Volume 2: The Church of Light Chapter 190: Anti-Internal Army
Seeing that Xu Shen's gaze was indeed on him, the man in black knew that his disguise had failed, or that his ability was ineffective in front of Xu Shen.
This Captain Xu does have perception abilities, and they are very terrifying.
After all, his ability to hide is extremely strong, and so far two people with the perception system have died at his hands.
After a moment of silence, the man in black robe whispered, "This is a small gift from our organization. I hope you can accept it."
Gift...Xu Shen lowered his eyes and saw a box on the ground at the door and a letter on the box.
If you want to give me a gift, then give me one. Why are you standing so far away? Xu Shen's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the man in black robe again. He saw that the man in black robe's body flashed quickly, and he jumped away quickly by lying on the wall like a toad...
Is he trying to disappear mysteriously while my attention is diverted?
But you're a little slow...
The man in black robe climbed to the shadow at the end of the corridor, stuck to the outer wall, turned around and looked at Xu Shen, as if he wanted to see Xu Shen looking around, but when he raised his head, his eyes met Xu Shen's.
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The man in black robe involuntarily dug his feet into the wall, lowered his head silently, and disappeared outside the wall.
Xu Shen's gaze returned to the box in front of him again. He picked up the envelope and carried the box into the door.
Unbox first.
The first thing that catches your eye is 20 bottles of high-end waste cleaners, with small notes inside, which explain the special features of the high-end waste cleaners and the dangers of ordinary waste cleaners.
Next is a golden apple in a container.
The moment he saw the apple, Xu Shen thought of the golden apple in the thick fog.
But if you look closely, this thing only looks similar to an apple.
And there is a sense of illusion, as if it contains some kind of light and particles.
There was a small note outside the container, and it was exactly what Xu Shen had imagined, the golden apple.
A treasure that can enhance spiritual power.
Xu Shen was a little surprised that this organization could actually get the golden apple in the thick fog, which showed that its background was extraordinary.
Xu Shen opened the letter with some curiosity. In addition to the greetings, he also learned the name of this organization, the Anti-Internal Army!
To be precise, the full name is Anti-Internal Army Alliance!
This is also an invitation letter, hoping that Xu Shen can join them.
The content of the letter is a bit long, mainly describing the purpose and objectives of their organization.
Bring benefits to the common people, seek profits for the suffering, and seek justice for the wronged...overthrow the tyranny of the inner city!
Xu Shen's pupils shrank slightly. The purpose of this organization was to overthrow the inner city?
It’s too dangerous…Xu Shen’s thoughts emerged. He was shocked by the purpose of this organization and suddenly felt that the letter was a little hot.
There is such an organization lurking in the inner city. No wonder it is called the Anti-Inner Army. Its main purpose is to overthrow the inner city.
“This is too crazy. Not to mention overthrowing the inner city, even overthrowing the rule of the bottom city is difficult…” Xu Shen’s eyes flashed. Could it be that there is a king behind this organization?
Without a king, the organization's ideas would be tantamount to suicide.
But if there is a king, he should understand the horror of the inner city better.
The seven high clans alone are an irresistible force.
Not to mention the Moonlight Religion and other forces that Xu Shen is not aware of yet.
The water in the inner city is too deep.
After looking at the envelope again, Xu Shen frowned. The other party would come to see him in three days and wait for his reply.
And these three days... Xu Shen guessed that he would most likely spend his time under .
After all, such an organization is obviously extremely dangerous and cannot be exposed to the sun. Now that I know about them, they will most likely worry that I will inform the Queen Ant and report to the higher-ups.
If I refuse...will it bring me trouble?
Xu Shen felt it was a difficult situation. Sometimes an invitation was like a sharp sword that hurt people on both sides.
But if he agreed, it would be no different from digging his own grave. Although Xu Shen also wanted to do such a thing, he knew that it was irrational behavior.
The power gap between the inner and outer cities is too great, the information they possess is unequal, and coupled with the difference in the number of kings, there is no chance of winning.
Only a madman with nowhere else to go would join such an organization.
Or there is a blood feud with the inner city.
"I just became the Queen Ant's personal guard and I have attracted the attention of these people. Will other personal guards receive similar invitations? Have other personal guards... accepted this invitation?"
Xu Shen felt a chill in his heart. Among the 40-plus guards, if anyone agreed, he would become the organization's lackeys.
The anti-internal army must have found him because they wanted to use his identity as a personal guard to gain insight into the queen ant's intelligence and whereabouts.
This means that the Royal Guards are not completely trustworthy and there may be undercover agents hidden within them.
If you get too close to others, you might be used as a pathfinder by undercover agents...
Thinking of all these things, Xu Shen's face turned gloomy.
No matter it is the Light Chasing Society, the Daytime Gang, or today's Royal Guards, although he is involved with many forces, he still needs to be on guard everywhere. This is the risk of leaving the house and being exposed outside.
Only at home can you take off your disguise.
"Giving away golden apples, in addition to temptation, is also an opportunity to show off their power..." Xu Shen could vaguely guess what the anti-internal army was thinking.
He sighed inwardly and decided to refuse. There was no benefit in getting involved with such an organization with dangerous intentions.
There must be a lot of crazy people and thugs gathered there.
It is ironic that good wishes often require the most brutal means to be realized.
If you refuse, you will face the other party's counterattack, after all, he is already an "insider".
With a sigh, Xu Shen felt the dilemma of those in power. Although those in high positions have many choices, sometimes it is difficult to make a choice.
