Chapter 349: Fork in the Road

Sun Xiaoqing's possession of the rare object is not a big deal, but it is not a small deal.

But for some code members who originally followed the Death Star and now switched to other places, it is a big deal.

[Agent] Zhao Hong is one of those who pays attention to this matter.

He is a Chinese, about 40 years old, but because he takes good care of himself, he looks like he is just in his early 30s.

Among all the code members under the Death Star, Zhao Hong is the one with the highest level.

He is even qualified to run for the Twelve Stars.

Therefore, when the Death Star passed away, Zhao Hong relied on his own connections and the support of the Twelve Stars who had a good relationship with the Death Star to barely gain a foothold in the Ancient Monuments Association.

When the Ancient Monuments Association is ready for the end of the world, Zhao Hong may become the new Twelve Stars.

But that is all later.

Now in front of Zhao Hong is another big thing:

"Meng An is with Sun Xiaoqing?"

Zhao Hong listened to the report of his subordinates. After knowing Sun Xiaoqing's recent experience, he frowned and asked his subordinates about this matter.

The female secretary under her boss nodded and confirmed after hearing the boss's question:

"Sun Xiaoqing has contacted Meng An some time ago and lived with Meng An as a relative of Meng An. She must want to protect Teacher Zhang's grandson."

"Protect a fart!"

Zhao Hong was furious: "If she really wanted to protect, she wouldn't come to the United States at this time!"

"Perhaps she has a secret. After all, we now know that she has a strange object, and now none of us know the ability and price of that strange object."

Because Sun Xiaoqing has a strange object, many people in the Death Star faction now do not have much opinion on Sun Xiaoqing's betrayal.

The price of the strange object is extremely complicated. Perhaps the price of the strange object in Sun Xiaoqing's hand is that she must leave any organization and become a free man.

This is all uncertain.

Zhao Hong didn't say anything after hearing this. Of course, he knew that his subordinates had some truth in what he said, but he was still dissatisfied with Sun Xiaoqing's unauthorized contact with Meng An.

Zhang Fengyun died, and the last relative she left was only Meng An.

Originally, Zhao Hong was thinking that after the fighting was over and things settled down, he would find a way to bring Meng An over.

With Zhao Hong here, Meng An could live well even if he didn't join the Ancient Monuments Society.

But he didn't expect that before he made any move, Sun Xiaoqing, who was on the periphery of power, got in touch with Meng An first.

It would have been fine if she had just gotten in touch with him, but her identity was extremely sensitive. She was a member of the Ancient Monuments Society, and was targeted by the Twelve Stars. Now she had even left the Ancient Monuments Society, so their allies couldn't help her.

Zhao Hong wasn't afraid that Sun Xiaoqing was hostile to the Twelve Stars. As long as she could survive, it was her ability, and Zhao Hong couldn't say anything.

But Zhao Hong was worried that Sun Xiaoqing would lead the enemy to Meng An!

If something happened to Meng An because of this, how would Zhao Hong face his teacher when he died?

"Find a way to contact Sun Xiaoqing."

After a long silence, Zhao Hong ordered his subordinates: "Contact her and let her leave Meng An! Don't let her bring the enemy to Meng An!"

"Okay, I'll arrange the staff now...but the teacher's grandson..."

"I'll find a way, you go contact Sun Xiaoqing first."

Zhao Hong sighed.

The female secretary said no more, and went to arrange the staff to contact Sun Xiaoqing with Zhao Hong's instructions.

After the female secretary left, Zhao Hong got up and pulled down all the curtains, and took out a bronze mirror with gemstones on the back from his arms.

The bronze mirror was small and exquisite, only the size of a palm, but when Zhao Hong faced the bronze mirror, nothing was reflected in it.

This is a strange object.

The name is [Mother and Child Mirror], and its main body is a full-length bronze mirror unearthed in the ancient sites of China. The bronze mirror is accompanied by nine sub-mirrors. The person holding the sub-mirror can communicate with the mother mirror regardless of distance and obstacles.

After the test, whether it is the mother mirror contacting the child mirror or the child mirror contacting the mother mirror, the contact time cannot exceed nine minutes.

If it exceeds nine minutes, the holders of the mother mirror and the child mirror will have a special connection, which will make the two originally unrelated people become as close as mother and son.

And this is not the price.

The price is that after activating the bronze mirror, the mother mirror user needs to perfectly play the role of a mother for a day.

After activating the bronze mirror, the child mirror user needs to play the role of a son or daughter for a day.

The role-playing conditions are not limited, even if you play online.

To be honest, because of such a price, Zhao Hong doesn't really want to use this bronze mirror.

But there is no way. For the only relative left by the teacher, Zhao Hong must find a way to ensure his safety.

So he can only activate the bronze mirror and ask for domestic connections to take care of Meng An.

