Free Web NovelWith the formidable power of the Shancheng Si Ye Hui ahead, Zhang Yi, the person in charge of the operation, deserting on the spot behind, and several Night Watch agents secretly launching Spell attacks from the shadows, the extremely dire situation had gradually plunged the employees of Sunrise Biotechnology Company into despair.
At this moment, Ji Yunpei's loud cry instantly gave them a glimmer of hope.
It was as if travelers lost in the dark and silent night, about to be overwhelmed by loneliness and unease, suddenly saw flickering lights ahead. They all looked towards that somewhat slender figure.
But they only watched Ji Yunpei's departing back, and no one followed, merely standing in place, whispering.
"Isn't that Old Ji's Miss? When did she get involved with the Elder Council's confidants? What do we do now, should we follow her?" An old employee who recognized Ji Yunpei whispered to a colleague beside him.
"What do you think?"
"Everyone, don't be impulsive! She said she came to rescue us under the orders of the Elder Council's confidants, who knows if it's true?" A loyal supporter of Zhang Shuisheng pointed out the suspicious points about Ji Yunpei.
"That makes sense! What if she's already been bought out by the Night Watch? If we follow her now, wouldn't we be walking into a trap? I say, we might as well fight for our lives; perhaps there's still a chance of survival."
Ji Yunpei hadn't run far when she realized no one was following, so she couldn't help but slow down.
Why is this happening?
Did I do something wrong? Ji Yunpei wondered, puzzled.
"Ji Yunpei, what are you spacing out for? Hurry up and run! When that big guy comes to his senses, it won't be so easy to run away!"
The urging voice of Miss Blue Yi sounded in her ear. Ji Yunpei was startled. Although she started moving again, she also asked doubtfully, "But, but, what if they don't follow?"
"Don't panic, let the bullet fly for a while," Lu Yibei said calmly. "You just run; they will follow."
"Besides, as long as you complete the task and get yourself out of danger, isn't that enough? Why do you care about them?"
Hearing Miss Blue Yi's confident tone, Ji Yunpei pursed her lips, a thoughtful expression on her face.
That's right! Miss Lan is right; saving my own life first is the correct path.
My task is to lead the way, not to save them.
If those guys don't follow, it's their loss. What does it have to do with me?
Thinking of this, Ji Yunpei suddenly saw the light, and her steps forward no longer showed any hesitation.
As that small figure gradually became smaller, a subtle emotion, like watching the only source of warmth in a snowstorm gradually extinguish, spread through the crowd.
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Finally, the first person followed Ji Yunpei's footsteps.
"Damn it! I'm going to follow; you can go or not!"
"Brother, think carefully. This act is a betrayal of the Chairman. You should know the Chairman's way of doing things. If you betray him..."
"You, shut up! If we don't betray him, will that old bastard come to save you? Besides, what if that Little Girl was really sent by the Elder Council's confidants? If we follow her, if that old bastard dares to even fart, I'll take his surname!"
"Uh, isn't your surname already..."
"Shut up!"
"Betrayal" is like yawning; it's contagious. Once there's a first, there will soon be a second... a third.
A few breaths later, it had grown to fifteen people.
From Ji Yunpei's first shout to fifteen people following her "defection," it took less than two minutes.
This is not enough!
"Still too slow!"
In the distance, Lu Yibei, who was secretly observing while approaching the agreed-upon location with Ji Yunpei, couldn't help but sigh.
She found that she had underestimated Zhang Shuisheng's prestige among this group of company employees.
What kind of things did that old man do to make them so afraid of him?
But it definitely wasn't anything good!
This won't work; I need to find a way to speed things up, Lu Yibei thought.
From Sanxia Mental Hospital to here, it's only two or three kilometers in a straight line. The fastest Night Watch agents coming to reinforce Zhong Huai are probably already nearby. The slower ones, such as the Special Operations Team and Lin Kele, should also be able to arrive within five minutes.
If they drag it out any longer, by the time they are surrounded by the Night Watch agents and the Special Operations Team, let alone putting those Eclipse Society members into the God Kingdom Prototype, it would be difficult for her to even escape smoothly.
Although there are ways to delay for a bit, she can't possibly attack the Night Watch agents of Shancheng, can she?
Those are my colleagues, my brothers and sisters!
Lu Yibei thought, shifting her gaze to Zhong Huai, who was entangled with Zhang Shuisheng's loyal supporters, and narrowed her eyes slightly.
