My Endless Life.

Chapter 349 Forked Road
The fact that Sun Xiaoqing possessed a rare object was neither a big nor a small matter.

But for some members with other code names who originally followed the Death Star and now switched to other places, it is a big deal.

[Agent] Zhao Hong is one of those who is paying attention to this matter.

He is a Chinese, about 40 years old, but because he takes good care of himself, he looks like he is only in his early 30s.

Among all the codenamed members under Death Star, Zhao Hong is considered the highest-ranking one.

He is even eligible to run for the Twelve Stars.

Therefore, after the Death Star passed away, Zhao Hong relied on his own connections and the support of the Twelve Stars who had a good relationship with the Death Star to barely gain a foothold in the Ancient Monuments Society.

When the ancient monuments are ready for the end of the world, Zhao Hong may become the new Twelve Stars.

But that's all for later.

Now, Zhao Hong is faced with another major issue:
"Meng An is with Sun Xiaoqing?"

Zhao Hong listened to his subordinates' reports. After learning about Sun Xiaoqing's recent experience, he frowned and asked his subordinates about the matter.

The female secretary under her heard her boss' question and nodded in confirmation:

"Sun Xiaoqing had contact with Meng An some time ago and lived with him as Meng An's relative. I guess she wanted to protect Teacher Zhang's grandson."

"Protection is bullshit!"

Zhao Hong was furious: "If she really wanted to protect him, she wouldn't have come to the United States at this time!"

"Perhaps, she has something to hide. After all, we now know that she has a rare item in her possession, but none of us know the ability and price of that item."

Precisely because Sun Xiaoqing has a rare item on her, many people in the Death Star faction now do not have much objection to Sun Xiaoqing's betrayal.

The price of the rare item is extremely complicated. Perhaps the price of the rare item in Sun Xiaoqing's hand is that she must leave any organization and become a free man.

These are all things that cannot be said for sure.

Zhao Hong didn't say anything when he heard this. He certainly knew that what his subordinate said made some sense, but he was still not happy about Sun Xiaoqing contacting Meng An without permission.

After Zhang Fengyun died, the only relative she had left was Meng An.

Originally, Zhao Hong was thinking of waiting until the fighting was over and things settled down before finding a way to bring Meng An over.

With Zhao Hong here, Meng An can live well even if he doesn't join the Ancient Monuments Society.

But unexpectedly, before he made any move, Sun Xiaoqing, who was wandering on the periphery of power, came into contact with Meng An first.

It would have been fine if they had contact with her, but her identity was extremely sensitive. She was a member of the Ancient Monuments Society and was targeted by the Twelve Stars. Now she had even left the Ancient Monuments Society, making it impossible for her allies to help her.

Zhao Hong was not afraid of Sun Xiaoqing's hostility towards the Twelve Stars. As long as she could survive, it was her ability and Zhao Hong could not say anything.

But Zhao Hong was worried that Sun Xiaoqing would lead the enemy to Meng An!
If something happened to Meng An because of this, how would Zhao Hong face his teacher when he passed away?

"Think of a way to contact Sun Xiaoqing."

After a long silence, Zhao Hong gave his subordinates an order: "Contact her and get her away from Meng An! Don't let her bring the enemy to Meng An!"

"Okay, I'll arrange some personnel right away...but as for the teacher's grandson..."

"I'll find a way. Please contact Sun Xiaoqing first."

Zhao Hong sighed.

The female secretary said no more and went to arrange for people to contact Sun Xiaoqing with Zhao Hong's instructions.

After the female secretary left, Zhao Hong stood up, pulled down all the curtains, and took out a bronze mirror with gemstones inlaid on the back from his arms.

The bronze mirror was small and exquisite, only the size of a palm, but when Zhao Hong faced the bronze mirror, nothing was reflected in it.

This is a strange thing.

Its name is [Mother and Child Connected Mirror]. Its main body is a life-size bronze mirror unearthed from ancient Chinese sites. The bronze mirror is accompanied by nine sub-mirrors. The person holding a sub-mirror can communicate with the mother mirror regardless of distance and obstacles.

After testing, it was found that no matter whether the mother mirror contacts the daughter mirror or the daughter mirror contacts the mother mirror, the contact time cannot exceed nine minutes.

If it exceeds nine minutes, the holders of the mother mirror and the child mirror will have a special connection, making the two originally unrelated people become as close as mother and child.

And that’s not even the price.

The price is that after activating the bronze mirror, the user of the mother mirror needs to perfectly play the role of a mother for a day.

After activating the bronze mirror, the user of the sub-mirror needs to play the role of a son or daughter for a day.

There are no restrictions on the conditions for acting, even if you are acting online.

To be honest, Zhao Hong didn't really want to use this bronze mirror because of the price.

But there was no other way. For the teacher's only relative left behind, Zhao Hong had to find a way to ensure his safety.

So he could only activate the bronze mirror and ask for help from his connections in China to take care of Meng An.

