Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

But the old policeman never expected that his words of encouragement would result in a cold corpse in the alley.

The victim was shot in the head with a large-caliber gun. When he arrived, it was almost difficult to recognize the victim's original appearance, which made him feel that he had harmed the victim.

If he had thought more carefully at the time, he might have realized that the reason why the Hunter Association did not conduct a thorough investigation of the hotel was because they had foreseen the danger.

Zheng Liu and the old policeman looked at each other in silence.

Death is always very close to them, and it is difficult for them to guarantee that they will not meet someone they know during a certain visit.

Zheng Liu sighed deeply. He would remember this brave young hunter.

He felt that he had the same idea as the young hunter, the only difference was that he had met the expert Duan Mingyuan first, while the other party had not.

When Zheng Liu looked deeper into the alley again, the young hunter indeed left a deep impression on him, the kind that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

"Fuck!"

He and the veteran police officer said in unison that even the veteran police officer, who had more than 20 years of law enforcement experience, had never seen such a scene.

The two were so shocked that the cigarettes in their mouths fell to the ground.

The deceased who was confirmed dead lifted the white cloth and climbed up from the ground.

Are you a Hunter or a Necromancer! ?

Zheng Liu really wanted to question Duan Mingyuan in this way.

This question has been lingering in his mind since he left the police station. Duan Mingyuan does not have the slightest hunter temperament. Everything he does makes people think that he is a legal profession.

The young hunter seemed to be extremely frightened and was gasping for breath. She subconsciously used the white cloth as a quilt and wrapped herself in it.

Zheng Liu and the old policeman rushed into the alley one after another.

"Are you OK?"

They admitted that it was a bit strange to ask this question. When a person is shot in the head by a large-caliber bullet and is confirmed dead on the spot, it is usually difficult to ask him such a question.

"She must be too frightened. Let her go to the car to calm down first."

Duan Mingyuan said.

Zheng Liu and the old policeman quickly helped the young girl back to the police car. After closing the door, they stared at each other and confirmed each other's eyes.

I also need a cigarette.

"Calm down. You've been in this business for a long time and you've seen all kinds of strange things. There's no need to make a fuss."

The old policeman tried to persuade Zheng Liu to stay calm as a person who had experienced it, but it was obvious that the old policeman was the least calm one.

"Uncle, you are holding a ballpoint pen."

Zheng Liu had to remind the old policeman who was holding the ballpoint pen in his mouth and trying to light it with a lighter. Fortunately, the old policeman held the lighter upside down, so he didn't actually light the ballpoint pen.

"Oh, that's a mistake."

The old policeman took out a pack of cigarettes from the other side with trembling hands and gave one to Zheng Liu and Duan Mingyuan respectively.

"I don't need it."

Duan Mingyuan waved his hand. Smoking is harmful to health. He had no habit of smoking, and he had stopped smoking since Jiuyue moved in. Jiuyue seemed to dislike the smell of smoke. Whenever she saw someone smoking in public, she would frown and sometimes stare at the smoker with a rather ferocious look.

As a medical worker, Duan Mingyuan had to emphasize the harmfulness of smoking.

Not only will it harm your health, but it may also cause you to be cursed by the fox, and be accompanied by bad luck for the next week or even a month.

"Old Duan, how on earth did you do that?"

After calming down, Zheng Liu asked.

Ever since the door to the new world opened to him, this world has become more and more outrageous. As an expert appointed by the association, Duan Mingyuan's fight with the evil spirits in the company building can be said to be due to his job, but his ability to directly pull up the dead is really incredible.

"In the Hunter Association, many people have extraordinary abilities, and I am no exception."

"You mean super powers?"

Zheng Liu has read many novels about supernatural powers. He has heard from his master that in the heyday of the Hunter Association, all the senior hunters were extraordinary people.

"You can also understand it this way. The birth of ability is related to personal obsession."

"As for your ability... I'm just curious. If you're not comfortable revealing it, just pretend I didn't ask."

Zheng Liu explained that in many novels he had read, the essence of a war of abilities was a war of intelligence, so directly asking others about their abilities was considered taboo.

"Nothing inconvenient."

Duan Mingyuan said, "I don't like fighting with others, so my abilities tend to be supportive and healing. I'm not a combat type of person."

Thanks to Gugugu Fake Sister Control for the reward of 100 Starting Point Coins!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 209 Underground Trading

Recently, many militants have appeared on Blue Star. They are studying every day how to use their abilities to kill others.

This made Duan Mingyuan feel that this planet was indeed dangerous.

In order to ease the tense and solemn atmosphere, he decided to treat Zheng Liu and the unknown young hunter to a meal of ramen. Jiu Yue mentioned more than once that ramen could quickly bring people closer together, but every time Duan Mingyuan wanted to take her to eat ramen, the little fox would be attracted by the fried chicken shop on the way and temporarily change their destination to eat fried chicken.

Sitting in a ramen restaurant with not many customers, feeling the steam coming from the bowl, the young hunter finally came back to his senses.

Her mind was completely blank and she even forgot how she got to the store.

Or maybe her mind stopped functioning when the bullet hit her head last night.

Dying in this way in an unknown alley seemed to be in line with the identity of a hunter. The master had told her many stories about hunters, talking about those brave hunters from decades ago. Most of them suddenly lost contact one day and never showed up in the association again.

Everyone knows that they are dead, having paid with their lives while investigating evil.

Friends who are familiar with them will engrave their names on the plaque and hang it on the association's memorial board to prove that such a hunter once existed.

