Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 122 - 34: The Clue in Mountain City

Chapter 122: Chapter 34: The Clue in Mountain City

Half an hour later, in the activity hall, inside the temporary interrogation room.

Chen Jian sat across from the woman and asked:

"Your name is Ji Xing?"

"Yes."

The woman nodded in response.

"Are you a Blood Source?"

"That’s right."

"And now you’re the bodyguard of this Huadu person named Bai Xu?"

"Yes."

"And you tied up your employer?"

"I had no choice."

"You want to defect to us?"

"I have no other option."

"Is this Bai Xu your token of allegiance?"

"... I don’t know what you mean by a token of allegiance, but I think delivering him to you is more fitting than killing him outright."

Upon hearing Ji Xing’s answer, Chen Jian slowly nodded.

The story Ji Xing told seemed quite reasonable: a guard disconnected from the Holy Blood Temple, accidentally discovering Huadu’s conspiracy during a mission, and after determining there was no other way out—decided to tie up her employer and turn to Yellow Stone City.

The logic was coherent, and the motivation was reasonable. Theoretically, Chen Jian shouldn’t have any suspicions about her.

But in reality, Chen Jian maintained equal suspicion of all inexplicable outsiders.

No matter how convincing your words are, I act as if you haven’t spoken.

Because what you say isn’t important, but what you do is.

When Zeng Yi and the others were accepted, it wasn’t because of a few simple words, but because of their loyalty demonstrated in battle.

Therefore, Chen Jian’s eyes still carried a hint of coldness when he looked at Ji Xing.

He pondered for a moment, gestured to Zeng Yi standing by to remove the knife from Ji Xing’s neck, then continued asking:

"How can you prove that what you’re saying is true? How can you make us accept you?"

Ji Xing froze for a moment, then counter-questioned:

"Haven’t I brought the person here? Isn’t that enough?"

"It’s not enough."

Chen Jian spread his hands and said:

"This doesn’t bring us any tangible benefits. On the contrary, capturing a Huadu person is more trouble for us."

As the words fell, Ji Xing suddenly realized her actions might indeed be....

One-sided.

She took a deep breath and continued speaking:

"A Blood Source itself is a benefit, I am very strong, there’s no doubt about that."

"At the very least, I’m much stronger than the two Holy Blood beside you."

"If they could join, why can’t I?"

"They were able to join us not because they were Holy Blood."

Chen Jian shook his head and replied:

"In short, what you pride yourself on isn’t that important to me."

"Now it’s you who needs us to solve your problems; you’re seeking refuge from us. If you can’t present more convincing arguments, then I can only say... let’s forget it."

"Just go back where you came from, and by the way, take your trophies with you."

"We don’t need a Huadu person as a bargaining chip; he’s of no value to us."

"But you killed their men and disrupted their plans!"

Ji Xing said urgently.

"So what? Come on, here he is. Shen Yue, remove the cloth from his mouth."

"Let him speak for himself if he dares to blame us."

Shen Yue, upon hearing this, released Bai Xu’s restraints, and the latter couldn’t wait to say:

"This is a misunderstanding!"

"I think you also saw that camp; yes, we were indeed trying to research the Blood Skull, but we never targeted civilians!"

"That was just an accident, and we are willing to take responsibility for it!"

"You were merely eliminating monsters; all our losses have nothing to do with you. This was just our mistake!"

"We can even cooperate! Just like our collaboration with the Mechanical God Sect..."

"Alright."

Chen Jian raised his hand, interrupting Bai Xu’s speech.

Then he looked at Ji Xing and said:

"See, from our perspective, the situation is very clear."

"His value far exceeds yours. Tell me, what reason do we have to side with you?"

"....."

Ji Xing was speechless. After a long pause, she finally spoke again.

"So you’re not going to intervene?"

"Not necessarily."

Chen Jian smiled slightly and replied:

"If you can provide sufficiently convincing reasons, we can also help you resolve this problem."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Xing fell silent once more.

She initially thought that Yellow Stone City and Huadu were inherently enemies, and under this assumption, her joining Yellow Stone City was also logical.

But from Chen Jian’s words, she could clearly feel that there was no conflict between the two forces.

Or at least, no irreconcilable conflict.

In that case, her decision was indeed mistaken.

But now it’s too late to regret.

Her malice had already been exposed, and as long as Bai Xu was allowed to return alive, she would definitely be trapped in a dead end.

By then, would she really have to do what Bai Xu suggested, hide her identity, and live in the mountains for the rest of her life?

She had major tasks to accomplish.

She couldn’t stop here.

If she’d known, she would have simply killed him. At least before Huadu reacted to hold her, as a guard, accountable, she would still have some preparation time.

And now?

Inside the box behind Bai Xu was a communication device. Once he gained freedom, he would likely inform Huadu of the situation here on the spot.

They might even demand Yellow Stone City "handle" the matter for them in exchange for cooperation...

Ji Xing took a deep breath, silently making a decision in her heart.

Then, she solemnly spoke: