"Put... Let go of me, let go of me......

"Ah" Ye Yu woke up suddenly and sat up from the chair at once.

A familiar desk, a familiar room, a familiar atmosphere. What appeared in front of me was not the strange tomb, but the home where I had stayed for more than 20 years.

Ye Yu covered his heart, which was still beating wildly, and cold sweat rippled on his forehead.

"How did I fall asleep? That dream just now ......"

Ye Yu's gaze slowly swept to his side, an unfolded virtual screen flickered in the dim room, and he saw two profile photos displayed in the center of the screen, one of which showed a black man with a blank expression; On the other hand, there is a capable and fierce-eyed young man.

Yao Zijian...... Zhou Jinping ......" Ye Yu silently read the name of the note under the photo, and suddenly understood the source of the previous nightmare in his heart.

This is an internal document of the Special Affairs Investigation Bureau, which tells the story of the group of tomb robbers who stole the Blood Keystone from the ancient tomb in the Western Regions for more than ten years, and Ye Yu was looking at these materials all night before falling asleep.

Although Ye Yu didn't know why a few rough sentences of information would make him have such a real or even overly real dream, since it was a dream, he didn't plan to think about it, but the young man in white in the dream made him a little concerned.

That teenager, why does it always feel a little like ...... What about that person?

Ye Yu muttered in his heart, carefully flipping through the information on the screen again, trying to find some hints from it.

"Yao Zijian was killed in the infighting of tomb robbers eight years ago...... As for Zhou Jinping, he has disappeared since he disappeared eight years ago......" Ye Yu looked back and forth several times, but did not see any relevant information about the young man in the dream.

What was I thinking, it was a dream after all......

Ye Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, leaving the strange thoughts in his head behind. He looked up at the clock on the wall, the scale pointed to six o'clock in the morning, and the sky was already faintly bright outside the window, and Ye Yu was not in the mood to sleep anymore at this time, because today was an extremely important day for him.

He got up and turned off the screen, and after a careful freshening up, stood in front of the mirror.

Compared to a year ago, Ye Yu was obviously much haggard, but more importantly, his thoughts, his worldview, and even his aura had changed dramatically, and all of this should be in his determined eyes. The original gentleness and gentleness had receded from his eyes, and in its place was an elusive indifference, and ...... There was a faint hint of gloom.

Ye Yu subconsciously glanced at a small sunken scar on his calf, which was the eternal "memorial" brought to him by the catastrophe more than four months ago.

Cut wounds, broken bones and bones can heal quickly, but only the flesh and blood that has been taken away seems to be difficult to regain just like the old man who was lost in the catastrophe.

"Little Flower ......" Thinking of this, Ye Yu's heart tingled, he firmly believed that Xiaohua was still alive, and he had not given up looking for the other party for more than four months, but there was no news. The Special Investigation Bureau has been trying its best to track down the movements of "Devouring", which is the only clue that involves Xiaohua's whereabouts, but now "Devouring" seems to be deliberately avoiding the limelight, and has suspended all activities since the day of the accident, completely disappeared into the underground fortress, and at the same time, all relevant clues are taken away, including the entire cabinet of "Blood Key Ring".

Ye Yu put down his trousers and covered up the scar on his leg.

In fact, he didn't care that a piece of flesh was missing from his leg, and the injury was nothing compared to the pain of losing his best friend; He even felt a little glad for this scar, although his body did not automatically grow this tissue, but it at least proved that he was still a "person".

The sudden sound of the mobile phone "Jingle Bell" pulled Ye Yu back from his thoughts.

Ye Yu glanced at the prompt on the screen that prompted "no display number", and he had a number of callers in his heart.

“…… Is it all arranged? ”

A familiar voice came from the phone, as calm as usual.

"Yes, I'm ready, Director Lou." Ye Yu replied.

“……”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, and then Lou Yue's voice came out again.

“…… Once you've taken that step this time, you'll never be able to go back to being a journalist, and I'll ask you one last time, have you really thought it through? ”

"My answer has been given a long time ago, and I will not change it now, nor will it in the future." Ye Yu's tone did not have any hesitation. "Since I have chosen this path, there is absolutely no reason to go back."

"Even if this path will cost you your life?"

"Yes, even if it might cost me my life." Ye Yu said, turning his head to look at the neatly folded old coat beside the bed, the faint blood stain on the coat looked extremely shocking in Ye Yu's eyes. "Of course, I won't die easily until I catch those people and rescue Xiaohua, I promise you."

