Chapter 31 – Cover up

At the entrance of the underground parking lot, shadows crowded together.

Li Dongze, holding a cane in one hand and a gun in the other, rushed into the underground parking lot and quickly scanned the scene with sharp eyes.

He first saw Xu Yingying, who was unconscious, and then the faint bloodstains on the ground and several private cars with damaged bodies. As a scout, it was not difficult for Li Dongze to see that a short and dangerous battle had taken place here.

The fact that Xu Yingying was not dead meant that the situation was not yet at its worst.

Several Lingjing walkers also quickly scanned the scene with vigilance. Then they saw a figure walking out of the shadow not far away.

Instantly, everyone instinctively aimed their guns at him.

"Don't shoot, it's me..."

Zhang Yuanqing quickly raised his hands and looked at the Lingjing walkers besides Guan Ya and Li Dongze.

The burly man in a fitness suit looked like a gym coach, at least one meter ninety tall, with bulging muscles full of strength, and wearing red half-finger gloves.

The beautiful woman in a ink painting cheongsam had a classical bun and a graceful figure. She looked older, but her face was well-maintained and free of wrinkles.

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The middle-aged man wearing a miner's hat and a deep brown construction uniform had dark skin and a weather-beaten face.

The young woman in a white racing suit had a melon-seed face, fair skin, thick eyebrows, and a heroic spirit. She held a black long knife in her hand.

The other two gun-wielding personnel had no special temperament or appearance.

Seeing Zhang Yuanqing walking out of the shadow, the tense expressions of Li Dongze and Guan Ya visibly relaxed, as if relieved.

After the meeting, they received a call from Wang Tai, saying that Ou Xiangrong had been found by Yuan Shi at Songhai University, and he had kidnapped Xu Yingying for his own purposes.

Li Dongze and Guan Ya were shocked and immediately called several team leaders who had not yet dispersed, rushing to Songhai University.

Li Dongze had a serious expression and a heavy heart, fearing that Yuan Shi would act recklessly.

After becoming a Lingjing walker, newcomers often become arrogant when they first experience their extraordinary powers. Coupled with their lack of experience, they are easily influenced.

At this moment, seeing Zhang Yuanqing safe and sound, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"He's the night wandering god?"

The impatient big muscle man asked Li Dongze first. After receiving a positive answer, he looked around the underground parking lot and asked in a rough voice, "Kid, where did Ou Xiangrong go?"

In his opinion, a level 3 demon of temptation was not something a level 1 night wandering god could handle. After a brief confrontation, Ou Xiangrong was afraid of the arrival of official Lingjing walkers and fled in a hurry.

If Ou Xiangrong had not escaped too long ago, they might be able to catch up with him with the tracking ability of the scouts.

Li Dongze, Guan Ya, and several team leaders stared at Zhang Yuanqing, waiting for his answer.

"He didn't escape!" Zhang Yuanqing said.

He didn't escape? Everyone's hearts trembled, and they raised their guns, looking around incredulously and vigilantly.

Then this rookie who had just entered the industry pointed to the shadow behind him and said, "I killed him."

What did he say? The big muscle man almost had to rub his ears, suspecting that he had hearing problems. He immediately became angry and said in a muffled voice, "Don't joke with me, this is not a place for you to show off your humor."

Li Dongze and others were also stunned, and then frowned, looking at Zhang Yuanqing with a little more caution in their eyes.

Why are you so fierce? Can't you speak nicely? Are you from the Red Fire Gang? Zhang Yuanqing patiently explained, "I didn't lie. His body is at the back of the car. If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself."

The big muscle man looked over there, and the shadows formed by the protruding pillars on the wall and the car body intersected. He couldn't see the situation in the corner from his position.He was about to go and check it out.

"Just wait a minute," a middle-aged man wearing a miner's hat stepped forward and glanced at Zhang Yuanqing. He said to the muscular man, "I'll go take a look."

The muscular man noticed his colleague's serious expression and seemed to remember something. He looked at Zhang Yuanqing warily and nodded.

Zhang Yuanqing noticed that Li Dongze and Guan Ya's expressions were a bit strange, while the others' eyes were guarded without any concealment.

At this moment, the middle-aged man wearing the miner's hat slowly and steadily approached the back of the car. Then, he stared blankly at a certain spot, his eyes widening like clay.

"Tang Boss?"

The muscular man looked at his companion with a look of shock and confusion. His heart skipped a beat, and his muscles suddenly swelled, ready to strike at any moment.

The captains of the Qingteng Bai Long team immediately became alert.

Tang Guoqiang's appearance was just like when he was under a spell.

But soon, they saw Tang Guoqiang "recovering," bending down to drag out a corpse and dragging it to the spotlight, into everyone's sight.

