Chapter 984: Chen Ling and Fang Liangye

"Hey!! You haven't finished washing the plates, where are you going?"

The restaurant boss watched Jian Changsheng run out the door and immediately chased after him, but before he had taken a few steps, he saw a manhole cover fall from the sky and smash in front of him with a boom.

A cold sweat instantly soaked his back. He retreated with a pale face, only able to watch Jian Changsheng from afar.

Jian Changsheng came to the entrance of the sewer. The deafening roar was like a tide, sounding continuously from below, with surging fire occasionally spraying out.

"Is someone fighting... could it be..."

Jian Changsheng looked at the pitch-black hole, seemingly somewhat hesitant.

The current Wuji Domain is the territory of the Silver King. To have such a large-scale conflict, the origin of the other party shouldn't be simple... It's very likely the Rat Party that Jiang Xiaohua mentioned.

After all, according to him, the only ones in the domain who could clash with the Silver Government were them.

"It can't be such a coincidence, did my luck really turn?"

Jian Changsheng clutched the pendant on his neck, suddenly discovering that the manhole cover attack just now didn't seem to be bad luck, but some kind of good luck?

Whatever, I'll go down and see.

Jian Changsheng took a deep breath and jumped down from the hole, entering the underground passage.

……

Low roars sounded one after another from above.

At the very bottom of the underground drainage system, Chen Ling and Hongxiu looked at each other and nodded slightly.

"Are you really okay by yourself?" Hongxiu asked again.

"No problem."

Chen Ling stretched his muscles. "You be careful too, don't get discovered... Did you bring the thing I gave you?"

Hongxiu took a playing card from her bosom and shook it gently. "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"It's fine, the Twilight Society has carried enough blame, one more won't hurt."

"Then you be careful."

Hongxiu's figure flickered, and she broke through the solid stone wall overhead, approaching the passage where the chaotic battle was taking place. Chen Ling, on the other hand, took another secret staircase, detouring toward the top.

With the help of his Secret Pupil, Chen Ling could observe every detail even in the pitch-black passage. He looked around vigilantly at every intersection, confirming that there were no Fire-Tampers before moving forward rapidly.

From the beginning, Chen Ling's goal was not to encircle the Rat Party. On the contrary, he wanted to let as many Rat Party members survive as possible and get information about the past from them... And with Chen Ling's strength, it was naturally not enough to take the Rat Party out of the encirclement. After all, there were many strong people among the Fire-Tampers, and two Thief Saints sitting in command.

To rescue the Rat Party, he could only use some more hidden methods...

Chen Ling turned through several intersections, his peripheral vision sweeping over a ruin, a glimmer of light flashing before his eyes.

He stood still among the ruins, his hands pulling apart the messy rubble, and a corpse that had already lost its life was exposed before his eyes...

Judging from the clothing, this was definitely not a Fire-Tamper; it was likely a member of the Rat Party.

Chen Ling swept a glance at the person's face, tore hard at his chin with his fingertips, and his whole person changed into the appearance of that corpse, slowly standing up from the ruins.

"This way, it's much more convenient."

……

Fang Liangye sprinted through the dim passage under Wu Duo's guidance.

At this time, Wu Duo's eyes were already red. She looked back at the rear from time to time, as if worried about Dulan's safety...

"Don't be distracted." Fang Liangye reminded her at the right time. "Dulan is helping us stop the Thief Saint, we should seize the time to escape from here, pay attention to observing the surroundings at all times, and be careful of enemies appearing."

Wu Duo came back to her senses. After looking deeply at Fang Liangye, she nodded slightly.

"...Hmm."

"Where exactly is the 'Gate' you mentioned?"

"It's almost here... It's just ahead. That passage leads directly to the bottom. Follow the dark river forward, and you can leave this vicinity."

"The bottom... dark river..." Fang Liangye was thoughtful.

Wu Duo wanted to say something more, but the poisonous insects suddenly sensed something. She turned her head sharply to look in a certain direction.

"Wu Duo!"

A voice came from there, and several figures ran along the passage, also heading toward the "Gate."

Fang Liangye recognized them. They were also members of the Rat Party. Those who had treated the residents of the Wuji Domain in the underground clearing before were also among them.

These people were not high-ranked, mostly Third-Order, with a small number of Fourth-Order. Although they were not high-ranked, they were not too panicked in the face of the Fire-Tampers' encirclement, seemingly long accustomed to it.

"Great, you're all okay." Wu Duo saw the crowd, and her hanging heart finally relaxed a little.

"The moment the explosion sounded, we ran here. Those Fire-Tampers didn't catch up to us." One of them patted the shoulder of another young man beside him. "We also ran into Jia Chen on the way here. This guy was chased dizzy by the Fire-Tampers and was running around in the passage like a headless fly..."

"Jia Chen" stood aside in a sorry state, covered in dust, looking like he had just experienced a great battle.

This "Jia Chen" was none other than Chen Ling after [Faceless].

After disguising himself as a member of the Rat Party, Chen Ling had been shuttling through various passages. He didn't know where the Rat Party members were, so he could only look everywhere, and as a result, he ran into these people who were fleeing to the "Gate," and naturally "met up" with them.

"Running around in the passage...?"

Fang Liangye's heart stirred, and his gaze looked at Chen Ling vigilantly. "You Rat Party people should all be very familiar with the routes here, right? After being attacked, you should have approached the 'Gate' immediately, how could you be running around like a headless fly?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s gaze turned toward Chen Ling.

"It’s like this, Jia Chen just now..."

The Rat Party member who had just patted Chen Ling on the shoulder was about to explain for him, but Chen Ling spoke up himself, "It wasn't wandering around. When the Fire-Tamperers were chasing me, they stole my 'direction'."

Chen Ling met Fang Liangye’s gaze openly.

"Then how did you escape the Fire-Tamperers' pursuit?" Fang Liangye pressed further.

"This matter is a bit strange," Chen Ling paused for a moment. "I had already been caught by two Fire-Tamperers, but unexpectedly, someone suddenly appeared halfway through... That person seemed to have a grudge against the Fire-Tamperers and started fighting them directly... I took the opportunity to escape."

Hearing this, Fang Liangye felt more and more that this person was talking nonsense, but before he could speak, Chen Ling continued:

"By the way... that person seemed to have a playing card tucked into the collar of their shirt."

Fang Liangye’s heart jolted.

His subtle change in expression did not escape Chen Ling’s Secret Eye. Chen Ling secretly sized up this ordinary person hiding among the Rat Party, and a sense of doubt began to rise in his heart...

For some reason, the intuition of this body told him that the Fang Liangye before him was definitely not simple.