Chapter 1520: Chapter 915: Secret Realm
A familiar sensation of weightlessness surged, Yang Xiao stepped into emptiness and plummeted downward. At the same time, the three people beside him vanished, leaving Yang Xiao’s mind lingering on Jiang Qingluan’s pale and powerless side profile with closed eyes.
Weird dizziness filled his mind as the images from the Nightmare World flickered like slides. In that moment, time and space lost their meaning, until Yang Xiao closed his eyes, entirely losing consciousness.
After an unknown period, Yang Xiao awoke groggily, and it took him several attempts before he barely managed to open his eyelids. The bright light overhead was slightly dazzling.
At this moment, he lay on a wooden bed, surrounded by an environment he was very familiar with—the old room in the town. He had returned.
Simultaneously, Yang Xiao’s vision gradually cleared, and he clearly noticed that not far above him, a surveillance camera was installed, which absolutely hadn’t been there before.
Stretching his slightly stiff limbs, Yang Xiao struggled to support himself with his arms, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps in the originally silent courtyard.
Yang Xiao wasn’t alarmed. He knew who was coming. The next second, the door to his room was pushed open, and several figures entered. Leading them was an elderly man with a cane, his hair gray but with a bright, spirited look in his eyes.
"Director Yang, how do you feel?" The old man was Director Sun of Chuange City’s Patrol Defense Office, accompanied by Director Hong Qiang of Luoshui City Office.
There were several other people, well-trained, carrying briefcases. Although they weren’t dressed in medical attire, they immediately opened their cases to assemble medical equipment and checked Yang Xiao’s body.
Upon confirming there was no issue, Hong Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and those people took their equipment and left without saying a word or specifically looking at Yang Xiao’s face.
"Director Yang, the operation has ended. We’ve taken down this Withered Bone Pavilion’s base, and the operation was successful, didn’t let any of them escape," Director Sun said somberly, leaning on his cane, "But unfortunately, that Five Guardians of the Withered Bone Pavilion weren’t among them."
"We’ve captured some informants, one of whom has a close relationship with that Five Guardians. Through interrogation, he revealed two other key bases under Five Guardians, here are the detailed documents." Director Sun took out several folded papers from his pocket and handed them to Yang Xiao.
"Thank you, Director Sun and Director Hong." Yang Xiao received the papers, sighing inwardly, as he had already known the locations of these two bases.
Not capturing the Five Guardians this time meant the plan failed, but it wasn’t entirely fruitless. After all, it ruled out a wrong option.
Having gone through much by now, Yang Xiao was very open-minded; this trip to Luoshui had been very fruitful, the most crucial finding was a way to treat Director Nalan, which was more important than anything.
"Director Yang, we’ll leave now, won’t disturb your rest. Our people are stationed here, you can rest for as long as you want."
Director Sun was a straightforward person, said what needed to be said and then turned to leave. But when he reached the door, it seemed he suddenly remembered something, stopped, and turned back to say, "Oh, there’s one more thing. Since finding Director Yang unconscious here, no one has set foot in this room. Surveillance has been installed inside, with reliable guards placed outside; you can be assured of this."
"The surveillance is fully enclosed, not connected to the network, the control panel is on the table, Director Yang, check it at your convenience," Director Hong Qiang added.
After the two pushed open the door and left, Yang Xiao adjusted the pillow, setting it upright, then leaned against it, trying to assume a more comfortable posture.
Yang Xiao understood the words from Director Sun. These two fellows were both seasoned veterans with rich experience, immediately recognizing that he was dragged into the Nightmare World, but without him proactively speaking, the two pretended they didn’t know.
The surveillance was left to avoid suspicion; otherwise, once he woke, and couldn’t find the Resentful Eye beside him, it might strain the camaraderie between brothers.
Though he might not have the Resentful Eye, the two directors did this to be prudent. After all, they had just met, despite belonging to the same Patrol Defense Office alignment—trust was still premature.
After his body recovered somewhat, Yang Xiao started exploring the bed, found nothing unusual, then stepped off, searching around the room. After making a round, he still hadn’t found anything.
Yang Xiao had his judgement. This time, the Resentful Eye was most likely that DV camera; its size wasn’t exactly small, if it was in this room it should be easy to find.
"It’s not here with me..." Sitting by the table, Yang Xiao was somewhat surprised; no matter how you looked at this mission, he had been the most outstanding performer.
Of course, Mr. Zhou and Munan’s performances were also remarkable, leaving clues that played key roles in deciphering the nightmare plot, but since they were dead, weren’t a consideration.
This time, four people survived: himself, Jiang Qingluan, Chen Nang, and newcomer Zhou Hai.
Zhou Hai definitely didn’t have the chance, Jiang Qingluan’s physical state was extremely poor, and this time his performance was relatively average; it seemed Chen Nang got the Resentful Eye this time.
Recalling this fellow, Yang Xiao’s mind gradually conjured a pale, delicate face; although not as handsome as himself, it wasn’t bad either.
Yang Xiao had once probed this person, asking if he was captured by the Patrol Defense Office; Chen Nang didn’t deny but repeatedly claimed he was innocent.
