Chapter 299: I Want a Dead-End Game (Part IV)

Star Luo Empire.

Star Luo City, Luo Family.

In the main hall, a gorgeously dressed young man kept flipping through the files in his hands and asked in a deep voice, "Is there any news about Su Yu?"

"Reporting to the young master, not yet. The latest news provided by the empire's secret guards previously was that Su Yu had appeared in the Black Market of Mingdu in the Sun Moon Empire half a month ago. Who exactly he met with has not been investigated yet."

The person delivering the intelligence clearly did not provide the latest news. Luo Jing could not understand why it was so difficult to track the whereabouts of one Su Yu.

Before this, he had used the permissions given by the system to ask for an answer once. His question was: Where is Number One currently located?

The system's answer was: Star Luo Empire, Star Luo City!

Originally, he wanted to ask directly whose hands it was in, but the system displayed insufficient permissions, so he had to settle for the next best thing and ask for the specific location.

But the reality was that he had almost turned Star Luo City upside down, yet he hadn't found a single trace of Number One, aside from some information about the Su Family and the Su Family's large, abnormal capital flows.

Where exactly is Number One?

According to Luo Jing's speculation, in the original work, Xuan Ziwen left the Sun Moon Empire and came to the Tang Sect, but the current Tang Sect did not have a person named Xuan Ziwen. He could guess that the Wanjing Sect was also highly likely related to Su Yu, but he had no evidence.

In his memory, the Yuan'en Family only appeared in Dou III. In the current world of Dou II, they were most likely still living as savages in the deep mountains and old forests.

The sudden emergence of such a massive family force clearly did not conform to common sense.

Luo Jing had a headache; the plot's storyline had become too complicated. The original storyline was now being turned upside down.

Prediction?

What the hell is there to predict anymore!

You tell me what it means that I transmigrated into the world of Peerless Tang Sect, and then you tell me that two suspected transmigrators have popped up—one led a team to crush the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Soul Fighting Tournament, and the other dragged a bunch of people never seen in the original work to crush this year's tournament?

No, buddy, are you kidding me?

What does it mean that Number One Experimental Subject went missing, and the Sun Moon Empire manufactured Number Two Experimental Subject in just a few short years?

What does it mean that a Level 7 Soul Engineer piloted Number Two Experimental Subject to pursue a Level 98 Peak Douluo, the Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek, Xuan Zi?

What does it mean that you drove a Mecha to withstand three full-force strikes from a Peak Douluo and only fell into a coma for a week?

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What left Luo Jing most speechless was that such a terrifying guy was actually not a transmigrator!

This world had ultimately gone crazy into a shape that Luo Jing didn't recognize...

In short, he could only explain this situation with the butterfly effect, but there were many things that couldn't be explained. For instance, he had once obtained a Soul Guidance Device personally designed by Luo Yu through certain secret channels, but the design philosophy and appearance of that Soul Guidance Device gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

That feeling...

It didn't seem like a technological creation from the hands of the indigenous civilization of Douluo Continent, but rather...

A mechanical technological creation of Blue Star civilization!

However, a new problem arose: Luo Yu could not possibly be a transmigrator, so where did this style and philosophy that didn't belong to this era and world come from?

That shouldn't be...

Could it be that when Su Yu was an exchange student at Shrek, the two of them learned from each other in Mingde Hall?

Su Yu's Soul Guidance ability was already outstanding. As the origin of Soul Guidance Technology, Jing Hongchen would surely have been happy to see them learning from each other in Mingde Hall.

If that were the case, then everything would make sense, but the crushing defeat in the Battle of Mingdu made Luo Jing always feel that something was fishy.

If this matter had nothing to do with Su Yu, then for Luo Yu to capture all the elites of the younger generation of the Three Great Empires single-handedly, causing the many Douluo of the Three Great Empires to return in defeat, his growth was simply too terrifying.

He even dared to drive a Mecha to pursue the Peak Douluo Xuan Zi. A semi-finished first-generation machine, and he dared to play it so big. If it were Luo Jing himself, he really wouldn't dare to pursue.

Thinking about it now, one has to marvel that Luo Yu was bold because of his high skill. The earth-shattering upheaval caused by the Three Great Empires in Mingdu was directly swept away by him leading an army of Soul Engineers.

In the original plot, even though the Dou Ling Empire and the Heaven Soul Empire had Peak Douluo sitting in command, they were still directly swept away by the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer Legion. Even the Body Sect could only watch helplessly as their countries fell, unable to do anything.

Su Yu was equally terrifying in Luo Jing's eyes; he was too good at hiding, too good at enduring.

Ever since the previous All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Soul Fighting Tournament, this guy had disappeared like a ghost. Internal news from the Star Luo Empire officials revealed that he had been staying in the Sun Moon Empire.

Wait? Sun Moon Empire?

What has this guy been doing staying in the Sun Moon Empire all the time?

Thinking of this, Luo Jing seemed to have some clues, but he always felt something was missing.

"If Su Yu and Luo Yu were allies to begin with..."

If that were the case, then everything could be explained!

