Chapter 1045: Chapter 1041: The 18th Floor of the New World Tower?
But the reason Ye Tian came to the new district of the southern city was not just to search for the underground tentacles. He had a more important purpose: to explore the mysterious New World Building!
The New World Building was the only structure Ye Tian had encountered where his clairvoyant ability couldn’t penetrate. This fact alone was enough to arouse suspicion!
Inside the New World Building, there must be some mysterious technology present. Such technology could nullify his clairvoyant ability…
So, Ye Tian’s current goal was to find the source of this mysterious technology. If possible, he also wanted to see if his wife, Yun Xinyan, was hidden inside the New World Building.
Ye Tian took a leisurely stroll from the bustling city area to the New World Building. It was less than a ten-minute walk, and soon, he found himself at the entrance of the New World Building.
Compared to the other skyscrapers in the new district of the southern city, the New World Building seemed somewhat lacking in both decoration and height. However, it was this ordinary building that his clairvoyant ability couldn’t penetrate.
Ye Tian speculated that the designer of the New World Building deliberately made it look ordinary to ensure it didn’t attract too much attention…
Outside the New World Building, Ye Tian hid behind a big tree, then once again used his clairvoyant ability to investigate the situation inside the building.
However, just like a few days ago, no matter how Ye Tian used his clairvoyant ability, he couldn’t see through the walls of the New World Building!
This meant that the situation from several days ago wasn’t due to his poor state. There truly was something inside this building that suppressed his ability, rendering his clairvoyant ability useless…
Ye Tian was very concerned about what was hidden inside the New World Building!
As Ye Tian paced outside the New World Building, he glanced at the security guards at the door. There were four guards in total, each tall and bulky, but Ye Tian knew very clearly that these guards merely possessed brute strength and had no understanding of martial arts.
This was just like the police the martial artists from the Night King Hall encountered a few days ago…
In other words, on the surface, the city government, public security agencies, and even ordinary security guards in the southern city were not much different from those in other cities. However, when an abnormal situation occurred that the municipal agencies couldn’t handle, the Black Hole Clan would intervene.
This was why, a few days ago, Tian Er, the second protector among the thirteen guardians of the Black Hole Clan, came out abruptly to oppose the martial artists of the Night King Hall!
The few burly security guards in front might not know martial arts, but with his Qinggong, Ye Tian could easily slip into the New World Building with lightning speed.
However, Ye Tian also surmised that if he did so, he would inevitably encounter the interveners from the Black Hole Clan!
If it were someone with Tian Er’s level of strength, Ye Tian could handle it. But if he encountered an even stronger martial artist, the situation would be quite tricky!
Ye Tian came this time to gather intelligence, not to fight. If he startled the enemy, the information he wanted to gather would be concealed by the elders of the Black Hole Clan, making it increasingly difficult to uncover the truth of this city.
Because of this, Ye Tian didn’t rashly storm into the New World Building. Instead, he hid nearby, pondering how to enter the building.
Although the New World Building was equipped with significant mysterious technology, it appeared to be just an ordinary commercial building. Thus, there were quite a few people working inside.
Ye Tian had been outside for less than fifteen minutes when he observed hundreds of people coming and going from the building…
Ye Tian could tell that these people were ordinary, not martial artists or members of the Black Hole Clan.
Because none of them possessed Inner Strength, and their aura was no different from that of ordinary humans…
So, Ye Tian set his sights on the office workers coming and going from the New World Building!
A man in a suit and tie with gold-rimmed glasses happened to walk past Ye Tian.
Ye Tian glanced at the man’s name tag on his chest, which read “New Wave Electronics,” presumably the company the man worked for.
From his earlier observations, Ye Tian knew that the security guards at the New World Building didn’t search those entering but merely looked at the name tags on their chests. That is to say, as long as someone wore an authorized name tag, they could enter the building.
So, Ye Tian targeted the man with the gold-rimmed glasses…
“Swish!”
Ye Tian acted swiftly, moving so fast that only a gust of wind could be heard.
