Chapter 1232: This Guy Is Too Much

The next evening.

In a hidden office building.

Captain Xu Rong, a beautiful woman, sat at her desk. The coffee in front of her had long gone cold, yet she hadn’t taken a single sip. Her eyes were fixed on the distant street, lost in thought.

Li Weiwei finished her report, her head lowered, and slowly closed the folder.

"All the apparitions that appeared have been eliminated. Only a few low-level ones remain, and they don’t have the ability to harm civilians. We’ll continue the search for the next three days until all the apparitions are completely eradicated..."

Seeing the captain lost in thought, a wave of guilt washed over her again.

"Boss, it’s my fault yesterday."

"If I had trained harder, I wouldn’t have held you back when we encountered the Blood Apparition. That person wouldn’t have gone missing..."

Hearing this, Xu Rong turned her head and nodded, her beautiful eyes showing a rare hint of comfort.

"It’s not your fault."

"You’ve been working hard. Improving your combat strength isn’t something that can be done in a day or two."

Even though it was just a few words, coming from the famously cold and ruthless Xu Rong, it was an unprecedented display of leniency.

But the more she acted this way, the more Li Weiwei felt guilty.

The captain had never made a mistake before. Her combat strength and abilities were unparalleled. Losing a civilian last night might not be uncommon in other teams, as there were always moments of weakness, but for the captain, it was likely an intolerable failure.

This had something to do with her, and even if the captain didn’t say it, Li Weiwei couldn’t forgive herself.

The two of them fell into silence.

Li Weiwei gritted her teeth, vowing to work even harder in the future to redeem herself from this shameful failure and to see the captain smile just once.

Thanks to her mention, Xu Rong also became increasingly concerned about the young man she couldn’t forget.

Objectively speaking, this wasn’t part of their mission, and it couldn’t be blamed on her. But a living civilian had disappeared right before her eyes in the city, and it was a hurdle she couldn’t get over.

Since childhood, Xu Rong had shown extraordinary talent and had vowed to serve her country and its people.

This incident was unprecedented and had made her reflect many times.

An ordinary person.

Suddenly disappearing into the night, especially during the special moment of the Blood Apparition’s appearance, it was hard to believe he could have survived.

Moreover, it happened right after the Blood Apparition appeared!

Facing that level of threat, even ordinary team members might not have returned safely. The young man from last night was lazy and frail, and it was highly likely that he had already been killed by those monsters...

If only she had been stronger.

If only she had tightly guarded that person and prepared for the highest level of alert from the start.

Perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out this way.

If there was anything she could do to make up for it, it would be to find his family and offer some compensation, as a gesture of goodwill.

Thinking this, Xu Rong raised her eyes.

"Go and find out where that person from yesterday lived. Go there for me."

The captain still couldn’t let it go.

Li Weiwei was startled but nodded solemnly.

"Yes, boss!"

When it came to combat strength, Li Weiwei might only be average, but when it came to paperwork and computers, she was a talent. With her special privileges, even without the person’s name or specific ID number, this seemingly needle-in-a-haystack task wasn’t too difficult for her.

Before long, Li Weiwei was carrying a bunch of gifts and some compensation money she had taken out of her own pocket, arriving at an old neighborhood in the west of the city.

Unfortunately, after her investigation, she found out that the young man named Wu Tao was all alone in the world. Even if she went to his home in person, it wouldn’t mean much.

The further she walked, the heavier her heart felt.

Walking through the dilapidated old neighborhood, Li Weiwei’s mood became increasingly chaotic.

Before she knew it, she was standing in front of Unit 1, Apartment 2.

After struggling and hesitating for a long time, she didn’t know how to proceed.

But then, the door was suddenly pushed open by the wind.

"Creak..."

The peeling iron door slowly opened, as if someone was living there.

Li Weiwei looked up in surprise, smiled self-deprecatingly, and her expression grew even more bitter. She was about to close the door for the person inside.

But when she looked up, she realized that behind the open door, there was another door, also an old, peeling security door!

This was way too cautious, wasn’t it?

Most people only had one security door, but this Wu Tao had installed two. Living in such an old neighborhood, he probably didn’t have much property. Was this really necessary?

After a few seconds of helplessly complaining, Li Weiwei found it hard to understand this strange man. Even though he might no longer be alive, she seemed to have remembered this peculiar guy.

Perhaps as a warning to herself, or maybe just to remind herself.

In any case, Wu Tao’s lazy appearance had left a deep impression on her.

Through the security door, she could almost hear footsteps.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Still as lazy as last night, still with that leisurely rhythm.

As the sound grew closer, Li Weiwei’s eyes widened.

"Is anyone home?" she tentatively asked.

As soon as she asked, the footsteps grew even closer!

Then, she saw a pair of eyes peeking through the door, and the sound of the door opening was like a string of firecrackers!

"Click!"

"Click!"

"Click, click, click!"

There were a total of eight more doors, all similar to the first, opening one after another. The doors combined were thicker than the walls!

When the eighth door opened, a somewhat familiar man in lazy shorts stood before her.

"Oh, it’s you."

Li Weiwei’s eyes nearly popped out of her head!

"You... you... you’re alive?! Where did you go yesterday?!"

Wu Tao replied calmly, "I saw you guys seemed to be fighting, and I figured you wouldn’t have time to escort me, so I just went home by myself."

Whoosh!

As soon as his casual words left his mouth, the young girl’s face turned red with anger!

What do you mean, you just went home by yourself?!

He made it sound so simple!

All that worry from the boss and herself, and this guy was completely unfazed!

This was so infuriating!

Although she was relieved to see Wu Tao safe and sound, his nonchalant attitude made her blood boil. All that worry for nothing!

This guy was just too much, way too much!

The more she looked at Wu Tao, the more she found him annoying. Even the nine thick doors seemed obnoxious. This guy just radiated weirdness, and his lazy demeanor was utterly frustrating. She couldn’t even vent her anger properly.

Li Weiwei puffed out her cheeks, shoved the fruit and other items into Wu Tao’s hands, and stormed off in a huff.

Wu Tao was left dumbfounded.

Holding the fruit, he went back inside and carefully closed the doors.

After checking that the fruit wasn’t poisoned, he decided not to throw it away and went back to his room, focusing on drawing talismans.

"Hmm..."

"Now I have 56,327 talismans. I still need 43,673 more to reach 100,000 clones. Even though the threat level isn’t as high in this world, it’s always better to be cautious."

As he said this, Wu Tao showed a hint of annoyance.

"Ah, it’s all because there are too few people in this world!"

"There are only a few billion people, which makes me hesitant. Otherwise, I’d just create a billion clones, and my safety would skyrocket."

"Ah well, creating a billion people out of thin air might cause too much of a stir. I’ll just stick to 100,000 for now. But if I use even one, I’ll make another 100,000. That should be enough to keep me safe, right?"