The bronze mirror started, and soon a kind-looking woman appeared on the other side of the mirror. She looked at Zhao Hong on the other side of the mirror and asked:
"You contacted me suddenly. Do you have anything to report?"

"There are two things. The power struggle in the Ancient Monuments Association is just coming to an end. I'm afraid they will have to make full preparations for the end of the world. One of the twelve stars, the Sky Eagle Star, has never evacuated from China. I'm afraid they are planning something." "Well, we already know this. What is the other thing?"

"... Zhang Fengyun, codenamed [Xuanfeng], was my teacher in the Ancient Relics Society. She died in an accident some time ago, leaving behind only a grandson who was less than ten years old... Teacher Zhang has no other relatives in the country, and her grandson has no one to take care of him, so I thought..."

"What's the kid's name? I'll help keep an eye out for him."

Seeing that his superiors had agreed, Zhao Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and then told the person on the other side of the mirror the name of Zhang Fengyun's grandson:
"His name is Meng An, and he now lives in Suhe City."

After saying everything that needed to be said, Zhao Hong cut off communication with the other side and then put away the mirror.

Zhao Hong's code name in the organization is "Agent", but no one knows that he is actually a spy sent by China to the Ancient Monuments Society.

Or in other words, he was a triple agent who was sent by China to the Antiquities Society, then the Antiquities Society sent him to Japan, and then Japan sent him to the Antiquities Society!

Precisely because his identity is so complicated, he chose the code name "Agent".

And because of this, no matter what abnormalities he exhibits, the Ancient Monuments Society will not doubt him.

Because everyone in the top management of the Antique Monuments Association knows that he is a double agent from Japan.

……

While the outside world was in turmoil, Li Qi and Sun Xiaoqing were living a peaceful life.

After getting rid of Iron Fist and the dancer, the two immediately took the dancer's rare items and quickly embarked on a journey to Missouri.

They eliminated the enemy without leaving any traces, and the journey was quite easy for the two.

Driving, listening to music, looking at the scenery along the way, enjoying the exotic customs and culture, and spending the night in a unique motel, these days can be said to be quite comfortable, not much different from traveling.

Away from the crowds and cities, the world didn’t seem to have changed much, as if the dark day had never appeared and the world had never fallen into chaos.

Li Qi sat in the passenger seat, looking at the scenery outside the window, and his mind gradually calmed down.

It seemed like he hadn't traveled by car like this for a long time, and this long-lost feeling made Li Qi feel nostalgic.

With his eyes fixed on the scenery outside, Li Qi casually asked Sun Xiaoqing who was driving the car:
"How far is it to the destination?"

"At this rate, we'll probably be there in a few hours... huh?"

Sun Xiaoqing was swiping the navigation on her phone and looking at the map when she suddenly made a sound of surprise.

Hearing Sun Xiaoqing's surprised voice, Li Qi turned to look at her:
"what happened?"

"…The navigation target is gone. Strange."

Originally, Sun Xiaoqing set the destination town as the navigation target, and now they are also following the map navigation.

But just now, when Sun Xiaoqing took a look at the target map, she found that the place they were originally going to was shown as an empty space on the map.

There was no town, let alone any other buildings, it was just blank.

After hearing what Sun Xiaoqing said, Li Qi took the phone and checked it carefully, and found that Sun Xiaoqing had indeed set the target on an open space.

“Could it be that the initial navigation was wrong?”

Li Qi raised doubts.

Sun Xiaoqing immediately replied: "Impossible, because there is only this small town nearby, so I have confirmed it many times, there is absolutely no way I can be wrong!"

"..."

Li Qi was silent.

If Sun Xiaoqing was not mistaken, it meant that an accident had occurred in the town. And based on what Li Qi had learned about the world's worldview, there was only one possibility for such a strange accident to occur in the town.

Pollution.

The town was affected by some kind of pollution caused by the birth of the Dark Day, and then it completely disappeared from this world, and even the town disappeared from the map.

Of course, it is also possible that only the town disappeared from the map, but the town itself still exists.

Or maybe something really happened in the town, and in order to prevent people from going to the town, the authorities erased the coordinates of the town from the map.

But no matter which possibility it was, it meant that something had indeed happened in the town, and Li Qi made a decision immediately:

"Turn around, let's go back."

"…it is good."

Sun Xiaoqing did not raise any questions. Looking at Li Qi's serious expression, she knew that Li Qi must have guessed something, so when Li Qi gave the order to go back, she immediately stopped the car, turned around and walked back.

Most of the roads in the United States are very empty, and roads built in the wilderness are even more so. Not only are there no guardrails between the two roads, but there are also few passing vehicles, so Sun Xiaoqing can change directions freely without worrying about affecting oncoming vehicles.

The car was driving back. Logically, there shouldn't be any accidents. After all, Li Qi reacted quickly. He turned back immediately when he realized something was wrong with the town. They hadn't even approached the nearest city to the town.

However, the accident still happened.

On their way back, the two men came across a fork in the road, which they had never experienced before.

(End of this chapter)