Chapter 30: Unexpected Gains, Partial Job Appointment, Sudden Arrival Of The Bigshot Team
“Someone rummaged through Zhou Zong’s corpse?”
In the tent, the vigilance in Su Chen’s eyes gradually faded. Looking at Hu Xiang in front of him, he had thought the other party had figured something out and was about to make a move when he suddenly came to find him.
But instead, he told him like a thief that someone was rummaging through Zhou Zong’s corpse.
“Yeah, this matter is very wrong.” Hu Xiang’s expression was solemn.
Su Chen stared at him. “Two things. First, why did you come to me about this?”
“Second, didn’t you say you were patrolling the perimeter? How do you know so clearly about what happened in the camp?”
“What does this have to do with the corpse?” Hu Xiang frowned, but seeing Su Chen’s vigilant posture, he understood.
This kid still didn’t trust him, so he could only explain, “I came to you because Zhou Zong’s death is somewhat related to you…”
“Don’t slander me.” Su Chen’s face was expressionless.
Hu Xiang ignored him and continued, “I originally planned to patrol the perimeter, but I was also uneasy in the camp, so I watched both sides.”
Su Chen reluctantly accepted it, his heart stirring as he thought of certain things. He said, “Let’s go check the corpse.”
“I brought it to you.” Hu Xiang turned around and brought the body bag in from outside the tent.
Su Chen: “……”
“You go out first.” Su Chen rubbed his chin, unzipped the chains, and looked at Zhou Zong’s corpse.
Hu Xiang hesitated, but seeing Su Chen staring straight at him, he had no choice but to walk out of the tent.
“Go a bit farther…” Su Chen called out. Hu Xiang had to move a bit further out, then he saw the light in the tent go out, plunging into darkness.
“Fuck, so spooky…” He cursed under his breath.
Meanwhile, Su Chen used his mental perception to grope over Zhou Zong’s corpse as well.
Soon, his movements paused slightly, and his eyes narrowed. “Damn, there really is.”
He took out a small knife, and after a ripping sound, Su Chen pulled out a thin paper-like thing from the lining of the clothes on the left side of Zhou Zong’s chest.
Su Chen’s expression was splendid. This thing was exactly the item recording 【Space Collector】, and it was also the stolen item from South Wind Academy.
“Just brought it out like this?” Su Chen suddenly thought of many things.
Yuan Chenyang’s inspection was very responsible. Normally, this thing shouldn’t be able to get out.
But there was a loophole with the city patrol. On the day they left the city, Yuan Chenyang happened to go chase the thief, and the one who sent them out was Zhou Zong’s father.
“Zhou Zong probably didn’t know, otherwise he wouldn’t have hidden it until now. There are also their people among the city patrol guards…” Su Chen felt the situation was tricky. This was clearly a vortex.
“But…” he murmured softly, “perhaps it’s also an opportunity.”
He was about to turn on a temporary light source, but then turned his gaze back to Zhou Zong and murmured, “However, with so many students, why did it have to be placed on Zhou Zong…”
As he spoke, he extended his demonic claws again, this time even more carefully.
“Damn, there really is something…”
Su Chen’s expression was astonished as he stared at the two black metal blocks in his hand.
Zhou Zong had turned into a mule.
This thing was hidden in the interlayer of Zhou Zong’s shoe heel, only the size of a fingernail. This wasn’t something that could just be casually hidden on Zhou Zong.
With a slight twist, the metal shell opened, and colorful mist escaped from the seams. Su Chen wrapped it with his clothes and carefully opened it.
It was an irregularly shaped, multicolored small crystal.
The panel showed no prompt; it didn’t belong to a finished product.
“This thing…” His brows furrowed tightly as he looked at the thin sheet again, suddenly having a guess.
He immediately opened the panel, found the 【Space Collector】 profession, and expanded the job appointment requirements.
Sure enough, one of them, the 【Space Crystal】 requirement, was already completed.
He had just felt that since this thing was together with that iron piece, it might possibly be something related to 【Space Collector】.
“This is the Space Crystal?” Su Chen stared carefully at the crystal in his hand, unable to suppress his excitement.
In this way, the most inexplicable requirement of this profession was completed just like that?
And it came with two at once.
But after the brief excitement, Su Chen realized something: it seemed useless even if he got it.
The things hidden on Zhou Zong, his dad probably knew about them. With his son dead and the things lost, everyone would likely be searched, especially him.
“Can’t just throw it away.” Su Chen unconsciously rubbed the metal block. “Seems like I can only turn it in.”
He was very reluctant. Who knew when he would see this thing again.
【Detecting host’s intent to discard Space Crystal, Space Collector is willing to allow partial job appointment at the cost of two Space Crystals.
Subsequent completion of other job appointment requirements can gradually complete it.】
Hmm?
Looking at the popped-up panel, Su Chen’s movements paused. Partial job appointment?
