Generation Z Mainland

Chapter 22

This story is purely fictional. Any similarity is purely coincidental.

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Assata brought Li Jiayin and Zhang Yiran who was seriously injured by Shen Jingzhi back to Zhiyuan's garden. As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw Chen Junming, Zhi Enhan and Zhang Xuanrui playing with the elves.

"Your Highness! Brother Yiran..." Zhi Enhan looked at Zhang Yiran, who was covered in wounds, worriedly. "What happened?"

Zhang Xuanrui frowned. He seemed to sense a familiar yet unusual energy and asked Li Jiayin softly, "Princess Jiayin, where did the strong wind take you?"

Li Jiayin pursed her lips and was about to speak when Assata interrupted her, "The princess is tired. Let's take her inside to rest first. Also, your friend is seriously injured and needs treatment as soon as possible..."

Zhang Xuanrui looked at Assata and asked, "You are the one..."

Before he finished speaking, Asata glanced at him, then turned to look at Zhienhan and the other elves: "Come and help..."

Zhang Xuanrui was about to say something when he saw Assata and Zhi Enhan taking Li Jiayin and Zhang Yiran in, so he went in too.

"elder brother!"

As soon as she entered the house, Li Jiayin called out to the people inside. Everyone turned their heads. Li Jiasen walked over to her in surprise and hugged her tightly in his arms: "Xing'er, you're finally back! I was so worried!"

Li Jiayin slowly relaxed in her brother's arms, smiled softly and said, "Brother, I found Assata!"

Li Jiasen let go of his sister, supported her thin shoulders, and asked doubtfully, "Where did you find it?"

Li Jiayin looked at Assata who was standing next to Zhi Enhan and Zhang Xuanrui.

"Asata~" Li Jiayin called her, "What's wrong, Princess?" Assata walked over slowly. Zhang Xuanrui followed her gaze and found that her steps were a little staggering.

Li Jiasen looked at Assata and said gently, "It was you who protected Xing'er and Yiran, wasn't it?"

Asata shook his head and said, "To be precise, I was also swept to the Cloud Grass Realm by a force, and I just happened to meet the princess and Prince Meidao there."

"Where is the Yuncao Realm?" Yang Hanbo asked thoughtfully, holding his chin.

Xingxi glanced at Xinghuan, thought for a moment, and said, "The Cloud Grass Realm, Xinghuan and I happened to pass by it before. It's a very beautiful fantasy wonderland!"

"That's not right, sister..." Li Jiayin suddenly interrupted.

Xingxi turned her head and glanced at her. Li Jiayin continued, "When my brother Yiran and I met Assata there, there weren't many flowers and trees there. It wasn't beautiful at all..."

After Assata temporarily controlled the power of the stars for Zhang Yiran, he walked to Li Jiayin and told everyone what happened in the Yuncao Realm. Then he turned into a cute elf and fell into Li Jiasen's palm.

Li Jiasen raised his hand and gently stroked her, smiling softly: "Thank you, Assata."

At some unknown time, everyone was suddenly brought to the realm of cloud grass by a mysterious force.

Chen Junming looked at the overgrown weeds in front of him, which looked lifeless, and grabbed Wang Junxi's arm in fear.

Wei Zichen grabbed the corner of Fu Ziming's clothes, Li Yudong trembled with fear, and Zhang Hanrui reached out and held him in his arms to comfort him.

Wang Hao grabbed Guan Junchen's arm and looked around in panic. Wang Lujie squatted down and looked at a weed thoughtfully.

Yang Hanbo held the weapon transformed by Xinghuan in his hand and was ready for battle at any time. Chen Yiheng also held the weapon transformed by Xingxi and was always alert to the surrounding environment.

Li Jiasen and Zhi Enhan protected Li Jiayin and Zhang Yiran, while Li Yunchenrui and Zhang Zhongyu were protected behind them by Zhang Guiyuan and Yang Bowen.

Nie Weichen grabbed Wang Shuoran's arm tightly. Wang Shuoran glanced at him and sighed softly.

Si Yin grabbed a corner of Ling Zhaoxue's clothes, bit her lower lip, and asked worriedly, "Xue'er, where are we?"

"Cloud Grass Realm..." Ling Zhaoxue gently held her trembling hand and said, "Don't worry, don't be afraid, I'm here..."

Yu Junxi glanced at Zhang Xuanrui, who was observing everything, and ran over to Niu Yinuo and Zhiyuan. "Brother Nuo, Sister Zhiyuan, how did the Cloud Grass Realm become like this?"

