Deep in the dim alley, Wang Dong'er leaned against the cold, rough wall, trying her best to conceal her aura.
Her body trembled slightly from tension, her blue-pink eyes fixed on the alley entrance, her body taut, ready to flee at any moment.
However, after waiting for a moment and confirming there was still no unusual movement outside, she subtly relaxed.
Adjusting her breathing, she cautiously poked her head out again, her gaze directed towards the distant young man and woman, a hint of solemnity in her eyes.
Her reason for trailing them at this moment dated back to over a month ago, when she woke up in the Kong Family Chamber of Commerce.
At that time, she had just woken up from the so-called testing pod, and the first thing she felt was a profound weakness throughout her body, a strange discomfort that filled her, as if her Soul and body were repelling each other.
While she was still in a daze, she was suddenly informed that she had actually "slept" for three whole months.
Three months!
It felt as if she had just closed her eyes and opened them again, and time had been stolen, yet her memory of it was completely blank!
Did she really sleep for three months after waking up? How was that possible? It was too absurd!
Especially after explaining the general situation, the Chamber of Commerce staff's seemingly polite but strange farewell words—
"If you still have questions, you are welcome to come to the Chamber of Commerce at any time, and we will give you a satisfactory answer."
Who could remain calm after encountering such a thing? What exactly did she experience during those three months? Why was she disoriented and weak after waking up?
She tried to subtly ask some Seniors in her club who had already become core members.
Their process of connecting to the Spiritual Pivot Network was very simple: put on the helmet, connect to the Network, sign the contract, gain access, try it out for the first time, and then exit normally.
The entire process took only ten to twenty minutes; no one else had slept for three months like her.
Clearly, she was special.
But unfortunately, this kind of specialness brought not a reward, but an inexplicable fear.
Perhaps it was some kind of aftereffect; in the first few days after returning from the Chamber of Commerce, she was somewhat muddled, her mind uncontrollably wandering.
Had she been exposed? Was this a trap set for her? Had she been targeted by some terrifying entity? Would someone come to arrest her as a spy?
However, after several days of such wild thoughts, everything remained calm, and her mental state gradually improved.
After a few more days, her body and mind seemed to adapt, returning to their usual normal state.
However, it was only after she recovered from this muddled state and tried meditating for the first time that she belatedly discovered her spirit power had already broken through to level forty at some unknown point!
And when she subconsciously summoned her Spirit, she also found that she had an additional Spirit.
Yes, that's right, she had an additional Spirit! A Third Spirit!
This almost explicitly showed that something must have happened during the three months she was unconscious!
Her Third Spirit was a sky-blue humanoid phantom, which, from its appearance, was a handsome man in luxurious robes.
She had tried to activate her Third Spirit, but she would feel an incredibly heavy sensation, and each attempt would inexplicably exhaust her, forcing her to give up.
Under these circumstances, she could only observe its form; beyond that, she couldn't even know the name of this Spirit.
For the past month, after returning to normal, she had been secretly investigating what exactly was happening to her.
But she carried a secret, and her arrival in the Sun Moon Empire had ulterior motives, making it impossible for her to act openly, and investigating alone was like searching for a needle in a haystack; ultimately, after a month, she had basically found nothing.
During this time, she had not returned to the Kong Family Chamber of Commerce as the staff member had suggested.
After all, she had encountered trouble at the Kong Family Chamber of Commerce, and going back to the Kong Family Chamber of Commerce herself would seem like walking into a trap.
Before achieving her true goal of finding her Big Father and Second Father, she had to be extremely cautious.
Yet who would have thought that today, she was merely going out to buy daily necessities when she unexpectedly encountered a young man.
A young man whose appearance was at least eighty or ninety percent similar to the phantom of her Third Spirit in her spiritual pivot sea!
Wang Dong'er's gaze was serious as she distantly outlined the equally handsome, but younger, profile.
After watching for a while, she was almost certain that this young man's face was nearly identical to the face of her suddenly appearing Third Spirit!
She didn't believe in such a coincidence, so, not surprisingly, this young man must be inextricably linked to the strange events that happened to her and that inexplicable Third Spirit!
He most likely knew the truth of those three months!
Without much hesitation, Wang Dong'er cautiously followed him.
Watching the young man and woman in front of her stop and go, eventually entering a seemingly unremarkable but inherently dignified mansion.
Her gaze fixed on the plaque above the mansion's entrance—Kong Family.
Kong Family Chamber of Commerce, Kong Family.
Her suspicions were confirmed.
She took a deep breath, rapidly planning in her mind.
First, she would try to investigate the young man's specific identity, then find a suitable opportunity to make contact.
If that really didn't work, then she would go to the Chamber of Commerce to find out the truth.
Of course, that was the last resort.
Just as Wang Dong'er was seriously contemplating her strategy, a clear, somewhat heroic voice suddenly came from behind her:
"Dong'er?"
Wang Dong'er's thoughts stalled, and she quickly turned around, only to see a girl with golden hair and red eyes, whose delicate features exuded a hint of spiritedness, standing not far away, looking at her with slight confusion.
That was Gu Qiu'er, her classmate and friend from the academy, whose strength was exceptionally powerful and whose abilities surpassed her own.
"Oh, it's you, Gu Qiu'er," Wang Dong'er suppressed the panic in her heart and asked in return, "What are you doing here?"
Gu Qiu'er blinked, her tone normal as she said:
"Gu Yue told me to come out and get the metal Materials she ordered earlier, and pick up some other things on the way back.
"Then I suddenly saw you lurking here suspiciously, so I followed to see what was wrong. What happened?"
Wang Dong'er's eyes flickered, and she vaguely replied, "Nothing... nothing, just strolling around."
A flicker of imperceptible doubt flashed in Gu Qiu'er's golden eyes.
She had approached Wang Dong'er under the orders of her Lord Sister, hoping to find clues about the Son of Destiny, but unfortunately, she had found nothing.
However, at this moment, Gu Qiu'er seemed to sense something, her nose twitching slightly, sniffing, as if trying to capture a special scent.
At one point, her gaze passed over Wang Dong'er, directly towards the "Kong Mansion" in the distance, her eyes subtly shifting.
She seemed to have found a possible target?
Hey! I suddenly found something interesting. Given Gu Qiu'er's current situation, I feel like it would be great to write plots like "Inspector Gu Qiu'er infiltrates" later on.
(End of Chapter)
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