Chapter 63

A streak of unusually prominent silver light flashed across the remnants of the Terminator. Although the mechanical skeleton itself was also silver, this silver glow stood out like a crane among chickens, catching the eye of the adventurers. Without a doubt, it must be the chest dropped by this big boss, a silver-quality item that was extremely rare in the beginner-level world!

Snowy Owl's eyes sparkled as she was about to step forward to check, but a large hand beat her to it, snatching away the silver treasure chest. It was the foodie, Ma Le! "Can you tell me now, where is Little Wang, and how did the Terminator find this place, Persian Cat, you should know, right?" Ma Le clutched the treasure chest tightly and said seriously.

Persian Cat smiled faintly, not answering the question directly: "It should be soon, the hint from the Miracle Badge..." Ma Le frowned and stepped forward, "What do you mean by that..." Just as he was about to ask in anger, as if to confirm Persian Cat's words, a message came from the Miracle Badge: "Miracle City adventurer number 110961 confirmed dead... Miracle City adventurer number 115802 confirmed dead... Miracle City adventurer number 113792 confirmed dead..." One death message after another came, including the number of Wang Xiaofu, who had been with them not long ago. Ma Le stood there in shock. "What's going on, even Little Wang..."

Persian Cat calmly walked up to Ma Le and said slowly, "You receiving the death notifications means they were all killed by adventurers from Hurricane City. But you wouldn't have thought that originally, those Hurricane City guys were supposed to come here and kill us, just like the Terminator!"

Ma Le threw away the Terminator's mechanical head, grabbed Persian Cat's small shoulders with both hands, and asked urgently, "Explain clearly, what exactly is going on?"

"Wang Xiaofu is Sun Wenxing's spy; he should have already returned to Sun Wenxing." Persian Cat looked up at Ma Le's eyes and said calmly. "What?" Ma Le's eyes widened. Although he had subconsciously thought of this possibility when he noticed Wang Xiaofu was missing, he still couldn't believe it when Persian Cat confirmed it.

Seeing Ma Le's incredulous expression, Snowy Owl also came over and added, "When Little Cat first told me, I was also surprised. But all the signs pointed to the fact that the seemingly shy boy was indeed Sun Wenxing's man, and very likely his teammate. He was disguised as a beginner to follow us to learn how to control the crows and to lead the enemies to us! Once the mission was over, he used a tool to instantly move to his teammates!"

"This is impossible..." Ma Le said in surprise... "Nothing is impossible, let's go, leave here first, we'll talk on the way!" Persian Cat broke free from Ma Le's hands and pulled him towards the pickup truck the Terminator had driven, with Snowy Owl following closely behind.

At the same time, in a deserted bar ten kilometers away, Sun Wenxing and two other ordinary-level adventurers huddled in a corner, surrounded by seventeen or eighteen armored zombie warriors. Among these warriors, three adventurers from Hurricane City slowly approached. The fat Max held Carl雷斯's head in his hand; on the other side, Medea was accompanied by two skeleton soldiers carrying the unconscious Sarah Connor; in the center was an old man leaning on a cane.

"How did you find us here?" Sun Wenxing gritted his teeth. Just five minutes ago, he was confidently waiting for the news of Ma Le and the others' deaths when the Hurricane City adventurers suddenly appeared and began to quickly slaughter the Miracle City adventurers. Shocked, Sun Wenxing and the others decided to escape with Sarah Connor, leaving Carl雷斯 to hold them off. Unfortunately, the enemy was too strong, and the protagonist didn't last ten seconds before Max decapitated him. In the end, Sun Wenxing and the others were forced to retreat to this infected area's abandoned bar, heavily injured and cornered.

The old man sneered and gently waved his cane, causing a stream of water to rise and bring back a corpse, which was the high school student Wang Xiaofu! "Since last night, I often felt someone was watching me. After much thought, there was only one possibility: you guys had a surveillance technique to observe us!" The old man explained while sitting on a swivel chair at the bar: "As the pursuers, it was already difficult for us to find you, let alone with our only tracker, Brad, dead. Completing the mission was even harder. Now, you have the ability to observe us from a distance, which means tracking you is impossible, right?"

