Whether the car went left or right is unknown.
There's one last possibility... that the black market assassin network dispatched a helicopter to use a rope ladder to pick up Wang Xuewei and the fox together.
First, Zhou Ziwei believed that the first possibility was the least likely. Since the other party had planned to kidnap Wang Xuewei, they must have had a well-thought-out plan in the first place, and it was unlikely that they would abandon the car and leave on foot.
If the other side deploys a helicopter... then they will no longer be restricted by direction, and could fly in any direction. If Zhou Ziwei wants to chase after them, he will only be able to rely on luck.
Moreover, although the helicopter's flight speed is not as fast as Zhou Ziwei's, it shouldn't be much slower. So if Zhou Ziwei initially chases in the wrong direction and then tries to turn around and chase in another direction, he probably won't have much of a chance to catch up.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei could only deal with the second possibility for the time being, and search along both sides of the road. If he still couldn't find it, he would think of another way.
If he were to search in two different directions, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't be able to be in two places at once, and he didn't have any of his Kun pets with him. But suddenly, Zhou Ziwei thought of an old friend who might be able to help him. However, it had been a long time since they had met, and he didn't know if his old friend was still living here. He didn't even know if his old friend would still recognize him. But no matter what, he had to give it a try.
So Zhou Ziwei stopped in mid-air, pinched his lips, and suddenly let out a whistle that, while not harsh, was extremely penetrating...
The whistle can travel far in the high sky and create an echo in the mountains and forests, lingering for a long time.
Less than half a minute after the whistle blew, Zhou Ziwei saw a dark shadow rapidly drifting over from a distance. The shadow was not very conspicuous in the dark sky. If someone on the ground saw it, they might just think it was a small dark cloud. However, when Zhou Ziwei saw this small "dark cloud" drifting over, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and felt a warm feeling in his heart.
This guy... he's really persistent... I've been gone for three years, and he's actually stayed here the whole time...
The shadowy figure moved swiftly, arriving in front of the tornado that Zhou Ziwei was riding in the blink of an eye. It turned out to be an enormous bat.
“Brother, you’re still here…hehe…that’s great…” Zhou Ziwei stopped in mid-air, stretched out a hand from the constantly spinning tornado, and gently stroked the Bat King’s huge head.
The Bat King displayed an extremely docile demeanor, its large, endearing head bobbing as it tried to rub against Zhou Ziwei. However, Zhou Ziwei was enveloped in a tornado, and as soon as its head approached, the rapidly spinning wind caused its massive body to sway violently, startling it so much that it flew backward a great distance.
"Don't be afraid...it's alright!" Zhou Ziwei said with a wry smile, "Brother, I need your help with something. A friend of mine has been kidnapped and is probably in a car, heading down this road. But I don't know which way they'll go. Could you help me look in that direction?"
Because the Bat King had been inhabited by a human soul for decades, although its soul had been suppressed, it had also become tainted with human spirituality. Therefore, it was not unfamiliar with human language. Although it could not speak due to its physical condition, it could understand Zhou Ziwei's words. It immediately nodded vigorously to indicate that it was willing to help.
However, Zhou Ziwei then realized a serious problem: he had no idea what kind of car the other party was driving, and Bat King seemed to have never seen Wang Xuewei before, let alone now that Wang Xuewei was disguised as Aunt Hu. This meant that even if Bat King caught up with Wang Xuewei, he wouldn't recognize her at all and would just miss the opportunity.
But now that he had summoned the Bat King, Zhou Ziwei naturally couldn't just give up on getting his help. After a slight hesitation, Zhou Ziwei tentatively asked, "I wonder how good your sense of smell is? Can you clearly smell my scent? If so... then try to use your sense of smell to help me find my friends! As long as you smell someone who has my scent on them, then she is very likely to be my friend. Once you find her, notify me immediately, understand?"
Zhou Ziwei knew that bats mainly have echolocation ability, which allows them to generate short, high-frequency sound pulses through their mouths. These sound waves are reflected back when they encounter nearby objects.
Bats can determine the location and size of prey and obstacles by hearing the reflected echoes.
However, some bats rely on their sense of smell and sight to find food, so it's not true that all bats have lost their sense of smell. Perhaps the powerful bat king has a very strong sense of smell.
