Half an hour later.
Wu You, Xia Panqiu, Shu Li, and others set off, officially heading to Jiangchang City.
Shu Li and Xia Panqiu sat together, unusually silent, holding tablets and looking at sothing intently.
Xia Panqiu glanced sideways.
On the tablet, one photo after another ca into view, with various nas below them, along with the division they belonged to.
The Sixth Division, Celestial Strategy Yan Kan, two mbers missing; The Eighth Division, Celestial Strategy Hu Shengping, two mbers missing; The Fifth Division, Celestial Strategy Yu Zhou, seven mbers missing.
Eleven people in total are missing.
"What do you think, Panqiu?"
Noticing Xia Panqiu’s gaze, Shu Li suddenly lifted her head, looked at her, and asked.
"...I don’t have any thoughts."
Xia Panqiu shook her head lightly: "I haven’t been to the site, I don’t know what happened, and I don’t even know many people on this list."
"This one is Yu Liyu."
Upon hearing this, Shu Li pointed at the tablet and began introducing them to Xia Panqiu: "This one is Luo Lian’en, and this one is Wu Chengbo."
"I know all three of them. Although they aren’t the top tier of their respective divisions, they are still key figures."
"Let alone ordinary D-Class legend activation, even with A-Class legend activation, secondary contact, with so effort, they could probably handle it... Moreover, Tangyu Celestial Strategy is by their side."
"But they suddenly disappeared, which isn’t normal."
"...I know."
Xia Panqiu was silent for a mont and responded.
Actually, Shu Li’s words were aningless; if everything were normal, they wouldn’t need to go there.
"That’s not what I ant."
Shu Li crossed her arms, looking ahead: "I’m saying... maybe this whole thing wasn’t normal from the start."
"From the start?"
Xia Panqiu frowned slightly, looking at the girl with crossed arms: "What’s not normal?"
"I don’t know."
Shu Li shook her head lightly: "It’s just my intuition!"
Xia Panqiu: "..."
"Isn’t your Authority Ability Source Canon ’Dragon Slayer’ Zhao Yu?"
At this ti.
Wu You, who was driving, chid in: "Does ’Dragon Slayer’ Zhao Yu have a derivative ability like foresight?"
Shu Li instantly replied: "No, it’s just my woman’s intuition."
"..."
Wu You was sowhat speechless, shook his head: "Then let’s not make any rash judgnts; let’s check out the scene first, don’t jump to conclusions."
"Okay."
After thinking it over, Shu Li felt Wu You had a point and didn’t refute him.
These past few days, she had already gotten familiar with Wu You and Xia Panqiu.
...She considered herself familiar with them.
And she quite approved of these two new friends.
Whether in character or ability, she felt quite in sync with them.
She was actually pretty happy during this period.
If there was any regret... it might be that she still hadn’t t Chen Lusi.
"Panqiu... is Chen Lusi coming for this mission too?"
Shu Li suddenly turned to look at Xia Panqiu, thinking about this, and asked: "His hotown is in Jiangchang City, right?"
"..."
Xia Panqiu silently replied after a while: "We’re going for a mission, not a vacation. Whether he’s there or not, it’s none of your business."
"But it matters to you!"
Shu Li put down the tablet, moved closer to Xia Panqiu: "You said you learned the ’First Line’ of the Horse-Cutting Saber from him, didn’t you? You’ve worked so hard and mastered it now, don’t you want to tell him?"
During this period, Xia Panqiu indeed worked hard.
Shu Li observed it all.
"None of your business."
Xia Panqiu moved away from her: "Don’t imagine and make up random stuff. If you want to see him, just say it; don’t use as a shield."
"What random stuff?"
Shu Li lifted her little face, looking at Xia Panqiu, her slightly baby-fat face showing a perfect amount of curiosity, seemingly innocent.
"..."
Xia Panqiu knew she was doing it deliberately, pursed her lips, turned her head, and looked out the window, ignoring her.
...
At the sa ti.
Chen Lusi saw the ssage from Si Yujie and hesitated slightly.
[Xia Panqiu and Wu You are going to Jiangchang City later; please help them out. They don’t feel very reassuring.]
Xia Panqiu and Wu You... are coming to Jiangchang City?
Seeing the ssage, Chen Lusi’s first reaction was confusion, but he quickly realized sothing and replied asking.
[Related to the Celestial Strategy Mansion mbers disappearance?]
The ssage had just been sent.
Si Yujie’s reply ca, confirming Chen Lusi’s guess and explaining the current situation.
Chen Lusi read the long ssage from Si Yujie and fell into silence.
...More people have disappeared?
"Brother-in-law."
At this ti.
Lin Wan walked out of the room, saw Chen Lusi standing dazed, and called out to him with so confusion.
Chen Lusi snapped out of it, looking at the girl in hot pants, revealing long, straight, fair legs: "I’ll be going out for a while."
"...For what?"
Lin Wan asked curiously, her little face showing curiosity: "Brother-in-law, you’re different from before. You used to stay ho if you could, but now you’re nowhere to be seen all day."
"It’s sort of work."
Chen Lusi glanced at the ssage from Si Yujie, thought of Xia Panqiu and Wu You, and replied.
"..."
Lin Wan was sowhat suspicious. She slowly walked up to Chen Lusi, carefully observing him.
