Although Xiao Qian was very enthusiastic and strongly invited Ye Tiancheng and his group, wanting to host them to repay their kindness.
However, after Ye Tiancheng learned what he wanted to know and temporarily solved his problem of being penniless, he chose to refuse Xiao Qian, saying he would just find a small hotel to stay in.
Xiao Qian's repeated invitations were to no avail, and he dared not try to influence the thoughts of the powerful figures, so he finally had to give up.
Since Ye Tiancheng and the others did not have identification documents for the time being, they could not book hotels. Fortunately, Ye Tiancheng and the others were not too picky, so they found a small hotel with less strict requirements to stay in.
Although the conditions were a bit poor, it was still bearable.
As for other matters, they would be dealt with after contacting the right people.
However, although Ye Tiancheng had sent a message to Nie Chongyang, Nie Chongyang might have been busy with something and did not have the time or opportunity to reply.
Because the outside world had changed so much, and without understanding the situation, Ye Tiancheng was reluctant to contact people rashly. Therefore, he decided to wait for Nie Chongyang's news before making further considerations.
Ye Tiancheng was not worried that Nie Chongyang might have encountered any trouble in the past three years.
Earlier, when inquiring for information from Xiao Qian, Ye Tiancheng had heard Xiao Qian mention that the current overall captain of the Special Operations Group headquarters was Nie Chongyang. As long as Nie Chongyang was well and alive, there wouldn't be any major problems.
Moreover, it was also necessary to consider that one of Long Miaomiao's avatars had been following Nie Chongyang. Even if the world underwent a major upheaval, Nie Chongyang would not be in such great danger so easily.
After Ye Tiancheng temporarily settled down, he even used the hotel's phone to call Nie Chongyang, but he couldn't get through.
He could only choose to continue waiting.
Meanwhile, at the Special Operations Group headquarters, which had been relocated to the national capital, someone rushed to Nie Chongyang's office. However, Nie Chongyang was not there; he was on a business trip and had not yet returned.
Currently, the only person remaining in Nie Chongyang's office was Nie Chongyang's assistant, Liang Ping.
When Nie Chongyang was away, his assistant Liang Ping was left behind to manage things.
Since Nie Chongyang was absent, the visitor naturally went to Liang Ping, needing to find him. When Nie Chongyang was away, Liang Ping handled all matters.
"Report!"
Liang Ping was engrossed in a pile of documents and materials, extremely busy. Suddenly, he heard a knock on the office door and someone reporting from outside. He looked up from the sea of documents and said to the door, "Come in, the door is unlocked."
The person outside responded, "Yes!"
As the person spoke, they opened the office door.
When Liang Ping saw the person, and recognized their face, he first thought for a moment and then vaguely realized something.
However, he was not yet certain.
Therefore, Liang Ping still spoke first, asking the person, "What is it?"
Immediately after, Liang Ping heard the subordinate reporting the situation say to him, "Deputy Captain Liang, three years ago, Captain Nie asked us to monitor the situation in Qin City and pay close attention to a Mr. Ye Tiancheng, a Mr. Ye Li, and a Ms. Long Miaomiao. We were to note when the three of them appeared."
"For the past three years, there has been no news, and their whereabouts have been completely untraceable. There have been no signs of their activities outside."
"However, today, we noticed that Mr. Ye Tiancheng's personal financial account was suddenly logged into and used!"
A full three years had passed, and Liang Ping had not expected to receive news of Ye Tiancheng at such a moment.
Liang Ping urgently asked, "Can you confirm where Ye Tiancheng's financial account was logged in from? And what operations were performed?"
The person continued to report to Liang Ping, "Mr. Ye Tiancheng's financial account was logged in at 10:36 AM today. According to the signal positioning, the login occurred in the Dongshen District of Haicheng. The operator transferred a sum of money to another financial account and then went offline."
Liang Ping pondered for a moment and immediately instructed, "Continue to closely monitor the situation and attempt to contact the person operating this account!"
"Once it is confirmed that Ye Tiancheng and the others have returned, report it immediately, maintain contact, and come to inform me. Also, notify the Special Operations Group branch in Haicheng to assist you in your work."
The person replied, "Yes!"
Ye Tiancheng was unaware that even though Nie Chongyang had not yet received his message, Liang Ping had already discovered traces of him and intended to follow the clues to find him.
However, even if Ye Tiancheng did not know, the impact of this matter on him was not significant.
Contacting Nie Chongyang or contacting his assistant Liang Ping was essentially the same. However, Ye Tiancheng's relationship with Liang Ping was not as close. Even if Liang Ping's contact information was stored on his previous phone, Ye Tiancheng certainly could not memorize Liang Ping's phone number.
This was also why Ye Tiancheng, upon failing to contact Nie Chongyang, did not choose to contact Liang Ping directly.