Niu Yinuo frowned and looked at the gray sky: "It's all because of Mei Suzhi and her subordinates."

Yu Junxi's eyes turned red as he looked at the scene in front of him.

Niu Yinuo patted his shoulder and said, "It will be fine."

Zhiyuan squatted down, gently stroked the flowers, and muttered: "Flowers are in full bloom, bathed in sunlight..."

The flowers that had just withered bloomed again shortly after and then withered again.

Zhiyuan stood up and said, "It seems that the flowers here are under a spell."

Zhang Guiyuan thought for a moment and said, "If we defeat Shen Jingzhi, will all these flowers bloom again?"

Zhiyuan looked at the flowers around her and said, "Maybe... yes... I'm not sure."

Just as everyone was feeling grief-stricken, Li Jiasen suddenly looked seriously at Li Jiayin, who was supporting Zhang Yiran, and asked, "Xing'er, have you really made up your mind?"

Li Jiayin nodded and said, "Brother Yiran has saved me many times, and I want to save him once too. Brother, I know you've been against Brother Yiran because of that incident... But if it was really him who deliberately leaked the location of the Star Spirit Tribe, then why did he go to so much trouble to bring me out to see you, and why did he risk his life to save me? If that were the case, he wouldn't have had to do this."

Wang Hao said, "I think Jiayin is right."

Li Jiasen sighed: "If you have decided, then... I won't stop you."

Assata: "Jiayin, come with me." Then he said to Li Jiasen: "Jiasen, you understand the formation. Once it is activated, it cannot be interrupted. So..."

Li Jiasen interrupted Assata and said, "I know, I won't let anyone disturb you."

Assata: "Well then, guided by blood and the spirit of the stars, open!"

In an instant, Assata, Jiayin and Zhang Yiran were surrounded by a golden light.

At this moment, a man fell from the sky: "Everyone, long time no see."

Niu Yinuo stood in front of everyone: "Shen Jingzhi! It's you again."

Shen Jingzhi got off Meng Kui and said, "It seems that the little princess has reunited with you."

Li Jiasen looked at the man in front of him: "You were the one who injured Zhang Yiran?"

Shen Jingzhi said disdainfully, "Zhang Yiran? Oh, that kid from Meidao. I didn't hit him. He was the one who let my Meng Kui beat him for the sake of the little princess. But, strangely enough, he was willing to be beaten to death by Meng Kui for the sake of the little princess."

Zhang Guiyuan walked up to him and snorted coldly, "Take the initiative? I think you're threatening him with Jiayin."

Shen Jingzhi: "Oh my, you're such a handsome guy, how could you use such rude words? I wasn't threatening you, that was just friendly communication."

Zhang Guiyuan said disdainfully: "Friendly? Humph, lightning ball!"

Zhang Guiyuan used his special ability to attack Shen Jingzhi, but Shen Jingzhi dodged it.

Shen Jingzhi used her special ability to attack everyone, but was blocked by Xing Huan, but was also seriously injured.

Yang Hanbo hurried over to support Xinghuan: "Are you okay?" Xinghuan shook his head.

Shen Jingzhi laughed and said, "Oh, isn't this the ancient spirit Xiao Xinghuan?"

Xinghuan looked up at her, sneered, and blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.

Yang Hanbo squatted down to support her, raised his head and glared at Shen Jingzhi fiercely: "What do you want!"

Shen Jingzhi glanced at everyone, then looked around, her lips curled slightly, and she smiled contemptuously: "Hey, Chi Yan is not here, and you guys can still get together? It seems that you are still very united."

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On the other side, Zuo Qihan finally walked out of the foggy wasteland. Suddenly, a pleasant voice called his name, and then he was brought to a modern villa by a ray of light.

"Where is this place?"

Zuo Qihan stood in front of the villa door with a confused look on his face. Looking at the door that suddenly opened slowly, he became even more confused.

"Hey, this is the transfer student, Zuo Qihan?" A voice came from not far away. Zuo Qihan looked at the person and widened his eyes. "Senior He Junlin?"

He Junlin walked forward, patted Zuo Qihan on the shoulder, and said, "Come in, we have something to talk to you about."

Zuo Qihan touched the back of his head, smiled embarrassedly, and followed He Junlin into the villa.

Inside the villa, he met the other six seniors. Zuo Qihan was stunned for a moment, standing at the door at a loss: "Hello, seniors!"

Ma Jiaqi smiled and put down the book in his hand and said, "Come, come, come and sit down."