It's unclear whether the Bat King actually possesses a powerful sense of smell, but upon hearing Zhou Ziwei's words, it immediately nodded its enormous head forcefully, then flapped its thin wings violently. With a "whoosh," it flew straight along the road in the direction Zhou Ziwei had just indicated, disappearing completely into the night in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Ziwei didn't dare to delay either. As for whether the Bat King could actually help, he wasn't sure yet, so he naturally didn't dare to place all his hopes on it. So, as the Bat King flew to the left side of the road, he also activated the tornado and quickly chased after it towards the right side of the national highway...
There weren't many vehicles on this national highway at night, but it wasn't too deserted since it wasn't far from Dangyang City. As Zhou Ziwei chased after it, he soon encountered one vehicle after another traveling on the national highway below.
Zhou Ziwei didn't know what kind of car the kidnappers had changed to, and he couldn't possibly stop and inspect every car he saw.
Fortunately, the scanning range of his soul power has now been extended to a distance of 120 meters, so he only needs to keep his flight altitude at 100 meters in the air, and then he can use his soul power to thoroughly check all the vehicles traveling on the national highway below.
This naturally slowed Zhou Ziwei down, making him extremely anxious. He remembered that if he continued forward, there would be two forks in the road, and if he couldn't catch up before reaching the forks... then his hope of finding Wang Xuewei would become even more remote.
Knowing this, Zhou Ziwei dared not increase the speed any further, lest he scan carelessly and miss Wang Xuewei again, which would be a complete waste of effort.
Finally… what Zhou Ziwei feared happened. He chased Wang Xuewei to a crossroads ahead, but still couldn't find her. This made Zhou Ziwei a little anxious. If he continued forward… the road forked in three directions, and how was he supposed to know which way Wang Xuewei had been taken? Choosing one of the three options was too risky. What if he kept chasing and another fork in the road appeared? By the time he finished searching each road, she would probably have vanished without a trace.
If he had known this would happen, he would have left a soul mark on Wang Xuewei... Well, that is, to use his soul power to create an independent soul entity from something on Wang Xuewei's body. He didn't need that independent soul entity to have any function or to live for a long time. Even if that independent soul entity disappeared quickly, it would still leave a soul mark on it. With that soul mark, as long as they weren't too far apart, Zhou Ziwei could sense her approximate location.
Now that there's no soul imprint, Zhou Ziwei has no better ideas. Helpless, he can only continue searching one path after another, even though he knows there's a high chance it's a futile effort. He can't afford to waste time here...
Just as Zhou Ziwei had identified the fork in the road and was about to continue his search, his ears suddenly twitched slightly. He immediately perked up and turned around to look behind him with delight.
Although it was quite far away, Zhou Ziwei was absolutely certain that it was the Bat King calling to him.
Bat calls are ultrasonic pulses, a frequency that humans normally cannot hear. However, Zhou Ziwei, through his research on the howls of the soul, has developed some sensitivity to ultrasound. Moreover, he is currently channeling wind energy, allowing his soul consciousness to fully integrate into the tornado surrounding him.
You could say that... he is now like a gust of wind, or that he possesses the consciousness of the wind.
Sound waves are transmitted through air vibrations, so although Zhou Ziwei's ears only vaguely heard a little bit of ultrasonic waves, he clearly sensed the existence of the sound through the tornado around him and with his soul consciousness.
Could it be that the Bat King has found Wang Xuewei?
Zhou Ziwei felt a surge of joy, but he quickly suppressed it, fearing that he might be disappointed. After all, the Bat King didn't know Wang Xuewei at all, so Zhou Ziwei hadn't dared to have high hopes for the Bat King from the beginning.
Even if the Bat King is truly different from ordinary bats, possessing a far stronger sense of smell than ordinary bats, and able to detect Zhou Ziwei's scent on others, it doesn't necessarily guarantee that the person the Bat King finds will be Wang Xuewei.
For example, that guy who impersonated Zhou Ziwei just now, after being severely beaten by Zhou Ziwei, would definitely have some of Zhou Ziwei's aura on him. If that person woke up and ran away, but was caught red-handed by the Bat King...
Or perhaps it's Kyzylem. That woman had just been passionately kissing Zhou Ziwei for a long time, exchanging countless amounts of saliva. So, the one who must be carrying Zhou Ziwei's scent right now is Kyzylem.
That woman slipped away mysteriously, and there's a good chance she bumped into the Bat King.
