Fu Yafang yanked the door open!
Xu Jie, using the obtained password, also opened the alloy gate.
What greeted Fu Yafang's eyes was the familiar yet strange face of her former comrade.
Before Xu Jie, there was a dark, empty room.
"In," Fu Yafang said, pulling Huang Yaohui's wrist and dragging him into the room.
Huang Yaohui, dressed as a vagrant, limped into the room on his left leg. Looking at the tidy room, he didn't know whether to sit or stand.
"Where have you been for the past year?" Fu Yafang asked suspiciously.
Huang Yaohui took the chair offered to him, sat down, and sighed deeply, "After the Starfall Army began clearing out agents, many comrades were killed. Unable to contact my superiors, I was forced into hiding."
"After Shanhai City returned to Xianxia, I contacted my handler through channels. I also learned that you were still alive."
"My handler wanted to transfer me back to Xianxia, but when I learned you had come here alone, I volunteered to help you."
As he spoke, Huang Yaohui took out a miniature command token from his chest and said, "425873656 Jiu Jing, Feng Tong."
Fu Yafang entered the string of code into her command token. It displayed Huang Yaohui's mission:
[Become Qinglian's handler and jointly conduct intelligence work]
Huang Yaohui, with his injured leg, stood up with effort, preparing to leave. He said, "I can't stay here long, or I'll be suspected. Remember, room 3562 is a Black Star lookout, and 3561 is a Huiye secret post. They monitor each other. They haven't discovered you yet, but you need to find a way to deal with them as soon as possible before proceeding with your next action."
"I'll be lingering nearby. If there's a situation, change the room's color to dark red, and I'll come immediately upon seeing it."
After giving his instructions, Huang Yaohui limped away.
When Fu Yafang returned to the room, she found he had left a defensive weapon.
Worn on the wrist, a slight twist caused the bracelet to split open, firing a projectile towards the palm and reassembling into a tubular gun.
Fu Yafang played with the gun, thinking to herself, "Lookout, secret post... Xu Jie..."
...
Xu Jie walked slowly into the empty room. After looking around, he picked up a cut-out holographic concert ticket from the floor.
November 21st, three days ago.
This meant the owner of this room had likely moved out within the last two days.
His investigation confirmed that this room indeed belonged to Fu Yafang.
So why did she move out, and where did she go?
The one-bedroom, one-bathroom, one-kitchen small apartment was cleaned spotlessly. Apart from the used concert ticket, almost no information was left behind.
Xu Jie circled the room a few more times and discovered a tiny hole in the ceiling.
The surface of the hole was very round, indicating it was drilled with a tool.
Furthermore, there were four installation pins around the hole, likely for installing a smart housekeeper.
Smart housekeepers did not require internal wiring, meaning this hole was a surveillance device secretly installed after Fu Yafang moved in.
No wonder Fu Yafang had moved out.
Based on the diameter of the hole, Xu Jie guessed that the observer must live in this apartment building, monitoring Fu Yafang at close range.
If that were the case...
Xu Jie carefully recalled the resident information extracted from the holographic system of the apartment manager he had killed.
Two individuals caught his attention.
The residents of rooms 3562 and 3561 had moved into the apartment consecutively last month, with only one day between them.
Xu Jie gently closed the alloy gate and tiptoed towards room 3562.
He had already disabled the surveillance in advance, causing all the building's monitors to display static.
It was past midnight, and it was estimated that it would be about another hour before someone discovered the manager's body.
An hour was enough.
A week ago, Xu Jie, who had been wandering near the Black Star Dominion Tower, found Fu Yafang.
She appeared unusually high-profile on the street, radiant and stunning.
In the Black Star Grand Metropolis, it was rare to encounter a woman as fair and beautiful as her, with the appearance of someone from Xianxia.
The moment Xu Jie saw her, he recognized her immediately.
It was for Fu Yafang that Xu Jie had fallen into the trap of Black Star spies, was captured by Hong Lian · Zhi Wu, and brought back to Black Star for research.
The current Xu Jie was vastly different. With careful planning, there was nowhere he couldn't infiltrate or no intelligence he couldn't obtain.
Standing at the door of room 3562, he knocked lightly. Hearing no response from inside, Xu Jie entered the opening password he obtained from the deceased manager.
The door opened automatically.
The interior was also empty. It seemed that as Fu Yafang moved out, the person monitoring her also left.
Among the discarded items left in the room, Xu Jie found Fu Yafang's name and an address: 85 Mingke Street.
This address also appeared multiple times in other scattered documents.
Additionally, Xu Jie found a take-out receipt. Although this was room 3562, it was written with room 3561.
"Who!" someone suddenly shouted from outside the door.
Xu Jie turned his head to see a burly man holding a crowbar appearing at the doorway.
"Just checking out a new place," Xu Jie said calmly.
"Looking at apartments in the middle of the night?" the big man asked, confused.
Xu Jie slowly walked to the door, ignored the big man, and quickly left.
Thirty minutes later, Xu Jie arrived at 85 Mingke Street, a detached villa.
As soon as he infiltrated the villa, the previously dark room suddenly lit up, and countless black-clad armed men rushed out from the shadows.
The entire house instantly erupted in gunfire and flames.
After a fierce battle, another force stormed in from outside.
The three parties mixed in a chaotic melee.
Countless bullets flew through the air.
After another hail of bullets, Xu Jie was eventually sedated and captured by the second wave of attackers and taken away rapidly in a hovercar.
When Xu Jie opened his eyes again, the smiling face of Huiye · Ai Li came into view.
Seeing the one who had tormented him, Xu Jie's anger flared, and he activated his hidden space to prepare for escape.
But all he was met with was a cold handcuff.
"Stop struggling, your temporal lobe has been removed. Just be my test subject," Ai Li smiled sweetly at Xu Jie and gestured to someone behind her.
Xu Jie struggled in vain, was pushed into a giant tank.
...
At this time, Fu Yafang, lying in room 3561, received a reply from Huiye · Ai Li.
"Good job on the mission, impressive progress."
Fu Yafang smiled faintly and said, "It's thanks to your swift actions in eliminating the Black Star lookout and capturing Xu Jie."
Ai Li said sweetly, "As for your matters in Xianxia, as long as they don't harm the interests of the Huiye family, I'll turn a blind eye. Let's have tea sometime, bye~"
After ending the communication, Fu Yafang thought with cold eyes for a moment, then said to another encrypted wristband, "The Huiye family cannot remain. They must be eliminated."
In the room, the body of a burly man was fixed next to a tall clothes rack. His back was split open, revealing exquisite mechanical structures within.
Fu Yafang pondered for a moment, then stood up and climbed into the body.
As the back structure closed, the man flexibly put on a thick trench coat and walked out of the room.
(Author: Tested positive, feeling weak all over. Will be out for three to four days, apologies.)