The tide receded, sunlight gleaming like scales.
Chu Ling's body turned into countless motes of fluorescence and drifted away with the tide. This time, her descent still ended amid the sound of churning waves.
Only, she was no longer alone.
Gu Shen put away the Red and White Sacrificial Garment, a faint smile in his eyes.
This time, he could finally stay with her until the last second of her life.
"Gu Shen!"
"Gu Shen!"
Little Iron Man came running from afar. Seeing the empty reclining chair, he froze for a moment and subconsciously asked, "Where's Sister-in-law?"
"She went back."
Gu Shen smiled and scolded, "All right, let's get down to business."
Chen Li did not doubt him at all and said solemnly, "Bad news. All the accomplices Hong Xi and Chen Lin named are dead."
"Dead?"
The smile vanished from Gu Shen's face.
"That's right... I had just sent people to tail them when they committed suicide without warning." Chen Li said helplessly, "I can guarantee that the people I sent weren't discovered."
The list of Hidden Pieces exposed by Hong Xi and Chen Lin did not involve many people.
They were scattered far and wide.
There were Hidden Pieces in every district—Nagano, Dadu, Yinghai, Red Cedar.
Even for the Gu Family, arranging this kind of dispersed surveillance across different districts required time.
"They died that quickly..."
Gu Shen realized something was wrong. "The Divine Hall already knows about Hong Xi and Chen Lin?"
A lizard severing its tail.
The Divine Hall had clearly noticed that its Hidden Pieces had been exposed. Sending these people into the Eastern Continent had taken a great deal of time and effort.
For them to sacrifice them so decisively—
There was only one possibility.
The Divine Hall feared that an even larger "list"