"Realizing this, I felt a moment of despair, but it was just a moment. Soon, I thought of a plan. If I couldn't find you, why not make you come to me? So..."

"So you staged a battle with the Terminator to make me think you suffered heavy losses, hoping I would take action to track you?" Sun Wenxing gritted his teeth, being a smart person, he figured it out when he saw the lively Medea and Max.

"Exactly, you're right," the old man nodded with a smile. "But I was disappointed that you didn't come to me... No, to be precise, you did take action, but it wasn't adventurers who came, it was a crow! Who would have thought your surveillance method was so simple? I almost went all out to fool the cameras, with Max and Medea fighting the Terminator and me creating two water elementals to serve as their substitutes, just to avoid any suspicion... How ridiculous!"

Sun Wenxing frowned, "Did you follow the crow to find us? Impossible, there are hundreds of thousands of crows in Los Angeles, and only a few thousand are under our control. How could you find us... Do you also communicate with animals? No, why...?"

"I tampered with the crows!" In a speeding pickup truck several kilometers away, Persian Cat explained to Ma Le, who was driving: "At first, I was puzzled why the timid and cowardly Wang Xiaofu had the courage to choose to be with us. In terms of the mission, he was different from us, and in terms of friendship, we had only spent a few minutes together in a car. These reasons were not enough for him to abandon the powerful Sun Wenxing and choose us. After much thought, the only possibility was that I had mentioned, in passing, that I could help him control small animals! From this, I deduced that Wang Xiaofu had told Sun Wenxing about his ability, and he was following us to improve the animal intelligence system."

"So you mean... Wang Xiaofu was secretly in contact with Sun Wenxing all along?" Ma Le asked.

"Exactly, I can vouch for it!" Snowy Owl added, "My perception is 28 points, and I once heard him secretly talking to the Miracle Badge, and the voice on the other end was Sun Wenxing!"

Persian Cat smiled at Snowy Owl and continued, "So, I thought, if Sun Wenxing had a complete animal intelligence network, what would he do? If he simply defended against Hurricane City, it would be fine, but given his usual style, I guessed he would most likely sabotage us. Therefore, when I planted the water poison in the crows, I also did a little tampering. The arrival of the Terminator proved my guess was correct; he indeed used the crows to send messages to our enemies. However, the Hurricane City side didn't appear, and the death notifications just now mean my plan succeeded!"

Hearing this, Ma Le asked curiously, "What exactly did you do to the crows?"

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"Exploded?" Sun Wenxing said incredulously, "How could that be? My crow was sent to give you information, to tell you that the guy who killed your teammates was still alive. I had Little Wang write down his location and have the crow bring it to you. How could that crow explode?"

The old man frowned, raised his hand, and used a stream of water to lift Wang Xiaofu's corpse, taking out the gemstone Persian Cat had given him. He said calmly, "In that case, you were also deceived by the owner of this gemstone... The crow, no, all the crows, were infected with water poison. Once they entered an area with high water element concentration, they would explode. The place with the highest water element concentration in all of Los Angeles is right here, by my side. As soon as the crow landed on me, it would explode and release a unique water element fluctuation. The only other source of this fluctuation is the gemstone on this kid. With my perception and water magic skills, remembering this fluctuation and finding this kid was easy." The old man smiled kindly, "Although the crow is dead, you should know where that guy is, right? Tell me, and I'll spare you!"

Sun Wenxing snorted, "Are you willing to sign a contract with us? Tell you his location, and let us go?" The old man hesitated, and Sun Wenxing sneered, "I may not be a good person, but I have principles. You have no intention of letting us go, so why should I give you information before I die? Find him yourself!"

The old man was slightly angry but then shook his head, "Fine, the one who set the trap is a smart person and wouldn't have thought I would ask for the location. He must have already left... Max, Medea, send them on their way!"

"Wait!" Sun Wenxing suddenly shouted, and the old man turned to look at him, "Changed your mind?" Sun Wenxing shook his head and smiled bitterly, "We've known each other for a long time. Now that I'm about to die, there's one thing I still don't understand, I can't die in peace!" The old man smiled, "Ask away!"

Sun Wenxing took a deep breath and asked, "For three whole worlds, you've been relentlessly pursuing us, constantly sabotaging our missions, but not killing us. Why?"

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