Chapter 623: Chen Family Head

Yang Yixie opened his eyes, feeling his face oily, and could only reach out to grab the small mirror on the table.

Touching it, there was nothing unusual; after applying setting powder, the disguise would not cause problems in the short term.

The youth appearing in the mirror had his skin color forcibly switched by Bai Mu Yun; the originally pale white from staying indoors too long became a healthy wheat tone.

East Asians' eyes are black, but eyes that are completely black are still extremely rare; to be safe, Bai Mu Yun gave Yang Yixie colored contacts, and being stared at by those pure-black pupils felt especially chilling.

Bai Mu Yun's makeup skills were truly expert; a few strokes changed Yang Yixie's facial contours noticeably, his originally slightly arched brows and eyes were deliberately flattened, making him look somewhat dull.

It's reasonable to suspect that while giving him a disguise, Bai Mu Yun slipped in some personal touches.

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In the night, a black small car drove through the empty street, heading toward a certain place east of the city.

The road still retained the watery sheen from the day's rain; Yang Yixie sat in the passenger seat, and Hua Jian Lei had just driven over specially to pick him up.

Hua Jian Lei seemed to know the roads here by heart, he turned east and west several times, finally stopping near an iron-gray fence gate.

This vicinity was deserted, with only the guard rooms on either side of the gate lit; faintly, one could see people moving about inside.

Hua Jian Lei held an unlit cigarette, his white long hair fluttering slightly in the night wind; his peach-blossom eyes glanced at the guard room, he whispered something, then waved to Yang Yixie, and they went in together.

"Looks like this is a route cleared just for us?"

Yang Yixie had previously controlled a small robot to come in, so he naturally knew how difficult the patrolling security here was, but Hua Jian Lei brought him through without obstruction, obviously having the guards moved away in advance.

"Well, the official and the Church are cooperating to play the good cop, so we can only show up uninvited to play the bad cop."

So he specifically sought out the Strategy Team; Xi Ren Sheng is only good at causing trouble, while Lao Bao is not suited for the negotiation table.

Although the Strategy Team mostly stays silent, their skill of striking straight at people's hearts is top-notch.

"The Church's representative is a woman who has already arrived; the Dome sent Han Huan, who brought many people."

Yang Yixie slightly adjusted the angle of the small robot he had previously infiltrated, observing the layout of the destination.

Yang Yixie probably hasn't seen that woman before, but he can't rule out having seen her; he just never matched the person to the pixelated avatar.

"A woman?"

Hua Jian Lei asked for details; Yang Yixie gave a rough description, and Hua Jian Lei then knew who the Church had sent.

When Yang Yixie said it, his first reaction was to think it was that legendary elusive saintess, since the Pope can't easily leave Tianmian City, that saintess would be the best choice.

But...

"I think the one the Church sent is likely the head of the Chen Family, Chen Xiao Shuang."

Hua Jian Lei narrowed his eyes slightly; if this Chen Family head from the Chen Family came, negotiations with the official and Tianmian City would be difficult.

Tianmian City crossed time and space into reality; no matter how you look at it, this should be related to the temporal-spatial twins, yet they themselves claim that after their authority was divided, they are unable to do so.

After the officials conducted an energy survey of those cities that appeared out of nowhere, they could roughly detect the energy wavelength; as long as either the Pope or the saintess arrived, they could also derive some truths from it.

But the one who came was Chen Xiao Shuang.

Chen Xiao Shuang's reputation in Tianmian City—no, in the entire game world—had risen to a terrifying level.

Facing endless attacks by aberrant species, for them, ample medical supplies in the rear could completely reverse the outcome of a war; and as a medical lineage, the Chen Family immediately provided all of their medicines free of charge to frontline soldiers.

Even Chen Xiao Shuang herself often appeared on the front lines, relying on her aberrant arts, she forcibly snatched countless people from the hands of mutants.

Although no one would doubt that Chen Xiao Shuang had the idea of overturning the Church and acting alone, she indeed possessed that capability.

Everyone says that high achievement overshadows the lord, but the two who are completely overshadowed don't mind at all.

"Is she hard to deal with?"

Seeing Hua Jian Lei lost in thought, Yang Yixie spoke up to ask.

During the time he was still playing the game, he had never clashed with Chen Xiao Shuang, after all, while he played, she was always cosplaying Sleeping Beauty.

"She is the head of the Chen Family; before her brother Chen Mo Zhi held power, the underlings still dared to sneak around and do little tricks, but in her presence, they all behaved honestly like quail."

Hua Jian Lei also somewhat understood the past grudges of Ying Duo; he knew Chen Mo Zhi of the Chen Family.

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"Minister Han, long time no see, are you still well lately?"

Han Huan pushed open the door and walked into the meeting room; his whole person was dusty and weary, although this world's communication devices are quite convenient, they still can't compare to the straightforwardness of facing each other in person.

Chen Xiao Shuang was all smiles, her dark green hair coiled up like a flower bud; she wore a dark green qipao, with a white fur collar draped over her, making her whole person look bright and magnificent.

Before Han Huan entered, the officials' personnel had already been receiving Chen Xiao Shuang.

They had previously heard that Chen Xiao Shuang seemed interested in tea, so they specially prepared good tea to entertain guests.

"Of course, although I don't know what happened, it's fortunate that we suddenly came to this world; otherwise we might have ended up in the mouths of aberrant species."

Han Huan sighed, his tone full of relief yet with some hidden meaning as he sat opposite Chen Xiao Shuang, leaving only the central seat empty, presenting a three-way talk layout.

"Yes, that really is a great fortune."

Chen Xiao Shuang smiled, but her eyes sank a few degrees as she watched the tea leaves rise and fall in the cup before her.

The tea the officials brought to entertain them was absolutely good tea, the kind that cannot be obtained by any means in that terrible wasteland; it is completely different from the varieties cultivated in the game by imitating the old world, gourd‑drawing style.

"I thought the Church would at least send a clergyman over?"

As soon as he sat down, Han Huan immediately directed his criticism at Chen Xiao Shuang.

"If I must speak, when I studied at Mitra Academy, I also interned at the Church for a period."

Chen Xiao Shuang had no intention of responding to Han Huan, but she couldn't stop him from persistently pressing.

"But I've heard that internal conflicts have also arisen in Tianmian City, seemingly between the aristocratic families and the Church?"

This refers to what happened earlier in Tianmian City: the Church wanted to open the city to civilians, squeezing all space just to accommodate more refugees, which undoubtedly infringed on the interests of the aristocratic families.