Chapter 467: The Contingency

This moth is black and white, and the pattern on its wings is a black and white skull.

"Death Moth, truly a fine method."

The Death Moth excels at lurking, and the scales on its body contain Highly Toxic substances; after being inhaled by a human body, they destroy human immune cells, faking signs of cardiogenic sudden death.

It generally only has the strength of a Tier 4, but it possesses abilities like a chameleon, and ordinary Pet Beasts simply cannot detect the presence of a Death Moth.

Therefore, the destructive power of a Death Moth is even more terrifying than an ordinary Tier 6 Exotic Beast.

The moment the Death Moth appeared, the starlight emitted from the Star-Ripple Butterfly Emperor pierced through the Death Moth's body.

Before this guy had time to scatter its scales, its body was destroyed by the starlight.

The passing of the Death Moth also caused a service staff member not far outside the guest room to suddenly change expression.

"Damn it, my Death Moth was actually seen through by someone. Wasn't it said that this assassination mission would be very easy to complete?"

"It is not easy for me to raise a Death Moth. The breaking of the contract means that for a short time, I cannot continue to contract new Pet Beasts, and my strength will naturally be severely damaged."

"It seems I must plan carefully."

After Ye Bai learned the truth about the attack from the Myriad-Change Butterfly, he told Su Qingxian the process of the incident.

"This is normal; I am afraid I am already on the Dark Web's kill list."

"This World Researcher Conference has already changed its nature."

"I am afraid that in these few days, other researchers will likely meet with harm; we must be prepared."

"So, once we get the God Stone, or determine the whereabouts of the God Stone, we should not stay here."

"Once we get the God Stone, we will immediately return to Yan Country."

Su Qingxian felt that this was a trap aimed at researchers from various countries.

"Kangaroo Country is the host of the World Researcher Conference; if something happens to the researchers, wouldn't that be a slap in their face?"

Ye Bai asked, puzzled.

"You, this assassination activity—the high-level officials of Kangaroo Country must have participated, which is why they secretly leaked the room numbers of other researchers."

"Kangaroo Country must have joined forces with Beautiful Country, so once we get the God Stone, we should leave here as soon as possible."

Just at this moment, the midnight bell rang.

New intelligence refreshed.

【1. Beautiful Country intercepted intelligence regarding the God Stone; they took a step ahead and seized the God Stone from the hands of Iron Chicken Kingdom. They have hidden the God Stone in the fountain of the Windmill Hotel, dispatching Pet Beast Masters to guard it twenty-four hours a day, and have sent many Exotic Beasts that excel at setting up Barriers. Once any Pet Beast approaches that place, it will be ruthlessly shot by the Pet Beast Masters.】

【2. Doctor Nehru of Iron Chicken Kingdom has been murdered; his research content was packed by Beautiful Country agents into a very concealed Handbag. The exterior of the Handbag is black, and it is printed with a pattern resembling a clock. The password for this Handbag is 665598.】

【3. The moment the Yan Country special forces soldier entered the Windmill Hotel, they were already replaced by a Faceless Person. Currently, the Faceless Person is extracting information from Lan Fa. The Faceless Person is the most special agent of Beautiful Country, with strength comparable to a Tier 8 Beast Tamer; they can change their face anytime, anywhere.】

【4. One of the Four Cardinal Virtues, the Dragon King—Calamity Red Lotus, will enter Kangaroo Country in three days. They need to collect Refined Gold and Mithril to forge the God Kingdom Gate for summoning the Dragon God Bahamut, and Kangaroo Country has already hidden tons of Refined Gold and Mithril in the bank of Kangaroo City. There is a secret door in the Underground Waterway that leads directly to where the Refined Gold and Mithril are located.】

【5. In three days, Beautiful Country agents will surround the Windmill Hotel and conduct a carpet-style contraction; everyone in the Windmill Hotel will be imprisoned by the agents.】

Ye Bai only felt that an ambush from all sides was attacking him.

He did not expect the special forces soldier to be replaced by Beautiful Country agents so quickly.

It seems Lan Fa's situation is worrying.

But fortunately, Lan Fa's ability has never been exposed.

The special forces soldier themselves did not know much.

Ye Bai whispered to the Myriad-Change Butterfly; he hoped to warn Lan Fa through the Star-Ripple Butterfly Emperor to keep them away from danger.

"I am very sorry, Ancestor, I have received an urgent piece of intelligence."

"This World-class Researcher Conference is just a front. Kangaroo Country has secretly allied with Beautiful Country to clear out some researchers and obtain the research materials in the researchers' hands."

