189: Chapter 109 Inquiry 189: Chapter 109 Inquiry ——Perhaps “No fight, no acquaintance” is an inevitable scenario in martial arts novels.
Xiang Shan sighed heavily.
The old man he had recently t wouldn’t stop talking about the “great dangers of internet scams.”
The story was simple.
His sect had been infiltrated by a mber of an ard force from a gene bank, several years ago.
That mber had disguised himself effectively, and they hadn’t recognized him.
Then, six months ago, the Old Hero from Beyond the Heavens landed on Earth, and soon after, their entire sect followed.
Then, with both internal and external collusion, they were utterly wiped out.
If this old brother still had tear glands, he might actually be crying buckets by now.
However, this story felt eerily familiar to Xiang Shan.
“I say…” Xiang Shan scratched his head, “Are you from the Redstone Gate?
Was that guy Deborah Zhao?
The daughter of Amilcare Zhao?”
The Solo Kill King’s expression changed dramatically, “Has the news spread that wide?
That bitch boasted about this as an achievent?
Such misfortune for our sect…
such misfortune indeed…”
“No, I killed Deborah,” Xiang Shan said.
“What?”
Xiang Shan repeated, “I an, a week ago, I, in the wilderness, killed Deborah Zhao who was after , and incidentally t two survivors from the Redstone Gate…”
Before he could finish, Xiang Shan was embraced tightly.
The collision of their tallic bodies produced a trendous roar.
The Solo Kill King cried out in excitent — although he had no tear glands, his synthesizer emitted a sobbing sound according to his emotions at that mont.
“Friend…
no, brother!
You truly are my big brother!”
Saying this, he stepped back and knelt on the ground, “If there’s ever anything you need from , just tell , and if I refuse…”
Xiang Shan sighed, “In tis like this, shouldn’t you add a condition ‘not against the Path of Chivalry’?
What if I turn traitor later?”
“Ha, based on your performance last night at the tower, that song, I believe you are a true man!”
Xiang Shan shook his head, “One never knows what kind of person they are until the end…
Forget it, do as you like.”
The existence of this old man might actually be a good sign.
It at least showed that there was still so purity within the Hero’s team.
If the team were even slightly corrupted, such a simpleton could not have survived to such an old age.
“So, big brother, you were saying that you sent your disciple and a group of youngsters to leave together, and those two kids from my sect were also headed this way?” Jader said.
Xiang Shan nodded.
At that mont, he adjusted the focus of his prosthetic eyes and then sounded a bit displeased.
“Running on the road in broad daylight…
Tsk, thinking we have too much coolant in reserve, or that the solar panels aren’t heating up quickly enough to avoid satellite surveillance?
It’s really bizarre.”
Saying this, he strode forward.
About half an hour later, Xiang Shan, Jader, and the ‘donkey’s’ convoy t.
Several youngsters jumped out.
Red Hand A and the slightly younger Huang Ouguang surrounded Xiang Shan, shouting and jumping, “Senior!
You really did co out!
I knew you wouldn’t die!”
They were truly in the presence of a legend!
“Oh!
This voice, these actions!” Jader suddenly rushed out, embracing Huang Ouguang, “Little Huang!
Little Huang!
You’re alive too!”
“Eh?
This tone…”
Cui Hai couldn’t hold back either, he rushed out and knelt in front of Jader, crying out, “Uncle Master, you’re alive too…”
Redstone Gate was not a major sect.
But precisely because they were few, the bonds between the mbers were very deep.
Half a year ago, due to Deborah’s infiltration, the entire Redstone Gate was annihilated, leaving only a few survivors who escaped.
Cui Hai was in a coma, Huang Ouguang was like a scared bird, constantly fleeing through the wilderness, without any chance to connect to the network.
And Jader had been rescued by Hiroshi Matsushima and had been recuperating in a basent ever since.
All of them were concerned about the safety of their fellow disciples—even though they knew that most were likely dood, they still harbored so hope.
Jader patted Huang Ouguang’s head, “Alright…
alright.
You two are alive, from this it seems, your master can also rest in peace.”
Cui Hai’s expression changed, “Our master, he…”
“I personally saw his biological brain destroyed by that old devil Amilcare,” Jader said, “And about the others…
Sigh.
I hope others have survived as well.”
The other two remained silent.
The atmosphere, which had been jubilant because of Xiang Shan’s return, suddenly turned sowhat sad.
Xiang Shan waved at Yuki and said softly, “I should have told you, we can’t drive during the day.”
Solar panels heat up faster than most types of ground when exposed to sunlight.
During the day, a large moving “high-temperature area” is indeed a very conspicuous target.
