Chapter 85
Rescuing Xu Zhaoting
Just as Lin Chen was about to slowly approach the factory, he saw a man in purple clothes and a girl with a high ponytail also slowly approaching the factory from another direction.
Lin Chen stood there and observed carefully for a while. The scene of his encounter with Mo Fan and others outside the border of Bocheng flashed through his mind. He realized that this person seemed to be Xu Zhaoting.
"..." Lin Chen was speechless. Yu Ang was dead, and the plan remained unchanged. Xu Zhaoting still managed to find clues and follow them. Was this fate?
Lin Chen didn't think much of it. Since he had run into Xu Zhaoting, he would help if he could. He hoped that Xu Zhaoting's fate would change like He Yu's under his interference. Immediately, Lin Chen quickened his pace and followed.
"Lulu, you stay here, I'll go in and take a look," Xu Zhaoting said to the girl with the high ponytail next to him.
"Don't go in, they don't look like good people... Zhaoting, why are you following these people? And what are those black half-human, half-ghost things?" said the girl with the high ponytail named Lulu.
"Don't ask anymore. You stay here. If I don't come out within ten minutes, leave immediately. Remember, don't linger here, and don't even think about going in to rescue me!" Xu Zhaoting said very seriously.
Zhang Lulu asked fearfully, "Zhaoting, are you in danger?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhaoting was stunned for a moment. Danger was certain; there was no Black Vatican that wasn't dangerous. But when he thought about going to the quarantine zone to find his surviving family members, only to find a white list with the names of his father, mother, brother, and grandmother all on a blank sheet of paper... his heart was filled with hatred.
He needed to go in and confirm. If this was indeed the Black Vatican's stronghold, he would immediately notify the Inquisition to come and raid it.
Those bastards of the Black Vatican should not live in this world.
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"Damn, I'm late! Xu Zhaoting is really fast!" Lin Chen had just arrived at the location where Xu Zhaoting had been when he saw Xu Zhaoting sneaking into the factory.
Hearing voices behind her, Zhang Lulu instinctively wanted to scream, but Lin Chen quickly covered her mouth: "Don't make a sound, or you'll alert them. Are you trying to get Xu Zhaoting killed?!"
Seeing Zhang Lulu shaking her head desperately, Lin Chen finally released his hand from her mouth.
"It's you, Lin Chen, the Great Demon King!" Zhang Lulu observed Lin Chen carefully for a few moments, and the more she looked at him, the more familiar he seemed. She blurted out the name.
Lin Chen's face turned awkward, then he nodded.
Zhang Lulu immediately pressed, "Is Zhaoting in danger? Can you save him?"
"I'm here, everything will be fine. But you should hide in a safe place first, so you don't get taken hostage."
After Lin Chen finished speaking, he quickly walked into the factory, while Zhang Lulu followed Lin Chen's instructions and immediately found a place to hide.
"Boom!"
A deafening clap of thunder came from the factory.
Despite killing several of the twenty-five Black Beast Demons in the coordinated battle, Xu Zhaoting was ultimately no match for them. He was struck hard in the chest by a claw from one of the Black Beast Demons and slammed heavily to the ground.
"The priest specifically reminded us that this kid was very strong, but it seems he's not so great after all," a man in a gray cloak said with a sneer.
Upon hearing this, the gray-clad man at the head of the group immediately realized something. He quickly walked over and carefully compared Xu Zhaoting's face. His expression instantly turned extremely ugly; this was indeed not the person they were looking for.
The gray-clad man at the head of the group stared coldly at Xu Zhaoting, his anger reaching its peak. He raised his leg and stomped on Xu Zhaoting's blood-soaked face, cursing, "Bastard, you ruined our plans!"
"The priest ordered us to take this person away and leave this place immediately to avoid being exposed too soon," Gray Four hurriedly said.
"You want to leave? Have you asked yet?"
As Lin Chen spoke, three Digimon rushed out from different directions and instantly killed all the Black Demons around them.
"Is it because you can't be a good person? Why not be a decent human being and instead go and become a beast in the Black Vatican?" Lin Chen's figure appeared at the factory gate.
"Who...who are you?!" Gray asked in shock.
Lying on the ground, Xu Zhaoting struggled to turn his head. When he saw the person in front of him, a look of relief appeared on his face, and he said, "Lin Chen, it's you?"
"You're lucky, I just happened to be passing by." Lin Chen nodded and replied.
Lin Chen then looked at Hui Yi and said, "Where is your superior? Take me to him, or tell me how you two can contact each other, so you won't die."
Instead of directly answering Lin Chen's question, Hui Yi removed his foot from Xu Zhaoting's face, lifted him up, and used him as a shield: "Let us leave, or I'll kill him."
"Lin Chen, don't worry about me! Don't let those beasts from the Black Vatican get away!" Xu Zhaoting shouted at Lin Chen, enduring the pain in his chest.
"Don't you dare talk the hell out of here!" Hui Yi swung his fist and punched Xu Zhaoting hard in the abdomen, then looked at Lin Chen with a serious expression: "What do you want to choose?"
"Are you so sure that your attack speed is faster than my summoned beast's claws?" As soon as Lin Chen finished speaking, three Digimon formed a triangle and surrounded the five gray-robed cultists.
"Then there's no other choice!" Gray's face turned ugly, and a small knife appeared in his hand at some point. He plunged it into Xu Zhaoting's neck: "Then let him die with me!"
But as soon as he raised his hand, the Tyrannosaurus Rex roared, and a powerful aura instantly descended upon the five gray-robed cultists.
In an instant, the five gray-robed cultists seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying, and they went completely mad. The dagger that Gray One was holding fell directly to the ground.
Taking advantage of the moment when these people's minds were damaged, the three Digimon rushed forward and killed all four except for Haiichi.
"Zhao...Zhao Ting, are you alright?"
Just then, Zhang Lulu appeared at the factory gate, stepping over the scattered corpses of the Black Beast Demon and running directly towards the seriously injured Xu Zhaoting.
"Why did you come in? Didn't I tell you to run away immediately if I didn't leave?" Even though Xu Zhaoting was very touched, he still scolded her.
"I'm just afraid of losing you!" Zhang Lulu said with tears in her eyes, tearing strips of cloth from her clothes to bandage Xu Zhaoting's wounds.
"You should be content that such a good girl cares about you," Lin Chen said, pulling a bottle of medicine from his pocket and handing it to Zhang Lulu. "Use this; it will stop the bleeding quickly."
Then, Lin Chen walked to the side, picked up his phone, and dialed a number: "Lingling, I've captured a member of the Black Vatican. Please inform Senior Sister Leng Qing. The address is..."