Chapter 1259

Now, Ning Chen could confirm one hundred percent that this Mu Xinruan was no longer the same person as before.

Suddenly, a powerful ability aura appeared around them; this was Noah's ability, a signal between him and Noah and the others, meaning the person had been caught.

Ning Chen and Lin Yi quickly got up, taking a completely confused Lin Xiaoling and rushing over to where Noah and the others were.

Ning Chen activated his ability to explore their location and found they were quite far away.

Ning Chen took Lin Yi and Lin Xiaoling into the car and drove toward where Noah was.

Upon arriving, they saw Mu Xinruan bound tightly in layers, with Noah, Facing Huo Jinglin, and Gu Yanqi standing nearby.

After tossing the struggling Mu Xinruan into the car, Ning Chen drove back to the RV.

Earlier, Noah's powerful ability aura had already woken everyone in the villa.

At this moment, Mu Mu took the lead, sitting on the living room sofa waiting for them.

Pulling Mu Xinruan inside, Mu Mu sighed as he looked at Mu Xinruan, who was bound like a zongzi; his sister had truly been possessed.

"Brother! Save me quickly! Look at what they are doing!"

Mu Xinruan looked at Mu Mu as if seeing a savior.

But Mu Mu made no move, instead looking at this "sister" with a complex expression.

After struggling for a while, Mu Xinruan sensed something was wrong; she stopped struggling and looked at Mu Mu with utter disbelief.

"Brother? I am your sister! What is wrong with you?!"

Not giving Mu Xinruan another chance to seek help, Noah stepped in front of her, blocking her view.

"Since you claim you are innocent, then tell me: why did you run out in the middle of the night?"

Mu Xinruan widened her eyes and said, "Because someone wrote me a note! He said he knew the secret behind why the world became like this and told me to go there alone tonight!"

"Where is the note?"

"It said it must be burned after reading, otherwise he wouldn't appear, so I burned it."

With virtually no evidence, Noah looked at the other coldly: "Heh, although I don't know who you are, I have ten thousand ways to make you speak. Do you want to try them one by one?"

Watching all this, Ning Chen narrowed his eyes slightly; he and Xiao Han exchanged a silent glance, both pairs of eyes filled with sharp light.

"Hand her over to me," Ning Chen suddenly stepped forward and said.

"Xiao Han and I will keep watch over her."

Ning Chen did not give a reason, but everyone understood that with Ning Chen and Xiao Han's abilities, keeping watch over her was the safest option.

Noah nodded and immediately stepped aside.

Xiao Han stepped forward, grabbed Mu Xinruan, and pulled her to her feet.

Mu Xinruan suddenly began to struggle violently; Xiao Han leaned close and whispered something in her ear, and she instantly froze, motionless.

"Alright, it is already very late; it is time to rest. There will be plenty to do tomorrow. By the way, regarding the documents, I will go find the Elder tomorrow and hand them to him personally."

After speaking, Ning Chen and Xiao Han took Mu Xinruan and left the hall.

Lin Xiaoling asked with some confusion, "Huh? What documents? Weren't the things said earlier just lies to trick her?"

"The documents concern the parents of Xu Ri and Xu Yue; in a sense, we did not actually lie."

Gu Yanqi quickly took over the conversation; her sudden action made everyone glance slightly in her direction, but no one said anything.

"Alright everyone, I suppose I should get some proper rest now; we have worked hard all day, haven't we?"

Mu Xinruan yawned and then went upstairs first.

The others also dispersed one by one.

With a nervous heart, Lin Xiaoling caught up to Gu Yanqi: "Um, Sister Yanqi, I am a bit worried about Ruan Ruan; is she okay?"

"That is no longer your friend. And don't worry; we will do our best to get the real her back." Gu Yanqi patted Lin Xiaoling's shoulder, putting on the appearance of a caring older sister.

Chapter 967: The Real Traitor

The night continued on.

Suddenly, a room door opened, and a person emerged from inside.

That person left the villa in the silent night, hurrying toward the nearest edge of the base. There, a vine rose from the ground; the person then took out a piece of paper, placed it inside the vine, and let the vine carry the note away.

After finishing all this, the vine's owner prepared to return home. Suddenly, a beam of intense light illuminated the surroundings. Looking out again, Ning Chen, Xiao Han, Noah, Mu Mu, Facing Huo Jinglin, Gu Yanqi... everyone was there, and even Mu Xinruan was present.

The person illuminated was Lin Xiaoling. Lin Xiaoling's face turned pale, and she trembled as she said, "Y-you, what are you doing?"

At this moment, Mu Xinruan, who had already been released, looked at Lin Xiaoling with a complex expression; she never expected Lin Xiaoling would treat her this way.

How could Lin Xiaoling not know she had been exposed?

That is correct; the real traitor, the spy, was Lin Xiaoling.

