Chapter Nineteenth: Zhou Xiao Acts on Her Own

  The night was dark and quiet, a lone figure climbed up the wall of a high-rise building. According to Yue Jie, she and that man lived in... Jumping onto a balcony, retracting the steel wire, the doors and windows were locked and couldn't be opened, but this didn't stump her. Her abilities weren't as practical as those of Xue Jie and Yue Jie, but they still had some use. No matter where she was, she could make others sense her presence through sheer willpower, but sensing others' presence was very difficult for her, requiring a huge amount of spiritual energy. The first time she did a mission, she used it, but ended up not being helpful and slept for an entire month. If not for Xue Er Jie, who knows how long she would have slept? That one time, she was evaluated as a defective product, and should have been destroyed directly...

  The woman inside suddenly opened her eyes, quietly got up without disturbing the person beside her, "You're really bold, what are you doing sneaking in here at midnight!"

  Zhou Xiao looked at her with a piercing gaze and said: "Shen Xiao, did you betray Xue Jie for that man?"

  "Ha! Is this what you're here for?"

  Zhou Xiao looked at her with an icy face, had they all misjudged her?

  Shen Xiao yawned, "Although I was brought out by Ye Qi Xue, it doesn't mean I have to live for her my whole life."

  Zhou Xiao's eyes suddenly turned sharp, and her right hand fiercely grasped her throat. "Have you forgotten the great price Snow Sister paid for us?!"

  "She's not doing it for us, she's doing it for herself!" Shen Xiao grabbed her hand, pinching it hard and flung her away, "Leave now, my affairs have nothing to do with you."

  Zhou Xiao was unwilling, why did she become like this? Just as she took a step forward, she was stopped by a loud shout.

  "Zhou Xiao!" Zhou Xiao heard the voice and turned his head, it was Yue Jie.

  Ye Yuexin glared at her fiercely and looked at Shen Xiao, "Can you tell me about the case of Xia Li?"

  "Night Moon, you're the same," Shen Xiao said with a slight curl of her lip. "Time is running out for all of us, and yet you still have the leisure to investigate these unrelated matters. You're also doing it for that man named Xu Fan, aren't you? You keep saying you got involved in this because of me, but now that I'm fine, don't bother me again. As for Xia Li's affairs, I know nothing about them."

  Ye Yuexin seemed indifferent to her change and continued: "I just want to know if the person you met will send us an email."

  Shen Xiao turned his back on them and said, "I don't know." Then he left.

  Zhou Xiao's tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall. "Mei Jie, why did Shen Xiao have to do this?!"

  "For love."

  Love?

  Yè Yuè qīn mō mō tā de tóu, "yǐ hòu nǐ jiù huì lǐ jiě de."

  Translation:

  Night Moon gently patted her head, “You will understand later.”

  Zhou Xiao shook her head fiercely, "No, I don't want to understand, apart from you guys, I have nothing left, and I don't want anything else!"

  Yuejin suddenly burst into anger, "You little girl are too daring! How dare you run outside alone, what if something happens!"

  Zhou Xiao looked down pitifully and quietly said, "But I don't want to always be protected by you guys, I also want to help you, I don't want to become a burden to you. I know I'm useless, but I also don't want to stay alone in the back just watching you get hurt and tired!"

  Yue Xing sighed helplessly and said in a soft voice, "Next time, you can't do this again. Even if you want to do something, you must tell us first."

  Xiao Zhou nodded obediently.

  "It's late, let's go home." Shen Xiao didn't know what to do, but there wasn't enough time to investigate this matter anymore. The mysterious letter sender never appeared again. In short, all the keys must be obtained! Mu Shu Ge, Ye Yue Chen, Zhou Xiao, Xu Fan, and Leng Hao were all in Ge Yu Feng's house. Ge Yu Feng silently looked at the extra people, Xu Fan asked vaguely: "Who are you?"

  "Anyway, it's not an enemy."

  Ge Yufeng asked Mu Shuqin, "How did Xuan Fan also come?"

  Mu Shu's gaze was like saying "idiot", "One more person, one more share of strength."

  Ge Yu Feng said: "What is the reason you are looking for the Blue Jade Gemstone Crystal Fragment?"

  Mushu furrowed his brow and said slowly, "Actually, we're not even clear about it. The Blue Jade Gemstone crystal fragments were already in the organization when they started searching for them. It seems to contain extremely powerful energy, and our abilities seem to be derived from it. In any case, because of that organization, we became like this. What they want to get, we definitely can't let them have."

  "What's more, the organization has been looking for us all along, no, they've been monitoring us!"

  Xu Fan was like listening to a heavenly book, "What organization? Who is monitoring you?"

  "Now there's no time for so much explanation, I'm not too clear myself, but you'll understand when the time comes to be with them."

  Xu Fan was puzzled in his heart, why did he also have to go find that crystal? Didn't he just investigate the Xia Li case?

  "Then we won't take Xia Li's case?"

