Chapter 997: Invincible Position?

Following the owner’s instructions, Jian Changsheng soon found the location of the bridge.

This place was very remote and sparsely populated. If all the homeless people hadn't been conscripted to factories by the Silver King, there would probably be many homeless people living here... Of course, under the bridge at this moment, two "homeless people" were already building a fire to keep warm.

Sun Bumian and Jiang Xiaohua were facing each other, holding up their four palms. A warm fire burned between them, reflecting two faces that had lost all hope.

"Huh?? Why is Plum here too?" Jian Changsheng’s eyes lit up when he saw them both.

Sun Bumian turned his head stiffly to look at Jian Changsheng, who was walking over. His dull eyes had no luster, and he replied weakly:

"After I came out of the restaurant, I saw this guy squatting on the road in a miserable state, staring blankly. Bird poop even landed on his head, and he didn't even know to dodge... So I brought him along."

Jian Changsheng: ...

He turned his head to look at Jiang Xiaohua, who was silently huddled by the campfire. Seeing Jian Changsheng out of the corner of his eye, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping...

"I can understand Plum being hopeless, he’s always like that... What’s going on with you?" Jian Changsheng couldn't help but ask, seeing the sense of death in Sun Bumian’s eyes.

"..." Sun Bumian’s heart twitched. He felt as if he had been drained, lying flat on the ground. "I... forget it... a poor ghost like you who only has one lifetime wouldn't understand..."

Jian Changsheng: ???

Jian Changsheng was about to start cursing, but thinking about the important business at hand, he gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger.

"...You guys have to come with me, I’ve found Heart!"

"Really?" Jiang Xiaohua opened his mouth into an "O" shape in surprise, feeling for the first time that Jian Changsheng was actually so reliable.

"...Oh." Sun Bumian responded with little interest. "Where is he?"

"His situation... is very complicated. He has infiltrated the Fire-Tamperers, but at the same time, he left a part of himself outside... In short, there are two Hearts now! And he’s playing those Fire-Tamperers for fools!"

Fire-Tamperers...

Hearing these three words, Sun Bumian sat up from the ground with a start, his eyes bloodshot!

"What are you going crazy for?" Jian Changsheng was startled by him.

"Keep talking!"

"..." Jian Changsheng hesitated for a moment before speaking. "We have to find a way to help him swap his memories back. As long as we complete this step, he can kill his way through the Fire-Tamperers and leave here together."

"You mean, not only is he playing the Fire-Tamperers for fools, but he can also kill his way through them??" Sun Bumian’s breathing grew heavy.

"...Yeah."

"They deserve it!!" Sun Bumian gritted his teeth. "Let’s go! Even if I have to risk my life, I’m going to save Heart... I want those shameless thieves of the Fire-Tamperers to pay the price!!

In this life... I want to take back everything that belongs to me!!"

Looking at Sun Bumian, who was pumped up like he’d been injected with adrenaline, a look of deep confusion appeared in Jian Changsheng’s eyes...

The Sun Bumian he knew had always been lazy and listless, a "young master" who couldn't get excited about anything. After his memories of Chen Ling were stolen, he hadn't been particularly concerned about rescuing Chen Ling... But what was this sudden burst of passion?

Jian Changsheng didn't understand, but it was naturally a good thing that Sun Bumian was willing to put in so much effort.

"Everyone come with me." Jian Changsheng looked at the sky.

"Calculating the time... it should be about right."

……

Cathedral.

*BOOM—!!!*

A deafening roar came from the distance of the Wuji Domain. Chi Tong, who was napping on his desk, shook all over and raised his head with bloodshot eyes.

Chi Tong looked out the window abruptly, only to see rolling thick smoke rising from the distance, within which black killing intent wove into a black spear, instantly piercing through the clouds!

*THUD!!*

Another giant wave swept across the firmament, clearing away the thick smoke and the haze covering the Wuji Domain. The hurricane blew the trees along the street until they were swaying wildly.

Without a doubt, this was the lethality that only an Eighth-Order could cause, and in the entire Wuji Domain, there was only one person capable of such attack power... The leader of [Asura], Hongxiu.

Who was Hongxiu fighting?

Chi Tong stared fixedly at that direction, sweat seeping from his palms in nervousness.

"Chi Tong!" A voice suddenly sounded from outside the door. Chen Ling rushed in, his expression pale and panicked. "Outside... what happened outside?"

Chi Tong turned back to see Chen Ling, hesitated for a moment, and spoke:

"It should... be Hongxiu fighting with the Twilight Society people."

"Are those guys from the Twilight Society that strong?" Chen Ling’s brows furrowed tightly. "Isn't Miss Hongxiu the Eighth-Order leader of [Asura]? They can actually trade blows with Miss Hongxiu?"

"There are quite a few strong people among the high-level members of the Twilight Society... especially those [Ks]."

"Have they really all come to the Wuji Domain?"

Chi Tong didn't answer. At this moment, his mind was on the distant battlefield, and he felt very uneasy. He wished he could immediately take out a photo of the Silver King, burn incense, and kneel to pray for him to return quickly...

The current situation seemed to be increasingly beyond his control.

"Lord Chi Tong!" A Fire-Tamperer rushed into the office in a hurry. "Playing cards have appeared in various districts of the Wuji Domain... And we asked all the residents and workers nearby, but no one saw how they appeared..."

"Playing cards... playing cards... where did so many Twilight Society members come from??"

Chi Tong’s eyes were bloodshot, as if he were on the verge of collapse.

Seeing this, Chen Ling looked around with some concern. "Chi Tong... with so many Twilight Society people in the Wuji Domain... can we win?"

"Of course we can win!" Chi Tong said coldly. "We don't have fewer people than them, and this is our home turf... They cannot be our match."

"Then what if they attack the cathedral directly?"

Chi Tong was stunned.

"The people of the Twilight Society are too cunning, I know this very well." Chen Ling said in a deep voice.

"Our disadvantage is that we have to protect the entire Wuji Domain, while they only need to hide in the dark and can strike at any time... If I were them, I would definitely drag this out, wait until our people are exhausted, and then strike at the heart to destroy this place...

But we can't retreat everyone back to the cathedral, as that would let them control the streets and factories, control the people, and cut off all our supplies..."

Chi Tong’s brows furrowed tightly, as if he were seriously thinking about Chen Ling’s words.

"You mean..."

"I think we need to keep an ace up our sleeve. Anyway, they only have four [K] cards, while we have five Adjudicator Proxies." Chen Ling paused for a moment.

"Miss Hongxiu is an Eighth-Order [Asura] who can take on several Eighth-Orders alone. Having her sit in the cathedral is safer than leaving dozens of Fire-Tamperers here... Why not let the other four Adjudicator Proxies continue searching for the Twilight Society outside, and let Miss Hongxiu sit in the cathedral alone!

This way, we can advance to attack and retreat to defend, standing in an invincible position!"