Chen Lusi stood quietly, noticing Lin Wan’s glowing white legs beneath her hot pants, inexplicably... suddenly recalling what happened that day.
"Is there sothing on my legs?"
Lin Wan noticed Chen Lusi’s gaze, slightly lowered her head, and turned around in confusion.
Chen Lusi snapped back to reality, silently pinching his face lightly.
What am I thinking about white stockings and black stockings?
Am I sick?
"Brother-in-law?" Lin Wan noticed Chen Lusi’s action and tilted her head.
"Nothing."
Chen Lusi put down his hand, sighed, and suppressed his unnecessary thoughts, "Stay ho properly, don’t go out if unnecessary. Don’t force yourself these last three days, have a good rest."
After saying that.
He glanced at the ti and turned to leave the house.
Lin Wan looked at Chen Lusi’s back, utterly puzzled.
And after Chen Lusi left the house, he imdiately sent a ssage to Li Zheng, informing him of the situation, and declined their offer to help, traveling alone to the old district of Jiangchang City.
The second batch of Celestial Strategy Mansion mbers disappeared again.
Wu You and Xia Panqiu took over to handle the legend activation in Jiangchang City.
Si Yujie also sent a ssage.
Both emotionally and rationally, he should take a look.
After all, Jiangchang City is his hotown, and Lin Wan still lives here.
As for Li Zheng and others’ help... Chen Lusi currently doesn’t think they could be of any assistance, though their growth rate has been quite swift.
...
Although Jiangchang City is small and cannot compare to those famous ancient capitals, it does have so heritage.
The so-called old district is actually the city’s earliest comrcial area and its surroundings.
Founded in the Qing Dynasty, it has so historical significance, prospered for a ti during the Republic of China period, and still retains many Southeast Asian style arcades.
Whether or not such a place has ornantal value is not discussed first, but it certainly has fertile ground for comrcial developnt.
Over the past decade or so, the old district has always been the busiest area of this city.
But Chen Lusi... rarely ca to this place, considering he didn’t enjoy going out much before, even if it was his hotown.
The few tis he visited the old district, it was Lin Ying who dragged him.
So, as he stepped off the bus, Chen Lusi was montarily unsure of which direction to go.
Fortunately.
This is no longer an era where one needs paper maps to find their way.
With the help of navigation, Chen Lusi spent a bit of ti to find the scene of the legend — Upper East Street.
... The two sides of the street are lined with traditional hall-style ancient residences, interspersed with one or two Hakka wooden arcades, combined with the traditional Chinese characters on the building walls and the deliberately vintage neon lights of the shops on the first floor to match the environnt, creating a certain ambiance.
It’s like stepping back into an old street from the Republic of China.
Or more accurately — returning to an old Republic of China street on a film set.
Because the hall-style ancient residences on both sides, though traditional, have clearly undergone major repairs, traces of ti can be seen, but most are artificially crafted ’traces of ti’.
This is the scene ... According to Si Yujie, people disappeared around here.
Chen Lusi scanned the industrial ancient residences on both sides, then wandered around a bit.
Due to the ti being neither too early nor too late, there were few pedestrians, and most shops were empty.
After wandering for a circle, Chen Lusi didn’t notice anything unusual, so he had to give up, took out his phone, intending to ask when Xia Panqiu and others would arrive.
But just as he took out his phone, his neck was hooked.
Chen Lusi turned his head.
"Lusi, long ti no see!"
Wu You hooked his neck, shook him vigorously, then grinned mischievously to greet him.
Chen Lusi put away his phone, looked at Wu You for a mont, then turned his head.
Xia Panqiu was a few paces behind, standing right behind him. Her originally shoulder-length chic short hair had grown slightly longer, but apart from that, there wasn’t much change.
Noticing Chen Lusi’s gaze.
Xia Panqiu brushed the hair at her temples, then slightly raised her hand to greet him: "Good morning..."
Chen Lusi nodded, then shifted his gaze to her side.
Beside Xia Panqiu stood another girl, about his height, with a slightly chubby baby face, wearing twin ponytails, and possessing a childlike appearance.
However, although they were the sa height, their body curves were vastly different; this girl was comparable to an uncompressed Xia Panqiu.
At this mont.
She was staring intently at Chen Lusi.
And behind her, stood about twenty people.
Both males and females, all equally curious about Chen Lusi.
Chen Lusi found her sowhat familiar, but couldn’t rember who she was at the mont.
Shu Li noticed Chen Lusi’s gaze and couldn’t hold back, directly ca to his side, pushed aside Wu You who was hooking his neck, then looked up at him, saying sowhat excitedly: "Chen Lusi, finally we et."
"..."
As she approached.
Chen Lusi finally rembered who she was.
He looked at Shu Li’s face, which he had once punched, frowning slightly: "Why are you here?"
Shu Li: "..."
"He got transferred to the third brigade recently, sort of as a punishnt..."
Wu You smiled beside him and explained to Chen Lusi.
"... Understood."
After hearing this, Chen Lusi glanced at Shu Li again, nodded, then moved his gaze away from her.
"... That’s it?"
Shu Li was stunned by Chen Lusi’s indifferent reaction: "You were so angry and punched before, now eting again, it’s just ’understood’?"
Chen Lusi asked back: "What do you want to say?"
Shu Li thought for a mont, then said: "Don’t you want to punch again?"
Chen Lusi: "..."
What is wrong with this person?
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