528: Chapter 528 Seeing Ma Hao Again

"Pfft, cough, cough."

A series of coughs came from within the massive cloud of smoke and dust. It wasn't until the dust settled that a figure emerged.

"What on earth are you doing now, old man?"

Li Heng massaged his forehead as he looked at the old man who had covered himself in soot and caused such a huge commotion.

He had only stepped out for a meeting; how did things end up like this by the time he returned?

He suddenly seemed to understand the meaning behind Arthur's meaningful look from before.

The person in the dust was indeed Ma Hao. At this moment, he was covered in soot from the explosion, and his clothes were tattered and worn, making him look like an old beggar.

However, his Face still bore that same arrogant, sour expression. He didn't look pleased upon seeing Li Heng either, as if Li Heng were the one who had made a mistake.

"What are you looking at? There's no such thing as an experiment without explosions. Hurry up and clean this up; don't interfere with my work."

After saying that, Ma Hao strode away as if nothing had happened.

Just as he reached the sensor door and it opened, he saw Lord Canglan rushing toward the scene.

However, he merely sized her up and down before letting out a cold snort.

"Hmph, another new Face."

"Your Truth Cult is truly interesting. The people in charge are replaced batch after batch, yet I haven't seen a single one who is actually useful."

Having said his piece, Ma Hao walked past Lord Canglan, not forgetting to bump her with his shoulder.

Lord Canglan felt a sense of relief after seeing that this old man was still so insufferable.

It proved that this fellow wasn't some fake wearing Ma Hao's Face; with this wretched personality, it was almost certainly the man himself.

Although she didn't know how this guy had returned to the modern era, she had to inform her main body of this as soon as possible!

Lord Canglan suppressed the urge to strike and quickly sent a message to Zhou Yan, but Zhou Yan was currently in the middle of an intense battle and didn't have time to check it.

Inside the room, Li Heng was somewhat surprised to see Lord Canglan arrive, but he still walked over to smooth things over for Ma Hao.

"King Ming, the old man is just like that. Don't take it to heart; I'll apologize on his behalf."

Lord Canglan didn't respond to the apology. She simply rubbed her shoulder and said in an unreadable tone,

"Who is this old man? Why is he so arrogant?"

Li Heng gave a somewhat bitter smile and said,

"His name is Ma Hao. He's an ancient Cultivator we resurrected. It's said that in his past life, he was a Mahayana of Wind and a Disciple of Feng Xu."

"He's also the chief engineer for our current project. So, at least for the duration of this plan, give me some Face and treat it as humoring an elder."

Lord Canglan showed a thoughtful expression. Seeing this, Li Heng thought the pride of this Dragon Clan Young Miss was flaring up, so he quickly changed the subject and stopped discussing Ma Hao.

In any case, as long as Ma Hao didn't die before the plan was completed, it was fine. He had no reason to help that old man with his interpersonal relationships; that wasn't his job.

"By the way, King Ming, how do you have time to come here? Are you this invested when the plan has only just begun? That's quite rare."

Hearing Li Heng's words, Lord Canglan looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"King Heng, what are you saying? With such a huge commotion, it would be hard for me not to come and take a look."

"Speaking of which, what exactly happened? The scope of this explosion was enough to cause a cave-in. Is the plan going to be exposed before it even starts?"

Li Heng turned to look at the laboratory, which was still emitting black smoke, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"The old man said he was optimizing the plan to ensure perfect execution, and he's caused who knows how much trouble for it."

"Before I brought him here, he caused plenty of big commotions like this. I suppose he wouldn't feel right if he didn't blow something up upon arriving in Dream City."

"But don't worry, I have some experience with this sort of thing. I'll handle the aftermath."

Neither of them were good at small talk. After a brief chat, Lord Canglan bid farewell to Li Heng and headed toward her room.

She really hadn't expected Ma Hao to be here as well. But it made sense; since it involved the matter of Sui, it was impossible for him not to be present.

But from Li Heng's words, Ma Hao seemed to be up to something again, and the scale was not small. She wondered if it had anything to do with the ancient era.

She still needed to report this to her main body as soon as possible.

Lord Canglan was thinking as she turned a corner, only to see Florian leaning against the wall with his arms crossed.

"Don't act like I'm going to eat you."