  Ge Yu Feng said calmly: "I've already told Director Ma about this, he said he'll let others investigate, mainly to find the fragments of the Blue Jade Gemstone Crystal."

  Xu Fan sighed helplessly, whatever they wanted to do was up to them anyway.

  Mushen glanced at them and began to discuss the matter. There are six of us in total, news about the Blue Jade Gemstone Crystal is at the Shahe Temple, the Black Tongue Key may be in Artux, we need to divide into two teams, how do you think we should divide?

  Several people looked at each other, Xu Fan only knew Mu Shuqin and Ye Yuexin, Zhou Xiao was like a child, Leng Hao didn't know him and was icy cold, Ge Yufeng was the same. Mu Shuqin spoke up, "If there's no problem, I'll just divide it casually."

  Mushu Ke and Ge Yufeng are meant to be together, Xu Fan and Ye Yuexin know each other, Leng Hao and Zhou Xiao... one is an ordinary person, the other a child with almost useless abilities.

  "Nuo Er lock." Leng Hao's voice was cold, and the air around him almost froze.

  Mo Shu got used to his breath, "Never mind, anyway it's in B city, I, Ge Yu Feng and..." was interrupted by a cold voice before he could finish speaking.

  "Two people."

  Mu Shu furrowed his brow, "What's the reason?"

  "Trouble."

  Mu Shu rubbed his temples in distress, "Can't you just be normal for once? Alright, you and Zhou Xiao can go together, you're both ordinary people, be careful on the way."

  "Yuexin and Xufan went to Artux, I and Ge Yufeng went to the Shahe Temple, where are you two going?"

  "Kui Mountain."

  Zhou Xiao blinked her cute eyes and said, "Where is Qishan? What are we going to do there?" She didn't want to trouble her sisters, so wherever they told her to go, she would go, and she had to complete the task well!

  "Money, message."

  Although it's brief, it's clear that the place can make a lot of money, and there are messages about this. They may have to go to many places, and money is naturally important. Usually, Ye Yue manages the funds, but mainly it's Leng Xiao's connections.

  "Okay, this is a strong adhesive earpiece that can transmit information to each other. The method of use will be told on the way to those who don't know, okay, let's act separately."

  Three helicopters flew in three directions. Xu Fan looked at the small circular piece and thought that if he wasn't careful, it would be lost. "Do you have any more?"

  Yè Yuè Jīn knew what he was thinking, "Don't worry, unless it's torn off with the skin, it won't fall off. Look, although this is a circular piece, isn't there a protrusion on the right side? Press it." Xú Fán pressed it lightly and it became bulging, and a small head popped out from above, making a sound when touched.

  "It's like that, now we can all communicate with each other and send our respective locations. Let's stick them in our ears." Musu said after turning off the sound, which would light up when there were messages being transmitted. An automatic sensor was also installed, which would flash if something happened to one of them.

  "What's the use of the Blackthorn Key and Nole Lock?"

  "It's said that to obtain the Blue Jade Crystal, one must have the corresponding keys. The original shape of the Blue Jade Crystal was a regular hexahedron. The first key is the Nor Lock, the second key is the Black Tongue Key, the third key is the Lianzhu, the fourth key is the Xiajing Chip, and the fifth key is the Tianyi. Once all these are found, the Blue Jade Crystal will emit a massive energy, but as for how to do it specifically, I'm not sure."

  Ge Yufeng narrowed his eyes, puzzled: "You said the organization found the Blue Jade Crystal because it contains a huge amount of energy. These five keys can open the Blue Jade Crystal, which means that when everything is gathered together, what will happen when the energy is released? The abilities on your bodies are provided by the Blue Jade Crystal as the core. Once this power bursts out, no one can stop it."

  Mushu heard what he said and felt a heavy heart, helplessly saying: "What else can we do? If we don't find it, even more children will become test subjects."

  "Since the Blue Sapphire Crystal has been lost for so long, why did it get lost? And yet it became fragmented? Is your power provided by a single fragment?" If that's really the case, then this power is truly terrifying.

  Mushu spat out a mouthful of turbid air, "Although there are still many unclear things, we have already started to take action. The people in the organization will also sense it and take action. What is unknown now is how many fragments the Blue Jade Gemstone Crystal was split into. I already have eight pieces in my hand, which I put separately in bottles, just in case putting them together would cause some change. So far, it seems that they haven't brought any unusual changes to our bodies."

  Ge Yufeng was very curious about how she had escaped, and since the organization's people were still monitoring them, why didn't they take action? He Yongtao said that Qī Xuě's body possessed a very powerful force, which at that time caused so many deaths because it couldn't be controlled. Now? Ge Yufeng looked at her with great interest, she was like a riddle, and he had to dig deeper.

  Mushu felt his gaze, but she was just looking at the white clouds outside the window. The cloud is intangible, it has no physical form, but when not in contact, they are layered and very beautiful. When the plane rushes in, they disperse, and after everything ends, will she also be like the cloud, unable to touch but easily dispersed, disappearing like foam.