Ambush, Bloody Battle

"Stop it! Stop it! I don't know what happened either. Longhu Gongse really didn't collude with Kamishiro or Kashima!"

Wang Zhenbei was surrounded and brutally beaten in the middle of the crowd. There wasn't Time Walker to really kill him, since Kunlun was also there. Everyone just beat him up to vent their anger.

If Dragon Lake Commune really does something heinous, Kunlun will naturally handle it.

This is why Wang Zhenbei can still speak.

However, both of his front teeth were knocked out, so he speaks with a slight lisp.

Wang Zhenbei felt like he had the worst luck imaginable. How could he have ended up with such a terrible teammate as Li Yi? Not only did Li Yi stir up trouble for him, but he also dragged him all the way to the headquarters of the Bright Commune.

He felt as if Li Yi had brought a group of people specifically to attack him.

"Alright, stop fighting," Lu Yuan, who was on the outskirts, had watched the commotion for Lu Yuan. He heard the elevator coming up and guessed that the reporters had arrived. "If this keeps going, someone will die."

Lu Yuan spoke, the crowd beating Wang Zhenbei silently stopped and stepped aside.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, reporters rushed in, brandishing their cameras and microphones.

As it turned out, a Pikachu was caught on camera riding on Wang Zhenbei and giving him a good beating...

There was also a little green dinosaur cheering on the side...

Click click click.

A series of camera shutter clicks rang out.

Wang Zhenbei, with a missing front tooth and dark circles under his eyes, looked at the Pikachu on his body and then at the reporter taking pictures, with a desperate expression.

In that instant, he probably realized that he might have no dignity left on Earth.

The photo of him being brutally beaten by Pikachu riding on his back will probably trend on social media in a few minutes, and his bruised and swollen face will clearly show his pathetic state.

Looking at Lu Yuan, Wang Zhenbei said with deep remorse, "If I really did something wrong, you can punish me with the law, instead of letting a Pikachu insult me!"

The main problem was that Pikachu was incredibly strong; it held Wang Zhenbei down so tightly that he couldn't struggle at all.

Even if someone told him that there was actually a master of B-Class or higher hidden inside this Pikachu, he would believe it!

Lu Yuan laughed, squatting down next to Wang Zhenbei and chuckling, "You old rascal, you really think you're so secretive? Don't worry, we've investigated everything. The court will punish you. Xiao Ying, take him away. He's the first defendant in the Time Walker Court. But don't feel alone, we've already prepared the evidence. A whole bunch of people will be going to jail with you."

"Great!" Chen Sui from the matrix was the first to clap and cheer. It was so satisfying. Even now, he feels that his upper and lower eyelids are still a little sticky when he blinks.

At this moment, Lu Yuan turned his gaze to the crowd.

The next second, he was startled.

Because Luo Wanyai, the two slimes, and Qing Chen had all disappeared, Lu Yuan didn't even notice when they left!

Something's not right!

Lu Yuan felt that the troubles tonight might not be over yet!

"Xiao Ying, take Wang Zhenbei back. I'm going out for a bit," Lu Yuan said hurriedly before leaving.

Not far away, the little dinosaur approached Pikachu: "Boss, where do we go now?"

Pikachu turned and looked around. "The people from the daytime are gone. Let's follow the crowd back to the conference center."

"Are we going back just like that?" Zard, inside the little dinosaur, seemed a little reluctant to leave. He felt today had been so much fun, and he hadn't had enough...

This Pikachu is so boring.

He still prefers slimes!

"I just finished dealing with Li Yi. Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen, you two change your clothes and go support Luo Wanyai first. I'll be there soon," Qing Chen sent a message in the daytime group.

Liu Dezhu: "Received."

Nan Gengchen: "Received."

Qing Yuan left a long time ago, but Qing Chen's play cannot be abandoned halfway; it must be completed.

The matter of Dragon Lake Commune must end with Li Yi's sacrifice.

Therefore, when he arrived at the headquarters of the Bright Commune with all the Time Walker, he sent Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen ahead to support Luo Wanyai.

