The Main Act Begins

"Ah! Be gentle!!"

Zhou Huasheng looked at his bandaged thigh and then up at Xu Tong's face. This damned liar, if it weren't for him, he would have already found the legendary Ascension Bureau with Yang Zixuan and the others. How could he be so unlucky here?

But no matter how much he resented Xu Tong in his heart, he didn't dare to show any hatred on his face at this moment. He asked in a muffled voice, "What do you want to do??"

Xu Tong didn't answer his question. Without looking up, he used the special gauze to bandage Zhou Huasheng's wound. After all, he was in a hurry. If he was slow, he might miss the good show he had meticulously prepared.

"Please be my audience." The grand play he directed was about to begin. How could he not have an audience?

"Audience??" This made Zhou Huasheng even more unsure of what this liar was up to.

However, the effect of this roll of [Quick Hemostatic Bandage] was indeed beyond imagination. In a short while, Zhou Huasheng felt that his leg no longer hurt, and it didn't even affect his normal walking.

Seeing that his wound had recovered, Xu Tong unhurriedly took out his pistol. "Sorry, old man, we're in a hurry. If you have any other ideas, I'll have to send you off early."

Zhou Huasheng was just an ordinary person. Nothing was more intimidating to him than the cold muzzle of a gun.

Any little thought that had just sprouted in his mind was instantly nipped in the bud.

Zhou Huasheng tidied his hair and reluctantly followed Xu Tong towards the mountain on the side.

Meanwhile, Yang Zixuan and Xiong Tao were searching aimlessly through the forest for any trace of Xu Tong and the others.

They believed that this kid couldn't have gone far, but after searching, they found no clues.

"Let's go to that Ancient City and wait. The main quest hasn't started yet. I don't believe this kid can forcibly leave the Script World!"

Looking at the vast jungle before them, searching like this was not an option. Neither of them was good at reconnaissance. If this kid really found a crack in the ground to hide in, they wouldn't be able to find him even until dark.

"No, I must find him!"

Yang Zixuan's eyes were red. Even now, Xu Tong's every move flashed in his mind. He, who had always been confident in his judgment, was now having serious doubts about his sharp eyes.

Even deep down, he still held a sliver of hope: what if their third brother was so severely injured that he was killed by this surnamed Xu?

Or perhaps there was some unavoidable reason for killing their third brother?

Yang Zixuan even imagined, if he found this damned Livestock, would he obediently kneel and beg for mercy, telling him that he had no choice but to kill their third brother?

This wasn't arrogance, but he simply couldn't understand who gave a Livestock the courage to resist him.

Just as he was lost in thought.

"Bang~!!"

A piercing gunshot interrupted his thoughts. "Gunshot?"

Following the sound of the gunshot, an even more unexpected scene appeared. They saw a figure rapidly moving through the trees, like a ghost. The next moment, it flashed before them and actually turned to dart into the trees on the other side.

"Third Brother!!"

The other party was fast, but both of them saw clearly that he was wearing Third Brother's clothes.

"Quick, chase!"

Although they didn't know who was impersonating Third Brother, they couldn't let him escape.

However, after they had chased only a few steps, Xiong Tao's brow suddenly twitched, and a strong sense of crisis washed over him. He raised his hand and slapped at his side.

"Bang!"

Xiong Tao slapped away a copper bullet. He looked up and saw a person holding a gun and rapidly running towards them. It was Captain Wang himself.

"This guy..."

A sinister grin appeared on Xiong Tao's face. He had heard from Third Brother before that this Captain Wang was a master, seemingly a professional from the military, who had given him quite a bit of trouble. He had even regretted not being able to spar with such a master.

Who would have thought that today he would deliver himself to their doorstep.

"You go chase, I'll deal with him!"

Xiong Tao said to Yang Zixuan and charged towards Captain Wang.

Beneath his seemingly average build, every step Xiong Tao took exuded an aura of an earth-shattering force.

A layer of light golden Light Armor enveloped him. Before his fist even fell, it generated a suffocating sense of pressure.

Sensing that Xiong Tao's berserk aura far surpassed Zhang Hu's by several times, Captain Wang's expression changed. He quickly jumped to dodge, but his speed was still a step too slow. The compressed wind pressure in the air struck him like a hammer, causing him to be sent flying, spitting blood.

Like a dislodged cannonball, he crashed directly into the bushes behind him. The sound of cracking branches could be heard continuously, and the leaves on the bushes shook. Large swathes of leaves fell down, clearly showing that the momentum of the blow was unabated. The flying Captain Wang must have broken countless trees!

Such terrifying power made Xu Tong and Zhou Huasheng, hiding on the distant mountaintop, feel shocked from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhou Huasheng's mouth hung open. He knew his three students were skilled, but he never expected their strength to be so terrifying.

Xu Tong, on the other hand, was surprised by how obvious the strength detection of Zhang Hu and Xiong Tao was.

He remembered that when Captain Wang dealt with Zhang Hu, he wasn't exactly at ease, but he didn't back down and fought head-on. But facing Xiong Tao, he was completely suppressed in terms of strength.

"Kill!!"

