Alas and alack!

"Pick up the trident."

Upon hearing Vespa's words, Meng Qing obediently did as he was told, bending down to pick up the trident.

"Okay, now come with me."

Meng Qing: "Me?"

Vespa looked at Meng Qing warily. "You, take the trident and come with me."

Holy crap, what's going on?

Should I go with you to see my brother, the Sea King?

What a joke! I still want to survive until the finale!

"I'm sorry, he can't go with you."

Just then, a man in a black suit suddenly walked up from Meng Qing's other side.

The man had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, light blue hair, and a huge, chilling sword strapped to his back.

"I want this person."

Ah?

Meng Qing looked at the blue-haired man, and his brain began to work at lightning speed.

The only character mentioned in the text as having blue hair is the former Chaos Splitter, 016 White Walker, who appeared during the containment of the True Ancestors.

He helped Nine-Tails during the final battle against the True Ancestor, seemingly with the aim of getting the Sword Forger to forge a sword for him.

Judging from the sword behind him, there's a 70% chance it's a White Walker.

After all, Sword Forger should be an old man, while the blue-haired man in front of him is a young man.

So, have the White Walkers also been recruited by Qin Leng?

The White Walker casually tossed aside his cigarette butt. "Kid, bring me the trident."

Without saying a word, Meng Qing bent down and presented the trident with both hands, saying, "Here you go."

Um?

Seeing this, the White Walker hesitated for a moment, feeling that something was amiss...

"Throw it on the ground."

Meng Qing flipped his hands and threw the trident on the ground.

Why did he feel that this scene was somewhat familiar?

Thinking this, Meng Qing kicked the trident at the White Walker's feet.

The White Walker retreated instantly upon seeing this. "Something's not right. That Fishman didn't even try to take the trident earlier, and now that it's on my side, he hasn't even made a move to snatch it..."

"There's something wrong with this trident!"

Seeing his actions, Vespa's suspicions were confirmed once again.

"This kid really did tamper with the trident. He must have figured it out. Luckily, I didn't fall for it before."

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

Looking at the two motionless figures and the trident on the ground, Meng Qing slapped his forehead. "I bet his next words will be, 'Tell me to pick up the trident.'"

The White Walker looked at Meng Qing and said, "You, pick up the fork."

Heh, heh heh...

Are you two never going to stop?

This time, Meng Qing didn't pick up the trident. Instead, he cupped his hands in a fist salute to the two men and said, "Why don't you two hear me out?"

"I'm just a nobody, the kind who doesn't even have a name. You don't need to waste your time on me. I'll leave the things here; please take them yourselves. I won't bother you any longer!"

Just as Meng Qing finished speaking and was about to run away, Vespa and the White Walker shouted in unison!

"You can't leave." x2

Meng Qing: "..."

Alas!

Meng Qing looked at the Otherworlder and asked, "May I ask, brother, what's your name?"

The White Walker casually pulled out a brand-new ID and opened it. "Wait, let me take a look."

"Um... police, yes, police, it doesn't matter what you call them, they're police anyway."

Seeing this, Meng Qing looked at Vespa again and asked, "Where is this older brother?"

"Vespa".

Is he Vespa?

Meng Qing suddenly fell into deep thought. Given the current situation, it was impossible to remain unaffected.

Assume that either the Nine-Tailed Fox or the Fishman must choose one to join.

So Meng Qing would prefer to choose...

Meng Qing looked at the White Walker, "Then... I'll go with you?"

Vespa's eyes flashed beneath the hood; if that was the case, then he had no choice but to fight.

"Yahoo..."

The moment he opened his mouth, the White Walker suddenly pointed at Vespa.

"Freeze it."

Click!

Vespa's body instantly froze, remaining completely still in place.

The White Walker exhaled a breath of cold air. "What a thrilling battle! As expected of me. Let's go, kid."

An exhilarating battle?

Meng Qing's lips twitched, and he quickly picked up the trident from the ground.

There are two main reasons why he chose the Nine-Tails' side.

First, he didn't want to become Fishman; second, he felt that at least the Nine-Tailed Fox wouldn't make things difficult for a human like him.

But the premise is that he doesn't reveal the secret.

Meng Qing was taken by the Otherworldly Ghost to a newspaper office, inside which was a rather hidden elevator.

The elevator descends downwards, covering a total of eight floors.

This should be the headquarters of the Nine-Tailed Fox, but the headquarters of the Nine-Tailed Fox should not have only one entrance; there should be other entrances as well.

Meng Qing took the elevator to the bottom floor and found that there were several long corridors below.

These corridors intersect in a regular pattern, all leading to a single door.

That door is the main entrance to the Nine-Tailed Fox headquarters, and these corridors correspond to different hidden entrances.

Meng Qing followed the alien for a long time before finally arriving at the door.

But when the door opened, the scene before him brought him a sudden realization.

It was an extremely large underground space, where countless fully armed soldiers and researchers were busy at work.

The noise inside was extremely loud. Meng Qing estimated that there were at least three hundred people in just this one hall.

The Nine-Tailed Fox are actually this large?

Before Meng Qing could react, a large group of people walked over.

"They actually found it?"

"This is what they call a fork?"

"No, it should be the key."

Who is this person?

Facing the numerous lab personnel in white coats, the White Walker narrowed his eyes. "I will explain this to the commander. Please move aside, I still have a mission to report."

A group of lab personnel made way, and the White Walkers led Meng Qing through layers of mechanical doors to the deepest room in the base.

There is only one person in this room.

A middle-aged man.

The man looked up. "Who is he?"

Upon hearing this, the White Walker sat down on the sofa next to him. "When I found the trident, a Fishman found it before I did."

"The trident is in this man's hands, but the Fishman seems to have some reservations and hasn't made a move yet."

"For the same reason, I didn't act rashly, so I brought him back with the trident."

Qin Leng nodded. "Thank you for your trouble."

After saying that, Qin Leng looked at Meng Qing and said, "Nice to meet you. I am Qin Leng, the highest-ranking person in charge and the sole commander of the Nine-Tailed Fox."

022 The Devil.

Looking at Qin Leng, Meng Qing felt a strange sense of oppression.

"My name is... Passerby A".

"Um?"

"Oh, no, my name is Meng Qing. It's a pleasure to meet you, sir!"

Meng Qing quickly bent down and said, while he stretched out his hands and placed the Golden Trident in front of Qin Leng.

Qin Leng reached for the trident, and the Otherworlder immediately stood up, "No..."

Qin Leng easily picked up the trident, and nothing happened.