"Ah?" Long Yuehong recalled his past experiences and asked in horror, "Team Leader, are you saying, are you saying that the boss of 'Old Clothes Workshop' was dozing off because of the influence of an Awakened ability? That 'Senior Hunter' was obtaining clues through dreams?"

"I can only say maybe," Jiang Bai Mian responded with considerable rigor. "But if it wasn't like that, I can't think of how that Audick determined that the gunman had a female companion before the clues were announced, and went all the way to Lin Feifei's rented room, only to find that we had already searched it."

At this moment, Bai Chen, who had been listening quietly, interjected:

"Anyone who can become a 'Senior Hunter' around the age of thirty will have some impressive abilities."

It's just that some are in terms of team influence, some are in terms of network resources, and some mainly rely on their own strength.

"Indeed," Long Yuehong said, expressing that he could completely accept that a "Senior Hunter" was an Awakened.

You know, it took Bai Chen so many years to barely surpass "Formal Hunter" and become a "Intermediate Hunter," and there was still a "Veteran Hunter" between him and "Senior Hunter."

——The further you go with the hunter identity, the more difficult the promotion becomes, and the required credit points increase exponentially. In the early stage, if you are lucky, maybe one or two tasks can turn someone from a "Novice Hunter" into a "Formal Hunter."

Jiang Bai Mian nodded slightly and reminded:

"If you find that guy nearby later, don't go to secluded places. The more people, the safer."

Seeing that Long Yuehong was a little scared, she added:

"It's not that you'll be in mortal danger, but that many secrets stored in your heads may not be kept."

It is difficult for people to control what they should think and what they shouldn't think in dreams.

After discussing this matter, Jiang Bai Mian counted out 50 Ore from the stack of banknotes and handed them to Bai Chen:

"Replenish some bullets and food that can be stored for a while."

Although they didn't encounter many enemies along the way to Weed City, they still consumed a lot of bullets.

This is because every few days, they have to stop for shooting training to avoid losing their edge and declining in strength when they encounter a situation.

For every good gunman, talent is one aspect, and a large number of bullets is another.

"Why replenish food?" Long Yuehong asked when he didn't understand.

Weed City has a lot of food, rich and diverse.

Jiang Bai Mian laughed:

"Maybe it's because I always think too much.

"The disappearance of Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei, the organization that promotes the toxicity of knowledge, the death of the intelligence peddler Liu Dazhuang, the existence of a suspected 'Eternal Life Person' within the guild, and the participation of a 'Senior Hunter,' these things are intertwined, giving a feeling that the storm is coming.

"If nothing major happens, that's fine, but once the situation takes a turn for the worse, more bullets and more food mean we have more chances of survival."

"That makes sense..." Long Yuehong thought for a moment and deeply agreed.

He felt that this gave him a sense of security.

Jiang Bai Mian then said:

"Your next task is to replenish supplies. Shang Jianyao and I will return to the Hunter Guild to see if there are any new clues. When it's noon and there are not many people in Red Luo Lane, we'll go find the 'Old Clothes Workshop' boss again."

Speaking of this, she smiled slightly:

"The task of searching for the whereabouts of Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei will be left to those relic hunters."

This doesn't require any tricks, it mainly relies on the number of people piled up for investigation. Jiang Bai Mian felt that there was no need to waste her team's energy, anyway, there are plenty of "volunteers."

——Knowing the clue about the female companion, those relic hunters will soon be able to find out that Lin Feifei was wearing a hat and mask, carrying a black travel bag, left her rented place, entered Huangjiao Lane, and headed towards South Street.

And although this kind of dress is relatively special and easily attracts attention, if she doesn't stop, not many people will have a very deep impression, because people mainly pay attention to things that repeatedly appear in their sight. While walking, they may only glance at each other and pass by.

…………

After separating from Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, Jiang Bai Mian and Shang Jianyao returned to the Hunter Guild and sat on the chairs at the edge of the hall, waiting for the results of the follow-up investigation.

"It feels like a high-level guild member," Jiang Bai Mian laughed after waiting for a while. "We're sitting, and others are doing the legwork."

Shang Jianyao looked up at the ceiling:

"Then shall we go somewhere else?"

"Aren't you worried about meeting that Vice President named Christina if you go upstairs? I don't know if she's back..." Jiang Bai Mian easily understood Shang Jianyao's meaning and asked with a teasing smile.

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

"I've thought about it, I can dance with her."

"Which direction is that taking things? I mean the relationship," Jiang Bai Mian said with interest. "Godmother? Siblings? Confidantes? Hobbyists? Father and daughter?"

Before she could finish speaking, she saw that "Senior Hunter" named Audick enter from the door, look around, and walk towards her.

