Chapter 359: Avengers Assemble - I

"I have so many questions right now," Yang Qingxi said, frowning. "Where was Adrian missing during those eight years? What happened to those successful research subjects? And why did Vineal Oberson suddenly stop supporting Adrian Veyne’s research?"

Faced with her questions. Su Mo shrugged. "Qian Lian barely managed to piece this information together from bits and pieces. Moreover, her primary task was to investigate the Mustrump family, not Adrian. So the information she investigated about him was limited."

"Fair enough." Yang Qingxi nodded before looking at the laptop again. "What about the Mustrump family, then? How much do we know?"

"Well, it’s like this..." Su Mo turned the laptop toward her and began showing her all the information Qian Lian had gathered about the Mustrump Family.

For the next few hours, the two of them went through the information and made contingency plans for dealing with them.

Finally, they agreed to send several Demonic Servants undercover to investigate the Mustrump Family more deeply.

If possible, they would also try to locate the kidnapped people who could still be saved.

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Evening.

Near a secluded warehouse outside Jiangnan city, a black Ferrari came to a sudden halt.

As the door swung open, a tall, handsome, and lean man stepped out. His face carried a mixture of excitement, suspicion, and wariness.

This man was none other than Gu Xuan.

An hour ago, he had received an anonymous message claiming that they had captured Ye Chen and asking him to come and get him.

At first, Gu Xuan was suspicious.

How could Ye Chen, who had even managed to escape from Zhu Shan, a practitioner, be captured so easily?

Thinking that someone was pranking him, Gu Xuan became angry and ordered his people to trace the IP address of the person who had sent the message.

However, to his surprise, they couldn’t find anything.

Whoever had sent the message was clearly an expert at hiding their tracks.

This made Gu Xuan take the message seriously. Either the sender was telling the truth, or this was a trap. Regardless, he couldn’t ignore it.

Even if there was only the slightest possibility that Ye Chen had really been captured, he had to come here personally. Hence, here he was at the meeting point.

Unfortunately, after sweeping his gaze across the surroundings, he couldn’t find any trace of anyone. There wasn’t even another car or vehicle nearby.

’Was it really a prank? Maybe I was too impulsive.’

Although disappointed, Gu Xuan decided to check the warehouse before leaving.

’What if...?’

Right then, he heard the sound of a car engine.

He turned around and saw a Porsche driving along the same road he had come from, heading in his direction. His heartbeat accelerated, and excitement washed over him. However, he quickly calmed himself down. Until he saw Ye Chen with his own eyes, he shouldn’t get his hopes up.

From the small Bluetooth earpiece he was wearing, a voice whispered.

["Sir, all the snipers are in position. We’ve locked onto that car. As soon as there’s any suspicious movement, we’ll take action."]

"Hm."

Gu Xuan calmly looked toward the approaching car, his eyes serious.

’Are you a friend or enemy?’

The answer would be revealed soon.

However, when the person stepped out of the car, Gu Xuan was stunned.

"Mayor Gao? How could it be you?"

Of course, he recognised the man. It was Gao Xufan, the mayor of Jiangnan City.

They had met many times before at various parties and could be considered good acquaintances.

That was precisely why Gu Xuan was so astonished.

Many possibilities had appeared in his mind, but he had never considered that Mayor Gao would be the sender.

Gao Xufan walked toward him.

Before Gu Xuan could ask anything, Gao Xufan’s question made him pause.

"Mr Gu? Why are you here?"

Gu Xuan was taken aback.

"Didn’t you call me?"

"No. Why would I...?"

Gao Xufan suddenly paused as if something had occurred to him.

"Wait a second. Did he ask you to come here too?"

Gu Xuan’s eyes narrowed.

"Do you know who that person is?"

Gao Xufan also understood the situation, although he was still somewhat confused.

"Since you were called here, does that mean you also have enmity with Ye Chen?"

"Enmity?"

Gu Xuan let out a cold laugh.

"I want to tear him apart. Crush his bones into powder. Even killing him a hundred times wouldn’t be enough for me."

Gao Xufan felt as though someone had just spoken his own feelings aloud.

"In that case, let’s go in. We’ll soon have our revenge."

Gu Xuan looked deeply at him before following him inside.

He didn’t know what kind of enmity Mayor Gao had with Ye Chen.

However, with his presence here, his hopes had ignited once more.

’Can I finally avenge Xue Lian?’

Whatever the truth was, he would see it with his own eyes.

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As the two entered the warehouse, the snipers brought by Gu Xuan also adjusted their positions.

With a dull thud, the warehouse door opened. Inside, it was dark, with barely any light entering through the exhaust vents. The dusty smell made it clear that this place hadn’t been used for a long time.

Gu Xuan didn’t care about any of that. His eyes were fixed on the two people inside. One was standing, while the other was sitting on a chair.

Because he couldn’t see clearly, he fumbled with his phone, trying to turn on the flashlight. But before he could, the standing person spoke in a deep voice.

"Don’t bother." It was clearly the voice of a man.

Then something magical happened.

A ball of fire appeared in the man’s right hand, illuminating the surroundings and allowing them to see everything clearly.

The person Gu Xuan had thought was sitting on a chair was actually tied to it, their face covered.

’Is that Ye Chen?’

However, the figure seemed to belong to a woman, so Gu Xuan was disappointed and didn’t pay much attention to her.