The meeting finally ended perfectly.
After everyone left, they all started preparing for the further instructions from the leaders.
Even those young ladies who were almost in tears earlier when Zodiac Pig was speaking wanted to ask Wu Liang for his contact information.
Unfortunately, Liangzi, the "Insulator of Opposite Sex," smoothly brushed them off with the excuse of "identity is strictly confidential, no personal interactions."
"Are you planning to return to Chengyang City next?"
But Fu Juan and Jin Chenghua were already waiting at the dormitory entrance for Wu Liang.
Apart from the passionate speech at the end, which made them suspect this kid might have been possessed, they could still recognize that Zodiac Monkey was definitely Shadow's based on his overall abstract performance.
Fortunately, the two of them were no fools either.
They knew that since Shadow intended to hide his identity, naturally, they tacitly refrained from bringing up the issue.
This kid was even careful enough to find a place to remove his mask after the meeting and used the mist to change into another set of clothes to avoid being guessed at his identity before coming up.
"What else? Stay here and hunt ghosts for a meal every day?"
Wu Liang shrugged nonchalantly as he spoke.
[Pioneer] All conscious avatars were destroyed, temporarily not making any moves and naturally hard to find; Zodiac Pig's markers on those civilian Awakened need to be cleaned slowly; the issue regarding [Promised Land] in the Capital City has to be thoroughly investigated from scratch.
In short, the matters in the Capital City are currently a tug of war and won't yield results in the short term.
"That's true. After the final special training in a few days, we will probably return to Chengyang City as well, will you join us?" Fu Juan pondered for a moment before speaking.
But Wu Liang shook his head in response: "No, I'll probably leave soon, you two… never mind, coming back is fine too."
Currently, not many people knew about the impending city destruction crisis in Chengyang City. Wu Liang felt there was no need to clarify the situation for them here.
He estimated that by the time they returned to Chengyang City, Minister Long would find a suitable opportunity to explain things to these official Awakened, so he didn't have to do it himself.
"Alright, you head back first. Oh, right, here's a list I've compiled of people you can beat up before leaving, do you need it?" Fu Juan asked as she prepared to take something out.
Although Shadow's earlier words were somewhat ambiguously strange, she and Jin Chenghua didn't mind it.
After all, this kid's craziness was not a one-day thing—they had long since gotten used to it...
Wu Liang declined the "pre-departure beat-up list," casually chatting a bit more with the two of them before finally leaving to return to his room.
Looking around, he packed all his clothes for washing, and that was pretty much all his luggage.
Traveling light, indeed!
He began to channel his consciousness into the [Ghost Compendium].
Now, the only Fierce Ghost minions roaming outside were Taxi Ghost and Puppet Ghost, so Wu Liang quickly locked onto the Puppet Ghost's aura.
Chengyang City, here I triumphantly return!
[Ghost Shadow Following] activate!
In an instant, he vanished from the room, replaced by a completely naked Puppet Ghost sitting on the bed, bewildered.
What the hell! Where is this? What just happened?
Puppet Ghost fell into self-doubt as it tried to recall what it was doing before teleporting.
"Think... I secretly ran back to that place without Minister Long knowing to seek the supernatural object that was almost captured last time, because that scent was really hard to resist."
"But I was more restrained this time!"
"I didn't disguise myself as a woman to sneak in! I went straight to the madam, saying I wanted to work as an escort!"
"I was just about to pretend to entertain a guest… and then ended up here?"
While Puppet Ghost's mind was full of confusion, the noise from outside the door interrupted its thoughts.
Then, Zodiac Rabbit's voice sounded from outside: "Shadow! Are you in the room? Before you go, can we discuss the matter of the supernatural object turning into dust? Help me study what's causing this situation!"
Though Puppet Ghost wasn't the brightest, it could at least tell it was a female voice.
So it glanced down at its current state... Hmm... Boss's abs have developed quite well, the body it mimicked truly resembles an ancient Greek sculpture!
The size is quite nice too; not sure how many would be envious in a bathhouse.
Wait a minute, it'd be best not to see anyone in this situation, so it called out: "Uh... I'm not in the room! Try looking elsewhere!"
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Zodiac Rabbit pounded on the door, gritting her teeth as she spoke: "You gotta be kidding me? Open the door!"
This put Puppet Ghost in a state of utter panic.
It got up and rummaged through the bed, wardrobe, even under the bed looking for clothes to wear.
But every search was fruitless.
Haha, Boss, you truly travel light!
"Given that you packed away all your clothes, don't blame me then. I've tried my best to maintain your last shred of decency."
Ultimately, Puppet Ghost could only throw its hands in the air in resignation.
It shrugged helplessly, listening to the relentless knocking that seemed to almost burst through the door, then resolutely turned the doorknob...
"What the hell! Puppet, you idiot, where the hell are you! Where's your sense of decency?" Wu Liang screamed, picking up his luggage and bursting out the door.
Behind him came the curses of the madam and the ladies.
Just the moment [Ghost Shadow Following] swapped locations, a face came too close, startling him into almost reflexively swinging a punch.
Thankfully he held back, or else given the strength of a normal human's body, a strong punch from himself might just prep the other for a funeral.
Finally escaping from that ghostly place, Wu Liang was still a bit shaken.
Damn, almost lost my moral integrity there.
"Luckily I returned to Chengyang City this time, or whatever little reputation I had left would have been completely lost thanks to that idiot!" Wu Liang thought angrily.
Once he calmed down, he finally headed to the street, ready to hail a cab and first place his luggage home.
After that, he could take some time to investigate places like the reservoir, possibly finding the exact location of the [Promised Land] base, and then report back to Minister Long with the information.
After all, returning from the Capital City to Chengyang City should reasonably take some time.
If at this time, he appeared directly at the official base and Minister Long found out the time discrepancy, it might cause some unnecessary trouble.
So it's just as well to take advantage of the travel time difference to conduct some preliminary investigation.
"Ahem, driver, please head to Chuanhui District Xingfu District, Building A."
Lowering his voice slightly, Wu Liang gave the taxi driver his home address.
He kept a mist, courtesy of the Mist Ghost, floating above his head to ensure that surrounding surveillance equipment couldn't accurately capture his image.
[Promised Land]'s [Ghost Valley], is it?
I beat up your buddy [Pioneer] in the Capital City!
Now I return to Chengyang City to find you!
You better hope your base isn't really built near the reservoir...