diskusbooks Chapter 572 Escape
Chapter 572 Escape
A flash of silver light appeared in Bai Mengyan's eyes. Lan Yu was enveloped by an invisible hand and plummeted downwards. It slammed onto the table with a bang, knocking several cups off the table.
Lan Yu scrambled to her feet in a panic, completely losing the aloof and noble air she had just displayed. Several feathers of varying shades even fell out.
It cried out in terror, "What has grabbed me?!"
Bai Mengyan placed the bottle cap containing water on the corner of the table, crossed her arms, leaned back in the folding camping chair, and stared at the macaw with her eyes slightly narrowed.
After Lan Yu stood up again, her chest heaving, she even looked up at the spot in mid-air where she had just been grabbed by the invisible hand, in a very human way.
It caught its breath and stared at Bai Mengyan in shock. "It was you last night too, wasn't it? You made me unable to escape that black devil's clutches and got captured by you?"
Bai Mengyan snorted, "At least you have some brains. I thought your brain wasn't even as big as a nut kernel, and all you knew was parroting."
Lan Yu choked a little, then slightly spread her wings, looking quite exasperated.
Bai Mengyan crossed her legs and kicked the table with the tip of her shoe. "Now it seems that your silly act yesterday was all an act. Your acting skills were really terrible."
"Tell me, what name did Gray give you? What did they say after you flew back? Tell me the truth."
She pointed in the direction of Leng Yuexiu, "Look, that guy who took the bracelet off your hand yesterday, he's Gray's boss, your direct superior, understand?"
It seemed a bit awkward for Bai Mengyan to communicate with a half-meter-tall parrot. Just when some people thought the parrot couldn't understand, Lan Yu sighed and spoke in the same tone she used when speaking to Wu Wei.
"Blue Feather, the name my master gave me."
"My master said that the outside world is dangerous. When you see people, you should not get close to them, regardless of whether they are infected or not. You only need to glide and hover at a certain height, and you can record what is on your feet."
Lan Yu's sudden ability to communicate logically like a human shocked everyone present.
Zhang Zhiheng exclaimed, "My goodness, it can actually understand!"
Bai Mengyan and Leng Yuexiu locked eyes for a moment in mid-air before Bai Mengyan turned her gaze back to Lan Yu.
"Lan Yu, when did you find us?"
Without hesitation, Lan Yu blurted out, "You probably just entered the mountains not long ago. Lan Lan is used to patrolling the border before finishing work, and she happened to see you coming out of the monster's lair, so she quietly followed you."
Its voice trailed off, "I was just taking a nap and preparing to go back and report when you caught me."
"The monster's lair? You mean the hospital at the foot of the mountain?"
"Hospital?" Lan Yu said, unconsciously shaking her feathers. "That's not a hospital, it's hell."
Then it asserted, “I saw you come up that path, you must have gone up the mountain from there, there’s no mistake.”
It looked around at everyone in confusion, "How did you all get out of there? My master won't let me get close; I can only look at you from afar on the mountain."
"But it seems quite empty there now. Where did you come from? Do you know where everything inside went?"
The group exchanged glances and ultimately gestured for Bai Mengyan to communicate with Lan Yu, lest Lan Yu treat them differently based on who they were and have no interest in dealing with them.
Bai Mengyan nodded thoughtfully, "If you're right, then the hospital I mentioned and the monster's lair you mentioned are the same place."
Upon hearing the place name, Lan Yu couldn't help but fold her wings.
Bai Mengyan continued, "However, we didn't see the monster you mentioned. The entire open space outside the hospital was empty, with only a few infected individuals who looked like humans."
Bai Mengyan, fearing that Lan Yu might not understand the meaning of "infected," explained, "They look similar to us, but they have no consciousness or life, relying on instinct to gnaw at blood. We call these infected people zombies."
Lan Yu raised her neck a little higher. "Lan Lan knows. Master showed her the footage. They travel in groups and will roar excitedly when they hear a sound or smell blood and flesh."
"But the monsters and zombies that Lanlan mentioned are different. Congratulations on not encountering them, otherwise you might never have had the chance to see them!"
Lan Yu's tone was irritating, and without being pressured, she started spouting nonsense.
These words were undoubtedly meant to provoke everyone; they were practically cursing them to death, and almost everyone who looked at them wore an unfriendly expression.
Lan Yu was a beat slow to realize she had said something she shouldn't have. The leg with the wristband twitched violently, and she yelled, "It's time set by Master. Lan Lan has to deliver a message. I'll go first."
As it spoke, it flapped its wings and took off. As it continued to rise in altitude, it was even more afraid that Bai Mengyan would use that trick to pull it down again, so it swung its arms and waved them frantically, making a move as if it were pulling up from dry land.
Bai Mengyan snorted and poured out the water from the bottle cap, pushing it towards Cheng Lu. "Good thing it got away quickly."
Su Jiancheng said regretfully, "Why did you let it go so easily? We haven't even gotten any other information yet."
Bai Mengyan used her special ability to remove the small fluffy feathers left by Lan Yu on the table, and said indifferently, "It's not like it's not coming back. Small animals are still simple. Let it be intimidated once so that it can distinguish between king and queen. If you force it and don't give it a choice, it will be stressed and will be very resistant to contact next time."
"However, the brief communication also let us know something else, didn't it? Once we find Brother Grey, we'll be able to learn about the footage he collected."
While the group finished their lunch, Hui and Wu Wei sped off on their way.
With energy bars and "blue" drinks as supplies, their physical strength was replenished quickly, making them more agile than the main force.
In addition, they had very detailed survey information on the entire terrain and mountain features, and they had also personally visited some places, so they naturally traveled faster.
Hearing the sound coming from the air, the two passed through the shaded area and stood on the edge of an open cliff.
Gray stretched out his arm, and Blue Feather circled twice before landing precisely on Gray's arm.
"Those people are terrifying. Are they really Grey's friends?"
Hui and Wu Wei exchanged a glance and asked, "What happened?"
"There's a woman known as 'Little Princess,' who can grab Lanlan out of thin air with just a glance. Also, her aura is incredibly strong, even more so than some big cats."
Upon hearing the title "little princess," Hui immediately thought of Bai Mengyan.
"and then?"
She also asked Lanlan a few questions about you, but Lanlan didn't answer.
"They were very interested in the monster's lair, so Lanlan gave them a few perfunctory replies and flew back."
In Hui's opinion, Lan Yu's ability to ramble on and on was no less than that of the vice-captain Su Jiancheng, and sometimes it gave him a real headache.
He turned on the microcomputer on his arm and synchronized it with the tracking track on Lan Yu's wristband, quickly locking onto the location of Leng Yuexiu and his main force.
He smiled and said, "It seems the boss and the others are speeding up their work as well."