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Chapter 189. Map of Haidu
After listening to Xia Qizhen's explanation, Jiang Jianxin sighed:
"Elder Xia's plan was truly meticulous and thorough, worthy of being a powerful figure in the Light Faction."

Xia Qizhen humbly cupped his hands and said:
"I am but a mediocre strategist, Elder Jiang, you flatter me."

Jiang Jianxin shook his head. In his memory, whether online or in real life, the powerful figures in the Bright Faction rarely made boastful remarks; most of them were very humble—perhaps this was also a sign of intelligence.

Following Xia Qizhen's advice, Yin Ju quickly arranged for Song Jun to treat the group of patients in order to contain the epidemic.

Jiang Jianxin, whose good friend was busy with work and had nothing else to do in the alliance, sadly hugged his sword and returned to his tent.

Her Death God brand black stick was still propped up on the headboard. For some reason, the stick couldn't enter Tang Guang Sword's sword intent space. Jiang Jianxin's storage watch had also gotten wet, and she hadn't had time to choose a new storage watch to put the stick in.

Jiang Jianxin got up early in the morning and dared to leave the black stick on the bedside table. It wasn't that she was careless; it was because there was an invisible connection between the big black stick and herself.

Similar to her natal contract with Tang Guangjian, she and Hei Gun had some kind of contract, but they could sense each other.

This struck Jiang Jianxin as quite strange, because sword cultivators always treat their weapons like wives. She had no memory of the fourth playthrough, and suddenly obtaining the big black stick felt like a new wife had fallen from the sky.

The new wife is dark-skinned and has a cold and domineering personality. Once Tang Guang Sword gets close to her, it will turn into a small paper sword.

Jiang Jianxin knew the origin of the Tangguang Sword—this peerless divine weapon from the Sword Tomb was a sword ancestor-level existence that could suppress ten thousand swords, which was why it could help her unleash the peerless sword move "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin".

However, that black staff could easily crush the sharpness of the Tangguang Sword, which shows how terrifying the power contained within it was.

It's a pity that it was originally a long scythe, but she only got the middle part of the shaft; the most crucial blade was nowhere to be found.

Jiang Jianxin had considered that if she got a sickle, she could transform into a fanatical electrician and weld the sickle onto a steel pipe. Then, wielding the steel pipe, she would be a low-budget version of the Grim Reaper.

But fate had a discerning eye—it seemed to have seen that she was the sixth child, so it gave her a stick, leaving her with no way to use her talents.

Jiang Jianxin picked up the smooth, straight black stick with a melancholy expression, lamenting his unfulfilled potential.

She sat helplessly on the bed, resignedly opened her phone, and prepared to choose a storage watch.

"Ding ding..."

As soon as I unlocked the screen, the first thing I saw was a message popping up in the notification bar.

She glanced at it; it belonged to Wen Yu.

[Wen Yu]: When the contaminated area was destroyed, I had A Yu pull everyone into the virtual world, and then sent them out one by one. Don't worry, everyone is safe.

He was replying to Jiang Jianxin's question from last night, because the latter was worried that the destruction of the underwater contaminated area would affect his partners, so he asked Wen Yu and Zuo Siquan about everyone's situation on WeChat after buying the phone.

Zuo Siquan hadn't replied yet, but Wen Yu did reply quickly.

Seeing this message, Jiang Jianxin felt relieved. She opened her WeChat account and carefully scrolled through the system's built-in collection of yellow face emojis twice before finally replying to Wen Yu with a happy yellow face emoji.

She then closed WeChat and opened the shopping page of Ping An Forum.

After searching for storage watches, a wide variety of items popped up. Jiang Jianxin had nothing urgent to attend to, so he slowly started browsing.

"Wow..."

The tent flap was lifted, and the bright morning light streamed in. Xiao Zhang came running up, panting.

"Elder Jiang, excuse me, Lord Yin asked me to deliver a map of the power distribution in Haidu to you." Jiang Jianxin couldn't return to the Alliance, and Haidu was notoriously chaotic. After arranging things for Song Jun, Yin Ju slapped his thermos and suddenly remembered that he needed to introduce the situation in Haidu to his good friend.

However, he still had matters to attend to, so he sent Xiao Zhang to take the map of territory over.

Jiang Jianxin put away his phone, took the picture, glanced at it, and said:

"Thanks for your hard work."

Xiao Zhang's hair was much neater today than yesterday's messy style. She shook her head, her eyes sparkling, and said:
"It's no trouble at all... Lord Yin also asked me to explain to you that Haidu is too chaotic, and you might not understand the relationships just by looking at the power distribution map."

Jiang Jianxin was naturally delighted to have a guide, and she pulled over a chair, saying:
"Then you can sit here."

Xiao Zhang sat down, and the young clerk nervously licked his lips and pulled a pencil out of his pocket.

The gray lead marks blurred on the drawing:

"Look..."

Zhang Qiuyue circled the circle a few times before speaking.

"Haidu is mainly divided into three parts: the major black forces parks in the north, the Binhai Talent Academy in the middle, and the three forces in the south: the Worry-Free Killer Pavilion, the Flood Control Office, and the Port Gunners Association."

Jiang Jianxin repeated as if he had misheard:

"Wait a minute, let me sort this out."

"To the north is the legendary black market industrial park where human organs are smuggled, to the south is a killer's den—and in between is... a school?"

—In my mind, schools are like ivory towers, so how come they're so wild in the world of talent?
"Yes, this Coastal Talent Academy is a school for young talented individuals to study."

Jiang Jianxin was surprised:

"With the school located here... it's surrounded by dangers. Are the students inside really safe?"

Zhang Qiuyue nodded firmly and said:
"It's safe. This school is very famous. They mainly recruit top-tier Chaos Faction Fraudster talents and War Faction talents."

“Every year during graduation season, the Black Park sends people to schools to recruit fresh graduates in the Fraud Master category, and the Assassin's Guild and the Gunner's Guild also recruit War Faction Talents.”

She paused and then concluded:
"...So this school is under the joint protection of several major forces in Haidu, and its central location makes it convenient for forces from the north and south to recruit students."

Jiang Jianxin's mouth dropped open. No wonder he had met Xie Yan, a talent in the Deceptionist sequence, after entering the Talent Realm.

She thought it was because she was inexperienced, but she didn't expect that Xie Yan was falling behind her peers.

The most skilled fraudsters have been sent to the park, where a more authoritative telecommunications fraud industry awaits them to make their mark.

Seeing her surprise, Zhang Qiuyue added:

"The world's top con artists are basically all graduates of the Coastal Talent Academy."

"And Haidu is a paradise for fraudsters."