"We must leave here immediately."

Su Qingxian's expression became incomparably grave: "But we have not yet obtained the God Stone; this concerns the National Destiny of Yan Country."

"I must stay here."

Ye Bai shook his head: "Ancestor, I have another piece of intelligence here; I know the location of the God Stone, but the risk is very high."

"Ancestor, if you are here, I will be distracted, so I hope you can leave here with my Heaven-Swallowing Pelican."

"Lan Fa and I will try every possible means to obtain the God Stone and return safely to Yan Country."

Su Qingxian hesitated for a while; letting Ye Bai and Lan Fa stay behind while she left herself felt somewhat unrighteous.

"Ancestor, you should understand the significance of your coming to this World-class Researcher Conference; our ultimate goal is to obtain the God Stone."

"Everything else is secondary. You staying here not only provides no help, but it might also cause us to be distracted."

Hearing this, Su Qingxian finally made up her mind.

"Fine, I will leave now, but Doctor Nehru of Iron Chicken Kingdom possesses Soul Extraction technology."

"I hope you can obtain this technology."

Ye Bai shook his head: "Ancestor, according to my intelligence, Doctor Nehru was murdered, and his research results seem to have already been transferred away by Beautiful Country agents."

Su Qingxian grinned: "Ye Bai, your intelligence must be wrong. I told you before that Doctor Nehru excels at Soul Manipulation and Bone Control."

"So he is very difficult to kill; it is possible that he abandoned his original body himself, intending to change his identity and continue living another life."

"This secret was also told to me personally by Doctor Nehru."

Uh.

Such a private fatal weakness, and Doctor Nehru dared to tell you—what exactly is the relationship between the two of you?

Ye Bai was suddenly speechless.

"You might be complaining in your heart about what kind of relationship I have with Doctor Nehru. In fact, when I was young, I once studied abroad in Iron Chicken Kingdom, and Doctor Nehru once pursued me, but all my time was spent on studying, so I rejected him in public."

"In the end, we became good friends in private."

"However, you must not tell Dashan about this part; I am afraid Dashan will get jealous."

Su Qingxian said with a smile.

"Then you should leave here now with the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican."

"Demon Bear, Nether Hell Wolf, protect the Grandmaster and do not let her come to any harm."

On the other side, Lan Fa summoned the Sin Mirror Woman in the restroom, created a vivid Clone, and hid himself in the ventilation duct.

He had a vague feeling that the special forces soldier seemed a bit off.

The Star Wave Butterfly Emperor had just received intelligence from the Ten Thousand Change Butterfly.

Just as it was about to report, it discovered that Lan Fa had already been swapped out.

Consequently, the Star Wave Butterfly Emperor dispersed the starlight filling the sky and vanished.

As soon as Ye Bai walked out of his room, he discovered that there were suddenly many more service staff here.

These people were likely all agents from the Beautiful Country and the Kangaroo Country, their purpose being to monitor every move of the researchers.

If the researchers discovered any problems, they would immediately be abducted.

Lan Fa and Ye Bai met in a restroom marked as "Under Maintenance."

"Lan Fa, our mission this time is extremely arduous."

"I have already had Grandmaster Su Qingxian evacuate from the Kangaroo Country in advance."

"And I will stay behind with you to carry out the mission."

Lan Fa's expression was slightly surprised.

"I discovered that the special forces soldier was a bit off, but I couldn't put my finger on it, so I quickly had the Sin Mirror Woman release a Clone and escaped from there."

Lan Fa said with a sigh.

"Your intuition was correct; when the special forces soldier entered the Windmill Hotel, he had already been swapped out."

"Lan Fa, I have already found out clearly that our mission this time is to obtain the Divine Stone in the fountain pool."

"Agents from the Beautiful Country killed Doctor Nehru, seized his research results, and even hid the Divine Stone there in the fountain pool."

Speaking of this, Lan Fa suddenly had a question: "Since the Divine Stone is so important, why don't the people from the Beautiful Country take it away, instead of spending great effort and cost to lie in wait?"

"That is a good question; they are likely trying to lure the snake out of its hole."

"The Divine Stone is a treasure conceived only after a god has fallen and hundreds or thousands of years have passed."

"Even in the Beautiful Country, this thing is a treasure that is hard to come by."

"But compared to my Grandmaster, they would rather give up this Divine Stone just to lure her out."

"That is why, because I saw through this point, I had my Grandmaster leave here in advance."

Lan Fa nodded: "Ye Bai, then what should I do next?"

