Chapter 998

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Chapter 998 Following

On top of the high-rise building.

Lin Qiye, who had watched the entire battle, slowly opened his eyes.

“How was it?” Shao Pingge asked with a smile beside him.

“His strength is beyond what I imagined,” Lin Qiye couldn’t help but sigh, “Compared to when I knew him before, it’s like night and day.”

“Everyone has their own opportunities and growth. Just like a few years ago, who would have thought that an unknown high school student from Cangnan City would become the captain of a special team?” Shao Pingge patted Lin Qiye’s shoulder.

“Captain Shao, please don’t tease me.”

Lin Qiye’s gaze fell in the direction where Fang Mo and the other three had departed, his eyes flickering with light.

“What? Worried about your soldiers?”

“I feel something isn’t right about this,” Lin Qiye spoke thoughtfully, “The recent ‘Mystery’ disturbance should be related to one of my students…”

Hearing these words, surprise appeared in Shao Pingge’s eyes.

He didn’t have Lin Qiye’s wide-range spiritual perception. His way of understanding the battlefield was only by monitoring the aura of those “Mysteries,” so he didn’t know how this was related to Fang Mo.

“So what do you want to do? Bring him over and protect him?”

“…No.” Lin Qiye thought for a moment and shook his head, “Growth always involves some hardships. Being too protective isn’t good either. Even if we protect them, it shouldn’t be too obvious…

I’ll quietly follow them.”

“Don’t intervene unless absolutely necessary,” Shao Pingge earnestly advised, “This concerns whether Chen Han can take over this city. If your presence is exposed, we’ll have failed completely.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t be exposed,” Lin Qiye smiled slightly.

Carrying the black case on his back, he took a step forward, and his crimson figure instantly vanished into the night.

…

The four quickly moved through the deserted streets, only stopping to catch their breath after confirming they were far from the battlefield.

Meanwhile, unnoticed by anyone, a shadow from the night sky descended and merged with the shadows near them.

“Fang Mo, what happened back there?” Ding Chongfeng took a deep breath and couldn’t help asking Fang Mo, who was walking at the back, “Why did all those ‘Mysteries’ gather together?”

Su Yuan and Su Zhe also turned their heads simultaneously.

Fang Mo was silent for a moment before honestly explaining:

“My constitution is special. My blood has a fatal attraction to most ‘Mysteries’… Once exposed to the air, it draws the attention of ‘Mysteries’ within several kilometers. The more blood flows, the stronger this attraction becomes, and the wider it spreads.”

A bitter expression appeared on Fang Mo’s face,

“In previous battles, I’ve been wounded before, but the scent of blood only attracted one or two weak ‘Mysteries’… I didn’t expect the ‘Mysteries’ in Beijing to be so densely distributed, with so many powerful ones hidden within several kilometers.”

During the past few years, Fang Mo spent most of his time training in the mountains, and even when he came down for experience, he had never been to Beijing.

In other cities, even if he was wounded and bleeding, it would be good to attract just one “Mystery” within several kilometers. In places like Cangnan, only three or four “Mysteries” would appear in a year, at most reaching the “Chuan” level.

But the density and level of “Mysteries” in Beijing was no joke.

Hearing this, Su Zhe suddenly realized, “No wonder mosquitoes and such always bite you… So you’re like Tang Seng?”

Smack–!

Su Yuan slapped Su Zhe’s back, “We’re discussing serious matters here, can’t you be more serious?”

Ding Chongfeng nodded thoughtfully, his gaze falling on Fang Mo’s injured arm, where messy bandages tightly bound the wound, preventing any blood from flowing out. Yet even so, blood continuously seeped into the clothing.

His brows furrowed tightly.

“Your wound hasn’t been properly treated, just forcefully binding it won’t work,” Ding Chongfeng said seriously, “If we let the wound continue to deteriorate like this, you might lose your arm.”

Fang Mo’s pale lips pressed tightly together, “I can’t unwrap it, or who knows what monsters it might attract…”

“Perhaps we could go to the distant suburbs,” Su Yuan suddenly spoke.

“The suburbs?”

“The distribution density of ‘Mysteries’ is related to population density. The more densely populated an area, the higher the possibility of ‘Mysteries’ appearing, and the stronger they’ll be,” Su Yuan explained, “While Beijing’s center might indeed hide many ‘Mysteries,’ the distribution should be relatively sparse in the suburbs.

Even if there are any, their levels won’t be as terrifying as what we just encountered. The four of us together should still have some fighting chance.”

After speaking, Su Yuan glanced at the innocent-looking Su Zhe beside her and twitched her lips, “Oh… I mean the three of us.”

Su Zhe: …So I’m not counted as a person?

“Isn’t this too risky?” Fang Mo frowned, “You don’t need to get involved…”

“What kind of talk is that,” Ding Chongfeng reached out and patted Fang Mo’s back, smiling, “It’s not certain death. If we’re too scared to take even this much risk and just watch our companion become disabled, what kind of Night Watchers would we be?”

“Besides, I haven’t trained for a day and my hands are getting itchy. Having some enemies to practice on isn’t bad,” Su Yuan said coolly, turning her head to glare at Su Zhe, “You’re itchy too… right?”

“…Ah yes, yes, yes! My sister is right!” Su Zhe squeezed out a smile.

“Then it’s decided. First, we’ll go to a nearby pharmacy to ta… no, buy some medicine, then head to the suburbs to treat Fang Mo’s wound,” Ding Chongfeng slapped his thigh, “Let’s go!”

Fang Mo stood frozen, looking at the three people before him.

He looked down at his arm, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth as an inexplicable warmth rose in his heart.

Ding Chongfeng put his arm around his shoulder and quickly led him away. White snowflakes danced in the night sky as an invisible bond quietly connected them together.

After they had gone far, Lin Qiye’s figure slowly emerged from the shadows of the street.

He looked in the direction they had gone, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

“Looks like this break was worth it…”

His figure flickered, becoming one with the night as he silently followed them.