Chapter 552

Regarding this.

Ning Chen felt nothing.

Soon.

Ning Chen arrived at a bay; he guessed that if they were mercenaries, they would not have ignored the island's police station.

So, since they had not yet been expelled,

there were only two possibilities.

First, they had not been here long enough to be discovered.

Second, they had bribed the police, allowing them to live here quite peacefully.

Of course, there was a third possibility: both of the above situations applied to them.

Ning Chen glanced at the nearby buildings; none seemed worth investigating.

In his view, if the mercenaries needed to hide, they would certainly choose a location by the bay.

Because the area was open, making it an excellent choice whether they fled by helicopter or by boat.

Ning Chen came to a wasteland filled with large piles of trash.

Most of it consisted of electronic devices.

Ning Chen casually picked up a tablet, flicked it twice with his finger, and found the light turned on; it was still usable.

"This truly is an unplanned, somewhat chaotic fringe area,"

Ning Chen said calmly.

In fact, he had noticed this as soon as he entered Xia Dao.

The security here was not very good; even when people fought in the street, no one intervened, and everyone simply minded their own business.

About an hour later, the police finally ran over.

But by then, the people had already left.

As for this place,

in Ning Chen's impression, it was somewhat like Los Santos, but not quite to that extent.

This kind of chaotic feeling was more common among ordinary people, rather than carrying a scent of blood.

In short, inaction amidst the mundane.

Ning Chen spotted a relatively stable high ground; he glanced to the side, then leaped off the ground to a nearby spot, and quickly jumped again to reach that high ground.

Ning Chen's jumping ability, enhanced by the Ground-Running Shoes, had increased by about fifty percent.

Now, he could jump to a height of about 1.1 meters at most.

This value approached the human limit.

Although Ning Chen had not received system enhancements in this regard.

Just as the Black Blade could increase Ning Chen's strength,

as his proficiency with the Ground-Running Shoes grew,

additional functions emerged.

Jumping ability was the direction of this growth.

For Ning Chen, this ability was very practical.

Now he could reach places he usually could not.

400. Two Directions

"No clues at all..."

Standing high up, Ning Chen glanced around casually.

Relying on his SSS-grade Insight, even a single sweep of his gaze allowed Ning Chen to spot things that ordinary people would need to examine closely to see.

So Ning Chen used this method to search for clues.

Ning Chen sighed and frowned.

There were now two paths to choose from.

First.

Go check out the Rainbow Eucalyptus tree first; this would not take long and could be completed by tomorrow.

Second.

Use Luo Wen's contact information obtained from Brother Wei to make a call.

However, there was a problem here.

Although Ning Chen could use his SSS-grade Hacking Technique to infiltrate Luo Wen's phone and lock onto his location,

doing so would easily alert the snake.

Based on the clues currently known,

Kang Luo must be preparing to eliminate Ning Chen on Xia Dao, so he would certainly have set up traps.

There might be dangers here that Ning Chen did not know about.

Of course, relying on Ning Chen's power, simply smashing through them would be fine.

But if someone tipped them off,

whether Kang Luo would evacuate from Chiang Mai became uncertain.

If we act,

we must act cleanly and decisively.

At the very least, for the next few days, Kang Luo must not learn of this.

Then, taking advantage of this time, we will completely destroy them.

This was the result Ning Chen wanted to achieve.

Not merely to eliminate the threats before him in a purely direct manner.

If they could be utilized, it was best to make use of them.

With this thought in mind,

Ning Chen took out a slip of paper bearing Luo Wen's contact information.

With this information, Ning Chen could find Luo Wen very quickly.

"Let's check in first; if we can obtain any clues, it might lead to an unexpected development," Ning Chen murmured.

In the darkness,

a shadow moved swiftly.

If someone looked closely, they could vaguely discern that it was a person.

In a bar on the outer ring of the city,

two girls supported each other as they walked out of the bar.

The stench of drunkenness radiating from them caused nearby people to step back a few paces and skirt around them to enter the bar.

"I'm telling you, if you can't drink, then don't drink," one of the girls said in a drunken slur. "Tang Xin, let me tell you, be careful in the bar; don't let anyone take you away!"

"Ugh aaaaaah!" Tang Xin said nothing; instead, she covered her mouth, broke free from Xia He's arm, ran to the grass by the roadside, and vomited profusely.

The scene was truly shocking to behold.

"Hey, hey, hey! Is it really that bad? You can't handle three cups?" Xia He said drunkenly as she walked over and patted her back.

"Ugh~ ugh~ Call a car quickly; I can't go on... I want to go home..." Tang Xin said in broken sentences.

"And you're a police officer, capable in both civil and martial matters, yet you wilt as soon as you get here!" Xia He laughed at Tang Xin. "Alright, I'll call a car; you wait for me here at Dengwoyi Society!"

Having said that,

Xia He went to the road in front of the bar entrance and kept holding out a hand to hail a taxi.

Soon,

a taxi with its "Available" sign lit up drove over and stopped in front of Xia He.

"Master, wait for me at Dengwoyi Society!" After saying this, Xia He turned and walked toward Tang Xin's position.

With Xia He's support, Tang Xin, her body limp, got into the taxi.

"How much did you drink? You're like this; if you vomit in the car, you'll have to pay, one hundred yuan, not a penny less," the taxi driver said immediately upon seeing the two girls' state.

"Got it, got it; drive toward Jianghe Community; we live over there," Xia He said helplessly as she closed the car door.

"Vroom vroom vroom!"

The taxi sped along the deserted road.