Chapter 34, Kiting the Boss

"As soon as we arrived last night, Linlin and I rushed toward the big tree, but we were too late. The tree was dilapidated and almost lifeless."

"There were many rotting corpses lying under the tree, and the axes in their hands were the same as the logging marks on the tree. Anyone with eyes could see that the marks on the tree were made by these rotting corpses."

"When I saw this, I knew something was wrong. Judging from the state of the corpses' decomposition, they must have been dead for many years to have caused this. The mastermind behind this must have been planning something big to cut down the big tree, even though they were afraid."

“At that time, I thought about the passage of time and the secrets of the original owner, Wang Qiuling, so I went to the hall with Zhong Linlin to save you.”

As Fu Yucheng had mentioned before, he arrived a step too late; Wang Boyang had already begun his operation, and the magic array had been activated.

Fortunately, Li Hanmo arrived there a little earlier and used explosives to destroy the intricate array patterns of the possession ritual, forcing the ritual to end.

Of course, Li Hanmo didn't fare well either. When Wang Boyang saw that his wish to revive his wife had failed, he went berserk and attacked Li Hanmo.

As the dungeon boss, Wang Boyang's fighting power was extremely strong when he went berserk, and Li Hanmo was simply unable to withstand it.

If Li Hanmo hadn't seen Fu Yuchen enter the hall, knowing that Ah Xuan had someone to rescue her, given up resistance, run out the main entrance, and taken away the boss Wang Boyang, he might have died on the spot.

Fu Yuchen seized the opportunity when Li Hanmo lured away the boss Wang Boyang, and took away another powerful and mysterious woman, Wang Jingjing, leaving the rescue mission to Zhong Linlin.

Zhong Linlin lived up to expectations, relying on her powerful regenerative abilities and the pistol that Li Hanmo gave her before leaving, she fought her way out and ran around with her cousin until dawn, when they finally returned to the original owner Wang Qiuling's bedroom and reunited with the other teammates.

"You mean the tree was deliberately destroyed, which led to Wang Jingzhu's appearance?"

"We don't know the specifics yet because we have too few clues, but it's a fact that the eerie tree is dead. If the eerie tree had no effect on sealing away the strange things, then the mastermind behind the Wang family must have lost his mind to think of sacrificing so many of his underlings to destroy the tree."

"In that case, let's go and find out what's going on with the big tree."

The primary location to explore is Wang Boyang's room, followed by the rooms of Wang Jingzhu and Wang Jingjing.

However, since it is broad daylight, these strange creatures continue to act as they did in life. It is difficult to enter their former rooms without making a sound, and one might easily end up being surrounded and intercepted by a group of strange creatures from the Wang family in broad daylight.

"I'll distract the guards, Ah Xuan, you go and check the situation."

"It's not good for you to go alone. There are too many servants in the Wang family. You could easily get stuck on the road and be in a dilemma."

"Count me in, and Linlin will be with you, you fierce woman, to protect her."

Zhong Bingxuan's words made a lot of sense. In order to prevent any accidents from happening and delaying the rest of the trip, Fu Yuchen and Li Hanmo acted together, while Zhong Bingxuan and Zhong Linlin seized the opportunity to go to the bedrooms of the three masters of the Wang family to investigate the situation.

“The matter with Ah Xuan last night has not been resolved yet. She has only temporarily escaped Wang Jingzhu’s entanglement. Today, we will go to Wang Boyang’s place to avoid Wang Jingzhu, so as to prevent Ah Xuan from being affected by the magnetic field and being possessed by Wang Jingzhu again.”

Li Hanmo made the suggestion, and everyone agreed.

To avoid being possessed, Wang Jingzhu was placed last, but in order to resolve the strangeness surrounding Zhong Bingxuan last night, Wang Boyang, the instigator, had to be dealt with first.

As the son of the accountant, Li Hanmo had already figured out the rooms of the several masters of the Wang family in the few days before his identity was exposed, and soon he led his teammates to the outside of Wang Boyang's room.

They happened to run into Wang Boyang talking to one of his guards.

"I need to focus today and not let anyone disturb my peace and quiet."

Clearly, Wang Boyang still retained the memories of being the Strange One from the previous night. He knew that several powerful outsiders had entered and successfully disrupted the sacrificial ceremony he was holding for Jingzhu. He was on guard against the outsiders acting during the daytime when his strength was at its weakest.

Unfortunately, Wang Boyang clearly overlooked one point: when the strange power was at its peak at night, Li Hanmo was able to lead his men to cause chaos in the hall. Why would he think that a few guards could stop Li Hanmo in broad daylight?

Having already exposed his identity, Li Hanmo's persona had collapsed, and the first-class mission was considered a failure. So he had no more worries, went up and knocked out the guard at the door, rushed into the room, and tied up the weakened Wang Boyang.

Fu Yuchen's identity was exposed last night, so there was no need for him to hide it anymore. When he came in and saw Wang Boyang's disheveled appearance, he felt unsatisfied.

He was chased all night and couldn't vent his anger, which made him feel choked with resentment.

"If we take care of him during the day, will there be no more strange occurrences like Wang Boyang at night?"

"Are strange occurrences so easy to resolve?"

"No, it requires a specific magical artifact, and since we haven't found the weakness of the monster, we can only injure it and drive it back into the form of black mist, only for it to come back the next day."

"That's the way to go. Bring them along and draw everyone else's attention to us. If we don't torment them to death in broad daylight, we won't be able to avenge our miserable escape at night."

To avoid being overheard and to prevent Zhong Bingxuan's mission from failing as well, the two did not speak very clearly.

Others can escape the first-class mission, but Zhong Bingxuan, the first-class cabin owner, has no choice but to face the challenge head-on. Once she fails, there will be no second chance.

Fu Yuchen thought that first class was no different from other cabins, and that the cabin owners could change tickets at will. However, when he went back to check on the situation, he found that Zhong Bingxuan could not change her ticket and could only complete the first class task.

Unfortunately, this instance is a role-playing instance, and the first-class mission requires maintaining the original character's persona. Once Zhong Bingxuan's persona collapses, she can only stay in this instance.

Li Hanmo dragged the high and mighty Master Wang away, and as if afraid that others wouldn't know about it, he led Master Wang Boyang around in front of his trusted subordinates, drawing everyone's attention to himself, and played a game of hide-and-seek with the servants of the Wang family together with Fu Yuchen.

"Quickly! Those two traitors have captured the master! Men, come and arrest them!"

"Madam, be careful of sneak attacks from the shadows and pay attention to your own safety. There is still one traitor who has not yet appeared. Now, you are the only one left in charge of the Wang family."

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Li Hanmo and Fu Yuchen stirred up chaos at the Wang residence. With the guards weak and the people in disarray, Zhong Bingxuan seized the opportunity and led Zhong Linlin into Wang Boyang's room.

"Find it quickly, we can't let anyone else find out."

The main reason is that Zhong Bingxuan can't let others find out anything. As a daughter, she not only didn't go to rescue her biological father after he was kidnapped by thieves, but she also ransacked his room. In fact, her image as a good girl is already somewhat shaky. It's only because no one knows about all this that her disguise has been temporarily preserved and hasn't been exposed.