After the two groups separated, Gong Baoding pondered how to deal with Ding Mingguang.
First, after arriving at the target location, he would definitely have to shake off Ding Mingguang, as he needed to rendezvous with another containment specialist, Wen Wen, and it would be inconvenient to bring Ding Mingguang along.
However, having Ding Mingguang with him also had its advantages. Without needing to lift a finger, he could disrupt Yan Biqing's forces.
With Ding Mingguang present, their operations would proceed much more smoothly.
Earlier, at the containment facility, Wen Wen had left a mark on Gong Baoding. As long as Wen Wen was within the facility, he and Gong Baoding could exchange information through this mark.
After all, with Ding Mingguang around, any communication using electronic devices was unsafe.
Whatever information Wen Wen was willing to convey over the phone was something he wasn't afraid of being exposed.
After Ding Mingguang found the general vicinity of Yan Biqing, Wen Wen began heading towards Yan Biqing's hiding place. Sudancal.com
Whether it was a coincidence or not, the place he chose to hide this time was Furong River Paradise.
Furong River Paradise was now completely sealed off and inaccessible to the public. The official reason was that a fire had caused structural damage, making the buildings prone to collapse, hence the prohibition of entry.
In reality, it was because the residual will of some disaster-level monsters still lingered there, and ordinary people entering might undergo mutations.
Moreover, one couldn't be sure what other monsters might still be lurking there.
After all, so many monsters had gathered there previously that even the Hunter Association couldn't guarantee absolute safety.
However, for Yan Biqing, none of these were issues. Mere residual disaster-level aura wouldn't affect him.
Furthermore, with no one else around, it was convenient for him to hide.
Although he hadn't inherited all of the original Yan Biqing's memories, he had a faint understanding of Ding Mingguang's abilities.
He knew that Ding Mingguang could control electronic devices using a virtual electronic creature.
Therefore, he suspected that the traces left behind when he traversed with Ding Mingguang earlier had led to him being found.
Because of this, after traversing this time, he didn't remain in his original location but moved a considerable distance and hid in Furong River Paradise.
This place had suffered a major upheaval, and with no electronic devices present, it should be a blind spot for Ding Mingguang.
If he were to be found again this time, the situation might be dire.
...
Although Gong Baoding and his group departed first, Wen Wen's home was closer to Furong River Paradise, so he arrived there first.
The address Ding Mingguang had locked onto was only a vague range; the only certainty was that Yan Biqing was within the paradise, but his exact location couldn't be determined.
Although Ding Mingguang had left a mark on Yan Biqing, in a place where electronic devices were extinct, Ding Mingguang's abilities were weakened to the extreme, allowing him to determine only the general location.
However, for Wen Wen, finding Yan Biqing from here was easy.
"If I can't pinpoint you across the entire city, can't I find you in just one amusement park?"
Wen Wen let out a sharp cry, and after a moment, a large group of bats flew over, chattering.
But they all refused to fly into the amusement park, choosing to hover outside.
Compared to humans, animals are more sensitive to danger. To these bats, this place felt like a demonic den.
"The target I'm looking for is inside. Find him, but don't alert him," Wen Wen commanded.
But the bats merely circled outside, unwilling to enter.
Wen Wen sighed and glared, emitting a strange aura.
The bats then surged into the amusement park without any further hesitation.
Vampires had two ways of commanding bats: one was gentler, allowing them to manipulate bats to assist them in certain tasks; the other was coercive, even ordering bats to their death.
If not for the coercive command, given how terrifying the amusement park was to bats, no bat would have been willing to enter.
The swarms of bats spread through every corner of the amusement park. Wen Wen himself, guided by the information transmitted by the bats, deduced Yan Biqing's possible hiding spots.
By the time he finally pinpointed Yan Biqing's location, only half of these bats had returned safely.
The other half were likely not dead but had broken free from Wen Wen's control, possibly having undergone mutations in both mind and body.
The residual disaster-level aura here was already very weak. If an ordinary person were to enter, a well-behaved individual might emerge as an "innocent knight" if lucky.
If unlucky, they might turn into a perverted murderer or the like. It would be bad, very bad, but not life-threatening.
However, for weak creatures like bats, the impact was far greater, making the danger even more severe than entering a dragon's lair.
The bats, with their rodent-like faces, displayed human-like expressions of fear. Wen Wen waved them away, letting them fly off.
Upon receiving the order, the bats fled at lightning speed as if they had been granted a great pardon.
"Damn it, why didn't you fly this fast when I called you?"
"Perhaps there will be legends of genetically mutated bat monsters around here in the future, but what does that have to do with me, hehehe."
...
Upon reaching the vicinity of the park, Gong Baoding and Ding Mingguang stopped.
Advancing further might lead to them being discovered by Yan Biqing. Even if Yan Biqing was heavily injured, it was still too dangerous.
"You stay here and keep watch. I'll go scout around. Be careful and don't rush in," Gong Baoding said to Ding Mingguang.
Ding Mingguang nodded. Gong Baoding was always a senior he could trust, so Ding Mingguang simply assumed he wanted to complete the mission more effectively, never suspecting that Gong Baoding himself intended to take a risk.
After leaving, Gong Baoding attempted to contact Wen Wen but found that he could no longer reach him.
This was because the beacon Wen Wen had placed on Gong Baoding was only functional when Wen Wen was within the Disaster Containment Facility. Wen Wen, having left the facility, did not possess this ability.
However, there was no longer a need to use the beacon for contact, as an eerie figure had appeared before Gong Baoding at some unknown time.
This figure was clad in a black cloak, and beneath the cloak was a slightly blurry, translucent body.
Observing with his spiritual sense, one would find that dozens of resentful spirits seemed to be coiled around the body, making it look somewhat terrifying.
Could it be... not human?
No, although it looked like a malevolent spirit, it lacked the ferocious aura of a malevolent spirit. It should merely be a superpowered individual with special abilities.
"Heh heh, you're the new containment specialist? I didn't expect you to be an old man."
"I'm not old," Gong Baoding said with a frown.
The person's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, with a texture akin to fingernails scraping against metal, making one's skin crawl.
Judging solely by the voice, the person before him was likely no good.
This person was, of course, Wen Wen, who was now utilizing Qin Shuang's malevolent spirit physique and the abilities of the Treant of Whispers to create a very peculiar voice, thereby perfectly concealing his identity.
He felt fortunate that the malevolent spirit possessed some physical substance, allowing it to wear clothes. Otherwise, to avoid exposing his identity, Wen Wen might have had to come in a more... revealing manner.
Yes, truly revealing.