"What happened?" Wei Huan asked.
Mu Zhong was about to speak when he saw the person inside the car.
Besides Ding Qi, the twins also returned to the car.
"Commander, Deputy Commander." Upon seeing the two, the twins quickly stood up to greet them.
They were not tall, with light-colored, slightly curly hair and big eyes, looking cute and adorable. It's hard to imagine that they could withstand so much pressure back in District 1006.
Mu Zhong swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and simply talked about the transfer of the files.
The twins indicated that the Southwest Army did not obstruct their procedures, but transferring the files to the Northeast Army required coordination between the two sides, which would take time, and they probably wouldn't be able to depart until the day after tomorrow.
While they were talking, Ding Qi lay in the den formed by the bear's body, with a wolf lying down in front of her, allowing her to stroke its fur at will, and a ghost crow quietly landing on the bear's head, dozing off.
This scene was extremely familiar; Ding Qi had experienced the same thing in her previous life, thoroughly enjoying interacting with her dark beast pet.
After finishing their business, Wei Huan and Mu Zhong hurriedly went upstairs, closed the door, and Wei Huan looked at Mu Zhong.
"Hmm, so what happened?"
Mu Zhong frowned slightly: "The legion's supplies are in trouble. The supplies that are clearly recorded cannot be found when they are retrieved. It's not just the energy tanks that are missing, but also some other things. A lot of gold equipment is missing."
Wei Huan hadn't considered this possibility, and his eyes instantly turned cold: "Any directions for investigation?"
Mu nodded: "Commander Mu is investigating. The other party holds a high rank in the legion and has very high hacking skills. They took advantage of this chaotic period in the Northeast Army to tamper with the system. If Commander Mu hadn't been so sure that the supplies existed and hadn't retrieved the offline storage information for verification, I don't know how long they would have kept it a secret before it was exposed."
Wei Huan thought for a moment: "Did he take these things and plan to stay in the Challenge World and never come back? A member of the War Clan?"
"It's uncertain." Mu Zhong shook his head. "Anything is possible until the results are in."
Wei Huan lowered his eyes, never expecting that even after avoiding the future of the Northeast Army losing its commander-in-chief and falling to the enemy, such a thing would still happen.
Or perhaps it happened in a previous life, but I wasn't qualified to know these secrets?
But in any case, this matter is very unpleasant.
"We can't stay in the car today," Wei Huan said seriously to Mu Zhong. "The other side dares to touch the legion's supplies. They're either powerful individuals or a bunch of corrupt officials with considerable power and influence."
"Brother Xiaotian and Captain Wang have already been called over, and Xiaoyi has also had her fortune told, but I'm still worried about you after you said that. So let's go out."
"good."
Back in the room from the car, the lights were off, and Zhou Xian had already put her daughter to bed.
The noise from the two woke Zhou Xian. She came out of the bedroom and quietly looked at them. Mu Zhong said, "We'll stay at home tonight."
Zhou Xian seemed to remember something, and her expression turned serious. "I already cleaned your room yesterday; it's the guest room..."
Wei Huan said directly, "I'll stay in Mu Zhong's room for one night."
After booking their accommodation, the two took turns showering in the car before returning to Mu Zhong's room.
Inside.
This house wasn't Mu Chong's room from childhood to adulthood; he moved in after he grew up, so there aren't many traces of his childhood there.
Wei Huan could only see Mu Chong as a child from a few photos on the desk.
It's so cute and adorable, especially the photo with the missing tooth; the messy handwriting makes you want to rub it.
After staring at the photo for a while, Mu Zhong turned around and found himself in bed. The orange light from the bedside lamp shone on his face, and their gazes instantly became intertwined, making the atmosphere ambiguous.
Especially on this bed, which is only 1.50 meters wide, when Wei Huan lay down on one side of the bed, his arm naturally touched Mu Zhong's arm.
It was scalding hot, as if it were burning on the tip of his heart.
"Should I go to the Temple of Professions first?" Mu Zhong put down his phone, pretending to be calm, and lay down on the bed. He said, "I'll turn up the ringer. If a call comes in, my mom will come in and call us."