"Are you the new leader of the Imperial Hunting Court that the contact person mentioned?"

This was the first sentence the young hunter said to them after they met, but it made Zheng Liu's heart turn into a turmoil.

He could deduce that the Imperial Hunting Court was the parent organization of the Hunter Association, and that this man who looked only a few years older than him had become the leader?

"it's me."

"I was saved by my master in an accident. Everyone in the association calls me Xing."

Xing's mood darkened at the mention of the missing old hunter.

It had been several days since her master disappeared, and combined with the attack she had experienced in the alley last night, she knew that her master was most likely in danger.

Even though the master had long said that this day would come to him sooner or later, as more than 80% of hunters disappeared without a trace, and that was likely to be his end, he had warned her more than once that if she disappeared one day, she must not try to find him, as her ability was very important to the association and could help many people.

But when that day finally came, she still went against the contact person's warning.

This time, they are not dealing with evil spirits, but people like them.

Possessing the same strange ability as the hunters, but using it for evil.

"There are two of them, and one of them can conjure weapons out of thin air."

Xing had no appetite for food. She tried to recall everything she had witnessed in the alley. "That man said the missing company executive was the first one. They still have many people to deal with."

Later, her disguise was exposed.

She originally wanted to run away, but when one of them fixed his eyes on her, she became paralyzed and fell to the ground, unable to move at all. She watched helplessly as the man conjured up a peculiar-shaped pistol out of thin air and pulled the trigger at her without any hesitation.

Her consciousness also fell into chaos, and when she regained consciousness, she was already in a ramen restaurant near the port.

Xing blamed herself very much, "It was too dark at the time, I didn't dare to get too close, and I couldn't see their faces clearly."

"Don't blame yourself too much, you did your job well."

Duan Mingyuan comforted her by saying that Xing's life energy was only 21 and she was just in the stage of becoming a regular employee. And from what he knew, Xing was good at disguising herself and thus became the ace intelligence officer of the Siyang City Hunter Association.

He asked, "How did you target them?"

"Before Master disappeared, he had been investigating a case for several years."

As she spoke, Xing fumbled in her inner pocket and pulled out a familiar card:

"Are you tired of your current life?"

"Do you want to change your life?"

"Do you want to know the truth behind this world?"

"Come to us and all your questions will be answered."

Duan Mingyuan received the same small card in the hotel.

The association was only recently rebuilt, and the master responded to the invitation immediately. When he returned, he also informed the contact person of the clues he had investigated.

He also provided the newly established liaison station with information about the movements of the Wangxu organization. "Master said that the water here is very deep, and strongly requested the liaison officer to seek help from Yu Shouting. However, it was not until the case of 13 missing people occurred that the liaison officer contacted Yu Shouting."

From Xing's words, it is not difficult to see that she does not trust the liaison station in Siyang City.

This may also be the reason why she did not ask for help from the contact station and took action privately.

"The water is deep? How deep?"

Zheng Liu lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.

"It's so deep that if the truth is revealed, I don't know how many big shots in Siyang City will fall."

The political world, the business world, and even the companies in Siyang City are not clean.

Xing still remembered that the master always joked that this might be the last case he would investigate. Every time she heard him say this, she would scold the master and tell him not to recite the funeral sutras. However, she never expected that her words would come true. The master also disappeared without a trace like the previous hunters.

She stared at Duan Mingyuan for a moment. She didn't trust the people at the liaison station, but she had a natural liking for the new leader of the Imperial Hunting Court.

Although they had never met before, after hearing about Yunlong City's deeds, the master praised the new leader more than once, saying that he was a man of great ambition who might really be able to lead the hunter profession back to glory.

Xing made a decision in her heart. She knew very well that her strength alone was not enough to make a splash in Siyang City.

"Can you step aside for a moment?"

She glanced at Zheng Liu.

"Okay, I'll go out and smoke a cigarette..."

Zheng Liu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He had only eaten half of the ramen.

"It's okay. Lao Zheng is an ambitious young man. You can tell him what you want to say in front of him."

Duan Mingyuan believed in his own judgment of people. If Zheng Liu were put in a detective cartoon, he would be the kind of character who deserves the title of "Brother Zheng Liu".

Although his fighting ability is not strong, he can drive and is very familiar with Siyang City, so he can be considered a supporting role.

Taking into account Xing's intelligence ability of infiltration and investigation, their team already has two supports and one healer. If they can get another strong output, they will be complete.

"Ok."

Xing said, "Master has found out that there is an underground exchange somewhere in Siyang City. This card is equivalent to an advertisement for the exchange."

"Underground exchange, similar to underground auction?"

Zheng Liu asked.

"I don't know. Master has been investigating for many years but still hasn't been able to find its exact location. I only know that you can buy almost anything you want there."

Fame, power, wealth, beauty.

As long as they exist in this world, as long as you can afford the price, you can get them.

Zheng Liu immediately thought of the 150-year lifespan mentioned by the evil spirit in the company building. The thirteen missing executives had also made a deal, using 150 years of lifespan to purchase their future of prosperity.

He understood why Xing's master said that the water here is very deep.

Apart from the missing thirteen people, who else bought what in the underground exchange?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 210 Apple and Ramen

Zheng Liu did not enjoy the ramen meal very much. The food was delicious, but the news brought by Xing made him lose his appetite.

If you think about it more darkly, Xing's death was because she knew too much, so she was silenced by the people in the underground exchange. The waters here are so deep that they involve big names in the business and political circles. Compared with those people, the three of them can only be regarded as unknown small characters.

Continuing the investigation would probably lead to a dead end.