Xia Chujian said in surprise, "Then where did they go? Do you know? How can I contact them?"
"Contact them? Gaggagagga..." The old woman laughed like an owl, "They've all gone to hell, go to the underworld to contact them... Gaggagagga..."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
Her eyes widened, her voice trembling with tears, "How could they go to hell?! My Little Uncle has been so good to me since I was little! He won't go to hell, he'll definitely go to Heaven!"
Quan Yuxun: "..."
He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt like someone in his family was being subtly insulted.
He shook his head, dismissing the absurd thought, and quietly took out a five Beichen Coin note, stuffed it into the old woman's hand, and said, "Can you tell us what happened? We're really desperate."
The old woman tremblingly picked up the bill and brought it to her eyes to see how much it was. She immediately beamed with joy, stuffing the money into her large cotton-padded jacket, and said, "Since you want to know, this old woman will do a good deed and tell you."
"The people there weren't killed by some chemical plant leaking toxic gas... they..."
Quan Yuxun and Xia Chujian perked up their ears.
The old woman's persimmon-cake face wrinkled up: "...they were eaten by monsters! Those monsters, when you're sleeping, unknowingly crawl into your head and eat all your brains!"
"Not only do they eat brains, but they also eat the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys in your body! In the end, only a skin is left... Gaggagagga... only a skin is left..."
As the old woman spoke, her laughter seemed to turn into crying, a sense of sorrow rushing towards them, like a mountain, heavily pressing on Xia Chujian's heart.
She glanced at Quan Yuxun, and found that his face hadn't changed at all, still the same middle-aged loser man persona, numbed by life.
Quan Yuxun nodded, "Thank you. We'll go further ahead. My brother, I want to see him alive or dead."
Xia Chujian also felt like someone was being subtly insulted, and glanced at him sideways.
Quan Yuxun acted as if he didn't know anything, naturally took Xia Chujian's hand, and turned to walk deeper into the alley.
That was South 404 District Nothing Lane of Mulan City.
Unlike other places in the South District, this small alley was now surrounded by high walls, with sentry towers on the walls.
There was a sentry tower every ten meters, with no one inside, but all were equipped with smart machine guns, facing both inward and outward.
Xia Chujian: "..."
She whispered, "Why didn't those two people mention that this place was sealed off?"
And with armed lockdown.
Quan Yuxun didn't speak, suddenly flicking his finger, a small pebble shot out, first brushing against the opposite wall, and then propelled by the impact force of the wall, flying diagonally towards the top of the wall.
The sound of the small pebble breaking through the air was particularly clear in this place where even breathing could be heard clearly.
Da da da da! Da da da da! Sure enough, the smart machine guns in the two nearest sentry towers, captured the change in the air, and quickly fired at the small pebble.
Moreover, they cooperated with each other, one smart machine gun firing at the small pebble breaking through the air.
The other smart machine gun aimed at the direction from which the small stone came, which was the wall opposite Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun.
Da da da da! Da da da da! A burst of fire, and with a crash, the wall opposite Xia Chujian and Quan Yuxun was blasted into gray dust.
Xia Chujian was shocked, and quickly pulled Quan Yuxun to hide in a dead corner by the wall.
As soon as they moved away, a series of bullets shot towards the position where they had been standing.
Neither of them dared to speak, worried that the smart machine guns could not only capture images, but also capture sound.
After a while, silence returned outside, and the two of them peeked out.
The smart machine guns on the high wall sentry towers had disarmed, only the dark muzzles facing them.
Xia Chujian said in a low voice, "As expected, they are mature smart machine guns, they can stand guard by themselves."
Quan Yuxun frowned and said, "It seems that as long as someone dares to break in, the smart machine guns here will immediately open fire automatically."
Xia Chujian said, "Probably as long as a living thing crosses here, whether going out or coming in, the machine guns will automatically fire. - Is there really no way?"
Quan Yuxun said, "...Unless it's the administrator, who can remotely disable the intelligent detection system of these machine guns."
Xia Chujian: "..."
The first thing she thought of was the Special Security Bureau, but thinking of Huo Yushen's cold face, she still didn't dare to act rashly.
Quan Yuxun calmly said, "Those two probably haven't really been here either; they're just repeating what they've heard."
Xia Chujian said dejectedly, "So those stories are just rumors? They made them sound so real."
"Not necessarily all fake," Quan Yuxun said, looking up to examine the smart machine guns at the guard post. Finally, he said, "Let's come back at night."
Xia Chujian quickly said, "I can't come out at night. My aunt won't let me."
Quan Yuxun held up a finger. "...A ten million Beichen Coin interest-free loan, twenty-year term, for four nights."
