Chapter 798
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Chapter 798: The Order of Going to the Capital
The dim yellow sunlight gradually faded, and the lights of the bustling city began to illuminate one after another. Night fell, and the city lights sparkled like stars adorning the earth, exuding a dreamy aura.
At the top of a tall building in Shangjing City, a man clad in a black trench coat stood there, surrounded by countless bats that danced around him. After circling for a moment, they all flew up into the pitch-black night sky.
The darkness in his eyes receded as he turned to the quiet man beside him, who wore a white research lab coat, and said, “I’ll search the east side; you search the west side.”
“Okay.”
An Qingyu adjusted his glasses. At the base of the building, countless rats surged into the dark streets, resembling a sea of shadows, and quickly disappeared into the city.
With Lin Qiye and An Qingyu’s extensive network, searching the entirety of Shangjing City would only take an hour or two.
“I’ll take a stroll over in the East District; maybe my mental energy can sense that girl’s presence in advance,” Lin Qiye said, looking at An Qingyu. “Do you want to come along?”
“Forget it; I can’t keep up with your speed.” An Qingyu smiled helplessly, touching the black coffin on his back. “It’s just the right time for me to stabilize Jiang Er’s magnetic field; otherwise, if she encounters another large-scale explosion, she could easily get hurt.”
Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow. “Speaking of which, your relationship with Jiang Er seems to have improved a lot since you returned from Japan?”
“Aren’t we also getting along well?”
“Not the same; it feels different. I always feel… you two are special to each other.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
“Like you and Jialan?”
“Huh? What does that have to do with me and Jialan?”
“…” An Qingyu blinked. “Maybe?”
Lin Qiye walked over to An Qingyu and patted his shoulder. “Well… I’m off to search for that girl. If you find her later, remember to contact us.”
“Sure.”
Lin Qiye turned back, taking one last look at the person and the coffin standing in the light, his figure transforming into a shadow of the night, disappearing into the air.
After Lin Qiye left, a white figure quietly floated out from the black coffin. The blush on her cheeks had yet to fade. She glanced at An Qingyu and spoke through the Bluetooth headset he had on:
“What were you just talking about?”
“What we were talking about, you could hear, right?” An Qingyu smiled.
Jiang Er was taken aback, her blush deepening. She turned her head away. “When did you modify my magnetic field?”
“Right now.” An Qingyu reached out and touched the black coffin on his back. “Let me find a quiet, unoccupied place…”
“…Mm.”
……
Shangjing City, West District.
On a small path in a park, two figures were ascending the steps in the shadowy thicket.
“Night Watchman…”
After listening to Li Zhenzhen’s description, Fang Mo seemed to ponder. “So, as long as you become a Night Watchman, you have a chance to meet Lin Qiye?”
“That’s indeed the case, but…”
Li Zhenzhen’s words were cut short as her pupils slightly contracted. It seemed she realized something and suddenly turned to look at Fang Mo.
“What did you do to me? How could I tell you these things?!”
“Don’t be nervous; I just want to know more about him. I mean you no harm.” Fang Mo smiled slightly. “You just said the new recruit training camp for Night Watchmen is about to start?”
“…What do you want?”
“Don’t look at me like that; maybe in the future, we could become allies.” Fang Mo said lightly.
“You want to join the Night Watchmen?”
Fang Mo quietly stepped on the stone steps, not answering.
“After finding Lin Qiye, what do you want to do with him?”
Fang Mo remained silent.
“You’ve extracted so much information from me, and when it’s my turn to ask you, you go mute?” Li Zhenzhen said angrily. “What’s wrong with you?!”
“Shh!”
Fang Mo suddenly stopped, making a shushing gesture to Li Zhenzhen.
Li Zhenzhen was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and then closed her mouth.
Fang Mo frowned slightly, turning to scan the surroundings. His ears twitched like a cat’s, seemingly listening for something, his eyes filled with vigilance.
“Something’s off.” Fang Mo lowered his voice.
“What’s off…” Li Zhenzhen began to speak but seemed to sense something and turned to look behind her.
Unbeknownst to them, the stone steps they had come from were now shrouded in a thin veil, the hazy mist obscuring the thicket behind them, making it impossible to see the park’s scene.
“Is there a ‘mystery’?” Li Zhenzhen squinted her eyes, reaching out to grasp the air, and a golden longbow fell into her hands. “The fog isn’t too dense; the coverage of the forbidden ruins is probably about half a mountain peak. This ‘mystery’ shouldn’t exceed the ‘Chuan’ realm.”
Fang Mo looked at her in surprise. “How do you know?”
“If you lived every day with a group of the top Night Watchmen in Daxia, these would be basic knowledge.” Li Zhenzhen drew the bow, the heart-shaped arrow tip sweeping around as if searching for something.
Fang Mo pulled out a short knife from somewhere, gripping it in reverse, leaning against Li Zhenzhen, and vigilantly watching the surroundings.
“Is the security in Shangjing City this poor? Can such things appear in the park?”
“It’s not that the security in Shangjing City is poor; on the contrary, the security forces here are too strong.” Li Zhenzhen explained. “With Team 006 around, any ‘mystery’ that appears in Shangjing City, unless it’s at the ‘Klein’ realm, wouldn’t dare to release its aura casually.
They are like shadows lurking in this city. Once they make a move and attract Team 006’s attention, they definitely won’t survive for more than half a day.
So generally speaking, these ‘mysteries’ don’t dare to harm people; at most, they steal some stray pets. If there are casualties, Team 006 will inevitably intervene. However, they occasionally emit some aura to scare off humans passing through their territory, which over time has led to some urban legends.”
Fang Mo asked in confusion, “Since the stationed team here is so strong, why not just eliminate them all? With so many ‘mysteries’ lurking in this city, isn’t it quite dangerous?”
“Can’t kill them all.” Li Zhenzhen shook her head. “Shangjing City is too large, and the population is too dense. The rate at which ‘mysteries’ appear is much faster than in other major cities in the country. If we really aimed to wipe out all the ‘mysteries’ in Shangjing City, even if Team 006 didn’t sleep for 24 hours, it might not be possible…
By leveraging Team 006’s deterrence, establishing such a survival order allows for an alternative ‘peace’ at the lowest cost.”
