F-class thief? Sorry, I can steal anything.

Chapter 325 Returning to Jiangcheng

After saying goodbye to Wang Qingyun, Chen Yifan prepared to return to the back mountain of Wuhan University in Kyoto.

But just as he was about to leave, Chen Yifan inexplicably felt a sense of unease.

He suddenly stopped in his tracks.

[Mind's Eye] Full power activated!

His gaze instantly pierced through the Kyoto University of Martial Arts below the mountain.

At the very edge of the school.

After just one glance, the white hairs on Chen Yifan's back stood on end.

The sky above Kyoto University of Science and Technology has changed.

The once clear night sky is now densely interwoven with countless dark red energy spectra.

These spectra are like a giant spider web that blots out the sky, completely covering the entire area of ​​Kyoto University.

This is not a conventional defensive barrier.

This is a comprehensive scanning network targeting extremely high-level external forces.

Moreover, behind that giant net, Chen Yifan keenly detected an extremely powerful fluctuation of mental energy.

These fluctuations swept back and forth in the void without any concealment, like a high-powered searchlight.

Its energy level was also several levels higher than the "ghost" he had crushed on the Jiangcheng Bridge.

Chen Yifan stood on a branch of a tree on the back hill, his cheeks slightly clenched.

The Lamplighters headquarters has gone mad.

Directly mobilize powerful figures from outside the martial arts world to search for Wu Da?

no doubt.

As long as he dares to go back, even if the fragments of the world's core obscure his heretical aura.

Based on his bizarre disappearance and reappearance, coupled with the Jiangcheng incident, he will definitely be thoroughly investigated by those mad dog-like lamplighters.

"I can't go back to school."

The thought flashed through Chen Yifan's mind instantly.

As long as he's stuck at school, being watched by this group of people every day, he can't even catch his breath, let alone go out and level up freely.

What he lacks most right now is time!

Fight!

Chen Yifan's eyes sharpened, and he frantically poured the enormous spiritual power that had just surged in his heart palace into his right hand.

At the same time, the [Void Shuttle] skill that he had taken from Wang Qingyun suddenly started operating.

"Turn it back to me!"

He let out a low growl, his right hand clenched into a fist, and with a violent spatial turbulence, he slammed his fist hard into the node of the warp portal!

boom!

Using powerful external forces as a medium, a warp portal appeared before him.

No hesitation.

Chen Yifan walked straight in.

It's unclear whether it's due to a lack of skill or the influence of external forces.

The deflection channel is extremely unstable.

A strong feeling of weightlessness swept over my whole body.

Chen Yifan forcibly enveloped his entire body with his mental power, tearing a gap open amidst the spatial turbulence.

It redirected its landing coordinates back to the south!

……

Jiangcheng, southern suburbs.

Above an abandoned sand quarry.

Suddenly, without warning, a visible white shockwave exploded in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a dark shadow was violently ejected from the shockwave and slammed into the ground like a cannonball.

boom!

The rubble on the ground was smashed into a shallow pit half a meter deep.

Upon landing, Chen Yifan rolled over to dissipate the impact, knelt on one knee, and gasped for breath.

He felt his head buzzing and his stomach churning. But he had no time to rest. He quickly stood up, brushed the sand off his body, and cautiously looked around.

came back.

Several kilometers away, the city lights of Jiangcheng stretched out in a continuous line.

After gaining a foothold, Chen Yifan quickly reviewed the current situation in his mind.

He killed the Thousand-Faced Buddha on the bridge and used [Steal All Things] to search for fragments of the old man's memories.

When it was confirmed that the cultists were attacking the hospital, the mother was forcibly taken away by Mu Wanqing, who suddenly appeared, and temporarily escaped the disaster.

At that time, Chen Yifan was in a hurry to save his sister Chen Xue and didn't have time to pay attention to this.

Chen Xue is currently safe in the Xia family, having been placed there by Wang Qingyun.

But what about Mom?

Mu Wanqing is indeed the head of the Jiangcheng branch of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, and he has some connections and influence.

But now such a big thing has happened in Jiangcheng, and space-based weapons almost wiped out the city.

Who knows if the lamplighter will turn his attention to his mother.

Under such a citywide martial law and thorough purge, could Mu Wanqing protect an ordinary middle-aged woman who had no fighting ability?

Chen Yifan dared not gamble.

In addition, Mu Wanqing is the head of the Jiangcheng Black Gold Branch, so he must have several hidden safe houses.

The problem is that Jiangcheng is now a severely affected area in the crackdown by the Lantern Bearers.

Black Gold Merchants, a powerful force that usually operates in the gray area, is definitely a key target for official investigations.

Mu Wanqing's current situation is far from safe.

He couldn't concentrate on his leveling-up plan until he personally confirmed his mother's safety.

Looking into the distance, the city center of Jiangcheng was brightly lit.

However, in Chen Yifan's [Mind's Eye] vision, several faintly visible, terrifying pressures also hovered above those lights.

The lockdown measures in Jiangcheng are no less stringent than those in Kyoto.

Because it is the location of the crime, the investigation methods will only be more ruthless.

"I need to change my online persona."

Chen Yifan withdrew his gaze, reached out and grabbed at the air, pulling out a silver mask that resembled jade but wasn't, as thin as a cicada's wing, from his storage space.