"According to what you said, what if Academician Su's Mirror Clone dissipates after twelve hours?"

"Will this arouse others' vigilance?"

"If they plan a carpet search, what should we do?"

Lan Fa was somewhat at a loss.

"It doesn't matter; I have already studied the layout of the underground pipes of the Windmill Hotel."

"Following the underground passages, we can leave Kangaroo City at any time, and in a remote town in the Kangaroo Country, we will release our Pet Beasts and leave here."

Ye Bai had long since prepared an evacuation plan.

"Fine, twelve hours is enough for Academician Su to leave the Kangaroo Country."

"As long as she passes through the Central Strait, it won't be far from the Yan Country."

"Good, once Academician Su is safe, we won't have anything to worry about."

"It's just a Divine Stone; we will find a way to see how we can avoid the attention of the Beautiful Country agents and successfully obtain it."

Lan Fa intended to risk his life to accompany his friend.

"I have obtained the layout of the entire Windmill Hotel."

"I discovered that there is a set of large generators beneath the Windmill Hotel."

"The electricity supply for the Windmill Hotel is provided by this large wind turbine generator."

"We only need to create some chaos and make the Windmill Hotel lose power for half an hour; we can take advantage of this time to perform Stealing Heaven and Changing the Sun."

Ye Bai had studied the electrical wiring diagram.

The Windmill Hotel's electricity was supplied to the guests first, and only then to places like the fountain pool.

"As long as the power is cut, the fountain pool's infrared warning will immediately fail."

"We will have about thirty minutes to obtain the Divine Stone buried beneath the fountain pool."

"This time we also need to use your Sin Mirror Woman's illusion to confuse the enemy."

Lan Fa agreed immediately; this was a major matter concerning the future of the Yan Country.

Once the National Destiny is lost, the people of the Yan Country will become scattered sand, unless the National Destiny is found again.

But this process will certainly be extremely arduous.

The 'special forces soldier' kept watching Ye Bai and the others, not even daring to relax when going to the restroom.

He had finally seized an opportunity, finished off the special forces soldier, and taken his place.

Now headquarters had spoken: in three days, they would fully blockade the Windmill Hotel.

They would conduct a carpet search to capture the escaped researchers and force them to hand over their results.

"Lan Fa, we don't have much time left."

"We must finish this quickly."

Just at this moment, on the other side.

The four giants of the Gospel Society met again.

The Sage of Stars' pupils were black, and the irises would sometimes emit a golden flowing light.

From her current state, it can be seen that Star Sage is not far from the final step.

If she can ascend in one step, then Star Sage will become the actual controller of the Gospel Society.

Therefore, the Necromancer has been very anxious lately, not even caring to watch his favorite witch foot massages.

"Star Sage, just how far have you actually come now?"

"You wouldn't be ascending directly to a divine throne, would you?"

The Demon Knight understood the Necromancer's expression, and he asked Star Sage.

Star Sage smiled: "That's not the case; I have been cultivating the whole time, and everything else was arranged for me by my subordinates."

"However, I am indeed not far from a breakthrough." Star Sage revealed her secret.

The Necromancer looked at Star Sage with some jealousy.

These words were a bit too much of a humblebrag.

"However, I have suddenly received some intelligence regarding foreign countries."

"Kangaroo Country seems to have formed an alliance with Beautiful Country, and they are currently purging the researchers participating in the World Researcher Conference."

"Among them is your former master, Academician Su Qingxian."

The Necromancer has wide connections and is able to know quite a bit of intelligence.

"So what? Are you trying to disturb my state of mind and corrupt my Divinity?"

Star Sage let out a cold snort: "It's not that easy."

A terrifying mental pressure erupted from her body, immediately causing the Necromancer's body to scatter apart.

The skull rolled on the ground a few times, covered in mud.

"Star Sage, the Necromancer didn't mean it."

"We are all gathered here now for the sake of self-preservation."

"You should know the terrifying nature of the God Stone; once the God Stone is taken back to Yan Country, there may no longer be a place for us to hide here."

"It is said that the five Marshals are considering whether to restore the titles of the Big Dipper."

"Once one becomes a member of the Big Dipper, even the five Marshals cannot interfere with the Big Dipper's actions."

This is equivalent to saying: I'll take the money, but I don't want to do any of the work.

The Twenty-Eight Mansions have been working non-stop lately.

Old friend's new book, The Bed-Collapsing Fat Orange Cat: Beast Taming: 16 Years Old, What Kind of Old Geezer Counterattack Is This?

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