There were four people on the other side.
Li Yao had heard the footsteps of three of them when he was in Daniel Zhang's neighborhood. They were the middle-aged man with a beer belly, the young woman with a stroller, and the strong man who was holding Daniel Zhang hostage. He was suspected to have mastered hypnotism or puppetry.
This strong man, in particular, was limping because Li Yao had pierced his foot with a nail. It was very distinctive, and there was no mistaking it.
However, the footsteps of the fourth person did not belong to the mysterious people in the neighborhood.
And he was the most dangerous one.
This person's footsteps seemed to be fast, but they were actually slow. Sometimes they were left, sometimes they were right. Every step seemed to be randomly chosen, giving off an illusory and unfathomable feeling.
Li Yao imagined that if he was a gunman lying in ambush in the dark, it would be very difficult for him to lock on to the target if he wanted to attack this person.
Just from the sound of the footsteps, Li Yao could feel that this new mysterious person was more difficult to deal with than the other three people combined.
Li Yao instantly tightened every strand of muscle in his body, but after pondering for a moment, he completely relaxed. He also stopped the rhythm of his internal organs and cells and disguised himself as a cold corpse again.
There were four people on the other side, and he was only one. He was seriously injured, hungry, and his energy was almost depleted. If a conflict occurred in this situation, the odds of winning were not high.
Moreover, Li Yao was very curious about what these people were doing here. This was the morgue. In theory, he was already a corpse. These people did not seem to want to whip a corpse to vent their anger, right?
So, was it possible for him to get some information from these people's conversation?
No one would guard against a corpse, right?
Li Yao decided to take a gamble.
The moment his heart stopped beating completely, the door of the morgue was silently opened, and four people with unknown identities and stances walked in.
The dangerous person that had not appeared seemed to be a lady. She was surrounded by a faint perfume that entered Li Yao's nostrils and tickled his nasal mucosa and brain cells, making him want to sneeze.
Li Yao was not sure whether or not it was the enemy's method of testing him and suppressing all his biological activities. Thankfully, having been reborn in the burning fire, his control over every organ in his body had reached the most delicate level. With a telepathic thought, he could expand organs such as pupils by six times or completely cut off the 'vitality' of certain organs.
"Ci —"
The zipper of the body bag was pulled open. Li Yao could feel that the other three could not help but cover their mouths and noses. He did not know if it was because of the burnt smell or because they were frightened by his battered appearance. Only the dangerous woman who had just appeared poked her head out to take a look. Then, she gestured for someone to close the body bag.
"Who is he?"
This dangerous woman with a strange fragrance around her extended her slender fingers and unhurriedly tapped Li Yao's metal bed board as she asked with a frown.
"I don't know, Madam Mist."
The brawny man who had held Daniel Zhang hostage earlier said respectfully, "At six o 'clock in the evening, we were searching for the target in Qingyuan Neighborhood according to your instructions. This guy appeared without a sound and defeated the five of us in one go. He even took the target away. After analysis, his speed and agility had exceeded the limits of a normal human. He should be an Awakened.
"In the beginning, we thought that he was from Apocalypse. What's strange is that after he took the target away and jumped down from the back window on the third floor, he engaged in an intense battle with three Awakened from Apocalypse. He should have heavily injured one of them and forced the other to use a secret technique that consumed a lot of their vitality to kill him.
"This clearly can't be an internal strife in Apocalypse. Therefore, he isn't an Awakened of our Ark, nor is he an Awakened of Apocalypse. Then, who is he? Why is he interfering in this matter? Most importantly, what unspeakable relationship does he have with the target?"
Li Yao was slightly stunned when he heard this.
It turned out that the two groups of people hiding in front and behind Daniel Zhang's house weren't from the same group.
The middle-aged man with a beer belly, the young woman pushing a stroller, and the brawny man who was good at hypnotism all sounded like superpowers from the Ark Foundation. Of course, they weren't called superpowers, but called themselves "Awakened." They were indeed cool.
And when he saved Daniel Zhang from them and was about to flee to the back of the house, he encountered the bald brawny man, the raven girl, and the blond — and white-haired magicians. They belonged to another superpower group, Apocalypse.
If the murderer of the T3 Game Expo shooting didn't lie and also belonged to "Apocalypse," and the two "Apocalypse" organizations were the same thing, could it be that he was mistaken? "Apocalypse" was the evil superpower organization that wanted Zhang Daniu's life, while "Ark" was a good organization, or at least wanted to protect Zhang Daniu?
