Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 553 Thunderstorm
Dewey took a deep breath and stuffed the last piece of burnt beef into his mouth: "Let's go. It takes time to get a fake identity, so the sooner the better."

Zhu Lan and Du Wei left the cafeteria and hailed a taxi on the street to return to the supermarket.

Instead of using the main entrance, the two entered through a side door that led directly to the office corridor.

This is Zhu Lan's designated commute route.

After the two entered the office and closed the door, Dewey said, "You even set up a VIP entrance for yourself."

"Not letting your subordinates know when you will show up is one of the basic requirements of being a boss."

Zhu Lan pushed open the filing cabinet and opened the hidden door, gesturing for Du Wei to come in: "I don't know if the others are available right now. If we suddenly hold an online meeting without prior notice, there might not be enough people."

Dewey frowned: "When Chuck Battier showed up before, didn't you tell everyone to be prepared to run away at any time?"

Zhu Lan rolled her eyes at Du Wei, annoyed: "Notifications are one thing, but resignation procedures and store handover aren't things that can be done in a day or two."

Everyone's definitely busier than before these days. If it's nothing important, who's going to waste time escaping to listen to your nonsense?

Besides, have you taken care of your own affairs? Have you completed the resignation procedures and job handover?
Don't wait until, besides the Haixin Society members, your company's people are also searching for you all over the world.

"I was in charge of a small project, not enough to warrant the company's attention."

Besides, my project was finished, and I originally planned to go through the resignation procedures the next day, but I was delayed by the Hermit's matter.

What about you? This supermarket is so big, even if someone's been wanting to buy it for a while, it probably won't be possible to reach an agreement anytime soon, right?

Dewey countered with a question.

"Don't worry, I established the image of being rich from the beginning. I opened the supermarket just for fun. Now that I'm tired of the simulation management, I'll naturally sell it."

Plus, I'm the only large supermarket nearby, and the profits are quite substantial. A bunch of people already have contracts ready and are just waiting to sign and transfer the business.

Zhu Lan sat down at the computer, opened the script package, and created a temporary chat room.

Then all the emergency contact numbers were added.

As long as someone sends a message inside, everyone else's mobile phone will receive a text message from a third-party telecommunications company.

As for where the third-party communication company is from, it goes without saying.

When the chat room is disbanded, all content will also disappear.

Although data that has been uploaded to the network can never be deleted.

But if you go to someone else's company's server to retrieve shredded files from the cloud, and then spend time restoring them...

By the time you recover all the information, everyone will have already run away.

An emergency notice was issued not long ago.

So as soon as the chat room opened, most people except Zhu Lan and Du Wei started chatting.

034: […]

085: […]

090: [I have something to announce]

031: [?]

022: [?]

031 and 022 were the initiators of this conference, namely Zhu Lan and Du Wei.

The numbers are generated randomly and do not follow any pattern.

And this 090 is one of the two numbers that Dewey handed over to—Ladydia.

As the initiator of the meeting, Zhu Lan knew who each number represented.

Five people are speaking in the chat room, and one person is offline.

That's right, including Bloom who went offline due to death, there are only six escapees in total.

The original defection team of thirty people has now dwindled to only one-fifth.

Most of them did not survive until the Asian Union before being arrested by the Haixin Club.

A small portion of them exposed their strange powers within the Asian Alliance and were abducted by the Countermeasures Bureau, their whereabouts unknown.

Zhu Lan and Du Wei exchanged a glance, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

Before I could even speak, Lydia spoke first.

Zhu Lan placed her hand on the power button on the computer with a wary expression, ready to shut it down and disconnect at any moment.

She turned to look at Dewey: "The numbers you gave the Hermit were Bloom and Lydia's, right? Bloom isn't online, and Lydia has something to say, so they wouldn't..."

"Let's see what Lydia has to say next."

Dewey shook his head and dissuaded Zhu Lan from turning off the phone.

However, Lydia's next words immediately sent everyone into a frenzy.

Lydia: [I have informed the Sea Heart Society of my location.]

The number 090 had been changed to Lydia's at this point, as if to announce to everyone that she no longer wanted to hide her true identity.

Upon receiving the message, 034 and 085 immediately logged off and left the room, as did Dewey.

Only Zhu Lan remained to confront her.

031: [Are you crazy?!]

Lydia ignored Zhu Lan's question.

She was silent for a while, and soon 034 and 085 returned to the chat room.

Before Zhu Lan could ask a question, Dewey patted her on the shoulder.

"See for yourself."

Dewey handed over the phone.

The message reads: "I now know your exact identity and location. Return to the chat room and let me finish what I have to say, or you will surely die."

"What exactly happened to her...?"

A chill ran through Zhu Lan's heart.

She was the only one who knew everyone's fake identities and contact information.

Zhu Lan was well aware that there was no possibility of a leak on her side.

If what Lydia said is true, then she must have traced the source through her false identity and found the smuggler who made the fake documents.

That way, you only need to glance at the photos to figure out everyone's fake identities, and then follow the clues to find the real person's location.

Why do we say the news didn't leak from Zhu Lan?
Because even Zhu Lan had all this information memorized, and she only knew about the fake identity, but didn't know where others would go using fake identities.

Anyone who dares to make fake citizen cards in Asia Union is no ordinary person.

Either a team leader who can hack into the Asia Union database can personally customize a tag for you.

Or it could be an intelligence organization supported by the European Union, with pre-prepared false identities.

Or they might be bounty hunters from the Free Federation. If a client takes a fancy to someone's identity, these brutes will simply kill the person in question and then clean up the mess, letting the client take their place.

Of course, those who seek them out are often people who need short-term temporary status.

These examples clearly demonstrate the ruthless nature of those who dare to produce citizen cards at Asia Union.

Even though Mus only tried it briefly back then, just to get himself a backup identity, he immediately left the scene.

The water was too deep for him to handle.

The fake identities Zhu Lan bought for everyone were tagged people obtained from geeks, and were absolutely clean and safe.

Even with her strange abilities, Lydia might not be able to gain any advantage against this group.

Because if things escalate and attract the attention of the Countermeasures Bureau, Lydia will surely die.

(End of this chapter)