Clearly, Zhong Huai was not using his full strength, or perhaps he had no intention to kill. After all, the Night Watch usually adopts a "capture alive if possible" strategy when dealing with Psychic criminals.
And at this point, the employees of Sunrise Biotechnology Company were still hesitating for only one reason: the threat was not enough.
Once the threat they face is greater than the threat that betraying Zhang Shuisheng might bring them, they will no longer hesitate.
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei's small hand slowly reached into her bosom for the Mourning Crow Badge, and then a bold idea gradually formed in her mind.
In this world, there is something called the "catfish effect."
And making Zhong Huai transform into a "big catfish" is actually very simple.
Earlier, Inspector Xing Yuan had already told Lu Yibei about Zhong Huai's plan to poach Jiang Hao.
If she were to make a little fuss about this, could Zhong Huai endure it?
Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to endure it.
It would definitely stir up some anger, right? Lu Yibei thought.
So, activating her Spiritual Energy, slightly adjusting her vocal cords to change her voice, she gently stroked the Mourning Crow Badge with her fingertip and risked sending a message to Zhong Huai.
"Senior Zhong Huai, you absolutely cannot let that woman escape. So many Eclipse Society members under Zhang Shuisheng might be able to coexist peacefully with the Night Watch, but if they become members under the Elder Council's confidants, they are highly likely to become a force that poses a huge threat to social stability."
The moment she contacted Zhong Huai, Lu Yibei's heart rate uncontrollably sped up a few beats.
Contacting a high-level Night Watch agent with the Mourning Crow Badge while in a urban legend state was definitely an extremely risky decision.
Although the Mourning Crow Badge does not have "reading record" that can be used to trace the source of the message, when two Mourning Crow Badges establish a subtle connection, they can lock onto each other's positions.
If Zhong Huai intended to find her, he could easily locate her hiding spot and determine that she was a urban legend through the Spiritual Energy fluctuations emanating from her.
After saying the first sentence and realizing that Zhong Huai didn't seem to think of locking onto her position, Lu Yibei immediately breathed a sigh of relief and then quickened her pace.
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"In addition, being able to thwart the plan of the fourth seat of the Elder Council will definitely add a strong mark to your assessment this year. At that time, you will be able to speak more 'firmly' in front of those who once looked down on you, won't you?"
"Most importantly, you are the number one person in the Shancheng Si Ye Hui. How embarrassing would it be if you let these petty individuals run away in front of you? I have said enough; you should think about it yourself!"
After speaking, she quickly cut off the connection between the two Mourning Crow Badges before Zhong Huai could react and lock onto her position, then swiftly rushed towards the agreed-upon location with Ji Yunpei.
The big catfish had entered the arena. It would take some time to open the God Kingdom Prototype channel wide enough for a hundred people to pass through. She needed to prepare in advance.
A strange, indistinct voice suddenly sounded in his ear. Zhong Huai couldn't help but be startled and asked in surprise, "Who is it?"
However, that voice did not respond again. Just as it had come without warning, it disappeared silently.
"Damn it, who are you?!"
Zhong Huai pressed again, and seeing that the voice still didn't respond, his expression gradually darkened.
Although he really didn't want to heed the voice's "slanderous words," he had to admit that the voice made a lot of sense.
From a public perspective, allowing a group of Eclipse Society members, even low-level ones, to become subordinates of the Elder Council's confidants is aiding the enemy!
Privately, Inspector Xing Yuan had just "taught" him how to do things, and he somewhat wanted to make a splash at the next annual assessment meeting so he could speak more assertively with Inspector Xing Yuan.
Moreover, that voice deliberately mentioned "those who once looked down on" him, as if it knew about him being ridiculed by Inspector Xing Yuan. It might even be Inspector Xing Yuan's person?
Damn it, that woman teaching me how to do things is one thing, but you, a junior, dare to teach me how to do things?
I was going to chase her anyway!
Of course he knew that these Eclipse Society members couldn't be allowed to just run away, otherwise he wouldn't have arranged for Lin Kele of Shancheng and another Night Watch agent of the Shancheng Si Ye Hui to outflank them from a small path and cut off their retreat.
That's why he had held back some of his strength, waiting for reinforcements from behind to arrive, aiming to capture all Eclipse Society members alive.
But doing something you thought of yourself versus being told to do it with a finger pointed at your head are completely different experiences.
