Chapter 70: The Motive Was Pure

Little An did not say anything more, looking as if her attitude was already clear anyway.

Chen Fengshi did not keep pressing the issue either. Given his situation with Little An, accepting her kindness was actually a silent easing of their relationship.

The two started the motorcycle and, following the target shown on the Map Program, the edge area of the Fungal Demon, they ambushed one Demon General after another. Chen Fengshi accompanied her almost the whole way. As long as he was within a certain distance, Little An’s Primordial Power of Life could transform into the Golden Power of Life, giving her the combat power to easily take down the Demon Generals.

The clearing operations of Chen Fengshi and Little An went very smoothly. Although the efficiency of Little Huo and Alcohol was much lower, they did not encounter any major trouble either.

Originally, they were all on guard at the top of the hour, thinking that the Fungal Demon Main Body would discover the decrease in the number of connected Sub-generals and use powerful defensive measures.

However, one hour passed… another hour passed… their sweeping operation still did not meet much effective resistance; it was just that the number of Parasites accompanying the ambushed Demon Generals had increased a lot.

This situation, in turn, proved the reliability of the information provided by Queen Huang—the superiors of the Sub-bodies would first judge this situation as an attack from other Fungal Demon kin, so they would respond using preset methods. In other words, the Fungal Demon Main Body was actually unaware of this situation. The Main Body would only receive reports like ‘where it was invaded by its own kind fighting for resources’ through level-by-level information gathering.

With the cooperation of Little Huo and Alcohol, after clearing four target Demon Generals in a row, the two felt that they could totally act independently at this level. This would also speed up the clearing cycle and improve the strength of their Power of Life together, so they reported to Little An, and after getting approval, the two split up to act alone.

By this time, Chen Fengshi had already accompanied Little An in taking down the eighteenth Sub-general.

Because they discovered that the Core of the Sub-general could increase the strength of the Power of Life, Little An’s clearing was entirely focused on efficiency. After each battle, she also recorded the time changes of expelling the Fungal Demon, as well as her power changes in the state of the Primordial Power of Life.

The changes were amazing, and the rate of increase was very fast.

The results of the eighteen data points recorded by Little An showed that the increase in her Primordial Power had been decreasing all along. That is, the increase at the very beginning was especially huge, and then it became less and less later on. But even so, compared to the initial change, the imprecise power increase had also exceeded sixty percent.

Faced with such amazing changes, whether it was Little An, or Little Huo and Alcohol, or even Canyue and Heiyang who had no Power of Life, they all shared the same sigh—if only they had known earlier…

Yes, if they had known this earlier, the tone of the Demon Extermination Association—no, even all the known Mutual Aid Associations—would definitely have been adjusted.

But, of course, they had no way of knowing earlier. And so much valuable information all came from Queen Huang, which undoubtedly proved the huge value of cooperation.

However, this also meant that they would likely find it harder to shake off their dependence on the collaborator Queen Huang, and this dependence represented future danger.

Facing the increase in the Power of Life of the Demon Extermination Association partners, Chen Fengshi could not help but flash a question: would the mutual devouring among Fungal Demons also bring an increase in power? Could this be the most important factor in the infighting among the Fungal Demon kin?

This was easy to guess, because with the wisdom of the Fungal Demons, if it was purely a fight for resources, then before reaching the saturation of resource control, the smartest move should have been to avoid early infighting, or at least try their best to avoid the losses of escalated infighting.

Queen Huang was a dangerous factor they had to consider, but at this stage, they had to rely on the information she provided.

Chen Fengshi brought up this guess, and then tentatively asked Little An: “Regarding Queen Huang, what are your plans for the future?”

“Good faith is the foundation of life. Since we promised peace, unless she breaks the treaty, our Demon Extermination Association must stick to the agreement, even if she is a Fungal Demon!” Little An said these words righteously. Chen Fengshi looked at the serious expression on her face, but could not help but laugh. “I don’t believe you.”

“I’m not Duke Xiang of Song!” The seriousness on Little An’s face suddenly vanished, replaced by a mocking dissatisfaction with Chen Fengshi’s probing. “Queen Huang is not naive—she will definitely hold back information and spit it out little by little, so as not to lose her usefulness too early.”

With these words, Chen Fengshi felt relieved.

Noble sentiments can only belong to individuals. The truth revealed by history is: the saints painted by scholars are always perfect, and wise leaders always rise up relying on purely noble virtues. However, even if such saints are worshipped by history time and time again, saints are never the wise rulers who lead the trend.

So, Chen Fengshi felt that having morals in one’s heart was very important, which meant spiritual beauty; but one could not simply use beautiful spirit to understand the world. The world was complex, which meant it contained all singular things, but was not represented by any single one.

When the last Fungal Demon in Xuancheng was Queen Huang, he would definitely advocate killing her!

Chen Fengshi was relieved, and Little An thought so too.

The two drank some mineral water by the roadside, ate some food to replenish their energy, and then rode the motorcycle to continue ambushing the next spot.

The destination was a bar, and it was the busiest time right now.

“Let’s leave this for later, there are too many people.” Chen Fengshi felt it was more appropriate to come back here after the crowd scattered in the early hours of the morning. Little An also felt there was no urgent reason to deal with it first, so the two did not get off the bike and drove directly to another place.

