My Endless Life.

Chapter 342 Mysterious Departments of Various Countries
Looking at the card in Li Qi's hand, Sun Xiaoqing was silent for a while and replied:
“Strange objects are things that appeared along with the ancient ruins a few years ago. Some items that once existed, or items with rumors, will have special powers depending on the content of the rumors.

"The United Nations calls it [Strange Objects], and each country has established its own special departments based on Strange Objects."

Sun Xiaoqing said this, staring straight at the card in Li Qi's hand.

Li Qi did not hide it and turned over the card. It was a big clown card, commonly known as the "king".

Seeing Li Qi turn over the cards, the winner of a round was revealed. After the second round began, Sun Xiaoqing quickly reached out and drew the cards, placing them on the table.

She stroked the back of the playing card, and breathed a sigh of relief as if she had made up her mind. Then she looked up and asked Li Qi:
"Now let me ask you, how did you do that?"

Li Qi did not answer. He casually drew a card and placed it on the table, smiling and saying:
"No, let me ask you first, what are the secret departments of various countries?"

"I have the last Joker card in my hand, and your Big Joker card has been taken away. How is it possible..."

Sun Xiaoqing didn't want to answer and wanted to continue arguing, but Li Qi turned over the cards.

When Sun Xiaoqing saw the poker cards that Li Qi turned over, her eyes widened.

Because that playing card turned out to be another Joker card that was supposed to appear in her hand!

"How could this be..." Sun Xiaoqing turned over the cards in her hand in disbelief and immediately fell silent.

That Ace of Clubs looked so dazzling under the light.

“…How did you do that?” Sun Xiaoqing couldn’t believe it.

She was absolutely sure that she got another Joker card, but... why did it turn out to be the Ace of Clubs?

Li Qi answered casually:

"Sometimes, feelings can be deceiving. Now answer my question, what are the secret departments of various countries?"

"China is the [057 Bureau], the United States is the [Anomalous Matter Management Bureau], commonly known as the [Abnormal Management Bureau], the European Union is the [Supernatural Matter Investigation Bureau], abbreviated as the [Supernatural Investigation Bureau], and the Soviet Union is the [Strange Matter Investigation Committee], also known as the [Strange Committee]...

"In addition to these... other countries also have similar departments, but these are the most important and powerful departments internationally."

Sun Xiaoqing finished her answer, marking the end of one round and the beginning of a new one.

According to the loser-goes-first rule, Sun Xiaoqing drew first again.

This time she got the biggest card except for the jokers, but she didn't have the confidence to win before turning over the cards.

After she drew the cards, Li Qi took a card seemingly at random, and then continued to ask:
"So, who are you?"

“…I need to look at the cards first.”

"can."

Li Qi turned over the card and it was a King of Spades.

The card in Sun Xiaoqing's hand is also a K, but it is a K of clubs.

According to the rules of playing cards, under the same color, spades are the largest, followed by hearts, then diamonds, and finally clubs.

In other words, Sun Xiaoqing still lost this game.

But Sun Xiaoqing was relieved because she was not wrong. Although the suit was wrong, she did choose the K of the playing card at the beginning.

I just can't determine the color.

Feeling a little more relaxed, Sun Xiaoqing answered Li Qi's question:

"We are members of the [Ancient Relics Investigation Association], also known as the [Ancient Relics Society], and I am one of them."

"That's it?"

Li Qi frowned, then signaled Sun Xiaoqing to draw a card.

Sun Xiaoqing took another card this time, but she no longer had the confidence to beat Li Qi.

Seeing Li Qi casually draw a card and casually turn it over to reveal the King of Hearts, Sun Xiaoqing said helplessly:

"Okay, okay, I give up. Ask whatever you want."

Li Qi put away the playing cards and asked Sun Xiaoqing:

"What is the [Ancient Monuments Society]? From the looks of you, it seems that the organization behind you can compete with major countries?"

"Because behind the [Ancient Monuments Association] are two famous international groups in the world, one is [Black Water Biology], and the other is [Silver Technology]. You should know these two groups, right?"

Li Qi nodded slightly when he heard this.

He did learn about these two groups online.

The group we are most familiar with is the Black Water Creatures group.

If Li Qi were to describe this group with a metaphor that everyone can understand, he would compare it to the Umbrella Group in this world, which is the famous Umbrella. Although Blackwater Creatures is not Umbrella, it is quite similar to Umbrella in terms of scale and what it is researching.

Li Qi didn't know much about the other [Silver Technology], but all the computers and smartphones in this world were developed by this company, and the main system was also the Silver Technology system, which was equivalent to the combination of Microsoft and Apple.

The two companies jointly sponsored a [Historic Association], so it seems that this Historic Association really has a strong background.

Seeing that Li Qi knew about these two groups, Sun Xiaoqing did not explain too much about these two groups, but continued:
“Although these two groups are behind the Ancient Monuments Association, in fact, they don’t interfere much, so we also have our own hierarchy within the Ancient Monuments Association.

