Hidden moth

Chapter 123: Picking the Flower and Breaking the Branches

Behind the location of Sanhu, there is a shallow ditch extending to the foot of the mountain. It was formed by thousands of years of rainwater erosion. It is winding and about one meter deep. It is also the waterway in the rainy season.

He was originally hiding at the end of the ditch, with a big tree above his head to block his view.

He was also surprised when the drone flew into the valley. He came out of the ditch and went to the top of the mountain to watch the excitement. He did not cast any spells to restrain his spirit, so he was discovered by He Kao.

The drone slowly flew into the pavilion and attempted to grab the envelope on the table with its dangling claw. The claw was a bit like the structure of a claw machine, which would tighten when it touched something and then lifted it up.

But envelopes are too difficult to catch, and even more difficult to operate with a drone. The drone tried several times but failed and almost crashed into the table.

It is difficult for the claw to pick up the envelope. If a ball of thread is hung with glue, it should be easy to pick up something like an envelope... The masters around were stunned. In the middle of the night, someone came here to play a remote-controlled claw machine?
After struggling for a long time, perhaps by chance, the claws caught the edge of the envelope and seemed to be able to pick it up. Shi Haowu, who was closest, suddenly shook the flag in his hand and activated the Soul Locking Formation.

According to the original plan, they would activate the Soul Locking Formation only after Yin E showed up, preventing Yin E from escaping. After confirming his identity, they would show him the letter to demonstrate the Shi family's means and "goodwill."

But now there's no sign of the Hidden Moth. This letter can't be taken away by a drone of unknown origin. If that happens, Hidden Moth won't be exposed, but they will be!

Shi Haowu's worries were unnecessary. The envelope only looked like it was about to be caught, but in fact it could not be caught. The temporary grappling hook installed on the drone was not a magical weapon, and He Kao could not complete such a precise operation.

Besides, a high-level warlock doesn't need to use formations to deal with a drone, right?
In fact, Shi Haowu had other considerations. He guessed that the person controlling the drone should be nearby, hiding somewhere in the valley with the help of the terrain and vegetation, and had not been discovered by them yet.

But once the Soul Locking Formation is deployed, this person will be exposed.

This soul-locking formation has three cores, namely red, blue and yellow flags, which are controlled by Erqian, Kuchazi and Sanhu. The core of the formation is the black flag, which is in the hands of Shi Haowu.

Therefore, Shi Haowu can operate the entire formation to detect and trap anyone within the range of the formation... As for having to use this thing to deal with drones, it is not impossible.

Shi Haowu turned the flag in his hand, and the drone hovering in the pavilion lost control, but it did not fall. Instead, it was silently imprisoned in the air by a force.

If He Kao was in the formation when it was activated, they would also be exposed... But He Kao was not there, and had lost contact with the drone.

On He Kao's side, the drone signal was suddenly cut off, and his figure disappeared from the living room. The next moment, he appeared at the edge of the forest park, at the foot of the hill where Sanhu was hiding.

He Kao did not find the bitter tea seeds and the two coins, but he observed from the air through the vision of the drone and found that there were three commanding heights around the pavilion, and the tops of the three hills were almost an equilateral triangle.

If a sniper was ambushed at each of these three commanding heights, the entire valley could be controlled. In this case, anyone trying to cross the valley and approach the pavilion would not only be discovered immediately, but would also be unable to escape.

He Kao had not thought of such a thing as the Soul Locking Formation. His judgment was more or less based on his experience in gun battle movies.

He had already discovered someone lurking on one commanding height, so there must be ambushes on the other two commanding heights as well, and the fourth person was lurking near the pavilion in the valley.

Drones can fly in the sky, but He Kao still used stealth to reach the residential area where he was hiding. There was a section of his route that happened to be not far from Sanhu's hiding place.

So he appeared there directly, then quickly sneaked into the forest and approached Sanhu's location, following the winding ditch in the mountain.

He Kao didn't know that the Soul Locking Formation had been activated, but he was very cautious and did not go to the area between the three hills. Instead, he approached from the outside to the back of Sanhu.

The drone needs an infrared lens, but He Kao himself does not need it. He is like a moth lurking in the dark and is not noticed by Sanhu.

At this time, the Soul Locking Formation has been activated. The flag controlled by Sanhu is one of the centers of the formation. His spiritual consciousness is concentrated on casting spells, and the area behind him is not covered by the formation.

He looked behind him cautiously, but did not notice He Kao.

The spiritual awareness of a master is also affected by the environment and terrain. When He Kao saw him from behind, he immediately lay down at the bottom of the ditch and disappeared...

At this time, Shi Haowu, with the cooperation of three other masters, was running the formation to search the valley, but he did not find anyone. He couldn't help but feel annoyed - could it be that he only caught a drone?

He signaled again, "What have you found? Do you see anyone hiding anywhere?"

He was answered by two loud bangs. The Soul Locking Formation lost a key point and the formation stopped working.

When He Kao reappeared from the bottom of the ditch, he had a shotgun in his hand. He had just played with this thing in Sawa Country that day, and he had also seen Xiaopang use it. It had a strong recoil, was noisy, and powerful. The downside was that it had a relatively short range of only about fifty meters.

