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At low altitudes, several drones hovered near the opera house; they were Lin Moyan's eyes.

Jiang Wanxin immediately became alert, narrowed her eyes and looked around, then asked Lin Moyan, "Weren't there three? Where's the last one?"

"There are too many people, I'm still looking," Lin Moyan said.

After asking the staff, Chen Ci arrived at the boss's break room and happened to run into the boss's wife who was coming out of the closed door. He went up to her, explained his purpose, and returned to the mask wall with her.

The rest is up to Jiang Wanxin.

The proprietress, dressed in a cheongsam and around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, seemed quite surprised that someone would be interested in these old masks. She asked Jiang Wanxin, "These items aren't from the imperial court, and their collectible value isn't particularly high. Why did you buy them?"

Lin Moyan reported the market prices he had just researched: "These are all folk opera masks in front of you, mostly made in the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty. Those in good condition with clear provenance and purpose are usually priced between eight thousand and fifty thousand..."

As Jiang Wanxin listened, she smiled and replied to the proprietress, "Isn't the point of collecting simply because you like it?"

The proprietress seemed thoughtful: "That's true, but..."

Jiang Wanxin: "One hundred thousand."

The proprietress: "..."

Then there are no "buts".

"Tsk," Chen Ci clicked his tongue, "Wow, that's really extravagant."

At twice the highest market price, this figure is simply irresistible.

"Okay, let me take this mask out first. Take a close look and make sure you really want to buy it, so you don't regret it later and come after me," the proprietress said, taking out the keys.

"Don't worry, ma'am, this isn't the first time I've paid for something I like." Jiang Wanxin said with a smile, glancing at Chen Ci, and added, "We'll do cash on delivery. If it doesn't work out, we can write an IOU. That way, even if we regret it later, it won't matter, right?"

"Alright, I don't think you're the type to regret this." The proprietress lifted the glass panel and took out a fox demon mask.

Chen Ci's eyes were fixed on the proprietress's hand; he really wanted it...

Just as he reached out to take it, wanting to see what effect the mask would have and perhaps have a go at it, the proprietress suddenly pulled the mask back, revealing a mocking smile on her face: "It's good that you don't regret it, but I do."

As soon as she finished speaking, the mask in her hand suddenly disappeared and was directly put into the player's inventory.

Chen Ci: "???"

Jiang Wanxin: "???"

The change came so suddenly that the two of them were stunned for half a second before they reacted.

"Damn it!" Chen Ci cursed.

This woman is the third player!

"You two aren't stupid to find the theater so quickly... It's a pity, it's still too late." She had already won over the proprietress before the two of them arrived, and they still wanted to sit down and eat?

The woman laughed loudly, her voice changing, which, combined with her heavy makeup, made her look particularly smug. She admired Chen Ci's angry face: "I love seeing a handsome young man like you get angry; it's the most exciting thing to do."

As she spoke, the woman threw a punch at Chen Ci!

"Be careful!"

Jiang Wanxin pulled Chen Ci behind her, and with a flick of her wrist, nebulae swirled, forming a beautiful water bottle pattern. The woman's fist struck the water bottle, shattering it into starlight. The shockwave from the shattering glass on the adjacent display wall cracked into a spiderweb pattern.

Jiang Wanxin was blasted ten meters away by the punch, crashing into Chen Ci behind her. She retreated all the way to a pillar behind her before regaining her balance. Chen Ci was sandwiched between Jiang Wanxin and the pillar, like a meat pie, seeing stars. If it weren't for Jiang Wanxin's soft buttocks, this blow could have taken half his life.

"Damn it, Sequence 7, Madman."

Jiang Wanxin cursed under her breath.

The woman, having struck successfully, didn't linger. With a push of her feet, she leaped out of the theater in a few bounds, as if scaling walls and rooftops.

The people in the park were dumbfounded. They hadn't recovered from the sudden fight when they saw a woman leap into the air and jump three meters high. What was this?

"Are you filming action scenes?"

"I made it! I made it!" a foreign man shouted excitedly, saying in broken Chinese, "This is a Chinese gongfu! A Chinese gongfu! Newbee!"

Damn it!

Jiang Wanxin, her face dark, called out to Lin Moyan, "Notify the police; we need their assistance."