After the gust of wind, the name tag on the man with the gold-rimmed glasses was in Ye Tian’s hand, and the man felt nothing at all.
“Hmm? Was that the wind?”
To the man, all he felt was a breeze, oblivious to the fact that the name tag on his chest was now in someone else’s possession.
After swiping the name tag from the man with the gold-rimmed glasses, Ye Tian carefully placed it on his chest, then nonchalantly walked into the New World Building.
The few guards, careless and mechanical in their work, merely glanced at the name tag on Ye Tian’s chest without saying anything further, allowing Ye Tian to enter as planned.
Once inside the New World Building, Ye Tian looked around and found it no different from any other commercial building. The interior decor and layout, the companies operating inside, and the employees all mirrored those of other commercial buildings.
If it weren’t for the New World Building’s outer walls that could block his clairvoyant ability, Ye Tian might not have suspected anything about this building…
Ye Tian didn’t take the elevator but instead used the stairs, searching floor by floor…
Inside the New World Building, Ye Tian’s clairvoyant ability functioned again. By standing at the stairwell of each floor, he could gather information about the entire floor.
Of course, due to the blocking exterior walls, Ye Tian’s clairvoyant ability could only survey the building’s interior, leaving him unaware of the situation outside…
First floor, second floor, third floor, fourth floor…
Ye Tian searched floor by floor, but unfortunately, no matter how he searched, he couldn’t find anything peculiar.
Soon, Ye Tian had reached the eighteenth floor!
Ye Tian was preparing to search further up but unexpectedly found that there was no staircase leading upward…
“Hmm? What’s going on?”
Ye Tian was perplexed. From the outside, the New World Building was over twenty stories high, so why could he only reach the eighteenth floor inside?
No matter how he looked at it, Ye Tian found it extremely suspicious…
Thus, Ye Tian began searching the eighteenth floor, but unfortunately, not only was there no staircase above the eighteenth floor, but the elevators also didn’t reach floors above the eighteenth.
This meant that, for the time being, there was no way to go above the eighteenth floor…
“What exactly is going on?”
Ye Tian looked up and once again used his clairvoyant ability. However, this time, he couldn’t see the space above the eighteenth floor because the ceiling of the eighteenth floor also blocked his clairvoyant ability!
“It seems that to know more, I have to get above the eighteenth floor!”
Ye Tian muttered to himself. With his strength, it would be quite easy to break through the ceiling, but if he did so, he might alarm others. If the masters of the Black Hole Clan were alerted, he wouldn’t be able to continue his investigation.
Therefore, Ye Tian didn’t resort to force immediately. He began searching the eighteenth floor to see if there was a way to go upstairs…
After circling the eighteenth floor a few times, Ye Tian still found nothing, leaving him somewhat frustrated…
Upon further inspection, he noticed that the office workers on the eighteenth floor were all ordinary people, focused solely on their work, and none were concerned with whether the building could reach floors above the eighteenth.
After all, Ye Tian wasn’t one of the employees on the eighteenth floor, so wandering around would eventually arouse suspicion. Thus, Ye Tian came up with another plan and hid in the restroom on the eighteenth floor.
The restroom was a relatively private space; as long as he stayed still inside, no one would find him!
And Ye Tian wasn’t idle in the restroom!
Hiding in the restroom, Ye Tian used his clairvoyant ability, closely monitoring the movements of everyone on the eighteenth floor.
Although Ye Tian didn’t know if this would work, should someone want to go to the nineteenth floor, they would certainly pass through the eighteenth. Ye Tian was lying in wait in the restroom, hoping to observe what means would be used to reach the nineteenth floor.
Time passed by the minute, and in no time, Ye Tian had been waiting in the restroom for half an hour, yet his clairvoyant ability yielded nothing!
During this half-hour, no one even casually tried to go to the nineteenth floor; everyone just focused on their work without any unusual behavior!
Ye Tian’s clairvoyant ability was quite taxing on his stamina and couldn’t be used continuously. Thus, after using his ability for half an hour, Ye Tian stopped to let his strength recover…