The footstep was getting closer and closer. Yang Tian still pretended to be asleep. The person on the other side of the door stood there for a while and hesitate. In the end, the door opened to reveal Ting Ting.
She approached Yang Tian and without another word, lie next to him. Yang Tian was still pretending to be asleep. He wanted to see what she was up to. However it seemed that Ting Ting didn't have any other intentions and went straight to sleep after lying down.
After waiting for a while without any other disturbance, Yang Tian turned around and touched her:
- Why are you here?
Ting Ting blushed a bit and apologized in a small voice:
- Sorry I wake you.
- That's fine. Is there something wrong?
- I don't know why I just very lonely and I couldn't sleep. I feel safe sleeping next to you.
For whatever reason, Yang Tian felt that Ting Ting was telling the truth. It wasn't because of some secret arts, it was just his feelings. He pulled her into his embrace:
- Don't worry, I'm here. You'll never be alone again.
There was a flash of joy in Ting Ting's eyes:
- You promised?
- Of course.
With Yang Tian's confirmation, Ting Ting soon relaxed and quickly fell asleep. This was the first time Yang Tian slept next to a woman without any perverted thoughts. His head hurt. In the end, what was real and what was fake?
The next morning, Yang Tian woke up and upon seeing Ting Ting still sound asleep, he let her go and got out of bed. He opened up the window and looked up the sky:
- No matter what, I won't harm you.
After Ting Ting woke up, she and Yang Tian continued their adventure in the city. In the evening, Yang Tian got a call from Qing Wu:
- I'm ready, we can begin.
- That fast? Didn't you say the you would need 3 to four days?
- I said a maximum of 3 to 4 days.
- Alright, I'll be there soon.
Yang Tian and Ting Ting went back to the apartment before he told her:
- I have to go.
Seeing that Yang Tian wanted to leave, Ting Ting tried to stop him:
- So soon? You could stay for a couple of days.
- It's fine, I have an emergency and it can't wait.
Ting Ting didn't continue to try and get him to stay. However there was a clear expression of sadness and disappointment on her face. Yang Tian pulled her into his embrace:
- Don't worry, I'll be back soon.
Ting Ting didn't say anything. Instead she tip toed up and gave him a kiss. After that she ran back into her house. Yang Tian rubbed his lips and looked at her disappearing figure. His eyes revealed a bit of sorrow:
- I hope what I think is going to happen won't happen.
Although he knew that his instinct is always right. This time, Yang Tian willingly let himself believed that it was wrong.
Returning to Qing Wu's house, she didn't ask him where had he been the last couple of days but gave him some tools and instructed him on how to use them:
- This is a tracking device. Within 10km, we will know each other's position.
- These are special mini bombs. Plant them in the place that I've marked on the map. There's a 10 minute detonation delay and I put some spare in there so use them accordingly.
- This is a signal jammer. Find a way to plant it at the communication hub in the command center. It'll disrupt their communication and prevent you from being seen by the cameras.
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Seeing the bunch of stuff that Qing Wu gave him, Yang Tian was begrudgingly silent. If someone saw them they'd think that him and Qing Wu was going on a holiday. They were going to rescue people, wouldn't bringing so much equipment slow them down?
One can't really blame Qing Wu for being careful. This mission involves the lives of her mother and brother so she had to prepare as much as she could.
After going through the plan one more time, Qing Wu started to do a final check of their equipment. When darkness finally fell, she stood up:
- It's time.
Yang Tian felt as if he was in an action game. This made him very intrigued. The two went straight to the designated area, only stopping after three hours. In front of them was a vast desert that was as far as the eye can see. The nighttime temperature had dropped significantly and there was only sever cactus standing stiff in the barren wasteland.
Qing Wu signaled Yang Tian to follow and carefully moved up in a peculiar pattern. Yang Tian felt curious:
- Why don't we just go straight to the base? Why are going around and around like this?
- This place is close to the base, they've mined everywhere. One wrong step and you can lose your life.
Shaking his head, Yang Tian said:
- Why don't we just fly through?
- It's too far, I can't fly that long.
- I can use my spiritual sense to see where the mines are at.
Qing Wu was taken aback, how could she forget such an important detail.
- Alright, we'll get the base if we straight this way.
With his spiritual sense spread out, Yang Tian immediately noticed multiple objects buried underground. These people were sure careful. Yang Tian lead the way for Qing Wu to dodge all the mines. The two quickly reached the Heaven Slayer's headquarter.
This place was built deep underneath the sand so it would be almost invisible under normal circumstances. Yang Tian said at this point:
- Hold on to me. I used my Body Concealing Arts to avoid all their detection equipment.
- Alright.
Qing Wu climbed onto Yang Tian's back and held onto his neck tightly. Yang Tian felt two soft peaks touching his back but Qing Wu immediately said:
- Don't get any ideas, concentrate on the task at hand.
Yang Tian frowned, he hadn't even thought of anything yet. With Qing Wu pointing out the way, Yang Tian easily avoided all the security. The two reached a safe spot and Qing Wu jumped off from Yang Tian's back.
- Alright, now we just have to follow the plan. Go and plant the bomb at the designated place and then the jammer. When the alarm rings out, I'll charge in to save my family. Try to keep them occupied for as long as possible. However if you feel overwhelmed then get out immediately.
She once again went over the plan with him even though they had gone over them dozens of times by now. It seemed that Qing Wu wasn't calm as she seemed. Yang Tian signaled that he understood. He took out a bracelet and gave it to her:
- This is a defensive spirit artifact. Take it with you in case of emergency.
- Spirit artifact?
Qing Wu was once again shocked by Yang Tian's action. She had heard of spirit artifacts before but she had never seen one in person. Seeing her shocked impressions, Yang Tian shook his head. Cultivators on Earth were truly poor. If it was at the Cultivation World, even a Qi Refining Disciple, as long as they weren't too useless, would have one or two spirit artifact.
- I can't accept something so precious.
- Just take it. We don't have much time, let's begin.
As he said that, Yang Tian thrust the bracelet into her hands and quickly turned to run away. Qing Wu looked at Yang Tian's disappearing figure, gritted her teeth and put on the bracelet. She then turned and ran in the opposite direction.
Yang Tian did place the bombs in the designated area. Although he felt that this was redundant, it was very exciting to do. With his spiritual sense, he easily avoid the guards and made his way into the communication hub. He originally intended to plant the jammer but something else occurred to him:
- What if they find this after I planted it? If they took it off then wouldn't this all be for naught? I should just destroy it just to be safe.
From Yang Tian's hands, dozens of fireballs flew towards the broadcasting tower. Multiple explosions rang out and the emergency alarms were blaring. Immediately there were many footsteps converging on the fire. Yang Tian didn't dally any longer and headed to the central area.
At this moment, a man was sitting in front of multiple surveillance screen. The screens turned black and alarms rang. He downed the glass of wine that was in his hand:
- So soon? That's fine as well, I don't think I can wait any longer. Killing a young master of a great power. Just the thought is enough to get me excited.
As he said that, he turned to the people behind him:
- Let's go. We must give our esteem guest a warm welcome.
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