“Oh, right,” Su Xiaojiu asked again, “you said they should be quite enthusiastic and want to be friends with us?”
An Chen nodded, then shook his head.
“Showing enthusiasm and wanting to be friends with us is only because they want to maintain good neighborly relations. Their current attitude is just a facade, it’s an act.”
This could be seen from how Chen Mo’s expression changed the moment she turned around and started complaining.
An Chen didn’t feel disgusted by Chen Mo because of this, as he understood that encountering someone like him simply didn’t pique people’s interest.
Chen Mo putting on a warm front only to be met with a cold shoulder, complaining a bit was nothing.
These two weren’t unable to become friends either.
From their conversation, An Chen realized that their family was very wealthy.
And for the siblings to specifically return to the country to become Transcendents, their parents must also be interested in this, otherwise, they wouldn’t have agreed.
Their parents might be a very good trading partner; perhaps Sun Zhijun could look into it.
“Then, why don’t we still try to develop a relationship with them? I think being friends would be quite good.”
An Chen glanced sideways at Su Xiaojiu.
“I know you’re enthusiastic, but why are you suddenly so enthusiastic about strangers in this world?”
Previously, Su Xiaojiu would more or less be wary of strangers, after all, it was an unfamiliar place, and the people in this world also mastered so many terrifying weapon manufacturing technologies, so being wary was appropriate.
But why today, without even seeing the other party’s face, was she so eager to be friends with them?
“Isn’t it because I feel that going to Old Man Hong Shan’s house is a bit far? If the people next door become our friends, then don’t we just need to walk across the hall to play cards and mahjong with them?”
An Chen was speechless, only shaking his head in disdain.
“That’s enough, alright.”
An Chen felt that Su Xiaojiu was already developing into a homebody.
It only took ten minutes to walk from here to Ye Xinning’s house, yet Su Xiaojiu was too lazy to even walk that short distance.
Hmm, very much in line with contemporary young people.
An Chen couldn't quite say whether Su Xiaojiu was integrating into society or not.
An Chen checked the time; it was almost noon, and he estimated that Su Xiaojiu would start complaining about hunger soon.
“Want to go out for a walk?”
“Can we?”
“Of course.”
An Chen also wanted to investigate the vicinity of where the explosion occurred yesterday to see what exactly happened.
And while they were at it, they could also eat out to improve Su Xiaojiu’s meals; he couldn’t always make her eat takeout or noodles, could he?
However, An Chen didn’t expect that Su Xiaojiu would immediately take a liking to the braised chicken with rice downstairs and proceed to devour four bowls in a row, leaving the restaurant owner dumbfounded.
Are young people’s appetites this big these days?
And she’s a girl!
An Chen ate two bowls with restraint, then, under the owner’s astonished gaze, he fled with Su Xiaojiu.
No, next time he had to take her to a buffet.
That way, both of them could eat their fill, and getting their money’s worth wouldn’t be an issue.
It’s just that the restaurant owner would feel very distressed, wouldn’t he?
The two took a taxi and quickly arrived at that urban village.
Because it was already slated for demolition, the outer perimeter had long been cordoned off, and now there were police officers on guard every so often, preventing people from sneaking in.
An Chen chose a building and took Su Xiaojiu upstairs, looking out at the urban village from the stairwell.
An Chen could see that the central area had already become a ruin, and now there was an entire construction team there, seemingly clearing the debris or searching for something.
“I heard there were a few holdouts here originally, but after this explosion, they all ran off and didn’t even bother with the compensation.”
A voice suddenly rang out behind An Chen.
“You still need to hear about it?”
An Chen scoffed, turning his head to look at Yuan Lihuan on the stairs behind him.
“As someone from the government, and with your position not being low, this kind of news would be transmitted to people like you first.”
“That’s true.”
Yuan Lihuan chuckled, slowly walking down the stairs and standing beside An Chen and Su Xiaojiu.
“Why do you have time to come here? There’s nothing much to see around here, is there?”
“I wanted to see what happened last night. I heard it was the developer directly demolishing the residential building to drive out the holdouts. I wonder if that statement is true?”
An Chen didn’t hide anything; he felt that Yuan Lihuan should have guessed this point, and lying would be meaningless.
“Indeed, a very serious accident occurred last night, but it was definitely not some so-called developer demolishing a residential building. This was an accident caused by an Awakened.”
“More specifically?”
“Our people were apprehending members of an organization called Chaos, but these members were so deranged that they set up a blasting Formation at their gathering place, not only blowing up all their members but also killing one Kunpeng member and seriously injuring two others.”
Yuan Lihuan was also very honest, telling the entire truth without any concealment.
An Chen frowned.
He had some guesses, but he didn’t expect the truth to be like this.
Did Kunpeng suffer such a huge loss?
Another point was the Chaos organization.
“Is this Chaos organization the one from last night?”
“That’s right.” Yuan Lihuan nodded and said, “This organization is extremely dangerous. It is currently expanding and developing rapidly. They are recruiting Transcendents and ordinary people very quickly, and they also organize members for collective Cultivation. It is already a very significant threat to social stability.”
An Chen clicked his tongue.
“Were those two guys downstairs at my place also from Chaos?”
“That’s right. More than thirty people perished here yesterday, but we can only account for over five hundred Transcendents in the South City. Can you imagine the extent of their organization’s development?”
This time, An Chen was truly surprised.
More than thirty? Kunpeng must have captured quite a few before, so this organization already has forty or fifty people?
How many days has it been? How did they develop to this extent?
“What’s more dangerous is the person behind them. We call him the Lord of Chaos, currently speculated to be among the first batch of Transcendents, with strength no lower than the Soul Transformation Stage… You need to be careful, or rather, all Transcendents need to be careful now.”
“I will. As for the others… that’s Kunpeng’s job.”
An Chen had always been very careful; Yuan Lihuan didn’t need to remind him.
“Wait, I have a question.” Su Xiaojiu suddenly spoke up: “You said the people from Chaos perished together with you guys. This is something only a death squad would do, but how could a newly established organization have something like a death squad?”