Chapter 1204: The Primitives

Xiao Ran felt the black sheep in front of her was strange.

She had already flashed her signature smile and thrown out a topic for conversation, but the Sheng Xiao before her neither asked "What's the matter?" nor got angry about her appearance as a "participant."

Instead, he just stared at her with a blank expression.

Hei Yang glanced at her, then lifted his head to look into the distance, and asked coldly:

"Just you alone?"

"Ah...?" Xiao Ran was stunned, not understanding what he meant. "Bro... it's just me, because I'm not with them."

After hearing this, Hei Yang also sensed that something was off. He was standing in such an obvious spot, so how could those people trying to liberate the Luo Yi not see him?

He narrowed his bright yellow horizontal pupils and looked into the distance, where a large group seemed to be gathered in the middle of the corridor, but they were too far away to make out clearly.

At that moment, an uneasy thought lingered in Hei Yang's mind—perhaps the crowd had divided the entire corridor into two sections, making it impossible for anyone to cross.

"I knew it wouldn't be this smooth," Hei Yang thought to himself, then sighed softly and began to urgently think of a plan.

He was extremely busy in this operation.

Not only did he have to kill Tian Niu and liberate the Luo Yi, but he also needed to find a way to team up with Pei Qian Hu to kill Tian Hu.

All these tasks had strict time limits. Tian Niu had surely already set off for the Huo Cang, and would open the door from the Huo Cang to Tao Yuan when night fully fell.

If they couldn't stop her before she opened the door, the "participants" boarding would be meaningless.

Liberating the Luo Yi was the goal, but now the Luo Yi weren't even there.

Who could have predicted that the first part of the mission would go wrong, with all those wanting to liberate the Luo Yi stuck on the other side of the corridor?

Hei Yang couldn't help but feel irritated, his expression growing heavier.

"Bro..." Xiao Ran called out again.

Hearing the voice, Hei Yang lowered his head once more and looked at the woman in front of him.

"Bro, why aren't you saying anything...?" Xiao Ran smiled again. "I really have something important to tell you. Are you the big leader here?"

Hei Yang slowly furrowed his brow but remained silent.

Xiao Ran didn't know what he meant, so she continued, "I was actually part of Sheng Xiao before, but there was a problem—I lost my mask."

After hearing this, Hei Yang couldn't help but feel curious. That meant this woman wasn't even a "rebel," let alone a "participant."

So, what was her purpose here?

"Bro, you look like a big leader." Xiao Ran went on. "I'll tell you a big secret—can you keep me safe?"

As Xiao Ran expected, Hei Yang still didn't speak, his gaze fierce, as if he could devour someone.

But an opportunity was right in front of her—who would willingly let it go?

"There are 'participants' planning a rebellion!" Xiao Ran stepped forward, her voice lowering, her expression turning serious. "They're trying to overthrow Tian Long and Qing Long—it's utterly brazen!"

"Oh..." Hei Yang nodded. "I think I've finally figured it out..."

Realizing she had finally pried open Hei Yang's mouth, Xiao Ran was instantly energized: "Bro, I originally wanted to go straight to Tian Long or Qing Long, but you know my situation... it might not be as convenient for me as it is for you. Could you introduce me to them? I know a lot about their plans, and when the benefits come, we can split them equally..."

After listening, Hei Yang slowly lowered his head, reached up to touch his sheep horn, and found the situation amusingly absurd.

This person showing up here—was it any different from a primitive person wandering into an information warfare battlefield?

It was hard to imagine that at this stage, someone so self-important would try to interfere in a battlefield of this scale single-handedly.

A pest like this could be troublesome if left alone.

"That does sound serious." Hei Yang chuckled lightly, then subtly scanned his surroundings. "Have you kept this important information confidential?"

"Of course, bro!" Xiao Ran said. "I'm smart about these things—I only told you. I have some other intelligence, which I'll share when I meet Tian Long and Qing Long."

Hei Yang was no longer paying attention to what Xiao Ran was saying; he just glanced at the nearby doors, hoping the owners of those "doors" wouldn't be upset if blood splattered on them.

He slowly extended his hand, undid the cuff on his sleeve, and while rolling up his sleeve, casually asked, "You mentioned you have 'other intelligence'—could you give me a general idea?"

Xiao Ran thought she wasn't foolish; this sounded like a "lifeline," and here Hei Yang was boldly asking about it. He might look intimidating, but he didn't seem all that clever.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran pressed a finger to her cheek, slowly looked up to the right, and pretended to think while acting cute.

But she knew she would never give an answer—after all, she didn't have any "other information." It was all just a means to survive.

"I'll have to think about that, bro... It's a big matter for us Sheng Xiao after all."

Little did she know, Hei Yang was on a completely different level. The moment he asked the question, he didn't even need her answer—he had already gotten what he wanted.

Bai Yang had once said that the upper left of a person's visual field is often called the "memory area," while the upper right is the "creation area." This meant that when someone hears a question and instinctively looks up to the left, they're more likely recalling something. But if they look up to the right...

She was about to lie.

In other words, there was no "other information," or if there was, it was completely insignificant. People like her could be dealt with swiftly.

Hei Yang stepped forward slowly, his killing intent rising. Xiao Ran didn't know what he was planning, but she suddenly felt an inexplicable tension.

This Sheng Xiao had a welcoming smile, but Xiao Ran could clearly sense the aura of death.

"Wait... wait a minute... bro..." Xiao Ran reached out to block the space between herself and Hei Yang. "Did I say something wrong? I..."

"You couldn't be more wrong." Hei Yang shook his head. "I don't even know where to start correcting you."

"But everything I said is true!" Xiao Ran stepped back a few paces, disoriented, and bumped into the wall behind her. "It's all because of that Qi Xia... it's Qi Xia who's rebelling... you have to believe me!"

Upon hearing this, Hei Yang's footsteps slowly came to a stop, realizing he might have thought this whole thing was too simple.