"Imdiately contact the office at Fortress 82 next door!"
...
Wang Jixuan had thought that the evening party would be like those in Lower City, with bright lights and wine, thrilling excitent, and his Dao Heart under assault, but in reality...
Everything was so warm.
The brightly lit spacious room was simply decorated with strears and fairy lights.
The young n and won attending the party had arranged the food and non-alcoholic beverages they bought with their own quotas into a small mountain.
The music player was playing soothing music, and the grill was half-full with at and vegetarian ingredients...
Everything was a common benefit that the people of Middle City could enjoy.
The young n and won observed each other, dancing social dances to the music; occasionally, a guy from the security team would get in the mood and perform a popular military tap dance for everyone.
In Wei Na’s words, this seemingly calm environnt was breeding hormonal unrest.
In the eyes of Daoist Wang, however, he found everything before him both warm and rare.
At last, there was so sort of entertainnt atmosphere he could accept.
Really, his scant vocabulary was almost not enough in Lower City.
Zhou Zhengde danced with a few ladies and then sauntered over to the corner where Wang Jixuan was, chuckling,
"Why don’t you go over and talk to people? Those young girls have been sneakily glancing at you; Wei Na specifically invited them for you, all from conservative backgrounds, with good temperant and cultivation."
"I’m thinking about Lower City."
Wang Jixuan lightly clicked his tongue:
"I’ve heard Ye Zi’s news again, from the mouth of that Biological Minister."
"Yes, I’ve verified it, Ye Zi has entered the Spiritual Ability House... What’s strange to is, her story matches, in part, with the one I made up."
Zhou Zhengde whispered,
"That Thomas killed Kong Liani has beco the consensus of the three factions.
"This has saved us a lot of trouble...
"It’s strange that Ye Zi is actually covering for you; why would she do that."
Wang Jixuan shook his head: "Who knows, she killed those dozen kids."
Zhou Zhengde asked, "Are we going to continue investigating Ye Zi?"
"If it won’t take up too much of your resources, please continue to track her whereabouts," Wang Jixuan said, "I must take care of her personally to get past this hurdle."
Hurdle, referring to a spiritual tribulation.
"Okay, I have several tis more contacts in Upper City than in Lower City, so this isn’t a big problem."
Zhou Zhengde glanced around and leaned closer to Wang Jixuan, muttering softly,
"We had an agreent before, to share secrets with each other; you’ve got to give so idea now.
"Mu Liang, can you explain the source of your power now?"
Wang Jixuan thought of the comic books he had seen in the landlady’s study and began to bluster seriously,
"I suspect, it’s a mutation triggered by cosmic rays."
"Ah??"
Zhou Zhengde was a bit stunned.
Wang Jixuan continued the ruse: "You rember that ti I self-hard, right?"
"Yes," Zhou Zhengde replied attentively.
Wang Jixuan went on,
"In the midst of suffocating, I saw a blurry figure, spiraling among the stars, chanting ’Infinite Heavenly Venerable,’ and then he told that this world has fallen into suffering, that I would receive a power to save these lives in pain, to bring them peace, but this power was so vast, I needed to slowly accept it, by tempering my spirit, body, hunting Blade Beasts, and most importantly, honing my heart here."
"Mind!"
Zhou Zhengde clenched his fist, lowered his voice, and excitedly said,
"This is very likely a response from an advanced alien civilization! We had a cosmic help program before, over eighty years ago! Maybe it really worked! This is a huge discovery! So cool!"
"Mm-hmm, good that you believe it."
Wang Jixuan picked up a wine glass from the side and took a sip of industrially synthesized grape juice.
He said, "If I find out anything else later, I’ll continue to tell you. Originally, I considered taking down the Black Fire Gang as a kind of ntal training, but I never expected that in the end, it would be Ye Zi who hit hard."
"Don’t be too sad. How about trying to ask so of these girls out on a date?"
Zhou Zhengde seed to rember sothing:
"On my end, there’s also so new information. The Combined Combat Zone Command Center has issued commands to the Ancient Basin Battle Zone, and the Ancient Basin Battle Command Center has given clear instructions to our Governor and the Joint Defense Team."
"Soon, several formidable individuals will co to find us, real powerhouses from the battlefield. They will likely require our cooperation in the investigation."
"Can you handle that, Mu Liang?"
"Do I need to accept their questioning?" Wang Jixuan asked with so worry.
"No, they don’t have the guts to question us."
Zhou Zhengde said in a low voice:
"The focus is still on that list. They might enter the Lower City to investigate, and I see this as an opportunity."
"What opportunity?"
"An opportunity to smash the Black Fire Gang’s illegal facilities and kill Kong Nu from the Thirteen Institute."
Zhou Zhengde muttered:
"The bill I submitted has encountered a bit of a problem; the Governor’s secretary said they need to review it.
"Today, I even threatened Kong Nu.
"Now, because of Ban Wenying, Mother can no longer offer us help, or else I wouldn’t have had to directly ask my grandfather for assistance.
"It’s a complete fallout now; it’s either him or . I want to join this investigative team and go down with you using your current identity. While the Clean-up troops are in the Lower City, we can modify part of the Lower City’s ecosystem... this is certainly better than sitting in the office doing nothing."
"If we can find that list, the accounts, or frankly anything else that irritates Kong Nu enough to take risks, I can directly use this elite team to strike back at him!
"Kong Nu has threatened my mother.
"I intend to take him out, by any ans necessary, so he cannot enter the Thirteen Institute Headquarters Spiritual Ability City."
Zhou Zhengde took a deep breath and then looked nervously at Wang Jixuan.
Wang Jixuan smiled knowingly and asked, "Aren’t you afraid of being attacked again?"
"I am."
Zhou Zhengde said calmly:
"Actually, there’s one more thing.
"I disagree with my mother’s view, but I’ve never been able to co up with a better solution for the problem in Fortress Lower City."
"I want to go down to the Lower City to find this solution, which is actually more important than any of those lists, accounts, or other tools for political struggle."
Wang Jixuan snapped his fingers: "Call anyti for action. I’ve been too rough before, and there’s a lot of loose ends to tie up. That guy wanted to dissect ; without you, I’d still be figuring out a way to finish him."
"Talking about killing sounds so uncivilized... Eliminating demons and upholding the Dao?"
"Eliminating demons and upholding the Dao."
The two n exchanged smiles.
Ding ding ding.
The sound of clinking glass bottles ca from nearby.
Wei Na, sneaky and heavily made up, approached quickly with two big sisters dressed in trench coats and high heels and stealthily opened her trench coat.
Three beautiful bodies in cheongsams, along with more than a dozen bottles of various types of alcohol, appeared before Zhou Zhengde and Wang Jixuan.
"Ta-da!" Wei Na shouted excitedly, "Tonight, we don’t go ho until we’re drunk."
Zhou Zhengde frowned and said, "You’re letting the Thirteenth Floor’s Sheriff drink?"
"I can’t even have my own stash of drinks? You’d better not be a buzzkill! Releasing stress is the best way to combat fortress sickness!"
Wei Na rolled her eyes and then turned to look at the dance floor.
Cheers erupted from the dance floor.
Zhou Zhengde put his hand to his forehead, grabbed Wang Jixuan’s arm with a slight tremor, and said:
"If I get drunk, you must carry away, even if you have to knock out and do it! Please, Mu Liang! Agree quickly!"
Wang Jixuan was puzzled.
Mr. Zhou... what are you afraid of?
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