Wei Huan nodded, watching Mu Zhong avoid his gaze, then closed his eyes again, quickly relaxing and his breathing becoming shallow.
This is the state of entering the Temple of Professions.
Wei Huan also lay down. He originally wanted to go directly to the Temple of Professions, but after thinking about it, he turned to look at Mu Zhong.
The orange light was too dim, but he could still see the lingering red on Mu Chong's earlobe.
It seems they are the same, feeling both nervous and expectant about this sudden intimacy.
Then Wei Huan's gaze shifted to Mu Zhong's profile, his eyes rolling over his sharply defined features, from thick eyebrows to a high nose bridge, and finally settling on his tightly closed eyes.
Wei Huan let himself go and did something he had wanted to do for a long time.
He ran his fingertips through Mu Zhong's long eyelashes, and the tingling, soft touch was exactly as he had imagined.
Then he turned his hand over and gently scraped Mu Zhong's cheek with the back of his second finger.
After being cooped up in the car for over a month, my wheat-colored skin has disappeared, and I'm now excessively pale. Even up close, there's no trace of sweat pores.
Mu Zhong is truly handsome; his face alone possesses the exquisite features of both male and female models, resembling those idol stars before the advent of the "Challenge the World" phenomenon. However, he exudes a refined and elegant demeanor, acts decisively, and radiates a powerful resilience from within. Such masculinity would never lead people to misunderstand his gender.
Wei Huan has never liked anyone.
He suffered greatly in his previous life, and he is very busy in this life, focusing all his energy on his career. He is being driven to the brink of suffocation by the dark beasts, so he has no time to care about others.
But at this moment, he knew very clearly that he was attracted to Mu Zhong.
My heart felt incredibly soft; I wanted to watch him until the end of time, hand in hand until the seas dried up and the rocks crumbled.
Finally, Wei Huan gently stroked Mu Zhong's cheek before forcibly ordering himself to calm down.
I closed my eyes and went to the great tomb.
After a day, the remaining undead who only received "attribute blessings" also recovered.
Wei Huan resurrected them all, and his nether energy and spirit were depleted again. He lay on the back of the mother doll and let her patrol the mountain, while he silently entangled with the great tomb, letting himself sink deeper and deeper into the tomb.
Like falling into an endless abyss, he vaguely saw
That fleeting glimpse revealed the creatures within the great tomb.
As expected, they were indeed high-level dark beasts: a seven-star two-headed hidden demon, an eight-star thought beast, and a nine-star dark beast king.
They were like the rulers of the underworld, sitting high on their respective boundless thrones, with endless, bone-like seas of the dead beneath their feet, shattering and resurrecting with the opening and closing of their eyes.
Finally, in the deepest part of the abyss, Wei Huan sensed a powerful force.
He couldn't see His appearance clearly, only that He was more powerful than the King of Dark Beasts, with an aura as deep as the abyss and an existence as dark as the underworld. Just the aura he sensed from afar made Wei Huan's hands and feet turn cold, and his body felt as if it were frozen.
Even more terrifying, Wei Huan clearly felt the other person glance at him, a glance that carried the power of cosmic destruction, tearing him apart and causing him to die countless times in a short period of time...
"ah!!"
Wei Huan suddenly sat up, breathing heavily, his consciousness remaining fixed on the process of his continuous death for a very long time.
Coming to my senses, I realized that I was still in Mu Zhong's room.
He suppressed his pounding heart, tried to calm his breathing, and turned to look at Mu Zhong.
Those who enter the Temple of Professions are like those who enter the deepest sleep; unless they are loudly awakened, they will remain in the Temple of Professions until the appointed time.
Wei Huan's movements did not wake Mu Zhong, but Wei Huan keenly sensed that the darkness in the room was becoming stronger.
Moreover, his inability to control the dissipation of dark energy is harmful to Mu Zhong.
In that critical moment, Wei Huan decisively returned to his car.
He believed that once Mu Zhong woke up and saw the beacon beside him, he would come to the car to find him.
Now, let's see what's going on with this out-of-control dark power.
