How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 192: Meeting Childhood Friends in a Foreign Land

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Meeting Childhood Friends in a Foreign Land

They were all around thirty years old.

The man’s face bore the marks of hardship, while the woman’s face showed none, but her hair was white. The white hair paired with her delicate features, combined with the traces of hardship in her eyes, gave her an enigmatic aura.

Fengshuang Man said, "This trial has actually come to an end."

The white-haired woman nodded lightly, "The current situation is beyond what the Reserve can resolve. In fact, even the official Gold Medals are at a loss."

Fengshuang Man turned in surprise, "Has 101 arrived?"

"It arrived yesterday, and last night we checked seven incident locations. The alien species’ trace is everywhere. For him, the National Guardian Dog, capturing the trace is easy. However, once this thing goes underground, not catching up means it’s all in vain."

"Any creature moving underground leaves traces. Can we use top-end robots?"

"Ordinary creatures like pangolins moving underground indeed leave signs of disturbed soil layers. Using Earth Tunneling robots can track them. However, this creature is peculiar because once it enters the soil, it’s like a fish entering water—there’s no disturbance in the soil layers, just like the legendary Earth Tunneling Technique." The white-haired woman shook her head lightly: "Recently, some cases have become more mystical. Personally, I think we need to establish contact with Kun Cang to borrow their methods to address some problems that exceed the scope of science."

"You’re veering off-topic!" Fengshuang Man said, "Since the trial can’t proceed in reality, continuing it is pointless. How about we terminate the trial?"

"If we terminate the trial, they won’t be evaluated until three months later. A lot can change in three months..." The white-haired woman said, "I personally suggest adjusting the trial objectives and evaluation criteria, combining the performance of these four this month, and giving objective scores. Those reaching an excellent level should be considered as having passed the trial."

Fengshuang Man shook his head lightly, "The objectives and criteria were set by higher-ups, it’s not appropriate for us to adjust them."

"When these objectives and criteria were first set, the incident was treated as a common Exotic Beast incident. As it turns out, this incident is anything but common. If even 101 can’t complete the task, how can you expect the Reserve to do it, especially when killing the Exotic Beast is the only criterion for mission completion? It’s unfair."

Fengshuang Man stared at her for a while, then smiled gently, "You still hope Li Diandian can pass this time?"

"Yes!"

"People say she often infuriates you to the extreme, and you’ve gritted your teeth multiple times, determined to hold her back in the Reserve. Why are you so enthusiastic about letting her pass now?"

"Your information is missing something, I fought her!"

"Fought? A Reserve clashing with an instructor?" Fengshuang Man could hardly believe it.

"I lost too!"

Fengshuang Man’s eyes widened suddenly...

"She threw only one punch! I received it with a smile. I’m not sure if my face changed color at that moment, but back in the recovery room, I used three gene healing agents."

Fengshuang Man’s expression shifted dramatically, "You are Xue Ying, the ninth Gold Medal!"

"Yes, I’ve even lasted three moves under Cheetah, the top-ranked Gold Medal. But with her, I didn’t catch a single punch!" Xue Ying sighed lightly, "If this were in the mundane world, I’d have taken revenge. But this is Qianlong! In Qianlong, prodigies should not be buried! Because we never know what comes first, accidents or tomorrow. If just once we need her for a mission, and she was held back in the Reserve due to my personal resentment, it would be the greatest sorrow and shame of my life as an instructor."

Fengshuang Man sighed softly, "I understand your thoughts, but we still have to return to the topic of rules. The rules have already been set that only by completing the task does one qualify for promotion. We can only monitor the rules, not change them."

"That’s why I said we, as two instructors, should jointly submit an application."

"Joint application, most likely won’t be approved by higher-ups, and even if approved, how do we judge the performance of these four?"

Xue Ying answered, "Based on their reaction speed, the precision of their entry points, and how close they are to success. As long as it’s approved, there are standards for evaluation."

Fengshuang Man laughed, "No question about reaction speed, Li Diandian’s has always been the fastest, and she indeed almost caught that monster once. But speaking of the precision of entry points, it’s really hard to say. It seems she doesn’t understand what covert investigation means, every investigation of hers draws a crowd of villagers, she almost seemed like she wanted ’I am Qianlong’ etched on her forehead. For this part, I can only give her zero marks, giving one would make others accuse me of corruption..."

The white-haired woman raised her hand to her forehead.

Somewhat collapsing.

Yes, indeed, Li Diandian, the more she saw, the more she felt a genius couldn’t be buried.

But, this girl really neglected basic conventional skills.

Members of Qianlong are always mysterious, wherever they go.

You can’t tell just by appearances.

But this girl seems to carry an inherent arrogance gene, walking with wind, sometimes breaking stone slabs by sitting, every single action she takes could, at any time, give someone a little "surprise" or a "shock", even dogs seeing her would tuck their tails and scurry around...

Even a layman could tell at a glance that this girl was extraordinary.

She had hinted at Li Diandian many times, but, the girl, looking earnestly with wide eyes, would tell you: "I’ve tried my best to control it."

What could Xue Ying do?

"People ’tried their best’!"

Suddenly, her eyes fixed on a young man striding towards a small hillside village ahead.

Clearly not a local.

