Yama Reborn-Chapter 568 - 565: Dream On!

Chapter 565 [Keep Dreaming!]

According to the usual grouping, Chen Nuo and Lu Xixi would participate in this action together, certainly joining the team closely together.

But if they were to split up, especially in an area as large as a province.

Facing opponents that might provoke a strong adversary like The Fourth Seed...

In that case, Chen Nuo naturally wouldn’t want to be separated from Lu Xixi!

A couple staying together, of course, feels the most assured, able to look out for each other.

Kamisou Ichiro looked at Chen Nuo and said: "I understand your concerns, but... actually, even after grouping, even if you encounter guards and can’t capture them alive, leading to the awakening of The Fourth Seed...

In such a case, Lu Xixi is still the safest among all the teams.

Because she is The Fourth Seed’s Chosen One!

The Fourth Seed wouldn’t harm its Chosen One, unless it intends to weaken its own power significantly!"

Hmm, this reasoning makes sense, Chen Nuo also felt no need to refute.

But...

Damn it, my own strength isn’t sufficient now!

The Fourth Seed wouldn’t harm Lu Xixi.

But in case I encounter it, I might not even be able to beat its guard!

I am invincible in defense; they simply can’t break my defense.

The problem is my combat power is only at the Destroyer level—Destroyer against Controller, I might not be able to break their defense!

Both sides unable to break each other’s defense?

This fight, just thinking about it, seems quite amusing.

However...

Lu Xixi frowned and spoke: "I oppose this, I don’t want to be separated from my husband."

Chen Nuo looked at Lu Xixi, thought for a moment, made a gesture to her, gently pulled her hand, Lu Xixi frowned at Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo smiled: "Let’s go with my plan this time."

Then looking at Kamisou Ichiro: "I accept your proposal, I can team separately from my wife, but I have one requirement about the team members, I request the right to choose."

Besides myself, Lu Xixi, and Wizard, the candidate team leaders.

The remaining choices for partners are: Son of the Sun, Diamond Queen, and Nolan.

"Of course, no problem, I can agree to give both of you the power to choose members right now. You both can first choose teammates you need, the remaining Controller will automatically join Wizard’s team."

Lu Xixi didn’t understand Chen Nuo’s intention but Chen Nuo’s eyes let Lu Xixi know he had his own plan.

Lu Xixi looked at Chen Nuo and said: "Alright, I’ll listen to my husband."

Kamisou Ichiro was very pleased to get the answer he wanted: "Then you two can select your team members now. I’ll also pair each team with a less powerful ordinary Controller and a group of armed mercenaries to provide support and deal with small troubles in the search process."

Chen Nuo glanced at Lu Xixi, signaling: you choose first.

Lu Xixi tilted her head thinking: "You’re not choosing first?"

Chen Nuo smiled: "You go ahead."

"Who do you think is more suitable for me to choose?"

"Someone steady, easier to command." Chen Nuo said: "I think you can choose Son of the Sun, after all, everybody are old friends, the friendship is there, during cooperation, the old guy should be more obedient."

Lu Xixi shook her head, thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "I choose Diamond Queen."

"Why?" Chen Nuo was a bit surprised.

"I don’t like that old man who swears all the time." Lu Xixi shook her head: "And Nolan is too scheming, full of tricky ideas, I don’t have the patience to deal with someone who plays mind games."

Chen Nuo frowned: "But you don’t get along with Diamond Queen either."

Lu Xixi smiled: "She’s rather foolish, without much trickery, any resentment is shown on her face. As for not getting along... if she doesn’t listen, I’ll beat her until she listens. Is that difficult?"

Well...

Seems reasonable.

·

That evening, after Kamisou Ichiro left, Chen Nuo and Lu Xixi had a quiet night.

The next morning, everyone got up.

In the mercenary camp, hundreds of mercenaries were already busy.

A new batch of field staff entered the resort, making the large resort with nearly a thousand people feel crowded.

Logistics busy checking vehicles, equipment, conducting pre-flight checks on planes, etc.

Chen Nuo and others naturally went to the restaurant for breakfast.

Then in the restaurant, all the Ability Users and Controllers gathered, Nolan announced the action plan.

Chen Nuo sat quietly listening.

He roughly understood that Nolan had concealed many things from the ordinary Ability Users involved in this action.

First, about the existence of Seeds, ordinary Ability Users were unaware.

