My Arms Can Turn into Blades-Chapter 160 - 149: Vanished

The next day.

Chen Lusi woke up early, made breakfast for himself and Lin Wan, then checked on her and found she was still asleep, so he didn’t disturb her, but left a message for her before leaving the house.

Today he still needed to check on the training base side, which was what he promised Li Zheng yesterday.

Just now Li Zheng also called, saying he would come to pick him up.

Walking out of the neighborhood.

Li Zheng’s car was parked at the entrance.

"Thanks."

Li Zheng greeted him and then asked, "Did I interrupt your rest by coming this early?"

Chen Lusi shook his head, then opened the passenger door and got in. After fastening his seatbelt, he thought for a moment and directly conjured a spirit ball, swallowing it.

Li Zheng, seeing this, paused in his actions.

"After a large amount of fixed-position spirit is drawn, replenishing takes some time. In a bit, I’ll have to help you guys replenish your spirits, and to avoid unnecessary waiting time, I’ll absorb the spirit I need while on the road, so no one has to wait."

Chen Lusi knew what he was thinking and simply explained in a couple of sentences.

Li Zheng understood and laughed, "I see... But truthfully, even having witnessed this magical scene first-hand, I still find it somewhat unreal.

After you left yesterday, we practiced for a while longer, and whenever our internal spirit was exhausted, we faced a long replenishment period. It was really grueling, making everyone hesitant to lavishly expend their spirit, and causing practice to be quite restrained."

He wasn’t lying.

After Chen Lusi left, practice efficiency was vastly different.

At that moment, everyone missed Chen Lusi a lot.

"It’s something that must be experienced."

Chen Lusi thought for a moment and replied, "In a real emergency, I can’t be by your side, even if I am, replenishing would take time, and the opponent wouldn’t stop to watch you replenish.

You are the Security Army, you should understand better than me; the battlefield changes swiftly, finding ways to conserve stamina, adapting quickly, and making the best use of your energy is sometimes crucial.

Spirit, as a technique’s energy, is essentially similar to stamina and ammunition."

"I understand."

Li Zheng nodded and started the car, "I’m just a bit emotional."

He understood this principle well.

So yesterday he ordered everyone to learn how to conserve their internal spirit and start getting accustomed to allocating it.

Though just starting, transitioning from luxury to frugality is really tough.

Now seeing Chen Lusi casually conjure a ’spirit ball’, it’s hard not to think——

If the squad had such a logistics person... without saying much else, once they grow, in equal numbers, surely they wouldn’t fear any squads from the Celestial Strategy Mansion currently.

After all, having spirit replenishable at any time, which Celestial Strategy Mansion squad could enjoy such treatment?

But this is just idle thinking; expecting this to realize is certainly impossible.

Let’s not mention whether Chen Lusi is willing or not... His battle prowess itself is extremely outstanding; being logistics really undervalues him.

On the other side.

Chen Lusi was unaware of Li Zheng’s thoughts, seeing that he was quieter, Chen Lusi also fell into silence, once again conjured a spirit ball and swallowed it, then took out his phone to check.

Early morning.

There really was a new message.

From Lin Ying——[How’s dealing with a naive little girl going?]

Chen Lusi read her message, thought for a while, and replied: "Not great, after her college entrance exams, you should talk to her, let her understand I am an adult male and not some yam; tell her not to completely lower her defenses."

"... What happened?"

"To avoid her claiming I tattled and affecting the situation, I won’t tell you now, but keep this in mind."

"Okay."

Lin Ying replied with one word, then paused and continued, "But proving you’re not a yam is quite tough... accumulated trust over time can’t be wiped out by a few words, the one who tied the knot must untie it, you should talk to her as well."

"After her entrance exams."

Chen Lusi thought it made sense and agreed.

Then he chatted with Lin Ying for a while.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at their destination.

Chen Lusi put away his phone and found that Zhou Jian and the others were already practicing.

However, they didn’t seem as prosperous as yesterday.

Because half of them were sitting cross-legged on the ground, seemingly absorbing spirit through breathing.

As the engine roared closer, Chen Lusi stepped out of the car, everyone immediately looked up at him, eyes burning.

Just shy of engraving ’You finally came’ on their faces.

Chen Lusi: "..."

In the end.

He didn’t say much, just took up the logistics role, helping them replenish their spirits.

With Chen Lusi’s arrival, practice resumed on track.

The various techniques and authority abilities flew around again.

Chen Lusi quietly watched them practice, occasionally answering questions about techniques when asked.

After about two hours.

Chen Lusi had some downtime, thought about it, and was about to ask Li Zheng for a bottle to release a little blood.

But as he approached Li Zheng.

He saw Li Zheng and Zhou Jian huddled together, their brows furrowed.

