1801 Complicated and Confusing
Ai Lei told Meng Chao that according to the investigations she and her companions had conducted on social media and various forums, the Blood Alliance had reappeared and corrupted Deity Realm warriors like Yun Feidian and Lu Zhongqi. The matter had indeed caused a great shock to the ordinary people.
However, people did not lose confidence in the future of Dragon City’s civilization.
In this aspect, it was naturally all thanks to Meng Chao’s divine army that descended from the sky and turned the tide. He also fought against two elites on his own and defeated them. At least, that was what the ordinary people thought.
More importantly, Meng Chao had brought information about the Other World’s core region. It allowed the people to have a better understanding of the Other World’s indigenous civilizations.
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As the saying went, “the fear of the unknown is the greatest fear.”
From the Turan orcs to the Holy Light faction, the strength of the Other World’s natives had exceeded the expectations of Dragon City’s people.
However, the current Dragon City was no longer completely ignorant of the Other World’s natives. Instead, they held the advantage of information over their enemies, who were still in the dark about them.
The good news was that even though the natives’ individual combat strength was somewhat beyond expectations, they were still too weak.
The level of their civilization was roughly equivalent to the Middle Ages of Earth’s civilization. Meanwhile, with its flood of steel and modern social structure, Dragon City’s high-dimensional s.p.a.ce gave it an advantage, and it could carry out attacks from a higher ground.
Besides, the natives of the Other World were not united.
The Turan orcs and the Holy Light faction had a ten-thousand-year-old conflict that was engraved in their bones and hearts. They both regarded each other as the greatest enemy that they had to kill at all costs.
There was a lot to be done with this.
Right now, Meng Chao had already formed a strategic alliance with the Turan orcs on Dragon City’s behalf.
As long as they remained low-key, steady, and patient after this, Dragon City’s civilization might be able to reap the most war benefits while paying the smallest price.
Since the future was worth looking forward to, people would be able to face temporary setbacks and riots with the toughest nerves.
After all, this was not Dragon City’s first time facing a life-and-death crisis.
Half of the city had been devoured by the monster horde, and the survivors had to fight the monsters with their fists and teeth between the broken walls in the past. Compared to that, what was the riot last night?
AI Lei’s information finally allowed Meng Chao to breathe a sigh of relief.
Aside from that, Ai Lei also gave Meng Chao some good news.
“We’ve found Tailless Monkey. He’s still alive!”
“Is that so?”
Meng Chao’s spirits were lifted.
The intelligence broker named Tailless Monkey was just an insignificant person, but he was the middleman who had introduced Ai Lei to Shen Yulin for her interview.
However, when Meng Chao and Ai Lei went to Tailless Monkey’s residence to investigate and ask him about related matters, they found half of Horizon Biotechnology Co. Ltd.’s sign in the missing Tailless Monkey’s home.
That was how Meng Chao followed the trail and found the Blood Flower laboratory that Horizon Biotechnology Co. Ltd. had set up in the depths of Raging Waves Mountain Range.
He followed the a.s.sa.s.sination team from the laboratory to the scene of Shen Yuanbao’s a.s.sa.s.sination and finally saved the powerful Deity Realm warrior.
That was how they broke through the nine mega corporations’ solid sh.e.l.l, stopped the Blood Alliance’s scheme, and forced the nine mega corporations to reach a compromise.
In this sense, the intelligence broker, Tailless Monkey, was a key character that changed history. He was the nameless hero hidden behind the scenes.
If he had not been smart enough to see through the abductor’s ident.i.ty right away and leave behind clues very discreetly…
The Blood Alliance would have probably succeeded by now!
“Where is Tailless Monkey?
“I have to thank him properly. I want to thank him on behalf of many people!” Meng Chao said sincerely.
“He’s on the way to the First Affiliated Hospital,” Ai Lei said.
“But he’s fine. He doesn’t even have any external injuries. He’s just a little weak after being locked up with his eyes covered for too long.
“Thank goodness.”
Meng Chao heaved a sigh of relief. “I thought that Tailless Monkey was already dead.”
Indeed, based on the Blood Alliance’s style, intelligence brokers like Tailless Monkey were no different from the ants on the ground. It was not worth mentioning even if a hundred of them were stomped to death.
Tailless Monkey had been missing for a long time, but not only had the Blood Alliance not killed him, but they had even given him enough food to keep him alive. It was beyond Meng Chao’s expectations.
“Do you know where they rescued Tailless Monkey?” Meng Chao asked.
“Was he in a secret lair that belonged to one of the Blood Alliance’s members?”
“No,” Ai Lei said
“He ran onto the street on his own.”
“What?”
Meng Chao did not understand. What do you mean by ‘he ran onto the street on his own?’”
“Tailless Monkey couldn’t really remember who he was. He seemed to have been injected with a certain drug. His memory was fuzzy, and he only remembered that he had been sleeping comfortably in a dark and warm place, like a hibernating bear that could not get enough sleep no matter how much he slept,” Ai Lei explained.
“When he finally woke up, he found himself lying on the side of the street. He had not moved his hands and feet for a long time, and his muscles had atrophied. After that, he called the police himself.”
“That’s how it is…”
Meng Chao did not get it.
If a member of the Blood Alliance had truly captured Tailless Monkey and locked him up in secret for so long, why would he release him with his tail and beard intact?
The Blood Alliance had already committed so many murders. Would Tailless Monkey’s release reduce their crimes?
“So, we don’t know who captured Tailless Monkey?” Meng Chao thought about it and continued asking.
“I don’t know,” Ai Lei said.
“Tailless Monkey didn’t even see his kidnapper’s face.”
“That’s strange.”
Meng Chao said, “Then, why did Tailless Monkey leave half of Horizon Biotechnology Co. Ltd.’s sign on the top shelf of his cabinet?”
The question made Ai Lei fall silent for a long time.
A moment later, Ai Lei also responded in a puzzled tone, “This is the strangest part of the whole thing. I just asked Tailless Monkey, and he said that he didn’t draw Horizon Biotechnology Co. Ltd.’s sign on the top shelf of his kitchen cabinet with kitchen oil.
“What?!”
Meng Chao almost jumped.
The blueprint that had just cleared up in his mind became blurry again.
That symbol was the starting point of everything. Without it, Shen Yuanbao would have died without a doubt. If this Deity Realm expert fell, Dragon City would descend into a treacherous whirlpool or even a b.l.o.o.d.y torrent!
“Could Tailless Monkey have left the clue behind but forgot? Didn’t you say that he was injected with some kind of drug that blurred his memory?”
Meng Chao composed himself and quickly thought of all the possibilities.
“I don’t think so,” Ai Lei answered.
“Although Tailless Monkey doesn’t remember much about what happened after he was kidnapped, he clearly remembers that he never investigated Horizon Biotechnology Co. Ltd. So, how could he have left any relevant clues?”