A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 73 Lu Mingze Watching the Sea and Fog

"Potato chips, has the boss replied yet?"

The St. Regis Hotel in New York City, aside from everything else, just look at the address: Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, right next to Central Park and the luxury shopping district.

The fact that a hotel can be located here is itself a symbol, a sign of a certain level of prestige.

As the pinnacle of old-school luxury in New York, it is the preferred accommodation for celebrities and dignitaries. Enjoying French foie gras and Kobe beef here is considered an aristocratic experience.

But there are some beauties who ignore luxurious ingredients and just lounge on the sofa eating potato chips.

That languid demeanor and obsession with potato chips made him seem more like Fenrir's family than Xia Mi.

Seeing Su Enxi's lazy appearance, Jiude Mai felt like a fool for being so anxious and upset. She quickly stepped forward and snatched the potato chips away, saying, "Stop eating, girl."

"You're in such a dire situation, how can you still eat?"

"Norton has been missing for three hours!"

To avoid being discovered and monitored by Norton, Mai and Su Enxi chose to use electronic devices to remotely monitor Old Tang's whereabouts.

The plan went very smoothly. Old Tang was completely unaware of the location tracking system on his phone, the eavesdropping devices in his home, and the pinhole cameras.

The accumulated videos and audio files have filled thirty-seven large external hard drives.

Everything was going well, the plan was about to begin its second phase, and Lu Mingfei had only half a month left before starting his studies in Kassel. Just as the boss was about to turn to the next page of the script he had written, Old Tang suddenly disappeared!

This made Mai Shude extremely anxious, and she immediately reported it to the boss, but the boss had disappeared somewhere to enjoy himself, and three hours had passed without any word from him.

Can't you put a little more effort into it?
Su Enxi reached out and grabbed the chips, but unable to get them back, she could only lie there like a salted fish: "Long legs, give me back my chips, I have a headache."

Mai looked down and glanced at Su Enxi, confirming that she was pale and truly weak, so she stopped arguing and returned the potato chips.

She understood that her teammate's Word of Power, Heavenly Evolution, had no combat ability, but it could turn the brain into a supercomputer, rapidly calculating various possibilities and data.

Upon learning of Lao Tang's disappearance, Su Enxi immediately activated the Tianyan calculation, considered several possibilities, and ordered an investigation one by one.

Using Tianyan for a long time will make you as weak as you are now. Simply put, it's because you've overdrawn your brainpower. The fact that Su Enxi can eat potato chips without falling asleep shows that she has a lot of willpower.

"Girls, it seems you've run into some trouble?"

Without opening the door or the window, the seemingly surreal boss, Lu Mingze, was sitting in the center of the opposite sofa.

Wearing a pure white suit jacket with a red handkerchief tucked into his chest and square-toed deerskin shoes, he looked exactly like a rich second-generation heir who had run away from home.

Mai and Su Enxi turned their heads at the same time, both of them breathing a sigh of relief. They knew in their hearts that Norton's disappearance was a very serious matter.

They tried to cover it up but couldn't; only the boss could handle it.

Knowing that Su Enxi was relatively weak, Jiu De Mai took the initiative to speak: "Boss, three hours ago, I checked the surveillance footage from Lao Tang's side as usual."

“I discovered that Lao Tang left his phone at his residence and had already left. The surrounding security cameras could not find him. I immediately sent you an emergency report.”

“I also played back the audio and video recordings from that hour and confirmed that someone knocked on the door. Old Tang seemed to know the person and was very enthusiastic in his words.”

"Looking back at the video, Lao Tang briefly went back to his room and searched around. He finally found his wallet with money in it, which must have been cash given to him by someone else."

"Old Tang has been missing for three hours now. My men and I have checked a lot of surveillance footage, but we haven't seen him."

"There are two possibilities. One is that someone knew Old Tang was a bounty hunter and paid him to go on missions, providing him with some kind of vehicle for free, which evaded surveillance; it was just an accident."

"Secondly, Lao Tang's true identity may have been leaked, and other forces may have secretly misled him."

Su Enxi analyzed two possibilities and also arranged for her subordinates to investigate, but with such a short time, nothing has been found so far.

