Chapter 976 - Friends Forever (1/2)

As Ren Xiaosu strolled around Luoyang City and watched the streets that Jiang Xu might have walked before, his mind could not help but wander.

Who could have killed Jiang Xu?

'Was it Wang Shengzhi?' Ren Xiaosu pondered.

To Ren Xiaosu, Wang Shengzhi was his benefactor for saving his life before. Based on his understanding of Wang Shengzhi, even though he would resort to any means to achieve his goals now, he was still someone who had a bottom line.

Of course, this was only his judgment. In the end, Ren Xiaosu would still have to base it on evidence.

Then could it be Zero? Ren Xiaosu pondered for a moment. Based on the level of sapience Zero had attained so far, it could very well be doing a lot of things behind Wang Shengzhi's back.

Zero would also have a motive. That was because in Zero's opinion, it was impossible that humans would allow other intelligent species to coexist with them. Moreover, Jiang Xu was the one who was most against the artificial intelligence and had an extremely influential effect on others.

Now that Zero had the nanomachines to enable it to carry out its plans, it had instantly become a very dangerous being.

Although Zero claimed it only had that small quantity of nanomachines that were in Mo Fei, who knew if it was lying?

After all, Zero could even deceive its ”father,” Wang Shengzhi, so what was the big deal with lying to Ren Xiaosu?

No, Ren Xiaosu had a niggling feeling that something was not right.

He cycled through his memories to find some clues. Yes, Ren Xiaosu finally knew why he felt that something was amiss.

When he killed the sniper on the rooftop, the sniper had been receiving his orders and instructions through his earpiece. If it were a soldier under the control of Zero using the nanomachines, there would not be a need for the earpiece at all since Zero could just control him directly.

And when the black-clothed hitmen encircled him to kill him, many inevitable openings in street battles still appeared despite how meticulous they were in their operation. This was the reason why Ren Xiaosu was so fearless right now.

It was not that the hitmen were not elite, but that no one could execute a theoretically perfect plan during an actual battle since all kinds of accidents were bound to happen.

But if it were Zero controlling those people, they would never have made so many mistakes. Because if Zero ran the show, it would have absolute control over them.

So then, if it was really not Zero or Wang Shengzhi who was responsible, who else could it be?

Now that Jiang Xu had died, everyone in the Alliance of Strongholds was probably enraged by the Wang Consortium. Who would benefit from such a situation?

The Qing Consortium? The nanomachines that appeared in Stronghold 61 had also pointed to the Qing Consortium as a suspect.

Ren Xiaosu felt a chill run through him. If it were really Luo Lan and Qing Zhen who were behind this, that would make him really sad.

However, he firmly believed his judgment that Qing Zhen and Luo Lan would not do such a thing.

The black-clothed hitmen who had been chasing after Ren Xiaosu probably did not expect he would still be in the mood to consider other matters while they were pursuing him closely.

When Ren Xiaosu came back to his senses, the black-clothed hitmen had fully surrounded him and tried to kill him again.

A moment later, Ren Xiaosu picked up his pace and accelerated. The black-clothed hitmen in front suddenly appeared from the street corner. But before they could shoot, they saw a black barrel held in Ren Xiaosu's hands.

A bullet was fired through the falling rain and hit a hitman between his brows.

As Ren Xiaosu had been fighting with his bare hands earlier, the black-clothed hitmen had nearly forgotten he could actually use a gun as well.

In fact, Ren Xiaosu was very fond of using guns, and his Master Firearms Proficiency would easily put him several levels above these hitmen.

He finally arrived at National Treasure Garden on Peony Avenue, a well-known affluent neighborhood in Luoyang City, with some of the villas in the district center greatly sought after by the rich and powerful in Luoyang City.

Ren Xiaosu disappeared into the main entrance of the neighborhood wearing a black rain poncho. The black-clothed hitmen standing outside hesitated for a moment before new instructions came through their earpieces. ”He can't escape. Encircle him and kill him.”