Chapter 216: Bai Mu Yun: Did You Bomb It?

Bai Mu Yun zoomed the map out and marked several Source Crystal Transport Vehicle routes on it.

"At the overlapping points where several transport vehicles turn back toward the factory, the Church is probably using this to conceal its transport of Source Crystals there, hidden from view."

Tianmian City's daily Source Crystal consumption is a huge figure, but the energy needed to power the Air Train cannot be sustained solely by Low-grade Source Crystals.

The only source that can power the Air Train must be the High-level Source Crystals developed by the Church Research Institute; after compression, a High-grade Source Crystal may be no larger than a Crystal Ball, so as long as the transport crew is trustworthy, delivering it silently is far too easy.

Ying Duo studied Bai Mu Yun's map and, using some abandoned facilities on the edge of Tianmian City, hid the Energy Core beneath the city's shadows, relying on the environment there to perfectly conceal it—sounds indeed fitting for a covert operation.

Moreover, even if a battle or explosion broke out there, it wouldn't affect the other residents of Tianmian City.

Hmm…

That's a bit odd.

Bai Mu Yun turned off the holographic projection, and the interior of the vehicle instantly returned to normal.

"We'll first return to the Dream Illusion Bar base to make some preparations; once night falls completely we'll start the operation. The top priority is infiltration, but…"

He looked through the rearview mirror at the unusually quiet Ying Duo in the back seat.

"To avoid any mishap, just keep the Explosives hidden with you during infiltration; we'll handle the rest."

Honestly, he and Lu Mu still argued for a while about whether to bring Ying Duo along.

Although the Supervision Bureau claimed that the Black Stone Mountain Range was destroyed by Ying Duo's 'Flame City Cannon,' they never found any trace of explosives while pursuing them.

Later, Ying Duo clashed with Lu Mu, leaving no time to install the explosives.

In fact, the Supervision Bureau should not have even seen a hint of the 'Flame City Cannon,' yet the blame was placed on his head.

In Bai Mu Yun's view, the increase in Ying Duo's bounty was somewhat an unforeseen disaster.

But the problem is, regardless of what he says, Ying Duo is still an undercover; his being so conspicuous after the bounty spiked overnight has already prompted many mercenaries to start investigating his identity.

However, only a few inside the Dome know Ying Duo's true identity, and no one would link the two personas together.

【Ding! Side Quest Trigger: Destroy the Air Train Energy Core】

【Mission Description: You chose to record the Air Train's Design Draft and submit it to the Dome, but because you had previously handed the original to the Supervision Bureau, the Bureau is not currently alert to the Core's location.】

【Mission Objective: Successfully halt the Air Train's operation】

【Mission Reward: Unlimited Equipment Item Experience Card (3 min) ×1】

Ah, no experience reward again.

Anyway, it doesn't matter; Yang Yixie thought the game's arrangement here was odd—normally advancing the main storyline should grant more experience, shouldn't it?

In this game, experience can only be earned by grinding monsters or killing enemies; what about players who focus on the story or play a survival class?

........ Hold on, did he just see something very familiar?

Yang Yixie even took off his Black-framed Glasses to wipe them, then put them back on and looked closely—hmm, his eyes weren't the problem.

"Do you have any problem?"

Bai Mu Yun, seeing Ying Duo silent for a long while, had to ask again.

"No," Ying Duo shook his head.

Regardless of whether this instance is off, he'll still join in for the sake of the mission reward.

And given Bai Mu Yun's stance, he might even have him pack a small arms depot like last time.

"If I pack it, I'll definitely blow this thing up more thoroughly than the Black Stone Mountain Range."

The air in the carriage instantly solidified the moment Ying Duo's words left his mouth.

Bai Mu Yun's fingers gripping the steering wheel turned slightly pale; although he had witnessed Ying Duo's cannon bombard a subterranean auction house, he had never thought Ying Duo was the one pulling the trigger.

Before they left, Ying Duo had no time; after they departed, Yue Chengzhang was still there—how could Ying Duo have set the bomb in such a short span?

The Supervision Bureau's guys are accustomed to finding scapegoats; Yue Chengzhang's clash with the New-type Exotic caused such a commotion that after the mountain collapse they could conveniently shift the blame.

But what did he hear?

"You blew it up?" Bai Mu Yun asked again, meaning unclear.

"Yeah, I blew it up."

Ying Duo even tilted his head slightly and added, "I wanted to snatch the final hit at the time; after all, the Level Card had been around for a while, and you never teamed up with me to grind monsters."

"Grind… monsters?" Bai Mu Yun forced the word out between his teeth, feeling his temples throb.

He slowly parked the vehicle at a temporary roadside stop and turned off the engine.

Turning around, even the illusion he had placed over his eyes slipped, revealing his inhuman Gold Horizontal Pupil to the air.

"Say that again? You collapsed the Black Stone Mountain Range?" Bai Mu Yun asked, each word punctuated.

Lu Mu's mud‑splattered, gray‑capped face emerged from the ruins, his curses muffled by the suffocating weight of hundreds of tons of earth and stone......

So the mastermind was right in front of him, yet he still complained, "You didn't bring me along to grind experience?"

"Yeah."

Ying Duo seemed completely oblivious to Bai Mu Yun's almost palpable fury, even leaning forward.

"By the way, didn't Min Tianyou also predict you'd be buried under the landslide stones? They even sent a lot of people to hunt you down........."

"Min Tianyou? That kid isn't dead?"

Bai Mu Yun hadn't even had time to flare up when another familiar name rang out.

He was about to erupt, only to be cut off midway, but he recalled that Min Tianyou should have died at Lu Mu's hands; at that moment Ying Duo didn't act foolishly to block them, and Lu Mu, urged by him, delivered the fatal blow.

"Hmm, you say there's some trump card for survival?"

Seeing Ying Duo nod, Bai Mu Yun could only take this as a grown‑up lesson and resolve to kill more thoroughly next time.

"So were you discovered by the Supervision Bureau?"

Ying Duo, like a curious baby, kept asking, completely ignoring Bai Mu Yun's sour expression.

Bai Mu Yun: "......."

He looked at Ying Duo's slightly innocent face, and his chest rose and fell violently for a moment.

Reason told him that now is not the time to strangle this little bastard; the mission is urgent, the higher-ups need him, and future missions will also need him.

But emotionally........ he really wants to immediately, right now, contact that 'professional' sent by the higher-ups, so that he can directly format this kid.