Chapter 98: Illusion City Bar

“Mr. Shi, don’t worry. I wouldn’t take on this mission if I wasn’t confident, and I know some things about the Ruthless Poison Nun Lou Haiyue,” Jiang Xincheng said sincerely to Shi Jiewen.

Seeing Jiang Xincheng’s determined expression, Shi Jiewen shook his head and smiled bitterly. “Since that’s the case, you can take this mission first. Later, I’ll contact the Tianhai City Department of Public Security and ask them to look out for you. If you encounter danger, remember to leave immediately. That Lou Haiyue is cunning and vicious, one of the most ruthless criminals in Tianhai City. Even I don’t have full confidence in being able to kill her, so you must be very careful while doing this mission.”

Seeing Shi Jiewen’s worried expression, Jiang Xincheng knew he wasn’t fully reassured. But since his mind was made up, Shi Jiewen could only agree and was even preparing to have the Tianhai City Department of Public Security watch over him. Such concern made Jiang Xincheng quite grateful. “Thank you, Mr. Shi.”

Shi Jiewen nodded, recorded the mission, and handed it to Jiang Xincheng. Afterwards, he explained some points to pay attention to and also mentioned that the assessment period was only one month. If they couldn’t complete their respective missions within a month, it would count as a failure, and they wouldn’t be able to join the Flourishing Tang Empire.

But he specifically made an exception for Jiang Xincheng, giving him three months.

After seeing Shi Jiewen off, Jiang Xincheng left the meeting room and prepared to go to Shenzhuang to celebrate properly. Besides celebrating his great victory in the All-School Martial Examination, the most important thing was to celebrate becoming a provisional member of the Flourishing Tang Empire.

He remembered that in his previous life, despite decades of drifting, he never qualified to join the Flourishing Tang Empire. His innate talent and aptitude were too poor, he wasn’t diligent enough, and he lacked talent in certain areas. The Flourishing Tang Empire simply didn’t recruit useless people, so in his previous life, Jiang Xincheng never entered the Flourishing Tang Empire his entire life. This was a pain that lasted for many years in his previous life.

Even when he later joined the Flourishing Tang Empire with Lin Anan’s help, it was only as an outer member, essentially doing odd jobs under the formal members. Though they were said to be part of the Flourishing Tang Empire, no one really acknowledged them. The Flourishing Tang Empire only gave symbolic protection to these odd-job members; there was no chance or qualification to get involved with the Flourishing Tang Divine Artifact.

But he never expected that after being reborn in this life, in just a few months, the Flourishing Tang Empire actively recruited Jiang Xincheng as a provisional member. Such a huge difference made Jiang Xincheng deeply realize once again the disparity between his previous life and this one.

In his previous life, he had missed too much and lost too much. Fortunately, Heaven gave him a chance to live again. In this life, he was determined to swim against the current, reclaim everything he had missed and lost, make up for all his regrets, and kill all his enemies. He was determined not to let the events of his previous life repeat.

“In Tianhai City, Illusion City Bar, there is a woman wearing a red miniskirt and a pink hat. She has an oval face, heavy makeup, and calls herself A Yun. She is suspected to be the Ruthless Poison Nun Lou Haiyue in disguise.”

At that moment, Jiang Xincheng received a text message on his phone. The sender was blank, but Jiang Xincheng immediately knew who sent it.

The Flourishing Tang Empire, the Great Tang Artifact!

After receiving the information filled out by Shi Jiewen, this intelligent system immediately learned Jiang Xincheng’s contact details and sent some information via text message to Jiang Xincheng’s phone, providing him with assistance.

Through the Shenxia Alliance’s ubiquitous surveillance, various internet-related data, and the system’s intelligent analysis, the Great Tang Artifact found a suspect believed to be Lou Haiyue and sent her location to Jiang Xincheng.

This was one of the basic functions of the Flourishing Tang Empire, but even this basic function had reduced the Shenxia Alliance’s crime rate by several times. It provided all Flourishing Tang Empire members with various informational support, making their missions much more efficient, saving a lot of trouble and time.

Although Jiang Xincheng was only a provisional member, because Shi Jiewen had entered his information, he could temporarily enjoy some functions of the Flourishing Tang Empire. Once he could complete the mission, he could become a formal member of the Flourishing Tang Empire, gaining more permissions and greater convenience.

The Ruthless Poison Nun Lou Haiyue knew some disguise techniques, as mentioned in the mission details. With these skills, Lou Haiyue had repeatedly evaded the Department of Public Security’s pursuit. Even the Flourishing Tang Empire often misjudged and targeted the wrong person. Moreover, Lou Haiyue frequently set up false leads. After all, the Flourishing Tang Empire was an intelligent system and couldn’t be all-knowing and all-powerful, so it often made mistakes in judgment.

Therefore, in the information sent by the Flourishing Tang Empire about Lou Haiyue, it only used “suspected” and not “confirmed.” It showed that even the Great Tang Artifact wasn’t sure if the woman in Illusion City Bar was really Lou Haiyue.

But even if there was only a slight possibility, Jiang Xincheng had to go check. What if it really was Lou Haiyue? And the messages sent by the Great Tang Artifact were quite reliable.

Thinking this, Jiang Xincheng made a phone call, telling his dorm brothers and Lin Anan, Xuanyuan Ningshuang, and others to start eating without him, as he would first go to Illusion City Bar to see if that woman was Lou Haiyue.

He took a taxi and soon arrived at Illusion City Bar. Looking at the bar with its flashing neon lights and attractive people going in and out, a smile appeared on Jiang Xincheng’s face. It had been a long time since he had been to such a place, and seeing it now gave him a strange sense of nostalgia.

Smiling faintly, Jiang Xincheng walked into Illusion City Bar. It was a mid- to high-end bar; to enter, you needed to verify your identity. After meeting Illusion City Bar’s conditions, you could go inside.

Jiang Xincheng just showed his Tianhai University student ID, and the two security guards greeted him with big smiles. For Illusion City Bar, Tianhai University students were definitely considered quality guests.

They might not have a lot of money, but they could raise the bar’s standard and attract more wealthy people to spend there. Male students could attract wealthy women, and female students could naturally attract wealthy men.

Entering Illusion City Bar, Jiang Xincheng ordered a beer and held it in his hand. While drinking the cold, refreshing beer, he looked around, searching for the woman the Flourishing Tang Empire had told him about.

There were quite a few people in the bar, some in private rooms and some in the main hall, so it wasn’t easy to find her. But Jiang Xincheng wasn’t in a hurry; he had plenty of patience. Walking slowly through Illusion City Bar, he wore a smile all over his face, just like an ordinary white-collar worker relaxing. He watched the scantily clad beauties coming and going while searching for his target.

Time passed bit by bit, and soon several dozen minutes had gone by. When Jiang Xincheng’s eyes passed over the private rooms on the second floor for the tenth time, they suddenly lit up.