The information received by ordinary Ability Users was: Octopus Monster Company gathered a group of people in this area looking for an ancient ruin with potentially high value—Octopus Monster Company didn’t disclose what’s hidden in the ruins, only vaguely stating the ruins contain something valuable to them. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Everyone speculated it might be treasure, some significant ancient relic like minerals? Meteorite?

But Octopus Monster Company didn’t say, and everyone followed the unwritten rule of mercenary work, not asking too many questions.

The official task given was: the ruins might hold considerable danger, so these Ability Users were hired essentially as bodyguards and fighters.

Then Nolan announced the grouping.

Everyone was divided into four teams.

Each team had one or two Controllers.

This grouping made ordinary Ability Users a bit tense and wary!

Every team needing one or two Controller leaders implies the task isn’t easy! High danger is likely.

To calm nerves, Nolan immediately stated: danger isn’t too high, because searching for ruins requires the large-scale spiritual sensing power of Controller-level strong individuals.

This explanation, whether believed or not, provided something to rely on.

But when it came to specific grouping...

The first surprise was the Star Sky Empress and her husband Lord Yama, who everyone assumed would be grouped together, were separated.

Though unexpected, it wasn’t anyone’s concern, so nobody commented.

However, hearing this Kamisou Ichiro guy actually forming a team alone, without a Controller?!

This caused dissatisfaction among many.

With Controllers leading a team, people feel secure.

This Kamisou Ichiro... who has heard of his name?

Some Ability Users couldn’t help but object: other teams have two Controllers, even dividing one into Kamisou Ichiro’s team would be better.

Otherwise, those placed in Kamisou Ichiro’s team wouldn’t feel secure.

Nolan’s solution: reiterated, Controllers spread among teams are for utilizing spiritual sensing power, not combat, bluntly put, serving as humanoid radar. Hence, no need for safety concerns.

As for Kamisou Ichiro’s team, Nolan revealed Kamisou Ichiro’s identity: a Destroyer level Special Ability User in the Spiritual category.

Simultaneously assigning two capable Spiritual Ability Users to Kamisou Ichiro’s team.

This action made everyone somewhat accept the explanation: Controllers are merely used as spiritual radar.

Son of the Sun sitting behind Chen Nuo during Nolan’s briefing, patted Chen Nuo’s shoulder: "Kid, you actually separated from the Empress? So who are you teaming up with?"

Chen Nuo lazily said: "Octopus Monster means that three top-tier controllers should each lead a group. I’m the leader of one of them.

So, the pairing should be me, this top-tier controller, with a weakling controller."

Saying this, Chen Nuo smiled as he looked at the old man.

The Son of the Sun was instantly pissed off!

"Motherf***ing little cookie! Who are you calling a weakling controller!!

Oh wait!! Why are you looking at me?!

Ah!! Damn it, I actually have to team up with you? I don’t want to team up with you!! Go scam someone else, don’t screw me over!"

Chen Nuo wasn’t in a hurry: "There are three groups, the other two are Wizard and Star Sky Empress. Who would you prefer as a partner, Mr. Weakling Controller?"

The Son of the Sun’s forehead veins twitched uncontrollably.

Motherf***er...

This bastard’s wife is just as bad! Last time, she even tricked me into going to Jinling! I got scammed hard there, even had to duel with Wizard.

No way am I teaming up with her this time.

But...

Should I go with Wizard then?

That old sneaky bastard... teaming up with him might be even more dangerous! These two may scam people, but at least they don’t take lives.

Teaming up with Wizard, who knows when I’ll get killed.

After thinking for a long time, the Son of the Sun sighed helplessly: "Fine... I’ll go with you."

"No, it’s not your choice to make, it’s mine. You actually have no right to refuse or choose."

"......"

When Nolan announced the list, he did not reveal anything about [a strong controller paired with a weakling controller] in front of everyone—mainly the ordinary Ability Users.

And because the gap in strength is so vast, it’s not even on a single level of existence. The ordinary Ability Users actually aren’t clear on the real difference in strength among these Controller level big shots.

Except for the Wizard and Her Majesty the Empress, both of whom have a reputation, everyone thinks they’re the strongest.

Other controllers, in the eyes of ordinary Ability Users, are about the same.

They just feel that pairing two Controllers in this way doesn’t have any special meaning.

The result is...

The Ability Users who were assigned to Chen Nuo’s group... all unanimously consider the Son of the Sun to be the leader of this group.