Zuo Qihan stood motionless and stammered, "No, no, no, that's fine, senior. I'll just stand."

Yan Haoxiang took a bottle of drink from the refrigerator and handed it to him: "Okay, don't be too stressed. We called you here to tell you something about the mainland."

Zuo Qihan's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously took the drink, followed Yan Haoxiang to the sofa, and finally sat down after hesitating for a long time.

Ding Chengxin was touched by Zuo Qihan's cute actions and smiled and said, "Don't be too nervous, we're just chatting."

Zuo Qihan nervously pressed the label on his drink and replied, "Okay, senior."

Liu Yaowen slowly walked down from upstairs, looked at Zuo Qihan and said, "Hey, junior brother is here?"

Song Yaxuan glanced at him and said, "Are you awake? Come here quickly!"

Zhang Zhenyuan looked at Ma Jiaqi and said, "Brother Ma, tell me..."

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In the realm of cloud grass, Shen Jingzhi looked at Assata who was still concentrating on arranging the formation for casting a spell, sneered, and when she was about to make a move to destroy him, Yang Bowen used the card "Protection" to conjure a protective shield of light to protect Assata and the other two.

Shen Jingzhi failed and turned to look at Yang Bowen: "You little brat! Watch out!" Yang Bowen was beaten back a long distance by her, and Wang Lujie reached out and pulled him up to prevent him from falling.

"careful!"

"I'm fine, Shen Jingzhi! You cheated!" Yang Bowen was supported by Wang Lujie, and he looked up at Shen Jingzhi and yelled.

"Humph, it's your limited ability, what does it have to do with me? Oh, you guys really can't do it without Chiyan..." Shen Jingzhi said disdainfully. After that, she turned her head and glanced at Asata, feeling unhappy: "What a nuisance!"

So, Shen Jingzhi took action to break the defense, and Yang Bowen was seriously injured because the card power was forcibly broken.

Guan Junchen stepped forward and hugged him: "Bowen!" Yang Bowen gasped for breath. Wang Hao looked at the three Assatas whose formation had not been interrupted and said: "Everyone! Protect Assata!"

Zhang Guiyuan glanced at Yang Bowen worriedly and said, "Can you still go up? We need to buy time for Assata!"

Ling Zhaoxue also came over and asked, "You are seriously injured, don't force yourself, we will be here."

Niu Yinuo looked at Zhiyuan beside him, and then said to Yu Junxi, "Xixi, Guan Junchen, you and Haohao and Enhan should work together to protect Yang Bowen and everyone else, Zhang Guiyuan, Li Jiasen, Ling Zhaoxue, Yang Hanbo, and Chen Yiheng. Together, we will stop Shen Jingzhi from getting close to Assata and the others!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and entered battle mode.

"Oh, this friendship is really touching. What's the matter? I just want to talk to Li Jiayin about something. Why are you doing this? I won't hurt her..." Shen Jingzhi put her hands behind her back and looked at everyone with an indifferent face.

"Who knows what you are planning!" Ling Zhaoxue snorted and said.

Zhang Guiyuan echoed, "That's right! Who knows if you're lying to us?"

Shen Jingzhi frowned as she watched Asata's formation energy almost complete. "Tsk, I still can't stop it... But it's okay, it still won't prevent me from helping the boss get that thing..."

Siyin couldn't help but ask, "What do you want? Is there anything on Xing'er?"

Ling Zhaoxue pulled her, glanced at Li Jiasen, and signaled her not to speak. Siyin quickly shut up.

Li Jiasen looked at Shen Jingzhi seriously: "What do you want?"

"Well, it doesn't hurt to tell you. Anyway, this thing will fall into the hands of our boss sooner or later..." Shen Jingzhi sneered.

"Tsk, who gave you the confidence?" Zhang Yiran said as he walked over with the support of Li Jiayin and Assata.

Shen Jingzhi glanced at him and chuckled, "Oh, I didn't expect you were still alive. You were hit by the power of the stars and beaten like that by Meng Kui. I thought you were dead a long time ago..."

Zhang Yiran raised his head and glared at Shen Jingzhi: "If you want the power from Jiayin, ask me and her brother first if we agree!"

Li Jiasen stared at Zhang Yiran with wide eyes: "My sister? What on earth is that?!"

"It's an energy that can control the power of the stars to cause damage." Assata said.

