First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!
Chapter 189: Start Powering Up Now—You Wanna Treat My Grandpa Like Shi Gandang?

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That left Lu Ding completely speechless.

His dad had him in his thirties, and Bai Hemen was already over twenty.

Add that up—it had been over fifty years.

“Sigh......”

Lu Ding let out a long sigh and gestured for Cao Ying to continue.

“Nothing much after that. Lu-ge, you probably can’t access the detailed records because of whatever the Bai Family’s old man was involved in.”

“And to be able to marry a direct descendant of the Huangjin Family, I’d guess he was a Cultivator of Qi himself.”

“By that logic, anything involving Cultivators of Qi must have had a pretty high confidentiality level.”

That made sense. Lu Ding was still just a formal investigator—not enough clearance.

After hearing that, Bai Hemen asked a question that hit right at the heart of the matter.

“What was the Bai Family elder’s name?”

Cao Ying shook his head: “That I don’t know. But I do know the one leading the Bai Family group this time is Bai Baoce, third generation.”

BOOM！！！！

Bai Hemen’s aura exploded outward.

Cracks spread across the ground inch by inch.

But he kept walking forward.

With every step on the hard earth, he recited word by word:

“Jue, Xue, Feng, Bao, Lin.”

“Cheng, Xing, De, Zhen, Guang.”

“My grandma said, that’s the generation poem for our family. I’m from the Bao generation.”

“She said I was originally supposed to be called Bai Baoyu, but that name was too delicate, too fragile, so she changed it to Hemen.”

“She said, if my grandfather never came back, then I didn’t need to follow the Bai Family’s generation naming anymore—it was all garbage.”

Bai Hemen turned his head, and the pressure surged out: “All the second generation names in the Bai Family—don’t they all have the character ‘Feng’?!”

Cao Ying nodded with difficulty.

Bai Hemen lifted his shirt and carefully removed the necklace around his neck.

Inside the pendant was a scaled-down portrait of an old man.

“My grandma said, don’t force it, don’t go searching. But if fate ever brought me to the Northwest, then take her along, and show her the scenery here.”

“Let her experience the local customs and life.”

“How beautiful must the people and the land here be... that he never came home......”

“She said this life had been too bitter. In the next one, she wouldn’t wait for him anymore.”

“She said....... said.......”

Bai Hemen’s voice choked up.

He couldn’t get the rest out, just kept walking forward step by step.

His terrifying aura blasted out, tearing apart the surrounding forest and terrain.

Until a hand pressed down on his shoulder—

Suppressing the Qi that was about to spiral into deviation.

Lu Ding’s voice was calm: “You’re going the wrong way. Cao Ying said he knows the route and is willing to take us to the Bai Family.”

With a surge of Qi, the tears on his face vanished.

Only the shimmer remained in his eyes.

Bai Hemen shook his head: “Not wrong. My grandma said, once she was gone, I’d have to live on my own.”

“No matter how big the problem, I can’t panic, can’t lose my head. I have to live carefully, and grow slowly.”

“I can’t afford to mess with the Huangjin Family. He’s a Cultivator of Qi too. After so many years of cultivation, building up such a powerful clan—I can’t beat him.”

“I want to learn from you. I want to listen to Grandma. Once I finish my missions, once I’ve gotten strong enough—then I’ll go find him!!”

You learn from the kind of person you admire.

Bai Hemen didn’t fully understand everything,

But he could learn.

The best person he had ever seen was Lu Ding.

Lu Ding never acted impulsively.

Lu Ding never threw eggs at a rock.

From Bai Hemen’s point of view, if Lu Ding saw someone he couldn’t beat, he left them alone.

If someone couldn’t be provoked, he kept his distance.

So Bai Hemen believed—he couldn’t act recklessly. He couldn’t do something stupid.

His grandma raised him through hardship. He couldn’t just walk into injury or death.

He had to get stronger—much stronger.

When he felt ready, Bai Hemen would go get answers for his grandma.

After hearing what he said, Lu Ding let out a deep breath.

For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Unexpected, yet reasonable.

These weren’t the kinds of things the old Bai Hemen would’ve done or said.

But now, he had done it. Said it.

And in that moment, Lu Ding felt a subtle pride—

Because his own way of doing things had influenced this stubborn guy.

His tone lightened: “I almost started powering up just now.”

To Lu Ding, it wasn’t a question of whether it made sense or not.

If Bai Hemen had gone, he would’ve followed.

But he would’ve made backup plans—he’d figure out how to keep both of them alive.

Then Bai Hemen dropped a bomb.

“If I start powering up now to go over there.......”

“You gonna treat my grandpa like Shi Gandang and cut him down?”

That line—had everyone cracking up.

Considering the relationship between Bai Hemen and the ‘grandpa’ he mentioned—

Lu Ding laughed without holding back.

“You could put it that way.”

He turned and waved at Cao Ying: “What are you standing there for? Let’s go.”

The three of them quickened their pace toward the Ba’er Mountain railway site.

As for the fact that Bai Family members were still in the area,

Lu Ding and Cao Ying, in unspoken agreement, didn’t bring it up.

And Bai Hemen, instinctively, didn’t dwell on it either.

But.

As the saying goes—enemies always cross paths.

At the Ba’er Mountain construction site,

A group from the Bai Family had blocked the entrance, negotiating with two 749 investigators.

Listen.

“Investigator Wu, we’re trying to talk this out reasonably.”

“The Ba’er Mountain project is delayed. The root of the problem is that Golden Toad Nesting Formation.”

“Lend us your equipment, we’ll take care of the toad. That saves you trouble, and us too—win-win, right?”

The Golden Toad had been overly handled—it was now slick, burrowing all over underground.

Manually digging it out would destroy the feng shui veins and be too troublesome.

Unless the strongest of their Cultivators bombarded it nonstop for days.

Too exhausting!

So they had their eyes on the construction equipment.

Way easier than exhausting themselves.

But for the site, that was illegal.

And for the two investigators on duty—Wu Yishuang and Yu Qingli—it was a clear violation.

If they gave the green light, they’d be the ones taking the heat.

If everything went smoothly, no credit. Headquarters had already said reinforcements were on the way.

But if something went wrong—both would be punished.

So they stood firm: “No!!”

Those two words landed hard.

The man sighed and smiled mockingly:

“Are you two deaf or what? I said it’s mutual benefit. You clear the path, we get the goods. If that’s not enough, I’ll sweeten the deal!”

“Just tell me your price.”

That line crossed the line.

The law enforcement recorder wasn’t just for show.

Yu Qingli pulled out her 749 ID and held it up: “This is your first warning. Leave immediately.”

The man raised his hands to show he wasn’t doing anything, but his mouth didn’t stop.

“No need for second or third warnings. The inside of the site’s yours—outside isn’t. We’re just asking to borrow a tool. No need to get worked up.”

“If you won’t lend it, we’ll just stand here and show our sincerity until you feel it.”

Suddenly—

A figure flew in and landed a kick to the man’s back.

He went flying into a pile of rubble, head split and bleeding.

Lu Ding pointed at him: “Go. Bring your mom over—I’ll borrow her too.”