Fifty meters was more than enough. He was less than twenty meters from Sanhu's back, so he fired without hesitation, having already recognized him. He Kao certainly didn't know his name was Hu Shulue or his codename was Sanhu, but two people had accompanied Yan Congfei into Chen Yuhua's house tonight, and judging by their figure and attire, this man was one of them.

After they left, Yan Congfei was already dead on the sofa in the living room. Those two people were obviously the murderers.

As soon as He Kao appeared, San Hu became alert, but he didn't dodge because he was still operating the formation and was caught off guard. Shotguns are commonly known as spray guns, and the ammunition used by He Kao fired a bunch of high-speed small steel balls.

Sanhu let out a muffled groan, probably because he was injured, but it seemed that an invisible force protected his body, and some small steel balls changed their trajectories and hit other places around.

But his groan was almost unheard by anyone, and was immediately drowned out by the second gunshot.

He Kao was shocked. This shot could have knocked down a bull, but the man in front of him was still standing. He rushed forward quickly and fired the second shot. The connection was very fast.

Sanhu could barely block the first shot. Although he was not killed, he was already injured. No matter what, he could not block the second shot. He fell to the ground and a small flag flew out of his hand.

He Kao picked up the flag and rolled backwards into the ditch at a rapid speed. While doing so, he also picked up two deformed bullet casings and then disappeared.

The other side must have had a master. He hadn't been able to activate his Moth Stealth ability immediately, so he must have been noticed at the top of the mountain. But the other side was still far away, and he rolled into the ditch to escape. What a thrilling experience!

Shi Haowu and others quickly arrived at the scene. Sanhu fell to the ground seriously injured but was not dead yet. He was only breathing his last breath. The air was still filled with the smell of gunpowder, but there was no sign of the attacker.

Kuchazi cast a spell to help Sanhu remove all the bullets from the wound, and gave him emergency bleeding and treatment, his face gloomy.

Shi Haosheng rushed down the mountain along the shallow ditch, as fast as a ghost. He searched the surroundings several times but found nothing.

After careful investigation, there were some traces in the shallow ditch. It was obvious that someone approached Sanhu from this direction and suddenly attacked, but no one knew how that person left... This must be the work of Yin Mo!
Not to mention how shocked, stunned, frightened, and sad Shi Haowu and the others were... Anyway, He Kao ran away without looking back, collected his things from that family, and then turned around and went to the secret base deep in Gushan.

He Kao lost two drones that he had modified and refitted himself tonight. One was unable to return due to insufficient battery life and had to be allowed to crash into the river. The other was left in the pavilion in the forest park, and he didn't dare go back to get it.

He did find a strange flagpole, about two feet long, with a yellow, triangular flagpole about one foot wide. He had no idea what it was for, but He Kao instinctively felt it was something special, so he took it with him.

He didn't stay deep in the mountain to study the flagpole. Instead, he disguised himself and returned to Nanhua City, appearing near the hotel that the crew cutter had just entered...

This is a five-star resort hotel, located in a scenic riverside location on the edge of the main urban area. In addition to the main building where the lobby is located, there are several courtyard-style auxiliary buildings around it.

This hotel was owned by the Huiming Shi family. Shi Haowu and his companions, who had come to Nanhua for work, stayed here, occupying a small courtyard. They didn't need to check in; they simply greeted the front desk and received their room cards, which was very convenient.

As midnight approached, Li Weiping, a man with a flat head, and several of his companions returned to the hotel, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and rest. Only experts could participate in what was to come; they didn't even have the qualifications to inquire.

But just ten minutes later, Li Weiping, who was sitting on the toilet and had not yet stood up, received an emergency notice asking them to rush to a certain place to meet up.

Master Wu sounded frightened and furious, so something must have happened! But he didn't say what it was, so the few people who had just returned to the hotel had no choice but to drive out again.

Then He Kao came in...

He Kao searched the rooms in the courtyard, using a universal key card, but it wasn't particularly impressive. Anyone who has stayed in a hotel knows that the housekeeping key card unlocks all the doors in their assigned area, and that's what He Kao had.

What Shi Haowu and others did when they went out was not allowed to be seen in public, so they did not bring some things with them, such as their ID cards, so Li Weiping could not produce his ID card at the airport.

It would of course be safer to keep these things in the room, but I didn't expect He Kao to touch them.

He Kao took away a total of eight ID cards. Except for Ku Chazi Gu Jiang, who did not live here and whose ID card was not with him, he got the identities of the rest of the people tonight and took photos of them one by one for safekeeping.

He was surprised to find that five of the eight people had the same surname Shi, and judging from their names, they seemed to be relatives of the same family and from the same place. He concluded that this should be a family gang.

He Kao had never heard of the Huiming Stone Family, and his knowledge in this area was completely unknown.

Although Old Man Jiang gave him the complete inheritance of all the major sects, the content of the introduction was almost all about the techniques, and there was almost no mention of the details about the members of the sects.

He Kao didn't stay long. He took his things and left as he had other things to do tonight.

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(End of this chapter)