The first place Huazhenxing came to was a "noble community" on the outskirts of Miri City. If it were in Dongguo, it would look like a fairly neat little village, with each house being a single-family building.
There are many landscape crops planted on both sides of the road and in front and behind the houses, the most conspicuous being date palms. Date palms are a relatively common fruit in this area, with a slightly dry taste but a high sweetness.
If you look at it from the perspective of a Dongguo person, this community is actually very ordinary. It is rare to have such living conditions in big cities, but it is the same in the vast countryside and suburbs.
But in Tema Country, this is a very high-end neighborhood, although it is not even top-notch. What is rare is that every household has running water, clean water sources and water supply and drainage systems. This is a sign of civilized life.
There are also police patrols in the neighborhood. If a person like Hua Zhenxing walks through, his behavior should be suspicious, but the police almost ignored him after seeing his appearance.
Due to the local weather, the clothes worn outdoors were very thin. Hua Zhenxing obviously did not carry any weapons. He had a typical Dongzhou face and neat and clean clothes. He simply had "no threat" written on his forehead.
There was also a kind-hearted policeman who specifically reminded Hua Zhenxing when he passed by: "Dong Guozhai, it is very unsafe for you to be like this. Be careful of those dirty guys and stay away from those dirty places!"
Hua Zhenxing expressed his gratitude, asked a few local questions, and gave the other party a five-rupee note. The policeman happily accepted it. Not far from the block, Hua Zhenxing saw him soon.
That so-called "dirty place".
A ditch appeared in front of it. It was turbid in color and smelled bad. A large amount of unknown garbage was accumulated and floating. The domestic wastewater from the block just now was also discharged here.
On both sides of the ditch, there are many local people using wire hooks, wooden sticks and the like, rummaging through something in there, and there are actually children playing in the water... If a Dongguo person with a bit of mysophobia stood nearby, he might
I vomited on the spot.
Across the ditch is a large shantytown with the characteristics of a dark desert. Shantytown is an Eastern Mandarin term, which is not very appropriate to use here, but Huazhenxing cannot find a more accurate corresponding word.
Sheds built with straw curtains, earthen barriers, masonry, wooden boards, iron sheets, linoleum and other materials are scattered here and there, and each building is very dense. From a distance, it looks like a patchwork of patches or a complex maze.
In another situation, a Dongzhou native like Hua Zhenxing would be looking for death if he walked into such a neighborhood alone. The first thing that surrounded him was a group of naked children, who stretched out their hands and shouted only one English word: "What?"
Woolen cloth!"
Here, beggars and robbers both say the same word, and the difference mainly depends on two points: one is listening to the tone, and the other is looking at the gestures.
If the tone is that of a child and the person reaches out with an open hand, it is begging; if the tone is that of an adult and the person holds a thing in his hand and points to it, it is robbing.
Hua Zhenxing didn't give him any money. It's not like he didn't bring any money. He had just given the police a banknote. Although he didn't have a wallet in his pocket, he did have the Demon Refining Gourd with him.
But if you give one child here, it's like poking a hornet's nest. Other children will grab the clothes and won't let go. Even children from the entire community will surround you unless accompanied by local people to drive them away.
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Those children are not only good at begging, but their little hands are also very guarded, and they will take away valuable things from you if you are not careful.
Hua Zhenxing relied on his flexible body and footwork and the kung fu he had practiced since childhood to quickly dodge through the encirclement without being caught... Unfortunately, in addition to children, adults were also eyeing him.
Several figures of big men appeared at the intersection in front of them, each holding something in their hands. Someone also surrounded them from the side and behind. What they shouted out was the same English word "Ma Ni", which means money anyway.
Hua Zhenxing walked straight over, without even changing his pace, and he knocked down the big guy who was trying to copy him. Now he created a bigger hornet's nest, and people kept coming in the neighborhood, suddenly jumping out from various intersections.
Attack on Huazhenxing.
Hua Zhenxing didn't steal the guy, nor did he use his magical powers. He just used his fists to punch out the block, leaving a lot behind him... A rough estimate of the number was about two hundred people, all of whom were on the ground moaning and unable to crawl.
stand up.
