Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 417 - 373: The Secret Base, Mum’s The Word

Chapter 417: Chapter 373: The Secret Base, Mum’s The Word

He crawled out from the passageway.

Zhou Ping’an threw a punch.

The iron door at the end deformed and tore, flying backward.

The huge iron sheet whirred and swept across.

The sight made two stout men, who were drinking and eating peanuts, drop to the ground on the spot.

"Enemy attack..."

It was a conditioned reflex.

The older workman in overalls, lying on the ground, rolled over, the alcohol instantly dissipating without a trace. He had already retrieved a pitch-black pistol from under his chair.

He had just raised it and was about to fire when a pale blue qi arrow whistled through his forehead, bringing with it a streak of blood.

The younger workman, possibly in a panic,

didn’t get hold of a weapon in the first moment but picked up a long-handled wrench from the ground instead.

Mustering his courage, he shouted loudly, but he didn’t charge forward, nor did he retreat. His legs trembling, he was nearly scared to the point of wetting himself.

Because his eyesight was quite good.

He saw at a glance that the one who killed his colleague wasn’t any firearm or high-tech weapon but that uniformed young man who killed with a light flick of his finger.

With his mere flesh and blood, he had actually shot out a light arrow.

Are you sure this isn’t a science fiction movie?

No, if it were a film about immortals, he would believe it.

"You, you... I, I didn’t do anything. I’m just a peripheral person paid to guard the passageway. I’ve never killed anyone, I just fix cars. My car repair skills are really good."

The young man in overalls wept, his face covered in snot, nearly on the verge of mental breakdown, but thankfully not completely. He still knew to beg for mercy.

However, from his trembling and incoherent speech, one could hear that he was truly terrified to the extreme.

Fearing that the next moment, he too would meet a finger’s blue light and die just like his colleague, utterly worthless.

"You’re good at fixing cars? I own a Woma three model; the engine always buzzes when it runs, not quiet at all. What’s the reason?"

"The oil, it must be the oil grade that’s not matching. Several colleagues in the repair industry all play dirty tricks with the oil. After all, making money is tough nowadays. You can’t just fix a car and expect it to last two or three years, right?"

Even though he was intimidated by Zhou, King of Hell’s infamous reputation and feared that he might lose his life the next moment,

when asked about his expertise, the young man in overalls responded instinctively, fluently articulating the answer.

Obviously, he often did the same thing himself.

As his emotions unraveled, he couldn’t control his mouth anymore, almost wishing he could spill everything, including how many times he wet the bed as a child: "Uncle, I haven’t been with the Hongguang Group for long, I heard that big companies are generous and pay well.

Actually, I didn’t do much, just routine tasks like always, and the pay wasn’t much higher..."

"Stick to the point."

Tang Tang coldly ordered from the side.

Zhou Ping’an looked at his senior sister in surprise, thinking she was worried that he might get carried away and kill indiscriminately, without restraint, encountering and slaying anyone he met. Now, her harsh words were actually an attempt to save the life of the young man in overalls.

The fierce female detective, when did she become so soft-hearted?

Just as he was thinking this, Zhou Ping’an suddenly looked perplexed.

He knew why.

Since he had made great strides in martial arts and survived an assassination attempt, he had claimed countless lives without realizing.

But that would have been that.

In modern society, after all, there is the law and the sense of humanitarianism ingrained deep in one’s bones. He really wouldn’t embark on a killing spree without a significant reason.

However, in Another World, he had no such scruples, and he spared no living creature that posed a threat to him, relentlessly slaughtering everything.

Regardless of gender.

After countless times of tense, blood-soaked combat, others might not have noticed, but those around him could clearly sense the fierce and domineering intent to kill emanating from him.

Tang Tang might not say it, but she was definitely worried.

Among the many classics of Zhuxia, regardless of the school or sect, all preached about controlling one’s inner self at all times.

One must not let slaughter, hatred, desire, and indulgence affect the soul.

To reach that point would be to walk the Demonic path.

Her worry was quite normal...

"It’s alright, I have confidence in my heart," Zhou Ping’an said with a gentle smile. The murderous presence around him slowly faded away, like spring thawing ice, his aura becoming mellow and soft.

’This isn’t Another World, there’s no need to be so tensed up. In Dongjiang City, there’s currently nothing that can threaten my life.’ He thought to himself, inwardly adding, "Unless in my ignorance, I try to flatten Zhao Yue’s ancient tomb in one fell swoop, which is obviously not going to happen."

Looking again at the young man in overalls, his demeanor showed neither anger nor joy. He simply watched indifferently as the other party spilled everything he knew like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.

"Earlier, the company’s action supervisor Qian Jiaxi and the deputy supervisor Huang Zhiwei took twelve team members and hurriedly left by car after picking up a uniformed Police Security from behind the door.

As for where they were going, I didn’t dare to ask.

Manager Qian has a nasty temper, often beating and scolding people, and when he strikes, it’s incredibly heavy...

Last time, Old Fang laughed without thinking and showed two extra teeth. He smacked half his teeth out with a slap, and now when he speaks, it whistles. However, he can’t speak anymore."