[SS-Rank Equipment - The Deceitful Mask]

It doesn't have any offensive attributes, but its auxiliary functions are god-like.

The maximum level of disguise is 300% of the user's mental strength.

His current mental strength is so immense that even he finds it somewhat outrageous.

Let alone 300%, even if we fold it in half, there probably wouldn't be a single person in Jiangcheng who could see through his mental abilities.

Without any hesitation, Chen Yifan put the mask on his face.

The icy touch was fleeting; the mask melted as quickly as it came, seeping into the texture of his skin. He rapidly formed an image in his mind.

A few seconds later, the cold-faced freshman from Kyoto University of Martial Arts disappeared.

Instead, it was presented as an ordinary passerby.

He deliberately adjusted himself to a level around level 30 after the first job advancement, a very common melee class.

He then looked at his reflection in a puddle at the sand quarry.

perfect.

Even if the judge stood in front of him now, turning his "lie detection" to its maximum power, he would never recognize that this was the top freshman who had stirred up trouble at Kyoto Martial Arts University.

Chen Yifan pulled out an identity bracelet that he had somehow put into his beginner's backpack, put it on his wrist, and strode out of the sand quarry.

After walking two kilometers along the bumpy dirt road, we merged into the main road leading to the city.

In the middle of the night, this provincial highway, which is usually deserted, was now jammed with long lines of traffic.

The blinding searchlights illuminated the road as if it were daytime. Four heavy military armored vehicles were lined up across the middle of the road, setting up a long electrified warning net.

Three military-grade psionic scanners, each over two meters tall, were set up side by side along the roadside.

Fully armed soldiers patrolled back and forth, carrying heavy weapons. In the shadows on the outskirts, seven or eight lantern bearers, outer perimeter agents in black trench coats, stood watching everyone who passed by with cold eyes.

Jiangcheng has invested so much even in the suburbs.

Chen Yifan put his hands in his pockets, hunched his shoulders, and pretended to be a sleepy and annoyed guy who had just been stopped while driving at night. He mingled with a group of grumbling adventurers and moved to the front of the line.

"Hey you, hurry up! Show your ID code!"

An officer, holding a megaphone, spoke in a very impolite tone.

As soon as a bald, burly man in the line handed over the wristband, the scanner immediately lit up with a glaring red light.

"What's going on? I'm a legitimate mercenary!" the bald man exclaimed anxiously.

Two agents holding lanterns stepped forward and kicked him over, instantly locking the electronic shackles.

"He just traded prohibited psionic materials on the black market the day before yesterday. Take him away for questioning!" The agent waved his hand coldly. The bald man didn't dare to say a word and was dragged onto the armored vehicle like a dead dog.

The people in line were as quiet as chickens.

Soon, it was Chen Yifan's turn.

He extended his wrist.

The officer scanned the bracelet with a scanner, and an electronic beep sounded, revealing the identity as a first-tier swordsman named "Lin Mu," an adventurer who frequently roamed outside the city.

There is no record of him being wanted.

"Stand under the scanner."

The officer pointed to the instrument that was over two meters tall.

Chen Yifan walked over with a blank expression.

A deep blue beam of light was projected from above the instrument, washing over him from head to toe.

The screen next to it shows "Passed".

Without a doubt, this thing is a tool for testing the power of heretics.

The outer operative assigned by the lantern bearer glanced at the screen and waved his hand:

"Next."

Successfully passed the test.

Chen Yifan chuckled inwardly. The mask's ability to block out auras was indeed formidable, even fooling the highest-level official detection equipment.

He was just about to walk forward when he suddenly heard the two smoking officials next to him chatting in hushed tones.

"What on earth is going on tonight? Even we've been dragged out to work all night. In Jiangcheng, even the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce's connections have been blocked."

"Don't even mention it. I heard a high-ranking official from headquarters died. How can they not investigate?"

The other person blew a smoke ring.

"However, the city gained something from the briefing just now."

"Did you catch them?"

"No. It was the people from Group Three who blocked the top position of the Jiangcheng branch of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce on Mingde Road."

"Mu Wanqing?"

"That's right! They said she was driving an unregistered hovercar, sneaking around the city."

"Who's sitting inside?"

"An ordinary middle-aged woman. Group Three suspects something is amiss and demands a forced search. Mu Wanqing refuses, and the two sides are currently at a standoff. I heard that they have already sent experts to provide support."

Chen Yifan suddenly stopped in his tracks as he was walking out.

Mingde Road.

Mu Wanqing was blocked.

A middle-aged woman was in an unregistered hovercar?

What a coincidence! Who else could it be but his mother?

Chen Yifan narrowed his eyes, and beneath his ordinary face, the previously restrained ferocity surged forth without reservation.

The official efficiency is really high.

Unfortunately, I ran into the wrong person.

He suppressed the restlessness in his heart, glanced at the map location on his wristband, and saw that it was about a ten-minute drive to Mingde Road.

Chen Yifan didn't call a taxi. After leaving the checkpoint area, he went straight into a dark alley with no surveillance cameras.

Push off with your feet.

【Ghost Step】Activated.

He transformed into an extremely faint afterimage, stepping on the walls of the surrounding buildings, and sped straight towards his target.