The two people in the pickup truck that Hua Zhenxing kicked up next to the highway were obviously unlikely to survive. The two robbers he met at the airport were injured, but not fatal.
When he arrived at this block, he beat all the two hundred or so people to the ground, but basically no injuries were suffered. He just felt pain in his muscles and bones and had to lie down for a while before he could get up.
Hua Zhenxing brought this upon himself. In the eyes of those people, Hua Zhenxing dared to walk into their neighborhood alone without giving him any money, which was simply hurting their self-esteem.
Hua Zhenxing was full of sympathy for their situation, but this sympathy could not guarantee his safety in this neighborhood. He would still fight all the way out. He thought that the reason why he launched the Jiliguo Revolution in the first place was in another sense.
Compassion.
True great mercy and compassion is not about raising funds to promote charity. Huazhenxing is not the Ketiya it was back then.
After forcibly punching through the neighborhood, Hua Zhenxing even noticed that some restless emotions were vented, which made him feel happy. When he was a child, he learned kung fu from Old Man Yang, and he imagined in his mind that he could punch through the chaos with a pair of fists.
neighborhood.
Later, he realized that this idea was ridiculous, but it was ridiculous, and it actually came true today. And after experiencing the bad mood of the past few days, he really laughed again. Is this a simple happiness that belongs to men?
After passing through this neighborhood, even if you officially enter Miri city, you can already see streets and buildings in front of you.
According to my childhood experience, the neighborhood over there should be a neighborhood controlled by local gangs. It looks a little more "prosperous" than the shanty town just now, but it is more dangerous.
The total population of the entire Tema Kingdom is only eight million, and the capital city of Miri has two million residents. However, in Tema Kingdom, or in many places in the world, there is no clear concept of "urban and rural" as in the East Kingdom.
Tribal refugees do not have rural collective household registration, responsibility fields and homesteads. Most of the land in the wilderness that is suitable for farming and has irrigation conditions belongs to farmers, and outside the farms there are large areas of wilderness.
The so-called farmers usually refer to these farmers, and in a broad sense, they also include the people who help them farm. If you encounter a farm like Morrison Plantation, there may be trapped and forced slave workers.
There are also some tribal villages scattered in the countryside, all of which were naturally formed in history and were chosen to be located in places with water sources. If the leaders of these tribes are translated into Dongguo, they can be roughly called chiefs, chieftains, etc.
These chiefs are not gang leaders, but they occupy clean water sources, control the tribe's land, and can decide matters within the tribe. From an outsider's perspective, they look like large gangs, but they are not real gangs.
There are significant differences between tribal chieftain culture and neighborhood gang culture, but they also have a strange inheritance relationship.
There is order there, but it is not the legal order of modern society. The government cannot control the grassroots, and the police cannot resolve disputes. The way to resolve disputes depends on the "rules" among local people.
So-called cities are also naturally formed in history. They are concentrated places of population and resources. They usually lack overall planning, but it cannot be said that there is no planning at all. At least its core area was built by the colonists back then.
Therefore, the core area of Miri City looks like a modern city, but it is generally shabby. However, some neighborhoods are relatively safe, while more neighborhoods are controlled by gangs.
Surrounding the central urban area, many shantytowns of various sizes have formed, just like the block that Huazhenxing just penetrated. They also have tribal characteristics and are home to many urban frontier residents.
So here, you can see various social forms staggered and distributed, like a hodgepodge. Hua Zhenxing stopped at this time and frowned slightly. He could no longer walk through so conspicuously.
Why did Hua Zhenxing punch through a block just now with a pair of fists? Of course his cultivation level allowed him to pass through without revealing his whereabouts and without alerting anyone. He had another purpose in doing so.
He came here to look for dark creatures, focusing on the vampires that Yue Gaole mentioned. However, in such a city where the residents were spread out over a large area and in disarray, there was almost no clue. He wanted to try to fish out the vampires.
