Chapter 1113: Chapter 157: Tomorrow’s Star
Lizi carefully recalled.
She truly had checked; that guy didn’t have a trace of breath left… His head was crushed, brain matter splattered everywhere, dead beyond dead.
But she didn’t think that what Leng Feng said was just fabricated… This inevitably made Lizi think that there was more than one similar to that guy—after all, this mysterious fog, no matter how you look at it, didn’t seem like a natural phenomenon.
Lizi quietly placed her palm under the table—in her palm, a small, fluffy white ball emerged, then nimbly leapt from her palm and landed on the ground.
“Snow elf, scout around,” Lizi whispered.
The white little furball swiftly slid to the corner of the wall and quietly slipped out of the inn.
Before long, Ren Ziling and Leng Feng walked over. Ren Ziling didn’t say anything, just whispered, “For now, let’s follow Major Leng Feng’s arrangements and don’t ask why, alright?”
Lizi nodded… Akiko hesitated for a moment, then agreed as well.
Outside the inn, besides a team of soldiers, there were many civilians—adults, elderly, children. They were all holding onto a long rope to prevent getting lost in the fog.
Ren Ziling led the way to the back of the line, grabbing the end of the rope and choosing not to walk alongside Leng Feng… Leng Feng knew well about Ren Ziling’s character, but how could he not care even a bit?
Two soldiers quietly moved from the front to the end of the line.
Converging on the road.
Many soldiers rescued trapped civilians from all over the town—they were being taken to the town’s stadium.
When Ren Ziling and the others arrived with Leng Feng, the stadium was already filled with many civilians receiving some temporary supplies distributed by the soldiers.
The crowd would only grow, while the number of soldiers remained fixed. Ren Ziling offered to help… She’s the type who can’t sit still; rather than let her wander outside, it’s better to let her assist with the logistics here, so Leng Feng just let her be.
A soldier approached Leng Feng quietly, reporting something in his ear.
After listening, Leng Feng’s expression grew more serious. He instructed one of his soldiers to keep an eye on Ren Ziling and the others, then hastily left the stadium.
Outside the stadium, two men in black suits were waiting, looking rushed.
“Who are you two?”
“From the Management Bureau, here’s our identification.” One of them showed his credentials.
In the system, certain departments, certain seals, only a very few would know about.
Leng Feng, originally from the local forces, was later transferred to the capital as a major, so he had heard a bit about it.
“You…” Leng Feng returned the credentials to one of the men, looking puzzled.
Leng Feng couldn’t help but think of the innocent civilians and soldiers who had died… The arrival of this mysterious department clearly indicated this matter wasn’t simple.
“We’re mainly here to assist with your evacuation,” the man said quickly. “Ordinary people, in this environment, without equipment, would find it hard to advance. So, some ancient methods are needed.”
Perhaps seeing Leng Feng’s rank wasn’t low, one of them directly demonstrated, controlling a paper crane to fly in front of Leng Feng.
This might just be a little trick from the Taoism-cultivated field, but to ordinary people, it was pletely within the realm of the supernatural. Even though Leng Feng had seen plenty of dramatic events, he couldn’t hide his shock.
They quickly got to the main issue.
“Actually, we were still on our way; this should’ve been our first stop. We didn’t expect that just as dawn approached, the fog suddenly increased, speeding up its advance. But we were still about thirty kilometers away from here… By ten in the morning, the fog had already spread to where we were.”
The speed of the advance was already hundreds of times faster than at the start!
Leng Feng instantly realized the gravity of the situation.
“Gentlemen, let’s talk inside,” Leng Feng quickly nodded—actually, they could discuss anywhere; Leng Feng just wanted to buy some time to digest this information.
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In the foggy streets, Wang Hu wandered alone—wandering aimlessly. He didn’t know where he was heading, and the people in the town had gradually reduced without him realizing.
At this moment, a white thing suddenly drifted over and quickly landed on Wang Hu’s shoulder.
