Super Soldier in the City

Again, a mysterious figure, the events are related to the emergence of the Drought Demon. Li Yifei felt he needed a moment to digest it; the information provided by Snow Falcon was scant. Based on what he said, it was impossible to determine who that mysterious person was; he could only say... the other party’s cultivation was very high, capable of training someone like Snow Falcon into a peerless master in just a few years; their own skills couldn’t be weak.

So, nationwide, apart from the five top masters, how many hidden experts are there who can reach this level of cultivation? Are they within the suspect range... Li Yifei didn’t know, so he sought help from Murong Yuanqing, but when he made the call, Li Yifei hesitated for a moment.

He was a bit suspicious now, but who could blame him for that. However, he quickly shook his head with a smile, laughing at himself for his baseless doubts. In other words, he could suspect many people, but he couldn’t doubt Murong Yuanqing; the old man had a heart as sincere as the sun and moon, doubting him was simply out of line.

So, the call went through, but on Murong Yuanqing’s end, there was no answer. Li Yifei called again, and it was the same, so he put away the phone.

Snow Falcon was on the verge of death, and Li Yifei did not sympathize with him; he merely asked, "If you die, what will they do?"

"I don’t know, they might find out soon. Although I’m not sure of the principle behind it, so... if you want to continue the investigation, either maintain my life or be quick about it. If you are slow, and they find out..." Snow Falcon paused several times in his sentence, seemingly too weak to continue.

Indeed, that was true. Li Yifei nodded silently, and said, "I heard you; thank you for the reminder. But death might be a relief for you too, a kind of liberation."

"Liberation? Yet, I feel like evil spirits are haunting me at this moment; those I wronged surround me, coming to claim my life. I’m really scared, but there’s nothing I can do." Snow Falcon’s eyes slowly moved, looking around, speaking in a terrifying way as if a chilling breeze swept through. Li Yifei, protected by Yang energy, felt nothing.

Li Yifei said, "He who harms others will be harmed."

"I am about to die; I wish you success. Haha!" After saying this, Snow Falcon closed his eyes, not dead yet but close to it.

Li Yifei stood for a while, then turned and walked out. If Snow Falcon wasn’t killed by him, he would die soon anyway. So, let him die. As for investigating the case, Li Yifei would continue, though it currently seemed quite challenging, it wasn’t without flaws. The very means by which the other side suppressed the Flying Hawk Squad, causing those leaders to be temporarily ’deaf and blind,’ was definitely something that could yield some clues, as these methods could always be uncovered.

However, to some degree, it could prove Ma Xingyun’s ’innocence.’ He was indeed calculated against to a certain extent, but it didn’t mean he was blameless. As an adult, he needed to be responsible for his mistakes; what’s the point of shirking one’s responsibilities?

Li Yifei was about to leave when he unexpectedly found out that the already dying Snow Falcon vanished. The person responsible for keeping watch went in at noon to check the situation, but the dying Snow Falcon had disappeared. There were no signs of struggle or upheaval in the room, which was clean and tidy, the windows weren’t open, and as for the door... they were guarding it outside and never left, so where did he go?

Li Yifei was originally waiting for news from Murong Yuanqing. Upon hearing this, he rushed over to investigate, but found no weird aura in the room or any particular trace; in short, the person had vanished.

Lone Wolf also arrived and cautiously suggested, "Shall I have people chase after them and check it out?"

"Yes!" Li Yifei replied expressionlessly. Since there was no one outside who left, and Snow Falcon could mysteriously disappear, this was indeed suspicious. Snow Falcon was on the verge of death yesterday, even if he were to survive, he wouldn’t live long. It’s unlikely he escaped by himself; Li Yifei stayed less than forty meters away last night and didn’t sleep deeply. If something changed, he should have picked up on it, but for the other party to take Snow Falcon away without anyone noticing surely warranted vigilance.

Lone Wolf dispatched people to spread out and search, but if a master of that caliber was involved, the person might have already run out well over a hundred miles away, or even several hundred miles wouldn’t be difficult. Li Yifei knew the hope of finding them was slim; he stood in the room with a frown, his expression a bit grim.

Snow Falcon had confessed to some things yesterday, but some of it still couldn’t be conclusively explained. Li Yifei thought for a moment but also had no leads. Today, he had thought about questioning further, only for this to happen.

The other party’s power was greater than imagined; silently whisking someone away... wait, it’s not difficult if those guards were lying. Those guards were originally members of the Flying Hawk Squad; Snow Falcon wielded tyranny over them for years, who could assure they wouldn’t be ordered to rescue him by him!

Thinking of this, Li Yifei immediately went out and ordered people to bring in several who were on night duty last night, only to find that two were missing.

"Golden Eagle Captain, they... were on duty during the first half of the night. One of them I even saw in the morning..." reported a member on night watch.

"Are you sure?"

"Certain, there is surveillance; it can be investigated," the team member said.

"Find them first," Li Yifei said, but inwardly he was relieved; if an insider took away Snow Falcon, then everything made sense, and it also proved that the mysterious figure behind it didn’t have such vast power. Otherwise... taking someone away quietly under the nose would indeed indicate the person was a peerless master, a top-tier strongman.

In the end, the investigation revealed that those two team members indeed took Snow Falcon out of the room, but in the end, it was not them who took Snow Falcon away, but another of his followers. These people truly, as Snow Falcon stated, were utterly loyal to him, not the Flying Hawk Squad. Li Yifei looked at a few team members who didn’t have time to escape, shook his head in disappointment, but knew these people had been brainwashed. Even now, they didn’t think they had done wrong, even felt they were right, believing they were saving Snow Falcon.

So there was no much to say. Li Yifei shook his head, told Lone Wolf’s people to take them away. The Flying Hawk Squad formally had just over a hundred members, but perhaps seventy to eighty were Snow Falcon’s people, who had been more or less influenced by him. As for the remaining twenty or so, they were under the protection of Lone Wolf, but there weren’t many with strong abilities.

Rotten to the core, this team was rotten to the core! Li Yifei was extremely heartbroken. If he had known two years ago, perhaps something could have been salvaged, but now... these team members were already set in their ways with no cure. How could Li Yifei not be heartbroken? This was supposed to be China’s First Battle Team!

The military spirit and soul were gone; even though the trained soldiers’ combat abilities were not weak, they were no longer the united, loving, and respectful Flying Hawk Squad. From this point, Snow Falcon deserved to die! The figure behind deserved it even more, causing Li Yifei to gnash his teeth just thinking about them.

"Golden Eagle Captain, we found them!" Shortly, Lone Wolf ran back to report to Li Yifei.

"Where?" Li Yifei asked.

Lone Wolf pointed to the vehicle behind him and said, "They were found five kilometers ahead of the camp, dead there, no signs of struggle inside the car, nor were there any injuries on them, but... no survivors."

Li Yifei’s eyes narrowed abruptly; Snow Falcon was indeed dead. He hurried over to check, and inside the armored vehicle, there were six people in total, including Snow Falcon. All of them died in the car; according to reports, when the car was found, the doors were locked from inside, and the windows were tightly closed. The expressions they had... suggested they died suddenly, as if frozen in that instant.

It was not poisoning, at least it didn’t seem like it; they died in an instant. The member of the Flying Hawk Squad who drove seemed horrified, as if they had seen something terrifying; that look was frozen at that moment.

Li Yifei inspected the surroundings and found no clues. The lives of these people vanished, with Snow Falcon’s death being more gruesome; dark blood oozed from his body, his skin bleeding all over as if he had been dead for days, but in fact, only a few hours had passed.

The lead on Snow Falcon ended there, and even conducting an autopsy wouldn’t likely uncover anything. One of the culprits was dead, yet Li Yifei didn’t feel relief. Snow Falcon was merely a puppet for the mysterious figure; finding the mystery man was key. The other side was breeding Snow Falcon like worms, what was their goal? Was it to disrupt and eliminate the Flying Hawk Squad? Or as Snow Falcon said, they were plotting a major event recently... so much so that weapons had been transported?

But... would there be any need for such a grand scheme if they were plotting a major event? With the other party’s skills, assassinating a few people would be a cinch, even striking in protection wouldn’t be difficult. Why go through the effort, even spending years to complete it?

It didn’t make sense, but the investigation had to continue. Li Yifei finally contacted Murong Yuanqing, the old man’s voice was tired, and Li Yifei quickly asked what had happened.

Murong Yuanqing replied, "Just had a fight with people from Noah’s Ark, got a bit injured, but it’s no big deal—just need a few days to recover."

"People from Noah’s Ark? They dared to show up again?" Li Yifei was slightly surprised. Since the last time he and the Saintess took down several of Noah’s Ark’s experts, coupled with strong reactions from both Huaxia and the United States, Noah’s Ark had shrunk back, and only small fry appeared. Major figures stayed hidden, but for someone to take on Murong Yuanqing himself, even causing him injury, their cultivation wouldn’t be low.

Murong Yuanqing acknowledged, "Yes, they appeared. They just annihilated a sect and robbed something. Unfortunately, we were too late, and were outnumbered, so we only killed a few, while the rest got away!

Li Yifei drew a sharp breath, Murong Yuanqing downplayed it, but it was actually severe. Such an event had indeed occurred.