First-Year Internship—And You Went to Site 749 to Contain Monsters?!

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This kind of domineering targeted kill, an almost certain-death threat, would usually make anyone think twice.

Gao Qiuli wanted exactly that reaction.

Between the lines, she practically spelled it out.

Not just him, I can kill any one of you, even after killing you I can still leave.

After all, everyone knows about the Wuwang Teleportation Array.

But!!

The one she singled out, Jiao Feng, was not afraid at all.

Instead, he stepped forward on his own.

Smiling, he cupped his hands toward his colleagues: “Thanks for the courtesy, thanks for the courtesy. Everyone, the surname Jiao takes first place, I’ll go ahead.”

Envious looks turned to him.

Gao Qiuli: ??????

Are you all insane?

Crazy!

This whole world has gone fucking mad!!!

She noticed that Jiao Feng still hadn’t made a move.

Beside him,

someone else lunged at Gao Qiuli first: “Cut the bullshit, whoever grabs her first gets her!!!”

One pebble sent ripples across a pond.

Like water splashing into hot oil, the reaction was intense.

Everyone sprang into action at once.

All sorts of attacks came raining down on Gao Qiuli.

The scene was too bizarre, completely out of her control.

Every extra second here made her feel a chill at the back of her neck.

Like they were haunted.

She hurriedly mobilized her spiritual energy, triggering the teleportation array’s activation talisman she had already prepared.

In an instant,

the formation disk beneath her lit up, a pillar of light shot into the sky, pierced the clouds, and wrapped her whole body.

Every attack coming from all directions shattered and vanished the moment it hit the teleportation light.

They had no effect.

This was the Wuwang Teleportation Array.

Breaking in from the outside was basically impossible.

In the end, they could only watch Gao Qiuli leave safely.

The bloody fight produced no victor.

Gao Qiuli failed in her plan to unsettle White Ridge 749’s morale by hunting its investigators.

Those White Ridge investigators also failed to die as martyrs.

They stared at each other.

White Ridge investigators: Why so cowardly today? Wuwang members used to be so brave, right?

Wuwang Gao Qiuli: Why so brave today? Wutian’s men used to be so spineless, right?

Neither side could understand how the other had changed so suddenly.

After Gao Qiuli had fully departed,

Jiao Feng kicked the investigator who had tried to steal his glory: “Goddamn you!!!”

“If not for you, I’d have been pinned down and killed!!!!”

“Now I’ll have to be on edge for a long time, you idiot!!!”

Then a rain of punches fell, pounding that man’s head until it swelled.

Well then.

White Ridge investigators hadn’t changed internally;they just beat each other up right after the external fight ended.

Previously they’d run wild because Qian Jin was smooth and turned a blind eye as long as nothing major happened.

But now things were different.

Lu Ding had arrived.

These so-called backbone forces were like chicken ribs to him.

With Lu Ding here, there was no chance of leniency!

The purge of the Path of Dry Bones continued.

Gao Qiuli, who had reached the safe zone via the teleportation array, frowned tightly.

Without hesitation or delay,

she performed a hand seal and entered Wuwang’s Nowhere Room.

Immediately, she contacted Yuwen Longyuan.

Soon enough,

the familiar arrangement appeared.

Yuwen Longyuan arrived with his maidservants.

His first words upon entering were: “Miss Gao Qiuli, calling me so late, are you planning to launch the operation against Lu Ding early?”

Gao Qiuli shot him an annoyed look.

“You guessed?”

Yuwen Longyuan sat down: “Of course. This Grand Duke Lu stormed into New City, did so many things, and already killed a few Fifth Restriction cultivators.”

“Someone like that, how could you handle him by yourself?”

Though that was true, Gao Qiuli was a little resentful: “Not even making him suffer a loss?”

Yuwen Longyuan nodded: “Possible, but you can’t be the one to make him suffer.”

Gao Qiuli snapped back: “So it’s you then?”

Yuwen Longyuan kept his tone steady: “Then did you make him suffer?”

Gao Qiuli fell silent and sat down.

“The situation exceeded my expectations. My plan was flawless. As a special envoy, how could he allow his investigators to be hunted and do nothing?”

“I relied on the teleportation array to make my escape guaranteed. Even if I couldn’t take him down, I could leave safely and come back later, stirring the pot so White Ridge 749 would never be at ease.”

“I operate in the shadows while they operate openly. I could avoid appearing, but they couldn’t avoid leaving to do missions.”

“But......”

When Gao Qiuli said this, she seemed to see again the investigators fighting like they had nothing to lose, getting more excited as they fought, watching teammates fall with no expression.

She hesitated.

Then she continued: “Their state is just too weird, like they’ve been brainwashed, completely not knowing what fear is.”

Bang!!!

Table HP-1

Gao Qiuli slammed the table: “I didn’t even see Lu Ding’s face!”

“He simply doesn’t care, doesn’t care how many investigators die!!!”

She was a little rattled.

She had thought her plan, laid out openly with restraints at every turn, would force Lu Ding into a bind. You’re a special envoy, so use that identity to trap him!

But he didn’t care;he refused to be tied down by his special envoy status.

If he wanted to kill, he killed.

If he thought she wasn’t ruthless enough, he even sent people to finish her.

Gao Qiuli felt like she had punched cotton.

The situation flipped overnight.

Lu Ding’s unchanging approach of meeting change with immobility left Gao Qiuli momentarily at a loss.

Yuwen Longyuan laughed: “Hahahahaha... so what do you plan to do?”

Gao Qiuli looked serious: “There are too many investigators in White Ridge, I can’t fight alone. I need your support. Start the hunt on Lu Ding immediately!”

Yuwen Longyuan didn’t rush to agree;after all, he hadn’t yet been chosen as commanding general.

Issuing orders to others casually would only earn resentment.

Although he was one step away in status, a step is still a step.

“Fine, I’ll summon everyone and hear their opinions.”

Meanwhile,

back at the temporary base, Lu Ding had just handed three captured people over to the medical investigators.

He was about to hear the combat report from the other sections of the Path of Dry Bones.

His colleague from the tech department hadn’t finished speaking when an urgent summons from Yuwen Longyuan came through on the channel Lu Ding had intercepted last time.

Damn!

This was really...

Running between both ends.

He paused the report, returned to his office, and logged into the connection.

The room fell silent as he opened the door.

All eyes turned to Lu Ding in respectful salute.

He nodded back at each one.

That gesture immediately warmed most Wuwang members present to him.

After all, they had seen Lu Ding’s fighting prowess and temper with their own eyes.

If he said one wrong thing, he’d sort you out instantly.

Yet a man with that strength and temper still returned their salutes.

That made them think...

Maybe this guy isn’t so bad after all...

A Wuwang member stood up and pulled out the chair reserved for Lu Ding: “Brother, sit.”

“Thanks.”

Lu Ding nodded and sat.

The gazes around him finally lowered.

Seeing this,

Gao Qiuli felt the vertical wrinkle on her forehead deepen. She hadn’t stopped frowning all day.

Who the hell is this person...

Am I being set up?