Chapter 442 - Wang Yu Yan (17)

Before sunset of the next day, Jiang Li had already returned to the human territory. His first move was naturally to locate Wang Yu Yan and when he found her wounded and chained, his brows automatically furrowed. 

"Disciple, what made you emit such an awfully murderous aura?" he asked upon seeing the woman sporting a very scary face in front of a holographic map. 

Wang Yu Yan was alarmed. She automatically raised her head but saw no one nearby. She was alone in the room. When she looked through the glass window, the guards stationed outside did not seem to notice anything wrong or see anyone suspicious. A bit of annoyance wormed into Wang Yu Yan's heart. She didn't find it funny being prompted to talk to air.

"Senior?" The villainess tried to calm herself down and make her tone mellower. Unfortunately, the voice that came from her was still icy cold. She was still too affected by her mood.

The frown on Jiang Li's face did not go away. The woman was safe so the tampering must have been from an ally wanting to reinforce the mental barriers. 

'So what prompted them to do that?' he wondered.

"Did you run into any accident?" he asked. His voice came from an ant that he had controlled. The security around the Southern base was watertight and even he could only stay at the cafeteria which could already be said the closest he could get to. He had no way to sneak in without using brute force. But as an advocate of peace, harming the innocent was unacceptable. So he could only use witchcraft that was still thankfully enough to let him manipulate an ant considering that he did not train on it upon arriving to this world.

Wang Yu Yan could not see the strange uncle, so she moved her gaze back to the map, plotting something there. She flatly replied, "I thank Senior for the concern but as you can see, Yu Yan is alright. The only problem is that I'm awfully busy so I would not have much time to talk to you."

Silence then reigned. Jiang Li raised a brow.

He found the situation odd, and thus he left his hiding place and sought out the informer he had planted in the military. The guy's rank was not that high, but at least it was enough to confirm that the tension all around the southern region was due to the infiltration of several fae. 

Before Jiang Li reached the southernmost continent, he had actually been informed about them. 

'Ah. I almost forgot, the troublesome pair is indeed here.' 

Since Jiang Li could not use the stolen flying carrier within the city, he just commuted, joining the civilians who were mostly discussing the fall of two great cities with anxious faces. The train was fast, yet even if it was slow, he still would not believe that people wary of the army would arrive there faster than him.

Or so he wished.

'Damn. How I wish I can at least take the train or bus. But how the hell would that be possible when the city is on lockdown?' 

Jiang Li was quite in a bad mood as he drove a fancy-looking bike. Fancy, as in, for him who had come from a backwater era. In the eyes of those from this period, the bike was very shabby and with fewer high-tech functions. It was not a stolen one this time. Jiang Li only had misgivings about it since he had to drive personally, unlike if he was on a train or a bus where he could take a quick nap. 

As for why he chose to go to the military headquarters, it was because it would be easier for him to ambush whoever would rescue the captives there. 

…

Jiang Li left the ones who failed to exit the southern region to the villainess. That woman was very scary right now. If what he had overheard through the ant was true, then new machine corps were already deployed against those fae people. Jiang Li was not so bored to snatch the prey of the woman. Yup, prey. Because according to the reports, the squad led by the leads had split into two, which meant that it would not be very difficult for the enraged Wang Yu Yan to hunt the ones trapped in her region. 

And those who had escaped from the net. Well.

...

Northwestern area. 9:56 am. 

Flying legions composed of androids and cyborgs roamed the air, scanning every corner of the district from time to time. Cameras resembling eyeballs were also floating everywhere. The whole city had been in an alert state. 

Mohan and the others were not doing that well as they proceeded slowly towards their destination. Even from afar, the angered villainess was manipulating things behind the scene. It seemed the deaths of her subordinates and the captivity of her double had a greater effect than one would expect. Human experts were even sent after the male lead's group. 

When considered from a normal person's perspective, the lineup was ridiculous since the other party was just made up of fae youths. But Wang Yu Yan had the justification and the authority, so the male lead's group was destined to suffer a bit. 