As for why Ye Tiancheng did not directly contact the Special Operations Group branch in Haicheng, there was also a reason.
An organization that was in a period of rapid expansion, likely with a mixed bag of people due to a shortage of talent, even if he had a close relationship with the organization's leadership, Ye Tiancheng would not choose to rashly contact new branch members he had not interacted with, given the unclear situation.
At present, Ye Tiancheng still prioritized caution and did not wish to be too high-profile.
He had not appeared for three years, so being low-key was not a bad thing. Ye Tiancheng was still inclined to wait and see.
Having not received a response from Nie Chongyang, Ye Tiancheng waited quietly.
He stayed in the small hotel with the little fox and Long Miaomiao. No one expected that things would get busy so quickly.
Ye Tiancheng had only settled in for one day. On the second day of staying at the small hotel, Xiao Qian came again. It was Xiao Qian who had helped Ye Tiancheng find this small hotel according to his request.
And Xiao Qian's reason for visiting again this time was to seek help.
Ye Tiancheng was somewhat surprised when he saw Xiao Qian appear, but his attitude was good because he could tell that Xiao Qian had no ill intentions. They had a prior connection, so he treated Xiao Qian with kindness.
It was Xiao Qian's amiable attitude that made him dare to state his request with confidence.
After the great changes in this world, the lives of ordinary people were greatly affected. Not only did they have to face monsters that could endanger their lives at any moment due to the surge in spiritual energy, but also many demons, ghosts, and even some demonic cultivators posed dangers to ordinary people.
Some of them were inherently not good and often committed evil deeds and acted as they pleased before. However, due to the limitations of the overall environment, they had to restrain themselves and dared not be too reckless.
But now, with everything in chaos, wasn't this a heaven-sent opportunity?
Therefore, incidents of these beings harming people had gradually increased over the past three years.
And this time, the reason Xiao Qian came to find Ye Tiancheng and hoped for his help was precisely because someone he knew was suffering from such troubles but could not resolve the predicament and had nowhere to turn for help.
Originally, ordinary people encountering such incidents could seek help from the Special Operations Group.
However, everyone knew that the Special Operations Group was severely understaffed, and most importantly, lacked personnel capable of controlling the situation. They also needed to constantly pay attention to and prioritize handling more dangerous incidents. For troubles affecting individual families, as long as the scope of impact was not large, they were inevitably postponed.
And these families had no other recourse but to endure, try to save their lives, and wait for the Special Operations Group to have time and get to them to solve their problems.
Even so, situations where the Special Operations Group could not solve problems were also common.
In short, it was indeed difficult for ordinary people to survive.
Several of Xiao Qian's relatives were precisely one such family, currently suffering from similar troubles.
They had reported the situation, and it had been over two months since then. However, after the Special Operations Group received the report, due to lack of manpower and being overwhelmed, no one from the Special Operations Group had come to help them solve the problem until now.
They were greatly troubled and had no other options.
Coincidentally, Xiao Qian had a good relationship with that relative and had just met Ye Tiancheng. Although Xiao Qian had not yet repaid his kindness and did not ask for any rewards or compensation, Xiao Qian was fully aware of how difficult the mutated animals were to deal with. Yet, Ye Tiancheng and his group dealt with them so easily, with just a few moves, and that giant cockroach at the time met its demise.
In Xiao Qian's opinion, even the people from the Special Operations Group Haicheng branch might not be as powerful as Ye Tiancheng and his group. Facing the increasingly severe situation, and having the rare opportunity to meet such experts, Xiao Qian felt this might be an opportunity.
If they could invite Ye Tiancheng and his group to help at that time, regardless of the cost, Xiao Qian and his relatives would be willing.
At this time, nothing was more important than life.
Living was the most important thing. If they couldn't even survive and lived such a difficult life, what was the point of keeping other wealth and treasures?
Xiao Qian and his family had a clear perspective.
To show their sincerity, Xiao Qian's relatives also had Xiao Qian bring a bank card, containing the most money their family could currently afford, as a reward to hire Ye Tiancheng and his group to act.
Although they couldn't afford a lot of money, this could be considered their entire net worth.
Xiao Qian couldn't bear to see it and secretly added some money from his own pocket, hoping to increase the stakes and move Ye Tiancheng to agree to help.
Ye Tiancheng was not particularly averse to such matters.
The reward was not important. If it were a wealthy family, Ye Tiancheng would certainly not hesitate to extort them. If they came to him, he would definitely not be polite, taking whatever was offered and never refusing any benefits that came his way.
However, for these kind and simple ordinary people who encountered such unsolvable difficult situations, if Ye Tiancheng happened to pass by, he wouldn't mind helping them.
Let alone helping them, even if these people did not offer Ye Tiancheng any reward, Ye Tiancheng would not mind. These small households were not doing well and could not afford much money. Ye Tiancheng had no interest in making things difficult for such ordinary families.