Chapter 154: 151 Searching

To prove that she was telling the truth, Wang Zijing even called Wang Kuishan's phone on the spot. The result was that Wang Kuishan had already turned off his mobile communications, proving that he had completely lost contact with the outside world.

It was a pity that they could not learn Wang Kuishan's current whereabouts from his daughter, but out of goodwill because Li Duojin and Chen Xiaolin had promised to help her find her father, Wang Zijing also told the two what she knew about him, hoping they could find her father as soon as possible from the clues she provided.

"My father is not a warm person. Although he is honest and steady, he is indeed very reclusive. His social circle is not wide, and he basically has no friends in this Magic City. He doesn't have many hobbies; I only know that he likes climbing to high places, saying that he enjoys the thrill of standing at a height and overlooking everything..."

In the car, Chen Xiaolin and Li Duojin recalled what Wang Zijing had said. When they heard that Wang Kuishan liked standing at high places and enjoying the thrill of overlooking from a great height, they almost simultaneously began to guess where Wang Kuishan might go.

Would he be on a mountain, or on the top of one of the skyscrapers in this city?

Considering Wang Kuishan's current situation, the other party probably wouldn't consider hiding in the urban cluster. The highly urbanized Magic City possessed the world's leading Sky Eye system; almost no one could escape the capture of surveillance in this city. If he were still walking within the city, the Xuanmi Group, which had issued an internal warrant for him, would be impossible not to find him.

Chen Xiaolin's heart stirred. She directly opened the car's navigation system and said, "Xiaoqiu, what is the mountain closest to JOJO Amusement Park?"

"Respected car owner, navigation sprite Xiaoqiu answers you: the mountain closest to JOJO Amusement Park is Jinma Mountain." The car navigation system emitted a lively girl's voice.

"Help me set the navigation; I want to go to Jinma Mountain," Chen Xiaolin said.

"Yes! Xiaoqiu is starting navigation for you!" the car navigation system responded loudly.

Glancing at the electronic screen of the car system, Chen Xiaolin had an idea of the route. Suddenly, she caught sight of Li Duojin leaning in with a look of surprise, examining the animated character on the electronic screen. She couldn't help but laugh, "I say, Master Li, you wouldn't really have grown up in your temple since you were little and rarely come to the city, would you? This is just a car system; it's very common nowadays."

"Technology really develops well nowadays," Li Duojin said with emotion. "It seems this old antique of mine still has a lot to learn."

"Old antique? That's the first time I've heard someone call themselves that." Chen Xiaolin shook her head. She always felt that Li Duojin had a strange temperament about him.

Judging from his skin, Li Duojin actually looked younger than her, but his demeanor and carriage were somewhat more mature than an ordinary person's, which made people naturally assume he was already at a mature age.

Li Duojin chuckled and said something that left Chen Xiaolin a bit confused, "Don't look at me like that; not long ago, I really was an old antique. There is still a lot I need to learn now."

Chen Xiaolin glanced at his smiling eyes through the rearview mirror and simply assumed that, just as he had said, he had grown up in the mountains since childhood, somewhat like a Taoist practitioner who had followed his masters in diligent cultivation and had almost never come into contact with modern civilization, which was why he felt so surprised when facing her conversation with a basic artificial intelligence.

Arriving at an entrance to Jinma Mountain, Chen Xiaolin got out of the car and looked back at the high mountain before her; her whole body felt an intense sense of discomfort.

It wasn't because she sensed any unusual aura, but because she hadn't exercised or worked out for too long. Looking at the vast mountain peak in front of her, she didn't know how much longer she would have to rely on her own fragile legs to walk. The more she thought about it, the more exhausted and nauseated she felt.

Li Duojin noticed Chen Xiaolin's discomfort. He chuckled and patted her on the back, encouraging her, "Believe in yourself. Perhaps we'll be lucky and find the person soon?"

"I hope so." Chen Xiaolin gave a forced, dry laugh and followed Li Duojin's pace.

The first half of the path up Jinma Mountain had been artificially constructed, while only the second half preserved the original flavor of the natural ecology without any other artificial road-building. People could only climb the mountain using relatively primitive methods.

On the way up the stepped slope, Chen Xiaolin couldn't help but ask Li Duojin, "Didn't you say you could see things others can't? Then what can you see now that can help us find Wang Kuishan?"

"I haven't encountered what you think that thing is yet." Li Duojin walked with his hands behind his back, admiring the surrounding natural scenery, his mood seemingly quite good. "However, I can indeed see some special auras here."

"Auras? See?"

"To be precise, it should be a gas similar to black smoke." Li Duojin felt that this little reporter Chen Xiaolin always liked to pick out errors in people's words and was very sensitive to these errors.

Chen Xiaolin wanted to shift her perception of "climbing the mountain is a workout" and adjust her mindset, so she pressed Li Duojin, "Do you have Yin Yang Eyes like Zheng Xiaopeng, able to see the existence of ghosts and the like?"

"I don't have Yin Yang Eyes," Li Duojin shook his head and corrected her. "I was just granted a gift. The Venerable One allows me to see the hidden things beneath the reality of appearances. Conceptually speaking, I can see more things than ordinary Yin Yang Eyes."

"That sounds weirdly mysterious. Then in your eyes, are the things in the Real World not necessarily the way we normal... um, the way ordinary people see them?"

"Most are different, but for a small portion of things, if they are pure enough, I can see what everyone else sees," Li Duojin said with a smile. "Just like watching TV or movies; they are just a projection of a recording."

Chen Xiaolin was thoughtful, then quickly walked in front of Li Duojin and asked with a charming smile, "Then what do I look like in your eyes?"

Li Duojin's footsteps paused. Looking at the girl who was smiling brightly in the eyes of passersby, in his eyes, the other party's appearance was covered in black gas, blood-red chains similar to shackles were wrapped around her entire body, and a pale woman covered in frost was continuously floating beside her, staring at her fixedly.

"Very beautiful." Li Duojin slowly pulled up the corners of his mouth. His tone was as peaceful as before, but his eyes carried a trace of pity and a sigh, as if he had already perceived and foreseen Chen Xiaolin's fate.

Chen Xiaolin didn't immediately see the clues on Li Duojin's face; instead, she felt quite happy when he complimented her.

Since the topic had been brought up, Li Duojin also had a question he wanted to ask Chen Xiaolin: "Regarding Zheng Yu's deceased wife, what do you know about her?"

"Zheng Yu's wife was a very good person. It's a pity her fate was bad; she contracted cancer at a young age," Chen Xiaolin sighed.

"Hmm... do you know how she died?" Li Duojin inadvertently glanced behind Chen Xiaolin.