Several hours already flew by since the escape. The technology advanced city looked cold from the outside due to the abundant steels and metals on the buildings and other infrastructure, which was coupled with the lack of greeneries and trees. But now it seemed much colder and gloomy, like dark clouds were not merely hanging above it, but swallowing it. 

"Now, I'm really tempted to send someone on the residential area, let a war beast rampage there." Mohan laughed. Slight fatigue could be made out of his voice.

The bulky male fae who reported the annoying situation to him was not looking at Mohan, but in the sky. A moment later, this fae pursed his lips and suddenly whispered in a low voice, "... hide." 

Everyone else crouched down and did their best to blend into the shadows of the nearby factory. Mohan's face darkened and the creases between his brows deepened. He was not pleased with the situation. 

When the red laser light vanished from sight, Mohan heard a companion say, "This is bad, they increased patrols again. But we're still a district away." 

"I know," he replied. Half a day passed and they were still not in the prison holding their captured colleagues. 

Jiang Li's conjecture was correct. As more time flew by, even crossing streets became harder and harder. 

One of them could no longer help but complain, "Dammit. Who is it this time? Even when we infiltrated Cairo before, it's not this difficult. What's with this insane deployment of war machines and experts? I thought the female commander is the only annoying one in this city."

"Lower your voice." Mohan glared at the male fae. "We can't always assume there are only weaklings in their race." 

'Because even ants have queens?' retorted sarcastically by the other fae in his mind. Unfortunately, this fellow was also not as courageous to speak it out loud.

"Let's move." Looking up from the ground where the shadow of several jets had just passed by, Mohan quietly led his teammates away. 

However, the male lead was also quite vengeful despite being the quiet type. In his mind, he had silently noted the name of the person who kept directing him dissatisfied glances. When the security once again tightened, and enemies encirclement began to shrink and focus on their positions, Mohan remembered his words before. They needed somebody to distract the enemy again. His gaze happened to fall on the grumpy fellow. So he ordered this male fae to head towards a civilian area and wreak havoc there. 

"Are you sure you want to send me away?" With a gloomy look on his face, the elite fae agent asked. 

"Or would you like me to do it instead? Do you know where the rescue targets are locked up?" 

Moving alone might seem safer than being with three more guys, but who knew what would happen once he did as told and released the dinosaur sitting inside his gem storage? 

The fae agent could not help but give Mohan a judging look, briefly scanning the male lead from head to toe. Afterward, he laughed and sneered, "I get it. " 

Mohan did not move his gaze away. He pointed one finger on the faint golden eagle pattern on his wrist. 

The other seemingly turned around obediently, but before completely jumping down from the second floor of the apartment where they had temporarily hidden, the male fae glanced over his shoulder once and wearing that same contemptuous look "Now it makes sense how two freakin' squads composed of elites from noble families just suddenly ended up in the hands of ants." 

He then said, "It must have been hard on them having such a stupid and unreasonable leader. I really pity them."

Regardless of Mohan's reaction, the other agent left. Because the male lead kept quiet as he watched the other guy leave, his other companions consoled him. "Brother, don't think too much about it."

"He must only be upset for the imminent death of his beloved pet."

Mohan shrugged then continued the journey. The other fae kept his pride by doing a good job so, after an hour, the male lead and the two others finally saw the heavily guarded headquarters. 

Jiang Li had also arrived at the place, although he ended up at another entry point. A 'friend' of his personally welcomed him. Of course, hidden from the sight of others. 

Thirty minutes or so later, the male lead finally infiltrated where the prisoners were locked up. Then they looked at the middle-aged man waiting for him in front of the prison cells, someone dressed in a thick black robe that would make one wonder which movie character of the Pre-Great War inspired the outfit. 

Mohan and his companions were no longer in the most optimum state after the long travel and intermittent battles within a short period of time. 

This was why when Mohan saw Jiang Li sitting on a stool looking bored as if he had been waiting for so long for them, the relief expression on his face froze.