From the moment Lu Mingze appeared until he finished listening to Jiu Demai's report, he remained calm and composed, silently conveying to his two subordinates that everything was under his control.

To avoid being discovered by his two beautiful female subordinates, he felt a sense of surprise.

Lu Mingze was genuinely surprised; he had never imagined that such a plot hole would suddenly appear in the story he had written.

The main character, Lu Mingfei, is about to enroll in school, so why has the important supporting character, Lao Tang, suddenly disappeared? Logically speaking, it's unlikely that anyone could bypass Lu Mingze and take Norton away, unless Norton awakens his memories on his own.

With his mind racing, Lu Mingze outwardly maintained a relaxed posture, crossing his legs: "Girls, there's no need to rush."

As he spoke, his dark, deep pupils turned to gold.

An aura of overwhelming power, like a raging tide, permeated the living room, as if this person were challenging the ruler of heaven and earth with unparalleled strength.

So intimidated were Mai and Su Enxi that they dared not even breathe. At this moment, even the slightest breath felt like an offense to a king.

Lu Mingze paid no attention to his two subordinates' cautiousness; his focus was no longer on this place, nor on the St. Regis Hotel.

The perspective gradually rises, from the top floor to mid-air, and then to looking down on the mortal world from the sky. If you keep rising, you can even catch a glimpse of fate!
Lu Mingze's operation was smooth and skillful; he was already a frequent visitor to fate, having glimpsed it many times.

Although it was somewhat mentally and physically exhausting, he was determined to find out what had happened to Norton.

Closer, closer, the moment of destiny is finally about to be revealed, but a hazy gray fog, intertwined and surging, obscures the secrets of heaven.

what is this? !!

Lu Mingze was truly panicked at this moment. He had glimpsed fate several times before, but he had never seen such a gray fog.

This feeling is like a distinguished Cadillac owner going to their usual spot for a foot massage, only to find the shop still open but shrouded in a gray fog at the entrance—a stark contrast.

Who would dare go in to get their feet washed here?

It feels so unfamiliar, and so dangerous.

Yes, danger. Lu Mingze, who always considered himself a king, actually sensed danger from this gray fog!
Lu Mingze looked up and saw a dark, ancient, heavy doorway hidden deep within the gray fog, surrounded by countless orbs of light.

Wait a minute? Are these really orbs of light? They feel...

As Lu Mingze observed intently, the more he looked at these orbs of light, the more they resembled some kind of transparent, twisted, insect-like creature.
'Clatter.'

Before Lu Mingze could see more clearly, he heard the sound of waves.

No, it's one thing to have a fog ahead of fate, but why are there also waves?
Lu Mingze was genuinely puzzled, but also curious about something he had never seen before. The moment he looked in the direction of the sound, it was as if he saw everything.

An endless expanse of blue? red? black? white? seemingly containing all colors and all possibilities, a vast ocean washes over us.

The gray fog also gathered and surged in.

Besides the gray fog and ocean waves, Lu Mingze seemed to vaguely glimpse endless darkness, numerous disasters, and tangible signs of life—all illusory things.

Before I could think any further, my view was shattered by the gray fog and the waves.

"Well!"

In reality, Lu Mingze suddenly bent over, his right hand tightly supporting his forehead, leaving both Jiu Demai and Su Enxi stunned. When had their boss ever been so disheveled?

"boss?!"

"Are you OK?"

Jiude Mai came over to help her up, and Su Enxi also managed to sit up halfway, looking over nervously.

"N-nothing." Even though his head felt like it was being pierced by a thousand needles, Lu Mingze maintained his gentlemanly demeanor, not wanting the pretty girl to be sad or worried: "It was an accident."

"One, an accident."

Lu Mingze couldn't understand why fate had taken such a drastic turn.
What are those gray fogs? And what are the doors and insects deep within the gray fogs?
And the ocean, which can display all colors, is even more enigmatic.

And finally, I could vaguely see other things that resembled the gray fog and the ocean.

Why are so many absurd things suddenly appearing in the path of fate?

(End of this chapter)