Wei Huan went directly to the training room on the third floor, closed the door tightly to prevent the dark forces from getting out of control and affecting the other crew members, and at the same time, he could make some attempts without restraint.
First and foremost, it's certain that my attributes haven't changed significantly; they're exactly the same as before I entered the Temple of Classes.
His gaze fell on the note, which read, "[Dark energy is eroding...]"—a common description for every dark profession, including Xu Qingqiang's. But this time, the familiar note had changed to "[Dark energy is accelerating its erosion...]"
The word "accelerate" has been added.
Wei Huan stared at the dark power emanating from his arm, which was almost visible to the naked eye and seemed to be emitting smoke.
Once again, he thought of that unobservable figure, whose aura was incredibly powerful, almost godlike.
So it wasn't a hallucination. In his entanglement with the Great Tomb, he seemed to have caught the tentacles of some extraordinary being. The aura, like nerve endings, was unbearable for him.
So, is that guy the owner of this great tomb?
Wei Huan had always thought that the owner of this large tomb was the King of Dark Beasts, but now he no longer thought so.
What is the aura of the Dark Beast King? Before this being, it is but a drop in the ocean, a mere shadow of the moon and a firefly.
Wei Huan even suspected that he might have touched the core of the "law of death" to encounter such a terrifying guy.
Without a guide, and with no other choice but to face the situation, Wei Huan, after much deliberation, decided to return to the tomb once more.
When he returned, he noticed something different.
Flying monkeys with dragonfly wings flew in the sky, and the cemetery floor was full of holes, with dog-headed people hopping around like rabbits peeking out.
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The dark beast that he had never been able to see before suddenly appeared before his eyes.
Even the great tomb felt unfamiliar.
The moment Wei Huan appeared, they seemed to receive some kind of unseen signal and all looked over.
Without a second thought, Wei Huan became spiritually entangled with a flying monkey, like a golden monkey, trying to ignite the flame in its eyes.
The next second, it felt like my head had been hit hard by a sledgehammer.
His vision went black, and he almost fainted to the ground, but his mother supported him with her legs.
After catching his breath, Wei Huan looked again and found that the flying monkey had disappeared. His mental strength was injured, and he was unable to recruit a six-star monkey.
Clearly, his rank was still too low; the rules didn't allow him to jump so many levels and recruit six-star beings.
Wei Huan then turned his gaze to the kobold.
As fellow five-star beings, if I can recruit the Demon Eye Lord, then I can certainly recruit these kobolds.
For the rest of the time, Wei Huan did nothing, not even trying to linger on the aura of the tomb, focusing instead on restoring his spiritual power and Netherworld power.
Time passed by, second by second.
He had been in the tomb for 24 hours.
The ratio of time in the Great Tomb to real time is 5:1, and the maximum time each person can stay in the tomb at one time is 25 hours.
As the time for being ejected approached, Wei Huan, whose condition had mostly recovered, turned his gaze to the kobolds.
He recalled that when he recruited the anal-cleaning guy and the point-pointing mom, they were the ones who took the initiative to come to him.
It would be great if I could recruit an elite during the initial recruitment phase.
Wei Huan conveyed his desire to recruit kobolds, making eye contact with each one.
But these kobolds only have the most common emotions in their minds. They crave to be recruited and to leave this world of death, but they lack intelligence and will not approach Wei Huan on their own initiative.
Wei Huan had no choice but to step onto Douma's long legs and continue walking forward, making eye contact with each of the kobolds.
Half an hour later, he saw a huge dog-headed man, over 1.5 meters tall.
This kobold seemed to have some different emotions in its mind. After staring at Wei Huan for three meters, it slowly, without looking particularly excited, walked over.
But Wei Huan could also sense excitement and anticipation in his emotions.
Before Wei Huan could figure out why, he suddenly understood when seven little dog-headed people crawled out from his shoulders, sides, and head.
Because his abilities are not yet sufficient.
This is a special kobold, perhaps an elite-level one, but it has seven smaller kobolds. If you want to recruit it, you must recruit all seven smaller kobolds at the same time.
