“Shoe brush… a bottle opener! An ashtray? Hahahahaha…”
“Brother Qi Ji, you’re so cute!”
Amidst Ning Yu’s unceasing laughter,
Qi Ji slowly backed out of the room, shivered, and whispered, “Xiao Yu’s gone mad… Did I buy the wrong thing?”
“My master is tricking you! Hahaha, you’re so naive!”
“I’m going to ask Brother Gu for clarification!”
Qi Ji turned and ran towards Gu Ya’s resting room.
Just as he reached the corner, a man in military uniform suddenly rounded the bend and collided with Qi Ji head-on!
“Sorry, sorry,” Qi Ji mumbled an apology and took two steps before realizing something was amiss.
This was the VIP building, and it was rare to see people in military uniforms here.
Even if there were, they wouldn’t be heading to this floor. This entire floor was occupied by Gu Ya and his associates’ resting rooms.
Also, when he bumped into the man, he could clearly feel that the man had a firearm and grenades on his waist…
Qi Ji turned to look. The man was standing by Liang Yu Wei’s door, pausing to listen, then quickly moved on to the next resting room.
The strings of alertness suddenly tightened.
Qi Ji quickly turned and ducked into Bai Zhan · Hen’s room, saying, “There might be an intruder.”
Bai Zhan · Hen quickly got up, grabbed his sword, and rushed out with Qi Ji.
By then, the man in the corridor had disappeared.
Qi Ji guided Bai Zhan, and the two of them ran in the direction the man had gone, pushing open doors to check.
The last room was Ning Yu’s. As they burst through the door,
They were instantly shocked!
Ning Yu lay motionless on the floor, and the man was holding a pistol to Ning Yu’s head!
Bai Zhan · Hen instantly threw his sword. The flying steel blade directly severed the pistol’s barrel!
Then, a figure flashed, and he kicked the man away.
Qi Ji quickly followed, scooped up the unconscious Ning Yu, and rushed out.
“Bang!”
A bullet grazed Qi Ji’s left arm and embedded itself in the wall.
The man, holding another firearm, missed his shot. Before he could fire again,
Bai Zhan · Hen swung his tactical dagger, severing half of the man’s hand!
“Bastard, who exactly are you!”
The man fumbled for two miniature grenades with one hand, bit open the safety pins with his teeth,
The grenades immediately emitted a red glow.
Bai Zhan · Hen swiftly lunged towards the door, grabbed Qi Ji, and dodged towards the wall.
“Boom–!” The grenades exploded with a not-so-deafening blast.
The man’s upper body was blown into countless pieces. Chunks of flesh mixed with blood splattered all over the room.
An eyeball was blasted out of the room and rolled to Qi Ji’s feet.
Liang Yu Wei immediately rushed out of the room, followed by Wang Shang Meng, You Da, and Fei Hong · Shu Rou.
The three stopped a short distance away.
“How is it? Are you injured?” Liang Yu Wei asked anxiously.
Bai Zhan · Hen shook his head, feeling only a slight dizziness. His right shoulder near the door ached from the shock, but he was otherwise fine.
Qi Ji, holding Ning Yu, shouted, “Ning Yu is still unconscious!”
Liang Yu Wei stepped over the gore and knelt before Ning Yu. He flipped open Ning Yu’s eyelids, checked his breathing, and then examined the needle marks on his neck.
“Damn…” Cold sweat suddenly beaded on Liang Yu Wei’s forehead. He got up and ran out,
“Xiao Meng, come with me to check on Gu Ya!”
“What’s wrong?”
“The Equilibrium Jar agent!”
“Chong Li Sect? They’ve infiltrated this far?”
The two of them sprinted towards Gu Ya’s room, one after the other.
They hadn’t expected the Chong Li Sect to have found them! Although Ye Ying was guarding Gu Ya, they feared the enemy might resort to dirty tricks!
Liang Yu Wei kicked open the door.
Ye Ying immediately stood up, her arm mechanized. Seeing it was Liang Yu Wei and Wang Shang Meng, she relaxed and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“Where’s Gu Ya?” Liang Yu Wei hurried into the room.
Seeing Gu Ya lying on the bed, undergoing consciousness regression, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said,
“Ning Yu was assassinated by the Chong Li Sect. Fortunately, Qi Ji discovered it early. The perpetrator committed suicide.”