And Mu Xinruan was merely her scapegoat.

This was actually a grand chess game set by Ning Chen and Xiao Han.

At the beginning, they truly suspected Mu Xinruan, but after returning, Ning Chen secretly probed Mu Xinruan without anyone noticing.

There was indeed something wrong with the aura around her body, but her mind was fine; there were no problems at all.

The aura around Mu Xinruan was more like something acquired from staying long-term around people of this sort.

The only person who had been with Mu Xinruan for a long time was one person—Lin Xiaoling.

From that moment, Ning Chen and Xiao Han silently devised a massive plan.

Here, only Ning Chen and Xiao Han knew the plan; everyone else was completely unaware.

This was also what Ning Chen and Xiao Han had thought of in such a short time.

After all, if even a single clue of this matter leaked out, the real person behind it all would not show themselves.

What Xiao Han whispered in Mu Xinruan's ear at that time was: "Calm down. We know it is not you. We are catching the real traitor; it is Lin Xiaoling."

It was precisely these words that made Mu Xinruan feel cold all over; after all, who could have imagined that a partner they had spent so many years with was a traitor?

Seeing the plan fail, Lin Xiaoling decisively stopped pretending. She simply sat on the ground, a hint of mockery on her face: "Heh, I originally thought I was hidden enough; I didn't expect you still found me. But how could you suspect me based on these things?"

Ning Chen took a group photo from his pocket; previously, their attention had been on Xu Ri and Xu Yue's parents, but looking closely, two people in the photo had eyes somewhat like Lin Xiaoling's; presumably, those were her parents, and her parents were also among the researchers.

"Tsk, I never expected it to be exposed so blatantly; it really is playing with people." Lin Xiaoling had clearly given up all resistance; she looked at everyone challengingly and said, "Even so, what then? I've already sent the message; you'll never know where they are, and as long as I disappear, they will definitely notice."

Lin Xiaoling's expression was triumphant; Mu Xinruan couldn't hold back and slapped her across the face: "Lin Xiaoling, I always treated you as my best friend, and now you tell me you've been using me all along? Do you have any heart at all? Are you even human?!"

Mu Xinruan's hysterical roar; Lin Xiaoling lowered her head, and no one could see her expression.

After Mu Xinruan's outburst for a while, she calmed down; Mu Mu stepped forward, put an arm around Mu Xinruan's shoulders, and pulled her into an embrace.

In fact, at the moment Ning Chen and Xiao Han were about to take Mu Xinruan away, he had sensed something was wrong, then went to their room.

Mu Mu was relieved he had gone then; otherwise, there would surely have been a psychological gap between him and Mu Xinruan.

Gu Yanqi watched all this from the side but made no indication whatsoever, which made Lin Yi sense something was wrong.

"Sister Yanqi, did you perhaps know something all along?"

Lin Yi approached Gu Yanqi and asked.

With everyone already captured, Gu Yanqi naturally wouldn't hide anything; in fact, after Ning Chen discovered this matter, he hadn't concealed it and told her everything, since regardless, someone had to control the situation among them.

Ning Chen wouldn't hide anything from Gu Yanqi, so this task naturally fell to her.

Lin Yi looked helpless: "Sigh, you two, still showing off your love at a time like this."

On Lin Xiaoling's side, after being shouted at by Mu Xinruan, she kept her head down and said nothing.

Xiao Han handed the note he had intercepted earlier to Ning Chen.

Ning Chen looked at the note; it roughly stated that their location had been exposed, they needed to change locations as soon as possible, and after changing locations, they should notify her promptly.

Hearing the rustle of the note, Lin Xiaoling suddenly raised her head; seeing the familiar paper in Ning Chen's hand, she became completely agitated: "H-how is that possible? I clearly already sent it away?!"

After speaking, Lin Xiaoling looked at Xiao Han and suddenly wore an expression of understanding: "No wonder, there's someone here with abilities stronger than mine; no wonder it was intercepted."

Ning Chen said nothing, but instead beckoned to Xu Chenchen.

At this moment, Xu Chenchen played his greatest role.

Xu Chenchen approached Lin Xiaoling, gazed at her carefully, and slowly, his face began to change.

After he stood up and turned around, his clothes had become exceptionally loose, and even his face was now Lin Xiaoling's face.

"How is it?"

Xu Chenchen spoke while looking at Mu Xinruan; the two of them had always been together, so if Mu Xinruan couldn't tell, no one else could either.

This display of ability left those who didn't know utterly bewildered.

Mu Xinruan looked at the 'Lin Xiaoling' before her, who had no flaws except for the voice, and nodded: "E-exactly the same."

"Good, then next is the voice."

Xu Chenchen coughed softly a few times; by the last cough, his voice had clearly transformed into a girl's.

"Now, how is it?"

Now it was truly exactly the same; Xu Chenchen had completely become Lin Xiaoling.