Qing Chen had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Qing Yuan's departure was too sudden, and there must be something fishy about it.

After all, Qing Yuan wanted to use his phone to send a message, but his phone was knocked away and smashed.

So this guy probably doesn't know if his father is at headquarters. Logically, the other party should at least go upstairs to check on him and make sure his father is alright.

But Qing Yuan left so decisively, as if he wasn't worried about his father's safety at all.

Could it be that this Shadow Candidate... doesn't have a good relationship with his father either?

Or perhaps, as he had fabricated for Li Yi, Qing Yuan no longer wanted to be the crown prince and wanted to be the emperor?

Qing Chen quickly walked into the neon-lit city of Zheng.

Even at night, the streets of Zhengzhou are still bustling with traffic.

Wearing a mask, Luo Wanyai silently followed Qing Yuan ahead.

While following them, he sent a text message to Qing Chen: "When you guys rushed into the office building, the other party turned around and left immediately, very decisively. They are now heading towards Shangdu Road, and there is no one else with them."

At this point, Luo Wanyai was actually a little suspicious.

Qing Chen's attitude towards Qing Yuan can be described as extremely important and cautious.

However, is Qing Yuan really worth the boss being so cautious about?

Luo Wanyai had been following the young man for so long, but the young man only cared about walking forward and never looked back, as if he was completely unaware that someone might be following him.

Generally speaking, dangerous individuals are in a constant state of crisis, and even without formal counter-surveillance training, they will gradually develop counter-surveillance awareness.

Qing Chen replied to the message: "Has he found out about you?"

Luo Wanyai sent Qing Chen a text message: "Boss, he didn't notice me, and he didn't even turn around to look at me."

A few seconds passed.

Qing Chen suddenly replied with a message: "You should leave first. Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen are coming to support you from behind. It's dangerous."

Luo Wanyai was startled.

He subconsciously glanced around at himself, but found nothing unusual.

But Luo Wanyai was not a stubborn person. Since the boss said it was dangerous, then it really was dangerous.

He turned and walked in the opposite direction, preparing to leave.

But he discovered that seven people had somehow caught up with him from behind, and together with Qing Yuan in front of him, they subtly surrounded him.

Only at this moment did Luo Wanyai realize that it was a trap.

The young man in the matrix uniform turned around, removed his white mask, and looked at him with a mocking expression. "Going to such lengths to find me, I'm curious, who's behind you? Which Shadow Candidate?"

Qing Yuan knew a little.

If everything that happened tonight really had nothing to do with Wang Zhenbei and Li Yi, and if Wang Zhenbei had never colluded with Kamishiro or Kashima, then this was an event deliberately created by someone.

Therefore, the other party's target must not be Wang Zhenbei.

It is oneself.

Therefore, if you leave halfway through, the person who catches up with you must be one of the planners of tonight's events.

If I just seize one of them and interrogate him, the truth will come out.

However, Luo Wanyai completely ignored him and instead sent a message to Qing Chen with lightning speed and at the last minute. "Boss, the person might be the one you're looking for, but he looks completely different from the photo you gave me."

This Jianghu, even while surrounded, managed to use that brief moment to deliver the most crucial message to Qing Chen.

The person in front of me doesn't look like Qing Yuan at all!

Qing Yuan's appearance is not hard to find in the intelligence system of the Inner World. After all, he is Tuanzi and must have attended one or two events.

To Luo Wanyai's surprise, the other party admitted in his words that he was Qing Yuan, but his appearance did not match.

Qing Chen, on the other side, was also taken aback when he saw the message; this was an unexpected turn of events.

Wait a minute, before this, all the information had never revealed Qing Yuan's strength level, and no one had found out whether he was a cultivator or Awakened.

Qing Chen wondered if Qing Yuan's ability was similar to that of Puppet Master, capable of controlling others.

In the history of the Federation, there have been seven Awakened with this type of ability. Among them, the Puppet Master was derived from an Awakened a control-type ability.

The conditions for using control-type abilities are extremely harsh, and there are even many strange restrictions, so even the Awakened cannot use their abilities at will.

