Chapter 47: Finding YeYe

Chapter 47: Finding YeYe

Bai Yeye had gone missing, so Shen Yu had Shen Cun handle his urgent matters for him while he led a search party to find Bai Yeye.

The surveillance footage was limited, only capturing Bai Yeye leading the group toward a remote area before it cut off.

Gu Yuankai was also getting more anxious: "Why did that idiot have to run toward a remote place! How are we supposed to find him now?"

Bai Yuanzhou sighed: "He was afraid of running into crowded areas and hurting innocent bystanders."

Bai Yeye seemed slow-witted on the surface, but he always understood what mattered most in critical moments.

Shen Yu clenched his fists, veins bulging on the back of his hands, and snapped: "Spread out and search first. We must find YeYe as quickly as possible."

Gu Yuankai and the others didn't dare delay any further and quickly scattered to search for Bai Yeye.

Meanwhile, on the other side, after Bai Yeye led the poisoned people to a desolate wilderness, he leaped into a lake and quickly transformed into his merman form.

Once in the water, no matter how many poisoned people there were, he wasn't afraid.

What surprised him was that the poisoned people didn't enter the water. Instead, they stood motionless and dull on the shore.

Bai Yeye squinted his eyes. Were they afraid of water? If that was really the case, then that was excellent news.

After about twenty minutes, the poisoned people slowly turned around and mechanically walked in another direction.

Bai Yeye weighed his options in his mind. Following them now would be very dangerous, but it might lead him to their lair and help him find the source!

For the sake of countless innocent people, for his tirelessly working Brother Ruoshui, and for Shen Yu… danger was worth it.

Bai Yeye sprinkled the medicine powder Bai Ruoshui had given him on his wounds, waited for the smell of blood to dissipate, and then quietly followed.

The poisoned people moved extremely slowly when not attacking. From dawn until dusk, they finally stopped in front of a cave.

"Jingle, jingle—" A bell rang, and the poisoned people slowly entered the cave.

After they had gone some distance inside, Bai Yeye cautiously followed. The cave was so long that Bai Yeye lost track of how far he had walked. When he heard the footsteps ahead stop, he halted.

"All back?" It was the emperor's voice!

Bai Yeye closed his eyes, concentrating his mental energy to listen to their conversation.

Another unfamiliar voice said: "Thirty, not one missing. I don't understand why you would risk them for a dog!"

So today, they had been after him!

The emperor's voice was sinister and petty, completely lacking the authority of a ruler: "That mangy dog made me lose face. If I can't do anything about Shen Yu, can't I at least deal with him?!"

The memory of Bai Yeye publicly humiliating him and the empress at Bai Ruoshui's birthday banquet still festered in his heart.

The other man remained silent, and Bai Yeye guessed that he probably looked down on someone like the emperor.

After a while, the other person finally said: "Before officially launching the campaign, I don't want a repeat of this! You need to understand that if these people fall into Shen Yu's hands, all our plans will fail."

"I know! I don't need you to teach me!" The emperor became arrogant again, rebutting the other's words as if he were the leader.

Bai Yeye really wished the other person would slap him in annoyance, but he didn't. Yeye was disappointed.

"How are the preparations for the substitution going?"

Bai Yeye pricked up his ears. Substitution of what?

"What can I do if Bai Ruoshui refuses to take the bait?"

Hearing Bai Ruoshui's name, Bai Yeye's bright eyes flashed with killing intent. What did they want to do to his Brother Ruoshui?

The other person was clearly agitated: "Why does it have to be Bai Ruoshui?"

"He is a merman—his physique is far stronger than ordinary people, enough to withstand the backlash from the Gu Poison King."

The Gu Poison King was the source, but not just anyone could bear it. The few people they had chosen earlier had exploded and died shortly after swallowing the Gu Poison King. Now they needed to find alphas or omegas with strong mental strength.

Bai Yeye's heart felt like it had been struck by a heavy hammer. No wonder that dead empress had been so attentive to Brother Ruoshui lately—this was their real plan! Pah! Scum!

"Heh, I think you want his body more than anything. That's why you're insisting on him."

The emperor was somewhat flustered at having his intentions exposed, but he insisted: "But Bai Ruoshui's body really is stronger than most, isn't it? Besides, Bai Yuanzhou loves him like his own life. If we can control him, Bai Yuanzhou will surely side with us for his sake. Then Shen Yu will lose a key ally, and our chances of success will be much greater!"

"I don't care about all that. If you can't get Bai Ruoshui within a month, then I'll pick someone suitable myself."

"Got it! Just wait. Bai Ruoshui will fall into my hands sooner or later. When that happens, I'll make Long Shen watch his own son be humiliated by me—revenge for refusing to cooperate with me back then!"

Bai Yeye was enraged. Without thinking, he bumped into the stone wall, creating a noise that the emperor and the mysterious figure detected.

"Who's there?!"

Bai Yeye wanted nothing more than to chop off that bastard's head right there, but going in head-on now was impossible. He had to run as fast as he could toward the exit.

"Boom!" An iron gate dropped at the entrance, trapping Bai Yeye inside!

The emperor led the controlled group up to him. Seeing Bai Yeye's appearance, his face lit up with impatient lust, eager to press Bai Yeye down and ravage him.

"Mermen really are all beauties. Your looks rival Bai Ruoshui's, if not surpass them. Falling into my hands today—consider yourself lucky."

Bai Yeye was disgusted by his lecherous gaze and sneered coldly: "Being the first person to die by my hands—consider yourself lucky."

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