Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 209 Underground Trading
Recently, many militants have appeared on Blue Star. They are studying every day how to use their abilities to kill others.

This made Duan Mingyuan feel that this planet was indeed dangerous.

In order to ease the tense and solemn atmosphere, he decided to treat Zheng Liu and the unknown young hunter to a meal of ramen. Jiu Yue mentioned more than once that ramen could quickly bring people closer together, but every time Duan Mingyuan wanted to take her to eat ramen, the little fox would be attracted by the fried chicken shop on the way and temporarily change their destination to eat fried chicken.

Sitting in a ramen restaurant with not many customers, feeling the steam coming from the bowl, the young hunter finally came back to his senses.

Her mind was completely blank and she even forgot how she got to the store.

Or maybe her mind stopped functioning when the bullet hit her head last night.

Dying in this way in an unknown alley seemed to be in line with the identity of a hunter. The master had told her many stories about hunters, talking about those brave hunters from decades ago. Most of them suddenly lost contact one day and never showed up in the association again.

Everyone knows that they are dead, having paid with their lives while investigating evil.

Friends who are familiar with them will engrave their names on the plaque and hang it on the association's memorial board to prove that such a hunter once existed.

"Are you the new leader of the Imperial Hunting Court that the contact person mentioned?"

This was the first sentence the young hunter said to them after they met, but it made Zheng Liu's heart turn into a turmoil.

He could deduce that the Imperial Hunting Court was the parent organization of the Hunter Association, and that this man who looked only a few years older than him had become the leader?

"it's me."

"I was saved by my master in an accident. Everyone in the association calls me Xing."

Xing's mood darkened at the mention of the missing old hunter.

It had been several days since her master disappeared, and combined with the attack she had experienced in the alley last night, she knew that her master was most likely in danger.

Even though the master had long said that this day would come to him sooner or later, as more than 80% of hunters disappeared without a trace, and that was likely to be his end, he had warned her more than once that if she disappeared one day, she must not try to find him, as her ability was very important to the association and could help many people.

But when that day finally came, she still went against the contact person's warning.

This time, they are not dealing with evil spirits, but people like them.

Possessing the same strange ability as the hunters, but using it for evil.

"There are two of them, and one of them can conjure weapons out of thin air."

Xing had no appetite for food. She tried to recall everything she had witnessed in the alley. "That man said the missing company executive was the first one. They still have many people to deal with."

Later, her disguise was exposed.

She originally wanted to run away, but when one of them fixed his eyes on her, she became paralyzed and fell to the ground, unable to move at all. She watched helplessly as the man conjured up a peculiar-shaped pistol out of thin air and pulled the trigger at her without any hesitation.

Her consciousness also fell into chaos, and when she regained consciousness, she was already in a ramen restaurant near the port.

Xing blamed herself very much, "It was too dark at the time, I didn't dare to get too close, and I couldn't see their faces clearly."

"Don't blame yourself too much, you did your job well."

Duan Mingyuan comforted her by saying that Xing's life energy was only 21 and she was just in the stage of becoming a regular employee. And from what he knew, Xing was good at disguising herself and thus became the ace intelligence officer of the Siyang City Hunter Association.

He asked, "How did you target them?"

"Before Master disappeared, he had been investigating a case for several years."

As she spoke, Xing fumbled in her inner pocket and pulled out a familiar card:

"Are you tired of your current life?"

"Do you want to change your life?"

"Do you want to know the truth behind this world?" "Come to us, all your questions will be answered."

Duan Mingyuan received the same small card in the hotel.

The association was only recently rebuilt, and the master responded to the invitation immediately. When he returned, he also informed the contact person of the clues he had investigated.

He also provided the newly established liaison station with information about the movements of the Wangxu organization. "Master said that the water here is very deep, and strongly requested the liaison officer to seek help from Yu Shouting. However, it was not until the case of 13 missing people occurred that the liaison officer contacted Yu Shouting."

From Xing's words, it is not difficult to see that she does not trust the liaison station in Siyang City.

This may also be the reason why she did not ask for help from the contact station and took action privately.

"The water is deep? How deep?"

Zheng Liu lowered his voice and asked in a low voice.

"It's so deep that if the truth is revealed, I don't know how many big shots in Siyang City will fall."

The political world, the business world, and even the companies in Siyang City are not clean.

Xing still remembered that the master always joked that this might be the last case he would investigate. Every time she heard him say this, she would scold the master and tell him not to recite the funeral sutras. However, she never expected that her words would come true. The master also disappeared without a trace like the previous hunters.

She stared at Duan Mingyuan for a moment. She didn't trust the people at the liaison station, but she had a natural liking for the new leader of the Imperial Hunting Court.

Although they had never met before, after hearing about Yunlong City's deeds, the master praised the new leader more than once, saying that he was a man of great ambition who might really be able to lead the hunter profession back to glory.

Xing made a decision in her heart. She knew very well that her strength alone was not enough to make a splash in Siyang City.

"Can you step aside for a moment?"

She glanced at Zheng Liu.

"Okay, I'll go out and smoke a cigarette..."

Zheng Liu suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He had only eaten half of the ramen.

"It's okay. Lao Zheng is an ambitious young man. You can tell him what you want to say in front of him."

Duan Mingyuan believed in his own judgment of people. If Zheng Liu were put in a detective cartoon, he would be the kind of character who deserves the title of "Brother Zheng Liu".

Although his fighting ability is not strong, he can drive and is very familiar with Siyang City, so he can be considered a supporting role.

Taking into account Xing's intelligence ability of infiltration and investigation, their team already has two supports and one healer. If they can get another strong output, they will be complete.

"Ok."

Xing said, "Master has found out that there is an underground exchange somewhere in Siyang City. This card is equivalent to an advertisement for the exchange."

"Underground exchange, similar to underground auction?"

Zheng Liu asked.

"I don't know. Master has been investigating for many years but still hasn't been able to find its exact location. I only know that you can buy almost anything you want there."

Fame, power, wealth, beauty.

As long as they exist in this world, as long as you can afford the price, you can get them.

Zheng Liu immediately thought of the 150-year lifespan mentioned by the evil spirit in the company building. The thirteen missing executives had also made a deal, using 150 years of lifespan to purchase their future of prosperity.

He understood why Xing's master said that the water here is very deep.

Apart from the missing thirteen people, who else bought what in the underground exchange?
(End of this chapter)