Xia Chujian decisively said, "Deal!"
Then she added, "Send the confirmation immediately. I'll find a way to get out tonight."
Quan Yuxun said, "I'll send it to you when we leave here."
Xia Chujian was pleased, but still had doubts in her mind.
Why did Quan Yuxun insist on bringing her here as a bodyguard?
She really didn't think she was as capable as Quan Yuxun's security personnel.
She had already experienced their robustness and skill at Plaza Garden that day.
At that time, those Gray-Robed People and Black Crows had killed so many people, and only Quan Yuxun and his security team had survived.
Of course, there were also Xia Chujian, Ping Qiong, and that child.
In Xia Chujian's opinion, it was only natural that she and her teammates survived, while Quan Yuxun and his people surviving was a miracle.
But she wouldn't argue with money, so she didn't say a word.
Quan Yuxun was also wondering.
He had been walking around here with Xia Chujian for half a day, so why hadn't anyone appeared yet? Just then, it was as if someone had heard his thoughts.
A burly man wrapped in black animal skins suddenly jumped down from a crooked six-story building by the roadside.
His target was Xia Chujian, who was next to Quan Yuxun!
The man's movements were so swift, and he even had a gun in his hand. While jumping down, he even managed to take the time to fire a shot at Quan Yuxun's chest! Xia Chujian's movements were even faster than the man jumping down in animal skins.
When she felt the wind above her head was wrong, she had already raised her hand, gripped her gun, and fired a shot in the direction of the wind with a *bang*.
The man screamed in mid-air and fell like a kite with a broken string.
Gunshots rang out from all directions at the same time, all aimed at the burly man who was falling.
By the time he hit the ground, he had been riddled with holes and was no longer human-shaped.
Xia Chujian even pulled Quan Yuxun back to prevent the blood from splattering on him.
"...Are you okay?" Xia Chujian stood in front of Quan Yuxun, fulfilling her proper role as a bodyguard.
Quan Yuxun grabbed her and stepped in front of her, saying, "Don't forget your role..."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She then realized that Quan Yuxun's security personnel had long been lying in ambush around them.
And who was that burly man wrapped in black animal skins? Xia Chujian crouched down and carefully examined the attacker who was already dead.
"Why did he attack me?" Xia Chujian wondered.
Quan Yuxun's expression didn't change. "He wanted to attack me."
As he spoke, he took out a bullet. "It hit my chest. Luckily, I was wearing a bulletproof vest."
Xia Chujian: "..."
"Why would he attack you?" Xia Chujian asked suspiciously.
Quan Yuxun put the bullet back in his cotton-padded jacket pocket and said calmly, "Maybe, possibly, perhaps, if he got rid of me, it would be easier to deal with you."
"So they're still targeting me?" Xia Chujian's heart stirred slightly, as if she had remembered something.
Quan Yuxun looked around. "Yes, human trafficking has long formed an industrial chain in Mulan City's South District."
These words enlightened Xia Chujian.
She finally remembered why she found this Face Mask familiar.
Wasn't it extremely similar to the girl who was kidnapped and then rescued?! So, Quan Yuxun hired her not to be a bodyguard at all, but to be bait!
Xia Chujian wasn't angry at this point, she just felt like she was getting the short end of the stick!
She said coldly, "...So that's how it is. The mission is too difficult, I need more money!"
Quan Yuxun: "..."
This girl was quite smart. He was worried she would quit, but it turned out she just wanted money.
Quan Yuxun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Give me a reason to increase the money."
Xia Chujian said matter-of-factly, "Does that even need to be said? Can the price of being a bodyguard be the same as being bait?!"
Quan Yuxun tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "That makes sense. Then, I'll waive a quarter of the ten million interest-free loan."
"One-third."
"Deal."
Xia Chujian immediately regretted it. She should have said half!
Quan Yuxun was sighing, though, thinking how kind this girl was, that she didn't even ask him to waive all the loan...
Xia Chujian kept a straight face, but another thought was running through her mind. How could Quan Yuxun have a Face Mask that looked like that?
She glanced at Quan Yuxun suspiciously.
Quan Yuxun ignored her and squatted down to search the burly man wrapped in black animal skin, finding nothing on him that could identify him.
"This is outrageous. You think you can just kidnap me, your grandma?!" Xia Chujian thought of the pitiful encounters of the kidnapped young men and women she saw during that operation, and she was filled with anger.
She fired several more shots at the man's face, turning his entire head into a sieve.
The man's head split apart like a watermelon.
Just then, a round object suddenly leaped out of the man's cracked head.
As soon as it came into contact with the air, the object seemed to suddenly inflate like a balloon, instantly growing to half a person's height, forming a sphere floating in front of them.
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