Chapter 164 - 140: The Real Awakening Hall, The Monitored Surveillance Footage
Chapter 164: Chapter 140: The Real Awakening Hall, The Monitored Surveillance Footage
Fang Xiu looked around curiously.
The technology was beyond anything he could have imagined.
"Everything here was designed by ordinary human designers, then given to Awakened with lifestyle Professions like Blacksmiths to build."
Li Mu explained with a smile, "Who says ordinary people are useless?"
"I never said that!"
Fang Xiu smiled.
Back in school, he had certainly heard plenty of classmates say that if you couldn’t become an Awakened, you might as well die.
He’d heard that kind of talk.
But Fang Xiu disagreed.
"I never said that either!"
Ye Fan hurriedly added.
BEEP BEEP BEEP~
Just then, an alarm blared from outside.
’Intruder detected?’
Li Mu instantly grew vigilant.
’Did someone follow us in?’
A squad of Awakened suddenly appeared, surrounding the main gate.
But after waiting for a while, they saw no one come in.
Li Mu hurriedly checked the surveillance feed.
But no matter how she reviewed it, there was no sign of anyone approaching.
’Nothing?’
Li Mu repeatedly checked the camera feeds covering the moments before and after she entered the gate.
But she came up with nothing.
"Could they have used Invisibility to get in?"
Fang Xiu commented offhandedly.
Li Mu shook her head. "Impossible. With the cameras here, not even an Awakened with an Invisibility Talent could get in undetected!"
"I see."
Fang Xiu gave a slight nod.
He knew it wasn’t just anyone who had come in—it was Kajimi.
It was just that Kajimi’s Invisibility seemed different from that of an Awakened.
Although it had just been detected, it couldn’t be captured.
’If it were a normal Awakened from the Invisibility System, they would have been discovered instantly.’
’Judging from Li Mu’s tone, Fang Xiu could even tell that this high-tech equipment could probably film an Awakened using Invisibility.’
’That was something he hadn’t expected.’
’Thankfully, Kajimi’s power is strong enough.’
’Otherwise, it might have been filmed.’
’I’ll have to be more cautious when going to other places from now on.’
"It must be a system error. Stay alert!"
Li Mu checked again.
She still couldn’t find any problem.
All she could do was order her people to stay on high alert.
Then she looked at Fang Xiu and said, "Let’s go. We’re heading inside."
"Mhmm."
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
He followed Li Mu toward a large building not far away.
They took an elevator straight down.
’Jeez, are all Awakened this cautious?’
’A skyscraper with so many floors above, yet they prefer to be underground?’
’But it makes sense when you think about it. If the upper floors were attacked, they could be completely destroyed.’
’But underground is relatively safe.’
Soon, after descending eighteen floors, they reached the nineteenth.
’Is it really okay to build so many floors this deep underground?’
Fang Xiu just followed Li Mu.
And Ye Fan, in turn, followed Fang Xiu.
The three of them arrived at an office.
"Have a seat anywhere. What would you like to drink?"
Li Mu asked, looking at Fang Xiu and Ye Fan.
She didn’t put on any airs as a Vice Hall Master.
"Just plain water is fine,"
Fang Xiu said.
"The... the same!"
Ye Fan stammered.
He didn’t dare make any requests.
After all, he knew he was only here because of Fang Xiu.
"Alright."
Li Mu poured each of them a glass of water, then said, "Your badge cameras are broken. Take them off now, and I’ll have someone take them to be repaired."
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
He took off his badge and handed it to Li Mu.
Ye Fan did the same.
Li Mu nodded.
She then called someone to take the two badges away for inspection.
’She’d originally thought she’d have to do more convincing.’
’She hadn’t expected it to be this easy.’
Seeing how cooperative Fang Xiu and Ye Fan were, Li Mu was more inclined to believe their story.
"Fang Xiu, there’s something I’d like to discuss with you. Please come with me,"
Li Mu said, looking at Fang Xiu.
Then she added to Ye Fan, "Mr. Ye Fan, please wait here."
"Yes, yes!"
Ye Fan could only nod.
’There’s nothing I can do; this is the Awakening Hall.’
’And the person before me is one of its leaders.’
’Here, I can only do as I’m told.’
Fang Xiu nodded slightly.
He didn’t say much, just gave Ye Fan a meaningful look as he walked out the door.
Back in the Special Gate World, Fang Xiu had already told Ye Fan what to expect.
Once they arrived here, they would definitely be separated.
And then questioned individually.
Ye Fan just had to tell the truth.
Of course, he wasn’t to say it was Fang Xiu’s Thunder that broke it.
Just that it was broken by Thunder.
As for everything else, there was really nothing to hide.
When Fang Xiu had Sacrificed Ying Qingying, no one else had been present.
Even if a camera had filmed it, Fang Xiu knew it wouldn’t be a problem.
Because after what happened with Lu Yu’Er, Fang Xiu knew that once someone was Sacrificed, that person would be completely and utterly erased from the world.
Even an eyewitness—someone watching on a screen as Fang Xiu Sacrificed Ying Qingying—would gradually forget what they saw.
As for everyone else, even those who were very close to Ying Qingying would have all their memories of her instantly erased.
Of this, Fang Xiu was certain.
After all, in Lu Yu’Er’s case, even her own parents lost their memories of her the moment she was Sacrificed.
Even on the household register and class rosters, there was no record of Lu Yu’Er.
As for Yu Boyuan and Nie Tai, the two who did remember her, their memories of Lu Yu’Er eventually began to blur until they vanished completely.
So Fang Xiu wasn’t worried.
Even if someone had seen it, it didn’t matter.
Once Sacrificed, they were gone.
He followed Li Mu in another direction.
Soon, the two arrived at an even more luxurious office.
"This is your office?"
Fang Xiu asked, his curiosity piqued as he took in the lavish decor.
"Mhmm."
Li Mu nodded.
She then brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Fang Xiu.
"You didn’t drug this, did you?"
Fang Xiu looked at the tea in his hand and took a sip.
’He knew the Awakening Hall wouldn’t stoop to drugging him. Besides, an Awakened with Hypnosis would be far more effective than any drug.’
"I want to show you something."
Li Mu didn’t answer Fang Xiu’s question.
She just took out a tablet and handed it to him.
"What is it?"
Fang Xiu was curious and took a look.
He saw what appeared to be a surveillance feed.
On closer inspection, he could hardly make out any people.
There were only a few different camera views.
"Is this... footage from the badge cameras?"
Fang Xiu studied the feeds he was seeing more closely.
’The perspective is about chest-height.’
’In other words, the camera’s position should be right where the chest badge is.’
’I never would have thought... this is footage monitoring the surveillance cameras.’
’That wasn’t a mistake—it was literally surveillance of the surveillance!’
"Yes. Take a close look at these two feeds."
Li Mu pointed to two of the feeds on the screen.
Fang Xiu looked. Those two feeds... they seemed to be from his camera, and Ying Qingying’s camera!