“What?” Ye Ying’s surprise was no less than anyone else’s.
Wang Shang Meng walked closer, looked down at Gu Ya, and asked, “During the consciousness regression period, Gu Ya can’t move?”
“Yes, at least three days,” Liang Yu Wei said calmly. “Gu Ya can extract a portion of his consciousness and regress with a delay to communicate with us.”
Ye Ying said, “Gu Ya is currently communicating with Xian Wang Chuan and cannot be awakened for now.”
Liang Yu Wei thought quickly.
He said, “The enemy likely ambushed the city in advance and used the ‘Cha Heng Zhi Yi’ to locate us.”
“Gu Ya didn’t use divine power during consciousness regression. Instead, Ning Yu took the hit.”
“The situation is extremely dangerous. If the enemy fails once, they will try again.”
“This place is no longer safe!”
Wang Shang Meng said calmly, “The fact that they could incapacitate Ning Yu suggests the opponent is a professional assassin. How did the leak happen? Who knows we’re in Shan Hai City right now?”
Liang Yu Wei and Wang Shang Meng exchanged glances, and the realization dawned on them simultaneously.
But they both remained silent, unwilling to believe the truth.
“Regardless of who leaked the information, we must relocate now,” Ye Ying said.
Half an hour later,
Ye Ying and the others pushed Gu Ya’s bed,
Qi Ji carried the still unconscious Ning Yu on his back,
Led by Zhan Huo · Ji, they transferred to the basement via a secret pedestrian elevator.
Zhan Huo · Ji arranged his most loyal personal guards to ensure Gu Ya and the others’ safety.
Liang Yu Wei and Wang Shang Meng took turns on guard duty at the entrance.
As night deepened, Liang Yu Wei came to relieve Wang Shang Meng.
“Give me a cigarette, I’ve run out,” Wang Shang Meng said softly.
“Doesn’t You Da take care of you?” Liang Yu Wei took out cigarettes and offered one.
Wang Shang Meng shook his head, brought the tip of his cigarette close to the flame on Liang Yu Wei’s index finger, and took a deep drag.
“Who do you think the mastermind is?” Wang Shang Meng asked nonchalantly.
Liang Yu Wei gazed into the distant darkness and slowly replied, “It’s hard to say. First, we need to figure out who attended the communication between Gu Ya and Xian Xia.”
Wang Shang Meng said, “We can start by identifying the assassin.”
Liang Yu Wei shook his head. “Their infiltration, stealth, and assassination skills are top-notch, and they committed suicide very decisively. It’s impossible to trace their true identities.”
“As far as I know, only one department in Xian Xia secretly cultivates such people.”
Wang Shang Meng’s eyes widened with a chilling thought, “The Special Machinery Department!”
A hint of sadness flashed across Liang Yu Wei’s face. He sighed softly and said, “Only one person can mobilize the Special Machinery Department…”
Wang Shang Meng frowned and asked, “The Chief of Xian Xia?”
“Don’t guess wildly!” Liang Yu Wei said coldly. “Perhaps the Chong Li Sect has infiltrated the upper echelons of Xian Xia.”
“Heh, there’s a very interesting phenomenon.”
“Xian Xia is the country where divine power users are most easily born. However, Xian Xia is also the country that values them the least.”
“Do you know why?”
“Of the divine power users born in Xian Xia, 82% are murdered by the Chong Li Sect lurking within Xian Xia.”
After speaking, Liang Yu Wei and Wang Shang Meng both fell into deep thought.
The quiet atmosphere was like a vast curtain hanging above their heads,
When the curtain was lifted, layer upon layer of darkness was revealed.
“It’s fraught with difficulties!” Wang Shang Meng lamented.
Liang Yu Wei smiled optimistically. “It means we’re not far from achieving our goal.”
“Let’s go, accompany You Da. Oh, right, have her keep her voice down; I can hear her through the wall.”
Wang Shang Meng nudged Liang Yu Wei and said with a mischievous grin, “Brother Liang, do you still have that thing?”
“Clang!” Liang Yu Wei calmly delivered a punch that knocked Wang Shang Meng down. He said coldly, “Make one more joke like that, and I’ll rip your head off and use it as a soccer ball.”
Wang Shang Meng stood up, clutching his nose. Just as he was about to bid farewell,
He heard Ning Yu suddenly scream!
“Ah—! Assault—!”