Chapter 461: Chapter 170: Wandering the Wasteland, a Special Hiring Platform! (Part 2)

What he truly seeks is the enemy hiding behind the scenes, issuing the mission to investigate anomalies.

For now, the only one who can be considered an enemy is Garcia.

Is it him?

Cheng Ye immediately denied it.

Garcia is just a second-stage inspector. Even if he has the money to issue high rewards at Pinghai Building, he’d rather eliminate him directly than investigate anomalies.

Moreover, with Garcia’s authority, he might not even be able to browse his information files.

Excluding Garcia, only one possibility remains.

Old grudges left behind by Cheng Long.

The most likely ones to issue tasks at Pinghai Building are Cheng Long’s enemies from back in the day.

These people might still be within the Happiness City system. Restricted by certain rules, they can’t openly attack him, so they post tasks through Pinghai Building, employing foreign assassins and mercenaries to probe his weaknesses.

"Even if we hand these four people over to the inspection station now, we probably won’t get any confessions."

"And even if we knew the mission information, we wouldn’t be able to trace certain people within Happiness City. These old foxes truly are cunning."

Thinking of this, Cheng Ye didn’t feel frustrated.

Although the enemy is in the shadows and he is in the light, seemingly in a passive position.

But no one would think he has an extraordinary creature by his side that can perceive sight and spy.

Although Flame’s counter-surveillance ability can’t match Liu Kun’s giant Scorching Eagle, it’s more than enough to deal with a bunch of mercenaries at the Embryo Realm.

Even if extraordinary figures at the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm or Half-Step Extraordinary come, as long as they haven’t reached the "Extraordinary" level, they won’t escape Flame’s perception.

And as long as they’re still vulnerable to the threat of firearms, he has the confidence to catch them all.

"Perfect timing, mercenaries infected with the pestilence worm are 100% cooperative. Do they think I’m progressing too slowly recently and are bringing me skills?"

Cheng Ye took a deep breath, no longer stirred with caution, but a calm excitement from the thrill of the hunt.

He had Long bring Wang Qing over again, glancing at the remaining charging value of 31%.

"Intelligence search, direction: related to my mission." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

As the thought fell.

The vibrant and flowing world suddenly sank into darkness, every movement frozen instantly.

Even Wang Qing’s eerie smile was frozen at the corner of his mouth, like a still oil painting.

Whoosh.

The scene in his vision shattered, thousands of pixels scattering like snowflakes, then melding back together in some miraculous order.

Boosted by 100% cooperation, the intelligence search quality was exceptionally high.

Not just in an enclosed space, but a giant scene was constructed directly.

Cheng Ye paused the scene, switching to a god’s-eye view to look afar.

In his sight, seemed to be an island?

The view couldn’t be raised too high, fixed about a meter above character heads.

Even so, Cheng Ye sharply caught the land’s edge, with a vast swath of dark blue in the distance.

As the scene resumed playing, the dark blue began gently swaying.

Sure enough, it was an infinite ocean!

"No wonder Pinghai Building lasted from New Era year 12 to now; on an island, it’s really hard to eradicate..."

Cheng Ye pondered silently.

Even if some force organized dozens of ships to surround the island, trapping people like turtles in a jar, the island’s inhabitants could dive directly into the water to escape.

Furthermore, given the island layout, Pinghai Building’s headquarters might not be just one place. It could be three to five connected small islands or scattered across different seas.

Ultimately, this kind of loose-structured organization is as hard to obliterate as climbing to the heavens.

Cheng Ye even suspected that Firewood Communication intentionally blocked two pieces of information he couldn’t access, possibly hiding more complex entanglements behind it.

Perhaps, behind Pinghai Building, a Super Shelter City secretly supports them.

Suppressing his guesses about peripheral information, Cheng Ye turned his attention back to the buildings on this small island.

Everywhere his sight reached had the style of Southeast Asian resort islands.

Simple wooden flats visible everywhere, their walls painted in blue, red, and green, seemingly dividing areas by color.

The red-painted area appeared chaotic and the buildings relatively dilapidated.

Numerous people gathered outside a house, seemingly cheering around a gambling table, with noisy sounds almost piercing through the screen.

Cheng Ye leaned the vision closer, but unfortunately couldn’t see specific details.

The intelligence search kept records from the main view; what Wang Qing didn’t see, he couldn’t witness either.

The green area was much more orderly, with brand new houses and walls adorned with dried salted fish, even the windows polished spotless.

Some people lounged on recliners outside, with huge coconuts and snack plates at hand, relaxed expressions creating a seemingly cozy living zone.

The final blue area seemed to be Pinghai Building’s public office point.

Only five connected flats here, under each eave a different sign hung, respectively reading:

"Sea Province," "Stone Province," "Sand Province," "Guang Province," "Mountain Province"

Wang Qing didn’t pause, heading straight toward the flat labeled "Stone Province."

Clearly, the Pinghai Building organization is terrifyingly loose, with not even a guard at the door.

Wang Qing pushed the door open to see the typical western tavern interior.

The heavy redwood tables exuded a rustic vibe, with wooden stumps used as chairs, casually placed.