The little thing was very cold, and as it landed, a chill invaded Wang Hu’s body—but this chill only felt refreshing.
“You are…” Wang Hu took the little thing from his shoulder and placed it in his palm, revealing a smile.
This little thing had a scent almost identical to Lizi’s.
But the little thing suddenly jumped onto Wang Hu’s forehead, sticking to it—Wang Hu instinctively reached to swat it away, but then he heard Lizi’s voice.
This made Wang Hu’s muddled thoughts suddenly bee much clearer.
“Can you hear me, Wang Hu?”
Lizi’s voice sounded right next to Wang Hu’s ear. Wang Hu nodded, quickly responding, “I can hear you… But didn’t you tell me not to find you, why are you…”
“It’s like this, about last night’s incident,” Lizi’s voice seemed very low, “I’m just reminding you, the thing about the guy you killed last night doesn’t seem to be over. A large number of bodies have been found outside the town, dead in the same way as in the alley last night. And the time it happened was in the morning… Do you understand what I mean?”
Wang Hu frowned, “Are you saying that guy isn’t dead?”
“He should be dead for sure, considering you beat him that badly… If he could still be alive, I’d suspect he was cheating. So I suspect he might have acplices… Anyway, I’m just alerting you to this, be careful. And hey, don’t e looking for me!”
Lizi’s voice abruptly stopped as the snow elf on Wang Hu’s forehead also fell off, flying into the mist.
Wang Hu instinctively took a couple of steps forward but quickly stopped—because the snow elf had collapsed to the ground.
Its body seemed to have been sliced by something sharp, split in half.
Wang Hu was shocked, hurriedly and carefully picking up the snow elf, anxiously calling, “Lizi? Lizi? Lizi?”
But the snow elf no longer responded.
Meanwhile, in the fog, a figure slowly emerged, “Is this spirit creature yours?”
Wang Hu raised his head, the silhouette in the dense fog gradually being clearer—he realized the person wasn’t even half a meter away from him.
A black suit, acpanied by black sunglasses, with a black leather briefcase in the left hand, and a silver extendable baton in the right.
Wang Hu frowned and stood up—he was almost two heads taller than the man in the black suit.
“Oh, a big man.” The man expressed surprise, quickly took out a device the size of a makeup mirror from the suitcase, opened it, and aimed it at Wang Hu.
But soon, the man slapped the device a few times before shaking his head and said helplessly, “Alright, this thing isn’t working either… electronic devices really are unreliable.”
“Who are you?” Wang Hu frowned.
The man looked at Wang Hu in astonishment, then slightly spread his arms, “Brother, with this outfit, these tools, don’t I have to explain? This is quintessential Management Bureau style!”
Wang Hu shook his head… Management Bureau, never heard of it—actually, he had heard of it once from Lizi.
“Really? Still got monsters who’ve never heard of it these days?” The man moved closer, examining Wang Hu up and down, then took off his sunglasses and frowned, “But you seem familiar to me?”
“You know me?” Wang Hu instinctively grabbed the man’s shoulder and asked.
The grip was so strong, it almost made the man scream… Wang Hu suddenly realized he was too rough and quickly released his grip, apologizing, “Sorry, I didn’t mean it. I don’t remember things from the past, so, so… anyway, sorry.”
The man was inwardly shocked, wearing the latest protective suit from the Management Bureau, which could withstand most physical impacts—how much strength did this guy have to nearly break his shoulder bone with a grip?
“You really don’t remember? Do you remember your name?”
“Wang Hu, that’s all I remember.”
“Wang Hu?” The man scratched his head, “Never heard of any powerful monster named Wang Hu? But let’s not talk about that for now… The people on this town? Do you know?”
Wang Hu shook his head and said, “Not sure, but it seems they all went that way? I smelled a lot of people’s scent heading in that direction.”
Wang Hu pointed into the fog.
