CHAPTER 311: CHAPTER 193: EXCHANGING CODED MESSAGES - 194: RESTLESS NIGHT (DOUBLE RELEASE)

That night, the three of them infiltrated the city again, wandering around for two hours before arriving at Jinxiu Street.

Although they took quite a detour, there were indeed no obstacles on the way, making it very smooth.

Arriving at the entrance of the grocery store, it was still not midnight. Xiao Moshan suggested, "Shall we act in the second half of the night?"

"The second half of the night is good," Youyou immediately expressed support, "People’s vigilance tends to drop in the second half of the night."

Qu Jianlei was easygoing most of the time, "Then let’s go for the second half of the night."

However, just past midnight, Youyou couldn’t hold back a bit.

"How about we act earlier? Just in case there are lots of battles later, we’ll have more time to escape."

She was truly a bit intimidated, a warrior’s dignity didn’t allow her to flee, but those who only knew how to die were fools.

Xiao Moshan was indifferent about such matters, "I’ll listen to Jian Lei."

Not opposing basically meant agreement; Qu Jianlei understood very well, "Then... let’s act according to the plan!"

Nan Guannan was the night watcher of the grocery store "I’ve Got It All," appearing as a skinny old man, quite inconspicuous.

No one would have imagined that he was a genuine ultimate warrior, with an earth attribute.

"I’ve Got It All" was quite famous on Jinxiu Street; if thieves ever wandered in, they were usually taught a lesson by the modified warrior.

Thus, Nan Guannan lived quite leisurely; the last time he took action was three years ago.

This was essentially a retirement job with generous benefits; Nan Guannan was turning one hundred and ten soon, unable to work for many more years.

Yet he was very dedicated, cherishing every night he guarded.

However, getting old meant feeling a bit sluggish at night, wanting to sleep but unable to, which was tiring.

In a daze, he heard noises, so he opened the small window for personnel on duty and looked outside.

It turned out that a drunkard had drunk too much and was blocking a girl passing by, asking for her watch number.

Another man came by, looking quite drunk too, scolding the man in front, "Trash like you corrupts the atmosphere!"

The two began to push and shove, shouting back and forth, but it seemed like mere bluster with no real action taken.

Such situations were quite common in the gorge, where people dared to stand up for issues, but acting... required caution.

Nan Guannan had no intention of intervening; this kind of thing happened countless times every year, plus they were over a hundred meters away from "I’ve Got It All."

Their pushing and shoving grew more intense; the girl at first supported the latter, but then was knocked down with a punch.

Then the girl stood up and ran away; such situations in the gorge... were actually quite rare.

The temperament of women in the gorge might not be as fierce as those from the wasteland, but they were not lacking either, making those who feared trouble uncommon.

But in fact, such occurrences weren’t rare; where aren’t there people afraid of trouble?

The shouting and argument drew several onlookers, but since it was already past midnight, there weren’t many residences around, and no one was particularly nosy.

No one noticed that the girl who ran away slipped into the alley next to "I’ve Got It All," which was where its side door was located.

There was a guard at the side door as well, watching the excitement at the front through surveillance.

Suddenly, he saw the girl run straight over and start squeezing inside the door, standing up to block her way, "Hey hey, what are you doing?"

"Bad guys!" The girl directly threw herself into the guard’s arms, "Brother, save me."

The guard recognized her by clothes, hesitating for a moment — this beauty was quite attractive.

Thinking thoroughly, he then said, "This is a shop, you can’t come in."

The girl shivered as she said, "But the person outside is so scary... brother, save me."

While saying this, Youyou cursed inwardly: what kind of lines did that damn Jian Lei design?

"Save... of course I’ll save you," the guard puffed up immediately, "In here, no one can harm you."

Then his body tensed, before suddenly going limp and silent, collapsing to the ground.

Youyou carefully lowered him, quietly sensing for a moment, then raised her hand and performed the finger technique, "Investigate to the Bottom."

Several vines emerged from the floor, the smooth bluestone pavement slowly showing cracks.

The cracks widened, quickly becoming fragmented, uneven by the vines pushing through.

In invisible places to the naked eye, the roots of the vine extended swiftly downward.

Thankfully, Youyou was only a B-level Warrior; if she were A-level, she would need to control the speed, as extending too fast would cause slight tremors on the ground.

The vines extended downward over three meters when they encountered hard reinforced concrete.

The roots drilled stubbornly into the concrete. Not long after, over a meter thick concrete was penetrated.

However, this was not without cost; Youyou’s forehead already had a thin sheen of sweat like fuzz.

She was holding a B-level Crystal in her hand, simultaneously outputting and absorbing energy within.

By this time, the argument at the store entrance between the two drunkards had drawn seven or eight onlookers.

Someone from afar shouted, "Security Team’s coming."

The two cast a glance at each other, and the trouble-making drunkard turned and ran, leaving the other behind, still scolding.

Less than two minutes later, security personnel arrived on bikes, inquiring about what happened here.

The later drunkard felt he had done a righteous deed, started explaining to the security personnel in detail.

Security personnel weren’t opposed to investigating such minor matters, but the victim ran, the instigator ran too, what was left to investigate?

If they really wanted to investigate, there were definitely more than one camera around, but... for such tiny matters, was it necessary?