But no matter what, since the Bat King had sent a signal, Zhou Ziwei had to go back and check it out. It was much better than blindly chasing after something like this.
Without much hesitation, Zhou Ziwei immediately pinpointed the direction of the Bat King, then flew into the sky, transforming the tornado into a cyclone. He then sped back the way he came at top speed...
Zhou Ziwei hadn't flown very far when he felt another ultrasonic pulse wave coming from afar. Zhou Ziwei guessed that the Bat King was calling out again because it was afraid he wouldn't hear its call. He didn't pay any attention to it at the moment, but just identified the direction and accelerated the vortex beneath his feet to fly away...
A few minutes later, Zhou Ziwei finally saw the huge black shadow hovering in mid-air again, and to his surprise, he saw that there was actually a person being held in the Bat King's giant claws.
Before Zhou Ziwei could fly close enough, he quickly poured a large amount of his soul power into his optic nerve, instantly increasing his vision by more than tenfold. He immediately saw the person being held in the Bat King's giant claw, and his face then fell...
As he unfortunately guessed, the person the Bat King was holding in his claws was not Wang Xuewei at all, but... that beautiful snake, Kyzylmer.
Volume 2: The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 446: Who is the Fox?
Seeing the Bat King carefully holding Kyzylmer in its claws and excitedly flying towards him, Zhou Ziwei sighed helplessly. Although this outcome was within his expectations, it still left him feeling very disappointed.
But no matter what, it's better to capture Kyzylmier than to have nothing at all.
So Zhou Ziwei mustered his spirits and slowly flew over. He saw the Bat King stick out its big, goofy head, looking at him with a smug expression. Zhou Ziwei could only smile wryly. He first gently stroked the Bat King's big head, then looked down at Kyzylmer, who was being held in the Bat King's claws and seemed to be unconscious. He then gently shook his head and said, "Brother Bat, although the person you found isn't the friend I'm urgently looking for, I still want to thank you. You've gone to a lot of trouble."
The Bat King visibly paused for a moment, then decisively released its grip, throwing Kyzylmer directly from a height of over a hundred meters.
"Oh no...!" Zhou Ziwei was startled. He hadn't expected this bat to be so straightforward. As soon as it realized it had the wrong person, it immediately threw it away. This... was a bit too inhumane! Uh... but you can't blame it. The Bat King wasn't human to begin with, so why should it talk about some bullshit humanity?
But while the Bat King could be inhumane, Zhou Ziwei couldn't stand by and watch the beautiful woman he had kissed just a dozen minutes ago fall to the ground and become a pile of minced meat. After letting out a cry of alarm, he immediately used his soul consciousness to separate a large part of the huge cloud of air beneath his feet, and then quickly caught up with the falling Kyzylmer, forming a tornado that wrapped around Kyzylmer's body and brought him back to the sky.
The Bat King's eyes were wide open, clearly indicating that this fellow's eyesight was not as poor as that of ordinary bats. His extra-large eyes were bright and piercing, not at all like someone with severe nearsightedness.
Moreover, the Bat King's eyes could clearly reveal its current mood, which Zhou Ziwei particularly admired. For example, at this moment, the Bat King's eyes showed extreme excitement and curiosity without reservation.
It seems that it is amazed at how Zhou Ziwei can manipulate the invisible and intangible wind energy with such agility, so easily rescuing a living person who has fallen.
Zhou Ziwei rescued Kyzylmer and then scanned her body with his soul power. He found that the woman had no injuries and appeared to have fainted due to exhaustion and severe fright. She could wake up at any time after a short rest.
Of course, Zhou Ziwei couldn't let her wake up on her own at any time, because who knew where she would run off to then? So Zhou Ziwei simply sent out a wisp of his soul power to invade the woman's body, instantly causing a minor disruption to her nervous system.
This destruction wouldn't cause much harm to Kyzylem's body, but without Zhou Ziwei's personal rescue, she wouldn't have been able to regain consciousness for at least three days and three nights. After dealing with Kyzylem, Zhou Ziwei said to the Bat King, who was curiously observing the layers of swirling air currents surrounding Kyzylem, "Brother Bat, although this person isn't the friend I'm looking for, she and I... are friends, I suppose! Now that we've found her, we can't just leave her here. How about... you take her back to your lair for me first, and then I'll go look for my friend. If I can't find her, I'll go and take her away..."
