Chapter 691: Chapter 534: Bafengte, Whose Empire Revoked the Wanted Notice? (Part 2)

Ma Yinglong said in a low voice, "So it seems like we might have found the treasure inside?"

Brother Tao retorted impatiently, "Can we take them out or not?"

Ma Yinglong sighed, "We only have a small air force fishing boat, nowhere near their scale. Looks like these Baka have been lying low for a few days, and now they’re playing tricks we can’t even understand?"

Zhou Qing laughed, "There’s a lot we don’t understand. If we don’t get it, just ignore it."

Everyone paused for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Exactly, Beauty Zhou is right..."

...

Oak City.

Tata War God was all over the city, chatting with various NPCs. Not that it triggered any mission, but pretending to be on a mission. In truth, just waiting for Alpha’s signal for the Evil God operation.

The phone buzzed with a message again, another invitation code for the dark web from Alpha.

Tata was taken aback, the intervals between these contact attempts were too short.

Logged into the dark web. A message from Alpha came through: "Pause the operation!"

Tata was confused, "Did something unexpected happen?"

Alpha: "A sudden monster siege on Silver City, and the team from the China District that got the Plague Box might be stuck outside the city, unable to return. If we can’t first use the Plague to blow up Silver City and pin down Oak City’s medical forces, our Evil God operation will be hard to pull off."

Tata exclaimed, "Can’t we force start it?"

Alpha: "No! Beta is planning the Evil God operation at Gem City, our forces are spread thin."

Tata was anxious, "The monster siege could block them from returning for two to three days, what can I do here? Complete Crow Master’s task?"

Alpha said, "Forget about that task for now. First, I’ll help you join a local underground organization. Go to seat no. 15 at Black Leaf Alley Tavern and wait for me. If someone is sitting there, wait for them to leave..."

"Got it."

...

It was 11 PM in the game.

Metatron was keeping an eye on the Empire Guard Ship’s repairs at the dock while also observing any reactions near Chun and the dance hall.

This guy used to log off except for meals, but now he’s been online for hours, looking quite entertained, huh? But Metatron was getting impatient. After all, it was late, and if an event triggered, he’d have to stay up all night. Although Metatron was used to all-nighters, he definitely wasn’t going to pull one for a bug-like guy.

By now, the audience near Chun’s seat had already changed; they were either the dance hall’s bodyguards or pirates coming to rescue him.

Just blow up the wheelchair then!

But then I remembered how Raphael took the blame for City’s Beauty, alone shouldering the flood that submerged the farm, and having to answer to the nobles was quite a hassle, even if he could provide valid reasons. If I directly detonated it, there’d be no valid reason at all, that would be a huge bother!

Forget it, let’s think of a reason.

Metatron issued a retreat order to three robots, leaving the last one at the dance hall’s entrance to maintain basic surveillance, baiting them to act.

As long as Chun makes any suspicious move, it’s considered a jailbreak, triggering the wheelchair bomb.

Yet, the departure of those four robots didn’t impact Chun at all; he kept staring at the Dancing Girl like nothing happened.

Just then, an ordinary-looking man from a nearby seat stood and walked over to Chun, piquing Metatron’s interest—this must be a jailbreak collaboration, better get ready to press the detonation button! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

The man grabbed the wheelchair’s backrest, "Kid, I heard you’re quite famous, mind buying me a drink?"

Chun was startled but dared not look at the man. Instead, he glanced around....

...

Right then, Chun’s event alarm went off!

Chun, who was resting and recuperating, jolted awake, immediately seeing a flood of system messages and hearing Aileen’s urging voice, "A strong guy is over, shall I switch over, darling? Didn’t look him in the eyes, so it should be a seamless switch..."

Chun immediately took control of his body!

And then he noticed the four robots around him had disappeared!

The man said with a smile, "The machine-leg guys left, they’re watching from the back."

Chun instantly realized, this was the Ten Lords deliberately relaxing surveillance, letting this place’s NPC contact me! Since Aileen judged him strong, I should just go along with it.

Chun signaled to the waiter, "Two... of the cheapest drinks!"

The man was puzzled, "Kid, how could you even say ’cheapest’ in this place?"

The waiter brought the drinks over, "Sir, two Tapioca Burns, 200 Mining Coins!"

Holy Shit! Chun was flustered, "Tapioca Burn for 200 Mining Coins, how can you even ask that?"

The waiter apologized, "Sir, this establishment is a high-end entertainment club in Bronze City."

Chun helplessly told the man, "Honestly, I don’t belong here."

The man laughed heartily, "I think you fit in just fine!"

Then he lowered his voice, "I heard you only stayed in jail for a day, but inside, people already started dreaming about the most famous guy punching Bafengte to death!"

Chun was shocked. News from jail leaked out! If this conversation got to the Ten Lords, what trouble would that bring?

Chun anxiously looked back at the robot by the door!

The man chuckled, "When we’re talking, that thing can’t hear us! Also, they’ve planted a bomb in your wheelchair, and I’m pressing it down."

So those technicians during meal time actually planted a bomb in my wheelchair!

He could detect it, hold it down, shield the sound from surveillance, and be recognized by Aileen as a formidable guy—that kind of expert—

Chun randomly guessed, "Could it be you’re... the one the Empire canceled the bounty for?"

Just then, there was a click sound from the wheelchair, and a puff of blue smoke emerged!

The man smiled, "See, they failed the detonation!"

He then quietly handed Chun a small box, "Keep it safe! Absolutely don’t expose it, or you’ll be the one the Empire’s after..."

With that, he slipped away.

Holy Shit!? Could it really be Bafengte? Chun turned back with alarm, just to see the robot rushing over!

Although the situation was unclear, if not an Out-of-Body experience now, then when?

"Aileen, you take over, I’ll go straight into a deep sleep too. Is Mina awake—"

Mina immediately responded, "Master, I’m ready!"

"Let’s go!"

With the screen going black and instantly switching, Chun and Mina shot out from his body, soaring to the dazzling light-emitting top of the dance floor...

...

Meanwhile, Metatron was also in shock!

Just as the man was whispering with Chun, Metatron realized he couldn’t catch the sound on surveillance, so he initiated detonation—yet, the detonation failed, only revealing a trace of smoke!

This!?

Could it be a manufacturing defect in my bomb? Regardless, send the robots to capture immediately!

The man fled at once, but Chun didn’t run, the robots encircled him again, and the Static Electric Field activated once more.

Then a robot opened the wheelchair’s base box to reveal the smoking bomb.

Metatron was incredulous and quickly issued the order: "Escort back to prison first!"

Then Metatron released the recording in the chat group, "Everyone take a look!"

Sariel laughed, "Metatron, is this your prowess as a mechanician?"

Metatron was agitated, "Impossible! It definitely wasn’t my fault!"

Michael was amazed, "Could it be the man sabotaged it? But all he did was hold the wheelchair’s backrest, no other actions!"

Gabriel marveled, "His actions look so natural. If that alone could sabotage a bomb, what level is he?"

Metatron murmured, "Even a Grandmaster level mechanician couldn’t do that, right?"

Gabriel wondered, "Could he be Divine Craftsman level? Would a Divine Craftsman be at a gangster’s dance club?"

Metatron snarked, "A Divine Craftsman wouldn’t actively seek a player to chat! And certainly wouldn’t loom around like a grunt, right?"

Michael said, "Could the earlier submarine shelling have caused a malfunction in the bomb?"

Metatron sighed, "That’s a strong possibility, but it’s too coincidental. I’ll have them take out the bomb later for a thorough inspection."