"Silhouette?"
Sitting, like that?
Could it be that I saw it wrong?
Is it that kid?
Earlier, he had clearly seen a thick bolt of lightning strike directly at Lin Beichen’s location.
Thinking about that thunderous power...
He thought he must have seen it wrong.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible."
The man rubbed his eyes hard, felt his vision fully restored, and then looked forward once again.
However, at that very moment...
It was as if he had been struck by lightning!
The spot where the lightning had struck.
The surface of the Thunderstruck Wood had become even darker and shinier, the new sprouts still intact, and Lin Beichen was sitting cross-legged next to it, with no changes to his body at all.
Everything seemed no different from before.
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As if the lightning earlier had been nothing but an illusion, never striking down.
The man’s eyes widened, he stared at Lin Beichen intently, clearly seeing the rise and fall of his chest!
"Not... not dead?!"
His face was full of disbelief, mind in chaos, unable to understand the reason.
Even if the lightning had missed and struck a nearby tree, the electricity itself should’ve been enough to electrocute him.
But why were both the tree and him completely unharmed?
"Could it be that he is truly a master?"
Just when he was puzzled, Lin Beichen suddenly opened his eyes.
Even from this distance, though his eyes couldn’t be seen clearly, he inexplicably felt Lin Beichen’s eyes sparkling with thunder, somewhat dazzling, as if exuding an inexplicable pressure, akin to the might of the heavens and earth like the earlier thunder.
"Uh..."
At that moment, the man looking at Lin Beichen felt the same pressuring feeling of the lightning strike earlier, making him gasp for breath.
The discomfort surged to the extreme, a feeling that sent shivers down his spine.
"Something’s wrong!"
"So damn wrong!"
"This guy is too eerie!"
The man didn’t know where the inexplicable pressure came from, if it was the aftermath fear from the lightning or the oddity of the youth in front, only feeling his heart about to leap from his throat, filled with terror and anxiety.
Only one thought remained: Leave!
This place wasn’t safe to stay in!
The human instinct to avoid danger made him want to leave this dangerous place quickly. He didn’t want to stay even for a second, cast a wary glance at Lin Beichen, then hurriedly and quietly retreated, soon disappearing into the darkness of the forest.
...
Lin Beichen remained entirely focused on his cultivation from beginning to end, completely unaware of the man’s appearance and departure.
At this moment, he glanced at the Thunderstruck Wood before him with lingering fear.
Even though he was mentally prepared, knowing lightning might strike and knowing it wouldn’t hurt him, he still couldn’t help but feel a jolt when the lightning actually struck.
"It really attracts and repels lightning."
Lin Beichen shook his head with a laugh, but at that moment, he suddenly thought of a crucial problem.
How to bring this Thunderstruck Wood back, and where to put it?
It attracts lightning so much...
If it attracts lightning while on the bus back, causing a collision? What a disaster!
Even if he managed to bring it back smoothly, putting it in the dormitory... that’s too dangerous, right? Hiding it in a corner of the campus... that’s not proper either!
What to do?
Lin Beichen thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. There’s still a few days until he had to bring it back, and he believed a solution would come by then.
Right now, Lin Beichen didn’t want to think about any problems, temporarily casting all doubts to the back of his mind. He just wanted to focus on cultivating.
"Any problems..."
"Let’s think about it after the cultivation is done!"
...
Deep in Wuling Mountain, a hidden cave.
The entrance was small, but the inside of the cave was another world.
A cave of about thirty square meters was illuminated by the dim glow of a kerosene lamp.
There was a table made of piled stones in the cave, with a calendar on it, and a few photos of children around three or four years old beside the calendar, with a photo of Lin Beichen on top.
Next to Lin Beichen’s photo, there was also a satellite phone.
There was nothing else.
A group of men sat in a circle around the table, including Zou Huaide and Li Wangxin, who were being hunted by the police.
They were part of the human trafficker gang behind Li Youquan, and this cave was their temporary hideout.
"Beep beep... beep beep..."
At this moment, the ringing of the phone broke the silence in the cave.
It was the satellite phone on the table.
All those present furrowed their brows at the sound and looked at the phone with eyes full of worry and anxiety, and the next second, their eyes focused on Zou Huaide.
It was clear that Zou Huaide was the leader of this human trafficker gang.
Zou Huaide quickly answered the phone respectfully, "Boss, hello, it’s Zou."
"Oh, Zou!"
On the other end of the line, the boss, a foreign man with a broken accent, replied coldly, "Yesterday was the deadline, tell me, why haven’t I seen a single child from the list? Are you done, wanting to be replaced?"
Before this, he had given the human trafficker gang a huge list.
Yesterday was the last day of this cycle.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the human traffickers instantly became panic-stricken. Being replaced was out of the question!
It was because of the enormous amount that the boss had given!
They had never thought money could be so easy to make before doing child trafficking for the boss.
No one wanted to lose out on the boss’s money tree!
Zou Huaide quickly said, "Boss, boss, please calm down, calm down."
Seeing the other side silent.
He seized the opportunity to explain, "Due to the special nature of the Imperial Capital, we observed in secret for more than two months this time. Just a week ago, we were fully prepared and started taking action. We even abducted the child, but unanticipated events occurred, resulting in failure. One of our brothers died. Of course, I had tried again with the brothers. But the vigilance of the child’s parents had obviously increased, almost not leaving the child’s side, and now there are cameras everywhere. If we forcibly take action, even if we manage to abduct the child, we would likely be captured by the police before we can deliver. Also, the security in the Imperial Capital has tightened considerably since our earlier failure. We thought of abducting another child on the list, but there’s only one child on the list in the Imperial Capital. Other provinces... the brothers who went scouting haven’t returned. If we act rashly..."
"Enough!!"
The boss rudely interrupted Zou Huaide, who still had many things to say, continuing coldly, "Zou, I didn’t call to hear your damned excuses. Listen carefully to my every word. I’m informing you that considering it’s your first time making such a mistake, you’ll be given an extension of three more days. Remember, you only have three days. If I haven’t seen a single child from that damned list after three days, then you... huh!"
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