Before Zhou Ziwei could finish his sentence, the Bat King began to shake its head violently. It then circled in the air, turned its head to face another direction, and began to flap its thin wings, appearing somewhat agitated.
Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback, unsure of what it meant, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Bat, what are you going to do? Why won't you help me take this... friend to your lair? Could it be... could it be that you have a girlfriend and don't want anyone to bother you?"
Upon hearing this, the Bat King was visibly stunned. It retracted its wings and almost fell from the sky. Fortunately, its reaction was relatively quick. It immediately flapped its wings forcefully to regain its balance. Then, it gave Zhou Ziwei a strange look. Under Zhou Ziwei's dumbfounded gaze, it bent one of its huge wings in a very human-like manner, like a giant hand, and pointed in a certain direction. Then it beckoned to Zhou Ziwei, before turning around and flying away in that direction like lightning.
"Damn... this... this bat is really becoming a spirit... thankfully it didn't learn to make a contemptuous gesture, otherwise..." Zhou Ziwei shook his head slightly, then his expression changed, and he thought to himself: It clearly means that I should follow it, could it be... that its nose not only smelled Kyzylmier, but also smelled my scent on other people?
Thinking of this, Zhou Ziwei became excited and hurriedly dragged Kyzylmer along while controlling the vortex, desperately chasing after the Bat King.
A gigantic bat led the way, followed by two people riding the clouds. They quickly covered several kilometers before the bat king paused, circled once, and then flew straight down a secluded path.
Zhou Ziwei followed closely behind, his eyes wide, and soon discovered a row of dilapidated jeeps parked beside the secluded road below.
After landing, Zhou Ziwei was astonished to find that the jeep had been ravaged beyond recognition. The entire front of the jeep looked as if it had been sliced off from top to bottom with a knife. What should have been a protruding front end was now flat, and the roof of the jeep had been torn apart, turning it into a stylish convertible.
The doors on both sides were also torn beyond recognition, as if they were not made of steel but of clay.
There were two people in the car, a man and a woman, a dead person and a living person.
To Zhou Ziwei's immense excitement, the man who had died in the driver's seat looked exactly like his family's driver, Lao Wang, and the unconscious woman, though masked, was instantly recognizable to him—it was clearly his wife, Wang Xuewei…
Zhou Ziwei was so excited he didn't know what to say. Seeing that the Bat King had landed beside him, he immediately pounced on him, hugged the Bat King's big head and kissed it hard, laughing and saying, "Brother Bat, thank you so much! So you had already saved my wife... Hahaha... Thank you so much, I'm so happy."
Bat King was clearly startled by Zhou Ziwei's overly enthusiastic behavior, but it still stood obediently without moving. After Zhou Ziwei showed it some affection, it shrank back, took two steps back, and quietly looked at Wang Xuewei, who was sleeping in the car, then at the excited Zhou Ziwei, and then at Kyzylmer, who was being carried by Zhou Ziwei. Its expression even seemed to show a bit of shyness.
Zhou Ziwei was once again stunned by the Bat King's extremely human-like expression, and then beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. He thought to himself: This... this guy can actually be shy... God... it... it can't be a female, can it?!
Zhou Ziwei clearly had no experience in distinguishing the gender of the Bat King, and he couldn't possibly pay too much attention to it. In his eyes, the Bat King was the Bat King, and it made no difference whether he was male or female.
Although somewhat surprised by Bat King's shy demeanor, Zhou Ziwei quickly shifted his attention to Wang Xuewei.
Wang Xuewei was made up to look like Aunt Hu, her face wrinkled and full of the marks of time, her hair so white that it made people feel a little sad.
However, Zhou Ziwei knew that all of this was fake, so he didn't care too much. What he cared more about was the outfit Wang Xuewei was wearing... Who changed her into this outfit?
Obviously... Wang Xuewei would never have been dressed like this in a maid's uniform, but now... apart from her underwear, all her other clothes had been changed, which made Zhou Ziwei quite angry.
Wang Xuewei is Zhou Ziwei's wife... Zhou Ziwei may not feel much hatred for the man who kidnapped Wang Xuewei, but he cannot tolerate someone molesting his wife's body.
It's obvious... Wang Xuewei is so charming that if the person changing her clothes is a man, there's absolutely no way he wouldn't take the opportunity to grope her a few times.
