Chapter 980: Splitting Up

Splitting Up

The air fell into a dead silence.

Jiang Xiaohua's words seemed nonsensical, but in reality, they pointed out the biggest problem right now. Chen Ling was abducted by the Silver King, and was most likely controlled by the Silver King now. If they wanted to rescue Chen Ling, they couldn't bypass the Silver King's barrier.

But with just the three of them, how could they possibly defeat the Silver King?

"Perhaps there are other roundabout ways." Jian Changsheng didn't plan to give up.

"It's impossible for the Silver King to keep his eyes fixed on Hearts all the time. Maybe he locked Hearts up in some hidden place... Clubs can hide our existence. If we can find Hearts' location, we might have a chance to take him away silently."

Hearing this, Sun Bumian glanced at Jian Changsheng with some surprise.

"...What's with that expression of yours?" Jian Changsheng raised an eyebrow.

"Actually, sometimes, you are quite smart..."

Jian Changsheng couldn't tell for a moment if he was praising him or cursing him.

"But the Wuji Domain is so big. How should we find Hearts?" Sun Bumian fell into deep thought.

Jiang Xiaohua, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke:

"We can go through the Rat Party."

"Rat Party?" Both of them froze. "What is that?"

"An organization of wizards. The batch of children who crossed the Gray World before were sent out by them."

Jian Changsheng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but pat Jiang Xiaohua's shoulder. "Clubs! I knew you definitely had an idea! Thank goodness we have you!"

"Then are you... familiar with this Rat Party?" Sun Bumian asked.

Jiang Xiaohua silently lowered his head.

After a long time, he finally stretched out two fingers and pinched them slightly together:

"...A little bit."

"Can you find them?"

"Not sure... The Rat Party's strongholds change frequently. I don't know if they've changed places recently." Jiang Xiaohua paused for a moment. "But I can go look."

Perhaps to make up for the mistakes he made along the way, Jiang Xiaohua rarely volunteered.

"That would be great." Jian Changsheng nodded repeatedly. "Diamonds and I can also help you look together..."

"Mm... I might not be able to help with this for now."

"Why?"

"I still have a very important matter to attend to in the Wuji Domain... I traveled all this way just for this." Sun Bumian spread his hands honestly, his expression somewhat helpless.

"Then what about Hearts?"

"We can't rush to save Hearts. At least we have to find his location first. Moreover, my matter will be handled very quickly. I'll probably be able to rendezvous with you in half a day."

Seeing this, Jian Changsheng opened his mouth but didn't say anything more.

Sun Bumian trekked across so many domains just to handle business in Wuji. Jian Changsheng naturally couldn't demand anything of him. After all, Sun Bumian didn't remember Chen Ling's existence now and had no emotional attachment... It was already very good that the other party was willing to take a risk for this matter.

"Then Clubs and I will split up and search first." He stood up from his seat, his gaze very firm.

He didn't know why he was so persistent in saving Hearts, but he just felt he should do this... He didn't like this unease coming from the bottom of his heart. He had to rescue Hearts and see exactly what was going on.

"Wait, settle the bill first."

Seeing that everyone was ready to leave, the exhausted boss stood up and took out a bill.

The footsteps of the three abruptly paused.

Jian Changsheng turned to look at Sun Bumian, and Sun Bumian turned to look at Jian Changsheng. The air fell into silence.

"...Why are you looking at me?"

"Wasn't the money from pawning the shop all with you??"

"When we encountered the Calamity attack back then, it was torn to shreds along with those things long ago... Where would I have any money on me."

"???"

"No money?? What are you eating for if you don't have money!!"

The boss had long seen that something was wrong with this group of people. The three of them wore tattered clothes and acted sneakily. They came in and ordered frantically without asking the price, and after eating, they touched their bellies and wanted to run... If this wasn't a dine-and-dash, what was?

The boss naturally couldn't swallow this anger and walked fiercely towards the three. Seeing this, Sun Bumian was the first to rush out of the shop door, bolting without a trace.

"Screw you Diamonds!!" Just as Jian Changsheng recovered his senses, he and Jiang Xiaohua were blocked by the boss.

With no other choice, he could only fish out a few Title Deeds and property certificates of the Red Dust Domain from his chest.

"Boss, I'll use these as collateral!"

"Shops in the Red Dust Domain? The Red Dust Domain has been razed to the ground. What use are these things? Moreover, who knows if yours are real or fake... I'm not accepting this!"

"Then... then..."

"Spades." Jiang Xiaohua silently moved to the door. "I'll go find the Rat Party first... I'll leave this to you."

After saying that, he also whizzed out of the restaurant, running wildly into the distance.

The corners of Jian Changsheng's mouth twitched frantically. He looked back at the boss's almost murderous gaze and could only squeeze out a forced smile:

"Boss... how much money can washing one plate offset?"

...

As the sun set in the west, Chen Ling walked out of Chu Muyun's Private Hospital, holding another questionnaire.

Under the guise of research, Chen Ling came here once again, but his arrival didn't seem very opportune. The 8 of Spades wasn't here today, probably busy with something else.

Chen Ling could only mimic the 8 of Spades' method, padding the Timeline Save File under the corner of the desk, and casually tossing a red pen on the floor, so the 8 of Spades would see it at a glance when he returned.

At the entrance of the Private Hospital, Hong Xiu was leaning against the car waiting for him, holding two bags of Bread and a bucket of mineral water in her hand.

"Are you done?" Hong Xiu spoke calmly. "The encirclement and suppression of the Rat Party will begin in the early hours of tomorrow morning. As the Guide, you must ensure your mind is clear. If I were you, I'd go back and rest early..."

"I'm done."

Chen Ling dusted off his hands and sat in the driver's seat.

From the corner of his eye, he watched Hong Xiu sit in the passenger seat simultaneously, his mind moving slightly... If he wanted to interfere with this encirclement and suppression of the Rat Party, the biggest difficulty was Hong Xiu. After all, this person would constantly stick by his side to ensure his safety.

He had to think of a way to create some opportunities...

While Chen Ling's brain spun rapidly, he started the vehicle and drove towards The Church.

"Miss Hong Xiu."

"Mm?"

"Are you in a relationship?"

"????" Hong Xiu froze, then looked at Chen Ling with tightly furrowed brows. "What are you talking about? I don't need that kind of thing."

"Oh? Never been in one?"

"No."

Hong Xiu seemed to feel somewhat offended, her tone very displeased. "Why are you asking this?"

"Because I noticed that this pendant on your neck is quite pretty." Chen Ling smiled slightly, speaking seemingly inadvertently. "I thought it was a Love Token given to you by your boyfriend."

Hong Xiu's pupils jolted slightly. She looked down at the pendant on her neck and fell into silence.