Chapter 1268: The Next Performance

Is it him?

How did he catch up?

Chen Ling didn't look back, but he had already scanned that black shadow in the crowd through his peripheral vision. After a brief thought, he turned directly into the alley next to him.

Chen Ling didn't expect Han Meng to chase him out of the Pu family, which further indicated that he might have discovered clues about him. However, at this juncture, Chen Ling couldn't even protect himself, so he really didn't have time to deal with Han Meng.

Seeing Chen Ling turn suddenly, Han Meng frowned.

He immediately accelerated, and almost the second after Chen Ling turned, he arrived at the intersection...

But when he looked into the alley, there was no one there.

This level of anti-tracking ability was definitely not something an ordinary Fifth-Order Book Divine Path could do. All the clues were verified against each other in Han Meng's mind, and an answer emerged in his heart.

The cold wind wailed through the empty alley, blowing Han Meng's law enforcement trench coat up. His deep eyes narrowed slightly, and a whisper echoed in the wind:

"It really is you."

"Although I don't know how you did it, but..."

"I will definitely 'catch' you."

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Fine red paper snaked along the corner of the wall. After silently swaying through several streets, it reorganized in another deserted corner, and Chen Ling, wearing a gray vest, stepped out slowly.

Chen Ling looked back at the direction he had just come from, pushed up his rimless glasses, and then walked calmly toward the hotel.

Approaching the streets around the hotel, he heard a burst of noise. Many citizens seemed to be gathered around here, pointing and talking about something in the direction of the hotel...

And at this moment, the hotel was already surrounded by bright yellow police tape. South Sea Realm police officers and a few Pu family members were standing outside, as if discussing something, their eyes looking at the hotel from time to time.

Seeing this scene, Chen Ling's heart skipped a beat.

Something happened to the hotel.

He changed his face in a corner and blended into the crowd, approaching the direction of the hotel.

"Hey, what happened here? Why is it sealed off?"

"I heard that two Fusionists were caught here!"

"Fusionists?? Really?"

"Damn, I live right across from here and come downstairs to buy groceries every day... Doesn't that mean I've been living next to two Fusionists?"

"Maybe you've even crossed paths at the grocery market."

"Stop talking, I've got goosebumps..."

"Are they from the Fusion Faction?"

"Not sure. Just now, someone in a black cloak rushed over, shouting something about the Red King and some Q for help... Then the Pu family members discovered this place. Maybe they are people from the Twilight Society."

"Too scary. I must suggest to the government to disinfect and clean this whole street. Don't bring the virus of the calamity to people..."

"Yes, yes, no wonder I've been feeling itchy all over lately!"

“……”

Chen Ling in the crowd had a visibly darkening expression.

Logically speaking, the time it took for the news of the Cao Gang encountering Heart 6 to reach the Pu family should have been enough for Pu Jianyue to escape, but he was still caught... And he actually dragged Xiao Tao and the others into it.

"Was that Heart 6 caught?" Chen Ling asked casually.

"No, it seems he ran away in the end."

"Oh."

Pu Jianyue wasn't caught, which meant he could still maintain his original identity. Chen Ling walked back to the alley, and when he came out again, he had turned back into "Pu Jianyue."

He walked straight toward the few Pu family members who were communicating with the police.

"Young Master Jianyue?"

"What's the situation here?"

"Oh, it's nothing major. Your father just discovered the trail of Heart 6 here. After a chase, he accidentally caught two Fusionists... We were worried they were from the Twilight Society, but they were too weak and were knocked out by your father in one blow.

Your father said that the Q-generation of the Twilight Society shouldn't be this weak, so they might really be ordinary Fusionists who snuck in and were just caught in the crossfire."

The person who caught Xiao Tao was Pu Laoliu?

Chen Ling's eyelids twitched slightly. For some reason, he felt an inexplicable awkwardness in his heart...

It wasn't that he felt awkward about Pu Laoliu catching people, but this whole thing itself made him feel an inexplicable lack of coordination. He couldn't say where the problem was for a moment, just instinctively feeling that something was wrong...

Chen Ling immediately asked:

"Oh... and those two Fusionists? Are they dead?"

"No, these two Fusionists have no threat. Your father sent a few people to escort them to the police station. They should be undergoing interrogation now to see if they have any connection with Heart 6."

The Pu family member asked suspiciously: "Young Master Jianyue, why are you asking about this?"

"I just heard my father was here, so I wanted to come over and talk to him about the assets, but I didn't expect him to have already left... It's fine, I'll go back and wait for him in a while."

Chen Ling waved his hand casually and found an excuse to leave.

Chen Ling moved away from the crowd and looked at the sky. A light drizzle was falling from the air. There were less than 15 hours left until the Fusion Faction and others arrived in the South Sea Realm...

He had to rescue Xiao Tao and the other one before that and open the door for the Fusion Faction as planned.

But if he went to save Xiao Tao himself, the subsequent situation would gradually spiral out of Chen Ling's control. After all, no one knew what kind of enemies he would encounter when saving people this time, whether his identity would be exposed, and now the "tool man" "Pu Jianyue" he had prepared on the other side had disappeared and was almost useless.

Once there was chaos here, even if he could barely protect himself, who else could open the door for the Fusion Faction?

"Why at this time..."

Just as Chen Ling was thinking about how to break the situation, the surrounding environment suddenly distorted!

In Chen Ling's field of vision, the streets and pedestrians moved away rapidly. He felt as if he were in another world. Under the dim sky, a twisted Play Divine Path extended from his feet, disappearing into the end of the sky...

There, a strange Divine Path star was flickering silently.

Chen Ling was stunned for a moment.

To trigger the performance conditions for stepping into the Sixth-Order at this time...

After several previous experiences, Chen Ling knew that every performance would involve some major events. The Sixth-Order promotion performance appearing at this time meant that he was indeed moving toward the next crucial node... Could it be that the next performance was related to the South Sea Realm and the Fusion Faction?

He took a deep breath and walked slowly along the twisted Play Divine Path. On both sides of him, countless scarlet eyes were staring at him, with mockery and laughter hidden in their eyes, like "audience" waiting to see the show under the stage.

Chen Ling stopped slowly at the end of the stone steps about to step into the Sixth-Order.

He looked down, and a line of small characters caught his eye:

——【Amidst the questioning and applause of the audience, welcome the King's final destination】

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