Chapter 90 (1/2)

The sky was getting darker. By 4:30 in the afternoon, the sun was tilting westward. A shining white pentagram appeared in the western sky, blending in with the sunset. Tang Mo stood upstairs and stared closely at the strange pentagram. Downstairs, several members of the Nanjing Group had assembled.

“That is the signal from Captain Xiao’s team.” Fu Wensheng spoke with horror. Tang Mo turned to look. It was unknown when the boy had ran out. Fu Wensheng explained, “Previously, there was a player in Nanjing who exchanged a prop for intelligence from the Nanjing Group. His prop is that flare. There are a total of four, two of which were given to Captain Xiao so they can contact the Nanjing Group in a hurry. It is the first time that Captain Xiao has used the flare since he got it a month ago… surely he didn’t have an accident?”

Fu Wenduo’s voice was calm. “He had time to send the flare, indicating that it is something that can be delayed and isn’t immediately fatal. In addition, this is Nanjing.”

Fu Wensheng nodded with reassurance after hearing his older cousin say this.

Then Fu Wensheng went downstairs to join his teammates. Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo followed behind him. They didn’t completely walk over, standing at a distance while looking at the more than 10 Nanjing Group members. There were a total of 43 members in the Nanjing Group, 26 of which were outside to participate in the instances. The 17 people in front of them were all members of the Nanjing Group.

Chai Rong said, “Xiao Jitong sent a signal so he is certainly calling us about something. I will take a few people while you stay here.” He ordered 10 players to stay where they were while the other six went with him to find Xiao Jitong.

The young woman standing next to Chai Rong thought for a moment before calmly saying, “Captain Xiao can send a signal with the flare. This means it has nothing to do with a black tower game and he has encountered something else. It is most likely stowaways. You protect the base while I will go with the captain. We will send something to report back regardless of the situation. Assuming no one comes back, run away quickly.”

Fu Wensheng was one of the 10 people left behind. His mouth opened and closed as he listened to what they were saying.

He asked in a strange manner, “We should run?”

The woman nodded. “Stowaways that even the captain can’t cope with… it is more realistic for you to run away.”

The Nanjing Group determined their next course of action very quickly. Within a minute, Chai Rong and the players prepared to set out in the direction of the flare. The rest of the players weren’t idle. They started to tidy up the useful props in the organization in case there was a strong enemy and they had to run away.

Fu Wensheng came back and looked at Fu Wenduo.”There may be an incident. Two months ago, a group of stowaways attacked the base. At that time, we lost more than a dozen members just repelling the stowaways. Big Brother, Tang…” Fu Wensheng stopped speaking because he didn’t know what to call Tang Mo. Finally, he blinked and gave up on a name. “I intend to avoid any attention. If Captain Xiao feels that it is very tricky then it must be troublesome. This is a matter for the Nanjing Group. I will avoid it…”

The implication was that Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo didn’t belong to the Nanjing Group so they could leave now.

Fu Wensheng said this but his eyes were staring at Fu Wenduo. He looked seriously at his cousin with no doubts in his eyes. Fu Wenduo always bullied Fu Wensheng so that Fu Wensheng was overwhelmed by the name when he grew up. However, Fu Wenduo wasn’t a person who ran away. His older cousin was very reliable and responsible. It was impossible or him to leave Fu Wensheng alone, even if Fu Wenduo was unrelated to the Nanjing Group.

Then Fu Wensheng heard a male voice say, “I am going to see.”

Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng turned their heads to look at Tang Mo. Tang Mo explained calmly, “We’ve had previous contact with Captain Xiao. The big turkey game could be considered a critical one but he wasn’t too nervous from beginning to end. He is a very calm person and wouldn’t release a signal flare for nothing.” Tang Mo looked at Fu Wensheng. “You just said that this is the first time is has been used since he got the prop a month ago?”

Fu Wensheng was surprised for a moment before nodding. “Yes, this is the first time for Captain Xiao.”

“Then it will be interesting. As your captain said, the fact that he can release the flare means he isn’t in an instance right now. The tricky situation isn’t related to the black tower game. I don’t think he released the flare because of a stowaway.”

Fu Wensheng frowned. “Perhaps you don’t know that Captain Xiao’s ability is very practical but his force isn’t very high. If he really encounters a serious stowaway, he will manage to find a critical moment to send the flare and call us.”

Fu Wenduo answered instead of Tang Mo. “With his discretion, his ability isn’t offensive but he will had a strong self-preservation capability and will never act alone.”

Fu Wensheng realized. “Yes, Captain Xiao would certainly be with Sister Ningning. Sister Ningning is very strong. Only Captain is stronger than her.”

“Then why can’t he have Ningning run away to act as messenger?

Fu Wensheng had a thought, “Perhaps it is because even Sister Ningning can’t run away?”

Tang Mo laughed. “Then he wouldn’t have time to send the signal flare. A enemy that Ningning couldn’t escape from, their strength must be beyond imagination. Instead, it might be more useful to pull the Nanjing Group to Xiao Jitong’s location instead of going to their base. If Xiao Jitong met a strong stowaway, he would choose to buy time to let Ningning escape and report. The Nanjing Group and Strategy Group will join hands to make a good plan before acting. He wouldn’t do such a rash thing without planning.”

Fu Wensheng thought about Tang Mo’s words and didn’t refute them anymore. Tang Mo was right.

Then Tang Mo said, “I will go and see what happened.”

Under the gradually setting sun, Fu Wensheng understood the facts behind the matter. He looked up and saw Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo striding out of the Nanjing Group’s base, heading in the direction of the pentagram. He hastened to follow them. “Big brothers, take me along. I also want to see what happened.”

