Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 554 - 442 Defend_2

"Don’t you think... The Doctor has a rather particular attitude towards this settlement?"

"Rather than saying he has a particular attitude towards the settlement, it’s more accurate to say it’s towards Number Zero... This is the first power that can completely suppress Number Zero’s ’cannibalistic’ desires. It’s not hard to guess what the Doctor is thinking."

"We can’t let the Doctor waste any more time here; Grey Iron City is still waiting for his leadership. I’ve heard that quite a few changes have taken place in the city during the time we’ve been away. Taking advantage of our absence, some people have even started rebelling against the city’s rules!"

"How about... we make the decision for the Doctor? It’s just a small settlement, right? We can simply snatch Number Zero back. The convoy hiding Number Zero came back, I saw it first thing this morning."

"Are you sure? Their leader is not easy to deal with... I heard from the others that the leader took down an entire Smart Machinery Factory by himself, that small factory on the west side of the city. A brother just glanced at the leader from a distance and almost got his brain shot through. If he hadn’t dodged in time, the grass over his grave would be a meter high by now."

"Leader?" One of the figures in black leather snickered, "He’s already fallen."

"My brothers and I have been keeping a close watch on the military camp... A Mecha suddenly left the camp on an emergency mission last night, and the military zone immediately sent people to pursue it. When they returned, I had a glimpse; the person who drove the Mecha away from the camp was that so-called leader. That guy’s status in the military isn’t high; he’s probably been executed by now."

"You sure?"

"Even if he hasn’t been executed, he must be skinned alive. Wasn’t the Doctor here just to assess this guy? Now that he himself is in peril, what’s the necessity for assessment? We might as well act first and report afterwards, just kidnap Number Zero and be done with it."

"A real kidnapping, or a fake one?"

"A real kidnapping!"

"Does everyone agree?"

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

"I agree too! Dammit, we can’t let the Doctor waste any more time here. The Doctor is humanity’s pioneer; how can something like Number Zero deserve so much of the Doctor’s attention? Even if I get punished after we return, I’ll accept it! Let’s do it!"

"Then let’s do it!"

The shadows took advantage of the night to stealthily creep towards the human settlement that was still in slumber.

After a long period of observation, they found the human settlement to be riddled with holes from their viewpoint.

Except for their leader and that Arbitration Place girl who occasionally strolled around, the rest were no better than rotten fish.

If they could avoid those two, even if they slaughtered the entire Black Street, it would probably take quite a while before any wind of it was leaked.

On the contrary, kidnapping Number Zero or taking them by force was likely to cause a bigger commotion.

But that didn’t matter, for the sake of the Doctor... Such risks were entirely negligible.

What’s a little noise, as long as that leader is not around...

"Hey! Are you from Black Street?" The shadows moving through the darkness suddenly heard an emotionless interrogative sentence.

Looking towards the source of the voice, they saw a slender figure cloaked in black standing at a nearby dark corner.

The men in black leather exchanged silent glances, "There are still many of Black Street’s sentinels around..."

One of them, a brutish man with a volatile nature, grinned wickedly at the shadow, "Originally we weren’t planning to kill anyone, but you’re just unlucky, girl."

One of the more cautious black leather clad warriors began to realize something was amiss, "Wait, how come we didn’t notice..."

In the corner of his eye, a sword light that seemed to sever the fabric of time itself came slicing through the air, accompanied by a gentle murmur from the woman, "No wonder he said there were quite a few bad guys targeting Black Street..."

"Pfft!"

A sword executed by decapitation.

The only one remaining, a warrior with ribs fused like plate armor across his chest, looked towards Yue Ying’s direction with eyes full of horror, "How... How is this possible..."

How could there be such a powerful master hidden in Black Street?

Why had they not detected even the faintest clue of this master’s existence?

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How could such an inconspicuous gathering place outside Blackwater City harbor so many extraordinary masters?

Unfortunately, nobody could answer his question.

He couldn’t even voice it properly.

Yue Ying caressed the hilt of her Longsword, feeling slightly annoyed.

Having not struck for many days, was she now unable to kill a person with a single stroke?

"Swish!"

The Longsword was drawn once more, and another fierce sword light struck precisely on the same wound.

As long as no one could tell she used two strokes, she still counted as having only used one...

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"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several lower halves of bodies, cut in two from the middle, lost control of their own will, and slowly toppled over where they stood, crashing to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Yue Ying, cradling her longsword, made her way to the highest point in the center of Black Street. There she sat down cross-legged, her breath merging with the natural world.

’I want to see just how many bad guys are keeping an eye on this place.’

With an indifferent glance around, Yue Ying’s eyes gently closed.

At the same time, the will of Spiritual Energy enveloped all directions...

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"Do... Doctor..." a slightly panicked voice woke the doctor who was deep in sleep.

"What’s wrong?" the tall doctor asked in a low voice as he sat up from his simple bed, his indifferent eyes turning toward the black-clad warrior who had come to report.

"Xiao Qi... Xiao Qi and the others are dead."

"Dead?" the doctor’s eyes sharpened, "Who did they provoke?"

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"Don’t... don’t know." The reporting warrior swallowed, eyes filled with fear, "The bodies were found not far from Black Street, a total of six brothers... someone... someone sliced them with a sword."

"One sword?"

The warrior nodded with difficulty, "One sword... six men."

What kind of power is this?

Unthinkable.

Even if those Demon Princes themselves descended to the world, it would probably look something like this, right?

"..." The doctor furrowed his brows deeply, silent for a long time.

It wasn’t that leader he knew well!

There’s a master behind that so-called leader?

He couldn’t think of any familiar existence with this level of power.

The Empire’s War God? He’s not in Blackwater City though...

And that muscle-head only knows how to rely on his brute strength to charge blindly; when did he ever learn sword techniques—something he would consider heretical to his style?

Since when did humans have such a level of existence? He was completely unaware... and it was right near that Black Street?

And more importantly...

"Who allowed them to get close to Black Street?!" the doctor’s face twisted in anger, like a fearsome beast choosing its prey.

"They... they... Some brothers said they planned to directly snatch Number Zero back..."

"Boom!" The doctor slammed the table, his beard bristling in fury, "Get everyone back here! Send out my orders, don’t let anyone get close to Black Street again before we figure out the situation, offenders... execute!"

The reporter bowed deeply, his body trembling slightly, "Yes! Doctor!"

Stepping out of the gloomy sewer entrance, the doctor looked distantly at the human settlement that was just waking up in the early dawn light.

The early morning sunlight spread over the rooftops, reflecting a dazzling golden light.

Vibrant sounds rose from all around Black Street. The doctor rubbed his cheeks, shifting his facial expression from stiff indifference to a deceptively benign one.

Daylight had broken, and it was time for work.

"What a lovely day..."

Hefting his hoe, the doctor walked back into Black Street from outside, warmly greeting the familiar residents he met along the way.

"Good morning, Mr. Wang."

"Good morning, Ms. Wang."

"Is Li Dan’er still not awake?"

During the occasional moments when no one was around, a pair of cold and sinister eyes would scan every dark corner of Black Street, as if some deeply hidden, cunning beast lurked there, waiting for each ignorant soul to fall into the trap of Black Street.

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"Yawn~" At the military camp’s gate, a uniformed officer who had just finished yawning turned to greet the soldiers on guard with a smile, "Hey~ good morning! You haven’t changed shifts yet?"

Watching the officer’s retreating figure heading towards Black Street, the puzzled gate guard scratched the back of his head, "Since when is Officer Ge Lan so easy to talk to?"

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