Free Web NovelWhen Fang Ji woke up from his coma, he opened his eyes, looked at the ceiling, and felt the soft touch of the bed beneath his back. For a long time, he couldn't regain his senses. He had no memory of how he got to the hotel.
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Was it the reinforcements the Guide Miss invited who sent me here?
But where did she go?
Did she already leave? Fang Ji thought with some apprehension.
The lights weren't on in the room, and the air was filled with the unique humid stuffiness of late spring and early summer. He fumbled in the dark to get out of bed, wanting to turn on the light first to see his surroundings, but accidentally knocked over the water cup on the bedside table.
The water cup fell to the ground, shattering into pieces with a "crack!"
Hearing the noise from the room, someone quickly swiped a room card and «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» pushed the door open to enter.
"Beep!" As the room card was inserted into the power slot, the room was illuminated by warm light, and a young man with deep-set features and a gloomy expression walked in from outside the door.
"Oh! It's you?" Seeing the young man's appearance clearly, Fang Ji exclaimed in surprise.
He had seen this young man on the bus from Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area to Shizhou City.
"Great, I thought I had met a bad person!"
Having met once, they could barely be considered acquaintances... at least, that's what Fang Ji, who hadn't experienced the harsh realities of society, thought.
Saleh stopped at the doorway, looked at the overjoyed Fang Ji, then at the glass shards on the ground, frowned slightly, and without saying anything, turned around and walked outside the door.
He felt he had nothing to say to Fang Ji. If the Holy Child hadn't sent him and Elder Shem to watch over Fang Ji, he wouldn't even want to get close to this guy who reeked of bad luck and decay.
When he set off for Z Country, Saleh was full of ambition, wanting to create a miracle. But now, the Holy Child had assigned him a task that wasn't much different from guarding a latrine. Although he knew the Holy Child must have her deeper meaning in doing so, his mood was inevitably a bit depressed.
He wanted to do something big, like... eliminate the Black Emperor?
This goal was a bit arrogant, but if one isn't frivolous, are they still a young man?
What's more, after seeing the Holy Child with his own eyes, Saleh felt his miracle seed stirring restlessly.
The moment the miracle seed takes root, sprouts, grows strong, and blossoms into a miracle flower, punching the Black Emperor and kicking Lord Bing won't be a dream!
Fang Ji smiled, waved his hand, and watched Saleh leave without saying a word, thinking to himself that this young man was truly a person of few words.
Then...
It wasn't until Saleh pulled out the room card, cutting off the power, and the room plunged back into darkness, that he was stunned. The smile on his face gradually stiffened, and his hand, suspended in mid-air, remained there for a long time.
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After being stunned for a while, he began to feel that something was wrong. He frantically fumbled around his body, wanting to take out his phone to ask the Guide Miss about the situation.
His pockets were empty. His phone, wallet, various tickets carefully kept along the way, and the gold, silver, and jade jewelry he had picked up on the road waiting for their owners, were all gone.
Could it have been taken by that young man just now? This thought suddenly flashed through Fang Ji's mind, and he immediately realized that he might have been kidnapped, and the reinforcements invited by the Guide Miss were probably also in grave danger.
Thinking carefully, he had seen the two people who kidnapped him on the bus from Zhenwu Mountain Scenic Area to Shizhou City. Perhaps they had been watching him since then.
But why would they kidnap me?
I'm just an ordinary Night Watch operative...
Uh, probably.
Fang Ji thought, his emotions gradually becoming anxious. He quickly walked towards the door. As soon as he pushed it open, he saw a face covered in thick sideburns, with gloomy and fierce eyes.
"Friend, please go back and stay put. Wait until our Holy Child comes. Cooperate a little in the end, and if you don't cooperate... hmph hmph!" Shem snorted twice, lifted a corner of his Coat, revealing a curved knife.
The sheath of the curved knife was still stained with dried blood spots, radiating killing intent.
Seeing this, Fang Ji's pupils constricted slightly, and he stammered, "I, I don't know any Holy Child. I just, just... Let me tell you, you're committing a crime like this, do you know that? I..."
With a "swish!", the curved knife was drawn from its sheath, the gleaming blade's cold light dazzling. Fang Ji's voice stopped abruptly, and he silently retreated back into the room, closing the door behind him.
Back in the room, Fang Ji collapsed onto the bed, closing his eyes as if he could still see the cold light of that curved knife just now. His heart pounded violently, unable to calm down for a long time.
It's over, it's over, I'm definitely dead this time!
That fierce guy had a knife, and there were bloodstains on the sheath. He couldn couldn't possibly have nothing better to do than buy two pounds of pork to practice his knife skills, right?
No, no, I can't panic. I've encountered bad people many times on my way from Salt City, and I've always managed to turn misfortune into blessing. I can definitely do it this time too!
