Chapter 97 The Highest Hunter
Fengxin City was a large city, and also the capital of this planet, so a prison like this would definitely hold a large number of prisoners.
Once these people were released, it would be a disaster for the entire city.
"Mr. Ying, what do we do?"
"What do we do?"
"They've already escaped, all the prisoners have been released, the city is in chaos, and the people are full of complaints. If this continues, our reputation will be severely damaged."
"Can't you tell what's more important? The core hub is the key."
"Then... alright, those who achieve great things shouldn't be soft-hearted and bound by trivialities. I'll listen to you, Mr. Ying. I'll have the enforcement team come over and go with us to catch Selena and that young man."
"Wait, come back."
Ying Gou looked at the Shang Shan Ren like he was an idiot.
"Let all the enforcers go out to catch the prisoners? Their goal is to have the prisoners attract the enforcers. How can we not cooperate?
We must give him way, pave the road for him, so that he can smoothly find the core hub.
If you let the enforcers follow us, that young man isn't stupid. If he sees so many people trying to catch him, won't he run?"
"I understand."
"Let's go, we'll follow secretly, keep a distance, and follow him."
"Okay."
Wan Lei didn't notice the three Shang Shan Ren watching him from afar. He carried Selena on his back and ran as fast as he could.
At first, he tried to avoid the enforcers, but seeing the chaos in the city and the enforcers running around like headless flies, he didn't even bother to hide and rushed towards his destination at top speed.
Thanks to the prisoners, the Shan Ren in the city were so scared of the criminals that they ran away. Wan Lei smoothly made his way to the south of the city.
Along the way, Wan Lei also killed a few Shan Ren who got in his way.
He didn't feel any psychological burden killing people now. In his eyes, this moral plane was just a game. Except for people from the Lei Feng Realm like them, everyone else was an NPC. It was just a game, so it didn't matter if they were killed.
He knew the true moral plane better than anyone. It was the world of Asgard now. This was just a virtual reality created by an immortal.
Selena guided Wan Lei, turning left and right in the alleys, and finally stopped in a slum.
It wasn't that they had found it, but that Selena was lost.
This place was full of shacks, messy and irregular, with muddy ground and stinky garbage everywhere.
Even if Wan Lei flew into the sky, he wouldn't be able to figure out the roads below.
"Don't complain. Back then, I was being chased and killed. I fled in a panic and just found a place to dig a hole and hide the core hub. I was caught not long after.
Those people must have turned this place upside down after they caught me. These were all built later, with no landmarks at all. How am I supposed to find it?"
"Then describe what the core hub looks like, and I'll use my divine sense to search."
"It's a glass-like cylinder, with many complicated threads and some buttons on it. It's about the size of a palm, light yellow, and has some energy inside..."
"Found it."
Wan Lei carried Selena and rushed towards the northeast.
It was a shack where a Xia Zui Ren (Lower Sinner) lived. A family of three was eating inside.
Of course, if those unknown plant roots dug out of the ground could be called food.
"Who are you... Zhong... Zhong Zui Ren (Middle Sinner)?"
The man of the house roared angrily when he saw someone rushing into his house, but he immediately shut up when he saw the black aura on Wan Lei.
They also knew that the prisoners from the prison had escaped and were wreaking havoc in the city. At this time, he didn't dare to anger the criminal in front of him.
Ignoring the woman's screams and the child's cries, Wan Lei went straight to a cabinet in the back room like a bandit breaking into someone's house to rob them.
Opening the cabinet, there were some broken children's toys, which looked like they had been picked up from a pile of garbage.
The core hub was lying alone in that pile of garbage.
"That's it."
Selena exclaimed.
Wan Lei grabbed it in his hand, beaming with joy.
The next task was to escape from the city.
"Thank you for helping us find the core hub. You've fallen for our trap."
Wan Lei heard a mocking voice from behind.
Without looking, Wan Lei could sense from the aura that there were three Shang Shan Ren behind him.
"Greetings, Shan Ren."
The family trembled and knelt on the ground. They couldn't distinguish between Shang Shan and Zhong Shan, they only knew that Shan Ren were existences they couldn't afford to offend.