Although Hua Zhenxing has not yet broken through the eighth level of cultivation, after practicing the Shape Swallowing Technique, Hua Zhenxing's control over the divine energy of the furnace has reached its peak. What he now reveals is that he is the most "attractive" junior element cultivator.
status--
The vitality is the most complete, the energy and blood are the strongest, like the peak of the second realm, or just breaking through the third realm, which is exactly the state displayed by the two missing students.
Hua Zhenxing's idea was to enter Miri City in this state. If there were really dark creatures or vampires in this area, they might be attracted to them. He also used plastic surgery to slightly adjust his appearance.
Although the idea is beautiful, it is impractical, because this way you can't hide your whereabouts. How much trouble will you cause if you want to walk through various neighborhoods with this stupid method?
Although this place is very similar to the original Fiso Port, it is not Fiso Port. He did not grow up here. It was his first time to enter Miri City. He lacked enough information and wanted to find something specially hidden in this city.
Man, it's simply impossible.
What should I do? I could only change my mind. There was no intelligence system behind him, so I took out my phone and contacted Wang Fengshou.
Wang Fengshou: "Junior brother, is there something urgent? I am presiding over the meeting!"
Hua Zhenxing: "Adjourn the meeting temporarily and let everyone go to the bathroom and smoke a cigarette. I need some information."
After Wang Fengshou announced the adjournment of the meeting and found a secluded place, Hua Zhenxing asked again: "Do you have any records of the training of Yuan Yuan in Tema country?"
Wang Fengshou: "Tema Country does not have a Yangyuan Skills training center, neither directly affiliated nor cooperative. If the locals learn Yangyuan Skills on their own, or through other channels, we do not have registration information. We need to focus on collecting this information in the future.
Any information on that?"
Hua Zhenxing: "We don't have statistical data on learning through other channels, but are there any Tema people who received training at the International Yangyuan Shu Association? We should have data here, right?"
Wang Fengshou: "There must be such information. I will contact Sima Zhi and ask him to sort it out immediately."
Hua Zhenxing: "After you get the information, immediately arrange for people to do another thing, which is to contact those people and see how many of them can still be contacted, and what are their situations?"
Hua Zhenxing briefly introduced his purpose. He is now in Miri City to investigate the disappearance. The current focus is to find dark creatures... Ten minutes later, the meeting at Wang Fengshou continued, but the host was changed.
Ten minutes was not enough to communicate these situations on the phone. Wang Fengshou was still on the phone with Huazhenxing.
Wang Fengshou: "Do you need me to notify the Tema Embassy to cooperate? The intelligence system there can follow your command immediately. But the local situation is relatively complicated, and the intelligence we can master and the manpower we use are very limited."
Hua Zhenxing: "Inform them to be on standby at any time. I will call them when I need manpower."
Wang Fengshou: "Give me half an hour. After half an hour, I will send you the relevant information. The telecommunications network there is very bad, and your reception speed may be very slow. If you are in a hurry, go to the embassy to get it.
Information, I’ll contact you in half an hour.”
The call lasted for more than 20 minutes, and Huazhenxing waited for another half an hour. The signal here was indeed poor and the information transmission speed was relatively slow, but fortunately there was not much information and he received it in time.
There is no Yangyuan Art Center in Tema Country, nor is there an organization authorized by Yangyuan Valley to teach Yangyuan Art.
However, since Hua Zhenxing has taught the art of Yangyuan to a large area, it cannot stop its spread, at least it cannot stop the first technique of the first to third realms from being spread around the world.
Theoretically, no matter in any country, any public training in Yangyuan Technique must be authorized by Yangyuan Valley. However, some people are successful in practicing Yangyuan Technique, and then teach a few disciples privately, or hold underground training classes that are not open to the public.
Motoya is also very difficult to control.
If someone becomes a Yangyuan Master in this way, Yangyuan Valley will not have access to the roster information. But this situation has been anticipated by Hua Zhenxing, and the qualification certification system he designed was even prepared for this.
"Wild" Yangyuan masters can apply for assessment at the International Yangyuan Art Association and its branches, obtain a formal grade certificate, and gain public recognition. Assessments for levels one to four are free, and Yangyuan Valley can also master its information.