As he was thinking, the wind blew a corner of the curtain open, and the dazzling lights of the prosperous Bu Ye Street spilled a little into the dark room.
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After a few seconds of silence, Fang Ji suddenly seemed to remember something. He bolted up from the bed, glanced towards the door, and then tiptoed to the window.
Gently pulling open the window and glancing outside, he was immediately so scared that he took two steps back. freēwebnovel.com
The height of over twenty stories was indeed a bit terrifying at first glance, but...
Fang Ji calmed himself down, approached the window again, leaned slightly forward, and looked out. Immediately, a look of determination appeared in his eyes.
Next to the window was a terrace. The drainpipe next to the terrace was metal and looked very sturdy. There was also a terrace every three floors where he could rest...
I can do it! Sneaking away from here is absolutely no problem!
As long as I get out of their control, I can borrow a phone from someone and contact the Guide Miss... I must tell her about the disappearance of the reinforcement Miss!
After that, I'll find a Night Watch contact point, and I'll be safe! Fang Ji thought.
He didn't know why he was so sure he could complete this operation that would give children nightmares just by watching it, but he vaguely felt that he had done similar things many times before and completed them quite easily.
So, he prepared to act according to his intuition.
His intuition had always been very accurate, even more accurate than a woman's. Perhaps this was why he looked even more charming than a woman?
Fang Ji carefully climbed onto the windowsill, flipped over, landed silently on the terrace outside the window, and then stood up against the outer wall.
The cold wind at high altitude stirred his tied-up long hair, gently brushing against his face. Although the outer wall behind him was solid and reliable, one step forward was the abyss. His heart couldn't help but race, and he swallowed hard.
After waiting for a moment to calm his emotions and confirming that the taciturn young man and the fierce middle-aged man hadn't discovered his actions, Fang Ji moved forward slightly, gripped the drainpipe tightly with both hands, and began to climb down.
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Ten minutes later.
Fang Ji successfully climbed down from the twenty-third floor along the drainpipe and landed safely.
Although his climbing technique was quite rusty at first, and he even accidentally fell once, which scared him into a cold sweat, fortunately, during the fall, his clothes caught on an iron hook on the outer wall, preventing the tragic outcome of being smashed into a pulp.
But as he continued to descend, perhaps due to gradually becoming familiar with it, his climbing movements became steadier.
"Whoosh—!" The sense of security from having his feet firmly on the ground made Fang Ji let out a joyful sigh, "I succeeded, it feels like a dream, but..."
Glancing back at the tall building beside him, he frowned.
"This place... is really chaotic!"
When he climbed down just now, he saw many absurd things.
He saw someone slip and fall while taking a shower, hitting their head. He saw someone smoking in bed and setting the quilt on fire. He even encountered a fellow traveler...
A Minotaur warrior was about to generously impart his knowledge when the wronged party, catching them in the act, broke in. In a panic, he tried to escape by climbing the drainpipe. As soon as he climbed out the window, he made eye contact with Fang Ji, who happened to be passing by. In his panic, he fell onto the terrace three floors below, knocking himself unconscious. He probably hasn't woken up yet.
"Forget it, I won't worry about it. It's important to quickly contact the Guide Miss and then go to a Night Watch contact point. It'll be troublesome if those two guys catch up..."
Fang Ji muttered to himself, running quickly forward, passing through a small alley. His figure quickly disappeared into the crowd and lights of Bu Ye Street.
Wherever he passed, there was chaos, as if it were a carnival site.
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Disaster: "Dear user, hello. Congratulations on luckily triggering the hidden condition of the task just now. Please keep in touch with me at all times from now on. I will guide you throughout and assist you in completing the task."
After sending the message to Fang Ji, Lu Yibei waited for a moment. Seeing that she was slow to reply, she couldn't help but frown.
What's going on? Why isn't Fang Ji replying to me yet?
Could it be that her phone was lost or broken when she was in the alley earlier?
Or did that Black-Clothed Man attack her, and she has already met with misfortune?
Lu Yibei thought, reaching out to pat Elder Shem's shoulder in front of her, and asked expressionlessly, "Oh right, Old Xie, when you took Fang Ji to the hotel, did you see her personal belongings? They weren't left behind on the road, were they?"
"Hehe, Miss Qianqian, don't worry!" Shem's face showed a smug smile, "I searched everything out from that guy!"
"I have to say, that guy is really rich. He had three gold rings, one silver bracelet, two jade bracelets, and a gold-inlaid jade longevity lock on him."
"Oh right, I have the things with me! Would you like to see them?"
As he spoke, Shem patted his satchel vigorously.
After hearing Elder Shem's words, Lu Yibei's face darkened, and she said irritably, "Damn it, I told you to take good care of her, why did you search her? Are you terrorists from somewhere?"