However, if a superhuman with control abilities advances to Rank A, they become extremely dangerous and may even be able to challenge the social order on their own.

Li Shutong had told Qing Chen that the Awakened extracted the Puppet Master was an A-level expert from the Federation Group Army.

At that time, some strange things happened in the 127th Brigade of the First Group Army.

A soldier filed a formal complaint with the staff, saying that the atmosphere inside the 127th Brigade was strange, and that many people seemed to be controlled by unidentified creatures.

In his report, he said that his comrades, with whom he had a very good relationship, suddenly became like strangers, and he could not remember anything from the past.

It wasn't just this one comrade who had problems.

One night when he woke up, he suddenly found eight comrades-in-arms silently watching him from beside his bed, without saying a word.

From then on, the whistleblower began to quietly observe the military camp.

The whistleblower discovered that several of his roommates would often quietly get up at the same time and disappear in the middle of the night.

Because all the strange things had come together, the whistleblower finally decided to report the matter.

The First Group Army Staff sent 12 military police officers to investigate the matter. However, when the officers found the whistleblower, he denied the strange occurrences, claiming that he was simply unhappy with the bullying he suffered at the hands of veterans and wanted to retaliate.

Qing Chen's first reaction was: the whistleblower was eventually apprehended!

Moreover, he was thinking, wouldn't it be a terrible thing if the entire 127th Brigade were to be controlled?

What if the entire First Group Army were to fall into enemy hands? Wouldn't that be even more terrifying?

So this is how terrifying an A-level control-type Awakened is.

The most crucial issue is that once a control-type Awakened gains control over someone, it's as if they've planted a seed inside that person's body.

Once you reach Rank A, even if the Awakened's physical body dies, as long as more than half of the seed remains, he can be reborn within the seed's body.

This is the most terrifying part.

Of course, there are also countermeasures, such as killing more than half of his seeds in one go. Even if the main body does not die, this control-type Awakened will become a vegetable, and his consciousness will fall into complete chaos.

Qing Chen asked his master what happened next.

Li Shutong said that the First Group Army was Qing's private territory at the time, so after the staff reported the matter to the headquarters, it was that generation of shadows who directly stepped in to resolve the issue.

At that time, rumors circulated throughout the First Group Army that the 127th Brigade had been taken over by the devil, and that they too would be controlled in the near future.

It caused widespread panic.

Li Shutong stated that all the shadows throughout history share a common characteristic: they are ruthless.

Every one of the Shadows has experienced the tragedy of the Nine Princes' Succession Struggle, and they all fought their way to the top step by step.

Such a person has witnessed betrayal by friends and death threats from relatives; their thought process is beyond the comprehension of normal people.

Before the Shadow Candidate even arrived at the First Group Army, his first act was to order the execution of 12 military police officers.

The second thing was to use the Deity's Scepter to fly to an altitude of 5,200 meters above the 127th Brigade and bomb the entire 127th Brigade with its main firepower electromagnetic cannon.

This shadow has a famous saying that is still circulating in the Federation Group Army: All fear stems from insufficient firepower.

Later, this shadow's elite troops did something else.

At the time, there was a cemetery outside the 1823 production site. Federal citizens working in the production area said that the cemetery was often haunted, and people often saw a woman in red floating around.

As a result, after Shadow's elite troops arrived, they drove 12 Shanqing-22 main battle tanks and fired a salvo, completely flattening the grave mound.

There have been no more ghost stories since then.

Everyone says that this shadow's elite troops are a force specifically tasked with eradicating feudal superstitions...

At this moment, Qing Chen guessed that Qing Yuan was most likely a control-type ability. The reason why the person they were tracking did not match the appearance was simply because this was Qing Yuan's seed, not Qing Yuan's true form!

No wonder the other party hid themselves; with that kind of ability, they wouldn't even need to show their face to get anything done.

If that's the case, it will be very difficult for me to deal with Qing Yuan.

Qing Chen sent a message to Liu Dezhu and Nan Gengchen: "Luo Wanyai is in danger."

After saying that, he started running wildly.