“Not bad, not bad. Look how understanding this profession is. If job appointment is difficult, just do partial job appointment first. Get on the bus first then buy the ticket—very reasonable…”
Su Chen grinned widely and praised the air several times, but there was no new prompt on the panel.
He pursed his lips. Normal job appointment only needed one, but partial job appointment required two.
The two Space Crystals glowed brilliantly in his hand, melting like ice cubes. Space rippled faintly, the two gradually merging before suddenly disappearing.
【Space Collector partial job appointment successful. Obtained professional ability—Storage Space: Personal space hidden in the interlayer.】
【Other professional abilities, please unlock after completing job appointment conditions.】
Storage Space?
Su Chen’s throat bobbed as he carefully sensed it. Mental power rippled, and sure enough, he faintly felt a spacious small space, only one cubic meter—not big.
Su Chen casually picked up the empty metal block and tried to draw it in with mental power. The iron block vanished silently from his hand and appeared in that small space.
“It also consumes mental power… No wonder the job appointment requirement needs Second Order Mental-Side Top Tier Profession.” Su Chen sensed carefully.
“Ha… not bad, not bad.” He couldn’t help but grin. Even Zhou Zong, missing half his head on the ground, seemed handsome.
After searching carefully again and confirming nothing was missed, he destroyed the shoes beyond recognition, then turned on the tube light and called Hu Xiang in.
He glanced at the corpse on the ground. The zipper only exposed the middle body, and seeing no changes, he couldn’t help but ask, “Figured it out?”
“Maybe…” Su Chen was vague. Hu Xiang said discontentedly, “What do you mean ‘maybe’?”
“Are you sure you want to know?” Su Chen asked in return.
Hu Xiang paused slightly, looking at him suspiciously. This question made his heart race.
“Forget it.” He decisively shook his head.
“You have to watch that guy who rummaged through his corpse carefully.” Su Chen emphasized again.
Hu Xiang nodded and asked uneasily, “Is it serious?”
Su Chen said meaningfully, “Hard to say.”
Hu Xiang hesitated slightly, then went to Tang Chen first to prepare strengthened guards. Su Chen left the tent and found Bai Fengxi.
“Something?” Bai Fengxi came out of the tent. Su Chen nodded toward the tent.
Bai Fengxi hesitated for a moment but still brought Su Chen into the tent. The two sat cross-legged, very close.
“Ask you something…” Su Chen leaned in, staring into Bai Fengxi’s eyes. “What kind of person is Old Yuan?”
Bai Fengxi’s eyes sparkled with suspicion as she looked at him. “Just this? Is there a need to ask me so cautiously?”
“Yes.” Su Chen was solemn.
Bai Fengxi was speechless and recounted, “He…”
………..
In the shadows, Hu Xiang had just tied Tang Chen securely, even eliminating the possibility of suicide. Turning his head, he saw the young boy and girl dart into the tent and sighed regretfully, “What a fine girl.”
He had asked around with those students. Su Chen was indeed brought into South Wind Academy by Jiang He—it wasn’t hearsay.
He had also heard of Jiang He’s reputation as a woman.
An unscrupulous Su Chen, who would do anything to climb up, was vividly apparent.
That girl called Bai Fengxi had probably fallen too. It was said she was Yuan Chenyang’s student.
Impressive.
However, he always felt there was more to it. Otherwise, with Su Chen’s strength, he wouldn’t take Jiang He’s path.
As he was speculating, his expression suddenly became very grave, and he looked up abruptly.
In the darkness, a night-watch city patrol guard came running hurriedly.
In a flash, he blocked the other party and asked repeatedly, “What happened? Another attack?”
“No, not…” The city patrol guard shook his head hurriedly and pointed to the darkness behind.
A buzzing sound gradually approached. Several blinding ghostly blue light sources pierced the mist. Several crimson tracked war chariots about five or six meters tall emerged from the fog, their slightly rusted armor plates engraved with glowing blue patterns.
Hu Xiang’s brow twitched; oppressive pressure hit him head-on.
At the forefront, several figures approached slowly. Hu Xiang’s grave expression turned to shock. “C-City Lord!?”
The arrivals were exactly the South Wind City big shots team led by Zhang Hongbo, rushing over whether fast or slow.
“Chief Inspector Yuan…” He subconsciously scanned, then his expression changed dramatically. He said with difficulty, “D-Director… Director Zhou… Why are you here?”
Zhou Xian felt baffled. Hu Xiang was more shocked to see him than Zhang Hongbo. He didn’t even greet the City Lord and instead asked why he came—this would make Zhang Hongbo overthink.
Why was a city patrol guard so respectful to him?
Hu Xiang’s mind raced. Zhou Zong’s corpse was still in Su Chen’s tent, already hard to handle. Now Zhou Xian would definitely keep a close eye on Su Chen.
Trouble. He sighed inwardly. Why had these big shots suddenly come?
