Chapter 722: The Black Tower Seems to Hide a Secret
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"Yancheng!"
"Ahhhh... Why is this road so difficult to drive? I should have swapped cars with Officer Shen. I only got my driver's license not long ago, and Yancheng is still at least two hours away. At this rate, I start slowly and the engine stalls after taking two steps, so I won't be able to reach Yancheng next year!"
On the other side, about one kilometer away.
Also on a country road, a handsome young man's car stalled for the fifth time while driving on a bad road. He pounded the steering wheel twice, his face full of anger. Li Wenzhe was only 19 years old and had only had his driver's license for a short time.
What Yin Shisan threw to him was the key to the old police car, but unfortunately, the car was a manual transmission.
A manual transmission with an extra clutch is a nightmare for novice drivers who have just obtained their driver's license.
"No, no, this is a task given to me by my idol. This is the first time my idol has given me a task. I must leave a good impression on my idol..."
The boy recalled what his driving school instructor had taught him about coordination between the accelerator and the clutch, and gritted his teeth and started the car.
He shifted the gears, stepped on the gas and then lifted the clutch hard. The car shook violently and started moving forward.
Li Wenzhe's reaction time was a bit slow, and only now did he realize that there seemed something wrong with the expressions of Yin Shisan and Qin Shang just now.
Something must have happened!
Something must have happened!
However, the car had not gone far, and just when the young man had mastered the essence of driving a manual transmission and was barely beginning to adapt to this old-fashioned police manual transmission car, a bright light shone directly towards him from not far away.
The light shone into the car window, blinding him so much that he couldn't open his eyes. Li Wenzhe had no choice but to brake to stop the car.
Since I can’t see the road, I naturally don’t dare to drive.
He tried hard to squint his eyes, opening them a crack and staring straight ahead, and then he froze.
A truck was parked not far in front of him, and he couldn't see anything else.
However, after a brief moment of confusion, Li Wenzhe immediately became aware that something was wrong.
After all, I have worked in the Sheriff's Office. As a sheriff, I know that these heavy trucks are not allowed to drive on such rural roads at night according to national standards...
So why is there a truck here?
He came to me to prevent me from spreading the news...
This thought suddenly occurred to Li Wenzhe's mind, and the young man's expression changed slightly.
Then, I heard a 'bang' coming from the semi-trailer truck in front of me, which was the sound of the car being shifted into gear and about to start.
Such a truck was driving in the opposite direction and just happened to block my car on a country road.
He now shifted gears after seeing his police car clearly. Was he trying to silence the witness?
Crazy, just crazy.
I'm driving a police car!
However, Li Wenzhe had no time to think about anything else. If he was run over head-on by the truck, he would probably be torn into pieces.
He quickly stepped on the clutch and shifted into reverse gear.
On the other side, the man in the baseball cap on the truck sneered, with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Want to run?"
"Can you run?"
The field of vision of a sedan is low, but one advantage is that the body weight is light, so at least the starting speed is faster.
Li Wenzhe stepped on the accelerator and the speed of the reverse car soared to nearly 20 miles per hour. It was the first time for the young man to drive backwards. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead and his calves were trembling.
What happened in this case?
...I just walked out and saw a truck not long ago. What about my idol?
Thinking of Qin Shang, Li Wenzhe's expression changed drastically;
"Aren't idols more dangerous?"
"They are at the crime scene now!"
"No, I have to help my idol spread the news to Yancheng. I need to go to Yancheng to ask for help from the Bad People Organization. I have to hurry to Yancheng."
If I reverse, I might be able to avoid the truck, but I would have no chance to spread the news.
And at most they could go back one kilometer to the vicinity of the crime scene.
When Li Wenzhe thought of this, he became furious and slammed the steering wheel.
Although there are weeds, bushes and some trees around this kind of country road, it is generally not a straight line. Occasionally, there will be forks and small roads in the bumpy and bad roads. Although there are no residential areas in front of such places, there may be some old small villages and villagers.
The villagers will definitely drive home, so it is not necessary to pave the road...
Li Wenzhe's mind worked quickly. He looked around and immediately found a small path in front of him on the left.
Because there is no asphalt cement paving, I didn't notice it just now.
There were obvious signs of car tires on the ground of the path, but because the road had not been dug out by humans, there were weeds growing at the bottom of the tracks. In the middle of the night, it was not that obvious...
Li Wenzhe's Adam's apple, which was unique to teenagers and had not yet fully developed, rolled suddenly.
"It's this road. Not only can I get rid of that truck, but if the other party wants to chase me, I will lead them to this road instead of driving forward and running to the crime scene to meet my idol and the others..."
