Chapter 489: Chapter 489: Searching_1 Chapter 489: Chapter 489: Searching_1 “What do you need that information for?”
As soon as Fu Qian posed the question, Yuan Shan was almost instantly on alert.
It seems there really is something going on in Bee Monkey City!
Fu Qian thought to himself.
“How do you know about that place?”
Yuan Shan sized up Fu Qian from top to bottom, continuing to inquire.
“I’ve offended a big power, so I’m planning to lay low for a while.”
For this question, Fu Qian had already prepared an answer.
“There happens to be an acquaintance I can turn to, but I need to confirm it’s safe beforehand.”
You’re trying to fool a ghost!
Yuan Shan looked as though she dearly wanted to spit a mouthful of blood in Fu Qian’s face.
Laying low… For most people, running afoul of the Gulad Family, this move would be perfectly reasonable and above reproach.
But when it came from this guy’s mouth, it completely missed the mark.
“Don’t worry, it’s an era of peace there now, very calm and stable.”
Yuan Shan was silent for a long while before finally speaking slowly.
“However, our people, not too long ago, carried out an operation there to capture a fugitive Transcendent criminal.”
“So did you catch him?”
“No, to be precise, we didn’t achieve anything at all; the guy vanished into thin air.”
“Is that so!”
Fu Qian blinked, deep in thought.
He had already known that the entangled nightmare was the “absolutely safe hiding place” You Er had prepared to save his own life.
And from Yuan Shan’s description, he could tell that, although the nightmare was extremely chaotic, from the perspective of the real world, everything appeared normal.
But from You Er’s descriptions, he could tell that the real world was now only one layer of the nightmare.
And You Er could easily shuttle through this overlay, thereby easily evading the pursuit of the Night Watchman.
Unfortunately for the Night Watchman, they had not found him, but he had run into Fu Qian instead.
It seemed the Night Watchman might never find a trace of this guy in their lifetime.
“You wouldn’t happen to know that You Er, would you?”
Yuan Shan had been observing Fu Qian’s expressions all along, and seeing him deep in thought, couldn’t help but frown and ask.
“Hmm, we have a head-off kind of friendship.”
Fu Qian nodded, speaking quite honestly.
What the hell is a head-off kind of friendship?
Now Yuan Shan was genuinely surprised.
“You really know him? That guy is nothing but a complete degenerate.”
“Rest assured, he and I are not the same kind of people; we’ve hardly exchanged a few words.”
Fu Qian gestured to Yuan Shan to be at ease.
“Alright then.”
Seeing that Fu Qian’s expression did not seem to be feigned, Yuan Shan shook her head and decided not to dwell on the issue.
However despicable in character and fond of causing trouble he might be, Fu Qian was fundamentally different from someone like You Er.
“It’s good that you want to go out and have a look around. There’s been too much going on in Shangjing lately; rest assured I will have someone watch your shop for you.”
“If you happen to see traces of You Er in Bee Monkey City, remember to contact the Night Watchman, okay?”
“Understood.”
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After parting with Yuan Shan, Fu Qian went straight back to the bookshop.
No matter his comings and goings, he did not particularly conceal his tracks.
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And unsurprisingly, on his way back, he spotted at least three people who were conspicuously tailing him.
Brother Tyler seems calm, but he’s actually in a hurry, isn’t he?
It seems that the consequences of losing the Abyssal Chronicle are something he cannot afford to face, so although he hasn’t resorted to violence to get it back yet, he also won’t allow himself to leave his sight.
Considering his high-profile treatment, Fu Qian couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
Of course, what Tyler doesn’t know yet is that he will soon be even more anxious.
After closing shop for the day, Fu Qian went upstairs and poured out his haul.
The bullets of various colors and patterns instantly piled up on half the table.
Though they were standard issue, they were after all reserves of the Night Watchman.
Compared to that craftsman, these bullets were obviously more delicately made.
Not surprisingly, that craftsman might have ambitious ideas, but a small home workshop is always limited in various ways.
While thinking, Fu Qian pulled out his newly acquired reward—a pistol named “Mercy.”
He opened the magazine, selected different bullets, and loaded them in one by one, still leaving one space empty out of habit.
After loading, he took a portion of the bullets and packed them into a gun bag he had gotten from Yuan Shan.
This kind of underarm gun bag, with just an overcoat thrown on, is quite concealed and can effectively avoid some trouble.
As for the remaining bullets, considering that the Transcendent aura on them was too weak, bringing them into the warehouse would probably turn them to dust instantaneously, so they had to be left here for now.
After all, Chief Yuan had already promised to help him keep an eye on his place.
And after everything was organized, Fu Qian didn’t waste time and chose to head out again.
The reason he asked Yuan Shan about Bee Monkey wasn’t out of boredom.
Fu Qian still remembered the mysterious basement in the museum.
Not just those strange transparent insects, but the black stone passage had also made a profound impression on him, extremely similar to the one in Rotten Forest.
From the late Mr. Luo, we know that the passage in Rotten Forest belonged to an ancient secret organization who were digging for something.
If that was the case, could it be that the underground of the Bee Monkey City Museum was in a similar situation?
This was something Fu Qian had been pondering all along.
Considering Yuan Shan’s personality, if she didn’t want to answer, she would probably just not respond at all, rather than lie to him about something like this.
Since the Night Watchman came away empty-handed, it was highly probable that the basement hadn’t been discovered.
Of course, it’s also possible that the basement doesn’t exist at all, and it was all an illusion.
But either way, it’s still worth spending the money on a train ticket to explore.
Having just made his first pot of gold, he was even more eager to expand and strengthen his business to create a new glory.
Considering that a place like Sea of Ashes is not suitable for exploration at the moment, Bee Monkey City is still worth a visit.
And he only needs to buy a one-way ticket.
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The comfort of the trains in this world is also up to par.
Leaning back in the plush seat, Fu Qian examined his surroundings with interest.
Bee Monkey City is not too far from Shangjing, and Fu Qian ultimately chose the train as his means of transportation.
At this moment, as the train is about to depart, all kinds of travelers have taken their seats around him.
Businessmen resting with their eyes closed, noisy families with children, and ambitious young students… compared to the world he knew well, it doesn’t look much different.
However, Fu Qian was well aware of how fragile the scene before him was.
The Night Watchman, this behemoth, did not waste their status and resources and managed to accomplish something quite remarkable.
Of course, apart from that, somewhere on the platform, there was a man with a troubled expression, lost in thought as he looked in this direction.
Without looking, Fu Qian knew that the man’s hidden communicator was activated, reporting back; this was one of Tyler’s men arranged to follow him.
To be fair, this man wearing a gray hat had quite skillful tailing techniques and his demeanor throughout was professional and composed.
Up until now, he obviously thought that Fu Qian was planning to shake him off in the crowded train station, and kept up the act even as Fu Qian bought a ticket and boarded the train.
Unfortunately, at this moment, as the train was about to depart and Fu Qian hadn’t gotten off, the man was clearly flustered.
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