In the dim alley, the three of them were silent.

Luke looked at the communicator in the boy's hand, felt his heartbeat accelerate explosively after a brief pause, and felt his blood rushing up.

That communicator, the one with the paint on the edges and corners worn out from being kept in a pocket for years.

The communicator with a yellowed sticker and slightly curled corners.

How did it end up in his hands?

Luke's thoughts were overwhelmed by surging doubts, and for a moment he lost the ability to think.

When Luke discovered that his father did not have a communicator on him, a strange idea came to his mind.

His father, the always serious man, never did anything useless.

If he had time to record his last words, he would have had the opportunity to destroy the communicator.

In other words, the presence of this token-like item here was entirely permitted by my father.

[The Believers] are the organization that killed his father. There is no way he would hand over the communicator to his enemies.

And now, the communicator appears in the hands of the Mind Flayer, so there is only one answer.

The mind flayer that I'm tracking down has a connection with the [Believers], but it should be a hostile connection!

The massive amount of information impacted Luke's brain and caused him to report errors directly, and he even subjectively ignored many unreasonable parts of this logical chain.

Because in his subconscious, he still couldn't imagine that his father would do such an unreasonable thing.

Just as his brain was in a state of mental stagnation, Luke suddenly heard a slightly distorted call:

"Captain, Captain, do you need reinforcements?

"Hello, Captain, can you hear me? If there is no response, the emergency plan will be activated in thirty seconds..."

"It's okay, it was a misjudgment, you guys continue working."

Luke pretended to be calm and replied, then added:

"The surveillance plan has been changed from two shifts to three shifts. Several targets have died, so we are not so short of manpower. Let everyone rest more."

"Okay got it."

The communication was disconnected, and Luke looked at the boy in front of him with a stern face.

"You are very sensible."

The young man with gray hair laughed and stepped aside to make way:

"Please come with us."

It's a trap, but not a conspiracy.

This is undoubtedly an open conspiracy. As long as Luke still remembers why he embarked on the road of revenge, as long as he wants to find out the cause of his father's death, he must follow the young man in front of him.

That seemingly weak guy, I could grind him into minced meat with just a snap of my fingers, but I can't do it now.

At least the current capabilities are sufficient to protect ourselves.

Luke sighed inwardly and removed the protective shield that was covering El's side and was slowly shrinking according to his will.

"There is one more condition."

The young man suddenly said.

"Don't go too far."

Luke felt that his patience had reached its limit.

But the young man seemed not to notice and continued to explain seriously:

"For your own safety, please do not speak without my permission.

“For questions that you must answer, just nod or shake your head as much as possible.

"I repeat, this is for your safety.

"Do you understand?"

Luke took a deep breath and nodded with a somewhat unconvinced expression on his face.

El burst out laughing.

He knew this. Doctor Lin had said this was called, "saying one thing but doing another but acting justly."

The three of them walked out of the alley one after another and came to a relatively spacious road. The formation changed from front and back double teaming to left and right encirclement.

Luke didn't care about this. As long as he wanted to leave, these two people would not be able to stop him.

Where are you going?

He really wanted to ask this question, but unfortunately he was not allowed.

At this time, the three of them were walking aimlessly on the street after dark, surrounded by either closed commercial districts or residential areas in the inner city.

Could it be that the base of their organization is hidden in such a residential area?

This is a bit too outrageous.

Finally, the three of them came to a roadside. It was nothing special here. There were at least eighty similar scenes in the entire Hope City.

The only thing that might be a little suspicious is the "X"-like mark on the side of the road.

"We're here. Stand here and don't move. Yes, this is it."

While giving instructions, El came between Li Rui and Luke, and put his hands on their shoulders.

"You two, please don't breathe yet."

The three of them took a deep breath and held their breath. Then they felt weightlessness on the hard road, as if they were falling towards the center of the earth.

The scenery in front of him changed rapidly. Luke saw the cross-section of the ground, the small insects in the soil, and scenes that he would never see in his life.

At that moment, he understood why those black market supplies were taken away, and why the machine tool that one or two people could never move mysteriously disappeared from the scene.

What a weird ability!

Before he could feel anything more, the three of them had fallen into a cavity underground.

El and Li Rui had experience and landed steadily on the ground.

As Luke was unfamiliar with the place, he stumbled backwards and felt a dull pain in his tailbone.

This is... underground?

Luke was shocked that there was such a secret passage underground in the inner city, and the higher-ups, and even the parliament, knew nothing about it.

El stood in front of the two again and began to lead the way.

But this is totally unnecessary. This secret passage, which looks like a huge project, doesn't even have a fork in the road. Why is there a need for a guide?

After walking forward for about ten minutes, the three of them arrived at the end of the secret passage.

There was a cement wall here that looked very thick. Luke looked at the secret passage which had reached the end, thinking deeply.

Sure enough, the next moment his shoulder was grabbed by El again, and the three of them held their breath and moved forward, passing through the lightless mud and came to a... laboratory.

This place looks like a destroyed laboratory. The light bulbs inside are constantly flickering, and there are many stains on the ground that have not been cleaned up.

Luke felt that this place looked familiar, but for a moment he couldn't figure out where he had seen it before.

Pushing open the door of the operating room in front of him, El said calmly to the inside:

"I brought the person here."

"very good."

Lin Qingliu, who was sitting on the swivel chair, took the communicator handed to him by El.

This is a professional Luke trap, the only one of its kind in the world.

Li Rui and Luke followed him into the operating room. The lackey closed the door out of habit, and then he and El stood on either side of Lin Qingliu's swivel chair.

Al had already explained to him the man sitting in the chair.

In a nutshell, he is the boss of the boss, and I would hesitate even to take a look at him.