Ding Dong's Fruit

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Nangong Yuanyu curiously, "Mr. Qing Zhade, you must be from the Inner World, so why are you helping us Time Walker?"

As Qing Chen just mentioned, they were only helped because they were Hu Xiaoniu's friends. It seems that Hu Xiaoniu has already explained their identities.

Qing Chen smiled and said, "Not everyone in the Inner World hates the people of the Outer World. Although I am from the Inner World, I am still willing to help you. Besides, Xiao Niu also said that you are all very good people."

The Freemasons glanced at Hu Xiaoniu, and their fondness for Hu Xiaoniu grew even stronger.

This also fits Qing Chen's plan perfectly. He can't possibly contact the Freemasons himself in the future, so Hu Xiaoniu is the best candidate.

At this moment, Yang Yang could hardly hide her smile. Every time she saw Qing Chen lying here with a straight face, she found it particularly amusing.

Moreover, she secretly glanced at the others, and no one suspected her at all!

For some reason, Yang Yang initially found this Forbidden Zone rather boring, but now that Qing Chen has arrived, it has immediately become interesting.

In the silent woods, Qing Chen confirmed the number of Freemasons with just one glance.

The Freemasons arrived with 81 members.

There are now 79 people left.

This surprised Qing Chen, but also brought him some relief.

The surprise stemmed from his belief that the Freemasons would suffer heavy casualties under the pursuit of the Federation Group Army.

In addition, since it's their first time entering the Forbidden Zone, they're bound to break some rules to some extent. So, Qing Chen estimates that it would be good if half of these Freemasons survived.

After all, rules are hard to enforce. If someone had just heard the gunshot and asked, "How can other people use firearms?", that would have triggered the rules and resulted in their death.

Qing Chen felt gratified because he was pondering to himself...

They're quite clever at managing their assets!

At this moment, Qing Chen really wanted to go to the Secret Intelligence Department; he also wanted to walk that shadowy path.

Nowadays, the influence of various conglomerates in the Outer World is shining brightly. Even those who are not fighting on their home turf, such as Kamishiro and Kashima, have Time Walker under their control that can only be described as terrifying.

The Qing family's Time Walker have remained silent so far, and given the methods of that Shadow Master, they must be a force not to be underestimated.

Once he becomes a shadow, and if he combines this with the Zhunti Method to enhance the Time Walker's strength, then even if the Gods and Kashima of the Outer World launch a full-scale attack, they might not be able to do anything to him.

However, as the old man and the shadow have both said, the person who first shows their talent in each Shadow Struggle is not necessarily the one who will have the last laugh.

For all the candidates, the Shadow Struggle may have only just begun, and in the future, even Qing Shi's father might personally get involved.

Being a shadow isn't so easy.

But regardless of whether he can become a shadow, as long as he enters the Secret Intelligence Department, the Freemasons can be under his control.

In Qing Chen's eyes, the Freemasons were already one of his own.

He glanced at Hu Xiaoniu, who understood immediately. "The Federation Group Army is just temporarily confused about the situation, so they've retreated. But I suspect there are experts hiding inside, and they know your value, so they won't give up. Let's set off now. There's a small path to the southwest from here; it only takes half a day to cross the edge and get out of Forbidden Zone No. 002."

Qi Duo and the others' eyes lit up. "Really? We're so close to the way out?"

"Yes," Hu Xiaoniu nodded.

The Forbidden Zone No. 002 is vast; if one were to traverse it on foot, it would take at least a month.

However, Guo Huzhan and Yang Yang only wanted to screen Freemason members to see if there were any unsuitable candidates for rebuilding their homes, so they evacuated close to the edge and could leave easily.

Nangong Yuanyu was a little surprised. "Little Niu, you seem to be very familiar with Forbidden Zone No. 002?"

Hu Xiaoniu nodded. "It's not that I'm familiar with it, but Mr. Qing Zhade is. He's been here many times."

"I see," Nangong Yuanyu and the others said to Qing Chen after realizing the old man was gone, "Please accept our condolences."

Qing Chen shook his head. "It's alright, the old man's wish has been fulfilled, it's a joyous funeral."

Qing Chen's expression was calm, and he did not seem very sad.

But suddenly, he felt a gentle force field behind him, like a gentle repulsive force from a magnetic field patting his back.

It's Yang Yang.

Of everyone present, it seemed that only Yang Yang noticed the sadness hidden deep within Qing Chen's bones.

"Thank you again," Nangong Yuanyu said sincerely. "Without your arrival, we might have stayed here for a much longer."

At this moment, Guo Huzhan felt a bit of a headache.

His plan was to let these students suffer a bit, and then he and Yang Yang would rescue them from their predicament, thus gaining the gratitude of a group of people.

These people sent by the Qing clan's shadow might one day end up working for Spade.

Commonly known as defection.

However, he couldn't tell the Freemasons that. He said that he and Yang Yang didn't know how to get out of the Forbidden Zone either.

Along the way, Guo Huzhan also acted out getting lost and losing his way.

After he had acted for most of the day and finally managed to make the Freemasons exhausted and panicked, the peach was taken by Hu Xiaoniu and his two companions!