I'm speechless. They searched all her things, and I'm still sending her messages here. Doesn't that make me look stupid?
What's more, she's a girl, and you two big men, is it really appropriate to search her?
It would be almost right if I did this kind of thing myself. Anyway, we're all girls, so no need to mind these details... Lu Yibei muttered inwardly.
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"Holy Child... Uh, Miss Qianqian, please calm down!" Seeing Lu Yibei get angry, Shem lowered his head and cupped his fists, saying, "We were also afraid that he was carrying some powerful Spiritual Energy items with him and were worried we couldn't keep an eye on him, so we resorted to this measure. What's more... haven't we always done this before?"
Yes, that's right, the Miracle Order members were still bombing the airport in Hua City before! Expecting these reckless guys to take good care of Fang Ji was my oversight... Lu Yibei rolled her eyes, took a deep breath, and said earnestly, "The past is the past, and the present is the present!"
"Since I am the Holy Child, you must act according to my style. From now on, you cannot do such things anymore."
Who cares about all that? If I can con one, it's one less. If this action changes the Miracle Order, it's also a good deed!
Maybe in the future, when the Miracle Order members see me, they'll have to shout, "She changed the Order!" Lu Yibei thought.
"But..." Shem hesitated.
"But what?" Lu Yibei said seriously, "I ask you, are the Egyptian pyramids a miracle?"
Shem replied without thinking, "Of course they are!"
"Then do you know why the pyramids were successfully built?" Lu Yibei pressed.
Shem thought for a moment and said seriously, "There was assistance from high-level mythological urban legend. That Sphinx statue, I heard, is the remains of a urban legend that was used to carry giant stones before."
Lu Yibei, "..."
Do you have to argue with me?
After a pause, she said forcefully, "Putting aside the factor of urban legend, a very important point is the power of the people! You must understand that human miracles are often the miracles of the people!"
"Like you guys, who search people's bodies and bomb airports at the drop of a hat, what kind of public support do you have? It's good enough if they don't cause trouble behind your backs!"
"So, from now on, stop doing these bandit-like things, got it? Otherwise, people who know the situation will know we are the Miracle Order, but those who don't will think we are the Forty Thieves of the Persian Gulf!"
After hearing Lu Yibei's words, Shem showed a look of realization and bowed slightly to her.
"This subordinate has been enlightened. Please rest assured, I will definitely convey your guidance to the other Order members when I return."
It would be best if they listen... Lu Yibei nodded calmly, "Just know that, keep leading the way!"
Since there was no way to contact Fang Ji by phone, she could only find her in person first. Lu Yibei thought.
"Yes!" Shem responded, turned around, and continued to lead the way forward.
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Lu Yibei followed behind Shem, walking on the streets of Bu Ye Street. The deeper they went, the more chaos there was. It was understandable at first, but later it gradually became absurd.
At first, there were only common accidents like people fainting from heatstroke, drunken disturbances, and collisions between street vendors' carts. Later, it gradually turned into people trying to swallow light bulbs, cigarette butts thrown into manhole covers causing biogas explosions, and acrobatic acts where the jar fell and got stuck on their heads, unable to be removed...
There was chaos along the way, with many injured people.
Lu Yibei, "..."
This is too exaggerated...
Although no one died, it could already be considered within the scope of urban legend incidents, right?
Is Fang Ji's luck value been too low for too long, making her too 'thirsty', and she suddenly drained them all? Lu Yibei thought.
Just as she was thinking, her phone suddenly vibrated twice. She unlocked the screen and took a look; it was a message from "A Little Hamster".
A Little Hamster: "Guide Miss, I finally got in touch with you!"
Lu Yibei, "???"
What the heck? Where did she get a phone to send me messages? Didn't Shem search her and take it away?
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Fang Ji's phone was naturally picked up.
After escaping from the hotel to Bu Ye Street, he was eager to find someone to borrow a phone from to send messages to his Guide Miss and contact his Night Watch colleagues far away in Salt City to ask for the location of the Night Watch's contact point in Shizhou City.
However, along the way, he did not meet any kind people willing to lend him one. The only one willing to pay him any attention was the Black-Clothed Man leading the way in front of him.
This Black-Clothed Man told Fang Ji that he had what he needed and could help Fang Ji solve the difficulties he was currently facing.
So, he followed the Black-Clothed Man.
Not long after walking, when passing an alley near the residential area, he heard someone on the third floor of the residential building above open a window. A Miss shouted, "Break up! I won't forgive you. If you come to my house again, I don't want the gift either. Now, like this phone, get out of my house!"
After saying that, the Miss threw out a newly unboxed Cherry 14 Plus Pro with a SIM card inserted but not yet activated.
