socalfunplaces Chapter 1180: Chaska is captured
Chapter 1180: Chaska is captured
Tartaglia explained the situation in detail.
"It's not that the ship flew into the sky. You're mistaken. I heard from the researcher that the doctor found someone from the Huayu Society to work with. This person must have some status within the Huayu Society. He lent the doctor one of his tribe's aerial workshops as a testing ground."
"After the doctor came, he added a lot of his own equipment."
Having said this, he touched his chin thoughtfully and muttered softly:
"However, I also heard a detail from that person. He said that the aerial base seemed to utilize technology from the Ancient Dragon Era. I'm not sure what it is exactly."
After listening to this, Shao Yun combined it with what the "fake" Ganyu had just said. It seemed that Keya was in Dotole's hands. Now it was confirmed that the doctor's base was in the Huayuhui workshop in the sky, so Keya was most likely imprisoned there.
Thinking of this, he prepared to rush towards the Huayuhui tribe.
"Okay, I get it. This is an emergency. I'll go find Chaska right away."
When Tartaglia saw Shao Yun turning around and about to run towards the Huayu tribe, his concerns suddenly emerged and he subconsciously reached out to stop him.
"Wait a minute! Looking for Chaska?"
Shao Yun was stopped by him and stopped in his tracks. He asked doubtfully:
"That's right. What's wrong? Didn't you reach a cooperation with Chaska before to find Keya and the doctor together? Now that you know where the doctor's base is, why don't you tell her quickly? What are you waiting for?"
It’s not that Tartaglia disagrees with the fragile cooperation reached with Chaska, but there is a problem in it that makes him think more about it.
He slowly expressed his worries.
"Have you ever thought about this question? If the doctor really captured Chaska's dragon sister, Keya, what do you think I would do?"
"After all, the Doctor and I are both members of the Fatui. Even if he and I don't get along, in the eyes of outsiders, we are still in the same group."
At this point, Tartaglia suddenly raised his hands, putting on an expression that said, "I mean no harm," and added, "Just to be clear! I've never had any ill intentions towards your family or Chaska, and I was sincere in helping find Keya."
"Don't hit me directly because of this misunderstanding later!"
As he spoke, he secretly observed Shao Yun's expression.
Before in Liyue, he had witnessed how ruthless Shao Yun was when he wanted to protect those around him. Now he had to make things clear first, so as not to be treated as "the doctor's accomplice."
Shao Yun looked at Tartaglia with his hands raised and a nervous look on his face, and understood his concerns.
"So, you're worried that once it's confirmed that Dottore has kidnapped Chaska's velvet dragon sister, Chaska will be angry with you for being a member of the Fatui?"
"I even suspect that you already knew that Keya was in the Doctor's hands, and you just concealed it?"
Seeing that Shao Yun saw through his concerns at a glance, Tartaglia breathed a sigh of relief and quickly told Shao Yun the plan he had thought of.
"So, I was thinking, why don't we just go to the doctor's aerial workshop without telling Chaska first."
"I will be responsible for persuading Dotore when the time comes. You will go and release the imprisoned velvet pterosaurs, especially Keya."
"This will prevent Chaska from getting emotional and causing a conflict, and it will also help resolve the situation quickly and reduce trouble. What do you think?"
Shao Yun did not agree immediately. Instead, he frowned, stared at Tartaglia, and asked an extremely serious question.
"Your plan didn't consider the worst-case scenario. What if Chaska's velvet pterosaur sister, Keya, is already dead by the time we arrive?"
"If Chaska knew we hadn't told her about this and that we hadn't been able to save Keya, what would she think? And how would I explain it to her?"
The confidence on Tartaglia's face gradually faded, his eyes glanced to the side unnaturally, his right hand touched his nose uncomfortably, and his tone became vague.
"Well... I really can't guarantee that... You know Dottore well. He has no moral principles and no mercy for his experimental subjects. Calling him a 'beast' is an understatement. No one knows what he'll do to Keya."
He understood Dotore's cruelty and couldn't guarantee that Keya was still alive.
When Shao Yun heard that "Keya might really die", his worries grew even heavier.
He was the helper hired by Chaska. If he acted without telling Chaska and failed to save Keya... he didn't want to bear this potential risk alone.
"Then this plan won't work. If you're in a hurry, go to the doctor's aerial workshop and find out what's going on. I'm still Chaska's employee, so I have to tell her the situation first and let her know."
Tartaglia also knew that it was useless to continue talking, after all, what Shao Yun said made sense.
He sighed helplessly and patted Shao Yun on the shoulder.
"Okay, I know you have your concerns, so I won't force you."
"I'll go ahead and look for the doctor's workshop in the sky. After you meet up with Chaska, if you want to find me, head towards the clouds in the east."
"I wish you good luck, and I hope Keya can hold on until we get here."
……
Afterwards, Shao Yun rode the apocalypse horse "Famine" back to the Huayu Club, waiting to meet up with Chaska at noon.
However, by noon and until the afternoon, Shao Yun had not seen Chaska.
