Chapter 804: Demon Hunter

Nighttime

Ye Mingqiu left Happy Town with Carl, arriving at a district close to the border. According to Carl, ‘This is a forgotten corner, after the town was nicely planned. Few people pass by here, almost no surveillance coverage, so it’s suitable as a base.’

At the same time, the Spirit Realm also sounded with a prompt.

[Prompt: You have left the extremely high-risk area]

‘It should be true.’

Ye Mingqiu looked at the Spirit Realm prompt and felt somewhat relaxed, but it did not dissipate the vigilance in his heart.

Although he had already reached a safe area, a safe area does not equal danger-free. There are indeed cases where relaxation leads to being killed, it is crucial to remain vigilant at all times.

He carefully observed the surroundings. This was an abandoned gas station, the canopy faded and mottled, fuel pumps old and empty, walls had natural dust and weathering marks. At night, without lights, only moonlight was spilling onto the ground.

“Knock knock!”

Carl gently knocked on a supporting pillar at the gas station, then began to wait.

‘Could there be a hidden doorbell?’

Ye Mingqiu speculated inwardly.

From its surface, the pillar appeared to have nothing special. Overall, it was intact and the signs of wear from time were natural. But since Carl did it, there must be some mechanism, just very well hidden.

Soon, by the fuel pumps, a ground tile descended silently and slid aside, revealing a narrow stairway entrance downward.

This is a hidden base.

Once the passage opened, a graceful silhouette emerged from within.

The woman wore a deep purple, dark patterned long skirt, her face covered with a semi-transparent black veil, hiding her nose and jaw, only exposing a pair of sharp, cold eyes. Unable to see the complete appearance, she seemed mysterious under moonlight.

She walked towards them, gazed deeply at Ye Mingqiu as if activating an observation ability, then looked at Carl and asked: “Is this the newcomer you found? The quality is pretty good.”

“….”

Ye Mingqiu remained silent, instead concentrated on sensing hostility, determining if the other was safe.

Though the possibility of schemes was low, it was indeed possible to lure someone to a safe area, then hand them over to a wicked organization. It was entirely correct to prepare psychologically for resistance in advance.

Better safe than sorry!

Safe navigation, long journey!

“Hmm, introduce yourself.” Carl said with a smile.

“Ye Zhaoxia.”

Ye Mingqiu replied.

“Alright.”

The woman nodded slightly, glimpsed around inadvertently, confirmed no anomalies, then turned and said: “Follow me inside. It’s dangerous outside.”

Ye Mingqiu and Carl followed her in, the ground tile automatically returned to its original position. From the outside, no abnormality could be detected.

….

Inside the base was first a pitch-black tunnel. This section was short, mainly to prevent easy detection of anomalies when the door opened, maintaining relative concealment.

After walking a bit further, the surrounding walls turned into matte cold white alloy panels, embedded with acoustic dampening and anti-surveillance coatings. It isolated sound and blocked external detection, and there were infrared sensor lights on the stair wall to check if someone was sneaking in through optical stealth.

The three reached the end of the corridor, a camera by the door quickly scanned them.

“This is used to scan if there are any tracking marks on you.” The woman looked at a panel nearby, the vertical screen displayed body temperature, energy fluctuations, basic values, etc.

After looking, she looked deeply at Ye Mingqiu and said: “You, quite extraordinary.”

The door then opened, she led the two inside and said: “My name is Nightingale, you can ask me questions directly, the surroundings here are safe.”

Beyond the door was an enclosed room, not large, after entering, one could distinctly feel a sense of weightlessness, the sensation of spatial movement.

This was merely an entrance, not directly connected to the base, the true location of the base wasn’t here.

After entering the room, one could be transported to the actual base, boosting relative safety.

Ye Mingqiu squinted, feeling this technology somewhat reminiscent of the previous instance with Wen Shuo, the guy brought away after being killed by a Steward, seemingly the same technology in use now.

Soon, the room’s door opened.

“Sis, another newcomer, let me see who came this time?”

A petite figure suddenly dashed in, hopping around Ye Mingqiu. Curious eyes darted around him, while seemingly planning to poke him with small hands.

Soon, Nightingale picked up the back of the girl’s collar, lifted her into midair, placed her to the side, saying: “I’ve told you so many times, be polite to new members, don’t act like this, it can frighten them.”

“Ah~ He didn’t seem scared though.”

The lifted girl pouted, showing displeasure, she crossed her arms, lightly purple eyes looking at Nightingale behind her, saying: “Sis, you’re too uptight and serious, that’s probably why you’re still a single woman of a certain age.”

“….”

“Wait, what was that look?”

“Boom!”

“Ahhh! Murder! It hurts!”

“Sigh~”

Nightingale sighed, not minding the girl writhing on the ground in pain, said helplessly: “This is my Night Spirit, Mingming, she’s just a kid who doesn’t grow up, doesn’t usually speak. I hope you can be a bit indulgent.”