Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1610: Cooperation is a Good Beginning

Chapter 1610: Chapter 1610: Cooperation is a Good Beginning

Gu Fan really wanted to know what kind of intelligence this woman was trying to extract, and why it required several nights to do so. For the sake of the completeness of this intelligence, so many soldiers had to be sacrificed to rescue her.

As for Leng Feng, he remained silent, as if he still didn’t trust Gu Fan.

Lu Yi could only offer a bitter smile and said, "What we’re extracting is the location of a fortress. This fortress stores a very dangerous weapon, a replica from the Super Civilization era. Because the weapon is too massive to move easily, and it could lose control and explode at any moment, the enemies don’t have too many people guarding it."

After inquiring, Gu Fan learned that it was the core anti-gravity component of a spaceship, which, once completed, would allow the ship to break free from gravitational constraints and journey into space.

Gu Fan couldn’t help but exclaim, "When I was a child watching sci-fi movies, I dreamed of having my own spaceship. I never thought that dream would be realized by the future me."

Hearing this, Lu Yi shook her head: "But this is not good news for us. We are already far behind in terms of weapons, and now the enemies can attack us with spaceships. We have no way to win."

"Don’t worry, I’m here now, I’ll make sure we win this fight." Saying this, Gu Fan also felt the difficulty ahead was significant.

In the past, when fighting Organization X, their most powerful weapons were vampires. They had neither planes nor artillery, nor so many advanced weapons, and not hundreds of thousands of troops.

Dealing with these enemies now, not to mention the tens of thousands of troops, tens of thousands of vampires, and advanced weaponry, the most difficult to handle is an opponent who is on par with Gu Fan himself, now turned into a demon.

If the enemy were someone else, Gu Fan would still be confident, but the enemy happens to be himself, and Gu Fan knows that his future self will only be stronger and more experienced.

The task is daunting, but Gu Fan’s determination remains unchanged—he still intends to give the man behind the mysterious mask a heavy beating.

About three hours later, the group’s vehicle entered the city. To avoid drawing attention, they entered in groups of three.

Gu Fan believed that the enemy must be searching the entire city for the woman. Cameras on every street, coupled with facial recognition technology, can pinpoint targets precisely, making it more difficult for the group to enter the city.

But there is a solution for every problem; if you have facial recognition technology, we have lifelike masks. Before entering the city, everyone put on specially made realistic masks.

To this, Gu Fan was the happiest, as he wouldn’t need to bother with any other disguise from now on, resorting simply to these lifelike masks.

After entering the city in separate groups, they didn’t rush to regroup but kept in contact, each searching for the woman on their own.

The city seemed prosperous, filled with neon lights and alcohol. The advancement of the times, with various novel facilities and buildings brimming with a sense of technology, amazed Gu Fan. For instance, many cars hovered above the ground, and various holograms advertised products, with robots available everywhere offering services.

However, Gu Fan also noticed something else: The crowded streets were filled with people who all had somber and oppressed expressions as if there was no joy or happiness to speak of.

"If life was really good, there wouldn’t be any resistance," Lu Yi’s words pierced Gu Fan’s heart.

Long ago, after Gu Fan toppled all the big figures, and order was entirely dictated by him, voices of dissent began to rise, but he quashed them all. In everyone’s eyes, he was a tyrant whom everyone wanted to overthrow, yet couldn’t seem to accomplish.

After many wars, only the resistance army was left to stand up to the great devil.

Gu Fan refused to believe it—at the very least, with so many armies and so many weapons, how could the man behind the mysterious mask succeed? At worst, there should have been decades-long wars, right?

Lu Yi shook her head, indicating that Gu Fan wasn’t that foolish to let the war drag on endlessly, nor was he a bloodthirsty warmonger.

The main issue was that Gu Fan had promoted lots of puppets to replace the previous big figures, letting those people manage their own territories, and giving some high-ranking military personnel the blue serum to keep them obediently in line.

"Oh, that’s very me!" Gu Fan was somewhat relieved. His greatest fear was that too many resisters would be dealt with by the man behind the mysterious mask. It’s best not to indulge in mass killings if possible.

Then Lu Yi comforted him further, "Actually, there are people who support you. After all, you are the only one who can control the vampires not to harm ordinary people, and you are the only one who can restrain the vampires. As long as you exist, the vampires can’t turn the world upside down."

"So there are still people who support me." Gu Fan felt a moment of joy, which was quickly doused by Leng Feng’s cold remark: "Unfortunately, there are even more people who hate you. It’s just that everyone is too scared to speak out against you."

Hearing this, Gu Fan looked a bit embarrassed and quickly pretended to be seriously contemplating other matters.

"Wait a second, if it were me, I’d just stay behind the scenes and let those puppets do the dirty work. Why would I be so foolish to come forward, let so many people know me and revolt against me?" Gu Fan couldn’t figure it out; this wasn’t his style.

Lu Yi felt the same way—it wasn’t like Gu Fan at all. Had Gu Fan grown overconfident after becoming powerful, unwilling to hide any longer in order to enjoy the adulation?

Although what Lu Yi suggested could be a possibility, Gu Fan still felt something was off. He had encountered the man behind the mysterious mask before and sensed that rather than being arrogant and lost, he seemed even more patient and composed in his strategies.

"Alright, our first priority right now is to find that woman." Leng Feng’s reminder snapped Gu Fan and Lu Yi back to the present, focusing their attention on the mission at hand.

Gu Fan inquired, didn’t Leng Feng have an emergency rendezvous point prepared? This would be a temporary location for regrouping or waiting for reinforcements in case they got scattered.

Leng Feng admitted that he had such a plan, but when he heard that a certain someone had arrived, he rushed back to the base, eager to beat up that guy, and in the haste, things went awry...

Forget it, it’s all fate. Gu Fan couldn’t help but sigh. Old habits die hard; first, find a safe place, and then get him a map. The city is so vast they can’t just search aimlessly.

First things first: set a location. The place where the woman and the high-ranking enemy spent the night, the position where Leng Feng’s squad was stationed, Leng Feng’s usual leading habits like how he would lead his team to retreat in case of danger. Plus, the personal traits of the squad members—the more information, the better.

Leng Feng knew what Gu Fan intended to do and cooperated fully by sharing everything he knew. Unknowingly, he started to place high hopes on Gu Fan, even anticipating hero-like feats from him.