Snake Woman looked at her empty hands, then at the three familiar boxes before Lin Qiye. Her expression went blank.
Those couldn't possibly be...
No.
Impossible!
When had he...
As if seeing the doubt in her heart, Lin Qiye calmly said, "Are you curious how I did all this?"
He turned the three boxes before him around. In the corner of each box was an inconspicuous formation mark, small in scale and with somewhat uneven edges, as though it had been carved with something.
"When it comes to tactics and schemes, you two are still far too inexperienced," Lin Qiye said blandly.
As early as when Lin Qiye and An Qingyu had realized that the Ancient God Church existed, they had guessed that the confidence those two had in plotting against Phoenix Squad came from these three mysterious Black Boxes. Thus, when devising their strategy, their foremost objective had been figuring out how to eliminate the danger these three boxes might pose.
Lin Qiye and the others held no advantage in strength, terrain, or time. Therefore, all they could make use of was the time gap and information gap between themselves and the two members of the Ancient God Church, as well as their sole advantage: that they had all been wearing masks.
So, when they passed a certain building, Lin Qiye summoned Li Yifei from the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods. He had Li Yifei put on his coat and mask to take Monkey King's place, continuing to keep the two from the Ancient God Church off their guard. Lin Qiye himself used transformation magic to turn into a rat and blend into the swarm, pulling off a cicada shedding its shell.
Although this had greatly shocked An Qingyu, Lin Qiye had managed to bluff his way through with