But the next place required them to be more careful, because looking at the overall Map Program, they had basically finished sweeping the outermost ring, leaving only that bar. Going inward meant entering the territory of the second ring of targets, a kilometer deep, although this did not mean they would immediately encounter higher-level Sub-generals.

However, every ring deeper meant that the information marked on the Map Program was older, and very likely outdated.

Moreover, Queen Huang did not know how long the target Fungal Demon Main Body had been stationed there, so they could not accurately calculate the total number of Demon Generals of each level. Furthermore, according to the information provided by Queen Huang, conflicts between Fungal Demons would also lead to the death of Sub-generals, making accurate calculation even more difficult.

Chen Fengshi and Little An’s motorcycle stopped by the roadside. This was the location marked on the Map Program where the Mutual Aid Association had previously discovered the Demon General.

“Office building?” Chen Fengshi felt this was unreliable. The marked time was daytime, afternoon, a workday. At this hour, the Demon General was highly likely not working overtime, but had gone home!

“Maybe a hardworking boss starting a business?” Little An got off the motorcycle, planning to go up and take a look, because the Map Program provided the floor and window position info, and after comparing, she found that the window was lit.

Chen Fengshi looked around. Not far away, there was a surveillance camera, which was hard to avoid. Anyway, they were wearing helmets, and their body shapes were disguised with foam, so they were not afraid of being spotted. This office building was not tall, but there were likely cameras inside too.

However, they did not plan to use the front door.

The two went in from the side of the building, found an open window on the target floor, jumped straight up, grabbed the window frame, and easily climbed in.

This was the women’s restroom…

Although not unexpected, as a person with a moral sense, Chen Fengshi still felt very uncomfortable. He was sneaking into the women’s restroom!

But before he had time to calm this conflicting emotion, he heard some unusual noises from behind a closed door. In the spirit of exploration, he tiptoed over and listened with his ear to the door.

At this time, Little An climbed through the window and saw Chen Fengshi standing outside a door listening. Just as she was thinking he was being perverted, she also heard the strange noises, so she walked over too. Listening closer, she could clearly hear heavy breathing, and sounds like someone sucking their fingers hard…

Little An tugged Chen Fengshi, signaling him to stop eavesdropping and leave quickly.

Chen Fengshi gestured with his hands. Feeling it was not clear enough, he took out his phone and typed a line: ‘Let’s try to drive them out, what if it’s the real target?’

Little An walked straight out of the restroom, using her actions to directly show that she was seriously dissatisfied with Chen Fengshi’s moral sense!

Chen Fengshi hesitated for a second, then followed her out.

In the corridor, the doors of most offices were closed. It made sense, it was so late, there should be no one around.

So Chen Fengshi was very curious. “Say, why didn’t they choose an office? Isn’t it more private and safer? Some special kink?”

“Are you only focused on caring about this?” Little An could not stand Chen Fengshi’s focus, and then added: “Haven’t you ever thought that there are a lot of people working overtime in their offices?”

“Then they should have held it in—if there are so many people and they still meet up in the restroom, aren’t they waiting to be caught?”

“…Please focus on the serious business.” After Little An said this, she could not help but bring the topic back and asked: “I really can’t stand you men and your nature!”

“You make it sound like men can do this kind of activity alone, or like only men need it…” Before Chen Fengshi could finish his sentence, Little An directly gestured for him to stop.

Turning the corner, looking down the corridor, except for the streetlights, the glass doors on both sides were all closed. They still had not reached the area of the target office.

Chen Fengshi thought about the two people in the restroom and, feeling uneasy like he had OCD, said: “Wait for me, I’ll go back and try to expel them. If I slip up and the real target is actually in there, I’ll want to slap myself later.”

“Hey! Do you know how immoral it is to disturb others when they are doing this kind of thing?” Little An could not stand it, always feeling that Chen Fengshi’s focus was not on safety, but on wanting to see what was going on inside.

Chen Fengshi shook his head very simply: “I haven’t tried it, so I don’t know how immoral it is. If you’ve tried it, can you educate me?”

“…” Little An was speechless. Of course she hadn’t tried it, but it was common sense, did she really have to try it? So she said unbearably: “Even if it’s the real target, it doesn’t matter at all. At worst, we just make a trip back.”

“Alright, I get it, you don’t believe in my pure motives.”

“That’s right, I don’t believe you.” Little An did not hide it at all, and Chen Fengshi stopped talking.

The two turned the corner at the end of the straight path and finally saw an office with the lights on.

They walked straight in. Looking around, the separated desks they could see were all empty. The lit room was a standalone office, and the sign outside read: Chairman’s Office.

Little An walked in, scanned the room, and then very depressingly pulled down the visor of her helmet, saying angrily: “No one is here.”

No one… there was no one in the office, which meant that the ones in the restroom were very likely the real targets!

Chen Fengshi said nothing and turned to run back!

Little An was in a very bad mood. Un mood. Unwilling to give up, she continued to check the other rooms in the office, but the doors were all locked. Then she discovered that there was a pinhole camera hidden in the painting on the office wall!