Zheng Yuandong shook his head: "He didn't go through that key door in the first place, so he didn't fall out with us. He said he had things to do over there. As for what those things were, he didn't say."
"Let's hunt down the Kingdom and the Future!" Qing Chen charged down the mountain first.
Yangyang said worriedly, "Your injury hasn't healed yet, I'll fly you there!"
"Alright," Qing Chen looked at Zheng Yuandong, "Let's act quickly and catch as many as we can!"
In an instant, Zard led hundreds of C-level experts, howling and charging down the mountainside. They had just finished a battle, but were still as fierce as wolves and tigers.
As they passed through the village of Lobuche, hundreds of hikers in the village were awakened.
Everyone scrambled out of their tents, asking in a panic, "What happened? Was there an avalanche on the mountain?! What happened? What happened?"
But even after Zard and his group had run quite a distance, the hikers hadn't seen anything unusual...
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Times Square, New York.
W appeared suddenly in the crowd like a magician.
He carried a backpack, looked up at the wrecked Future Building in front of him, and felt a pang of heartache.
In this operation, Mike died, and the Future Headquarters suffered another major blow. W stood in the crowd, somewhat bewildered, unsure if the Future Organization had any future left.
As W pondered, a young man in a gray suit, holding a black scepter, walked past him with a smile.
In a split second, a jade heart sword about the length of an index finger pierced through the heart of the unsuspecting W.
W slowly turned around stiffly, looking at He Jinqiu's face. He never expected that this leader of Kyushu would choose to stay behind alone when all the Eastern Time Travelers had withdrawn, and that he would be waiting for him right here in Times Square, New York!
He Jinqiu took the black backpack from him and steadied W's body as he was about to fall.
W tried desperately to summon the six-winged angel, but with his heart pierced, he couldn't even utter a sound.
He Jinqiu said calmly, "Relax, don't look at me with such disbelief. I will avenge the blood debts of those warriors who died in Kyushu."
After saying that, He Jinqiu did not let go of W, who had already lost all hope of life. Instead, she helped him to a secluded and deserted place, lifted a sewer manhole cover, and threw him in.
He rummaged through W's backpack, took out an instant camera, and then threw the backpack down the drain.
Before long, the creatures underground will devour W's corpse, and a new forbidden land will be formed, destroying this most prosperous city in North America.
He Jinqiu did not tell Zheng Yuandong about the plan because he knew that the old squad leader would not allow him to implicate 20 million innocent ordinary people.
But could the Kyushu warriors have died in vain?
He stood beside the manhole cover that had been closed again, lost in thought for a long time.
In the end, he turned and left.
He walked into the crowd, through the long and dazzling streets, and arrived at the entrance of a private hospital. He went into the duty room and said, "Hello, I'm here to pick up my follow-up medical report."
The nurse on duty verified his information and then handed him the follow-up report: "Hello, Dr. George has been waiting for you all day. The cancer cells in your lungs are already in the middle stage. If you don't receive treatment soon, it could be very dangerous."
He Jinqiu glanced at the report, then smiled and said, "There are no targeted drugs for small cell cancer in the real world, and treatment would only be a waste of time. Please tell Dr. George that my illness doesn't need treatment. I know what I'm doing."
After saying that, he turned and walked out of the hospital, but his right hand was resting on the black scepter, and his left hand was stroking the black Eye of True Sight, as if he was thinking about something.
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The team that attacked Qing Chen was as happy when they arrived as they left in a sorry state.
W left, and Li Yunze also fled alone. They scattered like birds and beasts, like a pack of wolves defeated by a tiger.
Nikita looked back at the distant mountains. They had come to kill the Joker, but in the end, they hadn't even seen the Joker before they were defeated and forced to retreat.
Powerful and mysterious.
A constant sense of oppression.
All of this was the feeling she got from that man she had never met, from afar.
For some reason, Nikita couldn't help but feel a certain longing when she thought of that handsome Eastern man.
This desire is not lust, but the impulse to turn the other person into a specimen and display them in one's living room.
However, Nikita also understood that she wouldn't have that opportunity for the time being.
It's a miracle we didn't die here.
On the mountain road below Everest Base Camp, King looked at a subordinate: "Use your Keygate opportunity. If you can open the Keygate in New York, I will replace your red True Sight with a golden True Sight."
The subordinate hesitated. He knew very well that the person who opened the door would have to stay behind to close it. So if he accepted this condition, it would mean that King and the others would all leave, while he would have to stay behind and face the pursuit alone.
King took out a golden stone and placed it in the other person's hand: "I need to urgently return to headquarters to deal with the sneak attack, so I have to leave. But I can leave Arthur behind to protect you during your evacuation."
The subordinate's eyes lit up immediately; as long as he wasn't used as a pawn, that was fine.
He took the golden Eye of True Sight and twisted it ten times on the mountainside beside him.
King nodded: "I'll remember this credit for you when we get back."
With that, he turned and led his team into the Key Gate, leaving only Arthur and his subordinates behind.
After everyone had gone inside, Arthur said, "Close the door, let's leave."
The subordinate nodded and closed the key gate by rotating the Eye of True Sight ten times counterclockwise.