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2049, winter.
In Termite City, in the north of the Free Zone, in a castle-like building.
The thick fog revealed a chill, and the accumulated water outside the castle froze into ice. The fog became even whiter, as if countless white ice crystals had condensed inside, making it even wetter and stickier.
There was a fire burning in the fireplace of the fortress. A middle-aged man wearing a priest's robe was holding a book in his hands, and a little boy and a little girl were sitting next to him.
"…Adam ate the apple and was expelled from the garden…" In the dim light of the stove fire, the middle-aged man was whispering an ancient story to the children around him.
"Oh, that's such a pity, Adam shouldn't have eaten the apple. It would have been so nice to stay in Yitianyuan..." said the little boy next to him regretfully.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "But this is the only way for Adam to become a man. The apple core later got stuck in Adam's throat and became his Adam's apple. That's why we are men."
The little boy said, "But in this way, he can no longer stay in Yitianyuan."
"The apple was actually arranged by God a long time ago, and he was given it to eat secretly..." The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Because when children grow up, they must leave home and try their luck outside. You will do the same in the future."
"I don't want to leave my dad..." the little girl next to him said hurriedly.
The middle-aged man laughed and stroked his daughter's head lovingly: "When you grow up, you will want to leave on your own."
"Then I won't grow up." said the little girl naively.
The middle-aged man smiled, but a hint of sadness slowly appeared in his eyes.
At this moment, the light outside the window seemed to flicker.
The middle-aged man's emotions gradually subsided, and his voice became much colder: "Have you observed it?"
In the darkness behind him, a black robe slowly rose in the dim light and said, "The other party is very perceptive and has a strong sense of perception. My ability has been discovered and I can no longer hide and observe."
"You've been discovered?"
The middle-aged man was slightly startled, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He was familiar with the latter's ability, which was not detectable by most perception abilities, even some mental ones. But... he could actually be seen through?
"According to the intelligence from the investigation, his ability is weakness perception. This ability is not special, but he can actually detect you? Could it be that he concealed the fact of his ability?"
The middle-aged man frowned.
The man in black robes also felt helpless: "I don't know about this. If you want to monitor, I am not enough alone. I suggest calling Jiaoyue over as well."
The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, then said, "I understand. You go first."
"good."
The man in black robe said nothing more. He lowered his hat brim, blended into the darkness, and disappeared.
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whoosh!
whoosh!
Xu Shen practiced swordplay in the room during the day, not using his full strength, just to maintain the feel of drawing the sword. While practicing, his real focus was on the secret technique of overlapping waves in his body.
His thoughts were all on the changes in the internal energy, which were slowly accumulating like waves. The internal energy was like waves, one above the other, and he was trying to adapt to and get used to this rhythm.
This is the second level of the Secret Art of Layered Waves. Xu Shen has just stepped into it and is not yet proficient enough.
The first level of panning is mainly to remove impurities. A lot of the white bone powder attached to Xu Shen's body has been removed. In addition, Xu Shen's strength is purer than that of ordinary people, so the first level is completed quickly for him.
"Someone is staring at you." Maeve said with a smile while sitting on the window next to her.
I know... Xu Shen's expression remained unchanged, but when he turned around occasionally while practicing sword, he saw out of the corner of his eye two figures standing on the roof of a tall building in the distance outside the window, spying on him.
Both of them stood there openly, and seemed unafraid of his noticing.
Xu Shen could only speculate that they might have the ability to camouflage, and therefore mistakenly thought that he could not see.
One of them was the man in black robe who delivered the box yesterday.
The other one was a woman wearing a silver-white robe. Although her face could not be seen clearly, she had a slender figure and was obviously a female.
As expected, he would be monitored for three days to prevent him from delivering the letter…Xu Shen shook his head secretly and could only continue with his practice.
Outside, on a tall building.
The man in black robe stood here side by side with Jiaoyue beside him. Through the small window, they looked at Xu Shen who was practicing sword swinging in the room with strange expressions.
"It's been two hours, and he hasn't finished yet?" The man in black robe didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment. The captain of the Xumi Bureau, the leader of the Chasing Light Society, the personal guard of the Queen Ant... It can be said that the young man in front of him has already stood at the pinnacle of life that most people look up to. Isn't it time to enjoy himself?
Jiaoyue next to him had a cold look in his eyes and said nothing.
The two of them continued to wait patiently.
Near noon, Xu Shen finally stopped.
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. They had been watching the simple movements for the whole morning and some of them were numb.
Soon, they saw Xu Shen going out to eat.
But it only took a dozen minutes to finish eating, and then I returned to the room again.
Then, continue practicing sword.
The two looked at each other, speechless.
"Did he see through us and do it on purpose to show us?" the man in black robe couldn't help but say.
Jiaoyue said coldly: "Impossible, we are so far away, even if it is a telepathic capture ability, it can't sense you and me."
The man in black robe thought about it and felt that it made sense.
He was noticed before, probably because he was too close, but it didn’t make sense that he was seen this time when he was so far away.
Could it be that the other party's perception system is to see with the naked eye? That is even more impossible...
"Will he continue to practice for the whole afternoon?" said the man in black robe.
It seemed that what he said came true, and Xu Shen really practiced for the entire afternoon.
The two of them went from standing to leaning, and then to sitting. Finally, they also unconsciously followed Xu Shen's sword practice. Finally, they sat together, both trying to hold back their sleepiness.
