Chapter Ch37.2 - I’ve got this Ancestor’s back (8)
Their dull and boring comparison work yielded nothing. Lu Deng’s speed though was constant all throughout. If one was a dud, he then moved on to the next one. It was as though he could never be made to feel any more anxious or restless.
“Host……”
After searching nearly a hundred rooms, their target wasn’t found. The system finally couldn’t help it and the mechanical voice sounded hesitant.
Noticing that the system’s processing ability had slowed down uncontrollably, Lu Deng stopped his steps. He reached out and sat down by the side of the ship. Unconsciously, he raised his hand to cover his right wrist.
It was the side effect of the shielding. It hurt like it was burning. He had already given himself analgesics but it had little effect. He could only select a few thorny vines with anesthetic effect and wound it tightly around his arm. This managed to somewhat ease the pain. .
The system checked the inventory, and suddenly woke up with a start. “Host! Analgesics——”
“It’s nothing urgent. Clear up your memory first. I’ll take a break.”
Lu Deng appeased it gently. Leaning against the side of the ship, he raised his face. The night wind blew against his forehead and hair soaked in cold sweat. His chest rose and fell slightly.
Compared with the pain he had experienced before, the pain on his wrist was actually not worth mentioning. It was just that, recently, he had indulged too much, causing him to relax. Unexpectedly, he couldn’t even bear this little bit of pain.
The floating ship was very close to the night sky, so close that the stars seemed to twinkle in his eyes.
Flickering stars dotted the dark blue night sky, blurred by sweat. Lu Deng shook loose his soaked bangs. He took a light breath and stood up, continuing his search to the next cabin.
They weren’t on the ground and there was already no sunlight.
His strength can be continuously drawn from the soil and sunlight. At this moment, he didn’t have much strength left in reserve. He has none to spare to deal with the pain.
Lu Deng continued to check more than a dozen rooms. He finally staggered. He straightened his body amidst the anxious cries of the system. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. “Help me isolate my body’s reaction.”
The system hesitated and for the first time, it did not immediately execute the command.
Isolation of reaction was actually turning off the pain and touch receptors directly in the center of the brain. However, this will also cause body monitoring to be turned off at the same time. Unable to make a clear judgment of one’s own’s body’s condition, it was all too easy to overdraw or get injured.
It was now past midnight. The Special Service Office may come at any time to forcibly take Lu Deng away. It was not safe to isolate his reaction.
“It’s okay, just shut it down for an hour. Nothing will happen.”
Lu Deng’s right hand hung by his side. The arm inside his sleeve was already trembling uncontrollably. Cold sweat dripped down his eyelashes, somewhat obstructing his vision.
Lu Deng had used his mental powers to give Gu Ting a mental suggestion to fall deep asleep. It should be two hours more before he would wake up. If he can endure for an hour, he would be able to check the remaining rooms. It would leave him enough time to rush back before Gu Ting wakes up.
The system couldn’t dissuade him so it had no choice but to turn on the isolation of reaction.
His body suddenly relaxed by a lot. Lu Deng breathed a long sigh of relief. He quickened his pace and continued to search the remaining cabin.
More than 300 passengers and more than 200 rooms were checked one by one, but there was no trace of the possible berserker.
The system can’t help but give out a guess. “Could it be that we missed the ship because of the change in booking?”
Lu Deng nodded and couldn’t help but relax a little.
This possibility, if true, was undoubtedly the best.
Up to now, there had been no news of any supernatural beings going on an out of control rampage. If it wasn’t on their boat, it meant that the scope of the rampage hadn’t been large and that it had been resolved by the Special Service Office in time. And the alarm could also probably be removed from their ship.
Only the crew members hadn’t yet been checked. The crew of the ship were resting together, making them easier to check through than the passengers.
Lu Lan called up the layout of the boat, preparing to find the way to the crew quarters, when suddenly an alarm sounded in his mind.
The body immediately reacted instinctively and the dense chaste tree thorns spread out quickly behind him. Lu Deng rolled on the spot, avoiding the sudden attack. Vines sprang out of his hand and greeted the person’s face, but a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He had actually ran into the protagonist at this time.
According to the plot line, if this ship does encounter an incident, the protagonist, Fang Yi, should be somewhere not far away dealing with another emergency. On the first night, there should be no plot line working on the protagonist.
It seems that he had changed the plot line arbitrarily, causing the other party to work overtime tonight.
Fang Yi was a staunch member of the peace party within the Special Service Office. He has always believed that there was no need for war between the different races and he has secretly given many targets permission to proceed. In the main storyline, he was promoted all the way and finally became the head of the Special Service Office, completely changing the decree that once completely espoused complete estrangement.
Lu Deng didn’t intend to be an enemy of the protagonist. The vines withdrew back and his figure retreated. But suddenly he lost strength on his leg and he half-knelt down involuntarily.
Behind Fang Yi, the officer they had met that day slowly walked, still carrying an electric shock whip in his hand.
“Kang Yan!”
The order from the higher-ups only stated that the agent who had disobeyed the order should be brought back, but did not say that they were to be attacked.
Fang Yi frowned, turned around and shouted but Kang Yan had already walked over with a gun and looked down at the figure who was half-kneeling on the ground. “Group Leader Fang, this is my subordinate. I am only imposing punishment on his act of disobedience.”
