novelGlobal #514 - Chapter 513: Blending in
#514 - Chapter 513: Blending in
“Just like you said before, Wang is a Resurgent with a strong purpose. His appearance in City 133 was for a mysterious artifact whose function we don't know.
Now he's come to the Sand Sea, destroyed the gathering place in front of it, and left a perfectly good pier. He couldn't have done this out of boredom.
So what we need to figure out now is why Wang did this, what his purpose is, whether he's been to the Sand Sea, and what he did there.
Only by figuring these out can we anticipate his next actions, instead of being led by the nose. Do you two understand?” Fang Wan raised her eyebrows.
...
The curtain of a certain tent was lifted, and a strong man wearing a black vest walked out, standing alone by the edge of the Sand Sea.
He reached out and unfastened his belt, about to pee towards the quicksand when the ground beneath his feet suddenly rippled like water.
“Hmm?”
The strong man uttered a soft sound of doubt. Before he could react, he was swallowed by the ground beneath his feet with a "whoosh", disappearing from the spot without anyone noticing.
...
Several dozen miles away, under a tree, the strong man was tied up like a dumpling by several thick vines, with only his head exposed.
“You… who are you? Why are you tying me up?!”
Li Chenqiu squatted down, looking him in the eye: “That's not a question you should be asking. Next, I'll ask you questions, and you'll answer them. Understand?”
The strong man glared angrily: “Don't even think about it!”
Li Chenqiu didn't waste any words. His eyes were instantly filled with blood, rotating in the same direction. To deal with tough guys, you naturally need inhuman methods.
A few minutes later.
“I'll talk! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!” The strong man's face was pale, covered in cold sweat, his eyes filled with fear.
Li Chenqiu's lips curled up slightly, and he placed his hand on the other's shoulder: “Don't tell me lies, I don't like hearing them.”
The strong man nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: “Okay!”
Li Chenqiu asked: “Why are you staying in the Sand Sea and refusing to leave?”
The strong man hurriedly explained: “The higher-ups… the higher-ups said there are traces of Special Hazard 009 Wang in the Sand Sea. We're staying here to find Wang.”
As expected, they're coming for me… Li Chenqiu nodded thoughtfully, and continued: “How are you searching? How long do you plan to search here?”
“We… we search by boat. I'm not sure how long we'll be searching.”
“How are you searching by boat? Explain in detail.”
In the time that followed, the strong man honestly told everything he knew.
When he heard that all three ships searching for Wang had Eleventh Order powerhouses stationed on them, Li Chenqiu's expression immediately became serious.
Originally, he planned to hijack a ship tomorrow and go to the Sand Domain where the Void Ring was located, to see if he could use his ability to retrieve it, but now it seemed like wishful thinking.
“Big brother, I've told you everything I know, please let me go! I'll keep today's events buried in my stomach, and never tell anyone!” the strong man begged.
Li Chenqiu asked: “What's your name?”
The strong man was stunned for a moment: “I… I'm called Tang Jun.”
Swoosh—thud!
A drop of water shot out, piercing through Tang Jun's forehead.
Li Chenqiu stood up, waved his hand, and Tang Jun's body was directly consumed by flames.
...
Whoosh!
The tent curtain was lifted, and Li Chenqiu, disguised as Tang Jun, walked in.
“Brother Tang, we're one short, are you coming!”
A thin, tall young man shook the playing cards in his hand.
Li Chenqiu yawned, pretending to be tired and replied: “I don't know what's wrong today, I'm really tired. You guys play, I need to sleep. Remember to keep it down!”
Someone showed a surprised expression: “The sun must be rising in the west! Don't you usually stay up until midnight?”
“I'm sleepy today, can't I go to bed early?”
Li Chenqiu replied unhappily, walked to the corner of the bed and lay down.
“Hey Tang, what are you doing sleeping in my bed?”
“It's too noisy on my side. I'll go back when you guys are quiet. I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me.” Li Chenqiu turned his back and waved his hand.
In fact, he wasn't sleepy at all, but there was nothing he could do. The more he said, the more mistakes he would make. In order to not expose his identity and successfully get on the ship tomorrow morning, he could only sleep.
“You guy…”
“Forget it, forget it, let Tang sleep!”
“He has sweaty feet, he'll make my blanket stink!”
“If you don't smell it, it won't stink.”
...
Wooo—
A dull whistle broke the silence of the early morning. The lights in the dark tent suddenly turned on, and the combatants listlessly lifted their blankets and began to dress and wash up.
“I'm so sleepy. Brother Tang, I wish I had gone to bed early like you yesterday.”
The thin, tall young man sleeping next to Li Chenqiu sat blankly on the bed, wrapped in a blanket, staring blankly ahead.
Li Chenqiu straightened his collar and casually replied: “Xiao Hai, it's not too late to go to bed early today.”
After eavesdropping all night, he already knew the names of most of the people in the tent, such as his bedmate Qi Hai.
Qi Hai shook his head: “I can't today, I've already made plans to play cards. Maybe tomorrow!”
Li Chenqiu smiled faintly, just as he was about to say something, a deep voice came from outside the tent.
“Everyone, gather in ten minutes!”
The moment the voice fell, the tent where Li Chenqiu was located instantly came to life. Qi Hai shot out like a rocket under his butt, rushing towards the mobile toilet at the door.
“Everyone, I'll solve this in one minute, don't rush me!”
Bang!
“You son of a b*tch!”
Ten minutes later, everyone gathered together, standing neatly in rows, with over a hundred people in total.
The Special Hazard Elimination 5th Special Operations Team didn't have that many people. Most of the people standing here came from various High Hazard Elimination Teams, and were here to assist the 5th Team in eliminating Wang, such as Tang Jun, played by Li Chenqiu.
Whoosh—
The tent curtain was lifted, and Zhang Heping, with a short ponytail, was the first to walk out, followed closely by Hu Quan. The two came to stand in front of everyone.
“Is everyone here?”
Zhang Heping's sharp, eagle-like gaze looked at a certain young man standing in the first row.
The young man stepped out and replied in a powerful voice: “Reporting to the officer, 108 people should be here, 108 people are actually here, all members are assembled, please give instructions!”
Zhang Heping nodded and said loudly: “Thank you all for your hard work during this time. After discussions with our higher-ups, we have basically determined that 009 Wang has left the Sand Sea.”
As soon as these words came out, joy appeared on everyone's faces.
They didn't want to stay in this damn place for even a moment longer.
But before everyone could be happy for long, Zhang Heping changed the subject and said:
“But this doesn't mean that the Sand Sea is completely worthless. We don't know what Wang did here. This requires our joint efforts to excavate, discover, and understand his intentions!”
Swish—
The expressions on everyone's faces immediately turned from sunny to stormy.
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Author's words: Seeing that everyone thinks the appearance of the persona is very abrupt, I will explain it here. This setting is to match Pangu's One Qi Transforming into Three Purities.
Xiao Hei wants to ask for a leave tomorrow (˵¯͒♦¯͒˵)
Because the 4000-word manuscript has been used up, I have to save another 4000-word manuscript. I hope the leaders will approve it.