When more people learn about Yang Yuan Shu and the benefits of practicing Yang Yuan Shu, and want to get better training and guidance, they can also go to Bikong Lake, where there are training courses at all levels organized by the International Yang Yuan Shu Association.
Nowadays, every session of Bikong Lake’s training courses is fully booked. If you want to make an appointment again, you have to wait in line for a year. There is an urgent need to expand the scale.
If there are residents of the Tema Country who have gone to Bikong Lake to participate in Yangyuan Skill training or assessment, the association will of course have records. Considering that the fees for training classes are quite expensive, it is definitely not ordinary people in the Tema Country who can go there to participate in the training.
According to Wang Fengshou’s feedback, a total of fifty-six people from Tema Country have participated in training at Bikong Lake, including thirty people in the entry-level training class, fourteen people in the first-level training class, nine people in the second-level training class, and three people in the third-level training class.
Three people.
In addition, more than 100 people have applied for reservations and are currently waiting in line.
The registration information of the more than 100 people who have not yet received training was filled in by themselves when making an appointment, and their identities have not been verified. However, the 56 people who have received training can basically be confirmed to be from Tema country.
Hua Zhenxing frowned after seeing this set of data. There is indeed a problem in Tema Country, a big problem, because both the number of people who have participated in the training and the number of people who have signed up for appointments are obviously too many!
If this is the data of the Luoba Alliance or the Eastern Kingdom, it is certainly very inconspicuous. The Ketema Kingdom is a small country with only eight million people, poor and chaotic, with little information. Yangyuan Valley has not done much promotion in the country.
Propaganda, how come so many people came?
The fifty-six people who have participated in the training are all from Miri City according to the registration information. Perhaps it can be explained by the fact that Tema State is very close to Huanxiang Tebang and it is very convenient to go to Huanxiang Tebang from Miri City, but this data
Still not normal!
Comparing another set of data, from Nilang State, which also borders Huanxiangte State and has a population of five million, the total number of people who have gone to Bikong Lake for training is three, and the number of people who are queuing up to make an appointment is zero!
Wang Fengshou had obviously noticed the anomaly in the data, and also specially provided the Nilang country data to Huazhenxing, so that he could make a very intuitive comparison.
In fact, it is quite surprising that three people from Nilang State have participated in the Blue Sky Lake training class, but Hua Zhenxing also knows the situation of these three people.
These three people are all core members of Lei Wente's family, and Lei Wente is a member of the "Chunhua Study Group" run by Huazhenxing. He understands the art of Yang Yuan and recommends important people in the family to learn it.
As far as Huazhenxing knows, even the registration application materials for these three relatives and friends were filled out and submitted by Lei Wente. The person in charge of the approval of the International Association knew Lei Wente’s background and specially gave him face.
Arranged in time.
Hua Zhenxing's roommate at Chunhua University, Ji Liang, was also a member of the study group. He came from the Tema country and had suggested that his family send people to receive training in Yangyuan skills. As a result, two people came, both at the fifty-sixth
in the list of people.
Wang Fengshou also provided another information. Fifty-six people in Tema Country had received training and all had left their contact information. Just now, he urgently arranged manpower and contacted them in the name of a return visit for training.
The so-called return visit is to inquire about the recent practice of Yangyuan Technique, which represents the association's concern for the students. The result is surprising. Thirty of the fifty-six people have been unable to be contacted, including Kylian's
cousin.
The so-called inability to contact is not just about unreachable phone calls or unanswered messages. Some people's contact information has expired, and some people are answered by their relatives, friends or colleagues. It is said that they have been in accidents or are missing.
The preliminary statistics were completed in half an hour. Wang Fengshou's work efficiency was high enough. The Embassy of the Kingdom of Gila in Tema took over the follow-up work and is further verifying the relevant situation...
In view of the chaotic current situation in Tema Country, accidental deaths and disappearances do occur frequently, but it is not such an exaggeration! The average time for these fifty-six people to complete training is only more than a year, and more than half of them are gone in the blink of an eye?