“…… I'll wait until you pass the Special Services Investigator Exam. Lou Yue's tone became serious. I would like to warn you that this closed exam is not an ordinary trial, the process is very dangerous, and you only have one chance, if you end up being eliminated...... Don't forget what you promised me at the time. ”

"I remember." Ye Yu replied seriously. "If I'm eliminated this time, then I'll never be involved in any follow-up from now on."

"It's good that you know. Although I didn't want you to be involved, since this is your deliberate decision, I respect your opinion, as long as you can take responsibility for your actions. ”

"Heh, of course." Ye Yu smiled softly. "Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Director Lou."

“…… Later, Xiao Yan, as the interface person, will escort you to the exam location. Lou Yue paused and changed the subject. You won't be able to communicate with the outside world during the months leading up to the exam, but you can rest assured that we'll keep your family informed on a regular basis. ”

"Thank you so much...... Also, the little flower over there...... Any news? ”

"Not yet." Lou Yue's answer was unsurprising. "But the two keys and mobile phones you brought out of the Zheng family's villa that you gave us before, Mu Yun has already gone to check, maybe it's a clue...... But you don't need to worry about it anyway, just go to the exam. ”

Ye Yu sighed softly. He trusted Lou Yue's ability, but he was deeply helpless that he couldn't know the progress during the disconnection, but now he has no other choice.

"It's getting late, and it's time for you to go." Lou Yue's urging voice came from the phone.

Ye Yu responded, but at this time, the figure of the young man in white in his dream suddenly crossed his mind.

"Wait a minute, the director ......" Ye Yu subconsciously shouted, stopping Lou Yue, who was about to hang up the phone.

"What else?"

"That...... 10 years ago, did you ...... Have you been living in Xiayang City all the time? Ye Yu hesitated for a moment and asked.

The other end of the "......" phone was silent and unresponsive.

"Ah...... I'm sorry, I'll just ask, it's okay......" Ye Yu immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly rounded up, and hung up the phone in a hurry after a few stiff greetings.

What's wrong with me? would actually inquire about the chief's ** because of a dream......

Ye Yu shook his head in annoyance, and his eyes moved to the bloodstained coat at the head of the bed again. This is the clothes that Xiaohua put on her body at that time, and it was also stained with Xiaohua's blood at the end.

Ye Yu stepped forward and unfolded the coat, his fingers stroked the blood stains and metal buckles on the coat, and his chest felt a faint pain again, and a wave of grief and indignation spread rapidly.

I'll definitely find you...... I swear

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"Finished calling?"

A smiling female voice came from her side, Lou Yue came back to her senses and looked up at Sister Mu who had walked in front of her.

"Well, he's decided to take the test anyway."

"Haha, I'll just say that kid is very stubborn~ But what did he say on the phone? Can make you so absent-minded. Sister Mu rarely saw Lou Yue stunned on the phone, and couldn't help but feel funny.

“…… It's nothing. Lou Yue gently put down the phone, and her expression returned to her usual calm and indifference. By the way, how are those two things investigating? ”

"The key is indeed the dragon beard key, a patented product developed by the Lesertoni company a few years ago, but the corresponding safe cannot be found for the time being because there are too few clues. We originally planned to track down Zheng Qiu, but we found out that he had not handled any business with Lessetoni Company during his lifetime, and this key was not Zheng Qiu's. Sister Mu explained.

"What about Xiao Yingying and her mistress? Since the key was found from their bones, it has something to do with them, right? ”

"It's a pity that the key isn't theirs either." Sister Mu shook her head. "Judging from the historical data of the Lessetoni Company currently sealed by Qianhong Group, none of the relevant personnel of the Zheng Qiu family have done insurance storage services there, which means that this key is likely to belong to a third party."

"But if it's a safe key that belongs to a third party, why does it appear in the Zheng family's villa? Could it be that Qianhong Group has hidden a batch of past data, or is it ...... What else is there that we're missing? Lou Yue lowered his head and thought carefully.

"It's possible, but there's no definite evidence to trace yet, so I'm going to start with that old-fashioned phone." Sister Mu is colorful. "I think there should be clues in that phone that we want, but we found that the data of the phone has been deleted in large quantities during our investigation, and it is currently being restored technically, and it will take a while, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible."

"Well, then please." Lou Yue nodded lightly.

"In addition, there is one more thing, about Zhang Jia......" Sister Mu said and took out a small mobile device from her pocket and put it in front of Lou Yue.

"Zhang Jia? Have you found someone else? ”

"No, no, but ......" Sister Mu looked at Lou Yue, and a meaningful light flashed in her eyes.

"However, he gives us an important clue."

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Author's Note:

It's crazy again, and it's updated in the middle of the night...... Tired......

The next chapter begins with Mr. Ye's exam journey~