Netherworld Retrograde
Chapter 384 - 183: Restricted Area Order

Chapter 384: Chapter 183: Restricted Area Order

Heavenly Kingdom had captured three Night Patrol and planned to execute them publicly within the towns of the Forbidden Zone!

This infuriated Li Yelai.

"How could this have happened?"

He continued to read on.

The Hu Ben Team, once behind in the Forbidden Zone, quickly gathered this critical information from the villages of Forbidden Zone Humans.

It is said that a few Night Patrol from Border City #2 and a few Spiritual Ability Users from the Ma Family were on a mission in the peripheral areas of the Forbidden Zone.

This wasn’t unusual.

Previously, Night Patrol hunting Extraordinary Creatures actually took place within uninhabited areas surrounding the Forbidden Zone and territories of Extraordinary Creatures within the Forbidden Zone.

The hunted Extraordinary Creatures would be officially bought at a high price, becoming Processor’s weapon materials or ingredients for Magic Potions. The Night Patrol would also earn substantial Merit Points to strengthen themselves.

This was one of the internal procedural steps of the officials.

However, this time the hunting took the Night Patrol deeper into the Forbidden Zone; from their actions, it seemed they aimed to kill the Human traitor Mei Wu.

But Mei Wu had many strong protectors, leading to the assassination attempt’s failure. After several days of pursuit and encirclement, the group failed to break out.

After the bloody battle, several Night Patrol and Ma Family members died, three Night Patrol were injured and captured. The whereabouts of the rest were unknown.

Now, these three Night Patrol had been escorted to Silver Mountain City in the Heavenly Kingdom, imprisoned in its jail.

Silver Mountain City, a frontier city in Heavenly Kingdom, provided refuge for surrounding villages.

Though it was a frontier, it also had a Four-Winged Angel of Sixth Sense strength stationed there.

Actually, attacking the convoy en route was the best chance for a rescue.

But due to the sudden nature of the event, the Hu Ben Team, who had just received the news, couldn’t make it in time for a roadside rescue.

They could only pass the message on to various strongholds.

With this, they notified other Night Patrol within the Forbidden Zone.

The intelligence that Li Yelai held in his hand had been brought to their current stronghold by Chasing Wind, a Spiritual Ability User of Netherworld Path from the Hu Ben Team.

As a Spiritual Ability User of the Netherworld Path, Chasing Wind also owned a Shadow Demon Horse, which was extremely fast and very stealthy.

If Li Yelai and Little Mad King could reach the stronghold half a day earlier, they might still have a chance to meet Chasing Wind.

This intelligence made both of them look very serious.

"Was Border City #2 also planning to kill Mei Wu?" asked Li Yelai.

"Of course, traitors must be eliminated by everyone. However, to prevent exposure, there’s no communication between the Giant Cities," Little Mad King responded, "Mei Wu was once a Night Patrol of Border City #2. Border City #2 really wants to clean its own house. As for the Ma Family... Mei Wu was particularly close to several core members of the Ma Family, it’s said she even had a romantic relationship with that Hongyi."

Hongyi?

Li Yelai seemed somewhat familiar with the name, and after careful recollection, he remembered seeing it on a forum.

That was a young powerhouse from Border City #2, aged around twenty-five or twenty-six, who had already advanced to Fifth Sense, becoming an elite Night Patrol.

For avenging a teammate, he ventured alone into the wilderness a hundred miles with a rifle, pursuing three illegal Spiritual Ability Users.

Before they could escape into the Forbidden Zone, he killed all three.

"That Hongyi was originally a Ma Family person?" asked Li Yelai.

"Mm, it’s not a big secret, but it’s not openly discussed either. After Mei Wu’s betrayal, he even personally executed several Ma Family members, including close friends of Hongyi, which almost drove him to madness from the multiple blows," explained Little Mad King, "The grudge is enormous... The Ma Family also very much wants to kill Mei Wu."

"Yet, their assassination attempt failed, and now three have even been captured...." Li Yelai sighed, "What do we do next?"

"We need to go to a deeper stronghold and meet up with other Night Patrol," responded Little Mad King, "No rest tonight, we must hurry to the next stronghold."

Li Yelai nodded.

Then, they took all their equipment out of the armored car.

Four Taboo Items, various kinds of food and clothes, all packed into two backpacks.

For ease of carrying, Li Yelai wore the Ming Guang Armor, draped a Night Patrol coat over it, carried a Thousand Mechanism Black Umbrella, and had a backpack on his back, creating a somewhat strange appearance.

Then, the two, taking advantage of the night, quickly left the Curtain Cave stronghold, turning into two Black Shadows swiftly moving through the mountains and forests.

Not far from the Forbidden Zone boundary, Extraordinary Creatures began to congregate denser.

Under these circumstances, they didn’t need to worry about being detected for Spiritual Energy Fluctuations and freely used Aerial Stepping.

They started to traverse the forest and valleys at low altitude.

Although Li Yelai could have moved even faster, be it using the "Swift as the Wind" skill with the Huo Qubing Face or summoning the Heavenly Meteor Qilin for travel, both methods would significantly increase his speed.

However, using the Face could possibly attract enemies or encounter other Calamities.

And the Heavenly Meteor Qilin was too conspicuous after all.

This left Li Yelai relying solely on Aerial Stepping to travel, which, although more troublesome and tiring, was much faster than using vehicles.

The two moved quickly above the jungle, even seeing several sleeping Extraordinary Creatures. They did not disturb them but passed around their territory and continued on their way.

Every hour, they stopped for half an hour to rest, recover Spiritual Energy, and replenish their stamina.

This wasn’t because their stamina or Spiritual Energy was depleted, but to ensure they were both in their best condition in case of unexpected events.

After stopping and going five times, they finally reached the continuous mountain range.

Once they crossed this mountain range, they would enter the Forbidden Zone.