After all, the old man has been a Controller for decades.

And Mr. Yanluo, has only been around for a year or two.

A new Controller, both in terms of strength, seniority, and prestige, should be far less than the Son of the Sun.

After organizing the group, Chen Nuo’s group was assigned four ordinary Ability Users.

These four dudes all clearly considered the Son of the Sun to be the boss of the group.

Although respectful to Chen Nuo, it was obvious they were more obsequious to the Son of the Sun.

Especially since Chen Nuo noticed that among the four ordinary Ability Users in this group, one of them was the hot female Special Ability User who was chatting intimately with the old man in the restaurant last night.

This woman clearly had some intentions, shamelessly acting all cuddly in public by sticking close to the Son of the Sun.

It’s like an open signal to the group: I got his back, folks!

Chen Nuo watched as this woman’s chest almost touched the old man’s arm and couldn’t help but whisper to the Son of the Sun: "Nice body, did you sample it last night?"

The Son of the Sun squinted his eyes thinking for a moment, and answered Chen Nuo: "Some cars look good but aren’t always worth driving.

A bit average."

Although the old man was shameless, he hadn’t sunk to the level of denying people after putting on his pants.

Even though he knew this woman was just borrowing strength, he said nothing and accepted the relationship.

But Chen Nuo thought: this old bastard probably enjoys getting such cheap deals willingly.

·

In the morning, four groups each set out in different directions.

A heavy transport helicopter was loaded with a micro search instrument and signal receiving and transmitting device.

On the helicopter, there were two pilots, along with Chen Nuo, the Son of the Sun, and four Ability Users from their group. Additionally, there were two technical support personnel and two Mercenaries.

Also paired with an attack helicopter, carrying six Mercenaries.

On the ground, there were several transport vehicles and a convoy of military Humvees, carrying over thirty armed Mercenaries and thirty field technical engineers, plus some equipment and supplies.

Adding a fuel supply vehicle following the convoy.

The plan was for the helicopter team in the sky (transport + attack) to conduct aerial searches.

The ground convoy directly headed to a designated camp site, maximizing the helicopter’s flight radius, and conducted a fan-shaped area coverage search centered on the camp site.

Before the helicopter fuel runs out, it can return to the camp site to land and refuel.

·

Riding in a helicopter is not comfortable, especially in a CH47D transport helicopter, which due to heavy load and high rotor power, made Chen Nuo feel like he was sitting inside a massive noise box.

He could only silently use Telekinesis to block out the noise.

Talking and chatting wasn’t appealing... too loud, you’d have to shout to be heard.

Moreover, to ensure accurate searches, the flight altitude was relatively low causing some turbulence.

The Son of the Sun, shameless as he was, after takeoff, unceremoniously let that woman sit close to him.

The old bastard’s hand was firmly around the woman’s waist, and the other hand was brazenly placed on the woman’s thigh.

This woman was also quite the hardcore one.

Wearing shorts in Africa—aren’t you afraid of mosquitoes?

Hmm, but those thighs sure are pale.

Chen Nuo took a polite glance then looked away.

Too thick.

Not at the level of my own two beauties by any means.

·

On another route, Lu Xixi’s approach to the Diamond Queen, Lillian, was straightforward and forceful.

Before boarding the plane, Lu Xixi directly called Lillian to the front.

"I know you’ve always hated me, and you know I don’t like complicated or troublesome things, so I’ll get straight to the point." Lu Xixi looked at Lillian: "On this journey, if you give me even a hint of trouble, I mean even a hint."

Saying this, Lu Xixi extended her hand, pinching the top of her pinky nail, then continued: "... a hint of trouble, I’ll twist your bones into a spiral pretzel."

Lillian’s eyes were furious.

Lu Xixi smiled harmoniously: "You know, I actually don’t like you either, so you better not give me any opportunity."

Lillian gritted her teeth: "So you want me to obediently follow your orders?"

"Yeah, exactly that. Whatever I say, you better do it, don’t question, don’t refute, don’t disobey."

Lillian laughed in fury: "Ha!! Do you think I’m your slave? Do I have to perform all your orders? Even if you tell me to kill myself I have to do it? Even if you tell me to strip and sleep with your man, do I have to go through with it?"

Lu Xixi widened her eyes, looking at the Diamond Queen, then after a while, curled her lips disdainfully.

"As if you’d be that lucky!"