CHAPTER 389: CHAPTER 389: RANKED 2ND ON THE DEATH LIST

"Yes, so the police have no reason to arrest them and can only place them under residential surveillance." Ding Ruoshui said, "They indeed don’t have Life Soul Gu in their brains, nor any chips. Does this mean they are genuinely unaware?"

This was the question Ding Ruoshui was most concerned about.

Lei Xiaoya, after all, was her best friend.

In this world, she had no other close girlfriends; she truly didn’t want this friend to slide into the bottomless Abyss.

"There are two possibilities for not having Life Soul Gu in their brains," Lin Xiaosu said. "First, they are truly innocent. Second... they bypassed the layer controlled by Life Soul Gu."

"Bypassed the layer controlled by Life Soul Gu? What does that mean?"

"To put it simply and plainly, the mid-to-high ranks of the Nine Headed Snake!"

Ding Ruoshui’s face turned slightly pale.

She understood this explanation.

Her dad had mentioned that those controlled by Life Soul Gu were mostly the downline that the Nine Headed Snake worked hard to develop.

They were targeting elites from all lines; only elites were worth the Gu.

However, for this organization, those controlled could only be mid-to-low-level ranks.

They couldn’t be high-level.

Why?

Because this thing is too dangerous, too uncontrollable.

If you have this thing in your brain, anywhere you go, you might encounter Soul Summoning Incense, and once you do, you’re doomed.

Who among the high ranks would willingly put a bomb on their forehead?

So, controlling the high ranks has a method of its own.

"She was in the Yangcheng Hotel at the time; I saw her with my own eyes swallow two pills," Ding Ruoshui said. "But upon testing, she wasn’t infected by the Gu. What are the possibilities?"

"Two possibilities!" Lin Xiaosu said. "The first possibility is that in this batch of drugs, there were two pills without the Gu, and she happened to take them, like the mandarin duck pots used for harming people on the Jianghu."

Mandarin duck pots on the Jianghu were pots with hidden mechanisms.

Before the mechanism was triggered, the wine poured out was normal; once triggered, it was poisoned wine. You looked at it as two cups poured from the same pot, but in reality, one was poisoned and the other was not.

The person drank the non-poisonous one themselves and used the poisonous one to harm others, a trick on the Jianghu.

"And the second possibility?"

"The second possibility is that she has the antidote!"

Ding Ruoshui said sadly, "Actually, no matter which one it is, she is a suspect, right?"

If it’s the first one, and she precisely took the two pills without the Gu, that’s too much of a coincidence! Unless she knew beforehand which two were non-poisonous.

If she knew, she was already involved.

If it’s the second one, she was even more involved.

What’s more, upon learning of Xia Tian’s death, she immediately discarded this batch of drugs, which strongly suggests an attempt to destroy evidence.

"You actually have it figured out; you just don’t want to accept it," Lin Xiaosu said.

"Yes, my friend from childhood, my only girlfriend, how could this happen? Why? What is she lacking? Why would she walk this tightrope?"

"Everything in this world has a reason..." Lin Xiaosu smiled gently. "Let’s talk about something light. Where is your brother?"

"My brother is your idea of a light topic?" Ding Ruoshui gave him a sideways glance. "This time might be a bit different. My brother is also not a light topic. He... has disappeared!"

"Disappeared? What do you mean?"

Ding Ruoshui said, "Maybe he’s gone crazy with some woman to some unknown corner. Things like this have happened before, but this time it’s been a bit long. He left home on the day of the exhibition, and up till now his phone is off. My mom has already asked around and discovered he has seven or eight mistresses, but still hasn’t found him... How about, you look for him?"

"Alright, I’ll just say that on this visit to your home, instead of bringing your mom a gift, I’ll bring back this debaucherous playboy for her!"

"Going now?"

"Let’s go!" Lin Xiaosu stood up, Ding Ruoshui followed him out. The two got into a blue compact car, and Lin Xiaosu drove them out of the villa.

Mrs. Ding saw them off at the door, reminding them to be cautious...

The car rounded the mountain bend ahead, and Lin Xiaosu’s eyes suddenly lit up...

Through time space reversal, he saw where Ding Dong had gone.

The time was the late night of April 15.

On the day of the exhibition.

Ding Dong left home without driving, walked to this bend, and there was no one around.

A flying car appeared silently, picked him up, and then left.

This flying car had no identifying features.

But the person who picked him up was... Xue Ying!

Qianlong had taken Ding Dong!

Lin Xiaosu was momentarily dumbfounded.

This playboy had actually warranted Qianlong’s ninth-ranked Gold Medal to personally come pick him up.

And he was greeted as a VIP.

He...

Why was he so worthy?

Could it be...

He thought of Ding Dong’s special skills and the young man’s boastful words: "I’m quite inflated now; if given enough materials, I could hand-make a nuclear bomb."

His insane love for mechanics, and his superb hands-on ability built from vast amounts of money, were this eccentric rich kid’s special skills.

Qianlong found this rare talent among the masses?

"What’s wrong?" Ding Ruoshui stared at him.

"No need to check! Your brother is fine!"

"How do you know, you haven’t even started?"

"This... it’s just a hunch. There is an old saying floating around: ’Good people don’t live long, but troublemakers last a thousand years.’ As a notorious womanizer in Jiangcheng, a calamity in the world of beauties, he, if not a thousand years, should theoretically have no problem living seventy or eighty."

Ding Ruoshui looked at him with a toothache expression: "If he can live to eighty, theoretically, you can live to eight hundred! You are even more like a calamity than him; don’t think I didn’t notice, when you treated me just now, you were feeling me up..."

