Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 864 - 550 Orthodoxy_3

Feng Shou reported his location.

The current location was a certain village with generally simple house structures; some villagers had evacuated, while others ran to the closest city’s centralized refuge points.

Looking around, not a single person was in sight. Only occasionally could one spot animals darting back and forth. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

The sky had already become terrifying, and they simply didn’t have time to head to the city; cars couldn’t be driven, and walking there would take too long.

On the other end of the phone, Feng Yi looked up information and told him:

"Your current location indeed doesn’t have a warehouse of the Ancestral Factory, but there is a small collection station... I’ll try to make contact."

"Thanks, Brother Yi!" Feng Shou clenched his fist!

After a while, Feng Yi told him that there were people at the collection station now, and it was sufficient to shelter their team.

Clearly, this collection station’s "small" was only relative.

Feng Shou took note of the collection station’s specific location and contact person, sent a message to his friends in the team, and asked everyone to prepare to abandon their cars and walk there.

In the overall system of the Ancestral Factory, the collection station obviously wasn’t very large and was typically inconspicuous. Elders like Feng Yi and Yue Gongyang hardly noticed such marginal figures.

Before, Feng Yi had instructed all of the Ancestral Factory’s subsidiaries, warehouses, and offices, big and small, to strengthen their security facilities, and this small collection station, located in a tropical country far from the city and near the woods, was also included.

In terms of facilities, it certainly couldn’t compare to a warehouse, but in the absence of other options, it would be a relatively safe place.

"Brother Yi, I have another favor to ask." Feng Shou glanced at his grandmother in the back seat of the car. This was something his grandmother had reminded him of before making the call.

"Go ahead." Feng Yi said.

"If..." Feng Shou hesitated for a moment.

He took a deep breath, looked at the gloomy and fearsome sky, and said softly:

"If we don’t survive this disaster, could you find me and my grandmother and take us back?"

Feng Shou had made up his mind that if they really didn’t make it, they would be buried together, right in the plot of land his grandmother had approved of.

It was a place with distinctly defined seasons, where his grandmother had lived during her childhood.

"Both of us are wearing zodiac talismans; they’re easy to recognize." Feng Shou said.

"Alright." Feng Yi agreed.

"Thank you!"

"It’s what I should do."

Without further delay, Feng Shou ended the call.

The old woman had already put on her raincoat, and important items had been packed. Carrying her on his back, Feng Shou, together with other members of the team, headed towards the small collection station.

"Grandma, can Brother Yi really find us?" Feng Shou asked. "He can!" the old lady said.

The old lady clutched her own zodiac talisman.

"Whether we’re trapped in the wild mountains or sunk in the deep sea, as long as we are wearing it, Feng Yi will be able to find us!"

Not everyone could be deemed a legitimate scion of the Feng Clan.

Being "legitimate" represented many things.

Feng Shou didn’t quite understand; he only knew that his grandmother had always been a strong believer in their ancestors, often talking about very mystical things.

Grandmother’s zodiac talisman was normally stored away in a box for fear of losing it.

But this time, when evacuating, the old woman seriously put it on before leaving the house and insisted Feng Shou wear his as well.

Feng Shou originally thought it was just his grandmother’s usual belief in ancestral protection.

He hadn’t anticipated that it also held such significance.

Feng Shou wanted to say, if they were eaten by wild animals, how would they be found?

But then he suddenly remembered that the zodiac talismans, known to repel snakes, also had some effect in deterring other animals.

Feeling the zodiac talisman given to him by Feng Yi for repelling snakes at his neckline,

"Why haven’t I heard of this belief before?" Feng Shou asked.

"The young people nowadays don’t know about it anymore, no one told them. Only the old generation from before knew. Back then, travel was very underdeveloped. Going on a long journey might take a very long time, or even a lifetime, so people placed great importance on it. Our generation valued the idea of ’fallen leaves return to their roots.’

"Now, with technology so advanced, with airplanes and trains, one can get to the other side of the earth in half a day if it’s fast enough. With phones and computers, one can contact others from afar. Things that were valued before are not given much thought anymore."

The old woman’s eyes grew distant.

"Now, many people don’t even know about this kind of zodiac talisman with special significance. Like that Yang City Feng Family you spoke of, they’ve forgotten their roots! In contrast, those of us scattered outside always keep them in our hearts."

Feng Shou couldn’t help but correct: "Brother Yi is also from the Yang City Feng Family, although he has left the clan now, in the eyes of outsiders, he still belongs to the Yang City Feng Family... No, I should say, in the eyes of outsiders, he has now replaced the former clan and has become the new symbol of the Yang City Feng Family."

The old woman disagreed: "Once he becomes legitimate, he doesn’t belong to any clan, he belongs to the Feng Clan!"

"And that old man from the old Yang City Feng Family... oh right, you mentioned, that old man has already gone to meet the ancestors!"

Feng Shou listened to the indignant voice of the old woman behind him: "When I pass on, I will certainly make a complaint in front of all our ancestors!"

He replied with a smile.

Then he fell silent, saving his energy to hurry along the way.

The rain intensified, the wind blew droplets into his eyes, and the sky rumbled with thunder.

Visibility worsened.

Carrying the old woman on his back, Feng Shou, along with his friends and neighbors, followed the route given by Feng Yi, pressing forward step by step.

During the journey, they discovered others in the same predicament who, upon learning their destination, joined the trekking group.

Feng Shou counted the newcomers, considered the capacity information he had obtained from the collection station, and did not turn them away. Of course, his own people were his priority, but when there was room to spare, he wouldn’t be too ruthless.

The journey, under these circumstances, was torture every second, both physically and mentally exhausting and distressing.

After what seemed an endless number of thunderclaps, his gaze pierced through the curtain of rain and he saw the serpent emblem ahead light up.

The small insignia was a glimmer amidst the rain, imprinted in everyone’s eyes.

All the confusion and gloom that had been suppressed in his heart were cast aside.

It was as if those trapped in an abyss saw a rope being lowered from above.