Chapter 1145: Who Exactly Is the Mole? (Bonus Chapter)
Because Wang Ba was beaten up by the newcomers, Gong Lin notified Guan Hu and the others to be careful!
After all, they were all mentors with incredibly rich combat experience!
They actually managed to catch quite a few newcomers, each one beaten black and blue!
To ensure authenticity and not blow their cover, even the veteran students serving as support staff were beaten up and captured as well!
Observing how the newcomers reacted when facing life-and-death crises!
At this moment, the camp tent kept receiving distress signals from the students!
Since the Ant Nest Maze was a cave-type spirit ruin, some of the passages couldn't be observed!
Only large caverns could be monitored, and even then, the dim lighting made it hard to see clearly!
On the screen, a group of villains in black hoods were seen escorting hundreds of students through a cavern!
Kicking and shoving, looking very menacing!
Zhao Dezhu was grinning from ear to ear!
(◞•̀ᗜ•́)◞ "Little Fatty Tiger and the others are pretty fast, huh? Tsk tsk~"
"I wonder what expression these little brats will make when they find out the villains are all played by the mentors?"
He then put on a smug look!
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At this moment, after Ye Xingxuan and Wang Zhan had beaten Wang Ba away, they hadn't encountered any more crises!
Even when fighting spirit beasts, they didn't pick large herds but instead fought steadily!
By now, the lipstick marks on all the students had faded, and Jiang Nan was freed from his one-on-many state!
His gaze fell on Xie Xie!
This kid had pretty good adaptability, much better than Wang Zhan and Xiang Zu, who only knew how to brute-force things!
The cooperation he just had with Zhou Yuqing was really nice!
Just then, Luo Tianqing's watch showed multiple distress signals, and she grinned!
"I think they've run into the black hoods. I'll go check it out and put on a show. Don't cause trouble, okay? Keep an eye on things here!"
Jiang Nan patted his chest in assurance!
(๑•̀ㅂ•́)ᕤ "With me on the job, you can rest easy!"
So he retracted his little whip, and Luo Tianqing rushed toward the distress point!
Meanwhile, Jiang Nan was boredly following behind Xie Xie and the others!
Suddenly, Jiang Nan seemed to sense something, and his gaze turned toward the pitch-black cave entrance on the left!
A devilish grin crept onto his face!
(๑ิ෴ิ)
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At this moment, over a dozen black hoods from the Rabbit-Snatching Alliance had concealed their auras and were stealthily following Ye Xingxuan and the others!
"Damn it! Didn't that bastard brother say he'd handle it? Why haven't these newbies been taken down yet?"
"I heard there are some key figures among them. Grabbing them as hostages would definitely work wonders!"
Jiang Nan: (･᷄～･᷅) "What are you hesitating for? Just go for it! What, afraid of getting beaten up?"
"They've used up most of their treasures, and the teleportation cooldown is over. Go for it! You'll catch them for sure!"
The black hood rolled his eyes: "Nonsense! Isn't Jiang Nan still watching? He's not just anyone... Hiss~"
Who was talking?
Several black hoods whipped around and saw Jiang Nan standing behind them with his hands behind his back, beaming!
(ૢ⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)۶ Yo~
The black hoods' eyes widened in terror!
∑(❍ฺ口❍ฺlll)
"Damn! Jiang Nan? How did you... Mmm~"
Jiang Nan teleported in front of the speaker and clamped his hand over his mouth!
"Shh~ Are you stupid? Yelling that loud, what if they hear us?"
Black Hood: !!!
We've already been discovered by you, damn it!
What now?
Was the plan exposed?
How did Jiang Nan detect us?
What's he going to do? Kill us?
Seeing the black hoods had stopped talking, Jiang Nan sighed in relief!
(¯ิ^¯ิ๑) "What are you still analyzing? Just go grab them! Want me to help with an assist?"
The black hoods' foreheads were dripping with sweat, and their legs were trembling!
(‧̣̥̇Ŏ‧̣̥̇Д‧̣̥̇Ŏ‧̣̥̇) Uh, this~
Damn, damn, damn!
Jiang Nan really did discover our hostage-taking plan!
And he's so confident that he's letting us grab the newbies right under his nose!
Is he even taunting us now?
What do we do?
(乛﹏乛‧̣̥̇) "You... you've misunderstood! We're here to hunt spirit beasts, not what you think!"
Jiang Nan rolled his eyes and waved his hand!
(︶.̮︶)۶ "You're still putting on an act with me? Totally unnecessary! You're pretty dedicated, huh?"
Then he looked smug!
(๑乛◡乛๑) "To tell you the truth, I already know all about your plan! So stop acting with me!"
Black Hood: !!!
Sure enough!
Jiang Nan knew everything! The Rabbit-Snatching Alliance's plan was exposed?
Hiss~ How is that possible? The plan was airtight from preparation to execution!
Jiang Nan actually saw through all of this?
Damn it!
No wonder he's the Jiang Devil! Incredible insight!
"How... how do you know?"
Jiang Nan put his hands behind his back: (･᷄ὢ･᷅๑) "Naturally, someone secretly told me!"
The black hoods exchanged glances!
Damn it! There really is a mole in the Rabbit-Snatching Alliance!
This information must be reported back to the boss! We have to escape from under Jiang Nan's nose!
In this situation, we few lowlifes have no chance against Jiang Nan!
