Chapter 151: Eye of Heaven and Earth (Part 2/2) (2/2)

This seemingly clear yet not clear realization stimulated Luo Nan's heart. It made him itch to tear down that fuzzy wall around it. No matter the answer, it would possess incomparable value for Luo Nan!

Luo Nan took a step forward, and the tip of his nose pressed into the inner wall of protective glass. He strove to look into the distance. Unfortunately, this tiny step was meaningless relative to the distance of a dozen kilometers that separated him from his target. All his eyes could see was still a mere general outline. Not a trace of Gear could be seen.

His eyes were dilated to their limits, and the precision of the resolution of his eyes were still lacking. As for the mental plane, he could only barely probe ahead in the void. The distance he could reach was far from what he needed.

So it came to this. What his vision could see. What his mind could sense. Two different realms. Two different planes. He was unable to precisely locate the target. This put him in quite the tangle, making his mood a mess.

Luo Nan hit the glass with his forehead; he wanted to calm his mood. Then some communications came through on his wristband, causing his wristband to vibrate. He wanted to cut it off, but he shot a glance at his wristband before doing so, and the name that entered his eyes shocked him.

Zhang Yingying.

Luo Nan had nearly forgotten that he had the number of one member of the Society. Part of the reason was because he had no contact with this person for a long time. He heard that Zhang Yingying went behind closed door training in hopes of advancing her White Rainbow by a level.

At that moment, Luo Nan was really not in the mood to deal with Zhang Yingying. But Zhang Yingying had specifically changed channels to contact him during the maintenance period of the Psychic Wave Network. He was afraid it was something urgent.

In the end, he put the call through. Right when he was about to say hello, Zhang Yingying smacked him in the face with some words.

”Where are you? Are you at school?”

Luo Nan was stunned for a bit before replying, ”What's going on? I'm not at school. I'm at Cloud City Water Village.”

”You're not? Excellent…. Hold on. Cloud City Water Village. That's not too far!” Zhang Yingying’s tone rose in pitch. She urgently asked, ”What about Xue Lei? Is he with you?”

Though they were a bit far away from each other, Xue Lei could be considered with Luo Nan.

Luo Nan grunted in affirmation.

Zhang Yingying clearly let out a breath of relief. ”What communications mode have you set up in your HexaEar? The Secretary asked me for your communication number, but was unable to put a call through to you. In the end, she even wanted me to pass on her words…. Do you ever make things easy for people!?”

Luo Nan sweated a bit. He had set up the HexaEar's settings in accordance to He Yueyin's proposal to have him concentrate on his cultivation. He set up the HexaEar in the limited communications mode. This made it so that only pre-recorded contacts could call him. He never thought that this would eventually complicate an issue.

Zhang Yingying grumbled a few words, then she deliberately made her tone serious. ”Listen carefully to what I'm about to say. I'm passing the Secretary's words to you.”

”What's going on?”

”Trouble's here! It's the investigation team from Headquarters. I don't know what information they heard, but someone probably misled them. Right now they fully believe with all their heart that you are a key player in the matter in Frost River Reality, that you know a few secrets. They want to get some information from you. Interrogate you.”

”Interrogation? They want to investigate me?” Luo Nan's mood was already quite fretful. He heard all this and couldn't help but laugh. Where the heck did this come from?

”Headquarters always does things very bureaucratically. There's nothing to be surprised about.” Zhang Yingying words turned disdainful. Then she snorted. ”Of course, these unreasonable requests have all been rejected by President Ouyang. But these people aren't finished with their evil intentions. They are using the high-level privileges they possess to manufacture a malfunction and force the Psychic Wave Network into maintenance….”

”And President Ouyang is just letting them cause trouble?”

”Shut the hell up and listen to me! Time. We don't have the time, do you understand!? You're a noob! You don't even have basic training done! If those elite interrogators get a hold of you, you might cough up everything because you don't understand what's going on!”

Luo Nan asked, baffled, ”Hold on a minute. You're saying that they've already come looking for me? They're at the school?”

”You don't say! Why else did we call you on the phone with burning urgency? Right this moment Headquarters has already spread people out, though there are probably reinforcements from our Xia City side. For those people, as long as they don't take your worthless life, it doesn't matter what excessive measures they take. No matter what repercussions could emerge afterwards, President Ouyang and our boss can't go so far as to kill them. They'll get off scot-free.”

Zhang Yingying spoke faster and faster, ”On the contrary, as long as you're under the protection of our branch, they won't dare to go at things without reservation. They'll avoid letting things go out of hand. Our branch is truly a complete mess from the loss of connectivity with the Psychic Wave Network. We also don't know who can come support you first. Luckily, Xue Lei is there. That fellow's ability is worth placing trust in.

”So you should go find some place crowded, stay there with Xue Lei, and not move. No matter who finds you, you absolutely must not go with them if the Secretary hasn't personally verified that it's okay. If they want to play hardball, let Xue Lei make his killing moves. All you guys need to do is hold out for at most half an hour and things should be fine. Where's Xue Lei? Let me talk to him. I'll make some arrangements.”

”...He's somewhere on the phone.”

“LUO NAN!”

Zhang Yingying heard Luo Nan's insincerity at last. She suddenly exploded with rage. ”Is now the time to be playing around? Even if you're a kid who doesn't understand people, you've joined the Society. Please think like an adult in considering problems, okay? We're not babysitting you to play house with you. You absolutely don't understand the methods of those bureaucrats from Headquarters! You need to get to Xue Lei's side right now! RIGHT NOW!”