Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 475 Moth

"The thing is in your pocket... Be careful... Wang Shizhong..."

Zhongwen only had time to say one sentence before he fainted on Lu Chongming's shoulder.

Lu Chongming carried him and called out a few times while running away. Even without looking back, he could feel a force relentlessly pursuing him.

Wang Shizhong?
This person is the current head of the affairs team, and was originally a senior member of the affairs team. Because of the Changsheng Society incident during the earthquake, the director was arrested, the deputy director became a member of the Changsheng Society, and the former head was killed on the spot when he tried to abscond with the money. In the Jiangwen Street Office before the earthquake, especially in the affairs team, there were not many people who survived with a clean record.

Wang Shizhong was one of them. After a detailed background investigation and relevant review, his innocence was confirmed, and he also had a very high reputation among his colleagues in the Bureau.

It is known that he has funded a considerable number of charitable projects, sponsoring countless marginalized neighborhoods and even impoverished areas.

This wasn't a publicity stunt in the traditional sense. As an internal staff member of the agency, he had no need to put on a charity show, but he still did it with great enthusiasm, which earned him a lot of praise.

As one of the few remaining members of the current senior management of the Bureau of Affairs, he responded actively after the earthquake and went to the front lines as a member of the affairs team, earning the respect of many members of the action team.

You could say that there's absolutely nothing to criticize about him.

Even though Lu Chongming and Zhang Xue had previously suspected the people in the Affairs Group of the Processing Bureau, it was difficult for them to connect them with the mastermind behind the scenes who controlled the shadows within the Processing Bureau.

He proceeded step by step, and in March, a new director took office. He was a highly popular candidate. With solid achievements, popularity, and being a local, he couldn't have been more suitable.

And now, Zhongwen is actually saying that Wang Shizhong is the mastermind behind it all!?
At this moment, the authorities and police outside also seemed to be rushing directly into the building.

Inevitably, a conflict arose with Zheng Fan's group.

With an explosion from an unknown direction, the long-neglected building shook violently.

Boom!

Lu Chongming was heading back the way he came when the road in front of him seemed to have collapsed due to some extremely subtle coincidence caused by the distant explosion, as it could not bear the weight of the explosion.

The road in front of him was instantly blocked. Lu Chongming was only familiar with this part of the road, and he was completely at a loss.

Forced to change course, they broke through a door and found themselves in a large lecture hall.

As soon as he entered the classroom, figures were already approaching him in the aisle.

Lu Chongming, carrying a person, naturally couldn't outrun someone whose strength was already superior to his.

However, the figure was chasing at a steady pace, showing no sign of panic despite the possibility of someone breaking in at any moment.

He also heard the commotion; these were the people he had brought to stir up trouble. At the same time, he saw the collapsed road in front of him.

"Just across this road, a team from the Bureau of Investigation was just heading in this direction to investigate. This perfectly timed collapse has put you in a desperate situation and also helped me delay outside intervention."

The figure reached out and pushed open the door to the adjacent lecture hall.

"As expected, luck is still on my side. Lu Chongming, it's time to end this cat-and-mouse game."

The classroom in front of me was empty; I couldn't see anything.

He looked around. The classroom was large but enclosed, with no normal exit except through the main door. If the wall had been breached, he should have been able to hear the noise.

Lu Chongming is still hiding somewhere in this place.

He walked quietly, a hint of wariness creeping into his steps.

boom!
With a loud bang, the ceiling of the entire classroom suddenly exploded, and pieces of it fell down one after another.

The figure, entwined with thorns, deflected the ceiling that was about to smash into him. Several more sounds followed, and water sprayed from the shattered ceiling. The figure then noticed the electrical wires that were being blown down from the ceiling.

So that's what you were planning!

An electric current exploded, spreading along the wires into the water-spraying classroom and then towards him.

Stab it!

His body was struck squarely, and he froze on the spot.

Lu Chongming suddenly leaped down from the ceiling, seizing the opportunity to pursue his opponent. His long sword, crackling with lightning, pierced through the gaps in the thorns and slashed at his opponent.

Got it!
"You underestimate me!" With a shout, a fair arm rose up and grabbed Lu Chongming's sword blade, preventing it from advancing any further.

"What!?"

Then another fist loomed large in front of Lu Chongming. He raised his hand to block it in time, but even using his hand to cushion the blow was not enough to stop the fist from getting close. He was punched in the face and sent flying.

boom!
Blood splattered everywhere, Lu Chongming's nose bled profusely, his mouth was also broken, his head was spinning, and he finally fell to the ground after the world spun around several times.

What...is this...?
This guy in front of me... is no ordinary human!

At least the person standing in front of Lu Chongming was not the Wang Shizhong he remembered.

This is a bizarre humanoid creature with a round, flat head lacking a neck. A pair of large, scarlet eyes occupy almost the entire face and are covered in white downy hair.

Its body was very robust, and upon closer inspection, one would find that it also had a pair of wings covered with dense holes attached to its back.

It's like a... humanoid hawk moth...

Mothman!
"You seem quite surprised. Or perhaps Zhongwen told you a name before he passed out, and what you see now doesn't match the impression left by that name?" the Mothman in front of him said in a low, hoarse voice.

"I have no intention of explaining anything to you. Just die with those unanswered questions for the rest of your life, Lu Chongming!"

Mothman had no intention of delaying. While entangled in thorns, he attacked Lu Chongming and stabbed him with a hand chop.

A flame suddenly flickered, evaporating the surrounding moisture and extending towards the Mothman.

Mothman swiftly withdrew his attack, deftly dodging the fiery assault with a flap of his wings.

But the sparks drifting in the air continued to relentlessly pursue it.

Without much further action, a water pipe on the ceiling broke under the strain, spraying out a full curtain of water that extinguished the pursuing sparks.

Mothman lowered his hand from his shield and looked toward the source of the flames.

Click——

With the lighter switched on and off, Zheng Fan stood at the door of the lecture hall: "Hmph~, is this what luck is? It looks pretty interesting."

The huge weight on Lu Chongming's heart was lifted immediately.

"You are... one of the people from the Black Sparrow Agency..." Mothman looked at Zheng Fan, the downy hair on his head was wet and dripping like beads of sweat.

“Not only are your abilities interesting, but your relationship with your host is also quite fascinating, illusion,” Zheng Fan said, laughing as he looked at the Mothman before him.

(End of this chapter)