Chapter 6849
4 forces
"Everything that needs to be explained has been explained. This is the end."
I'll contact you if anything comes up.
Every word carries an undeniable sense of closure.
As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't linger for a moment. His tall and upright figure turned sharply, as if to blend into the ambiguous and dim light and shadow of the club corridor. His steps were steady, carrying a sense of aloofness that kept people at a distance.
"Alliance Leader, please wait!"
Di Tianyan's voice, though strained to be suppressed, still betrayed a hint of urgency, suddenly rang out behind Xiao Chen.
The sound was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly shattering the stagnant air in the corridor and precisely stopping Xiao Chen's departing steps.
Xiao Chen paused, his figure frozen at the boundary between light and shadow.
He didn't turn around, but only slightly turned half of his cold and handsome face. His sharply defined jawline was cut as if by a knife and axe in the dim light, exuding an invisible sense of oppression.
"Anything else?"
His voice came from the side, revealing neither joy nor anger, only a hint of the natural impatience of having one's plans disrupted, like an undercurrent beneath the ice.
Di Tianyan dared not hesitate for a moment and immediately stepped forward, stopping abruptly just half a step away from Xiao Chen, maintaining the most respectful bowed head posture.
He took a deep breath, lowered his voice to a very low but exceptionally clear tone, ensuring that every word reached Xiao Chen's ears accurately.
"Reporting to the Alliance Leader, recently... this subordinate has noticed some unusual 'movements'."
He carefully chose his words, pausing slightly as if organizing the most precise language.
“There are… four forces operating covertly, but with a clear objective: they are all secretly investigating your whereabouts!”
He spoke the last few words almost breathlessly, yet they carried an immense weight.
Xiao Chen's steps, which were about to begin again, came to a complete halt.
He finally turned around completely, his tall figure looming over him like a mountain.
The icy gaze was no longer a sideways look, but a tangible searchlight, relentlessly and with overwhelming pressure, falling heavily on Di Tianyan's lowered face.
The sharpness and impatience in those deep eyes were instantly replaced by a deeper, all-knowing coldness.
He didn't speak, but used his silent yet extremely imposing gaze to signal Di Tianyan to continue.
The air seemed to freeze at that moment, with only silent commands flowing between the two.
Under the oppressive gaze of Xiao Chen, which felt almost tangible, Di Tianyan's breath hitched slightly.
He immediately took a deep breath, as if drawing courage from it, and his speech unconsciously quickened, each word uttered clearly and urgently:
"The first stock comes from the Chen family of the ancient city!"
There was a hint of coldness in his voice.
"Their actions were large-scale, even reckless."
First, they retrieved all available public and private surveillance records from the Pucheng area over the past six months, like searching for a needle in a haystack.
But that's not the most troublesome part...
Di Tian's tone suddenly became more intense.
"Through some unknown channel, they attempted to use some extremely high-level special authority to target the top-secret files that were completely sealed away by the official authorities back then!"
He changed the subject, his tone revealing an air of confidence in control of the situation and a hint of barely perceptible arrogance.
"However, Alliance Leader, rest assured!"
Our subordinates immediately mobilized all available, even the most secretive, resources and connections, weaving an invisible yet impenetrable web of information. Every possible clue pointing to you.
Whether it's a blurry figure that might remain in the surveillance footage, any suspicious node in the communication records, or any seal in the archive that tries to be touched, it has been completely erased, covered, replaced, or disrupted.
In their eyes, all the clues about you are just a chaotic blank, and there is absolutely no way to connect them!
"Second stock,"
Di Tian spoke slightly slower, but still fluently.
"The Zhou family from the provincial capital of the western region."
In contrast, their investigation appeared mild and superficial.
The methods were more like routine information gathering, or... driven by tentative curiosity, without showing a strong intention to target or delve deeper.
Currently, they have not yet reached any core information, nor have they invested enough resources to pose a threat.
For now, it can be considered as noise-level noise and does not pose a substantial threat.
"The third stock..."
Di Tianyan's brows furrowed tightly for the first time, a deep furrow forming on his forehead, and his voice carried an unprecedented solemnity and a hint of defeat.
"Your subordinate... failed to intercept them effectively, nor was he able to fully ascertain their background!"
This force... comes from the 'Dragon Guard' Special Operations Division!
When he mentioned the words "Dragon Guard," his tone was filled with deep apprehension.
"Their infiltration methods and intelligence sources are extremely secretive and efficient, and their operational level is extremely high!"
Its methods and authority far exceed those of conventional intelligence agencies.
My people... whether it's technological countermeasures or human control, are like ants trying to shake a tree, unable to effectively counter them, and even finding it difficult to trace their source and purpose!
They are like... shadows within shadows, omnipresent.
This was undoubtedly the intelligence that made him feel most powerless and vigilant.
"As for this fourth one..."
Di Tianyan's expression instantly became even more unpleasant, even showing a hint of helplessness and bitterness.
"Based on the bizarre nature of their investigation methods, the presence of inhuman traces, and the complete unpredictability of their movements... it is highly likely that the Prison Clan themselves are at work!"
He uttered the judgment with difficulty, then lowered his head, filled with deep self-reproach and a sense of powerlessness.
"Regarding the Prison Clan... Alliance Leader, your subordinate... is truly at a loss!"
Their methods were completely beyond the scope of human tracking; the traces they left behind were like ghosts, vanishing in an instant.
Your subordinates... have absolutely no idea how they investigated or to what extent they investigated!
The revelation of this last force brought the atmosphere of the report to a freezing point, filled with unknown terror.
Xiao Chen listened silently to Di Tianyan's report. His deep eyes were calm on the surface, but inside they were like a stormy sea, with countless thoughts colliding and deducing in a flash.
The Chen family... Tianhai Pucheng?
Access the surveillance footage?
This information was like a cold needle, instantly piercing the core of his mind.
The image of that exquisitely made-up yet arrogant and bewildered face from not long ago at the Qujiang Club immediately flashed into his mind.
Her arrogant and dismissive attitude towards him, the "waiter," was genuine.
She didn't know him at all!
Why did the Chen family suddenly make such a big fuss about Pucheng, his first stop after his brief stay after coming down the mountain?
They even went so far as to use special privileges to access his long-sealed top-secret files.
Could it be... that with that old bastard Li Fengyuan's sudden death, they've already turned their suspicions towards me in such a short time? (End of Chapter)