Hua Zhenxing guessed that their disappearance was probably due to the same reason as the disappearance of the two students from Fei University. They both encountered dark creatures such as vampires. From this point of view, his two classmates were probably in danger.
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There is another thing that makes people think to death. If the Yangyuan Master is the "food" of the vampires, and some vampires discover this, what is another way for them to obtain "blood food"?
A safer way than hunting is to engage in "breeding"!
As dark creatures, the Vampires would definitely not go to the Blue Sky Island where monks gather to attend a training class on their own, as that would be tantamount to seeking death. But they could trick ordinary people who didn't know it into receiving training, or they could directly send their subordinates there.
If these people can become Yuan Yuan masters, they will be excellent blood food after they return. The higher the level, the more delicious it will be. On the other hand, they can also train one or several intermediate Yuan Yuan masters to create private food on their own territory.
internal training.
However, training on one's own territory cannot compare with the training effect of an international association, so if possible, we should send people to Bi Kong Lake as much as possible. Anyway, the people sent there didn't know about it, so they thought it was a good thing.
Wang Fengshou also made a special note of a situation, that is, among the list of fifty-six people, a full twenty-three were confirmed to be related to the same official organization, which is the Tema Presidential Palace.
As for whether other people are also secretly related to the presidential palace, it is still unknown.
This small country has a large and luxurious presidential palace, with a large staff group and supporting service personnel. Even if the president changes, the staff group will still remain, nominally assisting the president in governing the country.
If you think about it carefully, this situation is normal. Only those who hold power can afford expensive training fees, right? However, there are still unusual things when looking at the information. For example, some people are just ordinary service personnel of the presidential palace. They
Where does the money come from?
Twelve of these twenty-three people have been unable to be contacted. Because their service unit is the Presidential Palace, it is easy to verify when returning, and at least they can contact their colleagues. According to feedback, it seems that they are all assigned abroad.
It is understandable that officials are sent abroad, but will drivers, chefs and other personnel also be sent abroad? Hua Zhenxing speculates that there is probably a vampire hiding in the Presidential Palace of Tema Country, and his status is not low!
After reading the information, Hua Zhenxing contacted the Ambassador of Kilili Country to Tema Country.
This ambassador’s name is Zha Zaihong, the younger brother of the original Poseidon Clan leader Zha Xin, and now he is also a disciple of Yangyuan Valley and a fourth-level Yangyuan Technique instructor. He is not a blank-slate monk. He once refined magnolia with his own hands and carried it with him.
knife.
Tema Country is one of the most important neighboring countries of Kilili Country, and Wang Fengshou has of course established an intelligence system here. At this moment, all foreign affairs personnel and intelligence personnel will fully cooperate with Director Hua's actions and accept instructions at any time.
After arranging these, Hua Zhenxing thought of Chiliang again. If he wanted to understand the local situation, the best way was to find a local snake. Chilion once boasted to Hua Zhenxing, claiming to be the son of the finance minister of Tema.
This was bragging at the time, but later it became a fact. Under the operation of Wang Fengshou and others, his father was actually promoted to the position of finance minister of Tema State. In fact, he was able to be sent by the government to study in the Eastern Kingdom, and his family originally
He also has quite a local background.
Kilion was woken up by his classmates banging on the door at about five o'clock in the morning. He stared and was about to get angry. When he heard that it was Hua Zhenxing who was looking for him, his anger immediately subsided and he quickly answered the phone.
This kid had his cell phone muted at night, so he didn't answer Hua Zhenxing's calls and didn't see any messages from Hua Zhenxing. Hua Zhenxing had no choice but to contact members of the study group and pull him out of bed.
Hearing that Hua Zhenxing wanted to know about the situation of the Presidential Palace of Tema, he immediately committed the habit of bragging and grinned: "Then you have found the right person. I used to visit the Presidential Palace often, just like my own garden!"
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Hua Zhenxing: "Oh, I'm in Miri City. If I go to the Presidential Palace later, can I give you your name?"
Ji Liang choked and said, "Are you going to the Presidential Palace right away? I'm afraid it's too late. You can contact the embassy of Jili... If it's not arranged by me, you can also find someone to take you in for a visit.
