Chapter 63: Chapter 62: Harvest
A moment later, a team of fully-armed warriors rushed into the underground space.
It turned out to be the police squad.
"So fast?" Everyone was a bit surprised.
Jiang Ye thought to himself, "It seems the police were already waiting nearby, this mission is indeed special."
"Director Zhang."
The leader of the police squad was a burly man, whose presence was no less than Zhang Jianwu’s.
He shook hands with Zhang Jianwu and said with a smile, "This time, thanks to your schools."
Seeing this, those present immediately understood.
This mission was a trap set by the police in conjunction with several schools.
The goal was to capture those two nearly Second Break level big mice.
After all, powerhouses of this level also possess the ’Shadow Escape’ technique, with strong anti-detection capabilities.
Even a true Second Break powerhouse would find it hard to capture them.
At this moment, the police squad leader saw the bound Wanyao Yang and asked suspiciously, "Is he also from the Divine Concealment Organization? Looks quite young."
Zhang Jianwu immediately began to explain to him.
Meanwhile, Jiang Ye opened the recording from before.
After understanding the situation.
The leader immediately had his subordinates take Wanyao Yang away.
Then, he looked at Jiang Ye, Zhao Qingli, and the others and said, "The children took great risks, so the aftermath here is up to you."
"As for the spoils, we won’t compete with you."
Zhang Jianwu laughed, "Officer Wu is quite generous."
He waved at Jiang Ye and the others, "What are you waiting for? Go and raid, whoever gets it first, keeps it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yushu darted out.
Jiang Ye, Zhao Qingli, Wang Ziang, and others quickly followed.
This underground cavern still had many rooms that they hadn’t had the chance to search.
"Jiang Ye."
Zhao Qingli caught up with her long, snowy legs and whispered, "Thanks for earlier."
She was referring to the time when she fell and Jiang Ye turned back to help her up.
Otherwise, Jiang Ye would have escaped earlier.
Jiang Ye smiled and said, "No need to thank, if it were you, you’d turn back to save me without hesitation, right?"
Zhao Qingli was taken aback, then replied coolly, "I’m the class president, of course I’d save you."
Though she said so, she somewhat awkwardly looked elsewhere.
Seeing this, Wang Ziang thought to himself in shock, "Damn! Jiang Ye... seems honest, but he knows how to flirt quite well!"
Unaware of his thoughts, Jiang Ye said seriously, "Let’s split up, whoever gets it, keeps it."
"Okay."
Zhao Qingli and Wang Ziang quickly parted ways.
Jiang Ye ran towards a nearby room and began searching inside.
Most of the room was filled with scrap and trash.
Clearly, the Divine Concealment Organization already knew this stronghold was exposed.
So they had long removed the valuables.
What’s left behind were things they couldn’t take, of average value.
However, after some rummaging, Jiang Ye still found a few unopened potion bottles.
They were not all Dragon Pills; there were also Dragon Elixirs, Great Dragon Potions, and others.
These could all aid in cultivation.
After leaving this room, Jiang Ye hurried to the next one.
But not every time was as lucky; some rooms were full of trash with nothing valuable.
"Huh?"
Just as Jiang Ye was searching the fourth room, he suddenly discovered something unexpected.
"This is..."
He picked up a black goat hairpin from the ground.
The hairpin felt somewhat familiar to him.
"Xia Qing?" Jiang Ye remembered the missing classmate from Class Nine.
However, there are many with the same hairpin, so it could mean nothing.
Yet as Jiang Ye continued searching, he found a photo of Xia Qing in the room.
"Xia Qing was indeed captured into the Divine Concealment Organization!"
Jiang Ye felt a sinking feeling.
Since Xia Qing’s disappearance, he hadn’t seen the girl again.
Now, finding related clues in the Divine Concealment Organization’s hideout.
But this might not be a bad sign.
Xia Qing having a separate room here indicated she might not be dead and had instead integrated into the Divine Concealment Organization.
Thinking this, Jiang Ye felt unsure whether it was good news or bad news.
"Let’s keep searching first." Jiang Ye moved towards the next room.
Half an hour later.
Jiang Ye’s backpack was stuffed with potion bottles.
"Twenty bottles of medicine." Jiang Ye counted, feeling satisfied, "Converted to market price, that’s sixty thousand!"
This mission was really worthwhile.
The extra income alone amounted to sixty thousand.
Not to mention, there would be rewards after returning to school.
He had never been so well-off!
But soon, the sharp pain in his shoulder reminded him to stay alert.
Everyone had been injured to some degree in this operation.
And Jiang Ye, his shoulder had a hideous knife wound.
This was even with Zhang Jianwu, Cang Haisheng, and other powerhouses nearby.
If not, they might not have survived this time.
"Combat missions are indeed extremely dangerous..." Jiang Ye thought, "After going back, I must focus on cultivation, reach the First Break soon, and have some protection against danger."
He hurriedly returned with his backpack.
...
A moment later, Jiang Ye returned to Zhang Jianwu and showed him the photo of Xia Qing.
"Director, I found a Class Nine classmate’s item here."
Jiang Ye reported his findings to him.
Zhang Jianwu took the photo and looked at it.
"Xia Qing?"
He shook his head, "According to your description, she might have already integrated into the Divine Concealment Organization."
Jiang Ye nodded and said solemnly, "Should we report to the police and get her out?"
Zhang Jianwu shook his head, "Reporting is fine, but even if we find Xia Qing, she’s not the Xia Qing she used to be."
Jiang Ye was stunned.
He realized that the Divine Concealment Organization’s most mysterious ability was transforming humans into the Shadow Race.
This transformation was not just physical but also mental.
If Xia Qing was indeed alive, as Zhang Jianwu said, she was no longer herself.
For some reason, Jiang Ye felt a heaviness in his heart.
"Alright, stop thinking about it."
Zhang Jianwu shook his head and patted his shoulder, "Focus on the present, protect yourself, and that’s enough."
Jiang Ye nodded.
At this time, the others were also gathering here.
"All done ransacking?" Zhang Jianwu glanced around.
Everyone nodded.
Seeing this, Zhang Jianwu was about to call it a day.
Just then, Zhao Qingli suddenly said, "Director, Jiang Ye is injured."
Zhang Jianwu heard this and looked at Jiang Ye.
With his keen observation, he had already noticed Jiang Ye’s injury, but seeing the lad act normal, he hadn’t mentioned it.
"Is it serious? Let me see." Zhang Jianwu said.
Jiang Ye shook his head, "It’s nothing, almost healed."
"Hurry up." Zhang Jianwu glared at him, scolding, "An infected wound will affect your college entrance exam."
Only then did Jiang Ye unload his backpack.
Earlier, he had used the backpack strap to bind the wound.
As soon as he removed the strap, Zhang Jianwu’s face changed immediately.