Mingyue subdued Ren Jian with a series of violent maneuvers and returned to the mountaintop.
She was heating up the cooled chicken wings in her hand when she sensed an intruder entering the endless sea of clouds.
Logically, no one should be able to enter the endless sea of clouds without Mingyue's permission.
However, for the sake of today's trade fair, Mingyue had lifted the prohibition. Otherwise, hundreds of strangers attending the trade fair would not have been able to enter.
If she had to confirm each person individually, it would be too troublesome.
This was why Yin Qing had succeeded earlier, deliberately falling and getting trapped in the sea of clouds, thus revealing that Mingyue was the owner of the sea of clouds.
But to prevent anyone from getting greedy during the trade fair and stealing, she had set up a trigger function.
That is, as long as a stranger appeared in an area that was not open, the sea of clouds would alert her.
The sea of clouds informed her that a stranger had appeared in the farmland below the mountain.
Having her meal interrupted twice by eating roasted chicken, she was already displeased. These people were simply asking for a beating.
Taking Ba Jiu and Bao Bao with her, and using the sea of clouds as cover, Mingyue went down the mountain. She happened to see the sneaky She Er.
"It's She Er, I know him."
The three of them hid in the sea of clouds, watching She Er wander around aimlessly. Bao Bao whispered.
When she was still a sparrow, she had seen She Er in the laboratory. He was of a higher rank than She San.
He had more authority, and She San would respectfully greet him.
"This person is indeed connected to the laboratory you mentioned. But they are all wearing the same clothes. How did you recognize him?"
Mingyue was puzzled. In her opinion, She Er and She San looked no different. She didn't know how Bao Bao could distinguish them.
At this moment, she still didn't know that the black-robed figure before her was the one she had fought in Yuncheng.
Because in her memory, the black-robed figure she encountered at the Yuncheng base had lost an arm, while this one before her had both arms intact.
"The mask. She Er's mask has white patterns on the forehead, while She San's are golden.
The patterns on their masks not only represent their identity but also their rank. Each person has a unique color.
Those wearing plain black masks are of lower rank and are more numerous, so there's a chance of misidentification.
But as long as there's a pattern, the mask is unique and can never be mistaken."
After Bao Bao's explanation, Mingyue suddenly remembered that the black-robed figure in Yuncheng base had white patterns on his mask.
Could it be this person? But what about his arm? How could he have regrown it?
Mingyue was filled with doubt and a hint of excitement. She whispered to Bao Bao and Ba Jiu, devising a capture plan.
She Er and She San both came from that mysterious laboratory and had some connection to the Wu clan.
These were all things she couldn't figure out. However, She San had committed suicide, and She Er had escaped last time, so she hadn't had the chance to interrogate him.
Now that he had delivered himself to her doorstep, she was determined to capture him alive and interrogate him thoroughly. Perhaps this could solve the mystery, which was why Mingyue was so excited.
Logically, within the endless sea of clouds, she was the master and could control the life within it.
But Mingyue knew that nothing was absolute, especially when there was a significant difference in power.
She had fought She Er in Yuncheng. Since She Er was not an ability user, she couldn't gauge his rank.
Therefore, she dared not be careless and became cautious, fearing that She Er would escape again.
To avoid damaging the crops in the farmland and disturbing the normal proceedings of the trade fair, she controlled the sea of clouds.
She sent She Er, who was wandering in the farmland, out and decided to capture him outside the base's safe zone.
After separating from Zhao Wumian, She Er, along with Huan Li, crept stealthily towards Yunmeng Mountain.
They hid near the entrance of the sea of clouds. Seeing the last bus drive away, they found no one at the entrance of the sea of clouds.
The two then entered the safe zone of the sea of clouds. All the way, they concealed their presence and reached the foot of Yunmeng Mountain.
Zhao Wumian had given him two tasks. The first was to secretly investigate the planting area and crop varieties of Mingyue's base.
It would be best to collect crops that could be propagated by cuttings, without seeds, and bring them back to Qinglong Base for research.
The second task was to infiltrate the base and find a method to improve the soil, preferably obtaining a sample.
Since the farmland was at the foot of the mountain, and the plaza on the mountainside was crowded and conspicuous, making it easy to be exposed, She Er chose to complete the first task first.
He was still unaware that his movements had been exposed and that Mingyue had discovered him.
After entering the sea of clouds, everything was a vast expanse of white. He couldn't see how large the farmland was.
Naturally, he couldn't figure out how many types of crops were planted, so he planned to find some crops that could be propagated by cuttings first.
As he was looking around, he suddenly felt the sea of clouds in front of him sway, and the scene changed.
He was already outside the sea of clouds, standing on scorched red earth, with withered yellow all around.
The sight of green disappeared, and the colors shifted, making his eyes uncomfortable.
He blinked involuntarily and, as he was wondering, he sensed danger approaching.
She Er's body jolted, and he was about to take flight, but his mind suddenly paused.
Knowing that he had been subjected to a mental attack, he bit his tongue sharply, and his consciousness returned.
But there was no time to fly up, as a ring of fire surrounded him, and countless wind blades whirled above his head.
It was like a cage, trapping him. This was a trap specially prepared for him by the combined efforts of Mingyue and her companions.
Since they wanted to capture him alive, the three of them were extremely cautious. Otherwise, if the three of them attacked together,
No matter how powerful She Er was, he wouldn't be able to resist and would surely die.
Therefore, their division of labor was: Ba Jiu would launch mental attacks, but he had to control the intensity so as not to damage She Er's brain.
If he became an idiot, with his memory lost or confused, they wouldn't be able to ask anything.
This was why She Er had quickly recovered his senses after the mental attack. It was because Ba Jiu had held back, and the mental force had only flashed by.
The wall of fire was emitted by Bao Bao. The crimson flames flashed with golden light, looking extremely eerie.
She Er felt a sense of familiarity with the flames, but he could guarantee that he had never seen flames mixed with gold.
Moreover, he couldn't discern the rank of the flames before him, but he was certain.
If he were to touch them even slightly, no matter how high his cultivation, he would instantly be reduced to ashes.
Therefore, he stood in the center of the fire wall, not daring to move, which was the furthest distance from the flames.
Looking up at the sky, She Er felt another pang of despair. The wind blades above were dense, numbering perhaps tens of thousands.
Like a lid, they sealed the fire wall tightly, blocking even the sunlight from above.
Even with a wind manipulation skill of level ten, one couldn't unleash so many wind blades at once.
He thought to himself, how many people were surrounding him outside the fire wall, and what did they want?
With the level of the wind blades and the fire wall, it would be more effective to attack him directly when he was caught off guard, leaving him severely injured if not dead.
Upon careful consideration, She Er understood that the people who had trapped him wanted to capture him alive.
A cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He wasn't afraid of death, but he was afraid of a fate worse than death, so he decided to take a gamble.
"Sister, he's trying to escape!"
Ba Jiu, who had been monitoring the inside of the fire wall with his mental energy, saw She Er's unusual behavior and immediately shouted to alert Mingyue.