earth does he have..."

Chen Junming shouted, "Wei Zichen, you lost again!"

Zhang Zhongyu shook his head: "Can you win once?"

Wei Zichen grabbed his head and screamed, "I'm playing rock-paper-scissors and it's a black hole! Yang Jiahao, save me!"

Yang Jiahao passed by and took a look, then asked blankly, "How can I save him?"

Chen Junming waved his hand: "Forget it, how about a slap? Rock-paper-scissors. The losing hand puts on the ground, and then they stack up one by one. The last remaining person's hand hits down, and whoever they hit loses!"

Zhang Zhongyu rolled up his sleeves and said, "Come on! Whoever gets hit will have their head blasted!"

The teenagers who were having fun heard Wang Hao, who was coming back with a pile of firewood, say, "We're back!"

Chen Yiheng rushed forward to help: "Is there anything to eat?"

Zhang Guiyuan also hurried forward to greet them: "Oh, thank you, my eldest brother, thank you, my second brother, thank you, my third brother!"

Zhang Hanrui on the side silently summoned Zhi Enhan. Xiao Zhi was confused: "What are you doing again?"

Zhang Hanrui walked towards the cave entrance and said, "Please keep an eye on him for me. I'll be back soon."

Zhi Enhan was speechless: "Well, you've become a tool again." He sighed as he watched Zhang Hanrui leave: "Tell me, what on earth have you been through to make him worry so much?"

Zuo Qihan:
"I don't understand why he cares so much about you when there are more than ten of you. Forget it, I'd better find a way to cure you as soon as possible. I think if you don't wake up, Zhang Hanrui will be broken."

Zhang Hanrui:
Xiaozhi was trying hard to cast a spell... but he unexpectedly sensed something different, which deflected his magic power. So, he immediately ran over to catch Haohao.

Haohao followed Zhienhan to Zuo Qihan with a confused look on his face: "What are you doing?"

Zhi Enhan explained: "I sensed a force in Zuo Qihan's body, but I can't tell what it is."

Haohao asked doubtfully: "Strength? Then let me try it."

Zhang Hanrui reached the edge of the forest again and said, "Come out, I know you are here."

A girl about his age slowly walked out from behind a big tree. The girl was wearing exquisite Miao costume, holding a strange stick in her hand and a small bag on her waist. She looked like a Miao girl full of energy.

Zhang Hanrui raised his lips slightly and said, "It's you, so tell me, why are you following us?"

The girl slowly walked over to Zhang Hanrui and said with a smile, "Nothing special. I just stumbled here by mistake. Don't get me wrong. Long time no see, Hanrui. Do you remember when you came to our village with your parents as a child? That was the first time we met?"

"Of course I remember. We were very young at that time, only ten years old," said Zhang Hanrui.

The girl smiled and said, "By the way, have you ever practiced the witchcraft I taught you?"

Zhang Hanrui shuddered slightly. "No, no, I wouldn't dare try those things lightly. The consequences are too scary."

The girl added, "But there is one you can try."

Zhang Hanrui looked at the girl, who was stunned again. Seeing his silence, the girl continued, "Don't you care about your good friend very much? After using the Tongxin Gu, can't you sense his joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness?"

Zhang Hanrui's entire body was shaking, and he finally spoke tremblingly, "What are you talking about! Why would I cast a curse on my good friend?"

The girl chuckled from an angle he couldn't see, and then said, "Don't you want to know what secrets are in his body? With the Tongxin Gu, won't you two be able to sense each other? You can also solve the doubts that have been bothering you, right?"

Zhang Hanrui lowered his head, remained silent, and closed his eyes, imagining the scene of Zuo Qihan and Yu Yuhan fighting each other. He was knocked to the ground by Zuo Qihan, and he struggled to get up.
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Zhang Hanrui hesitated to speak. Seeing his expression change, the girl raised an eyebrow and said, "Think about it. Compared to the others, this Tongxin Gu is the mildest and least harmful."

While Zhang Hanrui was still hesitating, the girl suddenly discovered that the other brothers behind him came to find him.

Yu Junxi glanced at the girl without saying anything. He called out to Zhang Hanrui, "Brother, come over and have something to eat."

