Chapter 287: Changing Tactics (Seeking Subscriptions)

The situation turned abruptly, becoming Du En dragging the other person along.

He walked with a swagger, heading toward the doorway, intending to leave this place.

After all, the scene that would follow was somewhat frightening, and it was not suitable to perform it in front of others.

"This... sir?"

Just at this moment, someone in the room could not help but speak up.

Du En then stopped his footsteps, tilted his head slightly, signaling he was listening.

"What you just said, that 'waiting for change by dragging things out,' can it, really, allow us to wait for a change?"

The questioner bit the bullet, struggling to clench their teeth, asking with trembling and great unease, terrified that Du En might blame them.

The others also held their breath, not daring to look directly, yet unable to resist peeking over.

Because in the past, no one had ever told them, who were not treated as human beings, that they might still have hope!

Having already sunk to the bottom of the water, and being unable to swim, driven by the instinctual desire to survive, they now only wanted to grasp at the final straw.

Even if it looked so unreal.

"There will be changes."

Du En had only a five-character reply, without passion, without emphasis, as ordinary and calm as always, yet it contained a certain more prominent power, as if it were naturally bound to be realized.

And so the people let out a sigh of relief, and so they could not help but laugh and cry.

The long-suppressed heart, the emotions that had just been tossed about by the ups and downs, were finally released.

Du En did not look back, silently walked out of this room, looked around, found a corner, raised his hand to smash the head, and killed this fellow in his hand.

In any case, nothing could be asked out of them; even if one knew how to search a soul, this side likely had corresponding countermeasures.

Unsurprisingly, this fellow carried nothing, only a piece of animal hide that he could not use.

In the end, only the corpse could be recycled as waste, for Du En to bury inside the Supernatural Dead Land.

Corpse accumulation plus one.

Then.

In the Crater Town, Du En's figure moved and wandered in the shadows; invisibly, his perception had spread and covered the entire town, yet he did not discover any other abnormalities here.

"Is the other strategy not here? That is not unexpected..."

Right now, it was very calm here; it seemed the enemy had not yet discovered that their actions had been thwarted, but Du En would not think so. After all, one should prepare for the enemy with a wide margin, and besides, this enemy was the difficult type who could hide for over a year in a hostile environment with a major disadvantage and still not be found.

Over in Changle City, that elite task force of Zhang Qing and the others had been unable to find anyone for so long, and each of them was extremely irritable, beginning to tighten the blockade and investigation. Ying Dongqing also set aside all optimistic mindsets and finally could not help but urge the Hub City to quickly take some action.

As if caused by these factors, finally, in the few days after Du En made a breakthrough, some clues of the Fudong infiltration team were discovered in the small outer cities, and Zhang Qing and the others were rushing over in a panic.

After Du En learned the news, he did not feel that the other party had finally been exposed; he rather believed that it was just a strategy of making a feint to the east while attacking in the west.

Actually, Ying Dongqing also had this thought, but after being futile for so long, regardless of whether it was a feint or not, they had to go over and take a look.

Raking the grass to startle the rabbits—as long as one could grab the tail, one could track all the way to the rabbit hole!

Based on the fact that she was still rational and calm, Du En did not need to worry about anything in Changle City.

In addition, he had actually been watching these towns outside the city for a long time; for over a year, he had set aside time every day to rotate and go undercover in the towns, so his focus remained on this side.

Because Du En felt that if this force of Fudong was truly infiltrating to sabotage, they would likely act against the weak points and pain spots of Changle City, this central city.

The various towns on the outer protrusions were the first to bear the brunt; after all, they were still operating as usual, and had not changed at all because of this matter.

Therefore, if they came to drive these lowly, pitiful people here, they could create chaos, and while these pitiful people died in vain, they could fish in troubled waters and carry out a series of subsequent sabotage plans.

A thousand-mile embankment collapses because of an ant hole.

Although they were just a bunch of spoon-fed Qi Refining stage cultivators who were not even looked upon by those Nascent Soul or Golden Core stage cultivators, if they were truly driven and incited, they could be wiped out with a backhand, turned into dust on the spot.

However, once attention was diverted, being taken advantage of was a very normal development.

Even if there was still precaution and a heart of iron and stone that had not been shaken, making it impossible to take advantage directly, as long as a malicious incident occurred, results could still be obtained.

—Clearly, this place had maintained a blockade, yet such an ugly situation still occurred. If they were blamed by the Hub City at that time, the pressure on Ying Dongqing and the others would inevitably increase. Coupled with the fact that they were already futile and secretly anxious, with so many factors superimposed, it was obviously easy to find gaps for subsequent actions.

Based on considerations of this kind, Du En chose to go undercover and observe.

Then, finally yesterday, he waited for the hare by the tree and caught that fellow who had snuck in.

"So, they have been brewing for over a year; it is certainly impossible for it to be this simple."

Having hidden for so long, finally unable to resist showing their heads, these Fudong Immortal Sect people would certainly not let it go; for the sake of their plans, there would definitely be remedies.

Or rather, they had a backup plan from the start.

Since infiltration and incitement had failed, then they would simply change to another method: attack the town, use violent coercion, and create similar chaos!

And so, just as Du En was rushing out of the Crater Town, such a situation appeared in another town.

That was a town built around a lake, a waterside town with lush water plants.

At this moment, it was also the daily rest period; the low-level Qi Refining stage cultivators were like stinking salted fish, lying in the damp, large communal rooms, not wanting to move at all.

The Foundation Establishment stage deacons and managers here, however, appeared to have quite the leisurely elegance, gathering by the lake to fish.

"Haha, Brother Zhang, your technique is really no good! I have already caught three, and you haven't even had a bite yet, tsk tsk tsk!"

"... Don't be smug; those are all small three-inch goods. Just wait for me, the big ones are coming soon!"

"Hahahahaha!"

These words of saving face immediately caused a burst of laughter from the deacons here; for a moment, the air was very cheerful, making the mocked Brother Zhang suddenly furious.

But because he had not caught anything and felt insecure, he could not refute it and could only gloomily continue to bait the spot, attempting to lure more fish schools near his fishing spot.

"Hey! Brother Zhang, put the bait down slower!"

"I'm about to fill my bucket, take it easy!"

"Can't catch them all! Really can't catch them all!"

Damn it!

That Brother Zhang was even more exasperated, repeatedly shaking his fishing rod, wobbling the bait, and then.

"Hmm?"

Just then, the float on the water's surface suddenly sank, and he was pulled into a sharp stand by the force.

(End of chapter)