Upon hearing this, Li Jiasen looked at Li Jiayin, walked firmly to Zhang Yiran's side, raised his hands to protect Li Jiayin and Assata, looked at Shen Jingzhi seriously and said: "No matter what! I will not let you hurt my sister!"

Shen Jingzhi looked at Li Jiayin, who was protected tightly, and thought about how to start.

Li Jiayin held Zhang Yiran's hand tightly and called softly, "Brother Yiran..."

Li Jiasen turned his head to look at his sister in confusion. Zhang Hanrui tried to calm Li Yudong down, then looked up and said, "What are you two doing..."

Zhang Yiran patted her hand gently, smiled and said, "I'm fine..."

Zhang Guiyuan covered his mouth and yelled, "What's going on?"

Shen Jingzhi looked at them impatiently and used her supernatural power towards Li Jiayin and Zhang Yiran. Niu Yinuo was quick to block it, but the difference in their supernatural power levels was too great and she was a little exhausted.

"Nono!" Zhiyuan supported him distressedly, and raised her head to question Shen Jingzhi with tears in her eyes: "You want Li Jiayin's power, no way! You can't hurt my friends!"

"Sandstorm is coming!"

Zhiyuan roared, and a gust of wind brought huge sand and dust that covered everyone from Shen Jingzhi's sight.

After the strong wind, Shen Jingzhi was blinded by the dust. After coughing violently, she felt dizzy and unsteady. When she looked again, there was no one in front of her.

"Humph, you want to escape? You have no chance!"

Zhiyuan and everyone else escaped from Shen Jingzhi and came to another secluded place in the Yuncao Realm. This place had obviously not been controlled by Shen Jingzhi yet. There were still birds singing, flowers blooming, grass growing, and orioles flying, creating a harmonious and beautiful scene.

Zhiyuan settled the injured Niu Yinuo and Yang Bowen, looked at Zhang Yiran, who was sitting down to rest with the help of Li Jiayin, and said gently to everyone, "This is the safest place in the Yuncao Realm. Mengmeng found it. Everyone, rest here first."

Si Yin looked at the surrounding scene and asked, "Sister Zhiyuan, why isn't this place under Shen Jingzhi's control?"

Mengmeng said, "Because there is a special energy here, Shen Jingzhi can't get close to this energy..."

Ling Zhaoxue asked, "What kind of energy is that?"

Meng Meng thought about it and shook her head: "I don't know either. I just felt that the energy was stronger when you came here than when I first found this place. Maybe someone among you can sense that energy."

Zhiyuan smiled and said, "That's why this place can become our temporary shelter. Okay, you should help Nuonuo and Bowen with their treatment as soon as possible." Zhang Xuanrui nodded and walked towards Niu Yinuo and Yang Bowen.

Yu Junxi looked at Zhiyuan and asked, "Sister Zhiyuan, when can we find Brother Zuo?"

Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, shaking her head and looking around. A mysterious protective energy enveloped this peaceful place. She sighed and said, "I don't know yet, but the intuition between the element controllers tells me that he seems a little far away from us..."

Everyone fell silent after hearing this.

Zhang Hanrui held the flute in his hand and looked into the distance with a determined look: "No matter what, I will find him. He is my most important partner."

Zhang Guiyuan walked over and patted him on the shoulder. "He's our most important friend. Together, we can definitely find him and find a way back!" He suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Zhang Yiran and Li Jiayin. "Wait, I suddenly remembered something. Zhang Yiran, do you need to explain something?"

Zhang Yiran was startled by his sudden turn and staring at her: "What, what are you doing?"

Wang Lujie walked over with a smile, patted him, and said, "Yes, there's something wrong between you and Li Jiayin~"

After Zhang Xuanrui finished treating Niu Yinuo and Yang Bowen, he came over and said, "I'm afraid they've fallen in love with each other over time~"

Yang Hanbo smiled and said, "Li Jiasen may not agree yet~"

Zhang Yiran clenched his fists and said stubbornly, "Why are you so gossipy? It's nothing..."

Xing Huan put his hand on Yang Hanbo's shoulder and said with a smile: "Gossip is human nature~"

Zhang Yiran glanced at Xing Huan and said, "Forget about them, but is it reasonable for you to be so gossipy with just a whip?"

Xingxi then said, "Then you're quite curious about my bow, right?"

Chen Yiheng looked at Xingxi gently and said, "That's quite reasonable~"

Zhang Yiran was speechless and choked. Suddenly he looked at Chen Yiheng and smiled meaningfully: "Then you and Xingxi..."

Yang Hanbo patted his shoulder and said, "Don't change the subject!"