But he was heading straight for the village where a murder incident had just occurred.

Was this a newcomer sent by Qianlong Headquarters?

With a quick scan of Dragon Eye, data analyzed, she froze, "Fengcheng’s detective, Lin Xiaosu?"

Fengshuang Man’s expression also shifted slightly, "Lin Xiaosu? Li Diandian’s childhood friend? Li Diandian went this far?"

In his understanding, Lin Xiaosu was brought in by Li Diandian.

Lin Xiaosu’s name was well-known among Qianlong’s higher echelons.

But only among the higher echelons.

Initially, as members of the Gold Medal level, they were not very familiar with Lin Xiaosu, but, due to the need to evaluate Li Diandian, they had extensively investigated her social relations, including her suspected lover, thus venturing Lin Xiaosu into their scope of comprehensive understanding.

The results of their investigation was that he was a detective.

He had handled several peculiar cases in Fengcheng, seemingly possessing special skills in locating people and dogs.

But that’s as far as it goes.

Today, the lover was summoned from a thousand miles away.

For what?

To lend a hand!

This fits the mindset of a typical young girl.

Can’t open a bottle? Find a boyfriend. Car breaks down on the road? Find a boyfriend. Feeling helpless in a difficult situation? Why not find a boyfriend?

But this is a trial, and asking for her boyfriend’s help?

Lin Xiaosu strolled up the small hill.

This little mountain village is the quintessential image of idyllic countryside with small bridges and flowing water.

However, the bridges are still here, the water still flows to the east, but of the families, only a few old men remain.

There was originally a young couple here; the husband worked abroad while the wife stayed home with their child. Yesterday, the working husband returned home, and by evening, a tragedy struck: a monster burrowed up from the ground and gruesomely devoured the couple. Now, only old men remain in this village, flickering like candles in the wind, their fate uncertain for even a few more days.

If they had anywhere else to go, they would have moved.

But isn’t there nowhere else to go?

The current state of this little mountain village is virtually the same as all the surrounding villages...

Everyone is frightened.

Several police officers were searching everywhere, in front of and behind the houses.

Looking for cracks on the ground, cracks on the mountains, even the police dogs were running in circles.

Meanwhile, Hu Ya and Li Diandian sat under the large tree at the village entrance, leaning against it and staring into the sky.

She hated this beast to the core; if it appeared before her eyes, she would strangle it!

But without finding it, everything is in vain.

She has great strength, intense killing intent, yet without a target, even with heaven-reaching abilities, one can only sit here, resentful as if trapped by the overarching sky...

Following the officers in and out was another girl who gently pushed her glasses up and cast a disdainful glance at Hu Ya.

Her name is Li Yue, also a Reserve member, always discontent with how Hu Ya often impressed others.

This time, she intended to use her solid spy skills to pass the trial.

Blending into the village, becoming one with the locals, obtaining firsthand information, she was much better than Li Diandian.

Thus, whenever she went to a mountain village, the locals often mistook her for a village girl from next door, as she knew too much about the local situation to be from their village.

These are the skills that a member of Qianlong should have.

People like Li Diandian, who carry an "air of mystery" wherever they go, always attracting attention, how could they silently execute Qianlong’s orders? How could she qualify to be part of Qianlong?

Suddenly, her gaze turned towards the village entrance.

The one approaching clearly wasn’t from this village. Who could it be?

Just then, Hu Ya abruptly stood up. With a loud bang, the tree behind her shed its leaves, causing the old men’s eyes to widen dramatically.

The next moment, Hu Ya broke through the air and landed in front of the arriving young man, her chest heaving, "Little Su... you... why are you here?"

Lin Xiaosu looked equally surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"I... I’m here for free combat training. I heard about the beast sightings in this mountain village. The police invited us trainees to help deal with potential emergencies... And you? Why did you come here?"

Lin Xiaosu replied, "I was handling a case in Ning City, and also heard about the beast sightings, so I thought I’d check it out."

"What a coincidence that we’d meet here, across thousands of miles."

"Yes, yes, it is so surprising..."

Hu Ya was overjoyed, "I was just saying there’s no one else around who’s good at tracking beasts, and here you are, the best detective for finding people and dogs. This is perfect, today you must show us your skills... Captain Zhou!"

A middle-aged police officer ran out of the room, indeed, he ran!

"This is my invitee, can he participate in the case?" Hu Ya said.

Before Captain Zhou could respond, Li Yue interjected, "Is that appropriate?" freёwebnoѵel.com

The other officers fell silent.

Hu Ya continued, "What’s inappropriate about it? Lives are at stake! Captain Zhou, take him inside, let him understand the case."

"Okay!" Captain Zhou turned and headed inside, with Lin Xiaosu following him closely.

Despite the overall display of indifference, Lin Xiaosu clearly observed everyone’s reactions.

With a single call from Hu Ya, Captain Zhou came running.

She was ostensibly asking, but Captain Zhou clearly intended to follow her orders directly.

In front of this police squad, Hu Ya was the leader.

However, it was different with that young girl; she rejected Hu Ya’s suggestion, but Hu Ya ignored her, so the two must be equals, specifically due to the unique circumstances of the Reserve trial, the girl must also be a Reserve member.

That was the conclusion Lin Xiaosu quickly reached.

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