Conversely, if a solar panel remains stationary, satellite programs may mistake it for “atmospheric effects.”
At night, although the vehicle would still generate heat, the coolant could mask it to the greatest extent possible.
Thus, Xiang Shan and Yuki would charge in the sunlight during the day and only advance at night when moving through the wilderness.
Yuki bowed his head and said, “Sorry, Master.
This matter…”
Gofrey said, “Senior, please don’t bla young brother Yuki.
It was my own stubbornness, insisting on returning.”
Xiang Shan felt sowhat headache, “Haven’t your masters taught you to ‘cherish life’?
You are also humans, you also have lives.
Respecting life should include your own…”
“‘Only those who truly respect life can appreciate the worth of things more precious than life itself.'” Gofrey said, “Ancestral Martial Church, engraved in our hearts.”
“Oh…
oh…” Xiang Shan nodded, not saying much, only adding, “Since you know it, you must act on it.”
― That was also my line…
Although I indeed tend to say such things…
― Did these guys just pick a bunch of phrases from my social dia and morize them as if they were celebrity quotes?
Gofrey said, “However, we thought that if we could stir up so trouble at the border, attract the attention of so troops, and draw a bit of the governnt’s power, it could perhaps create an opportunity for you, senior…”
“It’s not significant enough to be worth risking your lives for,” Xiang Shan shook his head, then addressed Yuki, “Rember, as a Hero, you must learn to calculate.
Your life is also a capital for resistance.
The capital of Jianghu is limited, so you absolutely must not ‘suffer a loss’ even once.’
“For elite soldiers, a ‘small victory is a loss.’
Yuki nodded, taking the lesson to heart.
“Alright, brother,” Jader said.
“We can train the apprentices later.
Now, let’s continue…
Err, it really isn’t good to move during the day.
Let’s rest here for now.”
…………………………………
On the 732nd floor of the iyii Building, where Gael’s office once was.
Daijiu Tai’a was sitting on a sofa.
It was quite astonishing.
This fabric sofa, which was said to possibly have been sat on by Yawgmoth himself, had survived the fierce gunfight.
In the middle of the office ruins was a pile of junk―what had been an antique fort just a day earlier.
Then, scattered broken parts, and a small amount of blue fluid.
Ashur-Lei-Goodrian sighed and said, “Mr.
Tai’a, aren’t you a bit too calm?
On our side, we still suspect you have so involvent.”
“Yes, that’s why I’m sitting here, and with my own biological brain, not hiding behind any Personality Mask.” Daijiu Tai’a said with a smile: “I trust the organization will treat fairly.
I need to clear my own na.”
On his other side, the projection of Amilcare Zhao spoke up, “First, let’s look at this.”
With that, he pulled up a window.
It was a surveillance recording from the lab, showing Bengel and Daijiu Tai’a together facing off against a “Demon Sect envoy” and the mysterious Hero “Shan.”
“My first doubt arises here,” Amilcare adjusted the footage, directly jumping to the part where “Daijiu Tai’a watched an electromagnetic spear pass through the defenses”: “This spot is quite puzzling.
Given the skills you showed, Mr.
Tai’a, you should have been able to catch that spear.”
“At that ti, I still had great faith in Mr.
Bengel’s abilities.” Daijiu Tai’a said: “Previously, when that tentacled creature tried to attack the engine room, Mr.
Bengel used his body to block―I must add, he was truly brave―so I imdiately went to help.
Unfortunately, this ti, I underestimated Mr.
Bengel’s abilities.
He was actually using his body to restrict the creature’s path of attack.
I didn’t realize this and kicked the creature back, resulting in Mr.
Bengel losing a chance to strike.”
“So the second ti, I chose to trust Mr.
Bengel’s expertise―but this ti, I overestimated him.”
“Admitting one’s own mistakes” was also a tactic.
Daijiu Tai’a kept emphasizing the point “I am clear in my conscience.”
“That is an unexpected statent…
Well, yes.
That place did indeed seem so.
You cost Mr.
Bengel a chance to slash.
The evidence against you just increased.” Amilcare Zhao nodded.
Yet, Daijiu Tai’a inwardly scoffed at the other’s pretense.
“Now, onto the next point.
You used ‘the enemy is adept with explosives, so that sword might also be an explosive; please call the bomb squad to handle it’ as a reason to stop Mr.
Bengel and his n from retrieving that sword.
Yet afterwards, it was proven that the sword was not an ordinary high-frequency vibration knife, but a Sonicon Blade.”
“If soone had inspected that sword from the beginning, Mr.
Bengel might not have been beheaded by it.”
“What do you make of this?”
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