Chapter 548 - Finding Your Way Into the Enemies’ Base [Two in One] (1/2)

Edited by Aelryinth

It had been two days since Zhang Che settled down at Zheng Huawei’s secret apartment. All he did was eat and sleep. However, he discovered nothing unusual during these two days.

“Damn it. Something seems off…”

He had originally thought that since this was Zheng Huawei’s secret apartment, he might use this place to contact some of the higher-ups from the Xinjing branch evil cult.

During these two days, the Freemason members in hiding should have found out from the military’s arrest warrants that Zheng Huawei had escaped. Since he had gotten away, he would definitely look for a place to hide. So, the Freemasons should find their way to him, right?

Even so, Zhang Che didn’t see anyone suspicious in this complicated residential district during the past two days, nor did anyone secretly come to contact him.

“Strange. Could it be that there are some things Zheng Huawei didn’t tell me, and that the Freemasons have other meeting places?” Zhang Che furrowed his brow, not understanding the situation.

Zheng Huawei had said everything Zhang Che wanted to know and whatever he could answer. He shouldn’t have left anything out, logically speaking.

-Then, maybe the Freemasons have completely given up on their original areas of activity after father-in-law’s men raided them everywhere, and have found new places?

-If that’s true, then they will obviously not come to Zheng Huawei’s hiding spot.-

“Looks like waiting idly won’t bring any results. What should I do next?”

Zhang Che felt his head aching. After all, he could only learn some information from Zheng Huawei’s mouth. He couldn’t read others’ memories like characters did in Xianxia novels and learn everything in detail.

Zhang Che shook his head violently, then started thinking back on the information he’d gotten before to see how he should move next.

“Right, in the namelist father-in-law provided, there seemed to be another person whose status is about the same as Zheng Huawei among the evil cult beastmasters who ‘escaped’. In that case, wouldn’t it be fine if I just went to find him?”

Zhang Che’s eyes finally lit up after thinking for a long time, and he came up with a feasible solution.

That evil cult beastmaster from the Freemasons was called Fang Ruqing, a Tier Four beastmaster somewhat older than Zheng Huawei. That person was well-acquainted with Zheng Huawei, and Zhang Che learned some information about this person through Zheng Huawei’s mouth, including one of Fang Ruqing’s secret hiding places.

“Hopefully this Fang Ruqing is hiding there and didn’t go contact the Freemasons.”

Xinjing City’s military was doing their best to search for the escapees during the last few days. Fang Ruqing shouldn’t be so daring as to immediately go find the Freemasons; he was probably in hiding and observing the situation.

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After making his decision, Zhang Che found a windbreaker with a hood and put it on, covering his head. He left the apartment and walked quickly to the northern sector of Xinjing City with his head lowered.

Nobody knew that Zheng Huawei had been killed. The search for him was still ongoing. Zhang Che didn’t dare to be careless, and chose to walk in places with less traffic.

All his plans would be for naught if the military’s search teams recognized him, and there’d be quite a bit of trouble going forward.

On his way, Zhang Che saw several teams of soldiers from afar checking on others at various intersections.

Fortunately, his senses were much sharper than ordinary people, and he always managed to avoid them in advance. In the end, he finally arrived at a small district in northern Xinjing City after many scares, but no actual danger.

People were coming and going, but the checks here weren’t very strict.

Of course, the so-called ‘not very strict’ was only Zhang Che’s own judgment. It would be very difficult for others to slip past them.

This time, Zhang Che used the advantages of his sharp senses and easily slipped past the security checkpoint, entering the small district.

Zhang Che was very impressed with Fang Ruqing’s courage, choosing this lively district as his hiding spot. It was impossible for anyone else, or for that matter, nobody else would dare to hide themselves here!

The darkest spot was right under the lamp. Perhaps it was that principle he was acting on?

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Dok dok dok…

Zhang Che knocked on the door lightly after arriving at Fang Ruqing’s hiding spot.

There was no reaction from inside the apartment.

Zhang Che was hesitating slightly. -Could it be that Fang Ruqing isn’t hiding here? Hmm, he should be a rather cautious person. He shouldn’t be so stupid as to come check things so easily.-

Just as he was thinking that, Zhang Che’s sharp ears caught the sound of some light footsteps. The person inside the apartment was slowly approaching the door, stopping every step of the way.

Zhang Che smiled faintly, knocking on the door a few more times.

“Who is it?” a rather hoarse voice came from behind the door, carrying a hint of caution.

Zhang Che opened his mouth, and Zheng Huawei’s voice rang out, “It’s me, Old Fang. Open the door!”

Zhang Che suppressed his voice to a very low volume, but the man in the apartment was able to hear him clearly.

Immediately afterwards, the man inside checked things out through the peephole and quickly opened the door. An arm reached out and quickly pulled Zhang Che in, then shut the door swiftly.

“Old Zheng, you also managed to escape?”

Fang Ruqing was a middle-aged man in his forties. He had a medium build, his figure slightly plump. His cheeks were meaty, and his eyes were the type where you could see the whites under his pupils. One look and you could tell this man wasn’t a kind soul.

“Right! There seems to be quite a few that managed to get away. I got lucky, and managed to hide from the search teams after more than a day of effort. I don’t even dare to return to my place, and was thinking of hiding at Old Fang’s, your place, for some time.” Zhang Che replied, nodding and his face filled with lingering fear.