Oh, my goodness...

Lin Xiaosu was at a loss for words.

The car made a circuit outside, had a fun ride, and Ding Ruoshui didn’t bring up her brother again. After all, the Ding Family was quite lenient with this young master. For him, fooling around with women in a rented room and dragging them around the world as he pleased was standard fare. Turning off his phone to avoid outside disturbance was his usual routine.

More importantly, he was a Genetic Person.

In this world, Genetic People sit in the front row.

As long as he doesn’t court death on purpose, it’s really not easy to die under normal circumstances...

That night, Ding Lizhong didn’t return.

Mrs. Ding is actually very sensible, though she occasionally acts a little spoiled in front of her husband, she doesn’t add to the confusion in critical moments. She knows her husband is very busy these days, eating and living at the company, and doesn’t bother to call him.

Time passed day by day like this.

Lin Xiaosu played with Ding Ruoshui for three days, personally dropped him off, and sent him back to Fengcheng.

Returning to the Detective Agency, the gains from this trip have arrived, how much?

2.5 million!

2.5 million sounds like a curse.

Giving it seems like a joke.

However, in the eyes of Miao Ruolan and Zhou Xi, it’s exciting.

In Lin Xiaosu’s eyes, it is endlessly intriguing.

This is the price of the Nine Headed Snake King.

SSS-level mission, 5 million per one!

Last time he teamed up with Blood Trace King against the White clothed King, the bounty was divided in half, and he took 2.5 million.

This time, another 2.5 million.

It means Qianlong has verified that the Shadowy Heaven King killed by her and Blue Demon was the real deal.

So they gave him half of the King’s reward.

With the Immortal King killed, what kind of storm will brew within Qianlong is unknown to him, he can only guess.

And what about the Nine Headed Snake side?

How will they react?

Only guess too!

How is the progress of the entire event?

He checked a lot of information and kept constant contact with Blue Demon...

Some of the most cutting-edge news, with no reservation, entered into his mind, just as he and Blue Demon analyzed...

Within Daxia, the Nine Headed Snake is almost entirely dormant.

Apart from those brought out by Life Soul Gu, they’ve hardly initiated any provocation.

However, abroad, it’s a different scene.

In Luoba State, eleven stations were attacked.

In the Middle East, three stations plus one embassy.

In Beimo Country, Daxia’s businesses encountered incidents one after another.

In Nanmo State, a tech investigation group from Daxia perished entirely...

The Qianlong Gold Medals were dispatched in full force.

Sent to various battlefields.

Qianlong King was also fully mobilized, Miao Yin Heavenly King went to Beimo Country, Blood Trace King went to Nanmo State.

These were all told by Blue Demon.

At this moment, it’s Blue Demon’s third proactive contact with him.

Moreover, she directly generated her image via Dragon Eye, appearing on the second floor of the Detective Agency.

"Are you in Fengcheng? The second floor of the Detective Agency?" Blue Demon’s gaze swept across the room, focusing...still on the bed.

But of course, she couldn’t see anything; Ruolan’s habit is, as soon as Lin Xiaosu gets out of bed, she immediately enters the room and arranges the bed to look like one person slept there.

"Yes!"

"Being in Fengcheng is good!" said Blue Demon. "Stay in Fengcheng, don’t go anywhere."

"Did something happen?" asked Lin Xiaosu.

Blue Demon lightly sighed, "A Death List came out, I seem to have to congratulate you, you are ranked second on the Death List."

"Death List? Second place? What does that mean?"

"Death List, the people Nine Headed Snake most wants to kill! They have an unwritten rule, anyone in the top ten can be exchanged for the lives of everyone at a base."

"That’s a good deal! Being exchangeable one-to-one with a base," Lin Xiaosu smiled. "However, I’m a little curious, I took out two Kings, got a Wing Blade, and only managed second? Who’s first?"

"Naturally, it’s Jing Lei!" Blue Demon said. "Since the existence of the Death List, for over ten years, Jing Lei’s position as number one has never wavered."

Lin Xiaosu laughed, "He’s first, I’m second, does that mean I’m the closest to this legendary figure?"

"Absolutely counts!"

Lin Xiaosu looked out the window, "Why do you think I’ll be safe in Fengcheng?"

"It’s an absolute secret! I originally couldn’t tell anyone, but you might be the only exception."

"What?"

Blue Demon’s eyes lightly blinked, "Do you know Red Flag?"

"Red Flag? No, I’ve never heard of it."

"Red Flag, Chief Long’s personal guards! Perform the most top-secret missions, monitor each Heavenly King; Fengcheng has Red Flag! If you’re in Fengcheng, rest assured, your home is safe too!"

Just one sentence.

Lin Xiaosu’s mind was awash with waves eight feet high.

His home actually received the protection of Chief Long’s personal guards.

And these guards, Red Flag, their usual mission is to monitor Heavenly Kings.

People who can monitor Heavenly Kings, what kind of people would they be?

That doesn’t mean they’re necessarily stronger than Heavenly Kings, at least they’re not much weaker than Heavenly Kings.

Moreover, Red Flag is a team.

Not just one person.

The strength of Qianlong, at this moment, seems to rise again with the appearance of Red Flag...

"Don’t try to find out Red Flag, just trust Red Flag! I can’t say a single word more."

Lin Xiaosu frowned slightly, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

"What? You don’t quite believe it?" Blue Demon stared into his eyes.

"What you said, I absolutely believe!" Lin Xiaosu said, "However, there’s something very strange."

"What?"