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Yan Qing nodded, his expression serious. "You make a valid point. This approach is indeed too blatant, making it easy to suspect that it’s a trap set by them. To avoid further complications, Jiang Ming and I will head over early tomorrow morning to check if there are any traces of Ability Users in the surveillance footage. As for you two, have you found any sightings of the three near the factory?"
Jiang Wenyu frowned slightly and shook his head. "We haven't found any sightings elsewhere yet, but we have expanded our search radius to 5 kilometers around the factory. We’ve checked the surveillance videos, and there’s no sign of them."
At that moment, Drui Feng seemed to light up like a bulb, his eyes brightening as he scratched his head. "This makes calculations easier! I’ve already figured it out. If we haven’t spotted them within a 5-kilometer radius of the factory, we can deduce that one of them is an invisible Ability User whose Psychic Ability allows them to maintain invisibility over such a distance. The energy consumption of such a Psychic Ability suggests that this Ability User must be at least A-level or higher."
The gazes of Jiang Ming, Yan Qing, and Jiang Wenyu instantly shot towards Drui Feng like arrows, filled with admiration.
Jiang Wenyu turned his head away, a slight smile appearing on his lips. "I didn’t expect your brain to be so useful at this moment. You’re right; they definitely have an A-level or higher Ability User among them. It’s also possible that all three are A-level or above."
Jiang Ming lounged lazily in his chair, legs casually crossed. "It’s also possible that they are all A-level or higher Ability Users. After all, top-tier Ability Users like Hei Yu wouldn’t partner with low-level individuals. Moreover, anyone who can collaborate with Hei Yu must have a massive force backing them."
Yan Qing glanced at his watch and waved his hand dismissively. "Alright, let’s stop discussing this for now. Let’s finish our meal and head back to rest. We’ll check the surveillance footage first thing tomorrow morning; it’s getting late."
"Okay, I’ll take my leave then," Drui Feng said before darting out of the office like a gust of wind, leaving behind a mess of leftover food and trash on the table.
"This kid," Jiang Ming chuckled helplessly as he stood up to clean up the mess left by Drui Feng and tossed it into the trash bin.
The next morning, before the sun had fully dispelled the morning mist, Jiang Ming and Yan Qing arrived near the factory.
Jiang Ming focused intently as he began to use his Psychic Ability to detect the surrounding fluctuations. After a while, he slowly withdrew his Psychic Ability, frowning tightly. "There are no Psychic Ability fluctuations here, but there is an aura that I find particularly unpleasant."
Yan Qing looked curious. "An unpleasant aura? What kind of aura is it?"
Jiang Ming reached out and gently touched the surveillance camera above him, a flicker of disgust flashing in his eyes. "There's an indescribable aura, as if I’ve known this person before."
"Known this person? I clearly showed you the surveillance footage; how did it turn into a discussion about someone?" Yan Qing looked at Jiang Ming with a hint of confusion in his gaze.
Jiang Ming's eyes grew vacant, as if he had fallen into a deep memory. "When I was a child, that woman locked me in a laboratory for so long. The scent back then was one of decay and greed, a nauseating smell."
He slowly placed his hand against the wall beside him, his eyes widening gradually, his body trembling slightly as painful memories surged like a tide.
Suddenly, Jiang Ming seemed ignited by anger, his right fist crashing into the wall with a loud bang, creating a deep dent. His eyes were bloodshot. "Yes, that’s right, it’s that disgusting aura. It seems like that woman has sent someone to do this. They’ve already reached here."
His voice was laced with suppressed rage and pain, as if he had returned to that dark time.
Jiang Ming's body trembled slightly; those painful memories clutched at his heart like the claws of a demon.
Leaning against the wall, his brow furrowed tightly, the handsome features he usually bore were now twisted in pain, yet somehow added an inexplicable sense of broken beauty. Sunlight poured over him, outlining his tall figure. His dark hair fell messily across his forehead, and beneath the strands lay eyes filled with suffering and struggle, resembling an injured lone wolf—tormented by the past yet still exuding an alluring aura.
Seeing Jiang Ming in such a state pained Yan Qing's heart. He reached out and gently placed his hand on Jiang Ming's shoulder, soothing him again and again as if comforting a frightened child.
The warmth of Yan Qing's hand seeped through Jiang Ming's clothing, like a beam of light piercing through the dark abyss.
Jiang Ming seemed to awaken from a nightmare, suddenly snapping back to reality as the daze in his eyes gradually faded away, replaced by a hint of grievance. He looked at Yan Qing; his eyes sparkled like stars, filled with complex emotions—fear of the past, gratitude for the comfort received, and an unrecognized sense of reliance.
Yan Qing was momentarily stunned. He gazed into Jiang Ming's eyes, which seemed to hold a vortex that pulled him in deeply.
At that moment, time seemed to stand still. Yan Qing could only see himself reflected in Jiang Ming's eyes, along with the brilliant yet fragile gaze that sparkled like countless stars. His heart felt as if it had been gently nudged by something, a feeling he had never experienced before quietly spreading within him.
It was as if Yan Qing had been scalded by the emotions in Jiang Ming's eyes; he awkwardly turned his head away, raising a hand to his mouth and pretending to cough a couple of times, trying to mask the moment of vulnerability he had just shown.
"Are you okay? Since we've clarified the situation with the surveillance, we should go back and discuss this with Jiang Wenyu and Drui Feng, to see if they have found any trace of those three," Yan Qing said, his voice somewhat stiff as he dared not meet Jiang Ming's gaze.
Jiang Ming seemed still caught in the mire of memories, hesitating for a moment before numbly nodding, "Okay."
His eyes remained hollow, as if he had lost his spirit.
By the time Yan Qing and Jiang Ming returned to the office, it was already past ten o'clock. Sunlight streamed through the window, casting patches of light across the office floor.
Drui Feng and Jiang Wenyu were seated at the desk, their computer screens flickering with surveillance footage. They had already sifted through the surveillance videos from within a 10-kilometer radius of the factory, their focused expressions resembling those of individuals solving one of the world's most challenging puzzles.
After their relentless efforts, they finally made a significant discovery.
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