I Am Your Natural Enemy

Chapter 566: Chapter 225: A Familiar Feeling, The Content of the Competition (5k)

”Do you even hear yourself? You guys actually tried it?” Wen Yan looked at Feng Yao, somewhat astonished.

”Don’t worry. This route isn’t on any navigation system, normal satellites can’t capture it, and ordinary people can’t drive onto it. Anyone who can enter this road isn’t exactly what you’d call ’ordinary.’

”We’ve sent robots to investigate before, but they all disappeared. As they moved along, they just vanished from sight, and their signals disappeared too. We’ve also tried connecting them with wires, but the wires seemed to get twisted and snapped—not by human hands. According to relevant researchers, there’s something wrong with the space here. The most stable part of this area is the Domain at the very end. The spatial stability here is almost comparable to the Qinling Mountains.”

”You guys can measure that?”

”I don’t really understand it myself; I just know the conclusion I was told. Rest assured, even in the current world, throughout the entire Divine Land, there aren’t many places with spatial stability comparable to the Qinling Mountains. I can’t vouch for other things, but this place is definitely, extremely stable.”

Wen Yan glanced back, now feeling a bit sensitive about entering the Domain.

”What are the rules like here?”

”There aren’t any special rules here, only rules for entry and exit. Some in the Ministry suggested we utilize this place, perhaps conduct experiments here that aren’t suitable for the outside. However, from the previous Minister to the current one, the stance has always been cautious towards this place. It’s fine to use it a bit, but there won’t be many valuable things here.”

The more Feng Yao spoke, the less secure Wen Yan felt.

”Is this the only road that serves as an entrance and exit?”

”Yes.”

Wen Yan’s sense of security continued to decline.

”Who decided on this place for the final stage of the Nanwu County martial exercises? Or was it always held here?”

”All stages after the initial selection have been held here; it was decided by the Minister.”

”Cai Heizi...”

Wen Yan had a bad feeling. Sure enough, Feng Yao continued,

”The Minister will also be attending today. Huang Zhiji, whom you’ve encountered before, and Qin Kun, will be there as well. If you’re itching for a fight, you can find someone to duel with here. You can really go all out.”

”I just remembered, I have something very important to do. I need to go back now,” Wen Yan said solemnly, his brow furrowed as if inspiration had struck, perhaps even discovering a method for hand-cranked nuclear fusion.

”Hmm?” Feng Yao was momentarily taken aback, not catching on immediately.

But connecting all of Wen Yan’s questions and recalling Minister Cai’s recent actions, he felt a jolt of electricity shoot from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head, and his scalp began to tingle.

”No... It couldn’t be...”

”What couldn’t be? Hurry up, I really have an urgent matter. I need to go back and prepare something related to the Water Monarch. I won’t join in on the fun for this final stage of the exercises.”

”Oh, come on, why are you still acting with me? You just think the Minister is...”

Before Feng Yao could finish, Wen Yan solemnly interrupted him.

”What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

”...”

Feng Yao swallowed the rest of his words. Looking at Wen Yan’s demeanor, he was now sure: Wen Yan suspected that Minister Cai was fishing, and playing a big game at that. He was being so cautious now that he wouldn’t even let Feng Yao finish his sentence.

Wen Yan looked back towards the way they came. The awkward, distorted feeling at the fork in the road grew even stronger.

He looked back towards the road, mentally pinpointing his home. Confirming he could still locate it and that its direction could guide him, he felt a little reassured.

He knew Cai Heizi had recently been headhunting. He also knew that it seemed to have already run into obstacles. The location for this event had been set long ago; even Feng Yao hadn’t seen any issue with it. Wen Yan might not understand the martial exercises, but he understood Cai Heizi. He recalled what Feng Yao had said earlier: Cai Heizi didn’t even have bodyguards, as if he was just waiting for someone to take a potshot at him.

Considering Cai Heizi’s modus operandi, he now had every reason to suspect that Cai Heizi was indeed fishing.

In this Domain, there typically wasn’t anything valuable, and right now, it didn’t seem like there was either. But Cai Heizi was here. The top young talents from Nanwu County, and even from outside Nanwu County, were also present. These people were the most valuable things there. And their value was extremely high, far beyond anything measurable by money.

He just didn’t know how far Cai Heizi’s investigations had gone, or if he had pushed certain people to the brink of desperation. If things had truly reached that point, then even he could see that this would likely be their last and most suitable chance.

A Domain where entering and exiting were both difficult, and where taking the wrong path meant disappearing.

Could there be a more perfect way to shift the blame?

Anyone disappearing here would vanish without a trace—no body, no evidence, no resolution. They would simply be gone, erased from the living world.

How perfect. They might not even need to act directly; safety and secrecy were guaranteed. Perhaps they wouldn’t even need to eliminate Cai Heizi. If a few people died here, a few promising young talents were lost, and a major incident occurred, Cai Heizi would find it impossible to shirk responsibility.

A cascade of thoughts flooded Wen Yan’s mind.

This wasn’t him just badmouthing Cai Heizi; Cai Heizi genuinely enjoyed operating this way. He lays it all out in the open: he lets you see it, he knows you can see it, and you know that he knows you can see it.