Chapter 985: Chen Ling and Fang Liangye

Chen Ling and Fang Liangye

"Hey!! You haven't finished scrubbing your plates, where are you going?"

The Restaurant Boss watched helplessly as Jian Changsheng ran out the door. He immediately gave chase. Before he could take a few steps, he saw a manhole cover descend from the sky and smash into the ground in front of him with a boom.

Cold sweat instantly drenched his back. With a deathly pale face, he retreated backwards, only able to look at Jian Changsheng from afar.

Jian Changsheng arrived in front of the sewer entrance. Roaring loud noises continuously sounded from below like crashing waves, with surging firelight occasionally erupting.

"Is someone fighting... could it be..."

Jian Changsheng looked at the pitch-black hole, seemingly somewhat hesitant.

The current Wuji Domain was the Silver King's territory. To be able to have such a large-scale conflict, the opposing party's origins shouldn't be simple either... It was highly likely the Rat Party Jiang Xiaohua mentioned.

After all, according to what he said, they were the only ones within the domain currently capable of clashing with the Silver Government.

Jian Changsheng clutched the pendant on his neck. He suddenly realized that the manhole cover attack just now didn't seem to be bad luck, but some kind of good luck?

Forget it, go down and take a look first.

Jian Changsheng took a deep breath, leaped directly down from the hole, and entered the underground passage.

...

Low rumbling noises sounded one after another from above.

At the very bottom of the underground drainage system, Chen Ling and Hong Xiu exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.

"Are you really okay by yourself?" Hong Xiu asked again.

"No problem."

Chen Ling stretched his muscles and bones a bit. "You be careful too, don't get discovered... Did you bring the thing I gave you?"

Hong Xiu took out a Playing Card from her chest and waved it lightly. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"It's fine. The Dusk Society has taken the blame for many things, one more won't hurt."

"Then be careful yourself."

Hong Xiu's figure swayed, and she directly smashed through the solid stone wall overhead, approaching the passage engaged in the chaotic battle. Meanwhile, Chen Ling took another concealed staircase and detoured upwards.

Relying on the Secret Pupil, Chen Ling could observe every detail even in the pitch-black passage. He vigilantly looked around at each intersection, and only after confirming there were no Fire-Stealers did he advance rapidly.

From the very beginning, Chen Ling's goal was not to encircle and suppress the Rat Party. Quite the opposite, he wanted to ensure as many Rat Party members survived as possible and obtain information about his past from them... And with Chen Ling's strength, it naturally wasn't enough to lead the Rat Party to fight their way out of the heavy encirclement. After all, there was no shortage of experts among the Fire-Stealers, plus two Thief Saints holding the fort.

To rescue the Rat Party, he could only use some more covert methods...

Chen Ling continuously turned through several branch paths. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a pile of ruins, and a glimmer of light flashed before his eyes.

He stopped amidst the ruins and pushed aside the messy rubble with his hands. A corpse with no signs of life was exposed before his eyes...

Judging by the clothing, this definitely wasn't a Fire-Stealer; it was probably a member of the Rat Party.

Chen Ling glanced at the person's face, pinched his chin forcefully with his fingertips, and his entire person instantly transformed into the appearance of that corpse, slowly standing up from the ruins.

"This way, it'll be much more convenient."

...

Under Wu Duo's lead, Fang Liangye sprinted through the dim passage.

At this moment, Wu Duo's eyes were already red. She frequently looked back, seemingly worried about Durand's safety...

"Don't get distracted," Fang Liangye reminded at the right time. "Since Durand is helping us block the Thief Saint, we should hurry and escape from here. Pay attention to observing the surroundings at all times, and be careful of enemies appearing."

Wu Duo recovered her senses. She took a deep look at Fang Liangye and nodded slightly.

"...Mm."

"Where exactly is the 'Door' you mentioned?"

"We're almost there... It's just up ahead. That passage leads straight to the very bottom. Walking forward along the underground river, we can leave this vicinity."

"The very bottom... underground river..." Fang Liangye looked thoughtful.

Wu Duo was about to say something more when a Poisonous Insect suddenly sensed something. She abruptly turned her head to look in a certain direction.

"Wu Duo!"

A voice came from over there. Several figures ran along the passage, also heading towards the direction of the "Door".

Fang Liangye recognized them. They were also members of the Rat Party. The few people who were treating the residents of the Wuji Domain in the underground clearing previously were among them.

These people's Ranks were not high, mostly Third Tier, with a few Fourth Order. Although their Ranks weren't high, facing the encirclement and suppression of the Fire-Stealers, they weren't too panicked, seemingly long accustomed to it.

"That's great, you're all fine." Seeing the crowd, the heavy stone in Wu Duo's heart finally lifted a little.

"The moment the explosion sounded, we ran towards here. Those Fire-Stealers didn't catch up to us." One of them patted the shoulder of another young man beside him. "We even ran into Jia Chen on the way. This guy was chased so hard by the Fire-Stealers that he was dizzy, running around randomly in the passage like a headless fly..."

"Jia Chen" stood wretchedly at the side, covered in dust and dirt, looking like he had just experienced a great battle.

This Jia Chen was none other than Chen Ling after using [Formless].

After disguising himself as a Rat Party member, Chen Ling had been continuously shuttling through various passages. He didn't know where the Rat Party people were, so he could only look around everywhere. As a result, he bumped into these people fleeing towards the "Door", so it was only logical to "rendezvous" with them.

"Running around randomly in the passage...?"

Fang Liangye's heart stirred, and he looked at Chen Ling vigilantly. "Shouldn't all of you Rat Party people be very familiar with the routes here? After being attacked, the first thing is to approach the 'Door'. How could you run around randomly like a headless fly?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone's gaze turned towards Chen Ling.

"It's like this, Jia Chen just now..."

The Rat Party member who just patted Chen Ling's shoulder was about to explain for Chen Ling when Chen Ling proactively spoke up, "It wasn't running around randomly. When the Fire-Stealers were chasing me, they stole my 'sense of direction'."

Chen Ling met Fang Liangye's gaze candidly.

"Then how did you escape the Fire-Stealers' pursuit?" Fang Liangye pursued further.

"This matter is a bit strange to talk about." Chen Ling paused for a moment. "Originally, I had already been caught up to by two Fire-Stealers. I didn't expect a person to suddenly appear midway... That person seemed to have a grudge against the Fire-Stealers and directly fought them... I took the opportunity to escape."

Hearing this, Fang Liangye felt more and more like this person was talking nonsense. But before he could speak, Chen Ling continued:

"Oh right... there seemed to be a Playing Card stuck in the collar of that person's clothes."

Fang Liangye's heart jolted.

His subtle expression changes didn't escape Chen Ling's Secret Pupil. Chen Ling secretly sized up this Ordinary Person mingling in the Rat Party, and a doubt also rose in his heart...

For some reason, the intuition of this body told him that the Fang Liangye before him was absolutely not simple.