Chapter 725

Although the System was indeed correct, Ning Chen performed the check-in mission for Si Shiya, obtained the skill rewards for Si Shiya, and made enemies with so many people for Si Shiya.

Now that Ning Chen truly cannot get any news, for him, such stubborn isolation is the most terrifying thing.

Fortunately, the System checked Ning Chen's general state at this moment and could actually feel the urgency in Ning Chen's heart, but the System could not, after all, exceed superior orders to privately remind Ning Chen.

So the System's electronic voice line actually made Ning Chen hear a hint of pleading: "Do not ask anymore; even if you keep asking, I cannot give you the answer you want."

"Then go ask your superior right now," Ning Chen's temples throbbed, "and let's see how they intend to solve this matter."

The System was bound to Ning Chen and naturally knew he had already become angry, but the System was, after all, just a machine obeying superiors; Ning Chen felt that if he really made the System speak back to him or give him a hint, that would be truly terrifying.

Ning Chen did not hold any hope of hearing good news from the System's mouth; as one person and one System chatted, time passed, and Ning Chen simply stopped talking much with the System, since no matter what, the other side would not tell him.

Ning Chen pushed the window open; a cool wind rushed in. The cool wind of tonight blew on his face brighter than last night; Ning Chen had matters on his mind, so even his martial skills were not this fast.

However, Ning Chen still possessed basic skills; his foot stepped onto the windowsill, he probed outward, found a small indentation on the wall, grabbed that spot with his fingers, used it for leverage to hold on, and slowly lowered his body's center of gravity outward.

When climbing out the window, Ning Chen casually closed the window to avoid being discovered jumping out; looking down from the windowsill, it indeed made one feel that the second floor was already very high.

But Ning Chen was not panicked; feeling that descending from this height would not injure him, he lightly leaped down, his feet landing in the grass without making any sound and without suffering any injury.

Ning Chen walked out of the courtyard and planned to go to Ye Lisi's headquarters from yesterday.

This time, he spent half an hour on the journey, mainly because he needed to preserve his stamina; after all, he would need a lot of stamina once he arrived, and besides, he could use this time to see Sada, a country that everyone in the world finds magical.

However, Ning Chen did not start a live stream this time.

Ning Chen walked on the road; no one was out here at night, all because of those people's decisions; occasionally one or two patrols appeared on the street, but Ning Chen avoided them all.

As soon as Ning Chen saw the night view here, he remembered those viewers in his live stream who made him feel headache and were very incomprehensible.

To speak honestly, he indeed did not want to start a live stream, even though starting a live stream could indeed bring him many benefits, such as traffic, such as money.

But those things, for Ning Chen at the current stage, were not even as useful as a small hint about Si Shiya; he agreed more than at any other time that money is an external object.

Later, he gradually became accustomed to the operations of those live stream viewers; for him, this was no longer a trouble, since there were too many of those people; if he really got angry at them one by one, he could not possibly have this mindset now.

So the best operation was not to start a live stream; anyway, he was executing a mission now and absolutely could not start one; Ning Chen knew the impact that leaking these skills would cause, and for him, this would be an absolute major trouble.

However, fortunately, although that photo from last time was uploaded, no one believed the authenticity of that image; after all, news like this was already common to everyone; those official statements that alien spaceships appeared in the sky were no different from saying it rained today.

Ning Chen walked under the streetlights, his posture extremely relaxed; walking on an empty street with no one around, he not only did not feel lonely but also felt this would be an extremely good way to relax.

He counted the time, timing it precisely, and walked beside Ye Lisi's headquarters half an hour later. Unlike Ning Chen's imagination, Ye Lisi's headquarters tonight seemed to be on full alert; the lights inside were on, and outside, three layers inside and three layers outside, many patrol personnel stood.

Ning Chen paused, his gaze swept to the side, and he saw a small guardhouse, exactly the same position as he saw last night.

But now Ning Chen still felt there were people in the guardhouse; very likely, the people inside were fishing for law enforcement, waiting for Ning Chen to take the bait.

But Ning Chen was always alert enough; he carefully bypassed the guardhouse and quietly walked to the side of Ye Lisi's headquarters.