As the young man in overalls said this, he shivered again under Tang Tang’s gaze and quickly raised his hands, shouting: "I’m getting to the point, the point is, the three cars they drove were all X5 Chang River off-road..."

The Police Security officer being escorted onto the vehicle, which also had stab-proof and bomb-resistant glass armor, usually meant that they were heading out of town.

"How long ago?"

Zhou Ping’an agreed with the other party’s judgment.

After all, he was a mechanic and familiar with the operating methods of those people; thus, his judgment was usually accurate.

Ordinary people would guard against enemies, guard against experts.

But surely, they wouldn’t be so vigilant against the lowly peripherals who served beneath them.

He didn’t deserve it.

Therefore, it allowed this guy to spot some clues.

If the Hongguang Group people caught Zhang Xilin and were indeed leaving the city, the destination was implicit.

Zhou Ping’an happened to be aware of this.

He knew all three of Hongguang Group’s strongholds outside the city, and he knew which location had the most difficult roads that required off-road vehicles...

"They left less than an hour ago, to be precise, 47 minutes ago.

I remember clearly because I timed it—the chicken stewing on the stove was just perfect. Old Fang was even brown-nosing, trying to get Manager Qian to have a taste, but..."

"Turn yourself in to Team Seven. Whether your crime is big or small, you won’t die, but you’ll have to learn your lesson."

Zhou Ping’an left that comment and stepped out of "Chengxin Repair Shop."

"Yes, yes, thank you, Officer Zhou, for sparing my life. When I get out, I’ll light incense and worship you. From then on, I’ll live an honest life and stay away from these big companies’ messes."

The young man in work clothes had a sob in his voice. After speaking, he collapsed to the ground, wailing in pain.

Obviously, having just narrowly escaped death’s door, he felt the aftershock.

Zhou Ping’an didn’t look back, nor did he take a car.

He just fixed his gaze toward the west gate and said in a deep voice, "Senior sister, I’m faster, so I’ll go ahead to rescue. Keep the channel open at all times...

Once I have success on my side, immediately gather the elites and take control of Guanhai Building. Personnel and equipment must all be carefully screened to prevent any tidbit of news from leaking out of Dongjiang City."

"Be careful on your own," Tang Tang frowned slightly, showing a touch of reluctance on her face, but eventually, she said nothing more and just nodded in agreement.

"Next time, next time something comes up, I’ll fight alongside you. This time it’s about speed, and your qinggong isn’t perfected yet, so it’s not ideal to move together."

Zhou Ping’an saw through Tang Tang’s mind at a glance.

He chuckled lightly, said no more, his figure turned into a faint shadow, and he stepped into the rippling water, disappearing from where he stood.

When he reappeared, he was already a hundred meters away, on top of a three-story building.

His figure paused for just a fraction of a second to check the direction, and then vanished once again.

This time, he did not spare his body’s True Qi and Qi-Blood, but instead pursued with all his might.

What off-road vehicle? In the face of his speed, it was merely a junior.

With just a blink, Zhou Ping’an’s figure was no longer visible. Tang Tang sighed, looking a bit despondent, and muttered softly, "You’re so silly, with all that strength, carrying me or dragging me along would have been fine. I’m not picky..."

She was always watching Zhou Ping’an single-handedly tackle the treacherous paths ahead, flattening each mountain of blades, each sea of flames, while she felt like a useless bystander, unable to help with anything. Actually, this feeling was quite nice.

Reaping the benefits.

How could that not be good?

Someone else bears the burdens; someone else enjoys peace.

But I truly don’t wish to be a delicate flower in a vase—I want to be a trustworthy, reliable comrade-in-arms at your side, who can be entrusted with life and death.

Her melancholy lasted only a moment.

Tang Tang forcibly dispelled any trace of weakness from her heart, picked up her phone, and started deploying troops, ready to strike at Hongguang Group’s Guanhai Building as soon as she received the signal.

She didn’t care about the potential consequences of this operation.

She wasn’t worried about facing criticism from all sides afterward...

No matter the flood, I march on with singular resolve.

...

It took only nine minutes.

Zhou Ping’an had been tracking scents and sensing clues along the way, and seventy li outside the city, he could see a valley, shrouded in vines and towering trees from afar.

He knew that this was not any ordinary valley—there were no fierce beasts roaring inside, but rather, it was a stronghold of the Hongguang Group.

Back when he discovered the three forces tightly surrounding Zhao Yue’s Ancient Tomb, making a big deal out of it, he wasn’t entirely idle himself.

Although he didn’t stir the grass to startle the snake and rush into the fiery ancient tomb,

he had investigated the secret locations of all the major powers to a basic extent.

With his movement technique and Spirit Perception, accomplishing such a task wasn’t difficult.

Watching from afar, he wouldn’t alert them.

"Found it, that’s Zhang Xilin’s Wave Chasing Jin; he’s being tortured.

Fortunately, he hasn’t succumbed to the torture and divulged the Incantation of the Tidal Breathing Technique."

Listening to the slight noises emanating from the "valley" campsite,

Zhou Ping’an smiled broadly, revealing eight gleaming teeth, gleaming with a chilling light.

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