PDLP Chapter 128 Taking a Risk
Chapter 128 Taking a Risk
Chapter 128 Taking a Risk
During the mealtime, Li Jiuhe discreetly reviewed the last scene of the mission using the "scene replay".
He then redefined this second task line.
After everything was prepared, the three of them had a meal. As he had just told them, Luo Shuo went to the General Administration to meet up with Wu Hang's team of special investigators and go out to handle a case.
Ma Li, on the other hand, returned to her hotel room alone, looking dejected.
Although she wasn't very happy, she still listened to Li Jiuhe. However, after returning to her room, she took a deep breath and ate half of the corpse-controlling flesh she was growing in the flowerpot, just to make up for her unhappiness.
Moreover, doing so can accelerate her evolution and growth.
After consuming the corpse-controlling flesh, Ant Li's mood improved again. She released some of her ant soldiers to form a guard, and then ran into the bathroom to look in the mirror.
Li Jiuhe went straight back to his dormitory and pretended to be completely unaware of what was going on while he waited.
He could actually escape this incident directly, but that's not the best way, since they're in the shadows while he's in the open.
You escaped today, but there's tomorrow, the day after tomorrow—
He can't possibly be on guard against this landmine exploding at all times.
He had considered seeking help from the General Administration, but Guan Guangwei was an employee of the Information Department, which made Li Jiuhe wary of people within the General Administration.
Apart from a few people in the General Administration, such as Minister Shao Gang who was away on a business trip, he actually distrusted most of the other people he was not very familiar with.
Moreover, there had been a precedent for this kind of thing in Wangchuan City before, which made him feel even more that these people could not be completely trusted.
He has already experienced this kind of crisis once before and has gained some experience, so he will take advantage of today to completely resolve this unexpected event targeting him.
Most importantly, he also wanted to find out the true identities and purposes of these people.
Knock, knock, knock—the sound of knocking came from the door.
Li Jiuhe got up and opened the dormitory door, where he saw a young man standing with a smile on his face. It was Guan Guangwei.
"Brother Li————"
Following the same conversation, Guan Guangwei struck up a conversation with Li Jiuhe as if they were old friends, and sincerely invited him to go out for barbecue and drinks, even invoking his title as the Minister of Information.
"Okay, no problem, let me change my clothes."
Li Jiuhe warmly invited him to sit down first, and then deliberately changed her clothes by the bedside.
Without making a sound, he pulled out a silver-plated dagger from his satchel, walked up to Guan Guangwei, and quickly pressed the tip of the knife against the man's neck.
Guan Guangwei was startled and looked up at him in surprise.
"Honestly, what do you and your family want to do to me?"
Li Jiuhe's tone was icy as he pushed the silver-plated dagger forward a few inches, the tip piercing Guan Guangwei's neck and drawing blood.
He had just reviewed the "scene replay" and found that Guan Guangwei and the man impersonating the Minister of Information looked very similar, while the person controlling his body also resembled the man impersonating the minister.
This suggests they are likely a family.
This perfectly matches the secret of the Sequence Family revealed in the mission information; this family appears to be entirely composed of Sequencers.
It's important to understand that while it's not impossible for an entire family to be Sequencers, it's extremely rare, one in ten thousand, because the probability is incredibly small.
Unless the family possesses some special means, it can continuously awaken sequence members within the family through certain methods or at a certain cost.
Li Jiuhe had never heard of this method or even any information about it, nor had he seen it in the internal documents of the Investigation Bureau.
No wonder the mission information referred to it as a family secret; there must be a reason for it.
Guan Guangwei realized what was happening and immediately showed a look of horror, but he continued to act.
"Brother Jiuhe, I don't know what you're talking about? What exactly happened?"
He didn't know how the other party discovered the flaw, so he could only deny it outright.
"Will you tell or not?"
Li Jiuhe didn't bother to explain. He pushed the dagger forward again, the tip of the blade mercilessly piercing Guan Guangwei's neck, causing more blood to flow out.
Guan Guangwei knew he could no longer hide it. His neck was in great pain, but his expression turned cold.
"Li Jiuhe, kill me if you dare!"
"it is good."
Without hesitation, Li Jiuhe swiftly sliced off Guan Guangwei's pale neck with the blade of his dagger.
Last time, this guy's family slit his throat. This time, putting everything else aside, he'll let this guy taste what it's like.
However, he carefully controlled the cutting force, not piercing the opponent's throat in one stroke, but slowly cutting down along the flesh.