Wei Huan has only recovered to 60% of his former strength. Even at his peak, it's uncertain whether he could recruit eight kobolds in one go, let alone now that he's only half-baked.
And the time to leave is almost here.
Wei Huan had to convey to the other party that he would soon return and take them with him.
And just in case the "Anal-Cleaning Guy" and his wolves surrounded it.
Before leaving, Wei Huan recruited nine Shura warriors in one last wave, exhausting all his Netherworld power before departing the Great Tomb.
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When consciousness returned to the body, it was still in the training room. The black mist in the body was gone, but it was listless and very tired.
He originally wanted to just lie down and sleep, but he couldn't get used to this kind of headache that drained him so much, no matter how many times it happened.
But before the body could relax after falling, it bounced up again.
Now that no more dark energy is leaking out, I should be able to go back, otherwise Mu Zhong will be worried.
This is a feeling of having someone to care about. Wei Huan, who is used to being alone, finds it a bit troublesome, but he is also very concerned about it and is willing to do it.
When they returned to Earth, it was already past midnight, but the lights in the room were on, and there was no one on the bed next to them.
When Wei Huan touched it, the warm touch proved that the person had been there not long ago.
At this moment, Mu Zhong entered the room in a wheelchair, carrying two glasses of water. When he saw him, he smiled without surprise: "I knew you'd be back soon."
Wei Huan rolled out of bed: "Not surprised?"
"Isn't it obvious? There was too much residual dark energy in the room, so you probably didn't want to affect my getting back to the car. We entered the Temple of Professions at the same time, so I guess you'll be out soon."
"You're so smart."
"Whether I'm smart or not is hard to say, but I do have a very good eye for things. So, did you know Ding Qi before?"
This unexpected remark almost hurt Wei Huan's back.
After pausing for a moment, clearly preoccupied, Wei Huan said, "Am I paying too much attention to her?"
Mu Chong raised his eyebrows.
Wei Huan didn't know how to explain, but he knew that Mu Zhong might not want an explanation, so he only gave the answer: "From now on, I will only pay attention to you."
A sentence that is not a confession, but is better than a confession.
Both of them were stunned after they finished speaking.
Mu Zhong's eyelashes trembled, then he smiled and said, "Alright, I've remembered what Captain Wei said."
Wei Huan said, "A promise is a promise."
Mu Zhong handed over the water glass, and the two of them raised their glasses and clinked them together at the same time.
The crisp "ding" sound was like a vow.
...
After leaving the Temple of Professions, the two of them would usually take a nap to recover their energy.
The two of them were preoccupied with something and couldn't fall asleep. Finally, Mu Zhong sat up and said, "You go back to sleep. I'm going to the legion."
"I'll go with you."
Mu Zhong thought for a moment and nodded, knowing he couldn't persuade Wei Huan.
The noise of their departure woke Zhou Xian. She came out of the bedroom and closed the door behind her. Seeing that the two were dressed neatly and about to leave, she knew where they were going.
"Go ahead, but remember to call your dad on the way and have him arrange for someone to pick you up, otherwise Wei Huan won't be able to get in."
"Um."
It was very cold outside when I went outside.
It was only early spring, and a few days ago Beijing had experienced a heavy snowfall. Now the snow had turned to ice and was melting slowly, making the ground slippery.
The cold air rushed into my nostrils and straight up to my forehead.
Even in the bustling capital city, the streets were nearly deserted in the early hours of the morning.
.
Only the streetlights, like loyal guards, still shone brightly.
There's a small road leading directly to the military headquarters from the east gate of the compound, but Wei Huan still chose to drive.
It's too cold.
Although Mu Zhong's wounds had healed, he was clearly affected by extreme weather. He thought that Wei Huan wouldn't know unless he told him, but his stamina dropped drastically every time the environment was bad.
The vehicle was acquired in a hurry and has not been modified, so Mu Zhong's wheelchair could not be put directly into the vehicle.
Every time he got on or off the bus, Wei Huan would carry him, and Mu Zhong would always remain quiet during this process.
Wei Huan knew that Mu Zhong was uncomfortable, but he felt strangely pleased that he could get close to Mu Zhong in this way.