It's like you've already planned to finish your homework properly, and then your deskmate suddenly reminds you in a sarcastic tone to "not be lazy, write properly." Don't you suddenly feel unhappy?
The more Zhong Huai thought about it, the angrier he got.
So, he decided to vent his anger on those Eclipse Society members.
After solidifying her belief that "reaching the target location counts as success," Ji Yunpei's steps never paused for a moment. In just over a minute, she had sprinted three miles, and her followers behind her had grown to twenty-one during this time.
Seeing that she was getting closer to the target location and victory was within reach, a loud roar suddenly echoed behind her.
"Little thief, stop!"
The roar, imbued with Spiritual Energy, was like a clap of thunder, shaking the entire valley and possessing a powerful, awe-inspiring aura reminiscent of Zhang Fei's roar at Changban Bridge.
Lower-level Psychic and urban legend even experienced a slight sluggishness in their movements.
Their joints felt as if they were filled with lead.
Unfortunately, Ji Yunpei was one of them.
The moment the roar sounded, her legs went weak, and she slowed her pace.
The next moment, Zhong Huai, enveloped by a giant phantom and unleashing his Spiritual Energy fluctuations without reservation, plunged down the sloping mountain. The ground shook as if a mountain was collapsing, causing her heart to skip a beat, and she froze in place.
Just then, Miss Blue Yi, who had been silent for a moment, spoke again.
"Don't be afraid, I'm waiting for you ahead!"
Hearing this, Ji Yunpei looked forward and immediately saw a figure standing on a protruding rock ahead, with golden light shimmering in her hands.
The pale golden light split into countless threads, like plant roots, spreading in all directions, gradually outlining a banyan tree, over ten meters high, adorned with a lush totem.
"See that totem? Throw your backpack and the dog in your arms at that big guy, then pass through this totem, and you'll be safe!"
Miss Blue Yi's voice rang in her ear. Ji Yunpei's eyes shifted, she bit her silver teeth, turned around abruptly, raised her backpack and the Little White Dog above her head, and threw them towards Zhong Huai, who was # Nоvеlight # less than a hundred meters away—
"Miss Hatuoer, when exactly are we going to act?"
A bothersome voice came, and Dorees glanced at the man beside her.
The man was Zhang Yu's secretary. In the past few minutes, he had asked the same question five times.
"Wait a little longer," Dorees said. "Perhaps we won't even need to make a move, and it will end early."
Although she wasn't entirely sure if the shout she had heard earlier was from her Teacher, she felt that if it was her Teacher, she wouldn't need to intervene at all.
She had heard countless times how her Teacher had single-handedly broken into Dream Come True Entertainment City, ascended to the top three floors overnight, and how she had defeated the Big Boss. She had even heard countless exaggerated versions.
No matter which version was true, she firmly believed that the woman who accomplished all of that possessed the ability to turn the tide.
Seeing Dorees fall silent again, the secretary frowned and was about to say something when Zhong Huai's earth-shattering roar came from afar.
As he looked in the direction of the sound, he had no idea that what he was about to see would be a scene he would never forget in his short life, or even his entire life.
He saw that in the valley, the employees of Sunrise Biotechnology Company were running wildly in the direction the girl had left, like a herd of beasts being chased by predators, hidden by the night.
On the distant riverbank, faint, dense lights flickered, suggesting that a sizable force was approaching the valley.
Isn't this completely screwed?
With the treacherous terrain and being attacked from both front and back, where else could those guys run?
Did Miss Hatuoer's mention of an early end mean that the people sent by the Chairman would be completely annihilated by the Night Watch?
the secretary wondered.
Immediately after, he saw dense white specks suddenly fly out of the leading girl's backpack, like a migrating flock of birds, heading straight for Zhong Huai.
That...
Heh! Paper Cicada Immortal?
No matter how many Paper Cicada Immortal there are, what can they do?
"Boom—!"
Brilliant and dazzling silver light, enveloped by swarms of Paper Cicada Immortal, slowly rose, and a huge roar suddenly erupted.
Amidst the roar, the silver light gradually transformed into a small silver mushroom cloud. As the silver mushroom cloud expanded, the surrounding Paper Cicada Immortal detonated one after another, and various colored lights shimmered at the top of the mushroom cloud, like spots decorating a mushroom.
At the same time, the quietly rising golden banyan tree totem suddenly burst into brilliant light, transforming into a vortex that swallowed the figures frantically fleeing towards it.
