Director Li took the phone and was initially taken aback. A foreigner? A case involving foreigners? Could it be a foreign spy who has infiltrated? A series of questions popped up in his mind, but despite being full of doubts, he dared not ask more. Shaking his head, he replied, "No, this place is quite remote, and normally there wouldn't be foreigners here. If they were as conspicuous as you say, they would certainly be noticed."

After sending Director Li off to assign tasks, Pei Yan returned to Shangxing's side and said in a deep voice, "Could the other party have used a disguise print?"

"It's hard to say. If they used a disguise print, it would inevitably mobilize the internal source, which would be hard to escape our monitoring points set up everywhere. Unless they developed a newer hiding technology, but if that were the case, they should have used it when they abducted Zhu Yuping, right?" Shangxing replied as he stared at the building for this mission below. Then, he glanced at Pei Yan, who was deep in thought, and smiled, "They may employ teleportation devices or bring the hostage in at a critical moment. It's all uncertain." Saying this, Shangxing nodded towards the building below, "That elderly activity center is their designated location for the exchange?"

"That's right, that's the place!" Pei Yan said, glancing at the time on the phone in his hand, "It's four in the afternoon now. According to the agreement, Du Guangyuan must appear there before ten tonight, or else Zhu Yuping will..." Pei Yan paused before continuing, "be disemboweled and left here to die slowly, letting Du Guangyuan see it in the headlines."

"Hmph, the Divine Desire's usual tricks, but targeting a pregnant woman is really scraping the bottom of the barrel." Shangxing snorted disdainfully and asked, "What's the situation inside?"

Pei Yan did not answer directly but waved his phone. Shangxing got the hint, took out his own phone, and brought up a display, showing an image. Pei Yan then said, "As soon as I arrived, I put nano-robots in there. This is the image inside."

Listening to the cluttered noises coming from the phone, conversations, the clattering of shuffling dominoes, and the sound of ping-pong paddles smacking, Shangxing exclaimed, "It didn't look like much from the outside, but I didn't expect the inside to be quite spacious."

"Yes, after all, it's converted from an old factory warehouse, so it covers a large area. When I escorted Director Li downstairs, he mentioned that to avoid alerting the targets, the elderly activity center will be operating as usual. Anyway, it normally closes at seven in the evening. Today, he'll make an excuse for a major cleaning and close it an hour early, leaving only one old man at the door for the night watch."

Seeing this, Pei Yan looked towards the inner room and said, "Look!" Shangxing followed his gaze and saw two unfamiliar women, at some point, had appeared inside. They were hurriedly comparing photos and dressing Ye Jiumu in elderly attire.

"To prevent being detected by the disguise print, we specially found makeup artists to disguise Ye Jiumu so he could replace that old night guard." Pei Yan said smilingly.

"Can it work?" Shangxing asked doubtfully.

"More or less, it should be convincing enough as long as no one looks too closely. Plus, with the dim lighting, it shouldn't be a problem." Pei Yan leaned against the balcony and shrugged, watching layer upon layer of powder paste on Ye Jiumu's face, causing him discomfort. Imagining going through the same himself made his scalp tingle.

Shangxing asked again, "What about Xiaozhao, how's the preparation?"

"Ready, once the elderly activity center closes, she will sneak in stealthily." With that, the two simultaneously turned their gaze towards Zhao Yuanhu inside the room. She was a key point in this rescue operation. Her invisibility superpower had become more perfected through enhanced fields, making it impossible for even Pei Yan to detect her presence using thermal imaging or origin detection without deploying detectors. Her infiltrating sneakily beforehand couldn't be more suitable.

"Alright, once the preparations are complete, let's review the action plan. Remember, the primary objective is to successfully rescue the hostage. The secondary objective is to make every effort to capture the Divine Desire personnel. If it turns into a battle in Jiezhi Space, capture if possible; if they insist on battling in this world, then eliminate them swiftly to minimize damage to the surrounding environment!"

"Yes!"

The sun set in the west as dusk gradually descended. Elderly people exited the elderly activity center one after another. As the door slowly closed, a big lock was hung, and the crowd dispersed, leaving behind tranquility. The lights in each household turned on, and the evening insect chirps of late autumn began. Occasional noises from corridors added to the normalcy.

Under the full moon, the neighborhood gradually became quiet. Nestled in their homes, residents did not notice the sudden appearance of a white light in the supposedly empty elderly activity center, nor did they see the squads of fully armed special police quietly approaching the perimeter of the community.

Bals, a burly man, pulled out a mahjong chair and sat down heavily, making the old chair creak and groan under his weight. Uncaring, he glanced around and spat on the ground. Taking a cigarette from his pocket, lighting it up, he said coldly, "No wonder they say deserted places in a lively area seem all the more eerie." As he spoke, he drew a tile from the neatly arranged mahjong tiles on the table, not looking at it, and slapped it on the table, shouting, "Five Myriad!"

The tile flipped up, revealing a Nine Myriad. Bals cursed under his breath and, with a pinch of his fingers, crushed the innocent mahjong tile into powder.

"How? Has the warrior from Mongolia become scared?" A shadowy figure emerged from the darkness as a glow passed.

"Scared my ass, do you think I'm like you? Supported by an entire base but still disgraced, chased alone like a dog by a kid two levels below you, abandoning comrades." Looking at the opponent's long sleeve, lightly brushed by the breeze on his right arm, Bals exhaled smoke, mockingly speaking.

The newcomer was Shitang Longsi. Facing Bals's mockery, he remained expressionless. He walked to Bals's side, pulled out a chair, sat down, and said softly, "Looks like that little Catherine has told you quite a bit about me. Such a cute little girl. If I ever meet her again, I'll definitely....."

A dull thud sounded as the mahjong table beside them shattered into powder under a powerful palm strike. An infuriated Bals stood up furiously, glaring at Shitang Longsi, and shouted angrily, "What the hell do you mean by this?"

"What do I mean? Aren't we both members of the same organization? Can't I connect and bond a bit? But seeing you so agitated, you're not falling for her, are you? Aren't you? If not, it's perfect because I'm looking for a mother with Origin Superpowers for my offspring!" Shitang Longsi dusted off his clothes with a smile.

"You bastard!" The inarticulate Bals chose a more direct approach, swinging his fist towards Shitang Longsi's head. Meanwhile, Shitang Longsi's hand reached for the long sword at his waist.

"Enough!"

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