Soon, they arrived at the headquarters, where Commander Mu's adjutant was indeed waiting at the main gate.
The adjutant was very familiar with Mu Zhong, and Wei Huan had met him twice as well. After getting into the car, he said, "This investigation is still classified. The army commander plans to purge the corrupt elements in the military region, so he hasn't made a big fuss about it, and the progress is a bit slow."
All the evidence points to the logistics minister, who is currently on leave. However, we all know that he can't handle such a big matter alone, and disposing of stolen goods requires channels; there's a large network behind it.
Mu Zhong listened and said, "Could the matter at Qinhu be related to them? I've been thinking about how they accurately predicted our actions and even set a trap. I've always suspected there's a traitor among us."
Upon hearing the words "Qinhu," Wei Huan tightened his grip on the steering wheel.
He remembered his cousin Mu saying that Mu Zhong's legs were missing at Qin Lake.
The adjutant was still talking to Mu Zhong, creating an atmosphere where Wei Huan couldn't get a word in edgewise.
In fact, just over a month ago, Mu Zhong was a prodigy of the Great Xia Dynasty, a genius that other countries envied and wanted to eliminate in secret. He also held an important position in the Northeast Army and knew and controlled a lot of confidential information within the army.
What Wei Huan has seen recently is Mu's compromise after being seriously injured. No matter how strong he is, he has lost his edge because of his disability.
In his memory, the healthy Mu Zhong was like the blazing sun in the sky, and at one point, he even made Wei Huan feel ashamed of himself.
Of course, as I gradually grew stronger, this idea disappeared long ago.
He could now appreciate every shining point of Mu Zhong and proudly think, "He's mine."
The car drove through a long stretch of park road and finally arrived at the office building.
The lights were on on all three floors of the office building. Commander Mu was waiting for news in one of the offices. When they entered, Commander Mu was lying back in his office chair, pretending to doze off. Hearing the noise, he opened his eyes and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Why did you still come here?"
Mu Zhong said, "I've come to keep you company and see if there's anything I can do. I'm a Challenger now, and my physical fitness is very high. You can now arrange tasks for me that I couldn't do before."
After saying that, he looked at Wei Huan again, his expression saying, "There's a powerful outside help here."
Wei Huan nodded: "For surveillance, my Ghost Crow should be more useful than intelligence personnel."
Commander Mu said, "Sure, I'll call you if needed."
Mu Zhong waited until the two finished their conversation before speaking again: "What are you waiting for now?"
Commander Mu glanced at the doorway and then said, "We need to follow up on the leads. Since I've started investigating, the information will definitely be leaked. Once they can't help but take action, there will surely be more leads."
"Can we initially pinpoint a range? Do we have directions for upstream and downstream?" Mu Zhong asked again.
Commander Mu beckoned the two men closer and handed them a document to look at.
Before Wei Huan could finish reading, Mu Zhong frowned and asked, "Shi Heng Group? Is this the latest investigation result?"
"Yes, we continued our investigation after you were injured and found them. They are professional brokers," Commander Mu said. "The population and land of Sangshu Kingdom are not large, so they can only arm themselves by smuggling equipment and supplies from Daxia. There are many forces in Sangshu Kingdom that make a living this way. After the power was reshuffled, the best performing one was an organization called Shi Heng Group."
Before the arrival of the challenge world, the Shi Heng family's company had already established itself in half of the Great Xia Dynasty, excelling in education and trade. Therefore, their family members had branches in both the Great Xia and the Mulberry Tree Kingdom, thus becoming one of the links between the two countries.
At this point, Commander Mu frowned and his voice turned cold: "The Shi Heng Group, acting as mercenaries, has been cooperating with our Northeast Army for the past few years, jointly developing many ruins and relics. Their cooperation has even extended to Blue Star, helping us conduct marine technology research and development with Sangshu Kingdom."
For a long time, we didn't investigate the Shi Heng group until the evidence was presented to us; they were indeed acting as middlemen, profiting from both sides.
"Shi Hengjun." Upon hearing this, Wei Huan only uttered three words.