But can you do it tomorrow?"
Hua Zhenxing: "I won't bother you with this matter. I just want to know something about the situation. Are you familiar with the staff in the presidential palace? Whether you know them or heard about them, especially those who have been there for a long time, they are all
Tell me about it."
Kilion is somewhat familiar with these situations. Even if he is not familiar with some of the staff members in the presidential palace, he has heard of them. According to Kilion, Varney, the chief of staff of the presidential palace, has been working there for many years.
Wane is a Lanxi name. From the language aspect, you can see how chaotic Tema is. Its official language is Lansi, and ordinary people use local dialects for daily communication, and they shout Yinyin words during robbery.
Even Kilion couldn't tell how long Vanet had been the chief of staff of the Presidential Palace. In the local people's mind, it seemed that the chief of staff of the Presidential Palace and Vannet were one and the same.
to consider this issue.
The country of Tema changes presidents frequently, and ordinary people can't even figure out how many presidents Tema has experienced since they can remember. The chief of staff is equivalent to the butler of the presidential palace, who serves the presidential palace, and whoever becomes president serves whom.
Several presidents who came to power through military coups may not necessarily know how to govern the country, or even how to manage the presidential palace. The best option is of course to use the existing staff team.
As for those presidents who were elected through "normal channels", they also did the same. The staff group headed by Varney automatically became their own service team, which seemed to be an important benefit of ascending to the throne of the president.
Hua Zhenxing asked again: "Have you heard of Shumeilin Farm? They also paid attention to a business entity called Shumeilin Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Group."
Kyrion raised his voice and said, "I've heard of it, of course I've heard of it! In the northeast of the suburbs, they occupy a large piece of land and have the best and cleanest water source in that area.
That place was originally the territory of a tribe, but later they were forced to drive them away. I heard that conflicts broke out and many people were killed. My elders once warned not to mess with those people!"
Hua Zhenxing: "They drove away the local tribal forces, killed many of their people, and then occupied that land and built a farm. When did this happen?"
Kirion: "I can't remember exactly what year happened when I was a child."
Hua Zhenxing: "Does Shumeilin Farm have anything to do with the Presidential Palace of Tema?"
Kilion: "It does matter, of course it does! How can you do something like that without an official background? I also heard that the food and vegetables eaten at the Presidential Palace are exclusively supplied by the Shumeilin Agricultural Trading Group, and some of them are
They produce their own products, and some are imported from overseas..."
After he babbled for a long time, Hua Zhenxing said, "Last question, any of your relatives and friends have been to the International Yangyuan Technique Association of Jili Country and received training in Yangyuan Technique there?"
Kyrion: "That place is too expensive. Only two people in our family have been there, one is my cousin, and the other is my cousin. My cousin got the first-level certificate, and my cousin got the second-level certificate."
Certificate.
But this cousin disappeared half a year ago. Some people suspect that it was an enemy of our family who did it, and some people suspect that it was my cousin who did it because they are both heirs to the same asset."
By this point in the call, Hua Zhenxing had a relatively clear idea. He had identified the number one suspect as Varney, the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Palace. This person was likely to be a vampire, and possibly the leader of the local vampire clan.
Among the information provided by Wang Fengshou, in addition to those related to the Presidential Palace, the largest number of people were related to the Shumeilin Agricultural Trading Group, with a total of twelve people, so it is likely that there is also a stronghold established by the vampire clan.
The relationship between the presidential palace and the agricultural and animal husbandry groups also supports Hua Zhenxing’s speculation.
Huazhenxing was facing a completely unfamiliar city, and he seemed to have no clue how to trace the clues just now, but after making a few phone calls, he was able to figure out a lot of the situation and had a clear direction of investigation.
The basis for drawing all these conclusions is a set of data analysis. Is this intelligence work, analyzing seemingly unrelated data?
In fact, the main job of a type of intelligence personnel is just like this. They collect a lot of public or undisclosed information, refine the data, and analyze many conclusions that ordinary people cannot imagine. Not only is it not magical, but it is also a bit simple and boring.