Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 330 Target Locked: Daoist Yihong

Not long after, local security personnel from Luzon came to clean up the area. Because the Guangzhou Folk Music Troupe, which was part of the system, was involved, the Tianxia Embassy in the area sent people to accompany them throughout the process, take a statement, and then take them out.

Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi naturally followed the crowd and said they knew nothing until they returned to their hotel room, where they began to whisper among themselves.

"Could they also be wearing golden bracelets?" Jiang Shishi asked.

Xiao Ya thought for a moment, "It's possible. They don't look like cultivators either. Judging from their actions, they seem more like special forces."

Jiang Shishi asked curiously, "Then how come they have the Jin Gang bracelet, and suddenly appeared in the jewelry store, and... and they even seem to know us?"

Xiao Ya's eyes flickered. "They don't just look like they know us, they definitely do. And their actions just now seem more like they were protecting us."

Jiang Shishi was taken aback upon hearing this, and couldn't help but pull out the business card of the "Taoist Culture Exchange Support Office" from her handbag.

"This?" Jiang Shishi couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Gu Zhao say that we could call them if anything happened? Could it be that they've been secretly protecting us all along?"

Xiao Ya glanced at Jiang Shishi, took out her phone, and said, "What's there to guess? Why don't we just call Gu Zhao and ask?"

"Beep-beep-beep-"

"No one answered." Xiao Ya awkwardly put down her phone.

Jiang Shishi laughed heartily, "I knew I couldn't get through to Gu Zhao on the phone, that's why I was guessing!"

Xiao Ya snorted and pointed to the business card in Jiang Shishi's hand, "Gu Zhao said this office is a national-level power, but we've never heard of it before. It must be a department related to metaphysics."

Jiang Shishi chimed in, "Yes, those two people were invulnerable to bullets and charged forward despite the bullets. It must be some kind of mystical power."

Xiao Ya's eyes flickered. "Gu Zhao is definitely connected to this office."

Jiang Shishi's eyes turned into hearts. "So I asked the office to send someone to protect us!"

The two women exchanged a glance, solemnly confirming each other's guesses.

……

Meanwhile, the Taoist office naturally learned of what had happened in Luzon immediately.

"What a coincidence, we actually ran into a jewelry store robbery."

"Fortunately, the two guardians intervened in time, and Miss Xiao and Miss Jiang were only slightly frightened."

"The surveillance video of the gold shop was uploaded to the Internet abroad. Although the picture is blurry, it can be seen that the two guards were definitely not wearing bulletproof vests. Moreover, they withstood four AR-15 submachine guns, ignoring the bullets and their recoil, which is beyond the scope of physics."

"Based on the analysis of the video content, those robbers are very likely to take Miss Xiao and Miss Jiang hostage. If the Golden Gang Bracelet is activated, the two ladies are likely to be exposed to the public on the outside world."

"Only two guardians have been exposed so far."

"The video has generated a lot of buzz. This is the second time that footage of a superhuman has been captured overseas since the Berkeley incident. Luzon, on the other hand, has no way to suppress the buzz and can only let it spread."

"What was the reaction on the international internet?" Zheng Hongsheng asked.

The host glanced at the information in his hand and said, "The netizens of Luzon believe that this is their local superhero, who emulates the American Superman, helping the weak and eliminating evil, and the whole country is celebrating."

Everyone, "..."

"That's good." Chen Yao couldn't help but chuckle. "Your mindset is great."

"While the exposure of the two guardians may divert public attention, it may not be able to hide it from those with ulterior motives. The folk music troupe will definitely be their primary targets of investigation." "Xiao Ya and Jiang Shishi once activated the Heavenly Gang Talisman in Siam, which backfired on Ban Sha and Meng Cha, and might attract their attention," the host reminded.

Zheng Hongsheng pondered for a moment, "Invite Xiao Ya's grandfather to visit Baiyun Temple, send more people to Yangcheng, and keep a close eye on Baiyun Temple and the area around Tianshi Mansion."

"Yes!"

……

"WTF! They've already dared to make a move in Luzon?"

"Luzon is our territory! They once held a referendum to join us, but we didn't want to!"

Recently, videos of certain special individuals from across the ocean being invulnerable to knives and bullets have been sporadically but continuously reaching them. However, these videos all took place in some secluded corners, and the filmers were all special individuals, so they were not uploaded to the internet and did not attract outside attention.

But this video from Luzon is different; it happened in broad daylight. The surveillance cameras in the gold shops on the commercial street aren't very discreet, and shop employees could easily copy and upload it.

"Their local superheroes? Are these Luzon monkey natives joking?"

"Don't force these uncivilized natives, after all, the Tianxia people look very similar to them."

"Hmph! Tianxia is also an uncivilized native!" someone uttered abusive words.

But another person countered, "Gaining an advantage verbally won't make you stronger. The current situation is that the natives you mentioned have gained strength beyond your ability to cope with."

The man slammed his fist on the table. "We have nuclear weapons!"

The person who disagreed said calmly, "That country has been preparing for nuclear war for decades, from the Third Front construction projects to the civil defense projects in urban communities. If you know anything about it, you'll know that nuclear war won't scare them."

Seeing that the man was still arguing, the elderly man at the head of the group tapped the table. "Frank, be quiet. Our topic of discussion today is not whether or not to go to war with the other side of the ocean."

Frank stopped talking and gave the man opposite him a cold look. "Lawrence, I heard you have a lot of businesses over there."

Lawrence glanced at Frank, "I have more businesses in Citibank!"

"Alright, alright, stop fighting amongst yourselves." A young man with a pretty face stepped in to mediate. "The goal of our organization is to deal with the sudden emergence of supernatural forces on the other side, so let's not go off-topic and stop discussing nuclear war and industrial investment."

"Although this video has caused a great sensation, it is, after all, just surveillance video. Some people have questioned its authenticity or whether it was staged, so we don't need to pay attention to the popularity of the video."

The elderly man at the head of the group stared at the video, "But from this video, we've identified a supernatural Taoist priest on the other side."

"Who is it?" Frank asked hurriedly, and everyone else perked up their ears.

The old man gestured to the host sitting next to him, who then switched to the large screen and said, "After learning that the other party's superhuman might be a Taoist, we sent people to search and investigate various Taoist temples and famous Taoist mountains across the ocean. We also compiled a list of Taoists as suspects, but we have not yet found any evidence."

“But this time it’s different. We found someone at the scene who has connections with a Taoist priest on our suspect list.”

The host pointed to a woman in the corner of the video, "Xiao Ya, a musician in the Yangcheng Folk Music Ensemble, whose grandfather, Xiao Yanhua, had a close relationship with the Yandu Baiyun Temple."

Last year, Xiao Ya also participated in the Guangzhou Folk Music Orchestra's tour in Southeast Asia. She encountered two monks from Siam who coveted her and her companion Jiang Shishi, but in the end, the two monks ended up in the hospital.

Furthermore, given the recent jewelry store robbery, the sudden appearance of two more guardians, and the fact that Xiao Ya's grandfather visited Baiyun Temple afterward, we strongly suspect that Xiao Ya possesses extraordinary protective power, and that the order was given by a friend of Xiao Ya's grandfather.

Suddenly, a photo of an experienced man appeared on the large screen in the conference room.

The host said, enunciating each word clearly, "Master Yihong of Baiyun Temple in Yandu!"

(End of this chapter)