Chapter 253: Taking Root in The Darkness – Stars Remain
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Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Future City.
Feng Qi was wearing a windbreaker and a mask. He covered himself up very tightly and walked down Street 23 in the east side of the city.
Future City was a technology city. All the streets and alleys were installed with surveillance cameras that connected to the city defense skynet. Moreover, all the surveillance cameras had facial recognition functions.
As an S-grade wanted criminal in Future City, he first had to ensure that his whereabouts were not discovered.
Even though the Future Research Institute was in charge of the surveillance cameras,
Li Xingchen had also mentioned that not everyone in the Future Research Institute was trustworthy.
It was almost midnight, and there were few people on the streets. The weather, after the rain, was slightly cold, and the road was very wet.
The cleaning robot was slowly driving over from afar with music playing, cleaning the road along the way.
When Feng Qi reached the bar at the end of the street, he pushed the door open and entered.
Soothing music was playing in the bar. It was very lively as figures shuttled back and forth. It was like a different world from the outside.
He arrived at a corner of the bar.
He sat down sideways and looked up at Li Xingchen, who was drinking alone.
“Thank you very much.”
“What are you thanking me for? I’m happy to have done so much under your name. As for the resources I seized, 1 can’t bring them back so I might as well give them to you. When the time comes and all of you are wiped out at once, it’ll be enough to prove that you were the ones who did those things.”
Li Xingchen grinned. Then, he picked up his glass and downed his drink in one gulp.
“A drink?”
“I’m not drinking. Why are you looking for me this time?”
Hearing Feng Qi’s rejection, Li Xingchen filled his cup and shook his head.
“I really don’t have anything in common with you. There’s no conflict between pursuing your ideals and enjoying yourself. Why do you have to pressure yourself all the time? Finding joy in suffering is what we should do. When the time comes, even if we die, we’ve at least lived happily without any regrets.”
“I just don’t like to drink. If you prepare a large table of delicacies, I promise I’ll eat more than you.” Feng Qi couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Then, he continued, “Alright, let’s get down to business. What information do you have for me?”
Li Xingchen put down his glass and lit a cigarette. He took a deep breath and said,
“Stay low for the time being. The domain force behind the Science and Technology Research Institute are about to take action.”
Hearing this, Feng Qi frowned slightly.
“Tell me in detail.”
“Yesterday, the domain force behind the Science and Technology Research Institute held a highest-level meeting. In the meeting, they clearly stated that they would take action soon to target you.
“As for why they didn’t take action before, it was because the domain force behind the Science and Technology Research Institute got a message from somewhere that you’re the spokesperson of a domain force. They thought that you were testing them by launching an operation against the Science and Technology Research Institute.
“Just like how the Science and Technology Research Institute probed the Tiger Soul Research Institute, your actions were also misunderstood by them as a probing test, so they chose to tolerate it. During this period, they were also collecting information about you in an attempt to understand your background.
“But the situation is different now. They no longer plan to continue investigating the domain faction behind you, so Breaking Dawn is in danger.”
Hearing this, Feng Qi immediately understood something.
It was obvious that the black figure assassin had sold his information to the Science and Technology Research Institute.
However, this act had helped him. The domain faction behind the scenes had misgivings and did not take action.
After understanding the situation, he looked at Li Xingchen, who was still spewing white smoke, and frowned.
“Don’t smoke so much. I’ve never seen you stop.”
Hearing this, Li Xingchen grinned.
“My body has already completed 76% of the spiritual energy mechanical modification. Any poisonous substance that enters my body can be expelled from without any residue. I won’t die.”
“I’ll perform for you.” As he spoke, Li Xingchen suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a pool of black liquid with tobacco oil on the ground.
Looking at Li Xingchen’s roguish expression, Feng Qi felt powerless to complain.
“Is there anything else?”
“Recently, the domain force behind the Science and Technology Research Institute have also suspected that there might be a problem internally. You’ve found out about every operation arranged in advance, so there might be an internal investigation. Recently, 1 probably won’t launch any more operations against the Science and Technology Research Institute. We’ll talk about it after the storm passes.”
Upon hearing this, Feng Qi’s heart skipped a beat. The Truth Artifact that was used in the sacrifice timeline immediately appeared in his mind.
At that time, through the fake information deliberately left behind by the Scarlet Research Institute in Twilight City, Science and Technology Research Institute learned that there might be spies from the Tiger Soul Research Institute in their faction and had carried out an internal investigation.
During this period, the core figure behind the Science and Technology Research Institute, Mo, created a black technology device that was used to interrogate all the core members.
Now, the domain forces behind the Science and Technology Research Institute have already begun to suspect that there was a mole. Li Xingchen was in danger of being exposed.
At the thought of this, he immediately told Li Xingchen about the Truth Artifact.
After hearing his reminder, Li Xingchen remained calm.
“Don’t worry, the Truth Artifact might be useful on others, but I’m more like a spiritual energy robot now. That thing is useless on me.”
“What about your brain?” Feng Qi couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
“It’s also semi-mechanized.”
“You’re so hard on yourself.”
“Those who achieve great things should be more ruthless to themselves,” Li Xingchen said as he picked up his glass and took a big gulp.
“Don’t use your communicator to contact me for the time being. Wait for me to take the initiative to contact you. People from the Science and Technology Research Institute might appear by my side at any time during this period of investigations..”