Chapter 990: The Mysterious Queen of Diamonds

"Not a single living soul captured?"

Huang He looked at the two Rat Party corpses in the ruins, his face looking incredibly ugly.

"...We searched the surroundings, but didn't find any other Rat Party members... they are all here," a Fire-Tamperer said in a low voice, seemingly feeling the angry pressure from Huang He.

"A bunch of trash!!"

In this encirclement, although Huang He and the others had found the right stronghold, the main force had still escaped. They had spent so much manpower and resources, and several Fire-Tamperers had died in the Rat Party’s counterattack, yet in the end, they had only killed two people and hadn't even captured a single living soul... Their failure couldn't have been more complete.

Huang He saw Lan Yu, wearing a beret and looking slightly disheveled, walking toward them from not far away, and his face grew even gloomier.

"Lan Yu, how was it on your end?"

"...That Rat Party leader has some strength," Lan Yu shrugged. "I fought him for a long time, and then he used alchemy to melt the ground and disappeared directly..."

"Heh." Huang He laughed out of extreme anger. "Always looking down on everyone, but at the critical moment, you’re useless..."

Hearing this, Lan Yu glared at Huang He angrily,

"What kind of bullshit are you spouting?! That Dulan is also a Seventh-Order and has escaped from the hands of the Wuji Lord. Even if you came, you wouldn't have been able to catch him either! You old thing, do you really think you’re that capable?

And he didn't get away unscathed either. I left a mark on him; as long as he is still in the Wuji Domain, I will find him sooner or later!"

After Lan Yu finished cursing, he seemed to feel it wasn't enough and pointed directly at Hong Xiu, who was on the side, shouting angrily,

"Besides, according to our plan, we were supposed to force everyone underground and let this guy wipe them all out... And what happened? An Eighth-Order [Asura] Leader didn't catch a single Rat Party member?! It’s hilarious!!"

Hong Xiu had no reaction to Lan Yu’s verbal attack. She just said faintly:

"I was held back by someone else."

"In that group of Rat Party members, there’s someone who can hold you back?? Are you kidding me?"

"It wasn't the Rat Party," Hong Xiu paused for a moment. "It was the Twilight Society, [Queen of Diamonds]."

Lan Yu was stunned.

Huang He walked into the ruins and waved his hand casually, stealing away a large amount of rubble. A dust-covered [Queen of Diamonds] playing card was exposed to the air.

Further below the ruins was a spiderweb-like crack in the ground extending for several kilometers, as if Hong Xiu had fought someone here.

"Twilight Society, Q..."

Huang He didn't doubt Hong Xiu’s words too much. For one, Hong Xiu had been staying in the Wuji Domain for a long time, and even tracing back to the Aurora Domain period, she had never had any contact with the Twilight Society. For another, Hong Xiu had no reason to invent a Queen of Diamonds out of thin air.

And when Huang He arrived at the scene, he had seen that Hong Xiu’s arm was injured. Although it recovered to normal in the blink of an eye, there were indeed traces of battle at the scene.

But how could people from the Twilight Society suddenly appear here?

Just as Huang He was pondering, Chen Ling’s figure walked over from afar...

"Yo, here’s another deserter," Lan Yu said sarcastically when he saw this.

Huang He saw Chen Ling and suddenly seemed to think of something, his brows furrowing slightly. "Mr. Chen, where did you go just now?"

"I just..."

"Just now, the Twilight Society’s Queen of Diamonds ambushed me. I sensed that something was wrong, so I immediately had him move away from here," Hong Xiu said for Chen Ling. "Regardless, he cannot be lost."

"Twilight Society...?" Chen Ling was stunned. He looked at the playing card on the ground, his eyes full of bloodshot veins,

"It was actually the Twilight Society? Those animals have come to the Wuji Domain again?!"

Seeing this, the tension in Huang He’s heart gradually eased. He had just guessed that the Twilight Society appearing at this time was likely targeting Chen Ling...

But now he remembered that Chen Ling had already killed a Twilight Society member with his own hands, and in Chen Ling’s current memories, he and the Twilight Society were irreconcilable enemies. Even if the Twilight Society members tried to save him, it would be difficult to succeed.

But regardless, the fact that the Queen of Diamonds had appeared had to be reported to Chi Tong.

"Alright," Huang He said in a deep voice,

"No one can escape responsibility for the failure of this encirclement... Let’s go back to the church first."

……

Bang.

Hong Xiu closed the car door, and Chen Ling, in the driver’s seat, started the car and followed the other Fire-Tamperers' vehicles slowly forward.

At this time, Chen Ling no longer had any of the anger and venom he had just mentioned regarding the Twilight Society. His eyes were as calm as a lake, and he asked Hong Xiu:

"How was it?"

"Asked it out," Hong Xiu summarized concisely. "The person who possesses my memories is locked in the church basement; yours should be mixed in with the Rat Party."

"Hmm, I’ve already rendezvoused with the person who possesses my memories."

Hong Xiu looked at Chen Ling with some surprise,

"So fast?"

"When two people’s ways of thinking are extremely similar, it’s very easy to run into each other," Chen Ling smiled slightly. "I’ve solved my side. The problem now is how to rescue your person..."

Hong Xiu pondered for a moment. "If I really have to do it, I can kill my way through the church, break into the basement, and rescue them... It’s just that bringing them out of the Wuji Domain will be a bit troublesome...

I can only bring you out of Wuji unscathed at most. If I add two more people, it will be very tricky, especially since yours is still an ordinary person."

In the current Wuji Domain, besides several Saints of Thieves, there were four Arbitrator Proxies and the Wuji Lord sitting in command. Hong Xiu being able to bring Chen Ling out was already shocking; if she brought two more people, even an [Asura] Leader wouldn't be able to do it.

As for turning the other four Arbitrators one by one, that wasn't a good choice either. For one, Chen Ling didn't know them as well as he knew Hong Xiu, making it extremely difficult to convince them. If he messed up, he would expose himself and Hong Xiu instead. For another, turning them one by one would take a lot of time. If it dragged on until the Silver King returned, everything would be over.

"Then let’s be safer," Chen Ling pondered for a moment. "I’ll find a way to swap my memories back first. At the same time, we’ll figure out the situation under the church. It would be best if we could make contact with the Knight under the church without alerting anyone else..."

"But after the Queen of Diamonds appears, the Silver Government will likely restrict your movements and not give you a chance to have contact with the Twilight Society... If you want to contact the Rat Party again, I’m afraid it will be very difficult."

Chen Ling didn't seem to care about this. While steering the wheel, he said leisurely:

"Opportunities are created by people."

"You’re trapped in the church, how can you create opportunities?"

"Who said I’m the one creating them?" Chen Ling smiled slightly. His gaze passed through the rearview mirror and looked at the factory area under the dawn. "Now, I’m no longer fighting alone."