The phone drew an arc in mid-air and landed squarely in Fang Ji's jacket pocket.
Feeling his jacket pocket suddenly sink, Fang Ji reached in and felt it, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.
He took out the phone, successfully activated it, downloaded a certain Goose social software, and after sending a message to the Guide Miss, he stepped forward a few steps and patted the Black-Clothed Man leading the way on the shoulder, "Brother, I really got what I wanted! You are truly a good person, you helped me a lot!"
Black-Clothed Man, "???" No, I haven't even taken you to the place yet! Where the heck did you get what you wanted?
Seeing the Black-Clothed Man staring at him with wide eyes, Fang Ji shrank his neck and said weakly, "Brother, you just said that taking me to find what I want could be free depending on the situation. This phone was just thrown away by someone who didn't want it. I, I shouldn't have to give you money, right?"
"..." The Black-Clothed Man was silent for a few seconds and said in his hoarse voice, "No, but are you satisfied with just this? I still have..."
"Yes, I'm satisfied! I just wanted a phone." Fang Ji said without hesitation, effectively choking back the latter half of the Black-Clothed Man's sentence that he hadn't had time to say.
Silent again, the Black-Clothed Man took a deep breath and said, "Besides a phone, I have everything else you want!" freёwebnovel.com
"Hmm..." Fang Ji thought for a moment and said seriously, "I want to find my memory, or find Lu Yibei. Can you help me?"
Black-Clothed Man, "..." I already said I can only give you items. How can I help with amnesia? And who is Lu Yibei?
"Don't you want anything else? Even if you don't need it now, you should plan for the future, shouldn't you?"
"Hmm..." Fang Ji tilted his head and pondered for a few seconds, "I probably don't need to, right? I can plan when I want something. Anyway, I have super good luck! Every time I want something, it appears very quickly."
Black-Clothed Man, "..."
Every time he wants...
Did you go robbing?
How can anyone in this world get whatever they want? Unless a miracle happens!
He felt somewhat helpless. The three targets he found tonight, following the guidance of that Adult, were all very strange. The first one was extremely vigilant, the second had no strong materialistic desires, and the third...
The Black-Clothed Man already didn't know how to describe people like Fang Ji.
If what he said was true, perhaps he could be called... the Chosen One?
Seeing the Black-Clothed Man remain silent for a long time, Fang Ji bowed to him, "Anyway, thank you for helping me find a usable phone. I won't trouble you anymore. I'm leaving now, bye-bye!"
After saying that, Fang Ji turned and left, while continuing to fiddle with his phone. It was then that he noticed the message the Guide Miss had sent him earlier.
A Little Hamster: "Hidden condition? What is that?"
Disaster: "Hello, it's the hidden condition for infiltrating the Secret Society! May I ask, is there a male beside you right now? He is about 185cm tall, slim, has a hooked nose, and is wearing a black Coat."
Fang Ji secretly glanced at the man beside him, nodded, and typed in a reply message.
A Little Hamster: "Mm-hmm, yes!"
Disaster: "Hello, he is the hidden condition for joining the Secret Society!"
"Eh!? That brother is..." Fang Ji let out an exclamation, then realized he had lost his composure, quickly covered his mouth with both hands, and continued to pick up his phone to type a reply message.
A Little Hamster: "Really? Then what should I do next?"
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What should he do next?
After reading Fang Ji's reply message, Lu Yibei frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied, "You can first ask him for an item, but do not use it or ask about its origin. Immediately after, ask him if he can take you to join the Secret Society. If he refuses, you can mention Gu He's name."
It can now be confirmed that Hu Chuan, who uses the alias Gu He, has close ties with the Secret Society. If that Black-Clothed Man is indeed a member of the Secret Society, he should react to this name. Lu Yibei thought.
A Little Hamster: "It sounds quite simple?"
Disaster: "Of course! The existence of hidden conditions, and my job, are to help users complete tasks more conveniently and quickly! 【Pink-haired girl smiling】"
A Little Hamster: "Oh, oh, thank you in advance!"
Disaster: "You're welcome. Serving users is the job of us Guide Misses, and it is also our honor. I wish you a smooth task in advance, and please keep in touch with me at all times so I can guide you."
For some reason, it felt like she was acting as his system... After replying to the message, Lu Yibei shrugged her shoulders.
I serve you, and you scout the path and act as cannon fodder for me. That's very reasonable, right?
Then, next, it's time to witness a miracle!
The next moment, Fang Ji sent a message.
A Little Hamster: "Guide Miss, that brother... he fainted."
Fainted? Lu Yibei was stunned for a moment and typed a message asking, "Hello, did you mention Gu He's name, and he attacked you, and you knocked him out?"
A Little Hamster: "No, a hand-held tractor fell from upstairs and knocked him out."
Lu Yibei, "???"
