In a dark hut in the town outside Stronghold 61, the young Qin Sheng was lighting a candle and writing in a notebook with a fountain pen.
On December 7, at 10 AM, Ren Xiaosu went out to the tavern as usual and left at 9 PM.
There were no abnormalities, nor did he pick up any useful information. When the target, Ren Xiaosu, returned home, there was only the sound of him flipping pages in the house.
Ren Xiaosu could still get his hands on newspapers in town. It was suspected to be a gift from the storyteller, but there was no conclusive evidence.
Qin Sheng was recording Ren Xiaosu's daily routine, and there was even a listening device placed next to him.
There was no need to install a bug in the device. All he needed to do was point the recording device at Ren Xiaosu's yard from inside his house. This was also the reason why Qin Sheng had to be neighbors with Ren Xiaosu.
The device was portable and had a battery installed. When the battery was about to run out, the Qinghe Group's intelligence personnel would naturally come over to replace it.
Qin Sheng had come here with a mission. Everyone who became a Knight was indeed required to live in town for a year. However, they would usually stay in a town outside Luoyang City and would never travel so far away.
After all, if a Knight Organization were to go live in someone else's territory for a long period of time, it would easily cause misunderstandings among the other consortiums. But he could not care less about that now.
After Qin Sheng finished writing these few paragraphs, he took out another notebook from the side and started recording his daily routine. He thought for a moment before seriously writing a few words: "December 7, playing cards."
And that was it.
It was not that Qin Sheng did not want to write more, but that he had been playing cards all day and had not done anything else!
When Qin Sheng arrived in Stronghold 61, his life in this notebook was quite fulfilling. He described what kind of training he had gone through, as well as the scenery and wilderness he had experienced. For example, he wrote that he had fish for dinner and that his teacher had taught him how to make traps in the mud next to the river and wait for the fish to come in by themselves.
Of course, he did not write down what challenges he had completed, which made Qin Sheng feel a little regretful. It was more honorable to write down his achievements.
Flying in wingsuits and skydiving, Qin Sheng felt his blood boiling as he recalled the days when he played these things in his early years.
Unfortunately, the birds were too ferocious these days, so he couldn't play with them anymore. The Qinghe Group's airport had long since been abandoned, and the last small turboprop aircraft had been stored away in the warehouse.
Qin Sheng looked at his diary. When he came to Stronghold 61, his rich life changed. He played cards every day.
December 5th, playing cards.
December 6th, playing cards.
December 7th, playing cards.
Qin Sheng thought to himself, I can't fall any further, I must change.
December 8th, playing cards.
Next to him, Ren Xiaosu sat in the room and read the Hope Media newspaper on December 8th. He mainly paid attention to Luo Lan's schedule.
In the end, Ren Xiaosu realized Luo Lan had not done anything serious after coming to the Wang Clan. It was like he was on a vacation.
Ren Xiaosu placed the newspaper on the table next to him and sat on a recliner in the yard to look at the sky. He had read in a book in Stronghold 88's library that it was very difficult for humans to see the blue sky and stars before The Cataclysm. But now, they could see the stars shining brightly above their heads.
Therefore, humans were actually the ones who destroyed themselves during The Cataclysm, not the entire world.
Humans were extremely insignificant compared to the entire world.
The next day, he went to the tavern to play cards as usual. His life seemed to have suddenly calmed down again. But on his way home, Ren Xiaosu was stunned.
He saw a travel-worn old man walking towards him. This old man was holding a white banner in his hand with the words "Clairvoyant" written on it.
The moment Clairvoyant saw Ren Xiaosu, his eyes lit up. He suddenly quickened his pace as he walked towards Ren Xiaosu. "Young man, I can see that you have an amazing physique. You'll definitely be blessed with great fortune in the future."
Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows. This fellow had just said that he would face a bloody calamity … No, he meant that he would bring a bloody calamity to others.
This time, he was actually saying that he would be blessed with great fortune?!
Clairvoyant stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Young man, I've divined that your place of prosperity is in the Northwest. Don't stay here any longer. Hurry back to the Northwest!"
The way Clairvoyant stroked his beard and smiled mysteriously made him look very sage-like and unfathomable. If only he could wash his face and clothes properly.
Ren Xiaosu snapped, "Why is my place of prosperity in the Northwest?"
"Because I've divined that a lot of people are waiting for you to return there!" Clairvoyant said calmly.
Ren Xiaosu retorted, "I know you're from Fortress 178, alright? Zhang Xiaoman already told me that. You just want me to return to Fortress 178, right? I'm not done with my work yet, so I'm not going!"
"Hahahahaha, how embarrassing." Clairvoyant nearly smashed the banner in his hand to the ground. "Zhang Xiaoman, that blabbermouth!"
Along the way, Clairvoyant first rushed to Stronghold 74 because he heard that it was about to collapse. But before he could get there, Stronghold 74 had already collapsed.
As such, Clairvoyant went to look for the group of escapees. But by the time he found them, Ren Xiaosu, Qin Sheng, and the others had already separated from the main group.
Clairvoyant had to ask a lot of people before he finally found a target that he suspected was Ren Xiaosu. As expected of an experienced intelligence agent, he was still able to find some clues and chase them all the way to Stronghold 61.
As a matter of fact, Clairvoyant did not have a car to ride in. He had to run all the way here on his own two legs and had even lost a lot of weight.
He had finished his rations, and his satellite phone had also run out of battery. How was he supposed to charge it in the middle of nowhere? To Fortress 178, he was already considered a missing person!
But even in such a miserable state, he still wanted to trick Ren Xiaosu back to the Northwest as soon as possible.
But!
Ren Xiaosu exposed him just as he started to trick Ren Xiaosu. Clairvoyant cursed in his heart. If he did not beat up Zhang Xiaoman until he called him daddy when he got back to the Northwest, then he would have run this 500-kilometer journey for nothing!
Ren Xiaosu continued walking back to his residence. Clairvoyant followed behind him and nagged, "It looks like the Central Plains is going to get chaotic soon. Look at how dangerous it is for them when you're here!"
Ren Xiaosu gave Big Bluff a strange look. Was this even proper advice?
"You've been wandering around the Central Plains. No matter where you go, everyone sees you as a dangerous person, right?" Big Bluff chased after Ren Xiaosu and nagged, "But it'll be different when you get back to Fortress 178. Fortress 178 is your home, and everyone can't wait for you to get stronger. Who would be afraid of you?"
As they talked, Ren Xiaosu arrived home. He had wanted to lock Big Bluff outside the door, but Big Bluff blocked the yard door with half his body.
Ren Xiaosu had no choice but to let him in. It was indeed as Big Bluff had said. He had a very good relationship with people from Fortress 178, such as Zhang Xiaoman, Jiao Xiaochen, Fu Rao, and Lin Ping 'an. They were like family to him.
So even if he did not want to listen to Big Bluff's nagging, he did not want to embarrass him too much.
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