Su Yu supported Luo Yu in entering Mingde Hall, and then Luo Yu served as the Su Family's final trump card. Only in this way could it be explained why Luo Yu's design manuscripts and design philosophy were so incompatible with the mainstream designs of Douluo Continent. The two of them were allies hiding behind everyone else!

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"Then it seems that in the Battle of Mingdu, Luo Yu must have received some information, otherwise it would be impossible for not a single elite from the Three Great Empires to have escaped. In the original work, some escaped and some were captured, but Huo Yuhao directly sent hundreds of thousands of innocent Mingdu citizens to their deaths with a thunderous explosion..."

"The timeline has been changed, but it is still converging, attempting to return to the original storyline, because Shrek's fate has not changed; they still organized that ridiculous rescue operation."

Luo Jing changed his line of thinking. Previously, he felt that if Su Yu were a fellow countryman like him, he would likely try every possible way to get rid of Luo Yu.

"Pass down the order: have someone carefully investigate the recent movements of the Wanjing Sect. If you encounter any suspicious persons, report them directly to His Majesty. Leave other matters to Steward Luo Yin to handle."

"Young Master, should we continue to follow up on the Su Family?" the secret guard asked further.

Luo Jing shook his head. "No need. Leave the follow-up to the Star Luo Empire side; we don't need to intervene in the specifics anymore."

Where exactly is Number One?

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This was Luo Jing's biggest doubt. If Su Yu was not in Star Luo City, then in whose hands would Number One be?

Xuan Ziwen? Or the Wanjing Sect?

However, what Luo Jing did not know was that Xuan Ziwen was currently in the Wanjing Sect, and Number One was also in Xuan Ziwen's hands. Although the current Number One was far inferior to Number Two, as a breakthrough first-generation machine to study, it still had immeasurable value.

"If you are not in Star Luo City, then where would you be?"

Could it be? In the hands of the Wanjing Sect?

"If that's the case, then it's very likely that Su Yu found the Titan Giant Ape's family. From the perspective of the timeline, it is possible for Xiong Xiaoling to be alive now. If that's the case, then everything makes sense!"

The Yuanen family has sufficient strength to guard Number One, and it is also the best choice for a storage location.

There were many conjectures he could not verify, and the current situation alone gave Luo Jing a headache; he guessed that Number One was most likely in Su Yu's hands, but he could not track Su Yu's whereabouts at all.

After this guy briefly appeared in Mingdu, he disappeared again; there was no movement from the Sun Moon Empire, and no movement from the Three Great Empires either.

He was like a ghost, appearing suddenly and then disappearing suddenly.

According to Luo Jing's understanding, it stood to reason that this guy had spent the early stages safely and steadily, and then disappeared after the Mingdu Tournament; the plot had deviated from the original storyline, but the main body was still constrained within a roughly similar scope.

"Has this guy Su Yu realized something now? Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to keep avoiding the main storyline like this. So, what exactly is the reason that makes him do this?"

There was too little information, and it was simply impossible to deduce the result based on the clues.

After closing his eyes and contemplating for a long time, Luo Jing slowly opened his eyes; in the dim secret room, Luo Jing's eyes flickered uncertainly.

"Query Su Yu's whereabouts within the past week, as well as the location of Number One and who is currently in possession of Number One?"

"The answers to the two questions require consuming all of your current points; do you wish to redeem them?"

"Confirm!"

A cold mechanical voice echoed in Luo Jing's mind, and the information he wanted to know immediately flooded into his brain.

Within the past week, Su Yu's tracks went from the border, passing through several cities, until he arrived at Star Luo City three hours ago; although there was no specific, detailed location for Su Yu, this was already enough for Luo Jing.

The location of Number One was also displayed as Star Luo City, but the name displayed at this moment was a stranger's: Shen Kuan?

Shen Kuan??

Who the hell is this Shen Kuan??

Luo Jing was a bit stunned; he had guessed that Number One might be in the hands of Xuan Ziwen, or in the hands of Su Yu, or perhaps temporarily held by no one, but now it displayed a completely unfamiliar name??

Could it really have been secretly taken away by the Body Sect??

Who is Shen Kuan?

Shen Kuan is the warehouse manager personally appointed by Xuan Ziwen; the registration and management rights for the entry and exit of Number One are in his hands, but his superior is Xuan Ziwen, yet Number One is indeed currently in his, Shen Kuan's, hands...

"As long as it's still in Star Luo City, I don't believe I can't find it!"

The moment he learned the answer, Luo Jing immediately gave orders and simultaneously filed an application with Xu Jiawei.

For matters like conducting a search, one still had to report to the old Emperor; if he were to mobilize personnel in Star Luo City and launch a large-scale search without authorization, the old Emperor would really dare to lock him up.

The waiting time was always long, not to mention having to go through complicated reporting procedures; by the time he received the old Emperor's approval, two hours had already passed.

However, just as he was still waiting for the Star Luo Emperor's reply, Su Yu had already finished handling everything and quietly left the Star Luo Empire with Number One.

?? I was unwell yesterday, so I am making up for it today; I hope you will forgive me.