Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1480 724: Returning to the Old Nest, Ruins Among Broken Walls

"Old Yang, thank you." Xu Xin whispered to Old Yang.

Earlier, Old Yang had explained the situation at the headquarters of the alien invaders to them.

In truth, he wasn't very sure; he only knew that things over there were incredibly chaotic right now.

It seemed the alien invaders had some internal conflicts, causing disturbances that had not ceased since last night.

From the World Tree, every few tens of seconds, a very bright light would flash over there.

Apart from that, he didn't know what else was happening because indeed it wasn't possible to investigate over there at this critical moment.

"We originally could gather some intelligence from that side. After so many years of effort, we've hacked into several of their drones and could learn a bit about the situation, but..."

Old Yang sighed.

"After you returned, things became exceedingly chaotic over there, and those drones we hacked have now been completely destroyed. We're essentially unable to observe anything from that side now."

The drones had been destroyed...

It seemed that the situation over there was indeed very chaotic.

"Thanks, we'll go over and take a look now. If anything happens, we'll inform you." Xu Xin said.

"Alright, come with me, I'll quietly lead you out."

Old Yang opened the door slightly, peeked outside, and then gestured to Xu Xin and Xu Ying.

The two followed Old Yang and crossed roughly a hundred meters to reach the elevator of the World Tree, entered the elevator, and quickly arrived at the base of the World Tree.

"That's all I can help you with."

After carefully surveying the surroundings, Old Yang whispered, "The situation over there is unstable; you should also be careful."

With that, he hurriedly went back.

At the base of the World Tree, only Xu Xin and Xu Ying remained.

"Brother, do you remember... the direction of the alien invaders' base?"

Xu Ying looked at the vast expanse of sandy sea surrounding the World Tree.

Their Transmission Array had previously been destroyed by a shot from Xu Ying.

Having lost the towering purple-black column of light, they were practically aimless in the reference-less desert.

"Don't worry about that. Don't forget my map ability."

Xu Xin tapped his forehead.

At this moment, the map had already surfaced in his mind.

The route they previously took appeared in his mind.

The target's position was clear.

"Oh, good then."

Xu Xin looked at her, "Yingying, have you lost all teleportation ability now?"

"Yes." Xu Ying's eyes dimmed, and she nodded, "Before, as long as I recalled a place I had been to in my mind, I could directly initiate teleportation. But now, it's completely impossible."

"Are you saying that even if you want to risk being erased from the world by initiating teleportation, you can't do it anymore?"

"Ah... yes!" Xu Ying, a bit impatient, glared at him, "Didn't I already tell you this before!"

"Yeah, just confirming." Xu Xin said with a smile.

"What's so funny!"

"Nothing, nothing."

Xu Xin just feared that if Xu Ying impulsively used teleportation again, she might really get stuck here.

Not being able to use it was just as well.

"Though, you can't use teleportation now, so obediently stay by my side, don't wander about. Do you hear?"

"What kind of tone is that? I'm hundreds of years older than you; I don't need you to educate me!" Xu Ying turned her head away.

"I'm asking if you heard!"

"...I heard." Xu Ying pursed her lips.

Xu Xin nodded and then turned his wristband, releasing Zhao Xiaochuan and Silver King.

Silver King immediately wanted to howl upon coming out, but Xu Xin covered its mouth with a hand.

"...Awoo?"

"We're already here! So fast!"

Zhao Xiaochuan looked up at the World Tree.

"Wait a second, are we going to cross the desert again..." he quietly lamented.

"Just like last time is fine."

Xu Xin patted Silver King's back; Silver King understood and crouched down.

The three of them climbed onto the wolf.

Zhao Xiaochuan activated his ability, instantly making Silver King and the three on its back invisible.

"Let's move out!"

...

Silver King's speed was swift, and they were quite fortunate this time.

The last time crossing the desert, they encountered an intense sandstorm, forcing them to detour.

But this time, there was no sandstorm.

The desert was very calm; though the sand dunes undulated like low mountains, they couldn't hinder Silver King.

Silver King left a trail of wolf paw prints across the sand, racing ahead.

Soon, the three of them saw those three World Trees again.

...?

Wait...

"Over there..." Zhao Xiaochuan said in surprise, "Is there a missing World Tree over there?"

"Seems... seems to be the case?"

Xu Ying hesitated, "There were three before, right? Why are there only two now? Could it be a matter of angle?"

"There are indeed only two left." Xu Xin squinted into the distance, "Has one of the World Trees been destroyed?"

The alien invaders' base initially had three World Trees surrounding the towering purple-black light column.

But now, the purple-black light column was gone.

Of the three World Trees, only two remained.

"No, no, that's not right!" Xu Ying, now behind Xu Xin, grabbed his shoulder and stood on the wolf's back.