Florian watched as Lord Canglan retreated warily. He stood up, took two steps toward her, and said as he passed her,

"You should have seen that old man by now. He's no good, and neither is Li Heng."

"This plan is far more troublesome than you think—even more than King Dong thinks. It's impossible for you to just coast through to gain experience. If you want to survive, think for yourself."

After saying that, Florian walked away with his hands in his pockets.

Lord Canglan could also use the Law of the Heart, so she could naturally hear the sincerity in Florian's voice.

At the very least, his attitude and words just now didn't carry a hint of malice, which was completely different from how he had been at the meeting.

It was obvious that no one cared much about this plan. Such a huge commotion had occurred, yet she was the only one who went to check.

Florian was clearly the same, so he was likely waiting specifically for her.

But... why?

After thinking for a moment, Lord Canglan gave up on trying to calculate the thought processes of these lunatics. Since he had mentioned King Dong, she would just wait for Secretary Wang to return and ask him directly.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

In the hospital corridor, a cute girl with pink hair had a black eye on her Face, yet she was grinning like an idiot.

Zhou Yan stood beside her, but his expression was terrible, looking as though he were being haunted by something filthy.

"What's the situation? Weren't you holding a concert?"

"And what's with this look of yours?"

Coincidentally, the moment they saw each other, they both subconsciously guessed the other's true identity correctly.

After going through everyone he had ever met, Zhou Yan finally determined that, aside from that fellow Meng Ke whose information was all question marks, there was no one else who fit the Joyous Union Sect profile and was familiar with the panel.

But Meng Ke was definitely still around and currently on tour, which was why Zhou Yan had always avoided that area.

As for Zhou Su, she had been misled by Mu Qianqiu.

She had always thought that Zhou Yan was currently playing a female character and was personally in Dream City.

Through her investigations, she had vaguely sensed that the other party might be in some secret experimental base, though she didn't know where.

Then she encountered someone whose aura and Soul were exactly the same as Zhou Yan's, only with a different appearance.

But thinking that the real Zhou Yan wasn't here and couldn't possibly be at the hospital right now, she subconsciously assumed someone had used some secret technique or forbidden technology to create a fake Zhou Yan. Thus, she instinctively attacked, intending to fight first and ask questions later.

"I really didn't expect our reunion to be like this. Do we count as a pair of bickering lovers?" As she spoke, Zhou Su suddenly leaned in, wanting to rest her head on Zhou Yan's shoulder.

Frightened, Zhou Yan quickly activated Unstained Dust, dodging the move while retreating two steps, waving his hands frantically to cut her off.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't do that!"

"If you want to talk, then talk. If you try to lean on me again, don't blame me for being rude!"

Through their exchange, Zhou Yan had learned the general situation.

It turned out this pervert had been lying to him from the start. The Meng Ke he met, and later Mu Qianqiu and Song Ling, were actually her using some secret technique to possess them.

But this made it seem even more perverted.

This person actually looked quite aesthetically pleasing to Zhou Yan, but her way of appearing was like Venom.

Who could have imagined being targeted by a 'Venom' who possessed people everywhere just to try and date him?

Besides, since your original body looks so good, you should have shown it earlier! Why go through all this trouble!

No, Venom is an American comic term; in a Xuanhuan world, it should be called ghost possession.

So it's basically a 'Ghost' romance!

As for the reason Zhou Su was here, it was even more surprising to Zhou Yan.

It turned out Shi Suiyan hadn't just taken Yuan Chenling; she had even bundled Bai Ling along.

However, Bai Ling was currently affected by the Power of Law and was hospitalized in this very hospital. Zhou Su was here waiting for Bai Ling to recover.

As for Shi Suiyan, she was working with people from the Joyous Union Sect to find the entrance to that hidden base, planning to rescue Yuan Chenling.

At this moment, Zhou Su looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, her blue eyes so soft they seemed ready to overflow with water.

"Really, I've wanted to see you for so long, but I didn't expect you to treat me like this the moment we met."

"I even went out of my way to help your Junior Sister and your friend. Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yan solemnly placed both hands on Zhou Su's shoulders.

This action took Zhou Su by surprise.

"Eh? So sudden?"

"I'm not ready yet, but whatever, let's do it!"

Just as Zhou Su was about to close her eyes, she saw Zhou Yan's deadpan expression.

"Can you stop acting like this?"

"I'm begging you."