The Law of Heaven

Chapter 54 Clues to the Death of My Second Uncle

The campfire in the cave illuminated Jiang Youqing's cool and aloof face. Her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

This guy was surrounded by experimental subjects and was forced to jump off a cliff to detonate a bomb, yet he still managed to come back alive.

They appear to be unharmed.

Are all the guardians of justice this powerful?
"Weird brother, you're back!"

Xiao Li poked her head out of the tent in surprise, her eyes wide: "We thought you were dead."

Aihara scoffed, put the KFC box on the ground, and said irritably, "Don't look at me like I've seen a ghost. I said I'd come back alive to find you. That's a man's promise, and I keep my word."

He glanced at the mineral water bottles used to collect rainwater at the foot of the rock wall and complained, "Aren't you all elites from the five great families? How did you end up like this?"

Both Jiang Youqing and Xiao Li looked somewhat disheveled at the moment, most likely having just been in a battle.

Jiang Youqing's combat uniform was damaged in battle, the hem of the clothes looked like it had been cut open by a sharp blade, revealing her fair and flat abdomen, her slender waist that could be easily encircled, and a faint bruise.

"The bag I used to pack supplies was destroyed in the explosion. Only Sister Youqing had some military rations with her. Once we run out of military rations, we'll probably have to go hunting in the wild."

Xiao Li looked aggrieved, and her stomach was rumbling.

Aihara smiled smugly, casually opened the KFC box, and a rich aroma of fried chicken wafted out.

"Wow!"

Xiao Li, quite pathetically, rushed over and turned to say, "Sister Youqing, the weirdo brought us food! This is the first time I've ever eaten KFC in the alternate side... If there's a next life, I'll definitely serve the weirdo like a slave to repay his kindness."

Aihara pouted: "Why not be my slave for the rest of my life? I think your abilities are quite useful."

Xiao Li didn't have time to answer him anymore. The girl stuffed three hamburgers into her mouth in one go, puffing out her cheeks like a squirrel, revealing a happy expression.

Jiang Youqing glanced expressionlessly at the food in the box and asked, "You came here without weapons, but with some food? You won't starve to death on the other side. Weapons and equipment are far more important than food and water."

Aihara shrugged: "But in the opposite side, mental state is just as important, isn't it? If rationality collapses and leads to corruption, wouldn't that be even more serious?"

Jiang Youqing glanced at him: "But we've only met by chance, why are you being so kind?"

If they hadn't gone through a crisis together, Jiang Youqing would have even suspected that this guy had poisoned the KFC.

Aihara crossed her arms in anger and broke down, saying, "Your wary look makes it seem like I'm the kind of pervert who poisons your food and then tries to take advantage of you."

He pointed to the chubby girl beside him: "Look at Xiao Li, in this world, trust is so precious!"

Holding a chicken leg in each hand, Xiao Li mumbled, "Oh, it's not that I trust you, weirdo brother. I just think that if you were to have ulterior motives, you wouldn't be interested in me. Sister Youqing is eighteen thousand times prettier than me; if you're going to be lustful, you'll only be lusting after her body."

Aihara felt a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat: "Xiao Li, you've broken my heart. Damn it, you're not allowed to eat anymore! Put all the fried chicken down! Is that all the caution you have? What if you run into a weirdo with a peculiar taste who only likes your kind of food?"

Xiao Li remained completely unfazed: "Then I'm not at a loss either..."

Jiang Youqing put her hand to her forehead, deliberately covering her exposed waist, and sat back down in the tent.

The stunningly beautiful woman, with her aloof demeanor, seemed to have been without proper rest for a long time; her brows and eyes betrayed her weariness and listlessness.

"Here."

Aihara handed her a cup of hot milk tea. This girl is a living ancestor who can make her own serum; she must be taken care of.

"Thank you."

Jiang Youqing hesitated for a moment before accepting the milk tea. She looked up at him with a hint of suspicion in her eyes and asked, "How did you know I liked this?"

The box contained cola, fruit juice powder, and milk tea.

Aihara chose the one she liked the most.

"I saw your eyes drift in that direction."

Aihara clicked his tongue: "You say no, but your body says otherwise. Speaking of which, didn't any 'green tea' girls think you were pretentious when you were in school?"

"Have."

