494 Fire Across Shanghai, Part One (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
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It all happened so quickly. Zhao Manyan, Zhang Xiaohou, Lingling and Xinxia did not expect it.
They were basically put under house arrest by Zhao Yulin in the Zhao Family's villa in the south. Simply speaking, none of them was allowed to leave before they were sure that the Fiery Sorceress had given up on getting her revenge.
The party was left with no choice. They could only wait patiently.
It turned out that the Fire Calamity Fruit needed a few more days to fully ripen. Zhao Yulin and Jiang Feng were basically the monsters that had stolen Tang Sanzang, and were afraid that Sun Wukong would come to get his revenge. Unfortunately, they could only eat the monk after his flesh was cooked, and would only feel relieved once the meat was in their stomach!
{TL Note: It's a reference to 'Journey to the West'.}
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Two days later, the group finally received some news about Mo Fan. It turned out that Mo Fan had also returned to Dunhuang City, after learning the group was safe from his Swift Star Wolf...
As he arrived at Dunhuang, he learned that his friends were forced to return to Shanghai with Zhao Yulin, thus he quickly boarded a military supply plane that happened to be departing for Shanghai.
Together with Mo Fan as he returned to Shanghai was the female Commander Nanyu. She was unwilling to give up investigating the person responsible for stealing the Fire Calamity Fruit, thus she followed Mo Fan to Shanghai, too.
The journey from the Fire Pillar Hill to Dunhuang had been a tough one. Luckily, Nanyu had some special capabilities, allowing them to cross the Drifting Sand River safely. Otherwise, they would still be trapped in the North Burning Valley.
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The plane ride back to Shanghai did not take long. As they arrived at Hongqiao Airport, Mo Fan went straight to the suburb in the southwest. To his surprise, Zhao Yulin's mansion was very close to the temporary refugee placements he used to stay at in the past. It was a place called Lehuo Town!
An industrial district lay between Lehuo Town and Shanghai City. Both sides of the road between the two places were filled with all kinds of factories, warehouses, and companies. As such, one could see lots of irregularly shaped buildings, workshops, and houses when glancing into the distance.
Factory workers were the main residents in Lehuo Town, resulting in a deserted town during working hours.
Even though the place was considered a part of Shanghai, the main difference to other towns was that the town lacked the typical peaceful atmosphere, as the residents all lived a repetitive life, like machines...
The entire area was owned by Zhao Yulin. His mansion was on top of a hill, modified into a European style abode, with an asphalt road leading to the mansion in winding curves. It had luxuriantly green pine trees, maple trees, a giant fountain, and gardens under the consistent care of gardeners.
Mo Fan had been assigned to live in Lehuo Town before. That house seemed to belong to one of Zhao Yulin's companies, too. He only learned there was such a luxurious mansion here today; it looked slightly more majestic than the Mu Family's villa in Bo City. If the town was like a small country, Zhao Yulin was basically the king!
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Mo Fan went up the hill, and was stopped immediately by some Magicians on patrol when he was heading into the villa.
Mo Fan revealed his identity. After almost an hour of waiting, their superior finally gave them permission to let him pass.
Mo Fan pulled a long face. -What the heck is wrong with these people, trying to return to old ways? Why can't you just use your phone? They had to spend an hour doing something that could be done in just minutes! Even the sky is getting dark!-