Zhang Guiyuan immediately chimed in, "Exactly! Tell me! What's going on between you and Li Jiayin?"

"Yeah, why are you so close all of a sudden?" Yang Bowen also came over to join in the fun. Niu Yino came to Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan saw that he seemed to have recovered well, turned around and hugged him gently.

Zhang Hanrui glanced at Li Jiasen and said, "Look, Jiasen's face has turned green!"

Zhang Guiyuan couldn't wait: "Tell me!"

Assata looked helpless: "Oh, I miss those days when I was a light bulb..."

"Ouch~" Li Jiayin patted Assata, and she obediently turned back to her original form and turned off the microphone.

Zhang Yiran put his arm around Li Jiayin's shoulders and said with a calm smile, "It's okay, it's okay~"

Wei Zichen pulled Chen Junming aside with a look of excitement on his face: "Oh~"

Li Jiasen's face became increasingly gloomy: "...Xing'er!"

Li Jiayin was startled and anxiously poked Zhang Yiran's arm with her hand. Zhang Yiran immediately understood and Li Jiayin returned to the necklace.

Li Jiasen sighed upon seeing this, frowning and pressing his brows: "Hey~ this little girl..."

Assata transformed back into human form and said with a smile, "You all may not know this, but I was completely redundant during that time!"

Zhang Guiyuan became excited: "What's going on?"

Assata sat on the chair, took a sip of water and was about to continue complaining about Zhang Yiran and Li Jiayin, when she suddenly saw someone's sharp gaze. She swallowed hard, stood up straight, and hid behind Mengmeng and Tiantian.

Zhang Guiyuan was puzzled: "What's wrong? Why don't you continue? You haven't said anything yet!"

Assata looked at him, gave him a look of grievance that said "I'm going to die", then turned back into his original form and hid in Li Jiasen's pocket.

Zhang Yiran coughed twice and said, "It's nothing, everyone should have a good rest..." Then he walked to a tree on the other side to rest.

Although everyone wanted to hear gossip but didn't get any, they still found a place to rest.

"Really? Something's obviously wrong but I'm not allowed to say anything!" Zhang Guiyuan muttered, fiddling with a small flower out of boredom.

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At this moment, Zuo Qihan had just heard Ma Jiaqi finish describing what happened on the Z Generation Continent. He widened his eyes, looked at them in disbelief, and said, "So, seniors, you've tried so many times, trying to break the control of the dark forces every time, but you've failed?"

Ma Jiaqi looked at Ding Chengxin, nodded, and said nothing.

Zuo Qihan bit his lower lip, tears still streaming down his face. "I have a friend who told me in a dream that as long as we can get a senior from the university to join us, we will definitely be able to crack it! Although, after cracking it, neither I nor Jiasen and the others will be able to go back..."

Ma Jiaqi was silent for a while and said, "It is indeed possible, but we can't contact them now. We don't know where they are, so we can only try ourselves..." As he spoke, he recalled the scenes in which his brothers were seriously injured and fell in front of him in several cycles, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"By the way, when you first arrived on the mainland, did Yu Yuhan and the others attack you?" Ma Jiaqi asked tentatively.

"Yes, but fortunately, we have Arui, Enhan, and Haohao. They were much more lenient later on, and they helped us deal with Mei Suzhi and her subordinates to protect us..." Zuo Qihan said with a slight smile.

Ma Jiaqi continued, "Zuo Hang should have told you before that they meant no harm. In fact, when we first arrived, it was a test for you. It seems that your friendship can still stand the test."

"I will definitely protect them." Zuo Qihan said, his eyes becoming more determined and powerful.

The seven seniors exchanged glances, then smiled softly at Zuo Qihan. Ding Chengxin said, "As I just told you, don't tell them for now. You can discuss this with Niu Yinuo when you get back. He knows about this, too..."

Although Zuo Qihan was puzzled, he thought carefully and realized that it was not appropriate to tell everyone now, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, Senior."

He Junlin and Song Yaxuan saw Zuo Qihan out. Looking at his receding figure, He Junlin sighed, "It's really reassuring to have him in their team."

Song Yaxuan also said: "Yeah, hey, didn't you contact Senior Qianxi before? What about now?"

He Junlin sighed: "We were able to contact each other before, but I don't know what happened recently. Whenever I contacted my senior, the communication was stuck and it was disconnected after just a few words. I guess Mei Suzhi did something on the Internet..." The two of them returned to the villa while talking.

To be continued
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