Guan Guangwei's sequence ability is to create illusions, which have no real offensive effect, but at this moment he did not launch an illusion attack on Li Jiuhe.
Just then, three knocks sounded on the door in quick succession.
With each sound, Li Jiuhe felt as if he had been struck hard in the chest by a heavy hammer. After three sounds, he involuntarily staggered back several steps, only stopping when his back hit the wall.
A sweet taste rose in his throat, and a stream of blood gushed from his mouth, indicating that his internal organs had been damaged and he had suffered internal injuries.
The next second, the door was pushed open, and Guan Guangwei's father, Guan Jiqian, walked into the dormitory building with a solemn expression.
"Dad." Guan Guangwei called out quickly, one hand covering the wound on his neck.
Guan Jiqian's right hand continued to make strange movements, bending his index finger joint and tapping the air.
He had just knocked on the door in this same way, but each time he hit Li Jiuhe in the chest.
Then the swordsman and the long-haired woman followed them into the dormitory room and closed the door behind them.
"Are you alright?" Guan Jiqian glanced at his son's neck.
Guan Guangwei said angrily, "If you hadn't shown up, he would have almost slit my throat."
"How did he find out?" Guan Jiqian asked, somewhat surprised.
He then looked at Li Jiuhe, who was already injured and panting heavily.
At the same time, the swordsman took out his phone and made a call, saying into the phone, "Uncle Kun, the plan has changed. This guy didn't fall for the trap. We went straight into the dormitory."
After the other party hung up the phone, Li Jiuhe realized that there seemed to be something strange about the environment of the dormitory room.
It's as if the room is shrouded in a thin veil, separating this place from the outside world.
He glanced at Guan Guangwei, wanting to speak, but then spat out another mouthful of blood, along with some fragments of internal organs.
Li Jiuhe knew very well that after Guan Guangwei was exposed by him, he had shrouded the place in an illusion, making it impossible for people outside to find it, and even the surveillance cameras could not capture it.
It seems these people have a follow-up plan: if they can't be summoned, they'll just take action inside the dormitory building.
"A Sequence Family, are they very powerful? They dare to act so recklessly on the headquarters' territory!" Li Jiuhe wondered to himself.
At this moment, he felt his internal organs were in turmoil, and his heart was beating slower and slower, as if it might stop at any moment.
What kind of sequence ability does that middle-aged man who just knocked on the door possess? He can kill people from a distance without them even realizing it, making it impossible to defend against.
At this moment, Li Jiuhe knew that no matter how strong his physical abilities were, he was no match for these people.
At this moment, the long-haired woman helped Guan Guangwei stop the bleeding from the wound on his neck, while the swordsman took a step forward, preparing to approach Li Jiuhe, but was stopped by Guan Jiqian.
"This area is sensitive, so let's not make too much noise," Guan Jiqian said slowly. "I'll handle it."
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After saying that, he bent his index finger and tapped it twice in the air in front of him.
Boom!Boom!
These two blows made Li Jiuhe's head feel as if it had been hit by a boulder. With a hum, he sat down heavily in the corner of the wall, and was in a semi-conscious state.
In a daze, he came to the conclusion that the difference in strength between himself and Guan Jiqian was too great, and that he would be almost powerless to fight back in this face-to-face encounter.
This doesn't even include the powerful God Controller Guan Jikun we saw before the mission reset.
Moreover, even at his peak, the combined strength of the Blade Master and the long-haired woman would have been enough to give Li Jiuhe a hard time.
Not only that, but there is another, even stronger being hidden somewhere, whom we observed last time.
Another point is that these people were clearly lying in ambush in the suburbs, but they suddenly appeared in the room, which suggests that they must have a special way of moving.
"What the hell did I do to offend this powerful family? Why would such a terrifying clan want to kill me?"
Now he knew that interrogating these people would be pointless, because they were all family and would never reveal what the black box was or why they wanted to kill him, even if it meant death.
The people in the room are now keeping a close watch on him. Guan Jiqian has not made any further moves and is waiting for his younger brother to arrive.
At this point, Li Jiuhe could no longer hold on; his consciousness rapidly faded, and he soon fell into a coma.
Almost simultaneously, the door opened, and Guan Jikun entered, immediately spotting Li Jiuhe slumped in the corner.
His eyes brightened slightly: "Dead?"