Lin Moyan: "Received."

"Wait here. When the police come, show them your ID," Jiang Wanxin said to Chen Ci, before chasing after them.

The other party's target is Aphrodite's Veil. Once they succeed, they won't bother you. Chen Ci believes it's safest to stay in the theater.

But Chen Ci was unwilling to stand there and wait idly.

Damn it, this bitch not only lied to him, but also tried to hurt him, brazenly attacking him in public... If it weren't for Jiang Wanxin, that punch would have kept him in the hospital for half a year.

Most importantly, he was so close to Aphrodite's veil before, and he wanted it so badly, but he didn't have any impure thoughts. Yet this wretched woman has no sportsmanship and doesn't follow the rules. She actually put the veil into her backpack right in front of him!

Chen Ci inexplicably thought of the saying, "You can't bear to ride the bicycle that someone else stands up and pedals."

The fish can be tolerated, but the words cannot!

With a face full of anger and fury, Chen Ci rushed out of the theater. Fueled by his anger, he even caught up with Jiang Wanxin ahead of him.

Jiang Wanxin: "?"

"Didn't I tell you to stay at the theater and wait for the police?"

"I can't wait any longer, I have to have her today!" Chen Ci clenched his fists.

Having already witnessed Chen Ci's temper, Jiang Wanxin was both amused and annoyed: "With your small frame, going up there would be suicide!"

"Don't be impulsive, the situation is different now than before," Jiang Wanxin said.

Once an item is added to a player's inventory, it becomes their personal item. Even if you kill someone, the item won't drop. So from the moment the woman took the veil, their mission for the night changed from finding items to capturing someone alive.

Similar incidents have occurred before, and they usually escalate into a fierce battle.

"If we can just get her to hand over the things obediently, will we be able to finish this quickly?" Chen Ci asked.

"Yes," Jiang Wanxin said, "but do you think it's possible?"

Chen Ci: "How will you know if you don't try?"

The two chatted as they pushed through the crowd to catch up, and soon spotted the woman again.

This guy probably thought there were too many people in the alley and it would be difficult to run around, so he chose to swagger around on the rooftops of the tiled houses, attracting frequent glances from tourists on the street.

"Prepare to move in." Jiang Wanxin gave the order decisively. "Xiao Lin, has the support from the Ministry of Public Security arrived?"

"We've arrived," Lin Moyan said.

This is the benefit of reporting; personnel can be deployed very quickly.

Jiang Wanxin: "Light the fire."

Chen Ci: "?"

ignition?

What do you mean?

Just as Chen Ci was filled with doubt, a sharp, rocket-like sound suddenly rang out from behind him.

As night fell, streaks of fire shot into the sky and exploded, cascading down like a shower of sparks, a truly magnificent sight.

"Wow, it's fireworks!"

"What day is it today? There are fireworks?"

The crowd's attention was instantly diverted to the dazzling fireworks in the night sky.

Chen Ci suddenly realized that this was what it meant to ignite the fire.

There are too many people in Kuanzhai Alley, so it's impossible to clear the area physically. So let's clear it mentally. As long as not many people see it, let them do whatever they want.

"Bang!"

As the sound of fireworks rang out, Lu Buping, who had already found a good sniping position, fired his shot.

The woman running wildly across the rooftops stopped abruptly, as if sensing something from a spider. Bullets struck the tiles beneath her feet, sending debris flying.

A sword's cry followed immediately. Before Luo Bai arrived, his sword moved first, three crescent-shaped, transparent sword energies piercing the air and slashing towards the woman. The latter tilted her head, turned to the side, stepped onto the bridge with one foot, and then twisted her waist and spun around, her graceful figure dancing like a butterfly, dodging all the sword energies.

"That's it?" the woman scoffed. "Even if you used both your hands, you couldn't catch me."

"I'll go back and train for a few more years, bye-bye~"

As she spoke, she stomped on the tile, about to jump away.

But then a loud shout came from the sky:

"Sister, don't go, I love you!"

Chen Ci launched a campaign to spread rumors and mislead the public.

The woman, who had already assumed a jumping stance, trembled upon hearing this touching confession. It was as if something had pierced her tightly closed heart, something both rough and real, like a warm spring rippling through her heart. She couldn't help but turn around and look at the handsome young man...