Fu Wenduo stopped and looked down at Fu Wensheng. Fu Wensheng looked at the tall person who continued walking forward seriously. Fu Wenduo looked at the ground for a moment before his lips curved. Finally, the three of them headed to the place where the flare was fired.

There was something Tang Mo didn’t say but Fu Wenduo understood his meaning.

It was only just that the person who sent the flare was Xiao Jitong, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo wouldn’t go over to check. Their curiosity wasn’t that big. The real reason was…

Tang Mo raised his head and looked at the black tower suspended in the sky.

“Too close…” Tang Mo whispered.

Fu Wensheng didn’t heard it clearly and asked, “What did you say?”

Tang Mo shook his head. “It is nothing.”

Fu Wensheng and Tang Mo weren’t very familiar with each other. His expression of Tang Mo was still stuck at ‘the powerful player who unexpected defeated the psychopath. He is powerful and unfathomable.’ Fu Wensheng didn’t ask again.

Fu Wenduo listened to the words and followed Tang Mo’s eyes to the black tower.

Xiao Jitong had fired the flare too close to the black tower.

The dazzling pentagram was sandwiched between the red sunset and the giant black tower. There was the sunset on its left and the black tower on its right. This position was very subtle, making people think that Xiao Jitong’s urgent matter might not be related to the black tower.

It was best if there was no relationship.

Tang Mo secretly thought in his heart.

The Nanjing Group’s base was a short distance from Xinjiekou. After half an hour, the three people successfully arrived under the black tower. Chair Rong was surprised when he saw Fu Wensheng and immediately approached. “Xiao Sheng, why are you here?”

Fu Wensheng replied righteously. “I followed my brother.”

Fu Wenduo raised an eyebrow at Fu Wensheng. Fu Wensheng subconsciously shrank back but he soon puffed up his chest again.

Chai Rong, “…”

“It is different having a brother.” Chai Rong muttered but he couldn’t scold Fu Wensheng in front of Fu Wenduo.

The centre of Xinjiekou Square contained a tall statue of Sun Yat-sen. Above the statue, a dark tower-shaped object floated 100 metres in the sky. Xiao Jitong and Ningning saw Tang mO and Fu Wenduo from where they were standing under the black tower. Ningning held the silver bow in her arms while Xiao Jitong looked surprised for a moment before laughing. “Mr. Tang, Mr. Fu.”

Tang Mo walked over and directly asked, “What’s the matter? Is it something to do with the black tower?”

Xiao Jitong didn’t wonder how he knew that it was black tower related. He took Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo separately. They stood on the road and looked up at the tower. The bright sun shone on the black tower and all light was absorbed into the tower. Tang Mo carefully observed the black tower. He watched for a long time and was ready to ask a question when his eyes suddenly widened.

The next moment, Tang Mo was shocked. “What is that?!”

Xiao Jitong nodded with a smile. “Yes, that’s it.”

They saw that three white light spots had appeared on the black tower. The three points were too small to be seen without specifically looking for abnormalities. The black tower was 100 metres high and the three small points were just the size of a human fingernail. If Tang Mo’s vision hadn’t improved, he would never be able to see these three flashing lights.

It was like the half ellipses on a computer. From left to right, these small white lights lit up in sequence. They all lit up and then darkened. Then it lit up from the leftmost side and repeated.

Tang Mo observed for a moment before looking at Xiao Jitong with a dignified expression. “What is that?” There was no surprise in his solemn tone.

The smile on Xiao Jitong’s face gradually subsided. “I don’t know.”

What were the three spots that constantly lit up on the black tower? Nobody knew. However, this was more important than the stowaways.

Three months ago, the black tower announced that it would update to the 2.0 version. Since then. there were more reality and assembly instances. Every player must also attack the tower within three months. Now the black tower was once again abnormal.

Tang Mo immediately thought, “Is it only Nanjing’s black tower or all black towers in the world?” Before Tang Mo came to Shanghai, he carefully observed the black tower in Shanghai and didn’t find such a strange phenomenon. There was a 90% probability that it wasn’t present and a 10% probability that he just hadn’t found it.

Chai Rong said, “I sent people to Zhenjiang to check the situation there since Xiao Jitong also had this question.”

Everything that could be done was already being done. Everyone stood in the same place and quietly looked at the three lights constantly flashing on the black tower.

“How did you find it?” A low voice was suddenly heard.

Xiao Jitong turned to look at the person. He saw it was Fu Wenduo and smiled after a moment. “It is a coincidence.”

“It’s because of me.”

Everyone turned to look at Ningning.

Ningning had been silently standing to the side throughout the discussion. She hugged herself and spoke coldly, “Every time I survive a black tower game, I will come here to look at the black tower. Captain Xiao came with me. This time, the instance we cleared was very close to here so I didn’t return to the base and came here directly. I looked at it very carefully and saw these three lights.”

“When was the last time you came to see the black tower?” Tang Mo suddenly asked.

Ningning was a bit stunned. “Around 10 days ago. Once we cleared the big turkey game, I came here to look at it around noon.”

“When you came to see it 10 days ago, you didn’t see the three points?”

“No.”

Tang Mo asked, “Are you sure you weren’t mistaken?”

Ningning was certain. “I didn’t see wrongly. I will always sit here for an hour before leaving.”

Tang Mo noticed something wrong and looked at Xiao Jitong. Xiao Jitong shook his head with a smile and Tang Mo didn’t ask anymore.

Everyone had their own hobby. Just like Tang Mo liked to hit the stone monument below the black tower when he was angry with it, Ningning liked to sit here and watch the black tower.

Things suddenly fell into a deadlock.