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Chapter 272 - 271: A Peaceful and Harmonious Day

The so-called Ability Center Supervisor is naturally Chen Xuan. He was slightly surprised when he heard this and took out a scanning gun from his pocket, pressing the scan button towards the back.

The frame displayed three abilities, namely "God Summoning Technique" Green LV2; "Bone-Eroding Heart-Burning Curse" Green LV1; and "Living Fire" White LV5.

The last one should be Jiang Siqi’s originally awakened ability.

The first two were still at the white level when he traded them to the other party.

Now they have both upgraded a level.

This progress surprised Chen Xuan somewhat.

Repeated practice and usage certainly improve the effect of abilities, but in reality, it’s a difficult process. For example, the Celestial Mist Skill and Divine Eye Technique he traded from Liu Shuyue have not seen any level improvement, let alone a level.

Could this person be a genius?

Chen Xuan acted as if he hadn’t seen anything, saying indifferently, "That’s good. Inviting you into the dream is because this is an absolutely safe space. Whatever we talk about here, there’s no risk of it being leaked."

"Hahaha..." Jiang Siqi laughed awkwardly, "I’m just an ordinary ability user, you’re being too cautious."

What secrets could she leak?

If there was anything she couldn’t say, the team leader would have informed her long ago.

"Is there someone named Honglian in your team?" Chen Xuan got straight to the point.

"Uh... yes, she is one of the executive team leaders. Our group listens to her."

"Do you have a photo?"

"No, I’ve tried to take a photo with her, but she said she doesn’t like being photographed." Jiang Siqi replied with a bit of disappointment, realizing the other party was interested in the team leader. "Are you also going to give her abilities?"

"Not exactly; we only invest in talents with return value." Chen Xuan answered.

This statement instantly lifted Jiang Siqi’s mood back up.

She finally could be considered a valuable ability user!

And it’s a powerful, mysterious organization that’s acknowledging her!

"I will keep working hard!" She said with great excitement.

"Ah... alright." Chen Xuan coughed twice, realizing directly asking her about Honglian might seem abrupt, so he decided to change his approach, "Let’s talk about your team. I want to know... how the Dimensional Limit Mechanism, which gathers ability users worldwide, handles various sudden ability incidents."

...

Wang Qianduan put on sunglasses, approached the front desk, coldly staring at the receptionist and asked, "What’s the room number of the guest who just checked in?"

The latter was startled, her smile stiffened, "Sorry sir... we cannot disclose guest room numbers."

"Thank you."

He turned and walked towards the elevator.

"Was that guy just now a stalker?" The receptionist patted her chest with residual palpitations, "Should we report this to the police?"

The colleague next to her replied indifferently, "Who dares to commit crimes under surveillance nowadays? Better to avoid trouble, don’t worry about it."

In just a glance, Wang Qianduan had already read the subconscious thought from the receptionist’s mind, revealing the number 3101.

Thinking about catching the tail of the rat in the gutter, he couldn’t help but smile.

Arriving at Jiang Siqi’s room door, he leaned against the wall and activated his ability...

If unable to see directly, the effect of his ability would be much weaker, possibly making it impossible to discern specific details in the other’s thoughts. But it didn’t matter; Wang Qianduan only needed to confirm there were multiple people inside and that the one privately contacting Jiang Siqi was the Wanderer.

As long as he caught someone alive, he could ask anything.

But nothing appeared in his mind...

Everything was so quiet, not just the Wanderer, even Jiang Siqi’s thoughts were undetectable.

Was it due to the wall’s barrier?

Wang Qianduan took deep breaths, exerting more effort to capture any faint thoughts floating in the air...

Now he heard some delicate, thread-like voices.

There were joyful gasps and satisfied murmurs...

No, these were thoughts coming from other rooms!

Wang Qianduan realized something was wrong, wondering if it was an illusion created by the Wanderer? Making it seem Jiang Siqi entered room 3101 when she actually wasn’t inside at all?

He immediately called the team leader, reporting the situation.

Xiao Canong quickly made a decision, instructing the logistics team to provide support. Twenty minutes later, a small team from the logistics group arrived at the hotel, bringing with them syringe-like unmanned equipment, which released a soft tube as thin as a pen, equivalent to a camera that could crawl on the ground.

Before the operation, they made sure to cover the cameras on the third-floor corridors.

When the unmanned machine snuck through the gap under the door into the room, the result greatly disappointed Wang Qianduan.

Jiang Siqi was indeed inside the room.

She was lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.

Except for her, no second person was visible.

Informing Xiao Canong of this result, the latter was also lost in thought. However, after a brief moment, the team leader laughed familiarly, "Hide-and-seek? Interesting."

"Do you think there’s something fishy here?"

"Which Red Lotus Team member would usually take a nap? It’s not normal behavior for someone to leave the office and take a nap in a hotel two blocks away, don’t you think it’s suspicious?" Xiao Canong decisively said, "It could be an ability we are unaware of, where information can be transmitted while sleeping. It’s likely distance-sensitive, hence the need for a hotel room for execution rather than sleeping at the office desk."

He paused and confidently added, "When unusual things happen, there is always something under the surface. If they hadn’t done it this way, I would worry that the connection contact is just a nobody. Now I’m certain the Wanderer is inside the hotel. Notify the logistics team to retrieve the hotel’s guest list; I’ll send Xiao Team to immediately apprehend them on-site."

A vast net started to spread.

The logistics team clearly was professional at such tasks, directly impersonating police officers and easily acquiring the guest list. On that day, there were 152 guests at the Tianyuexin Hotel, with two people within ten meters of room 3101, 23 people on the same floor, and 59 people on the upper and lower floors combined.

Subsequently, the list was sent back to the intelligence group, integrated into the database operated in cooperation with the public security. Through the big data system, both Wang Qianduan and Xiao Canong obtained detailed identities of the hotel guests.

However, based on the data review, none matched the Wanderer.

Now the team leader’s smile froze.

"What should we do? Should we search the room?" Wang Qianduan asked for instructions.

Retrieving the list was easy, entering rooms for a search was crossing the line. The matter with the Five Rings Mechanical Garden had already strained their relations; if this got leaked, the Dimensional Limit Mechanism would undoubtedly become the focus of public attention again.

After all, they now operated as an exposed, public organization, unable to act recklessly as before.

With rare silence, Xiao Canong shook his head, saying, "No, let the intelligence group perform a follow-up investigation. If these individuals have visited Jiang City’s TV station, Five Rings Mechanical Garden, and other places in the last three months, we can discuss the next steps."

"If necessary, we can interrogate Jiang Siqi," Wang Qianduan suggested.

Xiao Canong directly dismissed his idea, "You have already read her thoughts... a person being led by a hidden master, how much insider knowledge can she possibly have? I bet she knows nothing about the Wanderer’s identity; interrogating her would only make us lose the only lead we currently have."

...

At 1:30 PM, the wake-up call rang on time, waking Jiang Siqi from her dream.

She rubbed her eyes, still a bit incredulous... that she had indeed just had a dream, a dream so detailed it was hard to distinguish from reality.

She got out of bed and walked to the TV cabinet, took out the camera she had hidden earlier, glanced through it roughly and found the room was silent from start to finish, only she was there.

It was indeed her imagination.

An organization so powerful, how could they have any ulterior motives towards a little internet celebrity like her? Today was clearly another peaceful, harmonious day, just like any other.

She put on her coat, wrapped her scarf, and headed off cheerfully to work.