The child looked up and peeked at the thing in Wan Lei's hand, thinking that wasn't it the toy he found while digging for food a few days ago?
Wan Lei turned around and looked at the three Shang Shan Ren, with the same mocking smile on his face as Ying Gou.
"No, I should thank you for helping me find the core hub. You're the ones who fell for the trap."
"Hmm?"
Ying Gou's face darkened.
"You should have a backup plan, right? Like being able to successfully escape from our hands."
"Indeed, you're very smart. But you lost because of your own smartness.
You also know that I'm using you to find Selena and the core hub, but you didn't expect that I know you know my plan, so I also know that you will definitely come after me. Then didn't you think about why I would still do this when I know you will follow me?
If I didn't have a backup plan, would I dare to use you?
You're very smart, but you were misled by your own smartness.
You thought you saw through my plan, and your desire to control everything made you dizzy. You can only see what you want to see, and you didn't even think about such a big loophole.
My wife once said a sentence, the most brilliant hunter often appears in the form of prey.
You thought I was treating you as prey, and you were the real hunter. But the roles of hunter and prey are often randomly switched.
Goodbye."
A formation bead appeared in Wan Lei's hand. After crushing it, a pillar of light soared into the sky, and he disappeared from the spot.
Four hours ago, two hundred miles south of the city.
"I have a plan."
"What plan?"
"Isn't that Shang Shan Ren very smart? We can use his smartness.
We can't find Selena, but the enemy can help us."
"The enemy helps us? Wife, please explain clearly."
"My plan is like this. I'll go into the city to ask for directions, specifically looking for someone who looks very upright in the government department, to make sure he notices me.
Then I'll lead him to you. After the handover with you, you'll go to the prison.
You're a criminal. Going to the prison secretly will definitely attract the attention of the Shang Shan Ren. If that guy is really smart, he will guess that you're going to rob the prison to save people."
"And then?"
"Then you have to deliberately get caught. Whether it's the Shang Shan Ren or the guards, they will definitely send you to Selena's side. Even if there's no opportunity, they will create an opportunity to help you rescue Selena."
"Why?"
"Because that Shang Shan Ren is more eager than us to find the core hub. If he wants to control the whole city, he must get that thing.
Selena hasn't spoken for two months... she definitely hasn't spoken, otherwise she would have been killed long ago, and the immortal wouldn't have arranged for us to save her.
He will help you rescue Selena, and then let Selena take you, or rather, let you take him to find the core hub.
All of the above are what he can think of, and he will definitely do it.
And we will use his mentality to rescue Selena.
In his opinion, we helped him rescue Selena and find the core hub. In fact, we used him to let him help us find it."
"Speak slower, I'm a little dizzy, but what about after that? You also said that these are all things he can think of."
"Next is the plot that he can't think of.
We let him mistakenly think that he saw through our trap, and then he will set up a bigger trap for us.
But he doesn't know that we have a way to jump out of this trap.
The way is the teleportation array."
"You want me to set up a teleportation array, right?"
"Yes, this is our backup plan, fixed-point teleportation, which is not difficult for you.
You make a pair of array beads. As long as one breaks and teleports, the other will also break and teleport. At that time, I, who was caught, and you, who completed the mission, will both escape.
The most brilliant hunter often appears in the form of prey."
"Amazing..."
A Shang Shan Ren said in a panic,
"Mr. Ying, what's going on?"
"The enemy ran away, can't you tell?"
Ying Gou's expression was relaxed.
"But luckily, we still have a hostage."
"It's too late. There's a loophole in my reasoning, which is why that girl dared to be caught by us. She must have a way to escape, so if she has it, that young man naturally has it too."
Ying Gou sneered and overturned the shack with a palm.
In the center of the city in the north, a pillar of light appeared...
"We... lost."
The faces of the two Shang Shan Ren were ashen.
"Lost? They have a backup plan, but don't I have one too?
He and you all thought that I didn't see through this loophole, but...
How does he know that I didn't deliberately let him go?"
A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Ying Gou's mouth.