Chapter 80

Jiang Xue suddenly said, "It's time to cross over, Xiao Chen. Can I provide any assistance in the Inner World?"

In fact, this sentence already implied that the other party knew about Qing Chen's identity as a time traveler.

But this was not important, because on the night he saved the person, he had indeed exposed too many details.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Jiang Xue, it's better not to get involved in this. Perhaps by the time we come back, I will already have a solution."

Li Tongyun blinked her eyes from the side, "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Qing Chen looked at her and found it somewhat amusing. At this point, it was this young girl who had hidden the best.

Apart from himself, it seemed that no one else knew about the other party's identity as a time traveler.

At the same time, in Meng County to the north of Luocheng.

Lu Yuan led his team through the rugged mountain paths to Dazhuang Village, where seven off-road vehicles were splattered with mud.

In this village, three people separately called the police, reporting that five strangers had entered the mountains with backpacks, and had steel-like ankles or arms.

The informants did not say that these five were wanted criminals, only that their behavior was suspicious.

Lu Yuan had the village chief call these three people over, then had his subordinates take them to separate rooms for questioning, while he personally interrogated the first informant.

This informant had a face full of wrinkles, dark skin, and looked like a genuine farmer.

Lu Yuan asked, "When did you see them?"

In the simple brick house, the old man's eyes darted around as he said, "Around three or four in the afternoon. I called the police as soon as I saw them."

Lu Yuan suddenly felt something was off, "What kind of clothes were they wearing?"

"They were wearing the kind of outdoor sports clothes that city people wear, what's it called, oh right, tactical gear!" the old man replied.

"Any women?" Lu Yuan's expression grew serious.

The old man was taken aback, "I don't think so..."

"Tell me the color of their tactical gear, answer within 10 seconds!"

The old man stammered, unable to recall.

"How much money did you take to file a false report?" Lu Yuan stood up angrily, "Do you know how many people a false report like this can harm?"

There was no need to ask any more questions; a real informant would not be like this.

If Lu Yuan lacked this judgment, he wouldn't be in Kunlun.

He turned and walked out of the house. A Kunlun team member asked, "How's it going, Captain Lu? Something seems off with mine too; his wife said he suddenly brought a stack of new money home yesterday."

"Diversionary tactic," Lu Yuan stood outside the door, thinking. But what was the point of this diversionary tactic? There were still six Kunlun team members on duty in the city. Even if he wasn't there, the other party might not be able to escape once they made a move.

No, something was wrong!

Lu Yuan suddenly looked up, Laojun Mountain!

The other party had gone to great lengths to lure him to this remote area, so he wouldn't be able to make it to Laojun Mountain in time!

It would take 4 hours to get back to the city, and another 3 hours to reach Laojun Mountain from the city.

The criminals had done all this just to gain these 7 hours.

So, the other party's plan for tonight would be completed within 7 hours.

Night had fallen.

They were in a race against the darkness.

The countdown reached zero.

Return countdown: 48:00:00.

When the darkness dissipated again, Qing Chen was still wearing the cat-faced mask.

Standing in the dim corridor.

In the isolation room, Ye Wan and Lin Xiaoxiao had just "just" injected Liu Dezhu with the gene agent.

Liu Dezhu, who had traveled through with them, was startled by the two people beside him. He spat out a gold bar from his mouth and said, "Can you two heroes untie me first? The injection is done!"

Qing Chen slowly walked into the isolation room and asked coldly, "Why didn't you respond to my messages?"

Ye Wan and Lin Xiaoxiao exchanged glances and stepped aside, not knowing what had happened in the Inner World.

Liu Dezhu, lying on the bed, answered cautiously, "Boss, it's not that I didn't want to reply, but I was always with my classmates and didn't have the chance to check my communication device."

Actually, Liu Dezhu was lying. He could have replied when he went to the bathroom, but the classmates were having too much fun, and after arriving, they all gathered for a bonfire party, so he forgot about the communication device.

Qing Chen didn't know this, so he instructed, "After this return, don't leave home for the seven days of National Day, understand?"

Liu Dezhu was taken aback, "Boss, I'm already at Laojun Mountain. Can I go back home after I return from Laojun Mountain?"

This time, it was Qing Chen's turn to be taken aback.

At this moment, the 47 classmates in Liu Dezhu's car had already arrived at Laojun Mountain.

Not only that, they were playing games organized by Hu Xiaoniu and Zhang Tianzhen.

Until the second before the countdown reached zero, they were still playing a game of passing the flower around the bonfire in the courtyard of the inn. When the drum stopped, the person holding the flower had to perform.

In the Inner World, the drumming continued.

Qing Chen was silent for a moment, "You went to Laojun Mountain? Which inn are you staying at?"

Liu Dezhu said, "It's called Yunshang Inn, quite famous on Laojun Mountain. We have 47 classmates in total, and the transfer student from Haicheng paid for everyone to stay there for three days."

Qing Chen asked, "Was this planned a long time ago? Why didn't you ever mention it to me?"

Liu Dezhu, seeing that the boss seemed angry, quickly explained, "It wasn't planned a long time ago. It was a spontaneous idea from the transfer student from Haicheng. We were originally supposed to leave on the morning of October 1st, but because the school let out early, we went ahead of schedule."

At this moment, Liu Dezhu was thinking, it seems the boss isn't one of his classmates, otherwise, he would have known about Laojun Mountain.

At this point, Qing Chen's expression behind the cat-faced mask was completely calm.

Yunshang Inn, Jiang Xue had mentioned it.

Originally, Jiang Xue wanted to book this inn, but because it was large, it only accepted group bookings during National Day.

The most critical point was that Yunshang Inn was right next to them.

Qing Chen looked at Liu Dezhu, thinking, so the laughter and drumming earlier were from you guys...

Amazing!

The mixed voices of dozens of people, even from over 50 meters away, made it impossible for Qing Chen to distinguish some familiar sounds.

It seemed the criminals were targeting Liu Dezhu.

On Laojun Mountain, there was no more valuable time traveler than Liu Dezhu.

But Qing Chen couldn't understand how the criminals knew in advance that Liu Dezhu and his group would come to Laojun Mountain.

This was clearly a well-prepared plan, and they even knew that Liu Dezhu and his group were staying at Yunshang Inn.

"There's an insider," Qing Chen said calmly, "Someone provided your itinerary to the criminals, not only knowing which inn you were staying at, but even that you arrived a day early."

Liu Dezhu looked at the cat-faced mask in front of him, "What are you talking about, boss?"