Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 121 Borrowing a Body

"...An accident occurred in Antarctica, and we have now made an emergency landing in South America for rest and recuperation."

When Pei Hanxing received the message, he was fiddling with the group photo on his personal computer while seated in the cabin. Before leaving, he and Chu Deng took some photos at the airport.

Although Chu Deng didn't smile much in the photo, her eyes and brows were relaxed, indicating that she was in a good mood.

Pei Hanxing brushed her fingertips across her eyes and curled the corners of her lips into a smile.

During their time in South America, since there were no restrictions on their movements, Pei Hanxing simply used her limited personal computer to take some photos of the local area and visit some cultural and scenic spots, waiting to tell Chu Deng about them when they made contact.

The three-day rest period passed quickly. When Pei Hanxing arrived in Antarctica, he found that he was unable to contact Chu Deng at all.

First, the Antarctic base has been attacked by dire wolves and is in the process of migrating. Everything is in need of rebuilding. Pei Hanxing, as a level three ice-type ability user, is one of the main combat forces in the base. He is indispensable for patrolling, building houses, and guarding. Second, the signal in Antarctica is too poor. In addition, it is currently in the period of geomagnetic storms, and communication is basically interrupted. Unless it is a major message, it is generally impossible to transmit.

What Pei Hanxing found even more unacceptable was that her adoptive parents, Shi Juexin and Kong Lin, who could have reunited with her, were affected during the fight against the Ice Wolf and became Antarctic Ice People.

On the day he arrived, Pei Hanxing only had time to see his comatose adoptive parents before he had to watch them being transported to a plane and sent back to Beijing, China for treatment.

The crucial point is that he can't be with them; he can only be far away in a foreign land, secretly praying that the Beijing base can develop a treatment method so that his adoptive parents can recover in time.

Beijing base.

Xiao Yuan, carrying a two-meter-tall fire tree, stepped out of the teleportation portal.

It's called a "door," but it's actually just a transparent membrane that's invisible to the naked eye. It's only called a "door" for convenience.

“This fire tree is currently only at level three, and can only bear level one fire fruit, which is not very useful. In addition, we don’t have any fire-type ability users in reserve, so we can’t accelerate its growth at all. Instead of wasting time, we should send high-level ability users to the northwest to find naturally growing high-level fire trees and directly pick high-level fire fruits.” The researcher from Beijing said after examining the fire tree that Xiao Yuan had sent.

"I heard that Haishi recruited a level four fire-type character?"

"Your information is outdated! That person defected just like the Fire Butterfly back then."

"Tch, I thought the fire element could hold its own, but it turns out it's also a traitor, specifically targeting the Haishi base to deceive people, how shameless!" the man spat.

“However, there are many high-level ability users in Beijing, so we’ll leave this Fire Tree here and nurture it properly,” the researcher from the Beijing base said to Xiao Yuan, changing the subject.

Xiao Yuan tilted his head and smiled at the researcher, "You can tell Hu Lan that yourself. You don't need me to take it back for you."

The researcher's scheme was so well-thought-out that Xiao Yuan could hear it all over the southern island.

Hu Lan was the first to object to him wanting to keep the Level 3 Fire Tree in Beijing. If Hu Lan found out that he hadn't fought for it, she would definitely make him regret it. As a weak teleportation space system user, he couldn't afford to offend that tigress.

The researcher fell silent as soon as Xiao Yuan mentioned Hu Lan. Xiao Yuan waved his hand, picked up the Fire Tree, and returned to the Hai City base through the teleportation portal in less than half an hour.

Chang Yiwu, the head of the Shanghai Base Research Institute, personally guarded the spot where Xiao Yuan had left. She was only relieved to see him bring the Fire Tree back. As a rare, non-aggressive, and human-friendly Level 3 alien plant, she valued the Fire Tree highly, not to mention how valuable a Level 3 fire-type alien plant was in China.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, I'm leaving." Xiao Yuan stretched and turned away. He was impatient with dealing with these trivial matters and preferred to stay at the hospital with Jin Dahai and play games.

