Chapter 152

Chapter 152

Fu Chongye immediately sensed something was off, because he had forgotten to set his phone to silent mode when he went out!

Sure enough, the other three men were now staring at Fu Chongye.

Sweat beads the size of peas emerged from the back of Fu Chongye's neck, and he instinctively took a few steps back.

"Why aren’t you picking up? Don’t you want to answer it?"

Fei Cheng stopped what he was doing and slowly walked towards Fu Chongye.

"What call are you too embarrassed to take? We're not filming the show right now, why are you afraid to answer the phone?!"

Gang Fengxing seized the opportunity and lashed out at Fu Chongye loudly, showing him no mercy.

"So, what exactly are you hiding?"

Xie Yi asked, almost as if he already knew the answer, cornering Fu Chongye.

"I..."

The phone was still ringing, like a death knell for Fu Chongye.

He dared not hang up on a call from the President, so Fu Chongye could only let the phone ring while he continued to retreat.

Outnumbered, he had to leave this place.

But the other three men were not giving him the chance to escape and had already surrounded him.

With grim determination, Fu Chongye pressed the answer button on his phone, and sure enough, the president's voice came through.

"Fu Chongye, where are you? I need you to come back right away."

Fu Chongye quickly responded, "Yes, President."

Then he heard the call disconnect on the other end.

The three men who overheard the conversation had no clue about its hidden meaning.

"Who was that just now? Why does he want you to go back?!" Fei Cheng immediately asked coldly.

"What’s it got to do with you? Get out of my way, I need to go!"

Fu Chongye’s eyes now gleamed with a hint of murderous intent.

The president's orders had to be obeyed unconditionally by his subordinates, so Fu Chongye had to return immediately!

But the others were not going to give him that chance.

Fei Cheng stood in front, Gang Fengxing to his left, and Xie Yi to his right, blocking all exits.

Seeing no other option, Fu Chongye pushed through and dashed toward a manhole behind him.

Seeing this, the others also grasped the situation.

"Manhole! We entered through a manhole cover at the beginning!"

Gang Fengxing yelled out loud.

"So, this manhole could lead to another place!"

Xie Yi and Fei Cheng thought the same, and they quickly rushed towards the manhole where Fu Chongye had escaped. But when they arrived, Fu Chongye had already jumped in.

"Fu Chongye!"

Xie Yi couldn't help shouting.

The Fu Chongye below looked up, a big smile on his face, and flipped them off.

"I'm leaving first, losers!"

After that, Fu Chongye vanished from their view.

"Quick, let's follow him down."

Fei Cheng was the first to jump down the manhole.

Xie Yi and Gang Fengxing followed without hesitation, jumping down the manhole.

But upon entering, they realized it wasn't as simple as they thought.

Because the world below the manhole...

Was even more fascinating than the world above!

Though the area where they landed was dim, beneath this underground city lay another.

The manhole was the sole connection between the two underground cities.

Ordinary people wouldn’t bother to look into a manhole, so tourists would never uncover the hidden secrets below.

As Fei Cheng and the others walked along a small path, their vision suddenly widened.

At the end of the path, they found an underground world similar to the surface, lined with shops and bustling with pedestrians.

However, these pedestrians looked odd, each wearing a deeply sorrowful expression.

More importantly, they seemed soulless, moving mechanically.

Without much time to think, Fei Cheng grabbed a nearby passerby to ask about Fu Chongye’s whereabouts.

The passerby was an elderly man. He had been walking with his head down, but when Fei Cheng pulled him, he slowly lifted his head.

But when the old man looked up, the three men were taken aback.

Because the corners of the old man’s mouth were dripping with saliva!

And most importantly, the old man’s eye sockets were empty!

In other words, the old man had no eyes!

The old man couldn’t speak, only emitting meaningless sounds.

At that moment, a man dressed in black, who seemed to be a staff member, emerged from a corner. He approached as soon as he saw the situation with the old man and Fei Cheng.

"What happened here?"

The staff member asked confusedly.

"We were just—"

Gang Fengxing was about to speak but was interrupted by the staff member.

"You must be guests from above, right? This is not a place for you to be. This is the operational zone of our underground city. The old man was one of our NPCs."

The staff member's words were delivered so smoothly, as if they had been rehearsed countless times.

"Please return to the surface immediately, esteemed tourists."

Hearing this, everyone realized that they had definitely encountered a staff member managing this place, and that this underground city was probably more complex than the staff member suggested.

Operational zone?

It was obviously the hideout where the Dusk Society hid their crimes!

Though anxious, they pretended to agree to the staff member's request.

Thus, the staff member in black decided to escort them personally back to the world above the manhole.

They walked for a long time and finally spotted an inconspicuous ladder in a corner.

"Climbing up from there will take you back to the world above the manhole. Please, do not come back down. It will seriously disrupt the operations of our underground city."

The black-clothed staff member said coldly.

"Yes, yes."

Fei Cheng nodded but gave a signal to Xie Yi and Gang Fengxing behind him.

The two behind him immediately punched the staff member in the head.

The man in the black uniform then fell to the ground.

"Will hiding him in this corner be okay?"

Xie Yi asked, looking at the unconscious staff member.

"In a moment, take off his uniform and drag him into the nearby shrubs."

Fei Cheng calmly directed everyone.

"Okay!"

The three of them followed Fei Cheng's plan, taking off the black work pants, with Xie Yi, being the most suitable in build, donning them.

This allowed Xie Yi to successfully disguise himself as a staff member, which greatly facilitated their mission.

With this plan in mind, the three of them quickly began their operation within the underground city.

Their goal was to locate Yi Tiantian in this vast underground city!

Because Yi Tiantian had already known his position ahead of time, Fu Chongye took a shortcut directly to the door of Yi Tiantian's room.

Yi Tiantian was in the room thinking about ways to escape. There was another man's broken leg in the room with him now, which made it very hard for Yi Tiantian to concentrate.

As he was deep in thought, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door again.

These footsteps were very light and seemed to be running, much faster than the previous two by several times.

Yi Tiantian decided to use the same trick again, hiding behind the door to punch the back of the head of the person entering.

As the door handle turned, Yi Tiantian was fully prepared.

He put all his strength into swinging his right fist, but to Yi Tiantian's surprise, the person didn’t enter immediately after opening the door!

Before Yi Tiantian could react, the person grabbed his extended arm and quickly entered the room, shutting the door behind him.

"Fu Chongye?!"

Yi Tiantian thought the person entering would be another assassin, but it turned out to be Fu Chongye, whom he had met once before!

"How did you end up here?"

"Fu Chongye is really in cahoots with the Dusk Society!"

The goosebumps on Yi Tiantian's arm immediately stood up.

"But now he's coming to see me. What does this mean? Could it be that he's here to kill me?!"

"Why is the rumor system so slow to reveal information when it comes to the Dusk Society?"

The rumor system contained no information about Fu Chongye, nor any details about the Dusk Society’s upcoming actions.

So Yi Tiantian had no choice but to ask directly, "Are you with those people from earlier? Are you here to kill me too?!"

Fu Chongye raised his eyebrows and quickly waved his hands, saying, "No, no, no, I definitely don't have any such intentions! How could I be like those people? I like you!"

"I'd prefer if you didn’t like me!"

"What kind of fan would lock their idol in a basement?!"

"Perhaps there are some weirdos who would do something like that..."

Yi Tiantian thought to himself silently.

Hearing Yi Tiantian’s thoughts, Fu Chongye wore a bright smile on his face.

"Don't worry, I won’t hurt you. The main reason I came here is to clarify a few things with you."