Yes! Maybe this truck is actually coming for the idols...
The other party knew that we came to Jincheng in a police car and came specifically to kill us.
So I don’t know if I’m the only one in this police car right now. With this thought in mind, Li Wenzhe calmed himself down.
In this way... by leading this truck away, we might be able to indirectly save the idol and Director Yoon.
He didn't know that Qin Yuyan had intercepted Qin Shang and Yin Shisan at the crime scene...
I thought that this truck was the culprit for the two men's panic-stricken expressions, and I believed that the other party only sent this truck to kill them and silence them.
"Right here, don't turn off the engine, don't turn off the engine..."
Li Wenzhe raised his hand and rubbed his trouser legs, wiped off the sweat stains from nervousness, and shifted the car back into first gear.
"Come and chase me! You crazy murderers!"
The police car's engine roared in pain, and then drove the car onto a small path in the bushes.
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boom--
The short Sakurajima assassin came face to face with Qin Shang. He just took out the "Demon Slayer" and then felt a flash in front of his eyes. He only had time to block the silver-white long sword in front of his chest. He didn't even have a chance to use the mechanic professional skill [Splitting the Sky] to change position before he was hit by the opponent's punch.
His body suddenly flew backwards like a cannonball.
While in mid-air, Qin Shang, whose hands were numb, quickly put on the "bride's embroidered shoes".
He used the magic of the embroidered shoes to control his body's balance and landed on the ground in a hurry.
"Martial artist, high-level martial artist..."
Qin Shang's eyelids twitched, and the "middleman's abacus beads" in his hand were also worn on his wrist.
He used the calmness brought by the skill of [Swindler] on this item to control his surging emotions, and then frantically calculated in his mind the chances of the two of them escaping!
Any martial artist is at least at the peak of level 6 Order Realm.
Because he had seen a Level 5 martial artist attack, and it was obviously not this shockingly terrifying speed...
Although martial artist players are affected by their personality and become reckless and impulsive, it is also because of this that they are ridiculed by the saying "Strong? You have to use your brain to get it"...
This is a sarcastic remark directed at professional martial artists, but it also indirectly proves how powerful martial artists are.
"You mobilized so many high-level God Road players in reality. Aren't you worried about attracting the attention of the Bad Leader? Don't forget, the Bad Leader is also in Jiangcheng..."
This was what Lord Lai said to Master Yin at that time, and now Qin Shang openly used it to intimidate the beautiful woman in cheongsam with a slender figure and attractive figure.
"So we didn't send out players in the Rule Realm!"
"Just as you expected, the way we hunt card holders is to use a group of low-level players to encircle a high-level player, so as to circumvent the punishment of the [Reputation] mechanism. Do you think we need players in the Rule Realm to take action against the two of you? We only need players in the Rule Realm to lead the charge..."
After saying that, Qin Yuyan looked at Qin Shang, who was holding the long sword with a slightly trembling palm. It was obvious that Qin Shang had suffered a great loss in the brief fight just now. The recoil force made his palm hurt...
It would be great if I had a copy attribute item of my own!
I'm going to drag all of you into the dungeon in one go.
Qin Shang let out a breath of foul air.
But fortunately, he got some useful information.
It's still good news.
Qin Yuyan didn't bring any players from the Rule Realm...
"A high-level fraudster can use [Plunder] and [Trade] to accomplish many incredible effects. However, at your current level, a fraudster is nothing more than a villain in a dungeon. In reality, you are still just a nobody."
The next moment, Qin Yuyan, a beautiful woman in cheongsam who was standing not far away with her arms crossed over her chest, giggled twice, with a hint of regret in her eyes.
She really didn't want to kill a smart man like Qin Shang, but what else could she do?
For a smart person without the protection of a heaven-shaking umbrella, his intelligence not only does not bring him any benefit, but is instead a curse.
Or it can be said that in life, it is rare to be ignorant.
At this moment, cold sweat broke out on Qin Shang's forehead.
A level 4 martial artist can beat me in a head-on fight.
What's more, the one assigned to deal with me is... a level 6 martial artist. It's unrealistic for me to defeat him.
Even in the copy [No. 1 Cultivator's Grudge], when Qin Shang was fighting against the people in the monk camp, he mainly tried to maneuver and had no intention of winning at all. He did not have the ability to defeat high-level martial artists.
Qin Shang narrowed his eyes.
As long as the opponent doesn't kill me, I don't have to worry about triggering a serious [Reputation] trigger mechanism, and I won't become a "wanted player."