Jiang Youqing took a big sip of her milk tea, the sweet and rich milky aroma filling her taste buds, as if it could wash away the chill of the rainy night and the fatigue of the past few days.

The conversation was killed.

Aihara had a lot of witty remarks to say, but he couldn't say them.

As expected of Senior Sister Jiang.

"I was worried I wouldn't be able to find you on my way here, but I didn't expect you two to be so easy to find. What's going on? Aren't you afraid the Shi family will come looking for you?"

Aihara simply grabbed a Coke, plopped down on a rock, and gazed at the dark canyon. Jiang Youqing explained calmly, "This is the present world within the alternate dimension, which is relatively safe. As long as there's no zombie attack, I'm not afraid of the remnants of the Shi family."

Xiao Li nodded vigorously: "As long as no one holds us back, Sister Youqing is amazing when she's in top form. Just now, she cleared out more than 500 zombies all by herself!"

Aihara was taken aback. No wonder the woman was so exhausted; she had just been through a bloody battle.

He unleashed his senses and observed deeply.

Now that the perception of the Alaya consciousness has improved, it seems that it can sense the fluctuations of spiritual matter more clearly.

Jiang Youqing was indeed very tired, but her spiritual energy fluctuations seemed to have become stronger, about 10% stronger than before.

"Are you working this hard?"

Aihara sighed.

As expected, after mastering the Perfection Technique, combat became the fastest way to advance.

But this time when he went into the mountains, he didn't kill a single zombie, and his progress on leveling up is currently at zero.

"I'm here to explore the surrounding environment and eliminate potential threats. Besides, for low-level long-lived beings who have mastered the Perfection Technique, killing zombies is the fastest way to advance. There aren't that many people in the real world for me to kill."

Jiang Youqing said expressionlessly, "I thought you wouldn't come back, so I made an appointment with someone to investigate something."

"Ha, you're waiting for someone?"

Aihara always felt like he had misplaced his trust.

I came back to support you, but you made plans with someone else!

Yeah, not very happy.

“I have a friend who is investigating the cause of death of an old friend. After you jumped off the cliff that day, he contacted me and told me about it, and we agreed to meet in this area today.”

Jiang Youqing nodded slightly: "He will send enough supplies and equipment to arm me."

Aihara paused for a moment.

He seemed to know who this person was.

Jane!
What are you investigating?

He asked curiously, "Would you mind telling me?"

Jiang Youqing seemed to find this strange man's stance rather unusual. After weighing the pros and cons, she said softly, "My friend gave me some clues... I followed these clues and traced them all the way to a secret base of the Shi family. Because of insufficient equipment, I didn't get very close, but I vaguely sensed some special magnetic fields."

That secret base seemed to be holding many ordinary people. My friend suspected that his old friend might have met with trouble while investigating this base, and was hunted down, ultimately failing to escape.

So today, we're going to go check it out, at least to find out what that experimental base is for. If I'm not mistaken, the company is going to conduct a large-scale blasting operation on Fog Mountain today; this is one of our few good opportunities.”

Upon hearing this, Aihara finally understood.

Perhaps to protect him, that old bastard Jianmo didn't tell him all the clues he had found before, but instead chose to use his special connections to conduct an in-depth investigation on his own.

Aihara's heart was touched.

Most people in the world think that Second Uncle is a hopeless scoundrel, and it wouldn't be a pity if he died.

Only Jian Mo truly spared no effort in investigating, even doing more than his nephew.

I don't know what their relationship is.

You should know that Fog Mountain is extremely dangerous.

"Oh, then you'd better be careful."

Aihara seemed to have figured out what was going on, and combined with what Xiaoqi had said, he said calmly, "Maybe it's a place where the remnants of the Shi family used to imprison experimental subjects. In recent years, many people have disappeared without a trace in this city, and it's very possible that they were imprisoned here."

Since he couldn't reveal the guest's secrets, he could only use this method to disclose information about the remnants of the Shi family: "The remnants of the Shi family haven't always been hiding in the other side; they've also been active in the real world for many years."

Countless innocent people have been murdered, becoming stepping stones for the Shi family on their path of evolution, only to be fed as food to those truly worthy monsters.

Aihara sighed as he gazed at the torrential rain in the mountains, his pretentious demeanor perfectly convincing to himself.

At that very moment, Jiang Youqing's pupils trembled slightly, and her gaze suddenly sharpened: "What did you say?"

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