Chapter 2551

Entering the small world of Baiwan Mountain, after passing the gate beast checkpoint, Hu Xin and Wang Guan Shi hurried toward Fei Mountain.

At this time, the sky was dim, and the two walked through the dense Lin Zi, with no one in front, behind, left, or right.

Hu Xin saw Wang Guan Shi take out a cloth bag from his bosom and slowly open its mouth.

"What is this?" Looking like a burlap sack.

"Sometimes people in Bai Song City want to move out, and we use this bag to throw them onto the cart and bring them back." Wang Guan Shi smiled, "You don't usually do this task, so you don't know how useful it is. Don't let its small size fool you—it looks like it can only hold five jin of rice, but actually, even a two-hundred-jin fatty can be 'whooshed' right in. Let me demonstrate."

Hu Xin wasn't two hundred jin, only about one hundred sixty to seventy, but hearing the last sentence, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He gathered his qi and stepped back, shouting loudly: "You want to..."

Before the word "want" was even out, he felt a sudden sting at the back of his neck, as if bitten by something, and went numb—his shout died in his throat.

He felt like a deflated leather bag, unable to summon any of his true strength. Just as he drew a magical artifact to stab backward, his limbs went numb.

Immediately after, he saw a flower-haired spider over half a person tall emerge from behind him, reaching out to pat his head: "No need for the bag—just get in directly."

"Fine." He Lingchuan smiled at Hu Xin, a smile that made Hu Xin's skin crawl.

Then he watched the person's face begin to distort, and within a few breaths, it became exactly like his own.

"You... you..." Hu Xin's face turned red with strain as he managed to squeeze out a few words: "Who exactly are you!"

This guy definitely isn't Wang Guan Shi.

Zhu Xiuer extended all her claws at once, quickly searching him from head to toe, and also produced a seal.

"Who else could it be? The one who came to get the calming incense for you. So Xiao Da Shi won't be displeased." He Lingchuan snapped his fingers, and Hu Xin felt his vision go dark!

He vanished from the spot, taken into the Doukou Garden.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a small hut, surrounded by a circle of people.

What is this situation? He was shocked speechless, and turning his head, he saw someone sitting on another chair:

Wang Guan Shi!

There was another Wang Guan Shi in this room.

"We want to ask you a few questions." An unremarkable man crouched down to look at him, his smirky face even more unpleasant than the Wang Guan Shi outside, "If you answer wrong, dare to hide anything, or aren't thorough and truthful..."

He pulled out a small transparent bottle from his bosom and dropped a drop of the green, viscous liquid inside onto the table.

Just then came a "hiss" sound,

Zhu Xiuer played with the seal, but wasn't pleased, because:

"This seal can't go to Liuli Hai!"

During Deng Yanlong's absence, although Hu Xin had been filling in for him, he still hadn't obtained the travel permit for Liuli Hai.

It's clear that Liuli Hai isn't a place just anyone can enter.

"What now?" Everyone in Doukou Garden felt stuck—Deng Yanlong wasn't there, and the permit to Liuli Hai needed to be obtained from someone.

"No rush." He Lingchuan strode toward Ji Mountain, "Now I am Hu Xin, I must complete the required procedures to avoid arousing suspicion from the owner of Yun Tai. He might be monitoring every word and action in Lian Valley, including my saying I'd resolve the sea star crisis in Baiwan Mountain and go to Yingkou Town to fetch the calming incense. Even if I had the permit for Liuli Hai, as 'Hu Guan Dai' with no reason or task to go there, I'd still raise suspicion—and might even be turned away from Yun Tai."

On enemy territory, "following the rules" is crucial.

He paused: "Now, we must finish these tasks one by one, then figure out how to get someone to grant us the permit."

If the action doesn't go smoothly, it doesn't matter.

Adapting on the fly has always been his strength.

He also brought Xiao An out of Doukou Garden, made her resemble Wang Guan Shi, picked up the seal, and headed for the Yingkou Town small world.

The Blood Demon Dao asked: "Does Yingkou Town really have calming incense?"

"Of course! Earlier, the master had the convoy transport supplies—didn't they move two boxes of calming incense?" The mirror mocked it, "You didn't know?"

... Who would bother remembering that?

The Blood Demon was speechless, because it was obvious the mirror and the master both remembered.

It could only quickly change the subject: "Cough, I have a question: both are small worlds, both connected to Yun Tai—why is Lian Valley under behind-the-scenes surveillance, but Baiwan Mountain isn't?"

The answer came naturally from the expert here, the mirror:

"Perhaps because Lian Valley is a small world created by the behind-the-scenes person themselves. As a creator-like entity, they naturally possess omniscience and omnipotence. Other naturally formed small worlds don't necessarily have that."

He Lingchuan had already used the Mirage Horn to take on Hu Xin's appearance, and now he walked with hands behind his back toward Ji Mountain, where the Third Stack Warehouse is located.

Ji Mountain wasn't in total chaos, but the supervisor had ordered the laborers to search everywhere, and the guards had been dispatched, now combing the mountains for the whereabouts of those few giant sea stars.

Wang Guan Shi wasn't there, but everyone knew Hu Xin from Lian Valley held a higher status, and they all treated him with utmost respect.

Hu Guan Dai also asked the whip supervisor: "What's the current situation?"

"That thing still hasn't been found." The whip supervisor was drenched in sweat, "It seems to have eaten two of my newly arrived laborers."

After learning the situation, Hu Guan Dai issued orders—nothing more than demanding everyone search with all their might, but he couldn't really help. Ji Mountain is just this big, and everyone had nearly turned over the soil, yet found nothing—all were drenched in sweat from anxiety.

Those who've worked here long know: once the sea carts are stacked, trouble easily arises. What's worse, a few super-large sea carts colliding... who knows what form they've taken now!

Soon after, Hu Guan Dai tossed out a "You guys hurry up," then walked away with hands behind his back.

He's a superior, here to inspect work—who'd dare stop him?

When he reached the small world's entrance, Xiao An, disguised as Wang Guan Shi, was already waiting there, and presented the two boxes of calming incense with both hands.

This entire procedure was exactly the same as what he told Xiao Yun in Lian Valley.

Then he took Xiao An back into Doukou Garden and walked out of Baiwan Mountain alone.

During this time, the interrogation work in Doukou Garden was basically completed.

This Hu Xin, Hu Guan Dai, was initially quite tough, but after tasting Dong Rui's soul-eroding, bone-melting water, he still softened.

Not only did his body go soft, but his spirit did too.

Ling Jinbao immediately asked, who is Xiao Da Shi?

Sounding quite arrogant, Hu Xin currently acts as Deng Zhu Jian's deputy, and Xiao Da Shi can still summon him at will—clearly indicating high status.

Hu Xin quickly replied: Xiao Da Shi's name is Xiao Ping, the second-in-command in Lian Valley overseeing demon puppet and divine body research. Over a hundred demon puppet masters are under her command, but any results must be reported to her.

Second-in-command? Then who's the first-in-command?

(This chapter ends)