Because Zhou Ziwei puts himself in her shoes... if he were to change the clothes of a beautiful woman who is unconscious... he would definitely take the opportunity to take advantage of her, which is only human nature.
However, Zhou Ziwei is clearly a little selfish. He would be more than happy to take advantage of other women, but if another man takes advantage of his wife, then he…
"You son of a bitch, you dare kidnap my wife, you dare take advantage of my wife, I'll cripple you..."
Zhou Ziwei naturally vented his anger on the man sitting in the driver's seat. Although the man had already been ripped open in the chest by the Bat King's claws and was beyond dead, Zhou Ziwei still couldn't shake the shame and anger of possibly being cuckolded. He immediately grabbed the corpse from the wrecked jeep, threw it on the ground, and began to beat it senselessly.
Zhou Ziwei clearly had no respect for human corpses. After beating the corpse, he was still not satisfied. He simply commanded a whirlwind to carry the corpse into the sky again. Then, he found a place that was very open and full of rocks. From a height of over a hundred meters, he threw the corpse down hard, smashing it into a pile of minced meat.
As a result… the cause of this poor guy's death became a mystery that plagued the Dangyang City police for several years… The autopsy results proved that the man had clearly fallen from a great height, but all the data showed that absolutely no planes had passed through this area yesterday, so… how did he fall from such a height? And that dilapidated jeep looked as if it had been torn to shreds by a huge prehistoric monster… But this isn't a primeval forest, so where did this prehistoric monster come from?
Zhou Ziwei naturally had no interest in the trouble his actions might cause the police. Although he had smashed the guy's corpse into a pile of minced meat, he was still somewhat unsatisfied. He gathered his strength in his eyes and searched around. Finally, he spotted a soul huddled on a treetop. He immediately chased after it, transforming his soul power into a giant hand, and grabbed the severely frightened soul. Then he hesitated for a moment.
Zhou Ziwei originally wanted to torture this soul, and the best way to do so would be to refine it into a soul bead while it was still alive.
If the Six-Syllable Mantra were used to absorb this guy's soul, the process would be too fast, and the soul would not feel any pain. However, the process of condensing the Soul Bead is undoubtedly much more cruel. The whole process is like condensing and shrinking an adult, making him relive the painful experience of life in reverse, until he is restored to the state of a fetus. When Zhou Ziwei was condensing the Soul Bead, he always seemed to faintly hear the soul's miserable wails. Therefore, he had to admit that using a soul body to condense a Soul Bead was definitely an inhumane thing. So Zhou Ziwei would only use this method to collect the soul of his true enemies.
The person Zhou Ziwei has now captured is very likely the soul of the guy nicknamed "Fox" that Kyzylem mentioned. This fox is, of course, Zhou Ziwei's enemy, and possibly the soul of an enemy he hates intensely who may have molested his wife. So, Zhou Ziwei would naturally be quite happy to see this soul suffer some pain.
However, when Zhou Ziwei thought that this guy might really be the one nicknamed "Fox," he couldn't help but hesitate. Without a doubt, this Fox was definitely a talent; at least his superb makeup skills were enough to amaze people.
Although Zhou Ziwei possesses the amoeba, which grants him the ability to change his appearance at will even more freely than makeup, this ability is limited to transforming into his own appearance. Unlike the fox, who possesses such powerful makeup skills that he can transform someone else's appearance anytime, anywhere, creating an absolutely lifelike illusion.
This skill was definitely a very useful thing, and Zhou Ziwei couldn't bear to miss it just because he wanted to vent his anger. So Zhou Ziwei gave up his plan to refine the soul into a soul bead, and instead silently recited a six-syllable mantra in the sea of souls...
To Zhou Ziwei's surprise, his casual recitation of the Six-Syllable Mantra did more than just absorb the soul power of the soul before him; it instantly increased his own soul power by nearly three hundred points.
It seems that there are other soul entities in these mountains and forests. Of course... these soul entities may not all be human. They may also be the souls of other animals, because Zhou Ziwei can now even purify the souls of animals into pure soul power through the Six-Syllable Mantra and absorb them.
Since the upgrade, Zhou Ziwei no longer knew the exact extent of the effective range of his Six-Syllable Mantra, so it wasn't too surprising that he absorbed more than three hundred soul powers this time.