Xiong Tao had no intention of stopping. He was like a fearless tank, charging into the bushes, wanting to finish off this relatively skilled police chief with one punch.

Sensing the danger approaching.

Captain Wang's eyes seemed to emit flames. He rolled and stood up again, kneeling on one knee, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. With a swift movement, he closed the distance, bowed his legs, and with a sideways twist, grabbed Xiong Tao's iron fist. He then kicked Xiong Tao's chest with all his might.

However, under this heavy blow, Xiong Tao's body didn't even waver. The layer of light golden Light Armor on him firmly blocked the kick.

"In the face of absolute power, your so-called technique is nothing but fragile."

Xiong Tao sneered, swinging his arm rapidly to smash it into the ground.

"Bang!"

Even from a distance, Xu Tong and Zhou Huasheng could feel the weight of that blow. A mouthful of blood sprayed from the Captain's mouth, shooting like an arrow straight onto Xiong Tao's cheek.

The blood didn't actually touch Xiong Tao; it was blocked by his Light Armor, but it obstructed his vision nonetheless.

Just as Xiong Tao reached out his other hand to wipe away the blood, the Captain suddenly bent his left elbow and slammed it hard into the crook of Xiong Tao's right knee.

The impact forced Xiong Tao's knee to buckle, and he instantly lost his balance. In that split second, the Captain scrambled up and delivered a one-inch punch, driving it straight into Xiong Tao's chest.

The fist naturally couldn't shatter Xiong Tao's Light Armor, but what shocked Xiong Tao was that he actually felt a long-forgotten sensation of pain.

While he was stunned, the Captain's fists began to rain down like a storm. What puzzled Xiong Tao was that his Divine Light Shield was clearly capable of withstanding immense physical damage, yet he could still feel waves of pain from every one of the man's blows.

After a brief moment of bewilderment, the killing intent in Xiong Tao's eyes grew even more intense.

He let out a deafening roar and began to counterattack against the Captain with a frenzy.

In an instant, the two iron-blooded men were locked in a brawl, the scene turning incredibly bloody.

"Is this the show you wanted me to see?"

Seeing that Xu Tong offered no explanation, he gave a cold laugh. "You're playing with fire. That girl and Old Bart aren't just some Bai people; they are genuine Mountain Miao!"

Zhou Huasheng took a deep breath and said to Xu Tong.

The so-called Mountain Miao were the Miao people from the deepest parts of the mountains. Unlike the Han-Miao who had accepted and been influenced by Han culture, they still maintained their most primitive laws of survival to this day.

Moreover, only the true Mountain Miao held the secrets of Gu sorcery. When they wanted to kill, they could do so without anyone noticing, leaving their victims to die in the most miserable ways.

At the mention of the Mountain Miao, a deep fear appeared in Zhou Huasheng's eyes, as if he were recalling something terrifying.

Hearing Zhou Huasheng's words, Xu Tong paused his steps and said with a mocking smile, "So, you were the one who set the fire that burned the village and killed everyone inside?"

"It wasn't me!"

Zhou Huasheng hurriedly denied it. "Don't listen to her nonsense. That was over twenty years ago; she doesn't know anything at all."

In truth... Yang Guanjin had never spoken of this matter.

Last night, Yang Guanjin had only asked him for one thing as the price for helping him.

He hadn't asked anything else.

But from the conversation between Zhou Huasheng and Yang Guanjin just now, combined with the old case the Captain had mentioned on the way to the Forest Farm, a simple, straightforward story of revenge had already emerged before his eyes once he compared the timelines.

This was also why he didn't ask Yang Guanjin; because asking would only lead to more disappointment, while not asking left him with a sliver of hope.

Zhou Huasheng tried desperately to defend his actions from back then.

When their research team had entered the mountains, they got lost and accidentally wandered into a restricted area. Everyone else had died, but he had been saved by the local Miao people.

This naturally included Yang Guanjin's mother. Zhou Huasheng, then in his forties and in his prime, was well-spoken and knowledgeable, easily capturing the heart of Yang Guanjin's mother.

Because of this, he witnessed many secrets of the raw Miao, and these mysterious, primitive powers deeply shocked him.

He had intended to stay there for a while to study the secrets of Gu sorcery, but Yang Guanjin's mother became pregnant, and according to their rules, he would have to stay there for the rest of his life.

Furthermore, he would have to consume a Gu insect called Love-Sickness when the child reached one month of age. Zhou Huasheng was terrified; he didn't want to stay there forever—that wasn't what he was chasing.

And so, just as the child was about to turn one month old, he chose to flee.

That great fire was not his masterpiece, but the work of someone else; that person was the true murderer.

"That person is terrifying. Perhaps the one who came to take the Golden Dagger earlier was him."

Zhou Huasheng looked as if he were recalling something, his face turning increasingly ghastly, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Just as that terrifying face flashed through Zhou Huasheng's mind, a roar of fury suddenly erupted from the distance. A massive flock of birds was startled by the shout, rising into the sky in a dark, dense cloud.

"The main event is here!"

Watching the commotion in the distance, Xu Tong raised an eyebrow. If the collision between the Captain and Xiong Tao had only served to raise the curtain on this play, then the moment for the main event had finally arrived.