Ling Cage: Twelve Talismans? I have everything I need.

Chapter 62 White Moonlight

"Okay, let's go."

Shandong University reburied the sensor beacon, then stood up and gestured for the two to return.

"Is that all?" Hong Kou asked in confusion.

Is this trip just about walking around and looking at things?

"The patrol is just to check the rate of ecological spread and whether any new Mana flowers have grown," Shanda explained to the two.

"The ecosystem is constantly expanding, and the Mana Flower is its node and energy source. If Xu Tong and his team discover new flowers, it means that the erosion is accelerating, and more frequent monitoring is needed, or we should consider sending someone to clean it up."

"We also wanted to see if there were any survivors, but after so many years, we've taken in all the ones we could, and we haven't seen many since."

Shan Da waved to the two of them, signaling them to follow: "Let's go, just go back to the car and wait for Xu Tong and the others to come back."

Meanwhile, Xu Tong, accompanied by Sui Xing and Jiu Ge, was walking in another area.

“Another one…” Xu Tong clicked his tongue: “The ecological activity here is quite high. I’ll have to report this properly when I get back.”

They did not approach, but observed and recorded from a distance.

After confirming that the records were correct, Xu Tong and his two companions quietly continued their patrol along the planned route.

As time passed and the sun began to set, stretching the outline of the ruins long, the two teams met again at the vehicle parking area.

Shan Da and Xu Tong whispered about their discoveries.

"Alright, we've got all the data." Shandong University put away the instruments and looked at the sky.

"Let's wander around the area a bit more and then head back."

Shandong drove his vehicle closer to the village entrance; it was already late at night.

Shattered Star quietly polished her compound bow, while Wine Song secretly observed Red Armor beside Dawn, seemingly pondering how to strike up a conversation.

Suddenly, Shandong University exclaimed "Eh!" and the car slowed down noticeably.

"What's wrong, Fatty?" Xu Tong looked at Shan Da curiously.

“That car…” Shandong pointed ahead.

Next to the supply station at the village entrance, there was a vehicle with a completely different style from theirs. The vehicle floated off the ground and eventually slowly landed.

Its lines are sleek, and its exterior is painted black, giving the whole vehicle a sense of security. On the side, you can see traces of graffiti, and you can vaguely make out the words "Kyuchuan Defense".

"The hovercar from Base Three?" Xu Tong recognized it too, his tone full of doubt.

"How did this rare thing end up in the village? Isn't it usually staying at the base or on special missions? I've never seen it come out before."

Shandong University parked the truck a few meters behind the vehicles at Base No. 3 and turned off the engine.

The patrol team members all got out of the car, their eyes involuntarily drawn to the vehicle.

Just then, the driver's side door of the vehicle at Base Three opened silently upwards.

A tall and imposing figure stepped out of the driver's seat.

He was tall with a high nose bridge and a well-defined jawline.

He casually swung his hand, as if getting used to something.

Shan Da, Xu Tong, and even the newcomers like Hong Kou Po Xiao all looked on with curiosity.

Shandong University, as the team leader, scratched his head, unable to suppress his curiosity any longer. He stepped forward and tentatively asked a question.

"Uh, buddy? You're from Base Three? Is there anything we can help you with?"

Upon hearing the sound, the tall man slowly turned around. His gaze swept over the dusty patrol team before finally landing precisely on Shan Da's chubby face, which was filled with question marks.

A smug, infuriating smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"What are you looking at?" Bai Yuetian's voice was clear and pleasant, but it was full of teasing.

"Little brat, haven't you ever seen your grandpa before?"

The air seemed to freeze.

The muscles on Shan Da's face instantly stiffened, his mouth slightly open, his eyes wide open, and his mind went completely blank.

Xu Tong's skateboard fell to the ground with a clatter, his jaw nearly dislocated. This way of speaking, and the way he called them "little brats"...
Shan Da's brain worked with difficulty as he looked at that face that bore a resemblance to Bai Yuekui...

Then I thought about that spherical life support capsule in my mind.

"Bai...Bai..." Shan Da's voice cracked: "You are...Bai Yuetian?! The boss's brother? That...that ball?!"

"Tsk." Bai Yuetian clicked his tongue in disdain.

He put his hands in his pockets and said, "What ball? That's rude. Call me Brother Tian."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to feel that the title was not enough to show the seniority, and immediately changed his address by shaking his head.

"No, no, no, calling him Brother Tian is too disrespectful. Call him Grandpa Yue Tian instead, I don't mind."

He looked with satisfaction at the stunned expressions on Shan Da and Xu Tong's faces, as if he were enjoying his first prank since returning.

"Is this a new body made using 3D printing equipment?" Shandong asked curiously.

"Yeah, pretty much."

As the group talked, Hong Kou's gaze was fixed on Bai Yuetian's face.

A strong, inexplicable sense of familiarity welled up inside me.

Those eyebrows, those features... she felt like she'd seen them somewhere before!

Is it in the dusty archives of the old world of the lighthouse? Or in a tattered photograph discovered during a ground operation?
She instinctively moved closer to Shan Da, leaned slightly forward, and lowered her voice: "Shan Da...who is this person? Why...why are you all so surprised?"

Shan Da snapped out of his daze and whispered, "He... he's Boss Bai's older brother, Bai Yuetian."

"Before... uh, for some reason, he was always in a... uh... spherical life support pod, the one that could talk, bounce around, and was particularly annoying... cough cough."

"That metal ball with a really strong personality."

Shan Da immediately realized that Hong Kou and the other two seemed to have never seen Bai Yuetian like that before.

"Oh, by the way, you haven't met before."

Po Xiao stood behind Hong Kou, his brows furrowed. He also clearly felt that Bai Yuetian looked somewhat familiar.

Bai Yuetian seemed to enjoy the stunned looks on everyone's faces. He walked up to Shan Da and patted Shan Da's sturdy shoulder.

“Little Fatty, what are you spacing out for? Don’t you recognize me? Or…” He deliberately dragged out his words, with a teasing tone.

"My new look is so handsome it makes you all feel ashamed?"

"Alright, alright, everyone disperse. Go do whatever you need to do. I'm just getting used to my new body, so I'm going to take a stroll around the village."

After saying that, he ignored everyone, whistled off-key, and strode off into the brightly lit depths of the village.

Hong Kou frowned as she watched Bai Yuetian's departing figure.

She then looked at Shan Da beside her: "Is he Boss Bai's older brother?"

“Yeah, didn’t I just say that, brother?” Shan Da nodded, then asked, “What’s wrong?”

"Has he always been in Dragonbone Village?"

Shan Da said matter-of-factly, "Of course, he's older than Lao Xia and is Boss Bai's older brother, so he must have always lived in the village."

"What's wrong with you two?"

Looking at Hong Kou and Po Xiao, whose brows were furrowed, Shan Da couldn't help but feel curious.

"It's nothing, I just feel like I've seen it somewhere before." Hong Kou was still thinking, trying to recall where she had seen it before.

Shan Da waved his hand: "The boss's brother has always stayed in the village. Weren't you on the pot lid before? How can you see him?"

"Perhaps it's because his new body looks a bit like someone you knew before that you think so."

Hong Kou nodded: "That's true."

The lighthouse only recently arrived on this continent, so it's impossible for us to have seen it before.

Moreover, I heard that Boss Bai's brother had been staying in the life support pod until the last two days before he regained his physical form.

"Forget it, don't think about it."

(End of this chapter)