Chang Yiwu watched Xiao Yuan's figure disappear before having someone send the Fire Tree back to the research lab to check if it had been affected by the spatial teleportation.

After a thorough check, they found nothing abnormal and left with peace of mind.

In the quiet laboratory at night, the fire tree swayed its branches and leaves automatically without any wind. Its roots extended along the shadows on the ground into the window and connected with a root that had extended in from outside. After a while, the fire tree shook itself and comfortably shed its leaves.

"Gaga!" Qingyu jumped around on the windowsill, curiously looking at the big tree inside, then at the little fire tree she had brought over, and tilted her head to chirp twice.

[Your dad! Your dad!]

The little fire tree ignored the noisy crow beside it; if it weren't for the fact that the bird was somewhat useful, it wouldn't bother with the silly bird at all.

Ever since Chu Deng had Qing Yu transport Little Fire Tree once, Little Fire Tree has fallen in love with the special crow for high-altitude flight. This time, it is using the special crow to transfer excess energy to its main body.

At the Wenshan training base, the little fire tree protected the golden seed and helped Chu Deng successfully advance to level five. Chu Deng has never been stingy with feeding energy to the little fire tree, and these days he has fed the little fire tree until it was stuffed. However, it was cunning and did not use the energy to grow fire fruit, but instead grew many tree roots to store, preparing to transfer them to its main body.

The little fire tree is only level two, and the flame fruits it produces are completely useless. It's better to give them to the level three main body, where they can produce level one fruits. If it can help the main body level up to level four, it can produce level two fruits...

Thinking this, the little fire tree, which was wrapped around the main body's roots, shook. A moment later, the window opened wide, and the large fire tree inside visibly shrank, while the little fire tree outside suddenly grew larger, and the two trees quickly switched positions.

Qingyu pecked at the big fire tree that was stuffing its roots into a small flowerpot, and made a few puzzled "crack" sounds, indicating that she didn't quite understand this trickery.

When Qingyu returned to Chudeng's dormitory with the flowerpot and the big fire tree, Chudeng heard Qingyu's shout as soon as she arrived.

But she was no longer the Chu Deng who couldn't understand bird language. Hearing Qingyu's simple bird calls of "Dad, Mom," Chu Deng smiled and rubbed its head. "How did you know your parents were here?"

Chu Deng turned to the side, revealing two crows on the cabinet behind her. A crow flew down from the cabinet and flapped its wings lovingly, sticking its son to the wall. Qingyu's father, Feiling, chuckled gloatingly.

The family of three had a brief reunion. Chu Deng habitually fed the fire tree fire-elemental energy, rubbed its somewhat rough branches and leaves, and said to Wu Yun, "I have limited time and can only help at night. You organize the attack, and I will make time to assist you."

Fire Tree subtly rubbed against Chu Deng's fingers, then happily shook its roots in the soil.

Dark Cloud shook his head. [Attack! Ambush!]

Chu Deng immediately became interested. "You mean you want me to use you to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night?"

Over the past two days, Chu Deng has been researching why she can hear Wu Yun speaking. What shocked her even more was that she could actually communicate with Wu Yun's consciousness. Wu Yun seemed to have become her other body, which she could control.

For the first time, Chu Deng looked down at the earth from high above through the eyes of the clouds, feeling the speed of the wind and the wonderful feeling of flying freely in the sky. She flew all night, causing the clouds to tremble with their wings the next day. They only came to find her after resting for a day.

[Use leverage! Fight! Win! Win!]

Chu Deng nodded knowingly, "I understand. You can use my abilities to fight that level three water-type sea swallow with your level five power."

The dark cloud used its wings to push Fei Ling in front of Chu Deng. [Is that also possible?]

This is to let Chu Deng try to see if he can communicate with Fei Ling's consciousness. If he can, Chu Deng will have another bird to take turns, and Wu Yun will no longer be forced to fly all night to satisfy Chu Deng's desire.

“We can give it a try.” Chu Deng smiled and met Fei Ling’s gaze.