Ye Lisi's headquarters tonight was different from what Ning Chen thought; yesterday, one could not even see people on alert outside, but now not only were the lights bright, but the people inside also stood in layers upon layers, as if alert to something.

Ning Chen knew they were guarding against him; very likely, his actions yesterday were detected by people inside Ye Lisi; fearing Ning Chen would come to steal the house in the middle of the night, they were therefore so alert.

Walking over boldly like last night was impossible; Ning Chen still had to carefully bypass those people to investigate the enemy situation, but that was not easy; after several attempts, it would definitely waste him quite a lot of time.

In the end, Ning Chen could only look from the outside of Ye Lisi's headquarters inward; even though he could not see anything, Ye Lisi's headquarters surroundings were bright as day; besides those people patrolling and observing back and forth, others equipped with weapons and ammunition also stood nearby.

Ning Chen naturally could not charge up at this time point; for him, charging up now was no different from seeking death; even using skills would be useless.

However, fortunately, what he needed to investigate when going there tonight was actually not that much; he confirmed the position to enter Ye Lisi's headquarters; anyway, since he could not sneak in, at most he could only look from the outside, which would affect nothing.

So Ning Chen turned around and returned to Mushroom House.

After returning to the room, he carefully restored things like the window so that Mushroom House would not detect he had gone out; he also handled his clothes and shoes to create the illusion that he had been sleeping in bed the whole time and never went out.

The next morning, Mushroom House knocked on the door first; as soon as Ning Chen opened the door, Mushroom House crossed Ning Chen's body and searched around the room, but indeed found nothing because Ning Chen hid too well.

Ning Chen indeed had a sleepy appearance, as if he had just woken up; Mushroom House found no abnormalities, the key outside the door was not damaged, and he walked to the window; without even looking down, he knew Ning Chen could not escape from here.

Because the height from this second-floor room to the first floor was very high; if Ning Chen really jumped down from here, he would either not die or be disabled.

Mushroom House also clearly knew the structure of his own house; after confirming the door lock was not damaged and the window was too high, he confirmed Ning Chen had not gone out.

Mushroom House walked over, patted Ning Chen's shoulder, and said, "Hmm, I believe you did not go out yesterday. Let's go, downstairs for breakfast."

Hearing this, Ning Chen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled again, and nodded saying okay.

Mushroom House said while going downstairs, "Actually, I do not have an objection to you; I just feel you are not very safe; I do not like friends who bring me trouble."

Ning Chen said, "I understand; rest assured."

Once Ning Chen completely gained control of Ye Lisi, Mushroom House would also be one of the beneficiaries; at that time, there would be no need to worry about Mushroom House being implicated.

Breakfast was still very abundant; this should be the Sada people's way of treating guests; they were polite about everything, and most of them were very hospitable; after Ning Chen moved into Mushroom House's home, he needed to worry about nothing, except that climbing down from the second-floor window at night required too much strength.

At noon, Mushroom House was not there, saying he went out to handle matters, but left something for Ning Chen, telling Ning Chen to open it after finishing lunch.

Ning Chen did as told; after opening that note, he discovered Mushroom House asked him to go to the church from last time.

Ning Chen frowned, instinctively verifying whether the handwriting on this note was Mushroom House's; because Mushroom House would stick some reminders for himself at home, Ning Chen compared the handwriting on the note with the handwriting on the reminders and discovered this was indeed left by Mushroom House.

Ning Chen felt very strange; although his relationship with Mushroom House was indeed getting closer, asking him to go to the church, besides receiving baptism again, Ning Chen could not think of any other reason.

But he still had to go, no matter what the reason was.

Ning Chen returned to the room, put on that black outfit, and then left the villa to walk onto the street.

He vaguely remembered a bit of the route, but after getting on the street, he discovered he did not need to worry about not remembering the way at all, because almost everyone on the street was wearing clothes exactly like Ning Chen's, and the crowd flowed like a tide toward one place.

It was the church from that day.

Ning Chen followed in the crowd; everyone's clothes were exactly the same; although faces could not be seen clearly, Ning Chen guessed these were believers; going to the church perhaps meant there was some major ceremony today.

Ningchen worried Mushroom House might have an accident and increased his speed.

When Ning Chen arrived at the church, he discovered the church was already surrounded by people; there were simply too many people inside; the crowd was squeezed out, forming a small circle outside again.

