Murderous Intent in the Crowd
"Are all of those stars?"
"This is the Big Dipper." The old man pointed at each star above and spoke patiently. "Its shape is like a spoon. Counting from the very front, this first one is called Tianshu... This one is called Tianxuan, this is Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, Yaoguang..."
Tianshu...
Hearing these two words, Chen Ling seemed to remember something. His gaze instantly locked onto the youth Lu Xun!
The youth Lu Xun blinked, seemingly recalling something.
"But... I don't seem to have seen them in the sky?"
"They aren't always like this. They will change their corresponding directions according to the changes in seasons... But there's a simple method, which is to find the Tianshu Star."
"Tianshu Star?"
The youth Lu Xun's gaze stared fixedly at the Tianshu Star, and he let out an "mm".
"I couldn't tell, you're actually interested in astronomy." Seeing his expression, the old man spoke in surprise.
"What is astronomy?" The youth asked blankly.
"... It's, looking at the stars."
The old man took his hand and stepped up the stairs step by step. Walking straight to the end of the orphanage's second floor, he slowly opened a door.
Behind the door was a simple and crude office. Other than around the desk, the rest of the places were basically piled full of various books and sundries. Most of them were books about astronomy and Astrophysics. There were also a large number of astrolabes, as well as three-dimensional galaxy models...
Chen Ling's gaze swept over the room, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes... He was somewhat curious, what kind of figure exactly was this Dean of the orphanage?
"These are all related to the stars... Including these models. If you're interested in the future, you can borrow them casually."
In the old man's words, the youth Lu Xun walked into the room curiously. From time to time, his fingertips fiddled with the models on the desk, or he stared at a star map for a long time... Perhaps he had no way to understand the meaning of these things, but he was already attracted by them.
For the next period of time, Lu Xun spent it all in this room, and Chen Ling was also unable to leave, his expression somewhat helpless.
His [Paint the Rosy Face] could see the profoundly impressive contents within the life Scripts of others. Now that he saw this room, it meant this room was extremely profound to Lu Xun... Before this section of the Script ended, he couldn't actively leave either.
Thus, he could only follow Lu Xun, watching Lu Xun fiddle with the models in this room, or occasionally raise questions, and the old man would answer patiently... It wasn't until about twenty minutes later that Chen Ling felt this section of the Script showed signs of ending.
...
Bang—!
Amidst a crisp sound, Chen Ling's consciousness returned from the fragmented memories, sitting back down in the driver's seat.
He let out a long sigh of relief...
Lu Xun rubbed his temples blankly, "Director Chen... Are you done looking?"
"... Sort of." Chen Ling didn't expect that he originally just wanted to see if there was anything related to the Tianshu Domain, but as a result, he was forcibly controlled in the room for so long.
However, this couldn't be considered fruitless. At least he knew the Domain corresponding to Lu Xun, as well as the origin of the name "Tianshu".
"You two should hurry up and leave." Chen Ling glanced at the rearview mirror. "If you don't leave now, I'm afraid it'll be too late..."
Seeing this, Lu Xun and Yang Xiao directly bid farewell to Chen Ling, and then got out of the car, walking towards the other side of the street.
And Chen Ling didn't stay long in the car either. After driving past two intersections, he casually pulled over and stopped. With a tear of his fingertips at his chin, a piece of facial skin scattered in the air with the wind.
Clack—
Amidst the sound of opening the door, a white-collar elite wearing a white shirt and inconspicuous black-framed glasses calmly got out of the car, unhurriedly walking towards the crowd.
The red light turned green. Countless figures crossed the intersection. The neon lights illuminated the sky on both sides, and everywhere the eye could see was filled with bustling shops...
This was Tangjing Street, one of the most prosperous commercial pedestrian streets in Shanghai. Coupled with the fact that today was exactly the weekend, the foot traffic once again reached its peak. Every time the traffic light turned green, over a hundred people would cross. And the plain-looking Chen Ling mingling among them wouldn't attract anyone's attention at all.
But Chen Ling didn't seem to notice that on the other side of the street, a figure wearing a black bowler hat slowly raised his head. His gaze instantly locked onto that figure in the crowd.
But very quickly, he naturally shifted his gaze away... as if he hadn't noticed him at all.
He silently pressed down the brim of his bowler hat, concealing half his face, and then followed the mighty crowd, walking towards Chen Ling from the other side of the street.
[Audience Expectation Value +3]
[Current Expectation Value: 42%]
When these two lines of characters floated past Chen Ling's eyes, his pupils instantly contracted, and an ominous premonition surged into his heart!
"Not right... Their people are nearby?" Chen Ling had already experienced countless increases in Expectation Value, naturally realizing something was wrong at the first moment. He swept his gaze around vigilantly, attempting to find the figures of those people...
But he failed to find them, or rather, even with the [Secret Pupil], he couldn't recognize them.
Oh no...
Chen Ling thought his hiding was already concealed enough, but he still underestimated the manpower Bureau 749 deployed this time. To be able to be sent out by them, and to target him in a place with such huge foot traffic, meant they had enough confidence in this person!
Where would the attack come from?
What exactly was the other party's Divine Path Path?
Chen Ling's brain operated rapidly. The ominous premonition in his heart grew increasingly intense. Just at this moment, as if he made a certain resolution, he took out an old phonebook from his clothes...
If the other party's strength was truly extremely strong, then with his own strength, he probably couldn't contend with them. The only path to survival... perhaps lay in this gift given by Xiao Chunping.
Chen Ling lowered his head and mingled in the crowd, rapidly flipping through the phonebook in his hands. He very quickly found the "old friends" in the Shanghai area. There were three in total.
And among these three, there was one name that was emphatically drawn with a five-pointed star by Xiao Chunping.
Chen Ling locked onto this name and the phone number behind it. Hardening his heart, he took out his phone and dialed it... Followed by a string of melodious music waiting to be answered.
Pick up the phone...
No matter who was on the other end of the phone, Chen Ling had never expected someone to answer his call so devoutly.
While waiting, the uneasiness in Chen Ling's heart grew increasingly intense. He constantly tried to find the source of the crisis in the crowd, until the sound of the call connecting rang out beside his ear!
A lazy male voice came from the other end of the phone:
"... Who?"