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Chapter 53 Good Timing

The moment they saw the "archivist" kneel down, everyone went blank.

As the saying goes, you can't hit someone who's smiling, let alone someone who's kneeling.

An abnormal entity, which had been locked in a life-or-death struggle with them just minutes before, was now no longer teleporting. Its steps were so cautious that it even knelt down.

What's going on here?

Lin Chen swallowed hard. Just as he was racking his brains, the "archiver" slowly stood up.

It faced Lin Chen, bent down, and bowed again:

"...the ghosts of history..." came a strange tone that seemed to be a mixture of hundreds of voices.

The "archivist" stood up, pointed in a direction for Lin Chen, and then vanished in a flash amidst the howling wind.

"..."

Lin Chen turned his head and found that all three of them were staring at him.

"I don't recognize it," Lin Chen quickly said. "Really, this is the first time we've met."

He knew this looked far too suspicious: an anomalous entity kneeling before him, bowing, and even giving him directions made him seem completely unlike a good person.

"Of course you don't recognize it. It was just about to kill you," Lucy waved her hand impatiently. "But...why?"

"What does 'ghosts of history' mean?" Jiang Zhengge frowned.

The ghosts of history...

The last time Lin Chen heard this title was from Qingtian.

He didn't know what the title meant, only that the "eldest brother" of the F Council had warned Qingtian to be careful of the ghosts of history.

The ghosts of history... seem to be related to the "city of mirages".

Could it be...

Lin Chen recalled the only variable after the encounter: he had used the "Mirage City" to project a whole bunch of things!

The "archivist" discovered the existence of the "Mirage City," so...

Have they surrendered?

Lin Chen's fingertips trembled slightly.

He suddenly realized that the secret he held might be far more terrifying than he had imagined.

A gamma-level anomalous entity was instantly defeated simply because he used "Mirage City".

What kind of existence is that "Mirage City"?

However... not all anomalous entities succumbed to the "Mirage City"...

Lin Chen also used a projector during the "school" incident, and the blackboard head didn't kneel down.

The mysteries are piling up...

Faced with the surprised looks of the crowd, Li Zhanyi quickly stepped in to smooth things over:

"Alright, alright, let's talk outside. If we don't go now, 'Captain England' will get there before us!"

"Okay," Jiang Zhengge nodded. "Louis, give me directions."

"Received. Keep going forward, and you'll arrive after two turns."

"..."

The group moved quickly through the archives. Along the way, the human-skin books lurking on the file shelves did not attack them, but silently watched them pass through the corridor... if they had eyes.

After descending a long slope, the group finally arrived at the confidential archives room.

Below is a spacious circular space with rows of neatly arranged file shelves, completely different from the winding maze outside.

The "archivist" seemed to have taken great care in maintaining this area, fulfilling his duties from before his transformation.

"Zhanyi, you stay on high ground and keep watch," Jiang Zhengge whispered. "Let's go down."

"receive."

Li Zhanyi took off the QBU-202 sniper rifle he had been carrying all the way, found a secluded corner on the elevated platform surrounding the classified archives, and lay down.

Lin Chen jumped down with Jiang Zhengge and Lucy and began searching through the archives.

Soon, based on the information provided by Shen Xuanyi, Lin Chen found the folder containing the "Iron Horn Bridge Project".

"Found it."

Lin Chen took the file and was about to put it away when a tremendous suction force struck—

"call!"

The folder slipped from his hand and flew towards the other end of the confidential archives, where it was caught by a hand wearing blue and white gloves.

"Ha, Good Timing!"

Everyone turned around and saw "Captain England" walk in from another entrance, followed by the film crew and fully armed Foundation mercenaries.

"So it was the Rapid Response Division... that made me wander around this godforsaken place for over half an hour..."

Captain England took two steps forward, unfolding the square shield in his hand.

He tossed the file up and caught it, tossed it up and caught it again, a smug smile flashing across the half of his face that was exposed.

"I was already worried about having to search around here, but you guys really did a great job by handing the file to me personally..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark blue light flashed in Jiang Zhengge's eyes.

A gust of wind swept by, and the file folder that the British captain had tossed up was swept away by the wind and flew into Jiang Zhengge's hands.

As soon as he grabbed the file folder, he removed the metal frame and stuffed it into his coat.

"You..." Captain England's expression froze.

"Are you an idiot?" Jiang Zhengge laughed. "You act like a third-rate villain. No wonder you can't beat Qingtian."

"Hahahaha!" Lucy laughed.

The English captain suddenly flicked his wrist, and the square shield unfolded, its edges gleaming with a cold light.

"Fooking Buster!" the English captain roared, "Give me the stuff!"

"If you want it, come and get it yourself," Jiang Zhengge smiled. "But you probably don't want to end up like your ex, leaving behind evidence of your hurtful actions, right? Otherwise, your fledgling acting career will be over."

"Oh..."

Lin Chen was amused by Jiang Zhengge's actions: It seems that the section chief really knows about demigods.

Their emotions are not very stable, and they can easily lose control if provoked.

This encounter with the demigod was different from the previous ones; all four of them were wearing body cameras, simultaneously transmitting video information to the outside.

The English captain lost control, and they won.

If the English captain doesn't lose control, they'll still win.

"..."

Seeing the English captain's uncertain expression, Lin Chen took two steps back:

"Section Chief, what do you mean?"

"Let's retreat," Jiang Zhengge said in a low voice. "The mission is complete..."

Just as they were about to retreat, the English captain suddenly let out a low laugh:

"You bunch of mimics... do you still think you can keep deceiving me? The Anomaly Investigation Bureau didn't take any action tonight. If they had, why didn't they inform the Foundation? Don't you know we're cooperating?"

The English captain raised his shield, a smug smile on his face.

"You despicable anomalous entities, how dare you try to hinder our operations! You are truly despicable."

At that moment, Lin Chen immediately raised his shotgun:

Captain England is going to start a fight without any explanation!

This guy is pretty smart; he knows how to find an excuse for himself!

"Kids, take down these four wretched anomalous entities," Captain England waved his hand, "Just beat them to a pulp, anomalous entities... they're tough!"

"Da da da da da!"

A hail of bullets came from the Foundation's mercenaries. Lin Chen grabbed his trench coat and quickly ran behind the filing cabinet.

He understood that a tough battle was inevitable!

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