The corpse was wearing loose camouflage pants, a black vest, and a black coat. The face was bloody and fleshless, the eye sockets hollow, and the facial features could vaguely discern the identity. It was indeed Ou Xiangrong.

The underground parking lot suddenly became quiet, and everyone stared blankly at Ou Xiangrong's corpse.

Li Dongze's expression changed from serious to shocked, muttering to himself, "Oh my god, oh my god..."

Guan Ya looked at the corpse, then at Zhang Yuanqing, and immediately thought of something, lost in thought.

A beautiful woman wearing an ink painting cheongsam walked quickly in high heels. She stopped by the corpse and carefully examined it. She pursed her lips and said, "It is indeed Ou Xiangrong."

After speaking, she looked up at Zhang Yuanqing with some complexity.

The muscular man's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to say, "How did you do it?"

The gaze of several captains focused on Zhang Yuanqing, repeatedly scrutinizing him. Ou Xiangrong was actually killed by a level 1 little guy, even though he was seriously injured and not at his peak.

The second team had made great contributions this time. What kind of luck did Li Dongze have to recruit such an excellent subordinate?

"How did you do it? Isn't it just having shoes?" Zhang Yuanqing did not answer, but looked at his superior.

Li Dongze stepped forward immediately and coughed: "Yuanshi, well done. You have made great contributions. Just now, when we couldn't contact you, we were being scolded by our superiors in the conference room."

This statement successfully diverted attention. Several captains showed a relaxed smile on their faces, as if they had taken off a heavy burden.

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at him and asked, "Then why were you pointing guns at me just now?"

"The demonic charm of the transcendent realm can temporarily affect people's minds. If given enough time to repeatedly charm and deepen the influence, it can achieve the effect of manipulating targets. Compared to believing that you killed Ou Xiangrong, we think that the possibility of you being charmed is greater." A young woman wearing a white racing suit walked over with a knife, looking up and down at Zhang Yuanqing. She nodded in satisfaction and said, "We were all wrong. Let me introduce myself, Bai Long, a level 3 water ghost."

This female captain had an indescribable heroic spirit. There was no trace of feminine restraint and coquettishness on her. Her eyes were full of confidence, as if everyone else was a little brother.

"Yuanshi Tianzun." Zhang Yuanqing said.

Several captains were stunned for a moment, "What a good name..."

Indeed, it was a good name that made people want to hit him as soon as they heard it.

Bai Long smiled and said, "Let's just call you Yuanshi. It's a good thing. I always thought that young men your age would choose some strange names."

"Such as?" Zhang Yuanqing shrugged and smiled.Bailong was taken aback. He didn't expect this guy to be so familiar and even ask him back. Normally, when faced with a superior's ridicule, a normal person would be modest or look restrained.

"Like Big Muscle Man." Guan Ya walked over with a smile and took over the conversation from Bailong.

Big Muscle Man: "...the meaning of my name is: domineering muscles."

"That's what I meant." Guan Ya looked innocent.

Big Muscle Man was speechless.

At this moment, several official Lingjing walkers hurriedly arrived, carrying stretchers and body bags.

They had just received a call saying that the murderer had been killed, so they came to retrieve the body and take Xu Yingying to the hospital for treatment.

Li Dongze didn't hesitate and said, "Yuanshi, come with us and take a look at Ou Xiangrong's memories."

"No, we can't let him come." Tang Guoqiang shook his head.

"Ou Xiangrong has been contaminated by evil forces, and we are not sure if his spiritual body has also been contaminated. In addition, the demon is bloodthirsty and brutal, and the negative energy of the spiritual body is strong. He cannot bear it. Yuan Ting will return to Songhai this afternoon, and we will hand it over to him."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately remembered the encounter of devouring spiritual bodies in the hospital, and felt a sense of dread. But then he thought that if other night gods saw how he killed Ou Xiangrong...

Red Dancing Shoes would not be able to hide. Of course, it was not to say that once exposed, it would definitely attract competition and covetousness, but it was still necessary to keep a low profile.

"This is not a problem. I will find a way to resolve it for him." Li Dongze waved his hand with a strong attitude and said, "Ou Xiangrong's memory is very important, and the earlier we ask the spirit, the better. We cannot judge how much memory the contaminated spiritual body can retain."

Tang Guoqiang thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

He still disagreed with Li Dongze's approach, but they were the ones who killed him, so they had the right to decide.

At this time, a beautiful woman in cheongsam approached and asked with concern, "Are you injured? Do you need treatment?"

Her tone was gentle and her attitude was eager, as if Zhang Yuanqing was her confidant.

Li Dongze smiled and introduced, "This is Qingteng, the captain of the Hundred Flowers Club, good at healing. Within the Five Elements Alliance, the Wood Demons are also known as Recovery Masters. If you have any injuries, just tell her."