"That's about it." Guan Jiqian looked surprised. "But didn't Dad tell us that this battle would be like walking on a knife's edge, with bloodshed inevitable within ten steps?"
They remained as puzzled as before.
Guan Jikun was also somewhat doubtful. Looking at the motionless Li Jiuhe, he pondered for a moment and said, "Perhaps even the Third Grandfather made a mistake."
He didn't care about anything else, took out the small black box he had hidden on his body, and walked quickly towards Li Jiuhe.
Just as they were about to get close, the scene in the room suddenly changed. Everyone disappeared, and the moved chairs, footprints, and other traces were all restored.
Guan Chuanda, who was closely observing the scene, was slightly taken aback as that familiar sense of memory loss returned.
He was thinking with a pounding heart, completely unaware that his observation point had returned to the field of weeds in the suburbs, and he couldn't remember that he had actually been observing the dormitory rooms of the Investigation Bureau before.
Inside the restaurant.
Li Jiuhe put down his chopsticks and let out a long sigh.
"What's wrong, Brother Li?" Luo Shuo asked.
Li Jiuhe shook his head and remained silent.
He turned to look outside the restaurant. It was already dark. After two mission resets, the world timeline had moved forward quite a distance. In fact, the scope of his mission this time was quite large.
For example, Luo Shuo kept returning, causing the investigation team he was assisting to keep repeating their work.
It's just that no one will notice this anomaly.
Li Jiuhe has now realized that he is no match for those people. Even if the mission is reset countless times, he simply cannot win.
This is no longer a matter of not being able to win, but rather being completely crushed by the opponent; he has absolutely no power to fight back.
The only thing I can still use right now is that inferior grade label that I've never used before.
But this label can only be applied to one target: should it be applied to the older of the two powerful brothers, or to the younger brother?
Moreover, these two have a father whose power is perhaps even more terrifying, who has been secretly observing their progress.
"One label is not enough! We need to consider who to use it on to maximize its effect," Li Jiuhe thought quickly.
If he really couldn't fight back, he would have no choice but to run away.
Although he has a high probability of escaping this place temporarily, the danger will remain like a persistent ailment, omnipresent and ready to erupt at any moment, so he must be on guard at all times.
Moreover, if the next crisis breaks out, it may not only affect him alone; Luo Shuo and Ma Li may also be in danger.
Escaping is not the best option.
Now that the Morning Bell is no longer here, otherwise with the power of the Morning Bell, perhaps he could have managed to deal with these people.
When Li Jiuhe thought of the morning bell of the second day of the seventh month, he suddenly paused, remembering that he had another sequence item.
More than an hour later.
In the dormitory building of the Investigation Bureau, Li Jiuhe lay on his bed, waiting quietly.
A short while later, a knock sounded at the door. He thought to himself, "They're here," and then calmly got up and opened the door.
Guan Guangwei stood at the door with a smile on his face: "Brother Li—"
A moment later, Guan Guangwei was still invited into the dormitory by Li Jiuhe.
After changing her clothes, Li Jiuhe did not leave with Guan Guangwei, but instead sat on the bed with a smile.
Guan Guangwei paused for a moment, then asked, "Brother Li, who are you waiting for? Is someone else coming along?"
Li Jiuhe smiled and shook his head, without saying a word.
Guan Guangwei looked at him in surprise, and after waiting for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Then let's go, otherwise the minister might get unhappy if he waits too long."
Li Jiuhe still didn't answer. Instead, under Guan Guangwei's gaze, he reached his right hand into the bag draped over the bed, took out the silver-plated dagger from inside, and held it in his hand.
The scene was silent, and it looked very eerie.
He knew that once Guan Guangwei realized something was wrong, he would use his own methods to notify his father to come over, and all he had to do now was wait.
Let's wait until those people arrive together before we talk about it.
Based on what happened before, this place should now be shrouded in an illusion created by Guan Guangwei, and no one else should be able to tell that something has gone wrong here.
"Brother Li, you don't think I'm trying to harm you, do you?" Guan Guangwei forced a smile and continued to ask.
Li Jiuhe simply shook his head, remaining silent.
He wasn't in a hurry to hurt the guy, and he knew that threatening him was useless. On the contrary, if he pushed him too far, Guan Guangwei's father, who had arrived, would immediately attack and seriously injure him.
Now he needs to protect himself and try his best not to get hurt by the other party.
After all, whether facing Guan Jiqian, Guan Jikun, or even the wielding swordsman and the long-haired woman working together, Li Jiuhe would most likely be no match for them.