The next moment, Arthur grabbed the back of his neck and twisted it gently, making a snapping sound.
Arthur picked up the Eye of True Sight expressionlessly. King had left this puppet behind not to protect his subordinates as they left, but to monitor whether they were closing the Key Gate.
After all, if the Joker catches this subordinate, the Joker will inevitably guess that he is the one who closed the door, and may even threaten him with his life to force the subordinate to reopen the key door.
Therefore, King wanted to keep Arthur alive to silence him.
After putting away the Golden Eye, Arthur rushed down the mountain at full speed.
When Qing Chen arrived, only a corpse remained.
Qing Chen sighed, "What a pity. If only we could have killed them all tonight."
Zheng Yuandong said, "It's alright. We've already dealt a heavy blow to the enemy this time, so a little loss is nothing. What we need most is time. As long as the cultivators on Whale Island have a few more months to grow, none of this will matter."
Zard chuckled and said, "Boss! Look what I brought you!"
As he spoke, he shook his body a few times, and then a pile of forbidden items fell off him with a clatter...
Chapter 740, Loot
On the ground in front of Zard were an acoustic guitar, a thermos, a folded black cloth, a black backpack, an aluminum lunchbox, and a brooch.
Both Kamishiro Unro and Kamishiro Sora were dumbfounded. "You two went to the Kingdom to buy goods?"
Qing Chen asked, "Are these all forbidden items?"
“Yes,” Zard chuckled, “I… and Da Yu helped find them.”
Da Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, this guy didn't take all the credit, otherwise his debt repayment journey would have continued for a long time.
“They were all collected from the Kingdom Building. They’re bulletproof, so they must be forbidden items,” Da Yu said calmly. “The Purple Orchid Star I owed you before… is all settled.”
Qing Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Will we still need Purple Orchid Star in the future?"
Da Yu hesitated for two seconds: "Yes... but we'll talk about the future later."
Da Yu had a slight toothache. As long as his cultivation level hadn't reached Chen Yu's level, he would need to continue using the Purple Orchid Star...
Qing Chen said with a smile, "No need to rush, we're all good friends, there's no need to feel indebted to me."
He looked at the forbidden items on the ground and began searching for them according to the list of forbidden items that the tour guide, Xiao Zhang, had mentioned.
Of these, only one was mentioned by tour guide Xiao Zhang; the rest were all unknown.
“This backpack is quite famous in North America,” Qing Chen nodded. “It was in the hands of a B-level superhuman in the Future Organization a few months ago, but then that superhuman disappeared… You found it in the Kingdom Organization’s building, so it seems the Kingdom betrayed the Future Organization. Interesting. Tomorrow we’ll make this public and let the Kingdom and the Future fight like dogs.”
"What's the use of this backpack?" Da Yu asked.
Qing Chen said, "Bear it on your back. After you kill other superhumans, take off any piece of their clothing and put it in it. You can then obtain their abilities. The level of the ability depends on the host."
This is a forbidden item for use in combat!
Moreover, it's a forbidden item perfectly suited for knights!
Should we give it to Xiao Mengqian? No, it's not appropriate. Xiao Mengqian should focus on developing her sixth sense to gain the upper hand.
Should it be given to Chen Zhuoqu? Or is a silhouette more suitable for this multi-talented girl?
Hu Jingyi? No, that kid's a bit slow-witted. It'll be good enough if he can even understand the knight...
It's not that Qingchen is biased, but giving forbidden items should be done according to the circumstances and to the most suitable person.
After much deliberation, Qing Chen concluded that this backpack was most suitable for Li Ke, the next generation senior brother of the knights, who possessed a steadfast character and had the strongest protector, Li Yunjing.
If he only has the body of a knight, he cannot maximize his abilities.
Qing Chen looked at the remaining forbidden items and said to Zheng Yuandong, "Mr. Zheng, could you ask Mr. He if I could exchange 18 Felicis for a complete intelligence report on North American forbidden items? How about it? Delivery within 15 days."
Zheng Yuandong nodded: "I'll contact him when I get back to Whale Island."
It takes nine Feli fruits for a person to raise their aptitude to its limit. Eighteen fruits would be enough to provide two top-tier cultivators in Kyushu. He Jinqiu should not refuse.
At this moment, Zard unfolded the black cloth, wrapped it around his head, and turned to Dayu: "Do I look like your grandmother?"
"It's the wolf in sheep's clothing, not my grandmother," Da Yu said irritably. "Let me see this thing unfolded."
When the black cloth was unfolded, it was surprisingly large, like a giant bed sheet.
Then everyone looked and were shocked to find a white mark in the middle of the black cloth, as if someone had been curled up on the cloth.
Qingchen said, "It is fourteen feet five inches long and three feet eight inches wide. This is a shroud, exactly the same size as the Shroud of Turin."
Zard bent over: "Ugh..."
Da Yu patted him on the back expressionlessly.
Qing Chen asked doubtfully, "What can a shroud be used for? It's not even easy to study its function or how to contain it."
Da Yu suggested, "Why don't we wrap Zard up for one night and see what happens?"