And Qin Yuyan should be aware of the characteristics of the Trickster player, with the passive skill of [Fake Death]...
She most likely would not kill me on the spot, but would choose to capture me alive.
It would be difficult to escape!
Being stared at covetously by a group of high-level players, Qin Shang did not think that the combination of 'Embroidered Shoes' and 'Demon Slayer's' [Spatial Splitting] would be able to help him escape.
I can only put my hope on the boss...
I have to find a way to help the boss escape. Only if Master Yin doesn't get involved in the fight can he take me away.
Thinking of this, Qin Shang looked towards another battlefield.
At this moment, the folding fan in Yin Shisan's hand has been fully opened, and there are two balls of mist behind him, as if his shadow has crawled up from the ground, like two clones with the same figure as Yin Shisan.
The two gray-black, slender figures whose faces could not be seen clearly performed the same movements as Master Yin. Every time Yin Shisan attacked, the two shadows would attack at the same time. It was obvious to the naked eye that Yin Shisan's attack would become more terrifying with the support of the two clones. It was probably another prop with an amplifying effect...
【Beat! 】
The next moment, a man in black wearing night clothes just cut in front of Master Yin, and a man in white clothes flicked the folding fan in his hand with his fingers.
A sharp sword energy slashed towards the opponent.
On the other hand, don’t give Yin Shisan a chance to accumulate strength again, and kill you while you are sick.
While Yin Shisan had just released a skill and [Staff Punishment] was still on CD cooling period.
Three arrows were shot directly from an extremely tricky angle to his side, with bursts of sounds of breaking through the air.
The sword was aimed at Yin Shisan's temple.
The man in black who dealt with Qin Shang might have been instructed by Qin Yuyan. He knew that killing him would only make him run away, so he did not force him too hard. He has been staring at Qin Shang since his last attack, but there is no sign of him attacking again.
"【Standing in the corner】!"
Master Yin also has rich combat experience.
At the command, the man in black who was attacking paused.
Then, a small black stone lion appeared on Yin Shisan's palm, and a cold snort came out of his mouth;
“【Suppression】!”
Some horrifying aura descended from the void and crushed the surrounding area.
The flying arrow fell to the ground with a thud.
At the same time, no matter who was hit by the [Bane] or the guy who attacked secretly, they were all staggered by this breath.
However, this skill did not seem to have any substantial output. The strong pressure that came down was more like a gust of wind covering the place from the sky, and then an airflow interfered with the ability of other people nearby to move.
Seeing this, Qin Shang's brows were filled with tension and solemnity.
Yin Shisan was already struggling to deal with two opponents, but he did not forget that when Qin Yuyan showed up just now, she brought seven or eight people with her. Except for the guy who was dealing with him, the rest of the people disappeared into the darkness at Qin Yuyan's command.
They must have all been hiding, trying to wait for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Master Yin!
"Wait a minute..."
I feel like there's something I haven't figured out.
Seeing that Master Yin was not in too much danger for the time being, Qin Shang calmed himself down.
He still remembered the consumable item that Young Master Yin took out when he threatened Lord Lai yesterday afternoon.
Game roulette!
This item is a killer weapon that would make even the elders show fear in the truest sense...
So at the moment, although Master Yin has obviously fallen into a disadvantage for a short period of time, he has not been pushed to his limit.
When he thought of this, Qin Shang’s thoughts turned and his brows furrowed.
If I remember correctly, before I came to the conclusion that the Zheng family was likely the descendants of the spies and traitors in the plot of the Xiudaoyuan dungeon in the 70s, Qin Yuyan said something...
The things you are investigating, along with the opening of the black tower, you will know the secrets of the Blood Robe Sect and the Zheng family...
Upon closer inspection, this sentence seems to reveal some information.
We are investigating two separate cases.
One is the case of Zheng Rong and the car accident, and the other is the case on Master Yin's hands, where someone is hunting down the card holder.
By some strange coincidence, I came to the conclusion that the three tycoons of Jincheng were most likely descendants of the Japanese devils, and I got support from Qin Yuyan's reaction, but there was a missing link in the middle.
Because I am just making wild guesses, I actually have no substantial evidence.
And Qin Yuyan was talking about the opening of the black tower...
What she meant was that she thought that if we continued investigating and the black tower was opened, we could come to this conclusion.
So, are there any clues in the Black Tower that can prove that the three tycoons of Jincheng are descendants of the Japanese?
In other words, this sentence should be read separately.
Does Qin Yuyan simply mean that there are certain things in the black tower that we cannot know?