199: Chapter 199 As expected of Heavenly Secrets

Putting down his phone, Chu Xuan rubbed his temples.

In the dream just now, it had been confirmed that Zhao Hongchan and Qin Qing were not problematic.

However, just as Future Tang Zheng had said, that infant indeed had a Specter inside its body.

Zhao Hongchan clearly knew about this long ago. She must have hated the person who did this to the marrow, but since she couldn't find the culprit, all that anger was bottled up inside her.

In other words, Zhao Hongchan was a natural partner.

Next, it was time to verify the identities of the other team members.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of knocks on the window rang out, interrupting Chu Xuan's train of thought.

He turned his gaze to see Han Feng's pale Face pressed against the window, his expression puzzled: "You've been sitting in the car for quite a while without leaving. Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing."

Chu Xuan waved his hand, started the car, and drove rapidly towards Tang Zheng's location.

This time, Chu Xuan consumed 500 points of spirituality value, keeping 310 points for himself, and replenished the spirituality value inside the spirit Orb directly to 1000 points, all for Tang Zheng to absorb, raising both his strength and agility attributes to 30 points.

Immediately after, he rushed to Bafang Pawnshop to meet Xinyue Fox without stopping.

Relying on the experience from the last dream, this operation was even faster.

Chu Xuan took Tang Zheng's custom handgun. With both guns in hand, he started by drawing and firing immediately. In the blink of an eye, he crippled the dozen or so people standing on the eaves. The entire process didn't even require using Tang Zheng's talent.

Only when the Specter inside Xinyue Fox appeared did he activate the three-second talent, and then she was beheaded by Chu Xuan in one strike.

This was only because he was afraid of accidentally killing Xinyue Fox and held back. Otherwise, with Tang Zheng currently in the state of having activated the Fighting God Talent, it would only take one second to kill the Xinyue Fox who had been awakened by the Specter.

He followed the same procedure for the rest, killing them one by one.

Just like last time, he gained a total of 420 points of spirituality value.

The only pity was that these people no longer had any spirit money on them, only some powder left; they had been completely squeezed dry.

"Call someone to come and clean up. We're leaving first." Chu Xuan took Tang Zheng back into the car and sped down the road again, spending 10 points of spirituality value during the trip to extend his talent duration.

"Where are we going?"

"To see Zhang Qiang!"

Zhang Qiang and Luo Xiaotian were leading several intern team members in charge of search operations in the outermost area.

This area had the widest range, but the population density was not high, mainly distributed across several villages, towns, industrial zones, and a few concentrated commercial and residential areas.

When Chu Xuan and Tang Zheng arrived, they happened to catch them eating a "late-night snack" at a hot pot restaurant.

A dozen or so people were sitting around the hall, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

Perhaps because everyone was dressed in a somewhat stern and murderous manner, coupled with the presence of several armed soldiers, there were no other customers in the shop.

"You brat, I've asked you to join my team several times, but you just won't come. It was a waste of me valuing you!"

Zhang Qiang cursed with a smile while holding a cigarette in his mouth, then glanced sideways at Tang Zheng, "Aren't you teamed up with Bai Yunfei? Why did you come with him? You two really have no organization or discipline!"

"Isn't it because I missed you? We came to see you together!" Tang Zheng chuckled.

Zhang Qiang rolled his eyes: "Cut it out! It's already past six, and it's dawn. At this time, Specters basically won't turn weird and eat people anymore. We're also preparing to rest a bit before heading back to the base. If you two have nothing to do, hurry up and get lost."

"Old Zhang, since they've already come, how can you chase them away?"

Luo Xiaotian muttered: "Besides, Chu Xuan has been able to find quite a few Specters during the day for three consecutive days. We can just take advantage of his talent..."

Before he could finish, a plume of Smoke was already sprayed onto Luo Xiaotian's Face.

"Call me Uncle Qiang!"