Li Yao wasn't in a hurry to make a judgment. He patiently listened to the Awakened from the Ark Foundation.
"I've been to the scene, Copperhead. This isn't your fault."
The dangerous woman named 'Gray Fog' said, "Among the awakened squads sent by the Apocalypse, there was a monster like 'White Night'. According to the traces of the fierce battle, White Night was only prepared to end the battle with a regular spell at the beginning. But for some reason, perhaps because of the drastic changes in the battle, she had to consume a lot of vitality and burn her own soul to increase the power and precision of the magic circle by ten times before she managed to kill the guy!
"According to the analysis of the traces of the magic array that White Night didn't have time to completely remove, I estimate that she won't be able to use even the simplest spells for at least a week. This is a crucial week in the battle between Ark and Apocalypse!
"In other words, this guy's strength made White Night deeply afraid. She thought that it was worth it to destroy him at the cost of not being able to fight for a week at the critical moment.
"It's normal that you Novice Awakeners who have just awakened the memories of one, two, or at most three lifetimes can't deal with such a guy."
"This guy actually made White Night unable to fight for a whole week?"
The brawny man named Copperhead secretly clicked his tongue. His two companions behind him also exclaimed in low voices. They were very surprised by Li Yao's strength. It seemed that in the circle of the Awakened, at least in the two major organizations, Apocalypse and Ark, the blonde — white-haired female sorceress named White Night was also well-known for her fierceness.
"Forget it. This person's identity isn't important."
Gray Fog said, "What's important is the whereabouts and safety of Daniel Zhang. As long as we can rescue Daniel Zhang, there will always be a way to pry open his mouth and find out the identity of this mysterious Awakened, as well as whether or not there is a third force behind him. Now that White Night can't use any spells, and the Awakened forces in Jiangnan City that belong to Apocalypse have been weakened to the lowest point, this is our best chance, and perhaps our only chance. When the Apocalypse Awakened arrive one after another, things will be troublesome!"
"Yes!"
The brawny man named Copperhead and his two companions nodded heavily. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Madam Gray Fog, I still don't quite understand. What is the value of this Daniel Zhang that makes you leave the Ark and personally come to Jiangnan City to command this operation? Regardless of the results, influence, or quality of his works, he is too far away from our usual targets. It doesn't seem worth wasting so many of the foundation's resources on such an ordinary guy, does it? "
"I don't know. It's not my job to calculate the value of a target. “
"Perhaps his works contain unknown secrets that can awaken more Awakened? Didn't I ask you to study '40,000 Years of Cultivation' first? What did you find? "
"Uh, at least I didn't," Copperhead said.
"I read more than 50 chapters, and I didn't feel 'awakened' at all."
"I read 220 chapters," the bearded man said.
The middle-aged man with the beer belly said, "I can guarantee that every plot is familiar. There's absolutely no 'unknown secret.' It's impossible for the author to be an Awakened, nor can he awaken more Awakened. What he wrote has nothing to do with his memories from his previous life. It's purely fabricated and pieced together."
"I read almost five hundred chapters, only to see that the protagonist jumped to the Flying Star Sector to take part in a refining competition. I couldn't watch it anymore," the young woman said.
"I assume that the millions of words that follow follow the same pattern. It is just an infinite loop. How can there be any unknown secrets or exciting content? What about you, Madam Gray Fog? Did you find anything special? "
"No," Madam Gray Fog said.
"After I finished the first chapter, I found that the protagonist came from a certain garbage dump. I couldn't read it anymore. You know how tense the situation has been recently. I can't waste my time on such a book."
"So …"
Copperhead hesitated. "Is it possible that the superiors made a mistake?"
"… No."
After a brief silence, Madam Gray Fog said, "The order came directly from the Red Pole Planet."
"What!"
Copperhead and the other two exclaimed at the same time, their voices shivering. "The order was issued by the Red Pole Planet in person? Why? Is the guy so important that the Red Pole Planet is willing to risk being discovered, locked onto, and destroyed by the Apocalypse Organization or even the entire universe?"
"At first, I thought that there might be a mistake, too. But you should know that the Red Pole Planet is never wrong," Madam Gray Fog said.
The gray fog said, "The weird things that happened in the Green Garden District today have indirectly verified Red Pole Star's judgment. Think about it carefully. If the target is truly worthless and cannot activate more Awakened because he is not an Awakened, why would the Apocalypse Apocalypse send such a tough soldier like White Night to deal with him? Wouldn't it be easy to find a random 'First Awakened' who has awakened the memories of one or two lifetimes and pretend that it was a car accident or a burglary?
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