Chapter 438
Chapter 438 Mutual Insider
Sometimes, once the atmosphere is ruined, it’s tough to rebuild it—like that scene from before.
Although it was frustrating, Ling Mo didn’t push for anything more. After all, the feelings were entirely different when he took the initiative compared to when Xia Xinyan did. Since Xia Xinyan no longer felt that way, it seemed pointless for him to insist.
So he noted the fat guy in his mind.
Time flew by to the next day.
Nothing much happened that night—neither the hoped-for nor the dreaded—and the next day’s weather was quite nice. However, they weren’t able to sleep in as they were woken up by the lookout Ling Mo had set up.
In the Dark Zone, the most important thing is to maintain constant vigilance. Even while sleeping, they must wake up immediately at the slightest disturbance and not be the least bit groggy.
Fortunately, although they had enjoyed a comfortable stretch of time, Xia Xinyan hadn’t lost this ability.
But Ling Mo reacted even faster; he was up almost immediately, looking toward the source of the noise and preparing for battle.
Then, a woman’s figure appeared.
“So this is the residence you chose? Not bad, not bad.” She nodded, looking at Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan in the room, and asked, “Do you really have no idea where that guy went? It’s strange; I haven’t found her in the city-state.”
She must be talking about Monica. Ling Mo remained alert and casually replied, “We aren’t very familiar with her. If she’s not in the city-state, she might have already left.”
“She gave up her position as the Grand General?” The woman seemed somewhat surprised, “How could that be? Why would she give up that position?”
Ling Mo: “…”
How would he know?
Fortunately, the woman didn’t press the matter: “Alright, then now the only Grand Generals are the two of you—today you should carry out your first task as Grand Generals: patrol the city-state’s outskirts and check for disobedient scum or low-level creatures from outside. If you encounter any, just kill them.”
Well, she just jumped straight into assigning tasks.
Ling Mo and Xia Xinyan exchanged glances and nodded: “Okay, we’re on our way.”
They actually planned to stroll around the city today, so the woman’s instructions provided them with the perfect excuse.
The woman said nothing more and, having informed them of the task, simply left without checking whether they executed it.
Ling Mo turned to Xia Xinyan: “Shall we go?”
Xia Xinyan got up and stretched: “Yeah… let’s go.”
This time, they didn’t bring canned meat—not that it was necessary, and besides, even demons were just lighting fixtures in Ling Mo’s view.
That guy had been arranged to stay on the floor below their residence since last night; aside from acting as a lookout, they also had other plans for it. After all, that guy was truly a demon counterpart, and its intellect was quite high. Aside from looking shabby, everything else could be considered as a high-level demon. Neither of their identities needed to be discussed—there’s no demon that would… suspect that their real counterpart would be an insider, right?
If used well, the canned meat could definitely have a significant role.
Of course, it wasn’t time for it to make its debut just yet.
Shen City wasn’t small, and it took quite some time to patrol the outskirts. However, the woman didn’t seem to have any intention of supervising them, so they figured she wouldn’t say anything even if they slacked off.
But they didn’t choose to slack off.
On the contrary, they actually did a few things that Grand Generals should do—such as…
On the rooftop of a low building at the city outskirts, both Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo had strange expressions while gazing at the well-armed muscular man not far away.
At this moment, they weren’t alone; many demons were also drawn to this man out of curiosity.
In the face of so many demons, the man showed no sign of fear… well, maybe a little, but he didn’t back down at all. Instead, he held a megaphone in his hand, shouting, “Get your king out here!! I know you understand human speech!! Get your king out here!! I have information your king wants!!”
Then, seeing that the demons weren’t responding, he continued to shout, “Listen! Soon, a horde of humans who look just like me will come to fight you to the death. They call this a conquest operation! Their goal is to kill everyone who isn’t one of them—you demons! And I! Am here to pledge myself on behalf of Eden!”
Taking a deep breath, he shouted on, “Eden has always revered strength; your powerful force commands respect! You! Demons! Should be the masters of this world! You should be the final evolution of humanity! We of Eden stand with you!”
Still, no one paid him any mind.
However, this at least relieved the man—it proved these demons weren’t like the ones he’d encountered earlier that had no consciousness and would attack on sight, but… perhaps they simply couldn’t understand his words?
After pondering for two seconds and sensing the awkwardness, he shouted, “Get your boss out here!”
On top of the low building, Xia Xinyan and Ling Mo exchanged glances.
“Eden…” she raised an eyebrow, “What a bunch of lunatics.”
What a coincidence, she had just heard the fat guy mention Eden the night before, and today she saw this man come pleading for allegiance.
Perhaps he was forced to the brink of survival in the human world?
But how did Eden know that demons had already evolved to the point of being able to communicate? And even chose this place in Shen City to announce their allegiance?
Or did they send people to every city where demons could potentially reside?
She suddenly recalled that previous catastrophic invasion incident that almost caused a disaster; apart from Eden, there seemed to be other factions behind that incident, but they had been hidden quite well, and even now no useful intelligence had been dug up.
Could that faction also be involved in the conquest operation? Were there insiders within their ranks?
“From a human perspective, these people are indeed scum,” Ling Mo smacked his lips, “But thankfully, it seems they haven’t established a stable connection with the demons yet. Since he’s run into us, we might as well take advantage of it. Xinyan?”
“I think so too,” Xia Xinyan nodded, “Is there any way to change our appearance?”
Given their appearance in the human world, they could be considered somewhat infamous, at least having small fame; it wouldn’t be surprising if that guy recognized them.
Ling Mo nodded: “Simple.”
With that, he manifested masks for himself and Xia Xinyan.
Xia Xinyan: “…”
It really was simple.