With a fierce look in their eyes, they bolted in different directions!
In an instant, they vanished without a trace! Even if you can teleport, you can't chase all directions at once!
As long as one gets away, it's a victory!
But Jiang Nan didn't give chase at all. Instead, he stood there, scratching his head in confusion!
୧(๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ Huh? They didn't go for it?
Was Wang Ba's group so scared after being beaten that they didn't dare target this batch of students?
How pathetic!
If you don't make a move, I won't have any fun either!
Sighing in disappointment, Jiang Nan turned around and followed Ye Xingxuan and the others again!
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The several black hoods fled for their lives, constantly ducking and weaving, looking back repeatedly, terrified that Jiang Nan was chasing them!
But obviously, their worries were unfounded!
They ran all the way to a Rabbit-Snatching Alliance hideout!
This place was in a blind spot of the Heavenly Eye System. About seven or eight hundred students had already been captured!
They were tied up with transparent ropes, had gunshot wounds, and were clearly all spirit-bound!
Each person had a slug crawling on them, their lips black and purple from poison, completely incapable of resistance!
This was naturally all the work of Hua Yin and Milan Duo!
There were also quite a few black hoods guarding the students in the hideout!
The escaped black hoods, panting heavily, found Hua Yin and Milan Duo!
☚(๑•̀口•́) "Boss! Boss! Bad news! Our plan has been exposed!"
"Jiang Nan knows everything!"
The moment they said that, Hua Yin and Milan Duo were both shocked!
∑(°口°๑) "What happened? What did you guys do?"
The plan had just begun, and they didn't have nearly enough chips yet. How did it get exposed?
The black hood said urgently, "We just got there, and Jiang Nan found us right away!"
"He was incredibly arrogant, taunting us to go grab the students, and said he knew all about the plan!"
"Right, right! Jiang Nan said someone tipped him off about the plan. You should have seen how smug he was!"
"There must be a mole in our Rabbit-Snatching Alliance, tipping off Jiang Nan!"
At these words, Hua Yin's pupils contracted sharply, and her gaze immediately fell on Milan Duo!
The other black hoods also stared at each other, starting to suspect one another!
After all, the Rabbit-Snatching Alliance was a hasty coalition of four groups, driven only by profit, with no real trust!
Milan Duo squinted: "Why are you staring at me like that? You think one of my people did it?"
"Am I stupid? This is on Hua Xia territory. You know the cost of a plan leak!"
Hua Yin gritted her teeth: "This isn't the time to discuss that. Jiang Nan didn't kill you? He just let you come back?"
The black hoods exchanged glances: "Nope! That just shows how arrogant, confident, and assured he is!"
"He didn't even see us as a threat!"
Hua Yin: !!!
"Hiss~ Releasing the tigers back to the mountains? Turning our plan against us?"
"Jiang Nan must have left tracking marks on you. He deliberately didn't kill you and let you come back to report, so he could track you to our hideout and rescue the students!"
"Damn it! You bunch of fools! You just ran straight back to the hideout?"
"The position is exposed! We need to move the hostages immediately! Once Jiang Nan follows us here, it'll be too late!"
Milan Duo gritted his steel teeth: "Since the plan is exposed, there's no point in hiding anymore!"
"Sooner or later, we'll have to face him head-on. Now we have no choice but to attack directly! We have the hostages, so there's nothing to fear!"
This news threw the hideout into chaos. They organized a transfer while also mustering their forces!
Hua Yin's face darkened!
"Damn it! Who exactly is the mole?"
After moving the hostages, leaving only a few to guard them,
Hua Yin and Milan Duo led a squad of black hoods straight toward Jiang Nan's location!
Sooner or later, they'd have to face Jiang Nan. They were just advancing the timeline!
Now that the plan was exposed, they had no choice but to strike first!
Besides, with so many students on site, they were leverage against Jiang Nan!
It wasn't a hopeless situation!
……
At that moment, Ye Xingxuan and the others had just finished off a wave of spirit beasts and were taking a break!
Everyone was tired and hungry, but the selection test only lasted 72 hours, leaving no time for sleep!
Meanwhile, Jiang Nan had used a spatial barrier to build a platform in the air!
He held a bowl of Kang Shifu sour cabbage beef noodles with an extra sausage and two eggs added, sitting cross-legged on the platform and slurping away!
(ૢ⁼̴ཀ⁼̴)⋋♨
He had a blissful little expression, even pulling out chips from his alternate dimension and munching on them!
The aroma of the noodles and the crunch of chips echoed through the entire cavern!
Ye Xingxuan, Wang Zhan, and their group were drooling, their stomachs growling loudly!
(ꐦº﹃º) "Damn it! Nan Shen is definitely doing this on purpose! Tempting us late at night? What a devil!"
"I just want to know, after Nan Shen finishes eating, can he leave me some broth to drink? Slurp~"
[Resentment from Xie Xie +1000!]
[Resentment from Ye Xingxuan...]
Jiang Nan chuckled to himself. Being a support staff member was too boring, so he could only earn resentment points this way!
He should have applied to be a villain instead!
After all, he had the qualifications for it!
Just then, Jiang Nan's slurping paused, and he glanced out of the corner of his eye toward the dark passage on the right!
A playful smile curled at his lips!
(๑⚆⚆๑)
Then he went back to slurping his noodles as if nothing had happened!
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Author's Note: