Chapter 39: Grim

“She’s pretty sharp, that Dian Jing.”

Ke Li gave her high praise.

“This combination will be hard to deal with.”

Ke Ling was somewhat worried.

That line of text revealed a lot.

They were a well-coordinated pair.

If both were A-Class Transcendents, then one plus one would certainly be greater than two.

“We need to focus on them.”

Yang Liuqing had never fought against two or more Transcendents before, so she was uncertain.

If the two were only at Daoba’s level, it wouldn’t be a problem.

The problem: Puppeteer and Zhanzhengjiqi were both professional killers.

Using Daoba as a unit of combat power, they were roughly equivalent to four of him.

“The purchase records below and other information are of little reference value.”

Putting the matter of the two killers aside, Yang Liuqing scrolled down the screen and discovered that these forces were deeply hidden.

She didn’t know if Dian Jing didn’t intend to give her more benefits, or if she really didn’t know.

Regardless, knowing some intel on the opponents would prevent her from going in completely blind.

As long as she survived until midnight tonight, the Magic Potion would be hers forever, and she would receive a reward.

She didn’t think much about that thing; her mind was entirely occupied with how to survive until the end.

Just looking at the names on the list, the difficulty was already high.

Add in the hidden experts, and it could easily double or triple the difficulty.

Now, the official side was ambiguous.

How did Goose City, or even Lingnan’s bigwigs, view her?

If they wanted to save her, they’d have to do it early.

Otherwise, if she went cold, they’d only be able to fish out her corpse.

Regarding that, she actually didn’t hold much hope.

The waters were too deep; even in Pengcheng alone, several northern factions had mixed in.

Goose City itself likely wasn’t much better.

Currently, the northern factions wanted to obtain the Magic Potion.

As for Goose City, the Chen Family coming out to help her—was that a stance?

Unclear.

Perhaps it was just Chen Yanran’s own decision.

The higher-ups choosing to seal off sea, land, and air to reduce the impact could be seen as protection for her, or as a test of the Game Administrator.

If any official person truly found her, she could still make contact.

Compared to last night, Yang Liuqing’s thinking had changed somewhat.

When her own strength was insufficient, she didn’t want to trust anyone.

After gaining some ability to protect herself, her options naturally increased.

To survive, she had to accept some risky plans.

Facing a hunt, fighting alone was too disadvantageous.

Moreover, the other side had Dian Jing as intelligence support.

That girl could hack into surveillance systems to find people—it was no different from cheating.

Xinxin Commercial Lending Company wasn’t as safe as she had imagined, but staying until nightfall should be fine.

Unless Dian Jing could hack all the cameras in West District Street to pinpoint her approximate location, she definitely wouldn’t be found for a while.

The other side had cheats, but Yang Liuqing also had Ke Ling and Ke Li as reliable support.

Now that Chise Liequan wasn’t participating, the efficiency of the hunt had significantly decreased.

“It seems that Hound is a relatively special type among Transcendents.”

Yang Liuqing spoke with feeling.

She thought there would be many Transcendents who could track hundreds of kilometers by scent.

In reality, if there were that many, Dian Jing’s intel wouldn’t sell well, and Yang Liuqing’s situation would be exceptionally bad.

Now that her aura was restrained, ordinary Transcendents trying to track her by aura would find it several times harder than tracking by scent—they couldn’t even sense her without getting close enough.

“The biggest trouble is still those from the Beijing Circle.”

Ke Ling analyzed the intel and concluded.

“Those in Pengcheng might not be in such a hurry, but those in Yanjing—if they can’t find Master in the first half of the night, their lackeys will go crazy.”

“Because of the delivery time?”

Yang Liuqing immediately saw the issue.

“In that case, those two Lucian killers are facing the same situation?”

“Exactly, Xiao Qingqing.

The first half of the night will be the hardest to endure.

To obtain the Magic Potion, they must eat Master’s heart within the time limit.

Yanjing is far from Goose City, so even if those people come in advance, they’ll be tight on time.

As for those two Lucian killers, we don’t know the buyer, so it’s hard to judge, but they’ll definitely want to get it early.”

“Those guys don’t know that the Magic Potion is equivalent to Master’s Magic Heart.

The current situation is still favorable to us.”

Ke Ling believed they had the advantage.

As long as the other side didn’t dare to kill, many lethal methods wouldn’t be used.

They could only display about seventy to eighty percent of their full strength at most.

“Yeah, but the longer we drag it out, the more dangerous it becomes.”

Yang Liuqing nodded.

After Daoba noticed her true transformation, he clearly developed murderous intent and wanted to claim the Magic Potion for himself.

But his strength was insufficient, and he was easily taken down.

In the first half of the night, the Beijing Circle and the Lucian killers would be very impatient.

The second half of the night was unpredictable—the outcome could be even worse.

“If they can’t have it, they’ll destroy it.”

Yang Liuqing prepared for the worst.

Not killing her earlier didn’t mean they wouldn’t kill her later.

“We need to be especially wary of those two foreign killers.”

In Ke Ling’s view, for such external forces, without support, it would be very difficult to take a living Yang Liuqing away.

They would most likely start killing as soon as they met her.

“This is going to be very troublesome.”

Ke Li stroked her chin, no trace of a smile on her face.

“We need to study them.”

“How are we going to study them?

We don’t have money to buy intel.”

Yang Liuqing showed her account balance.

The Pizza Coins on it had been spent completely, not even half a coin left for Daoba.

“Can we try to freeload?”

Ke Li’s words seemed to treat Dian Jing as a fool.

“Spending so much money, they can’t just give a tiny discount, right?”

“I think it’s unlikely.”

Yang Liuqing wasn’t optimistic, but she could try; after all, the account wasn’t hers.

“Hello, I’m busy right now.

Please contact me next time.”

After explaining her intention, the other side quickly had AI take over the chat.

Freeload failed.

“See.”

Yang Liuqing smiled wryly.

These information brokers weren’t so easy to deal with—with money, you were the boss.

“Since they won’t provide intel, we can only analyze from their codenames.”

Ke Li suggested a method that was hardly a solution.

“Just like Chise Liequan—from the name, you can tell he’s a hound that brings misfortune.

Scent tracking is his biggest trait.”

“That line of thought might work.”

Yang Liuqing’s eyes lit up.

As the saying goes, people have their names, trees have their shadows.

Transcendents who had made a name for themselves—their codenames were their biggest trait, closely related to their superpower.

“Puppeteer—could it mean a puppet master?

This little girl is the manipulation type?”

Ke Li extended her hand and swiped the intel over to the two Lucian killers.

Looking at the young girl in Western dress displayed on the screen, Yang Liuqing couldn’t help but frown slightly.

“That guy looks hard to deal with.”

So petite and cute, but actually a manipulation-type Transcendent.

Could she get close to her?

What if she got controlled?

“Master, please rest assured.

That won’t happen.”

Ke Ling saw her worry and assured her.

She and Ke Li would take action when necessary.