Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1326: Chapter 1325: Successful Person

The girl was still complaining on the side, while the boy occasionally retorted. They both didn’t seem very happy. The two continued to argue as they walked.

When they reached Jiang Cheng, they noticed his presence. At this moment, the boy’s expression was a bit unpleasant. The girl glanced at Jiang Cheng a couple of times and stopped berating her boyfriend.

After seeing Jiang Cheng, neither of them spoke. The boy ignored Jiang Zai and simply walked around him. The girl followed the boy.

Jiang Cheng noticed that this place was clearly a tourist spot. If White Flower Stone was here, it would be very easy to find. This place couldn’t be as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Ahead was the ticket booth, so Jiang Cheng walked over, picked up a map, and took a rough look. The area was mostly filled with hot spring spots and accommodations, but aside from these, there didn’t seem to be much else, just some rocks and hills.

Jiang Cheng surveyed the area and found that the hot springs were scattered all around. However, at the most interior hot spring, behind it was the main peak of this area. It’s a closed-off area, and people were not allowed to go there.

Upon reaching the main peak, Jiang Cheng saw that the entrance was sealed, suggesting it was indeed off-limits. However, when Jiang Cheng reached the foot of the mountain and took out his ultrasonic analyzer, he found there was resonance here, indicating someone had gone up. So, there was definitely something wrong here.

”What are you doing here? This area is off-limits.” A man’s voice came from behind.

Jiang Cheng turned around to see a security guard in uniform, looking angrily at him, visibly annoyed.

”Are you sure no one has gone up here?” Jiang Cheng asked back.

The security guard furrowed his brow, looking impatient, ”Can’t you read? Can’t you see the signs here?” the guard asked.

Jiang Cheng found the security guard’s bluster annoying, but he had no intention of arguing with such a person at this moment.

The security guard, seeing Jiang Cheng hesitating to leave, got angry too, demanding, ”Leave here at once, or I will take some unpleasant action.” The guard said this with a threatening tone, glaring at Jiang Cheng.

”Then go ahead,” Jiang Cheng replied indifferently, not taking him seriously at all. He was only concerned that there must be someone on this mountain, and this place was likely unsafe.

The security guard was genuinely enraged, believing Jiang Cheng, who came alone and looked physically weak, wouldn’t be hard to handle. He was about to reach for the baton on his waist.

Just then, a loud thud sounded, and Jiang Cheng felt the ground shake beneath him, his body trembling slightly.

Turning back, Jiang Cheng saw the security guard still holding up the baton towards him, but with a shocked expression on his face, making it unlikely that it was his doing, or so Jiang Cheng thought.

The guard was just as stunned, slowly lowering the baton, the previous fierce expression cracking away, looking intriguing.

Clearly, the sound came from the mountain. Jiang Cheng glanced towards the mountain’s direction, but the peak was too high to see what was up there. However, with that sound, Jiang Cheng knew something must have happened.

The security guard was utterly distracted by this, staring dumbfounded in the mountain’s direction, shocked and no longer displaying the previously assertive attitude towards Jiang Cheng.

Soon more people arrived, and a crowd gathered nearby. Jiang Cheng saw the couple he had noticed at the entrance earlier heading towards the mountain. They removed the barriers at the foot of the mountain and proceeded upwards. Jiang Cheng followed them.

A few others were following behind Jiang Cheng, heading up the mountain, ”Hey?”

”Stop! What’s going on with you all? Stop!” The guard kept shouting from behind.

But these people seemed to have agreed beforehand; no one responded to the guard, nor did anyone look back. Jiang Cheng saw that the path was still relatively level and walked effortlessly.

Walking here felt no different from walking on flat ground. They covered quite a distance quickly. At this moment, the couple ahead of Jiang Cheng turned around, and Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but pause, ”Look at all those people at the base.” The girl said to the boy, looking worried.

The boy glanced dismissively down the mountain. Jiang Cheng saw it too; there were many security personnel gathered below as if they had just arrived.

”Look, what are they doing?” The girl pointed fearfully in the direction of the base.

Jiang Cheng looked that way, noticing that the people appeared to be surrounding the mountain’s base, and suddenly, he thought of something terrifying, ”They’re sealing off the mountain!”

At this moment, others behind Jiang Cheng reacted too. Aside from the couple and himself, there was a young man who seemed into extreme sports, a middle-aged man who looked like a successful businessman, and surprisingly, a teenage boy. Seeing the scene, none of them seemed overly panicked, only the couple’s girl, who appeared very frightened.

Tightly gripping her boyfriend’s hand.

”It’s okay, don’t worry! There’s nothing to be afraid of.” The seemingly young boy comforted. Jiang Cheng found it amusing watching the young boy’s innocent face trying to console someone else.

The young man and middle-aged man beside him seemed calm, showing no fear, just quietly observing the people below.

From here, the view below wasn’t as clear, but they could still see many moving around. The base was getting more tightly secured.

Jiang Cheng didn’t feel a shred of panic, just saw those people like tiny ants. Gradually, a strong sense of power and confidence filled him.

So Jiang Cheng didn’t linger; he turned and continued up. The loud noise had come from above, suggesting something must be happening up there. His priority was to check it out.

The few people behind Jiang Cheng followed him up the slope, soon with him were the middle-aged man, the young man, the teenage boy, and the couple.

No one among them felt any fear now, nor did they have negative expectations about the situation below. They all just resolutely moved upward.

As Jiang Cheng walked, he watched the locator on his wrist, noticing they were still quite near the base. This mountain was indeed tall, Jiang Zai thought.

The path wasn’t too difficult, but the higher Jiang Cheng climbed, the colder it got. Icy air surrounded him.

Involuntarily shivering.

”Why is it so cold?” the boy behind asked, with chattering teeth just audible.

Seeing the boy’s lips turning purple with cold, Jiang Cheng felt some pity and was about to take off his coat, only to hear, ”Oh? No, brother, I’m a man, I can’t take your clothes!” The boy quickly waved him off upon seeing Jiang Cheng’s actions.