Chapter 189: Chapter 188 Porcelain Doll (Part 6)_1
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It could now be ascertained that the unstable guiding influence affected everyone, not just oneself.
It was merely that, due to the special state of one’s status as a Whiteboard Demigod, one was most sensitive to it.
At the scene of the attack, Fu Qian surveyed Delin, who had returned to his normal size.
The arm that Delin had begun to transform was likely his Transcendent ability, which appeared to be quite powerful under normal circumstances.
However, a slight provocation had caused it to spread throughout his entire body.
If Mr. Luo’s intervention had come a bit later, this individual might have completely lost control.
If it had been himself…
Fu Qian allowed himself a bit of imagination, suspecting that just about any of his moves would have instantly killed everyone present.
In fact, the kick he had delivered just before was more about technique than strength.
This place seemed to specially affect abilities related to flesh and blood.
And this was just the periphery; one would have to be even more careful when returning to the heart of the jungle.
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Fu Qian’s unexpectedly appalling attitude had left the only female team member shivering with anger.
She did notice the exchange between Fu Qian and Delin, but didn’t hear the specifics.
In her view, Fu Qian’s performance had been somewhat dragging yesterday, and today he had been completely onlooker throughout, with a truly poor work attitude, a prime example of a team’s dead weight.
Of course, the main reason was that the operation had hit a snag, with heavy losses, which fanned the flames of anger inside her.
Seeing Fu Qian’s attitude of treating her like air, she could hardly resist stepping up to him.
“Alright.”
At this time, a somewhat hoarse voice rang out; it was Delin finally recovering his senses.
He looked undeniably wretched now because his previous transformation had gone out of control, causing his body to be covered in cuts and bruises.
Fortunately, it was only superficial damage, and although his gaze was still dazed, there were no major issues.
After stopping the female team member from picking a fight, he looked at the carnage around him and said nothing for a long time.
At the first instant of losing control, he had still been lucid, so he could fully deduce what had happened.
Yet, the scene before him was certainly not part of the plan.
After a long while, he finally managed to stand up with effort and found Miyamoto, the employer for this operation.
“Being ambushed in such an unforeseen manner, my teammates have also been injured; today’s plan definitely can’t proceed.”
“I hope to return for a rest and then discuss the next step, what do you two think?”
“It’s only right.”
Miyamoto’s tone didn’t carry much disappointment, and he still wore a smile on his face.
“Look on the bright side, even though it didn’t go according to plan, we still got three pieces of loot, didn’t we?”
Not just Delin, these words made the others frown as well.
The man seemed too casual, and Fu Qian watched with curiosity from the side.
Even though the relationship was purely transactional, if the enforcers were all dead, it would certainly impact the plan.
Yet despite the inauspicious start, he appeared completely nonchalant.
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The journey back was silent and dismal, a stark contrast to the morning’s vigor.
And considering Fu Qian’s performance prior, he was almost completely ostracized by the entire team.
The only one occasionally willing to speak with him was the Mediterranean Marksman.
“You, come with me.”
All the way back to the campsite, whether it was the thick sense of life in the dense jungle or something else, Delin seemed to have regained some vitality.
“Just now…”
After sizing up Fu Qian for a moment, Delin finally spoke.
“How did you detect the anomaly?”
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“In fact, this wasn’t just discovered now.”
Facing Delin’s question, Fu Qian directly shared the discovery from last night.
“Last time, I merely had a vague feeling and wasn’t certain.
However, during today’s operation, at a critical moment, the same sense of being watched re-emerged, and that’s when I started to suspect there was a problem.”
So it was like that…
Upon hearing this, Delin’s eyebrows furrowed into the shape of the character 川.
It was clear that he realized the issue was not so simple.
“Who else have you told about this?”
After pondering for a while, he stared into Fu Qian’s eyes and cautiously asked.
“I haven’t told anyone.”
But Mr. Luo might not necessarily be unaware.
Fu Qian shook his head while adding a sentence in his mind.
It wasn’t that he deliberately intended to conceal it; in his view, knowing about Mr. Luo’s situation might not necessarily be good for Delin.
Because Fu Qian seriously doubted there was much secrecy to speak of within this small camp.
In his view, there was more than a fifty percent chance that their current conversation was being eavesdropped on.
Mr. Luo was clearly not someone Delin could contend with, and knowing or not knowing this information could likely mean different things to him.
“Don’t tell anyone about this for now.”
After much contemplation, Delin finally looked at Fu Qian with a serious expression and said.
“I understand.”
Facing his request, Fu Qian readily agreed, without asking why.
Actually, Delin’s decision was not hard to understand.
The failure of today’s plan and the significant damage to the team’s strength meant that the risk of the commission undoubtedly needed to be reassessed.
Without a unified opinion within the team, the news could lead to quite a few members considering withdrawing.
Once morale dispersed, it was very likely there’d be no chance for a turnaround.
Seeing Fu Qian agree so promptly, Delin nodded in satisfaction.
Previously unaware of this team member’s sharp perception, no matter what, having such a scout was of great significance at the moment.
Just as he was about to offer Fu Qian a couple of words of encouragement, a heart-wrenching scream suddenly erupted from outside.
Again?
Delin stood up abruptly, his instinctual reaction being that the Porcelain Dolls had chased them here.
Before he could speak, Fu Qian had already opened the tent and walked out.
The one screaming was a large, muscular man, whom Fu Qian recognized as the other individual involved in this morning’s conjoined twins incident.
At the moment, he looked like a madman, staggering and running about, having already knocked over several tents.
However, there was no sign of the Porcelain Dolls around him.
Other team members tried to hold him down to figure out what the problem was.
But his struggling was so forceful that no one could control him for the time being.
Delin, emerging from the tent, saw this scene and his expression grew even uglier.
Although he didn’t know what had happened, the man’s screams were so pitiful that carrying on like this would drain their morale.
Therefore, despite still feeling weak, Delin stepped forward, carefully mutated his right hand, and pressed the man down.
As the man continued to struggle, others rushed to help, holding him down firmly.
The man pinned to the ground seemed in extreme pain, to the point where one could even hear the sound of teeth shattering.
As a female team member bent down to try to comfort him, the next moment, she was drenched in blood.
Under the horrified gazes of everyone, the man’s head exploded with a bang, turning into a mass of writhing cauliflower.