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Chapter 540: Chapter 540: Captured
As night fell, Wang Liang checked the watch he carried with him; it was already three o’clock in the morning.
This should be the time when people sleep the most soundly and are least guarded, and the Heart Talk Team must be sleeping quite deeply too after spending the whole day slaying zombies.
Wang Liang curled his lips into a smirk, becoming invisible as he stepped out of the basement.
Thanks to the heavy curtains drawn across the windows, the Heart Talk Team’s villa was quite dark, but a Special Ability User’s vision isn’t weak, so Wang Liang could still make out the objects in the darkness.
He didn’t immediately go looking for the Mysterious Fire Fan; instead, he went to the kitchen, found a bamboo basket with leftover fried cakes, and started eating them in big bites.
The fried cakes were aromatic, and the tender chive and egg filling inside made him wonder if there was something wrong with his taste buds; however, considering the lady of the house was a powerful Wood Element User, these chives must’ve been grown by her.
Truly blissful.
Wang Liang walked toward the living room, munching on the fried cakes.
He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Why was there a fan on the marble coffee table in the living room?!
Was that the Mysterious Fire Fan?!
It must be the Mysterious Fire Fan; otherwise, who would place a fan at the center of the table in the dead of winter?
Finding the treasure without any effort, Wang Liang was overjoyed. But just as he reached for the fan, a flash of light scared him almost back to visibility.
Who is it?
Why is there a flash of light?
All of a sudden, the living room lights came on, and Wang Liang was struck with an ominous premonition, yet the spacious living room seemed utterly empty.
Were they ghosts?
"Did you like the fried cakes?"
Not far from the doorway, a man’s voice sounded, but apart from the voice, Wang Liang couldn’t see anyone.
Could it be another Invisibility Ability User?
How come they never knew there was another Invisibility Ability User in the Heart Talk Team?
"Aren’t you going to show yourself? It seems you still don’t realize the situation you’re in,"
A woman’s voice drifted over, which sounded very familiar. That was definitely Su Jin’s voice.
Su Jin was an Invisibility Ability User too?!
Was she Dual-Element?
Wang Liang was already planning his escape, but Su Jin and another man evidently had all the exits covered, and at this time, a group of people also descended from the upstairs, with Liao Yifan and Guo Yang joining from the secondary house.
He had been captured.
Wang Liang knew the game was up, and the whole Heart Talk Team was openly waiting for him; they were even neatly dressed.
Next to the coffee table, a short man suddenly appeared before everyone, holding a fan in his hand.
Lu Hao took advantage of the situation to snap a couple of photos before he let go of the Local Tyrant Gold.
That man was actually Lu Hao? He could turn invisible too?
Wang Liang felt as if Invisibility Ability Users were as common as cabbages here, easily grabbed by the handful.
"I advise you to let me go; otherwise, I’ll destroy this Mysterious Fire Fan!"
Wang Liang gripped the fan in his hands, ready to snap it in two.
"So, you really did come to steal our Mysterious Fire Fan?"
Su Jin also released the Local Tyrant Gold, and her figure appeared beside Lu Hao.
"No way, no way, that fan is so tacky, and you really thought it was the Mysterious Fire Fan, tsk tsk tsk"
Nie Qing felt this naive thief was truly lacking in knowledge; Su Jin casually placed an ordinary wooden fan, and he actually believed it to be the Mysterious Fire Fan.
Wang Liang had actually realized that the fan was not real just now, because he had seen these wooden fans being sold in boutiques before the apocalypse and it even emitted a familiar scent of perfumed powder...
Su Jin threw out a long vine and bound the utterly defenseless Wang Liang layer by layer before she couldn’t help but yawn.
Seeing this, Mao Qiqi next to her also yawned a long yawn, with tears brimming in her eyes; they were really too tired, as they had been waiting all night for this person to come out.
"Throw him down below, we’ll ask tomorrow,"
Su Jin, filled with sleepiness, said. She found that her mental stamina recently was nowhere near as good as before; staying up a little made her feel tired.
"Alright, everyone go rest, Lian Jiyue come help out for a bit"
Lu Hao picked up Wang Liang and walked towards the basement.
Lian Jiyue, suddenly called upon, also followed, clueless about how he could be of help.
A moment later, an extremely sturdy metal cage appeared in the basement, with Wang Liang tied up inside it, lying there on the verge of tears.
This was a rhythm from which escape was utterly impossible
The family finally entered the space with peace of mind, but they all slept for a while and exited the space, with only an hour having passed on the outside.
Interrogating Wang Liang didn’t take much effort, as he confessed everything outright.
He had no particular loyalty to the Han family; he was merely trying to make a living during the apocalypse, and as the Han family was willing to give him a certain status and resources, he had been following them, and now he just wanted to save his own life.
"How did he know there was no one in our basement?"
Lu Hao asked.
"I’m not sure about that, it could have been a guess, or perhaps it was his sixth sense,"
Wang Liang honestly replied.
Han Yue’s sixth sense had always been very accurate. According to him, even before the apocalypse, he relied heavily on his sixth sense, and during their encounter with the blizzard, Han Yue had also continuously used his so-called sixth sense to dodge danger.
"You mean he has no special abilities and is just an ordinary person?"
Su Jin also asked.
Wang Liang nodded; this was common knowledge to everyone, including the residents of City B; they all knew that the eldest son of the head of the Han family was an ordinary person.
Lu Hao and Su Jin exchanged a glance, and they could fully surmise that Han Yue must be a Mental Element Ability User, only no one else knew about it.
"Don’t worry, we won’t kill you for now; just stay inside here for the time being,"
Lu Hao glanced sideways at Wang Liang in the cage and then walked upstairs with Su Jin.
It wasn’t even five in the morning yet, and after Su Jin locked the bedroom door, she asked, "Why not just finish him off?"
Lu Hao smiled and said, "I’ll have a chat with Liang Jiuhui before deciding."
Although Han Yue currently held no power at the base in City S and it wouldn’t be difficult for them to deal with him, the matter was still related to the relations between City B and City S, so he decided it best to consult Liang Jiuhui before making a decision.
"Alright, then I’ll go back to sleep for a while,"
After learning that Han Yue was a Mental Element Ability User, Su Jin specially entered the space and called everyone out.
Dawn was approaching, and if Han Yue were to stand outside the villa and discover that it was empty, it would be dangerous.
It was really too inconvenient, Su Jin thought as she drifted off to sleep.
Lu Hao glanced at Su Jin, who fell asleep in less than two minutes; maybe winter was just too conducive to sleep, as he too began to feel drowsy, so the two of them embraced each other and fell asleep together...