Ning Chen looked a few times, feeling a bit of a headache; everyone here wore uniform black robes, the length of the robes reaching the ankles, and before coming out, Ning Chen also put on the robe he had obtained at the church previously.

So at a glance, it looked like black ants surging constantly.

Ning Chen did not really want to squeeze in; even though he had not entered the church, he was still squeezed to the point of being unbearable, almost shoulder-to-shoulder moving forward.

He did not know what had happened here; after thinking it over and over, he still could not figure out what day it was today, so he simply turned his head and asked the person pressed against him, "What day is it today? Why are there so many people?"

That person looked at Ning Chen with an utterly incomprehensible expression, as if scoffing at his question, but still said, "Today is Ye Lisi's birthday."

Ning Chen paused for a moment: "... Ye Lisi?"

"You don't even know this?" That person glared at Ning Chen. "Are you really a Sato person?"

"I am," Ning Chen said, "but I just returned; it's normal that I don't know these things."

"Ye Lisi is the founder of the Ye Lisi Organization," that person seemed to find Ning Chen somewhat incomprehensible, but still explained, "Even if you are not a Sato person, you should know the Ye Lisi Organization, right?"

Ning Chen nodded: "So the organization is named after Ye Lisi. Is Ye Lisi in the church?"

That person nodded and said, "We must come to celebrate his birthday; otherwise, if we anger the Ye Lisi Organization, the outcome is basically predictable."

Ning Chen made a sound of agreement; suddenly, he felt the urge to squeeze further inside.

He wanted to see Ye Lisi; at the very least, he had to see what kind of person could found a world-spanning organization.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles; Ning Chen had to first know what his opponent was like and what characteristics he possessed; only then, facing the Ye Lisi Organization which possessed heavy firepower, would Ning Chen have a greater chance of victory.

He tried to squeeze sideways through the crowd; many others had exactly the same idea and all wanted to squeeze forward, so the further back one went, the more people were packed together.

Ning Chen took a deep breath, shifted to the right, and followed behind a tall, fat man, his fingers gripping the other's long robe as he moved forward with the flow of people.

The fat man was strong enough to push many people aside with a single squeeze; Ning Chen followed behind him and was glad to have someone clear the way.

In the end, Ning Chen successfully squeezed into the church; since he was relatively tall, he could see the scene at the very front even within the crowd.

Thus, Ning Chen saw a platform that had been erected; on the platform stood more than a dozen nuns, bowing their heads in prayer, while at the very back was a back turned to the crowd, hunched in figure, looking somewhat like an old man.

Ning Chen squinted and looked at that place for a few seconds; he had never seen Ye Lisi and could not be certain if this was Ye Lisi.

But the crowd did not advance toward that place; they were quite orderly, simply standing in place without moving.

Ning Chen glanced over there a few times; his current position was not good because he was not at the front; if he wanted to go over there, he would have to push through many people, otherwise he could not get in at all.

So Ning Chen simply did not go over; after all, he could not squeeze through anyway; moreover, his eyesight was very good, and when he looked over there, he could actually see the people there clearly.

The nuns were chanting something in low voices; Ning Chen listened silently. Although there were indeed many people here, it was actually not noisy; everyone bowed their heads and listened in silence; even though it had reached the point of people pressing against people, no one spoke again once inside the church.

Ning Chen was already taller than most people here; when he raised his head and looked over there, it was almost unobstructed, so he naturally saw that old man with his back to him slowly turn around.

Ning Chen saw.

The old man's face was covered in many wrinkles; the wrinkles almost filled his entire face, yet his eyes were clear and pure, as if those of a newborn infant, a purity that could be seen at a glance.

His back was bent, perhaps due to age that could not be restrained. His face was revealed beneath the hood, and those eyes gazed at the crowd.

Ning Chen stared at such eyes; in his heart, he could not say he was not shaken.

After the old man turned around, the crowd made a brief commotion, but it was all just quiet whispering; in reality, it affected nothing; from those extremely quiet words, Ning Chen heard the three characters "Ye Lisi."

He was not particularly shocked; instead, he looked at the old man thoughtfully.

From the very first moment he saw the old man, Ning Chen had a vague feeling that this must be Ye Lisi.

The person who single-handedly founded that organization.