Chapter 00221: A Deliberate Act
# A Deliberate Act
Chapter 221
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 221: A Deliberate Act
Li Chengxi didn't care about the Cyclops Zombie issue at all.
Anyway, he didn't think he would encounter it a second time.
That was something for Section Nine to consider.
Why should Li Chengxi, a commoner, get involved?
However, one thing was certain.
Audel was very concerned about her figure, and her grip was quite strong…
Li Chengxi rubbed his waist where he'd been pinched.
He went downstairs, pulled up the rolling shutter, and opened a window to air out the smell of the instant noodles he had just eaten.
Just then, his phone rang again.
As expected, the caller ID showed Qian Sen.
Usually, almost no one called Li Chengxi; it was mostly spam calls.
Now, most of the calls in his call log were from Qian Sen.
“Hello? What is it now?”
“I've just finished the initial investigation over here. You were one of the participants, so I thought there were some things I should let you know.”
A few days ago, Li Chengxi and Audel had gone home, while Qian Sen had stayed behind at Golden Bull Mountain to assist with the investigation.
This place was on the border between his jurisdiction and Lin Tuyuan's, so both sides had a responsibility.
That's why he stayed.
“Did you find anything strange?”
“Of course. If the appearance of the Cyclops Zombie was an accident, then who was it that trapped those people?”
“Uh… didn't they just get lost wandering around on their own?”
When Li Chengxi got back, he had asked Xue Wenshu.
He said it was because they wanted to see what was behind the 'No Entry' sign.
As a result, the group got lost and seemed to have encountered a Ghost Wall.
After that, they felt very tired and all fell asleep.
By the time they woke up, they were already at the foot of the mountain.
“We found traces of a barrier having been cast nearby, and very recently at that. In other words, trapping them on the mountain wasn't an accident; it was done intentionally.”
“Did you find out who it was?”
“No. During this time, we've screened every villager in Golden Bull Village and found nothing. People with this kind of ability, like Lei Lei and Audel, were within our line of sight when it happened and had no time to do any of this.”
“So you're saying you think the culprit is among Teacher Lin Qiaoya, Teacher Wang Degui, and those few students from City No. 3 High School?”
“You could say that.”
Li Chengxi heard the sound of a lighter from the other end of the line, followed by Qian Sen letting out a long sigh:
“Since all these people are within my jurisdiction, this case has been handed over to me. I've already secretly assigned people to monitor them. I think the most suspicious are Teacher Wang Degui and the four students who were rescued at the time. According to our technicians' analysis, the spellcaster was inside the barrier when it was activated.”
“I don't know about the others, but Xue Wenshu should have no reason to do that, right?”
“You can't rule him out just because you know him. Don't worry, our surveillance won't affect their daily lives; they won't even notice.”
Qian Sen paused for a moment before continuing:
“I'm calling to let you know that there's a potentially malicious individual nearby. This person completely evaded our detection network and might be very difficult to deal with. I'm not sure what this person's reaction is to you going up the mountain, or to Audel and Lei Lei. I'm telling you this as a reminder to be careful recently. If anything happens, call me or send me a WeChat message immediately. Don't think you can handle it on your own.”
Back on the mountain, when Qian Sen saw Li Chengxi was also there, he hadn't said much, just clutched his forehead in frustration.
It was said that there were many disobedient first-class contactors like Li Chengxi, and Section Nine had to clean up their messes many times.
Qian Sen's call this time was probably also to remind Li Chengxi not to go looking for trouble.
This was Qian Sen overthinking things.
Li Chengxi was the type to take advice to heart.
After one near-death experience, he would definitely stay far away.
After that, Qian Sen gave him the contact information for several other Section Nine personnel, including the intern Gan Xiaoyan, saying that if Li Chengxi couldn't reach him, he could contact the others for help.
Then he hung up.
Qian Sen actually hadn't told him everything, because Li Chengxi was also on the list of suspects, just with the lowest priority.
While investigating the scene, Section Nine had discovered another special power besides Audel's magical power and Lei Lei's magic power.
Just testing the properties of this power had fried several portable detectors.
Left with no choice, they had to send a sample to Section Nine Headquarters to see if they could find any clues.
And it just so happened that besides Lei Lei and Audel, Li Chengxi was the only other person present at the time.
Qian Sen didn't mention this, and Li Chengxi didn't tell him about Audel's discovery either.
He figured that Section Nine would definitely conduct a thorough investigation anyway, and they would surely be able to find what Audel had discovered.
So naturally, he didn't say anything extra, lest he be dragged off by Qian Sen to serve as a conscript again.
He put down his phone and, just like any other day, opened the laptop sitting behind the cash register.
On Viola's side, everything was peaceful as usual.
Besides still scratching the walls in her office before Audel returned, there wasn't much to say.
Yang Yiyi's side, however, was different.
She had already arrived at Li Yingluo's hometown.
When Li Chengxi opened his computer, Yang Yiyi had just woken up and was practicing her punches in the courtyard.
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Dayong Calendar
Year 1154, August 20th.
The moment Yang Yiyi opened her eyes, she saw magnificent bed curtains, which were even adorned with decorations made of silver and jade.
This was a guest room in Li Yingluo's home.
Yesterday, they had managed to enter Kangping City, the capital of the Liu Prefecture Kingdom, before the city gates closed at dusk, and had followed Li Yingluo home.
The mansion of a first-rank great official was naturally not something ordinary commoners could compare to.
In Li Yingluo's home, just the west wing room for guests was twice the size of the Green Robe Sect.
And Zheng Yinping's home, the Grand General's Mansion, was right next door.
It was said to be even more luxurious and extravagant.
Yang Yiyi, who came from a poor background, couldn't even imagine what it was like.
Speaking of which, the journey that should have taken ten to fifteen days was compressed into just a few days, and it wasn't thanks to the carriage.
The three of them had only traveled by carriage for a single day before receiving an urgent letter from Zheng Yinping's father, stating that everything had been arranged for them and they should immediately ride horses home at the fastest possible speed.
Thus, the three of them got to experience what it meant to change horses but not riders.
The post stations along the way had already been notified and had prepared horses for them.
They galloped all the way back at the speed of an urgent military dispatch, which was how they shortened a journey of more than ten days to just a few.
Li Yingluo's family was ecstatic to see her return safely.
Her old father, who held the rank of First-Rank Minister of Education, was so moved to see his daughter return in one piece that tears streamed down his face.
When he heard that it was Yang Yiyi who had helped his daughter escape, he immediately treated Yang Yiyi as an honored guest and declared that from now on, no matter what she needed, if she just asked, he, this old man, would definitely get it done for her.
Zheng Yinping, however, didn't receive such good treatment.
She also returned home after arriving in Kangping City.
Because she had run off alone to find Li Yingluo without telling her family, she was now being ordered by her general father to stay at home and reflect on her actions.
It seemed the general's family had also been extremely anxious, otherwise they wouldn't have casually used their authority to have them rush back at the speed of an urgent military dispatch.
With the two of them home, the matter was considered concluded for now, but Yang Yiyi was a little unhappy.
That was because after they explained the whole story from beginning to end, neither the First-Rank Minister of Education nor the Grand General who commanded the troops of Liu Prefecture did anything but sigh a few times, seeming completely helpless against the Liu Family.
(End of this chapter)