“The Ancient Monuments Association is divided into seven levels from top to bottom. The highest level is the president, followed by three vice presidents, then the twelve stars, and then the various codenamed members in the middle level.

"The remaining three levels are much simpler. They are internal staff, external managers, and ordinary members who have no idea that the Antiquities Association exists but are working for it."

"Which one are you?" Li Qi asked.

Sun Xiaoqing took a deep breath and said seriously: "My code name in the Ancient Monuments Association is [Thousand King], and I am a mid-level staff member, at the same level as your grandmother [Xuanfeng] Zhang Fengyun."

As soon as Sun Xiaoqing finished speaking, she felt a chill all over her body again.

Looking up at Li Qi, he saw that the smile on Li Qi's face had disappeared and his expression had become extremely cold.

"So, grandma's death was caused by your Ancient Monuments Association?"

Li Qi's tone was flat, and there was no ups and downs in his voice, but Sun Xiaoqing felt as if a disaster was about to happen, as if she would die here in the next moment if she didn't answer clearly.

Sun Xiaoqing immediately explained:

"I don't know! It has nothing to do with me! I'm just guessing!"

"Why do you guess so?"

“Because [Xuan Feng] once had the qualifications to run for the Twelve Stars, but unfortunately lost the election, so she retired from the core layer and returned to China to take care of her husband and children.

“But even though she has retired, her opponents will never let her go, especially now that the Ancient Monument has fully retracted its tentacles!
"So after I knew she was in trouble, I guessed that it was very likely that her opponent took the excuse that it was unsafe for her to stay in China and eliminated her without authorization. That's why I came to find you!"

Sun Xiaoqing cleared herself of all charges with her words. Li Qi carefully examined her for a long time and made sure that she was not lying. Only then did he relax his mental power a little.

The Ancient Monument Society, the Twelve Stars, the codenamed members...

Li Qi didn't expect that Zhang Fengyun, who looked like an ordinary retired old man, had such exciting experiences.

But this would explain why Zhang Fengyun had a satellite phone and why he was murdered for no reason.

Judging from what Sun Xiaoqing said, the Ancient Monuments Association has gotten into big trouble, so it is withdrawing its tentacles around the world. This means that its members hidden in various countries are evacuating to safe places they have designated.

But for some reason, Zhang Fengyun was unwilling to evacuate and wanted to stay in China.

But she happened to be an important member who was once qualified to run for the Twelve Stars, and knew many secrets of the Ancient Monuments Society.

Therefore, in order to prevent the secrets within the Ancient Monuments Society from being leaked, they hired someone to assassinate Zhang Fengyun.

This is the real reason for Zhang Fengyun’s death!
"…Um, are you guys done talking?"

While Li Qi was thinking about this, Liu Cheng on the side couldn't help but interrupt.

The two turned around and saw Liu Cheng standing aside with two plates in his hands, looking like he wanted to interrupt but didn't know how.

Sun Xiaoqing then realized that there was someone standing next to her. She was so focused on staring at Li Qi that she didn't even notice this!
Li Qi had noticed Liu Cheng a long time ago, but because the information revealed by Sun Xiaoqing was too crucial, he ignored him.

Who knew that Liu Cheng would just stand there stupidly and not sit down for a long time... Oh, there are no other seats around, so that's fine.

"Put your things down and bring a chair over here." Li Qi said to Liu Cheng speechlessly, then turned to look at Sun Xiaoqing: "Why did you come to see me?"

"Xuan Feng once took care of me when I joined the sect, so after I investigated your identity and found out that you were Xuan Feng's grandson, I wanted to come and meet you. Who knew that I would later learn that Xuan Feng had passed away...

"Originally, I wanted to see if I could use my connections to be your guardian and keep you under my protection, but now it seems that you don't need my protection."

More than not needing it, Sun Xiaoqing now feels that she needs the other party's protection!

Regardless of what the opponent's strange mental pressure is, whether it is the use of a strange object or some other reason, this ability is enough to make Li Qi not worry about being targeted by the Ancient Relics Society.

On the contrary, Sun Xiaoqing didn't have any rare items on hand.

Of course, Sun Xiaoqing does not envy the owners of those rare objects. The reason is that there is a certain price to pay for using rare objects.

It's not bad if you encounter a simple price, such as eating your hair and nails after use. But if you encounter a price that requires you to cut your own body after use, or the price of randomly cutting off a part of your body after use, it's simply worse than death!
It is said that there is a price to pay for using this rare item which will make you age one year older each time. If Sun Xiaoqing encounters such a rare item, she would definitely not dare to use it.

Now I don’t know what the magical thing is that child in front of me. I always feel like he didn’t pay any price.

Li Qi didn't know what Sun Xiaoqing was thinking. At this moment, he was thinking about whether to implant a spiritual seed in Sun Xiaoqing.

Only in this way can he fully trust Sun Xiaoqing.

(End of this chapter)