Chapter 325: Recording

“The wallpaper doesn't match, and the recent call record isn't any Tiger Brother; it’s called Han Meng.” The police officer closed the flip and handed the phone to Chen Ling. “Sorry, thank you for your cooperation.”

The man in black stared blankly at this scene, his brain completely stopped thinking.

Chen Ling took the phone with a smile, turned around, and walked back toward the subway. He stood still behind the gradually closing subway door……

Then he turned his head and waved the flip phone in his hand at the man in black who was staring at him blankly through the glass.

He silently mouthed two words:

“Poor wretch.”

【Audience expectation +3】

His figure sped away with the subway.

After passing several popular stations, Chen Ling finally found a seat. He opened the flip phone, pressed the buttons with a clatter, and began searching for the nearest flight to Shennongjia.

The good news was that there was a flight in forty minutes, but the final arrival time after transferring to a high-speed train might still be later than the research team.

Can I only find a way to sneak in halfway……

Chen Ling had no other way. He could only hope that the research team would be slower. Seeing that there were still three stops until the airport, he boredly began to flip through the phone’s photo album.

There was nothing in the album, but a recent video caught Chen Ling’s attention.

This was a thirty-second video. The shooting angle was very tricky, as if it had been stuffed into a bag and filmed secretly. Only the bottom-left third of the screen could see anything; the rest was pitch black……

Chen Ling tapped it open.

As the screen moved, Chen Ling saw a card table in the corner. Two figures were sitting on either side. One of them was the man in black from just now. He was wearing a floral shirt, with a stack of chips piled in front of him. At this moment, he was carefully observing his cards, his fingers trembling with tension.

Seeing him, Chen Ling’s brows furrowed involuntarily……

It wasn't strange to see the man in black in this phone. What Chen Ling found suspicious was that he was clearly younger in the video than the person he had just seen, and his hair was thicker. At a glance, he looked to be in his early thirties. But the phone showed that the video was shot only three months ago.

Opposite him sat a man in a white suit. Due to the angle, Chen Ling couldn't see his face, only his slender fingers tapping casually on the card table, with no intention of looking at the cards at all.

In the next few seconds, Chen Ling saw the man in black overjoyed, covering his cards back up, and then saying something excitedly.

At his request, a waiter handed over a contract. The man in black signed his name with a flourish. Because the distance was too far, Chen Ling couldn't see what was written on the contract, only that he was very excited and flipped over all his cards in one go!

The next moment, he froze in place.

He repeatedly confirmed the cards in front of him, seemingly thinking they were different from what he had just seen. At the same time, the white-clad figure sitting opposite him slowly flipped over his cards.

The man in black’s legs went soft, and he collapsed directly into the luxurious chair, his face full of disbelief.

He stayed stunned for a full seven or eight seconds before coming back to his senses. He stood up abruptly from his seat, pointing at the white-clad man’s face and cursing, his face and neck turning bright red……

The white-clad man sat there quietly. He slowly raised his right hand and waved it gently.

The man in black collapsed to the ground with a thud, aging at a speed visible to the naked eye. His hair fell out strand by strand in front of him, as if his body had been drained. Even his eyes became much more hollow…… He turned into the appearance Chen Ling had just seen.

Immediately after, a group of waiters walked out from all directions and dragged the corpse-like, muddled man in black away. The screen cut to black here.

Looking at the pitch-black screen, Chen Ling’s expression was extremely solemn.

“This is……”

If anyone else saw this video, their first reaction would definitely be that the special effects were good, and combined with the blurry quality of the old phone, it was perfect material for a horror short video.

But Chen Ling was different. He had seen things that most people in this era had never seen. The scene of the man in black aging rapidly was definitely not something simple card tricks could achieve…… It was as if an invisible hand had drained part of his lifespan on the spot.

“Is it a certain divine path?” Chen Ling muttered to himself. “Does this era…… also have divine path possessors?”

Chen Ling had always thought that divine paths only appeared after the Great Catastrophe, but now it seemed that was not the case…… Thinking about it, even figures like Bai Qi, who only existed in history books, appeared in the Ancient Treasury of the Soldier Path, which meant that the existence of the divine path itself was much older.

“Terminal 1 of Shangjing International Airport, arriving. Please exit from the right door……”

As the crisp female voice sounded, the subway door opened automatically.

Chen Ling withdrew his thoughts, temporarily closed the phone and put it back in his pocket, and walked straight outside…… No matter what the origin of the person in the casino was, it wasn't what Chen Ling was concerned about now. Everything about to happen in Shennongjia was the key point affecting the direction of the world.

The brown coat walked through the airport. Chen Ling opened the flip phone, and as a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, the ticket machines in the airport flashed at the same time!

The ticket machine ten steps away from Chen Ling suddenly started running automatically, and a ticket with the two characters "Lin Yan" printed on it slowly spat out…… It had just been completely printed when it was picked up by Chen Ling, who was passing by, and he walked toward the security check without looking back.

During this process, Chen Ling also reached out and picked a leaf from a green plant by the counter and put it in his pocket.

“Please show your ID.” The flight attendant behind the counter said.

Chen Ling took out the leaf held between two fingers, shook it gently, and it turned into an ID card for "Lin Yan," which he handed to the flight attendant with a smile.

The flight attendant glanced at the ID card and placed it under the machine for scanning. After the computer flashed slightly, the relevant information automatically popped up. She handed the ticket and the ID card to Chen Ling:

“I wish you a pleasant journey.”

“Thank you.”

Chen Ling nodded politely, put them away, and walked straight to the corresponding boarding gate.

Low, dark clouds gathered in the sky. In the reflection of the clean airport floor, the brown figure walked alone between light and dark. He passed through countless hurried crowds and finally stopped in front of the huge glass exterior wall……

Chen Ling looked at the plane quietly parked in front of the boarding bridge. In the clouds above it, it was as if thunder was whispering.

“Red Star……” Chen Ling muttered to himself.

“I’m coming.”