That Luo Wanyai was actually a Jianghu who made his fortune through shady means. In his early years, he was either on the run or preparing to run away.

The other person is much older than the other members of the daytime group.

Even the combined ages of Qing Chen Nan Gengchen are not as old as the other party.

Luo Wanyai hadn't been with Bai Zhou for very long, and he didn't seem to be an important figure.

Qing Chen once talked to Luo Wanyai about Luo's experience when he ran away.

Luo Wanyai said that when he returned from his first escape, his wife had remarried, taking all their assets with her.

Qing Chen asked him if he regretted it.

At that moment, Luo Wanyai showed a rare shyness. He scratched his head and laughed, "Someone like me might die out there at any time. Why should I burden someone? If I remarry, so be it. It's nothing."

As he spoke, Luo Wanyai, who had been living on the edge of a knife, seemed to have long been prepared to face death at any moment.

However, Qing Chen did not want this person to die.

Qing Yuan walked step by step toward Luo Wanyai: "Who sent you? Where are your companions? Tell me who is the mastermind behind this, and I will spare your life tonight."

As they spoke, the seven assassins slowly approached Luo Wanyai.

Luo Wanyai laughed, a ferocious laugh.

He pulled a switchblade from his pocket. He had had this switchblade for over twenty years, which he had taken from a Goryeo smuggler who wanted to sell his kidney when he first fled and tried to smuggle himself into the country.

The smuggler who specialized in running boats was fed to fish more than 20 years ago, while Luo Wanyai is still alive.

He pulled a gold Buddha pendant from around his neck. He had already sold the solid gold Rolex watch he had taken with him when he fled, but he couldn't bear to sell the gold Buddha his wife had given him.

When I was starving on the streets of a foreign land, I didn't sell anything.

Things have changed, but people are no longer the same.

But that doesn't matter; what matters is that he's still alive.

"Do you really think your grandfather is some nobody you can just bully? I've never done anything disloyal in my life," Luo Wanyai sneered. "If you want my life, come and try me yourself."

As he spoke, Luo Wanyai actually lunged at Qing Yuan.

Seven assassins followed and surrounded him.

Surprisingly, Luo Wanyai ignored the assassins behind him and fought desperately against Qing Yuan.

He ignored the assassins' knives slashing at him, seemingly only wanting to exchange his life with Qing Yuan.

This is the most ruthless fighting style on the street.

There are no tricks, no wisdom.

When Luo Wanyai entered the industry, his elder brother told him that if a group of people attacked you, you should grab one of them and beat him to death before letting go!

In just a few seconds, Luo Wanyai was stabbed more than ten times in the back.

The man in front of him, Qing Yuan, was bleeding profusely from his abdomen and had lost one eye.

On the streets of Zhengzhou, pedestrians screamed and ran away when they saw such a fierce fight.

For a moment, Qing Yuan felt as if he were facing a wild boar king in the wilderness.

Even if you shoot that kind of wild boar several times, as long as you don't hit its vital organs, it will keep chasing you to the ends of the earth.

That's what makes wild boars so terrifying.

However, Qing Yuan did not panic.

He was blind in one eye, but with his good eye he looked at the wound on his abdomen and said with a laugh, "Such crude street fighting style, there's no skill involved at all."

This composure is captivating.

Luo Wanyai, while brandishing his dagger, laughed and said, "A life for a life, I'm not at a loss."

However, at that very moment, the night sky changed from black to red.

Luo Wanyai clearly saw Qing Yuan's face gradually brighten, as if a ball of fire was rapidly approaching. He could feel a certain temperature on his back, which was constantly rising.

The cold wind was no longer biting; it was as if the sun was rising.

The bursting flames crackled and leaped, like a flaming chariot surging forward.

Liu Dezhu transformed into flames and charged onto the battlefield, instantly scattering all seven assassins surrounding Luo Wanyai. He helped Luo Wanyai was kneeling on the ground, to his feet and said, "The boss sent me to save you!"

Luo Wanyai gave a bitter laugh, "Be earlier next time."

A 5,000-word chapter, with another chapter at 11 PM tonight.