The bronze mirror started, and soon a kind-looking woman appeared on the other side of the mirror. She looked at Zhao Hong on the other side of the mirror and asked:

"You contacted me suddenly, is there anything you want to report?"

"There are two things. The power struggle of the Ancient Monuments Association has just come to an end. I'm afraid they will have to make full preparations for the end of the world. One of the twelve stars, [Sky Eagle Star], has not evacuated from China. I'm afraid they are planning something."

"Well, we already know this thing. What is the other thing?"

“…Zhang Fengyun, codename [Xuanfeng], she was my teacher in the Ancient Monuments Society, and she died in an accident some time ago, leaving behind only a grandson who was less than ten years old…Teacher Zhang has no other relatives in China, and her grandson has no one to take care of him, so I thought…”

“What’s the name of that child? I’ll help keep an eye on him.”

Seeing that his superiors agreed, Zhao Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and then told the person on the other side of the mirror the name of Zhang Fengyun’s grandson:

“His name is Meng An, and he now lives in Suhe City.”

After saying everything that needed to be said, Zhao Hong cut off the communication with the other side and then put the mirror away.

Zhao Hong’s codename in the organization is [Agent], but no one knows that he is actually a spy sent by China to the Ancient Monuments Society.

Or it could be said that he was a triple agent sent by China to the Ancient Monuments Society, then the Ancient Monuments Society sent him to Japan, and then Japan sent him to the Ancient Monuments Society!

It was precisely because his identity was so complicated that he chose the codename [Agent].

And because of this, no matter what abnormality he showed, the Ancient Monuments Society would not doubt him.

Because everyone in the senior management of the Ancient Monuments Society knew that he was a double agent from Japan.

…

While the outside world was in turmoil, Li Qi and Sun Xiaoqing were living a peaceful life.

After getting rid of the Iron Fist and the dancer, the two immediately took the dancer's treasure and quickly embarked on a journey to Missouri.

After getting rid of the enemy, there was no trace left, and the two were quite relaxed on the way.

Driving, listening to songs, looking at the scenery along the way, enjoying the customs and customs of foreign countries, and staying overnight in a unique motel, this life can be said to be quite comfortable, no different from traveling.

Away from the crowd, away from the city, the world does not seem to have changed much, as if the dark day had never appeared, and the world had not fallen into chaos.

Li Qi sat in the co-pilot, looking at the scenery outside the window, and his heart gradually calmed down.

It seems that he hasn't traveled in a car like this for a long time, and this long-lost feeling makes Li Qi miss it a little.

With his eyes fixed on the scenery outside, Li Qi casually asked Sun Xiaoqing, who was driving the car:

"How far is the destination?"

"At the current speed, it will probably take a few hours to arrive... huh?"

Sun Xiaoqing swiped the navigation on her phone and looked at the map, and suddenly made a sound of surprise.

Hearing Sun Xiaoqing's surprised voice, Li Qi turned his head and looked at her:

"What's wrong?"

"...The navigation target is gone, strange."

Originally, Sun Xiaoqing set the destination town as the navigation target, and now they are also following the map navigation.

But just now, Sun Xiaoqing took a look at the target map, and found that the place they were going to was shown on the map as an empty space.

There was no town, let alone other buildings, just a blank space.

Hearing what Sun Xiaoqing said, Li Qi took the phone and checked it carefully, and found that Sun Xiaoqing did set the target on an empty space.

"Could it be that the navigation was wrong at the beginning?"

Li Qi raised a doubt.

Sun Xiaoqing immediately replied: "Impossible, because there is only this town nearby, so I have confirmed it many times, it is absolutely impossible to be wrong!"

"..."

Li Qi was silent.

If Sun Xiaoqing was not wrong, it meant that something happened in the town. According to Li Qi's understanding of the world view of this world, there is only one possibility for such a strange accident in the town.

Pollution.

The town was affected by some kind of pollution after the birth of the Dark Day, and then it disappeared in this world, and the town also disappeared on the map.

Of course, it is also possible that only the map disappeared, and the town itself still exists.

Or maybe something really happened in the town, and the official erased the coordinates of the town on the map to prevent people from going to the town.

But no matter which possibility, it means that something really happened in the town, and Li Qi made a decision immediately:

"Turn around, let's go back."

"...Okay."

Sun Xiaoqing did not question it. She saw Li Qi's serious expression and knew that Li Qi must have guessed something, so when Li Qi gave the order to go back, she immediately stopped the car and turned around to go back.

Most of the roads in the United States are very empty, especially those built in the wilderness. There are no guardrails between the two roads, and there are few passing vehicles, so Sun Xiaoqing can turn around freely without worrying about affecting the oncoming vehicles.

The car drove back, and it should not have been an accident. After all, Li Qi reacted quickly and turned back immediately when he noticed that there was something wrong with the town, and they had not even approached the nearest city to the town.

However, the accident still happened.

There was a fork in the road on the way back, which they had never experienced before.