Chapter 997: Xuan Yu Wu

After spending some time with Huan Jie, Su Sheng was ready to go to work.

But he didn't expect that, as soon as he stepped out and walked a short distance, two people stopped him.

Su Sheng narrowed his eyes, his expression suddenly turning serious, while his gaze scanned the surroundings; there weren't many pedestrians, but he had already silently drawn his security collapsible baton.

The aura of those two made Su Sheng instinctively alert; although he had been discharged for quite a while, the combat instincts from his past special missions were still present.

In Su Sheng's mind, he subconsciously recalled some troublesome incidents from the gaming circles; even though off‑the‑books activities were strictly prohibited, one could never be sure no one would take the risk.

Especially… that guy Wei Cheng knows his true identity.

But just as Su Sheng was on guard, the other side suddenly smiled.

"Five-Claw Golden Dragon! Tsk tsk, I've heard your name for a long time; seems you haven't let go of your skills even after being retired for so long."

One of the hulks laughed and said.

Upon hearing that, Su Sheng's expression relaxed slightly.

If it really is an off‑the‑books move, these people wouldn't know his code name.

"Care to go together? Someone really wants to see you, and I'm sure you want to see them too," the other hulk whispered.

Su Sheng was stunned: wants to see himself? He wants to see himself? He doesn't have anyone special he wants to meet right now.

But by now some passersby had started to notice the situation.

Su Sheng hesitated a moment, nodded; this shouldn't be an enemy, the murderous aura on them felt somewhat familiar—he must have encountered it before his discharge.

After his discharge, he underwent a period of psychological counseling before leaving the troops.

"Let's go," Su Sheng nodded.

Then the two led the way, and Su Sheng quietly followed, keeping his baton sheathed.

The two brought Su Sheng to the mouth of an alley where a business van was parked; one of the men opened the door, gesturing for Su Sheng to get in.

Su Sheng glanced, felt no hostility from the two, and then got in.

After boarding, Su Sheng saw a figure in the front seat and couldn't help but stare.

At that moment the other turned his head, grinning at Su Sheng.

"You… Fourth Claw?!"

Su Sheng opened, half in disbelief, "But… how did he get here?"

"Captain! Long time no see!"

The man laughed, his face appearing calm, but the reddened eyes showed he wasn't as composed as he seemed.

Clack~

At that moment the other two men also got in.

One of them looked at Su Sheng and said with a smile, "Sorry, haha, I don't mean anything else; I'm just curious about the person our Captain raves about—what kind of person they really are."

Su Sheng didn't mind the remark, but stared in surprise at the man in front, "You kid, made it to Captain?"

"Hehe, it's all thanks to your guidance, Captain."

The other scratched his head.

"Nonsense, but why did you come looking for me? Don't break the rules, kid," Su Sheng said with a smirk.

The man turned out to be his former teammate, the Fourth Claw of the Five-Claw Golden Dragon Squad!

During Su Sheng's last mission, the first and second fell in battle, the third lost an arm, leaving only Su Sheng and the Fourth Claw before each other.

Xuan Yu Wu's expression darkened slightly: "Captain… I'm sorry… if…"

Su Sheng quickly waved his hand: "Enough! This matter is settled, kid, stop nagging, and I'm doing just fine now."

Xuan Yu Wu only then recovered, staring steadily at Su Sheng without speaking.

Exactly!

It's that Xuan Yu!

The former Golden Dragon Fourth Claw was the primary heir of the Xuan Yu Conglomerate, but this kid rebelled and ran into the troops.

However, his special status in the troops actually solidified his heir position; after all, Xuan Yu Wu would have to retire eventually, right?

But the connections in the troops are concrete.

That's why, when facing that guy Xuan Yu Ye before, Su Sheng had no reservations.

Just a greeting to Xuan Yu Wu would guarantee the Chairman of the Shenhua Guild would have to be replaced!

"Tell me, why did you run here?" Su Sheng asked.

People like them are mostly stationed at border outposts, and also engage in some overseas activities.

They are the nation's hidden blades, tasked with eliminating threats from the dark side aimed at the country!

Xuan Yu Wu snapped back, steadied his mind, and smiled, "I came on orders, to protect you."

"The Cang Long Chief personally issued the directive."

Xuan Yu Wu added.

Su Sheng was startled, "I need you to protect…"

He stopped halfway, having thought of something, and looked at Xuan Yu Wu with a hint of seeking confirmation.

After all, he came from the shadows.

Xuan Yu Wu nodded, "But don't worry, aside from Wei Cheng's side and the people around you, your identity hasn't been exposed; the Cang Long Chief has already gone personally to the Wei Family Conglomerate."

Su Sheng sighed, "Those guys still aren't honest."

"When have they ever been honest?" Xuan Yu Wu taunted.

Su Sheng fell silent, thinking that if they were honest, people like them wouldn't exist.

"And it's about New Energy, something that can reshape the world's order. I've read the data; no wonder my captain is the world's top master! This is no small development."

"How much?"

Su Sheng hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth to ask.

Xuan Yu Wu naturally knew what Su Sheng was asking about.

"One billion! Blade Joy!"

"It's truly worth money..."

Su Sheng got out of the car to go to work, but he now had an old comrade in his pocket.

This was also specially approved by the Azure Dragon Chief.

But Su Sheng never expected that he too would one day become a protected target.

Before retiring, Su Sheng had also carried out many protection missions; the protected targets were all kinds of tech bigshots, existences like national academicians.

Tsk... Su Sheng had an unreal feeling.

Truly, fate is fickle.

Go online!

Su Sheng appeared in Yanhuang Town.

Around him, many players who were logging in also appeared one after another.

Su Sheng glanced and then withdrew his gaze; today is the time to sort out yesterday's gains.

First, he threw all those miscellaneous items into the guild warehouse.

Immediately after, Su Sheng prepared to combine the fragments!

The fragment Su Sheng had in hand was already number 14, orange quality, magic resistance 800, HP before death 4000, physique and strength each increased by 400, wear requirement level 75, but with the Divine Craftsman Stone even level 65 can wear it; the attributes can only be said to be promising for the future.

Originally Su Sheng was worried that after combining this Fragment Fifteen, his level would skyrocket to 80 and he wouldn't be able to wear it.

Unexpectedly, he leveled up by exactly one!

He can now combine it directly.

Subsequently, Su Sheng took out Fragment Fifteen!

Combine!