When Lu Huaiye pointed his thorns at him for the first time, it might have been to pretend to be the vampire’s offspring and it was necessarily for him to attack him. This time, the second time, he was deliberately evading his interrogation, insisting that Gu Ting’s purpose for this trip was only to “go out and gather materials” for his photography. This agent has undoubtedly completely fallen in with the surveillance target.
This time, when the order to withdraw had been issued, Lu Huaiye not only turned a blind eye to it, but even blocked the subsequent messages and probes. If it weren’t for tracking special ability, they wouldn’t even be able to pinpoint the exact location of this bold agent.
Fang Yi wanted to bar him again. Kang Yan deliberately displayed his epaulettes and said in a deep voice, “Stand down and don’t move. This has nothing to do with you. Obey your orders!”
Although he was the protagonist, Fang Yi’s current identity was only the leader of the special operations team. This time, his mission was to protect Kang Yan. He had no right to disobey his orders, so he could only grit his teeth and fall silent.
Kang Yan walked to Lu Deng. He raised his chin with the muzzle and looked at the already unusually pale face. “You like having my gun pointed at you, don’t you?”
In his mind, the system was so angry that it’s code was flying about like crazy. Without waiting for his order, it had intruded into Kang Yan’s communication device to prepare for action.
Lu Deng didn’t stop the system’s actions. Lu Deng raised his head to meet his eyes. He moved his left hand, which was hidden in the shadows, quietly spreading out vines with their anesthetic effect.
Seeing him refusing to speak, Kang Yan became even angrier. Irritation of being repeatedly offended rushed up. He raised the electric whip in his hand high. He was about to strike down when a powerful force that struck fear into his heart suddenly arrived.
From out the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of Fang Yi, who was still standing by, arms folded, without any intention to help. Kang Yan suddenly felt panicked. He was about to berate him when his body was completely frozen. Only a broken gasp issued from his throat.
There was a clicking noise from his wrist communicator. The system had suddenly scrapped and cut off his channel for sending distress signals to headquarters.
Lu Deng raised his head. The familiar figure had fallen and covered him, taking him in his arms and gently wiping off the sweat from his forehead. His pupils were almost terrifyingly red in the dark night.
Gu Ting shouldn’t have woken up at this time.
The other party must have forcibly freed himself from his mental suggestion. Lu Deng’s eyes showed worry and he raised his hand to suppress the seal hanging around his neck. He reached out with his mental power to check but he was suddenly wrapped tightly by Gu Ting’s surge of raw power.
The dark night was when vampires were the strongest. Without the restriction of the seal, even at only 30% of his full strength, no one on board was a match for a three-generation vampiric ancestor.
“Tell me next time, okay?”
Gu Ting didn’t even spare a glance towards the Special Service Office agents. He just picked up the human youth who was almost drowning in cold sweat. He protected him in his arms and slowly wiped off the cold sweat. Pushing aside his soaked bangs for him. His tone remained unchanged, full of tenderness.
His little prey liked leave him alone and to take risks on his own. This habit wasn’t very good and needed to be corrected.
Lu Deng’s eyes went hot. He wanted to hold his hand, but his right arm, which was cut off from the pain, only flicked. He was unable to lift it at all.
Perceiving his movements, the corner of Gu Ting’s eyes tightened. He adjusted his strenght and pulled over his right hand. After a short check, the temperature on his side plummeted. The air almost froze over.
Kang Yan only had mental-type abilities and he has absolutely no resistance to these sort of physical attacks. There was fear in his eyes. He desperately cast a look at Fang Yi. However, the other party seemed to meticulously complying to his order to “Stand aside. Don’t move. This has nothing to do with you”. He was still standing to the side as if nothing was happening.
“Don’t do this next time. Just tell me. I can just smash the Special Service Office’s communication terminal.”
Gu Ting kissed his forehead. He stroked his bloody wrist that had been mangled by the thorns. In he blink of an eye, he healed the wounds.
Suddenly, Kang Yan let out a blood curling scream. However, in the blink of an eye, an even stronger power, suppressed him into silence. His wrist showed the same scars as Lu Huaiye’s and blood began to splotch on the ground.
Lu Deng raised his eyes and he fell into those gentle wine-red colored irises. He nodded subconsciously.
“You’re already very tired. I’ll carry you back to rest.”
Gu Ting spoke warmly and held him in his arms. Looking at that pair of still shining yet uneasy black eyes, a soft smile appeared in his eyes as he lowered his head and snuggled against his cheek.
“Don’t run away again. Next time I wake up and can’t find you, I won’t have any choice but to go to the Special Service Office to find out if I can find any new prey…”
His tone was low, rich and mellow. He was evidently only talking to Lu Huaiye, but he seemed to whisper softly in everyone’s ears.
“Gu Ting—you already know that he’s our agent! We instructed him to approach you!”
This is the worst kind of situation. A three-generation pureblood was already difficult to control. If there was another rebellious stigmatic with him, he was afraid the Special Service Office wouldn’t have any means to be able to suppress them.
Kang Yan’s complexion became paler and paler. Noticing that the suppressive force on him had loosened a little, he hurriedly added, “We’re recalling him now because he has failed his make-up exam. It is not as though we want to treat him like this–”
“He’s mine.”
Gu Ting stood still. His gaze swept over him and the corners of his lips raised in a cold arc. “I’m also the one who answered his make-up exam. Do you have any teachings to give me on being a vampire?”
Translator’s note:
Good bluff, Gu Ting, because considering that you thought before that you could recover strength by having s*x, the Special Service Office might actually have a few things to teach you. haha