Zhang Hanrui nodded, "Okay." Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the cave with Yu Junxi, he remembered something, "What about you? What are you going to do?"

The girl's lips curled slightly. "Like I said, I came here by accident. I don't know how to get back. I'm trying to find the exit. Do you mind if I come with you?"

Yu Junxi asked in surprise: "Sister, did you also come to this world by accident?" The girl shrugged and said nothing. Yu Junxi knew that this was probably her consent.

Yu Junxi added: "Then we can work together to find a solution!"

Zhang Hanrui stared at Yu Junxi in astonishment and sighed: "Then you, come with us."

So, the girl followed Yu Junxi and Zhang Hanrui to the cave. The others looked at the Miao girl in confusion. Zhang Hanrui explained to them that she was an old friend of his from the Miao ethnic group. Everyone relaxed a little, but Zhang Hanrui still had a bad feeling in his heart.

The Miao girl looked at Zuo Qihan, who was still sleeping, pointed in that direction, and asked in a fake tone, "Him? What's wrong?"

"Him..." Wang Hao was about to speak when Zhang Hanrui interrupted him: "He's not feeling well and fell asleep."

The Miao girl pondered, "Isn't he hungry? Why don't we wake him up to eat?"

Zhang Hanrui reached out and took a bunch of grilled food and handed it to her: "This is ready, you eat it first, don't worry about him."

The girl took the skewers and said, "Oh, thank you." She ate while looking in Zuo Qihan's direction, and revealed a weird smile in a place where no one noticed.

After eating, everyone gathered around where Zuo Qihan lay. Zhang Guiyuan prayed that Zuo Qihan would wake up soon. Yang Bowen asked worriedly, "When will Zuo Qihan wake up?"

Zhang Hanrui patted Zhi Enhan, who shuddered and said, "He, Brother Haohao and I have helped him get better. He should be fine soon."

The Miao girl smiled, looked at Zhang Hanrui and said, "Hey, how are you thinking about what I told you?"

Everyone's attention was instantly drawn to Zhang Hanrui.

Zhang Hanrui ignored the surprised looks of others and silently fiddled with the firewood to make the flames burn brighter.

Fu Ziming: "Brother Hanrui? What's going on?"

Yang Hanbo: "What's going on between you and this sister?"

Li Jiasen: "What did she ask you to consider?"

Wang Lujie: "You have a secret? You won't tell us?"

Li Yunchenrui: "What is it?"

Zhang Zhongyu: "Brother Hanrui, did something happen when you went out alone just now?"

Wei Zichen trembled as he tightly grasped Zhang Zhongyu's arm. Chen Junming's palms were sweating as he held Yang Jiahao's hand. Chen Yiheng silently helped Zhang Hanrui pass the firewood.

Zhang Guiyuan looked at the Miao girl fearfully, then looked at Zhang Hanrui: "What the hell?"

Yang Bowen: "Brother, what did you tell her? What are you considering?"

Wang Hao whispered to Wang Junxi, "I always feel that this girl is not simple."

Wang Junxi also whispered back: "Me too, I feel the same way."

Their whisper was caught by the Miao girl, and they both shut up in fear.

Guan Junchen sat next to Zhang Hanrui and observed his and the Miao girl's expressions: "Hanrui, what happened?"

Zhang Hanrui finally spoke: "I'll just tell you one thing: I won't do anything I'm not sure of."

The Miao girl raised her head slightly and smiled, "Okay, I know what you're thinking. It's getting late. I'm exhausted from wandering around all day. I'm going to bed now. Good night, everyone."

Seeing the girl leaning against the cave entrance with her arms folded and her eyes closed, she fell asleep. Everyone found a place and slept together in groups of three or four.

Only Zhang Hanrui was still sitting by the campfire, looking at the flames and Zuo Qihan beside him, frowning uneasily. However, he was really tired because he had walked for too long, and soon he lay down next to Zuo Qihan and fell asleep.

It was late at night. Along with the sound of wind outside the cave, a figure flashed by, stayed in front of Zuo Qihan and Zhang Hanrui for a while, and then disappeared.

"Zhang Hanrui, if you have any questions, I'm here to help you."

[To be continued]

(End of this chapter)