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

Chapter 26 The storm is coming
Bai Yuekui and Yang Chen continued strolling along the street, where several stalls still displayed old-world trinkets.

A desk lamp that still emits soft light, a music box with a shiny exterior, and a few books with yellowed covers but still in relatively good condition.

"Let's see if there are any new game cartridges?" Bai Yuekui's gaze swept across the stall. She was the leader of Dragonbone Village in public, but at this moment, she was more like a girl looking for her favorite game.

(The 100-year-old girl said it)
Yang Chen naturally understood her thoughts and nodded with a smile: "Okay."

They stopped in front of a secondhand stall piled high with various electronic components. The stall owner, an elderly man with gray hair but in excellent spirits, was carefully wiping a uniquely shaped metal part. Seeing Bai Yuekui and Yang Chen, he immediately smiled: "Mr. Bai, Mr. Yang, good morning! The weather's lovely today!"

"Good morning, Xiao Li." Bai Yuekui nodded slightly, his gaze falling on several game cartridges packaged in transparent boxes on the stall. "Any new stock?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Uncle Li quickly rummaged through the boxes and pulled out a few cassette tapes. "They just arrived yesterday. I found them in an old warehouse on the west side. Here, this one is 'Oil Tycoon,' this one is 'Gold Miner'... Oh, and this one, 'Two People Together,' the cover looks quite interesting."

Bai Yuekui picked up the cassette tape of "Two People Together," the cover of which featured two cartoon-style figures working together to overcome challenges.

She looked at Yang Chen, her eyes questioning.

"Looks good, we can give it a try," Yang Chen said with a smile. He noticed that Bai Yuekui clearly wanted this game.

"This one will do." Bai Yuekui took the game cartridge.

Yang Chen took out money from his pocket to pay.

"Alright! Take care, you two!" Li Bo happily accepted the money.

Continuing on, the two gradually merged into the main road in the village, which was used for people's recreation.

This place is more like an open leisure square, with food stalls, open spaces for children to chase and play, and several stone tables for people to play chess and cards.

Three people (or two people plus a ball) were sitting around one of the stone tables.

Summer arrived, his brow furrowed, clutching a chess piece, undecided, beads of sweat almost beading on his forehead. Meanwhile, Antarctic Star calmly fanned himself with a tattered palm-leaf fan, his face radiating an air of confident disdain.

The round, white, spherical robot, Bai Yuetian, was hovering next to Xia Tianlai's head.

The pixels on the screen squeezed out a "frustrated" expression, and the slender robotic arm excitedly slapped Xia Tianlai on the back of the head.

"Take this step, take this step! You brat!" Bai Yuetian slapped Xia Tianlai on the back of the head and yelled.

"I only know how to play mahjong! I don't know how to play this damn chess!" Xia Tianlai glared and puffed out his cheeks, but still subconsciously placed the chess piece in the position that Bai Yuetian pointed to.

The next second, Antarctic Star smiled contemptuously: "General."

"Eh!?"

Bai Yuetian and Xia Tian were dumbfounded when they saw the deadlock on the chessboard.

"Look at you, you even lose when you go first, you're so stupid."

"It's all because you gave the wrong instructions." Xia Tianlai said indignantly, "You mean the first move? This isn't Gomoku."

"You brat, how dare you talk back!" Bai Yuetian straddled Xia Tianlai's neck.

Yang Chen and Bai Yuekui happened to pass by this noisy table.

Their arrival was like pressing the pause button. Bai Yuetian, who was riding on Xia Tianlai's neck, stopped moving.

The screen instantly switched to a sneaky expression, with a slender robotic arm still grabbing Xia Tianlai's hair. He turned his head to look at the two people walking side-by-side.

"Hey~ you two taking a walk? What nice things did you buy?" His synthesized voice was full of teasing.

Bai Yuekui remained expressionless, not even lifting his eyelids, as if he hadn't heard Bai Yuetian's teasing.

"Let's go, Orange." Bai Yuekui had already taken a few steps when his cool voice drifted back.

Yang Chen waved his hand, which was also a way of greeting the three of them.

"Hey~" Bai Yuetian turned to look at the two of them: "Does she even respect me as her older brother anymore?"

"Then you'll have to ask the boss."

Summer and Antarctic Star indicated it was none of their business. Red Collar sat on the gravity simulator in the corner. She didn't enter the cockpit, but stood beside the simulator.

Meanwhile, Po Xiao was exercising on the side.

She repeated the tactical movements over and over again, her red hair soaked with sweat and stuck to her skin.

Just then, a slightly hoarse but powerful voice rang out behind her: "Red Knife!"

Hong Kou paused, exited the simulator, and looked back: "Teacher Elon!"

Po Xiao also put down his burdens and greeted them.

The visitor was none other than Elon, the chief instructor of the Wilderness Hunters, who is now in charge of training them.

The veteran was still burly, though his hair was mostly white. He walked over to Hong Kou with his hands behind his back.

"It's already break time, why are you still training?" Elon's voice was devoid of emotion.

Hong Kou and Po Xiao remained silent, not uttering a word.

But Elon was also aware of Red's character, and was only blaming himself for not being able to protect his teammates.

Elon nodded, paused for a moment, and then looked toward the other end of the training field.

There, a young man in a brand-new hunter's uniform, with a straight posture, was undergoing basic adaptation training in gravity manipulation.

Although his movements were somewhat clumsy, his expression was exceptionally focused.

"See that new face?" Elon gestured with his chin in that direction, lowering his voice.

Hong Kou and Po Xiao followed his gaze and naturally noticed the unfamiliar face: "We see him, Professor Elon. Who is he?"

“Rock,” Elon uttered a name, his tone tinged with complexity, “Victor personally sent him here. He said it was to ‘strengthen the coordinated combat capabilities of the city's defense forces and the hunters,’ and to have him learn the hunters' tactics and gravity manipulation.”

Hong Kou's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Collaborative training? The city defense forces are mainly responsible for the security inside the lighthouse and the defense of the elevator platform, and have nothing to do with the hunters who need to go to the ground to find supplies.

That reason sounds rather weak.

"There are too many people on the city defense side, so they sent someone over?" Dawn looked at the man named Rock: "Then they should send a few more."

“That man is here to take over the position of commander of the Wilderness Hunters,” Elon said in a deep voice.

"Commander?" Red Collar and Dawn's hearts sank.

Elon looked at the two of them meaningfully, especially Red: "Lord Morgan has only promulgated the Three Laws a few years ago, and you have become the first person to challenge the laws."

"You should know the saying 'the nail that sticks out gets hammered down,' Red Bandit."

"This"

Redhead naturally understood what Elon meant, but he still couldn't quite believe it.

"The city lord has already punished me, so it's unlikely."

Looking into Elon's deep eyes, Red Collar didn't say anything more.

"Red Bandit, people's hearts can't be trusted." Elon patted the two men on the shoulder, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Hong Kou stood there with his head down, seemingly lost in thought.

As dawn broke, Hong Kou took his hand and felt the warmth from his palm, her heart gradually calmed down.

"Whatever happens, we'll face it together."

(End of this chapter)