Finally, Shao Yun became impatient and notified Kuike and the leader of Huayu Society, Mutota, to meet him at a workshop somewhere in the sky after Chaska returned.
……
Since Chaska didn't meet up on time, he had to go to the aerial workshop alone.
The Apocalypse horse "Famine" carried Shao Yun straight into the sky and flew towards the depths of the clouds.
Not long after, a huge aerial workshop made up of dozens of colorful hot air balloons appeared before their eyes.
Shao Yun slowly landed on Don't Starve. After reaching the workshop, he asked Don't Starve to wait in the dark for a while, and then looked around.
The layout here is surprisingly similar to that of the Huayuhui tribe, as if the Huayuhui tribe was built directly in the air.
He secretly sighed in his heart: If this technology were to be passed on to Fontaine, they wouldn't have to worry about rising sea levels. Wouldn't it be better to just build an aerial city?
But looking at those decorations full of the style of the Nata Flower Feather Society, how should I put it, this strong tribal style may be difficult for the people of Fontaineland to accept for a while.
He commented on the surroundings as he rode forward, muttering about other things.
"So, this is the doctor's research base? It doesn't look that great. It's nowhere near the high-tech lab I imagined."
"They don't even know how to properly reform their cooperation. They're really just making do..."
Shao Yun came to a square-like place in the center of the aerial workshop.
At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from the front.
“Welcome to my workshop, or rather, the workshop I set up with a collaborator.”
Shao Yun immediately put his right hand on the holster at his waist and glanced in the direction where the sound came from.
It was a tent at the end of the square, and the sound came from the tent.
"Come out, Dotore. It's already this late, and you're still hiding like a rat that can't see the light. Is that fun?"
He was ready for battle. As soon as Dotore showed up, he would shoot immediately and send him to the battle first, so as to seize the initiative first.
As soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the tent was lifted, and a scientific researcher in a white coat walked out first.
He held a metal loudspeaker tightly in his hand, and behind him followed two Fatui advance troops, musket-wielding guerrillas.
The researcher stopped ten meters away from Shao Yun, and the next second, Dotore's voice came from the loudspeaker.
"Okay, I'm out. At least, my voice is out."
Shao Yun looked at the megaphone and sneered with disdain, "You're relying on a broken megaphone to talk to me? What? You don't dare to see me?"
The speaker immediately rang with Dotore's voice, which sounded like a sigh of relief. He said as a matter of course, "Haha, I'm not a fool. I know you're a sharpshooter."
"If I appeared in front of you right now, even for a moment, you would shoot me without hesitation. I'm not stupid enough to give you that chance."
Shao Yun looked at Dotole and saw that he knew what it meant to seek benefits and avoid harm. He said with regret, "You are quite self-aware, but it's a pity that you don't use your intelligence in the right place."
Dottore didn't seem to care about his ridicule and was very curious why Shao Yun came to see him.
"Come to think of it, I haven't offended you recently, have I?"
"You're busy on your honeymoon with Ying in Nata, and I'm here researching my phlogiston technology. We should keep to ourselves."
"Excuse me, what brings you to my aerial workshop? You're not here to see my research results, are you?"
Shao Yun didn't bother to beat around the bush with him, so he went straight to the point and clearly stated his demands.
"Don't play dumb with me. Did you capture Chaska's Velvet Pterosaur sister, 'Keya'? Now, release all the Velvet Pterosaurs you've captured immediately, or I'll leave."
"So it's for a pterosaur... I thought you came for something else, but it was for a dragon. Shao Yun, when did you become so obsessed with dragons?"
The voice of Dottore in the loudspeaker suddenly changed the subject and made an unexpected suggestion.
"However, since you care so much about that Velvet Pterosaur, Mr. Shao Yun, how about we do an experiment? An experiment about 'choice' and 'cost'?"
When Shao Yun heard that Dotole was still in the mood to conduct experiments, he was surprised by his composure in the face of danger and secretly felt deeply moved.
As expected of the Fatui's second-in-command, his mentality is indeed different from that of ordinary people.
"You still want to experiment with me at this hour? Dotorei, what on earth are you planning?"
"Don't worry, you'll know soon." Dottore's voice on the loudspeaker instructed:
"Someone, bring up the uninvited guest I just caught, as well as the two prepared experimental velvet pterosaurs."
Following his order, heavy footsteps were heard in the passage on the other side of the square.
Several Fatui soldiers and scientific researchers came over pushing three specially made metal cages.
The cages on the far left and the middle contained two weak pterosaurs, and the figure sitting in the cage on the far right was actually Chaska!
At this moment, Chaska was like a captive pterosaur, sitting weakly in the cage and leaning against the railings.
Shao Yun looked at the captured Chaska, the Fatui who were escorting Chaska's cage, and Alpa with a complicated expression?
The moment Alpa looked at Shao Yun, he was so embarrassed that he didn't dare to look at him. He didn't expect that the hero who helped Nata would see such a shameful side of him.