Audick, wearing a dark black thick woolen coat, glanced at the metal object in Jiang Bai Mian's ear and slightly amplified his voice:

"I can use the information about where that woman named Lin Feifei went last to exchange for your gains.

"But you need to guarantee that you have valuable gains."

"So fast?" Jiang Bai Mian deliberately put on a surprised expression.

She suspected that Audick used his own Awakened ability to quickly complete the investigation and found Lin Feifei's whereabouts after leaving Huangjiao Lane.

——Many things, humans can't recall when they are awake, but they can recreate the corresponding scenes in dreams.

Shang Jianyao clapped his hands, not knowing who he was praising.

Audick was a little stunned by Shang Jianyao's applause, and said after a few seconds of silence:

"I have my ways."

Jiang Bai Mian deliberated for a while and said:

"Okay, I guarantee that we found valuable clues in that room.

"If you don't believe it, we can trade in the form of a task, with the guild as a guarantee."

The reason she proposed the latter option was to prevent the other party from choosing it, because she didn't want to make the information about that organization's involvement known to everyone, which might bring danger to Lin Feifei and the others.

And the reason why she believed that Audick would probably not choose it was because she judged from the other party's style of doing things and current status that he was a person with a certain moral code and quite confident.

Or, this is related to the price he paid.

——When the boss of "Old Clothes Workshop" was dozing off, he could have taken the clothes and left directly.

In addition, if he does have the Awakened ability to make people fall asleep and influence dreams, he was doing an investigation at the time, so after getting the result, he could have woken the other party up and left without really buying a piece of old clothing.

Audick thought for a moment and said:

"No need.

"If it's not of equal value, I will ask for the difference back."

Jiang Bai Mian secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, after all, she didn't have absolute certainty.

And after this incident, she understood Audick's personality characteristics and style of doing things even more.

"Deal," Jiang Bai Mian smiled.

Audick nodded lightly and pointed to the entrance of the guild:

"Let's talk outside."

Jiang Bai Mian got up unhurriedly, secretly exchanged glances with Shang Jianyao, and rubbed her index finger with her thumb.

The meaning of her gesture was to activate Contingency Plan Two:

Be prepared, and use your ability immediately if anything goes wrong!

You know, the other party is also very likely to be an Awakened, and his ability is in the field of sleep and dreams.

As for Jiang Bai Mian herself, her role was to attract firepower and become the opponent's first target, buying time for Shang Jianyao.

Although she was confident and had done a lot of homework to deal with Awakened, she still believed that she couldn't completely defend against it at close range and needed to rely on Shang Jianyao.

This is because there are too many types of Awakened abilities, even sudden cardiac arrest and memory erasure. Without prior information, there is no way to target them all.

After leaving the Hunter Guild and arriving on West Street, Audick lowered his hands and said casually:

"Lin Feifei carried a black travel bag, and after leaving Huangjiao Lane, she first walked to South Street, then to Central Square, and then turned to West Street and walked into that alley."

At the end, Audick stretched out his right hand and pointed to a place diagonally opposite.

That was the entrance to an alley, with a straight-line distance of more than forty meters from the Hunter Guild. Next to it were two flamboyantly decorated bars, named "Flying Bird" and "Wild Tree" respectively.

"Flying Bird Bar..." Jiang Bai Mian "whispered" this name.

Audick thought she was asking a question and added:

"That alley is called 'Wild Wolf', later changed its name. Inside are places similar to bars, and it also hides the underground trading market of Weed City.

"It took me a lot of effort to find a few eyewitnesses to confirm Lin Feifei's whereabouts, but it stopped there.

"The people in Wild Wolf Alley don't get up so early, so there are no eyewitnesses. We can't know now whether Lin Feifei went through the alley to another place, or went into a certain bar inside."

"I see..." Jiang Bai Mian thought for a moment and took out the flyer from her pocket.

"We found this under the bed in Lin Feifei's rented room," she handed the flyer to Audick, and then closely watched the changes in his expression.

If she judged that the other party was related to the organization that promoted the toxicity of knowledge, she would immediately let Shang Jianyao "make friends"!

After Audick took it, he unfolded it and began to read, his brows gradually furrowing:

"They..."

"Do you recognize them?" Jiang Bai Mian's heart moved, and she asked.

A strong person who can be promoted to "Senior Hunter" all the way in the Hunter Guild, no matter how strong they are in which field, should have no shortage of knowledge in all aspects.

Audick's eyes swept back and forth between Jiang Bai Mian and Shang Jianyao, and he said in a deep voice:

"This kind of concept, this kind of slogan, is very similar to a religious organization that has been relatively active here in recent years."

"What are they called?" Jiang Bai Mian asked, pursuing the idea of not asking for nothing.

Audick replied with a slightly solemn expression:

"Anti-Intellectualism Church."