Zhang Qiang raised his hand and slapped Luo Xiaotian on the forehead, sneering: "Is it your place to speak? Keep eating yours!"

"Uncle Qiang, give me some Face, okay? So many people are watching!"

Luo Xiaotian choked and coughed, eventually having no choice but to helplessly pick up a large pile of bloody beef and extend it into the boiling hot pot.

After about two or three seconds, he pulled it out, coated it in the red oil sauce from the dipping dish, and then stuffed it all into his mouth, chewing it in large bites.

Chu Xuan's gaze was deep, as if he were deep in thought.

"Staring so intently? If you want to eat, just sit down and have some!"

Zhang Qiang waved to greet him, his tone still very dissatisfied: "You brat, didn't we agree before that I'd be your sparring partner every day? Little Tang is very steady, he comes to find me every day without fail..."

He paused, took a deep drag of his cigarette, and pouted:

"You brat are getting quite arrogant. Don't tell me that just because you've gained Captain Ming's favor, you don't put me, the Deputy Captain, in your eyes anymore? I'm warning you, if you don't reach level 4 within half a month, I'll definitely beat your ass until it blooms!"

Chu Xuan ignored Zhang Qiang. As a silver glint flashed in his eyes, he spoke indifferently: "You all go out first. Old Zhang and I have something to talk about."

"Yes!"

Ten people stood up at the same time, without asking for Zhang Qiang's opinion at all. They all seemed to have received an order and walked out of the hot pot restaurant in single file. The remaining few, following the herd mentality, were stunned for a moment before following them out.

"Big sister, please excuse yourself as well."

Chu Xuan looked at the landlady at the cashier desk.

"You guys talk, you guys talk." The landlady smiled awkwardly and hurriedly walked out as well.

"You are already able to easily master the level 3 Heart-Confusing Skill. It seems your spirit attribute is not low."

Zhang Qiang said with great interest: "Going through so much trouble to send everyone away, I'm actually a bit curious about what earth-shattering matter you want to tell me."

Chu Xuan sat down with a smile: "Old Zhang, actually, you knew about it long ago, right?"

"Know what?"

Zhang Qiang crossed his legs and sneered: "I'm a rough man, don't play riddles with me. Speak directly if you have something to say, and spit it out if you have a fart!"

Chu Xuan just smiled without speaking, then turned his head to stare at Luo Xiaotian.

Luo Xiaotian initially had no reaction, but when Chu Xuan stared at him with burning eyes while remaining silent, his movements became noticeably stiff.

Soon, he returned to normal, silently picking up beef, blanching it for two or three seconds, dipping it in sauce, and then putting it into his mouth.

Repeating this, as if he hadn't noticed Chu Xuan's gaze, he ate an entire plate just like that.

At some point, Luo Xiaotian was already covered in sweat.

"I told you earlier to add more to your spirit attribute, but you insisted on adding to agility. Look at you, how is your psychological quality not even as good as an ordinary special agent? It's truly a waste!"

Zhang Qiang sighed softly, then looked at Chu Xuan and asked: "When did you discover it?"

"I noticed it a long time ago."

Chu Xuan withdrew his gaze from Luo Xiaotian and chuckled:

"It's just that I hadn't confirmed it, or rather, I had never thought about it in that direction before... But recently I had a new discovery, so I thought of him immediately!

Looking at the way he was eating the beef just now, he must like eating raw meat, right? This is a characteristic of having a Specter inside the body!"

Luo Xiaotian suddenly looked up, his expression terrified and uneasy.

"Also, every time he calls you 'Old Zhang', you spray a Face full of Smoke at him and then correct the way he addresses you."

Chu Xuan said slowly: "To others, it seems like you are a bickering pair, but looking at it from another angle, you should be using the properties of the Smoke to suppress the Specter inside his body, right?"

"As expected of Tianji, I knew it, I wouldn't be able to hide it from you."

Zhang Qiang let out a long breath, and thick Smoke filled the air, covering his Face, making it impossible to see his expression.