Recovery Master? Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself, are you guys really serious about being a Recovery Master? Will you force others to catch the future?

Li Dongze then introduced the burly man and the miner's hat, "Big Muscle Man of the Red Fire Gang, and Tang Guoqiang of the Central Courtyard. Both captains are experienced Lingjing walkers."

Sure enough, it was from the Red Fire Gang... Zhang Yuanqing immediately said, "Hello, two captains, please take care of me."

Big Muscle Man nodded in satisfaction, "Do you want to add me as a friend?"

"That's fine!" Qingteng and Bailong agreed.

Tang Guoqiang didn't say much, but he took out his mobile phone first.

Li Dongze's mouth twitched.

After Zhang Yuanqing and the captains added each other as friends, Li Dongze said, "Let's send the body back first. The other team members will stay behind to assist the security officers in cleaning up the scene. Yuanshi, you sit in Guan Ya's car and write a report."

A moment later, the official Lingjing walkers drove a commercial vehicle and a blue sports car into the underground parking lot.

"Can I ride in your commercial vehicle, Captain?" Zhang Yuanqing wanted to talk to Li Dongze alone, such as asking him to delete the surveillance footage.

"No, you're too dirty now, not elegant enough." Li Dongze refused and looked at the captains. "Let's go back together."

Zhang Yuanqing opened his mouth, hesitated, and finally looked at Li Dongze and the captains leaving in the commercial vehicle.

Guan Ya's eyes flowed and she glanced at him, saying, "The captain took away all the troublesome people. Let's go. I'll take you to delete the surveillance footage."

... Zhang Yuanqing focused on his inner thoughts.The blue sports car raced down the spacious street, Guan Ya wearing sunglasses and gripping the steering wheel, humming a tune with a good mood.

"You're lucky, just becoming a Lingjing traveler and already obtaining a rule-type prop," she said.

She felt lucky as well, just needing merit points and coming to get them.

"Did you guys know beforehand?" Zhang Yuanqing wasn't embarrassed, instead flattering her. "Scouts are truly the most perfect profession."

As someone skilled in socializing, he could adjust his attitude well.

"I only guessed before, but remembering wrong and insight are the talents of a scout," Guan Ya laughed. "You can understand my implication and conceal the rule-type prop, which shows you're not stupid."

Zhang Yuanqing immediately hinted, "The organization won't make me turn in the prop, right?"

"They won't force you, but if you voluntarily turn it in, the organization will gladly accept it and reward you with merit points and money. However, human hearts are complex, and a rookie like you holding a rule-type prop will definitely attract some people to take risks," Guan Ya advised. "The company commander can hide it for you temporarily, but not forever. You can consider finding a backer for yourself, such as a superior's superior."

"Can that centurion cover for me?" Zhang Yuanqing thought, how can you guarantee that the superior's superior won't have a keen eye?

"That guy comes from a wealthy family, grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, and is proud and arrogant. I don't know about the other executives, but I can guarantee his character," Guan Ya smiled. "And that guy always boasts about using virtue to win people over, but actually likes to give money away. He's a big shot, and one rule-type prop won't shake his pride. But he has high standards and likes elite talents."

Zhang Yuanqing made a sound of agreement but didn't promise or reject, skipping over the topic.

"You made a big splash today. After your deeds spread, people in the Five Elements Alliance will definitely dig into you. Be careful of the femme fatale trap. There have been cases of seduction before, and those two female team leaders were quite interested in you," Guan Ya warned.

"I am loyal to the Second Team and will never fall for a femme fatale trap," Zhang Yuanqing said firmly.

Unless I can't resist! He added in his heart.

"But you're a Scorpio," Guan Ya sneered.

Huh? What does that have to do with Scorpios... Zhang Yuanqing looked confused.

"Have you heard of the zodiac proverb, Pisces men don't talk, Scorpio men go all the way."

......

......

In the black business car, Li Dongze drove himself, looking ahead with a smile on his face.

"Oops, I accidentally finished everyone's work. I'm not loyal as a team member, sorry guys, I didn't let you get any credit," he said.

"What are you so proud of..." the four team leaders' faces turned black.

"When the bonus comes, I'll treat everyone to a meal," Li Dongze said with a smile. "Don't envy, it's all a coincidence. This kid passed through the She Ling Tunnel by coincidence and killed Ou Xiangrong by coincidence, nothing big."

"You talk like you deserve a beating," the muscular man said with a deep voice.

"Be elegant, don't always be so impulsive. I'll report to Company Commander Fu first," he said, taking out his phone in the face of the team leaders' desire to hit him and dialing Company Commander Fu's number.

In the Ou Xiangrong incident, because of their mistakes, Company Commander Fu took on a significant risk.

Now that Ou Xiangrong had been killed, he, as a subordinate, had to report it in a timely manner.

This kid Yuanqing really made him look good.

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