"What happened?"

Chen Lusi saw their expressions and asked curiously.

"Just received some news."

With Li Zheng’s consent, Zhou Jian turned to Chen Lusi and explained, "Four members of the Celestial Strategy Mansion have disappeared... Just last night, they were alerted about an impending activation of legends in Jiangchang City and came to investigate.

But soon after their arrival, they lost all contact, vanished without a trace."

"...Disappeared?"

...

"Disappeared?"

Audio conference.

Mount Tai was silent for a moment, then inquired.

"Yes."

A voice that felt gender-neutral explained, "We are not yet sure what happened, but we’ve lost contact with the related personnel. I had the local law enforcement check the surveillance, and it was found that they walked into the darkness that night and never came out.

There were no traces left at the scene, as if they vanished into thin air."

"Which team?"

After hearing this, Mount Tai was silent for a while before asking again.

"My team and Yan Kan’s team!"

A sudden angry male voice exclaimed, "Damn! Kunlun deceived us! They said it was a D-Class legend activation with low risk! We only sent four people, and now they’re missing! I’m going to confront them about this right now!"

"Hu Shengping, calm down."

The gender-neutral voice interjected again, trying to soothe him, then continued, "That area belongs to the jurisdiction of the third team, but this year, the third team is stationed elsewhere. Our sixth and eighth teams, being closest, have an obligation to assist them.

However, our manpower is also stretched thin lately. Kunlun’s ’Artificial Celestial Gate’ was struck again a few days ago, requiring surveillance by our forces, which is why we each sent two people in collaboration."

Mount Tai suddenly mentioned, "Ji Xin from the second team should be closer."

"Her team also needs to monitor Kunlun’s situation, and there have been several bursts of legend activations in her jurisdiction recently, not to mention that those sent to the Monkey Anomaly Realm need rest... There really isn’t anyone available."

The gender-neutral voice replied, "I had confirmed with Ji Xin when Kunlun sent the warning before we dispatched people."

"..."

Mount Tai lightly tapped the table, remaining silent.

The gender-neutral voice was not heard again.

A long silence ensued.

The irritable Hu Shengping couldn’t hold back and shouted, "Mount Tai! Yan Kan! What are you waiting for! Let me send people to investigate! It’s golden time, who knows what those missing members are experiencing right now!"

"Hu Shengping!"

Yan Kan interrupted unhappily, "Don’t make decisions for Mount Tai, watch your words!"

"Then what are we reporting for!?"

Hu Shengping said impatiently, "Isn’t it just to inform Mount Tai that we want to send two S-Class action teams to investigate!? If we’re not allowed to speak, then why report at all!? Might as well play dead!"

Yan Kan fell silent and said nothing more.

"I’ll confirm with Kunlun about the level of legend activation."

Mount Tai finally spoke, calmly, "Give the appearance and details of your missing members to Yu Zhou’s team and Si Yujie from the third team. You don’t have to worry about it further, I’ll have Yu Zhou and his team handle it."

"Ha!?"

Hu Shengping was incredulous upon hearing this, "Let Yu Zhou handle it!? The fifth team is at the northernmost end of the country! By the time they get down south, it’ll be too late! Besides, these are our people! Can they be trusted to care!? Why don’t you let us, who are so close, send people instead!?

Do you not trust us!? Do you think we’ll do something!? You..."

Yan Kan shouted in anger, "Hu Shengping!"

"It’s not about trust or distrust, it’s the best solution given the current situation. Most of your members must keep an eye on Kunlun, while Yu Zhou’s team has little on their hands at the moment, so I have them go."

Mount Tai’s tone remained calm, "If you don’t trust Yu Zhou, or me, why don’t you come to headquarters, and I’ll go myself? Help you find the people?"

Hu Shengping took a deep breath and said nothing more.

Yan Kan tried to mediate, "Hu Shengping didn’t mean it that way."

"I understand."

Mount Tai didn’t say much more and directly ordered, "That’s the decision, you don’t need to worry about this matter further, I’ll arrange it."

With that said.

He abruptly ended the audio conference.

Yan Kan and Hu Shengping fell into silence, lost in their thoughts.

And half an hour later.

An A-Class action team set off from the northernmost part of the country, heading to Jiangchang City.

At the same time.

Jiangchang City.

A snow-white little fox received a call and, after leaving Chen Lusi’s side, turned into human form and went to the place where the four Celestial Strategy Mansion members disappeared the previous day, carefully investigating.

But as Yan Kan had said, there were no traces on the scene.

Not even any eerie legend activations.

There weren’t even any unusual signs.

Tang Language stayed in place, patiently waiting until night, keeping watch all night.

But nothing happened either.

Neither the four missing Celestial Strategy Mansion members nor the legend activation were encountered by her.