Bao Ya City was not far from Furong River City. After driving for only two hours, San Zai’er entered the city limits of Bao Ya.
This was a typical mining city, surrounded by small mountains rich in coal and other mineral resources.
Once a major city in Hai Bei Province due to its abundant mines, Bao Ya City gradually declined as its mineral resources dwindled.
Today, it had become a retirement city with very low housing and living costs, where a house could be bought for just over a hundred thousand yuan.
Despite its decline, Bao Ya City remained a populous city, and where there were many people, there were many troubles. The darkness hidden in its corners was no less than anywhere else.
The Hunter Association’s branch in Bao Ya City was located in a廃弃 mine, which was very characteristic of the local area. Under Zou Xiaomin’s guidance, Wen Wen met the captain of the local demon hunter team.
“Huh, it’s you?”
Wen Wen looked in surprise at the scruffy uncle with a cigarette in his mouth. It was Gong Bao Ding, the first recipient at the containment facility!
Gong Bao Ding wasn’t particularly surprised by Wen Wen’s arrival, as Lin Zhe Yuan had already informed him.
He sighed and said, “Alas… I was originally assigned as a demon hunter captain in another city. I had only been there for less than a month when the demon hunter captain here sacrificed themselves during a mission.”
“So I was urgently transferred to maintain order. After the situation stabilized, a demon hunter there successfully advanced, so I stayed here.”
Come to think of it, Gong Bao Ding had mentioned changing jobs during a gathering, but Wen Wen hadn't paid much attention at the time.
Wen Wen got straight to the point: “Since we know each other, it’ll be easier. I need all the information you have on Master Redbeard.”
Gong Bao Ding frowned and asked, “What do you need his information for? We’ve been ordered not to have any conflict with him.”
“Don’t worry, I’m a wanderer after all. I’ll judge the situation myself.” Wen Wen had requested Redbeard’s information from the association, but they had only given him what he already knew, withholding the core content.
Their attitude towards Redbeard was ambiguous; they neither stopped nor supported Wen Wen, leaving everything to him.
Wen Wen could have sought internal information from Yin Hu, the investigator, which would have been much more convenient.
However, that would have amounted to formal cooperation between the Black Cross organization and the Investigator organization, and Wen Wen didn’t want to use such resources for such a minor matter.
After receiving the information, Wen Wen leaned closer to Gong Bao Ding and whispered, “Hey, hey, that girl Zou Xiaomin, is she, you know, a bit… mentally…?”
Gong Bao Ding gave Wen Wen a sideways glance and said, “What are you thinking? She’s a very good girl.”
“Oh, oh…”
Wen Wen nodded repeatedly. If her mind was fine, it was even more troublesome.
He made plans with Gong Bao Ding to have a drink sometime and then left the Bao Ya City Association.
At the Bao Ya City Association, Zou Xiaomin kept peeking at Wen Wen from a distance, which made him very uncomfortable, so he chose to stay far away from her.
Being liked was something Wen Wen was experiencing for the first time, like a young bride stepping into a sedan chair.
After a brief moment of smug satisfaction, Wen Wen felt it was just troublesome.
He never believed in love at first sight. Zou Xiaomin’s infatuation with him was likely due to some unique trait he possessed, which wasn’t love.
She would have the same reaction to other people with similar traits.
Most importantly, Zou Xiaomin wasn’t Wen Wen’s type…
If it were Gu Pan Xi, Wen Wen might have considered it a bit, but unfortunately, that girl was too fiery…
…
Watching Wen Wen leave the Hunter Association, a woman in a moon-white, close-fitting long gown retracted her gaze. Her beautiful eyes, adorned with long lashes, held a faint flicker of confusion.
“He seems like an ordinary super-powered being, just a human with a short lifespan… I have no possible intersection with him. Why do I feel he is so familiar?”
“Sister A Yue, what are you looking at?”
Iyetta, with her dark skin, struggled to carry a large bag of clothes and various cosmetics as she hurried behind the woman and asked.
Adorning the back of this woman’s head was a beautiful hairpin of silver and gold, the very same hairpin Wen Wen had seen in the Qi Ling Mountain Range!
“It’s nothing… perhaps an old acquaintance, perhaps nothing at all.”
Then she turned around, looked at the clothes and cosmetics Iyetta was holding, and smiled like a blooming flower.
“Did you buy everything? Let’s go back to the hotel quickly. I want to try on clothes! This place is so interesting!”
“Okay, okay…” Iyetta replied helplessly.
After leaving the Qi Ling Mountain Range, Iyetta thought the hairpin had mysteriously disappeared. But a few days later, a woman wearing the same hairpin came looking for her.
This woman called herself Moon God, and she was the one who had rescued Iyetta from Xun Ying.
Initially, Iyetta was full of suspicion towards this woman whose strength was similar to hers, but when the woman repeatedly displayed divine powers impossible for a disaster-level entity, she dismissed her doubts.
However, what gave Iyetta a headache was that this Moon God had no interest in guiding the Heart of Nature onto the right track.
Instead, she took Iyetta traveling, exclaiming at everything she encountered, and constantly buying whatever caught her eye, spending Iyetta’s money.
Poor Iyetta, despite having the strength of a disaster-level advanced being, had very little money due to the weak influence of the Heart of Nature. The Moon God had nearly emptied her wallet during this period.
…
Following the address, Wen Wen arrived at an entertainment district in Bao Ya City, filled with KTVs, bars, and the like.
In a secluded corner of this bustling area stood a rather dilapidated old hotel with a considerable footprint; it was Bao Ya City’s old hotel.
However, compared to the old hotel in Furong River City, this one looked much more upscale.
Various luxury cars could be seen in the roadside parking lot, and Wen Wen’s black sports car no longer looked out of place parked there.
Although the hotel’s walls were low, the barbed wire on top was connected to high voltage electricity, and several teams of men in black, leading dogs, patrolled the courtyard. Their waists were bulging, clearly indicating they were armed.
In the context of the Federal society, having so many armed security guards undoubtedly gave the hotel’s guests a sense of security. Su Dan Novel Network.
However, Wen Wen knew very well that the purpose of these security guards was merely to make those hiding inside feel safe enough to spend money.
If it were only for these men in black, this hotel would have long ago been leveled by the Federal army.
The true protection for this place was a powerful barrier on the outside, and Redbeard behind this hotel!