parentshiftbook Chapter 149 This is what a true master is like.
Chapter 149 This is what a true master is like.
The most precious ingredients are often prepared using the simplest cooking methods.
Upon arriving at A-Zhu Research Institute, Li Can frowned after looking around at the surroundings.
At his prompting, everyone started communicating using the newly opened group chat on the mecha arm.
Group name: We are a loving family
Feng Tian: [No way, are there still flowers, trees, and shrubs here? Hopefully, no one's eavesdropping.]
Shen Yuan: [The lab here at Azhu's place was built later, right? Brother Xing probably thought that there might be tree roots, grass roots, or other residues underground that wouldn't be able to prevent it.]
Feng Tian: [I really didn't think of that.]
Li Can: [Shen Yuan is right. But from now on, we need to be wary not only of wood-type plants, but also of earth-type plants, including the earth armor that you now have, A-Zhu, which is mixed with golden energy.]
Yang Mo: [You mean there are awakened individuals inside the lower city who can eavesdrop through the soil?]
Li Can: [This time it wasn't eavesdropping, it was theft: earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic used in Chinese fantasy novels). They moved underground, and that's how the city lord's body was stolen. You might not have noticed, but the soil behind the ice coffin was much looser, clearly indicating it had been disturbed.]
Li Can: [Judging by the area it occupies, it's shaped just right for an adult to pass through smoothly.]
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These photos were all taken secretly by him using his own bomb camera.
It wasn't the right time to talk then, but in order to keep it from Zhou Ye as well, and to avoid having to explain himself again, he saved it up and said it all at once now.
Now, Li Can and Li Lan have officially joined the organization and each has a set of white mecha armor for self-defense.
The entire newly built research institute laboratory is now filled with uniform white mecha figures, all neatly arranged and indistinguishable.
Li Can imported the images taken by the bomber into the memory of the display screen on the mecha arm, which made communication much easier.
The explosive device he brought into the instance is restricted from communicating with the outside world and with Li Lan's mobile phone.
This thing only has networking capabilities on the wasteland Blue Star ten years from now, and on Blue Star in a parallel universe.
Currently, the best tool for real-time communication is still the white mech.
Li Can read the mecha's instruction manual and admired A-Zhu even more; she was truly a talented person.
His creativity rivals that of the younger Xiao Guai; the two are very similar, both possessing strong hands-on skills, and one could even say that the student surpasses the teacher. In some aspects, A-Zhu is more outstanding and practical than Xiao Guai.
Yang Mo: [I understand now. The reason you wouldn't let me continue the analysis back then was because you had already found the answer. The old nobles are just targets pushed into the spotlight.]
Feng Tian: [Do you have any idea who this suspect is? Since he's capable of doing this, we can't let him live any longer. Once he's caught, he must be executed.]
Li Can: [Yes, but we can't say yet. We still need to get the body back from him. Everyone, please don't get excited, otherwise the rest of the scene will feel unnatural.]
Li Can: [This person is very cunning and not easy to deal with. On the surface, he almost doesn't show any problems, so everyone should be careful.]
A-Zhu: [I understand. The people at the research institute will be extra careful.]
Li Can: [Yes, you can decide for yourselves what's appropriate to say openly and communicate naturally. As for things that shouldn't be said, discuss them in the group chat.]
After a brief exchange, Li Can selected several alien puppets from his gashapon capsules and materialized them, leaving them in a corner of the research institute for guarding.
Now, with not only mechs patrolling the area, but also his puppets lurking in the shadows, the security is significantly enhanced.
After Wang Defa finishes disposing of the body, he will eventually find his way to this area.
Feng Tian: [I've actually wanted to ask this for a long time, Xing Dazhuang, wasn't your awakened superpower that green stone? When did you start being able to conjure up big birds and monsters like this again?]
Shen Yuan: [Raises hand, also asking.]
Yang Mo: [You've been keeping things well hidden, haven't you? It's obvious you weren't telling me the truth from the start.]
Li Lan: [Yeah, we're both awakened, so why do you have so much advanced technology? It's just so unfair...]
The younger sister was taking advantage of the situation; she knew all along that Li Can had many tricks up his sleeve, but she didn't say anything.
In order to appear to fit in, I have to act all the time.
Feng Tian stopped typing on the display screen on her arm, walked to the puppets hidden in the four corners of the laboratory, and waved her hands up and down over their eyes.
The humanoid spider monsters from the [Mental Hospital Mystery] instance reacted in real time to her movements.
Feng Tian: [It's still alive, just like that big bird!] She took a big step back and instantly bounced a long way away.
These humanoid spider monsters don't look as cute and fluffy as vultures; they're all fierce and menacing, like ghosts.
This time, Feng Tian didn't secretly set up any puppet organizations and give them to Azhu for private experiments and tests. At this point, she completely believed in Li Can's stance.
Following Yang Mo's train of thought, Li Can responded: "Yes, my ability is to transform these strange and unusual things. We weren't familiar with each other back then, so I certainly couldn't reveal everything at once."
Li Can: [What if you have malicious intentions and kill me? Then I'll have no future.]
Yang Mo: [That's certainly not certain. I did have quite a few thoughts about you back then... but unfortunately we became too close, and now even if I'm envious of you, I can't bring myself to do it.]
Feng Tian: [It's okay, I don't know him well, I can make a move.]
A-Zhu: [Then I'll join.]
Li Lan: [If you make a move on him, you can't study me anymore...]
Shen Yuan: [So, you mean you have something else you haven't shown us yet?]
Li Can feigned mystery: "A true master is like this; you never know what other hidden weapons they have up their sleeve."
Upon seeing this message in the group chat, Li Lan felt helpless, as if she were seeing Li Can's unreliable speech back on Earth.
The group members engaged in a heated and urgent discussion about the theft of the city lord's body.
Finally, with Li Can's final approval, the "entrapment" plan against the "traitor" Wang Defa was finalized.
……
The lower town was finally entering its daylight hours in the early morning.
The gloomy atmosphere that had been shrouded in darkness dissipated, and the outlines of all the buildings and people hidden in the mist gradually became clear.
The bustling crowds of people from the lower town gathered on the suburban streets, their voices occasionally drifting out.
This is one of the few times they can see natural light on a normal day. In ordinary times, everyone would cherish this hard-won daylight.
Now, however, everyone is on edge.
In the distance, on the vast, empty land, there were also densely packed people, most of whom were refugees who had fled from the upper city.
They were all very familiar with this place, having always visited as guests. But things had changed; they had fallen on hard times and their status was now lower than that of the local inhabitants.
"Tell me right now, where did you hide the old city lord's body?"
"Snapped!"
The whip fell heavily on the old nobles who were tied to the cross, tearing their clothes and leaving deep bloody welts on their skin.
"Slap! Slap!"
Several pot-bellied middle-aged and elderly men were beaten until they cried and cried out that they were innocent.
"Snapped!"
"Ah! We didn't steal it, we've been wronged, waaaaah... Ah!"