Seeing that Qing Zhade and Hu Xiaoniu had become prominent figures in the Freemasons, this Spade member who "didn't know the way" immediately failed to win them over.

Moreover, the more realistic the performance was before, the more helpless it appears in comparison to this moment...

Guo Huzhan said to Yang Yang, "With these people around, we'll never be able to turn the Freemasons against us. What exactly is your relationship with Qing Zhade? If you're really not in a romantic relationship, why don't we join forces to get rid of them?"

Yang Yang thought to herself that this guy was really a simpleton. She thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm not familiar with Qing Zhade, but do you know why I put on an act as soon as I saw him? It's because I could sense that his force field was very strong, and the two of us couldn't beat him."

Guo Huzhan thought to himself, no wonder Yang Yang was acting so differently. It turns out that Qing Zhade was too powerful and needed to be kept in check!

Moreover, Yang Yang has always been very reliable in the Spade organization. Whether it was the events that happened in City No. 18 or the later reconstruction of the Time Walker' homeland, she performed exceptionally well.

That's why Xu Linsen was worried about Guo Huzhan this time, and sent Yang Yang over again.

At this moment, the bald man recalled the old man's resolute words, "On behalf of Mr. Shadow, I extend my greetings to everyone."

Therefore, these four people were originally Qing's shadows.

The old man was the one in charge of the transactions before, but now that he's passed away, a new person has taken over? So from now on, this Qing Zhade will be handling the transactions with Spades.

Yes, the people Shadow sent to the wilderness must be experts!

The bald man sighed, "You've worked so hard, Yang Yang. I misunderstood you. I didn't realize you'd sacrificed so much."

Yang Yang: "... I didn't have to pay anything, I did it voluntarily."

What Guo Huzhan didn't know was that Yang Yang was added to the daytime much earlier than she was added to the spades.

Although Yang Yang met Qing Chen late, it was after she started working for Black Spade.

At that time, she was only a probationary member of Spades, not an official Black Spade 2.

At this moment, Qing Chen walked towards the two of them, and Guo Huzhan immediately felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

Qing Chen looked at the bald man with some confusion, wondering what was wrong with him.

He understood the human body's reaction when facing an enemy very well, and Guo Huzhan clearly seemed to be very wary of him at this moment!

That's strange.

However, Qing Chen glanced at Yang Yang, who was trying hard to suppress her laughter, and immediately realized that this girl must have done something crazy.

Back in City No. 18, Qing Chen already knew that Guo Huzhan, despite his imposing stature and even larger build than Mother Ye, was actually a bully who preyed on the weak and feared the strong...

For example, this guy originally wanted to steal his beef, but after he found out all the Spade members, he returned the beef to him.

For example, as soon as he entered prison, he got into a fight with Li Shutong, but when he found out that he really couldn't beat him, he immediately backed down and acted like a submissive wife.

In short, Qing Chen's impression of Guo Huzhan was also quite subtle.

He looked at Guo Huzhan: "Little Guo..."

Guo Huzhan: "..."

Yang Yang: "..."

To be honest, Yang Yang didn't expect Qing Chen to react so quickly!

But then Qing Chen continued, "Xiao Guo, let's set off now. It would be quite troublesome if the Federation Group Army sent reinforcements from behind."

"Alright, let's set off now!" Guo Huzhan quickly said with a smile.

Watching from the side, Hu Xiaoniu thought to himself that Qing Chen and Yang Yang had worked together from the inside and outside to completely fool Guo Huzhan!

However, Qing Chen stopped at the edge and turned to look affectionately into the depths of the Forbidden Zone.

The boy remained silent, all his gaze and deep affection conveying only four words: "Since we're already here."

Since we're already here, shouldn't the old folks bring something this time? There's no way the knight would go home empty-handed!

When other people's children go home for vacation and then go back to school, their parents would practically cut off half a pig's leg to give them as a gift. How could these old folks let him go back empty-handed?

Nangong Yuanyu and the others noticed that Qing Chen was staring into the depths of the woods, which puzzled them.

Is something going on?

Qing Chen stood there blankly for more than ten minutes...

It felt like an eternity...

However, at that very moment, from the depths of the Forbidden Zone, came the sound of frantic footsteps.

The heavy, drum-like footsteps sounded like Ding Dong.

Guo Huzhan's nerves tightened again. He knew how terrifying this Forbidden Zone No. 002, was, as it contained unknown and mysterious creatures.

Such heavy footsteps, the visitors are up to no good!

But aren't creatures from deep within the territory usually not allowed to come out? What happened?

The next moment, Ding Dong crawled out from under the tree canopy and came to Hu Xiaoniu and Li Ke.

He carefully opened his enormous palm, only to find two small red fruits inside. "Ding Dong!"

(These were a gift from the old folks to the two of you!)

The fruit is not small, about the size of a plum.

It just looked a bit small in Ding Dong's hands, like Shaquille O'Neal drinking mineral water as if it were a liquid.

Qing Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "Ding Dong, what's this fruit for?"

"Ding Dong!"

(Tasty!)

Qing Chen: "???"

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