The man pondered for a while and looked at Wang Hu, confirming he hadn’t heard the name Wang Hu—being a newly appointed agent of the Management Bureau, he was diligent and had memorized profiles of powerful figures from the demon and Taoist realms pletely.
But this Wang Hu seemed quite strong, could he be some kind of big boss?
However, the man quickly shook his head; all the big bosses of Tao and Demon realms were on the frontline, how could such a level of figure appear here?
Besides, Wang Hu seemed rather clueless.
“Listen to me!” The man said seriously, “According to the ‘Agreement’, when a major accident occurs in the country, the country has the right to requisition anyone from the Taoism-cultivated field and demon world. Wang Hu, according to the ‘Agreement’, Article 7, Chapter 6 of unconventional dangerous times, I am now formally requisitioning you to assist me.”
Wang Hu blinked… What is this guy talking about?
“Don’t understand?”
“Don’t understand.”
“…” The man opened his mouth, then angrily said, “I’m saying! I’m formally requisitioning you now! Do you know what requisition means? It means to have you help me do things!”
Wang Hu was unfazed.
The man then patted Wang Hu’s shoulder, “Don’t worry, big guy, I won’t let you down! This time you help me, I’ll apply for a medal for you from the bureau! The medal is a good thing, if you mit any offense later, you can be pardoned to some extent!”
This medal is indeed a good thing, specially developed by the Management Bureau as a means to manage the Dao and Demon realms, highly weled by small monsters and lower-level Taoists. Especially on the monster side, getting a medal means more permissions and convenience to move around human cities.
Of course, with himself being an entry-level guy, the possibility of getting approval was almost zero… the man silently added in his heart.
Wang Hu shook his head, “I don’t need any medals, but if you promise to help me figure out my past, I might consider helping you.”
Just because Lizi mentioned the Management Bureau—so Wang Hu thought about trying to collaborate.
“No problem! Leave it to me!” The man patted Wang Hu’s shoulder again, “Let’s get acquainted, my name is Bu Bugao! A man who will bee a section chief in the Management Bureau!”
“Oh.”
“You… never mind.” Bu Bugao shook his head, then in a mature manner said, “Wang Hu, listen! I’ve e here with an important mission! So you must assist me well, understand! This is for the people and justice!”
“Oh.”
“My main task this time is to assist the trapped troops and civilians here.” Bu Bugao quickly said, “Due to unknown reasons, the fog is spreading faster, so the organization sent me, the star of tomorrow, for support! Based on what you described, I guess the troops here might have temporarily gathered the crowd together, let’s hurry over and join them!”
With this, Bu Bugao directly walked into the thick fog—but after taking just two steps, he quickly turned back, “Um, which direction did you say again?”
“It was this direction, no doubt.”
“Was it… I knew it, just testing you.” Bu Bugao nodded, “Alright, no time to waste! Hurry up! Let’s go!”
This guy, is he okay… Wang Hu frowned, ultimately following Bu Bugao.
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Inside the hotel, Elder Song and Song Ying were anxiously waiting outside a room.
The fog’s expansion quickened, previously evacuated to a safe place, immediately falling into peril—but that’s not the worst, the worst is Song Haoran!
Song Tianyou, who initially planned to evacuate again, was warned by the woman Song Haoran brought back, saying at this time Song Haoran must not be disturbed, otherwise he might suffer a divine disarray, and she won’t be responsible.
No one knows what Song Haoran is doing inside?
Inside the room, Song Haoran was sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by a thick mist, rhythmically swelling and contracting with his breath.
Princess Chuyang had a serious look.
“In a day and night, reached the sixth level of Heavenly Floating Chart, and yet hasn’t stopped… Such talent, unprecedented. No, this isn’t talent…”
Watching the white mist gradually floating with a hint of gold, Princess Chuyang’s expression became grave and even flashed a hint of astonishment, “This is… Dragon Qi! This man actually has the aspect of an Emperor!”
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