For now, let's not allow the situation to deteriorate completely.
At the same moment, Guan Jiqian and others waiting at the ambush point received a message from their son Guan Guangwei: Li Jiuhe had not fallen for the trap, but had instead trapped him in the dormitory, still holding a dagger in his hand, not saying a word, and it was unclear what he was planning.
Guan Jiqian immediately led his men to the scene. Because he wanted to observe the situation, he was not as anxious as he had been before the mission was reset.
Instead, together with Guan Jikun, along with the Fierce Blade Master and the long-haired woman, the four of them arrived outside the dormitory room.
Instead of opening the door by tapping on the air like last time, he pushed it open and went straight in.
Li Jiuhe showed no surprise. He quickly counted the people who came in: four. They were all there.
Apart from the fact that the grandfather, who was suspected to be Guan Guangwei and had been observing the area, did not show up.
Li Jiuhe, the "grandfather," wasn't sure if he was nearby or if he was observing the area from a great distance using some special method.
However, I will not wait any longer.
"Is this all the people you have?" Li Jiuhe asked.
Guan Jiqian asked in surprise, "You knew we were coming?"
"I don't know," Li Jiuhe said honestly. "I don't know where I offended the Guan family, or whether you were just following the instructions of some big shot to kill me."
Guan Jiqian and Guan Jikun exchanged a glance, and he shook his head: "You don't need to know, and this place has been sealed off; you can't escape."
"I never thought about running away."
Li Jiuhe shrugged, his right hand holding the dagger remained still, while his left hand opened, revealing the milky-white stone—the Boundary Stone.
As soon as the thought started, an energy wave rippled out from the entire enclosed space, and everyone in the room disappeared in an instant, including Li Jiuhe himself.
There are several ways to enter the Boundary Stone. One way is for the person holding the Boundary Stone to sense it and enter directly, just like when Li Jiuhe entered the Biecheng.
Another method is to use the energy of the boundary stone to cover a specific area in advance, and anyone within that area will be instantly transferred into the boundary stone.
Of course, if the other party is wary, such as having the intention to resist entering the boundary stone, they will not be able to enter.
However, no one knows that Li Jiuhe possesses a Boundary Stone, nor does anyone know that a new world within the Boundary Stone has been fully formed and is operating effectively.
Moreover, this enclosed space was created by themselves and had little to do with Li Jiuhe, which actually created the conditions for the Boundary Stone to transfer them inside.
By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late.
If Li Jiuhe implanted certain elements when the world within this boundary stone was formed, he could set an activation password to enter it.
It was just like how Zhou Yiwen used a simple incantation as a password to unlock the entrance for him in person.
But Li Jiuhe completely ignored this new world; it was generated entirely on its own, without any interference.
So you can go in directly, and everyone can only come out after completing the process of this world, instead of having to find the passage password, like the black USB drive last time.
The moment everyone vanished from their spots, the boundary stone naturally fell onto Li Jiuhe's bed.
A moment later, the dormitory door was quickly pushed open, and a tall woman strode into the room, looking at the empty room with surprise.
She was also a junior member of the Guan family and was responsible for handling the situation outside the site throughout the entire plan, as well as providing support and assistance.
She had been keeping watch on the street until she suddenly received an order from the head of the household, Guan Chuandao, to rush into the house and check.
She had an invisible earplug in her ear. After searching, she whispered, "Grandpa, they've all disappeared. There's no trace of them—"
Before she could finish speaking, the dormitory door suddenly moved slightly, as if a gentle breeze had blown it open. The tall woman's vision blurred, and she found that Guan Chuandao was already standing in front of her.
Guan Chuandao frowned, and his eyes fell almost immediately on the milky-white boundary stone on the bed.
He walked over and grabbed the stone, sensing it briefly: "This seems to be—a space stone?"
"A land of nine deaths, a sliver of hope—going there is like walking on the edge of a knife, bloodshed is certain every ten steps—this is an ominous sign. Whether to do it or not, the decision is yours—"
The words Guan Yu had spoken back then were now involuntarily echoing in his ears.
"I will do it! I will exchange my life's tribulation for the blessings of my family!"
Guan Chuandao gripped the boundary stone tightly, and after a moment spoke to his tall granddaughter, "Xiao Xin, make sure this stone isn't destroyed, and don't come along!"
The moment he finished speaking, he vanished.
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