Hidden Identity

"Ah! No! Spare me! I… I can tell you…" Qian Run let out a final desperate cry, before his voice was cut short.

The cage contracted too fast, too fast for Qian Run to even finish his plea for mercy.

Under the extreme pressure, his entire body was crushed into a blurry mass of flesh and blood, falling completely silent.

Lin Mo was long accustomed to such scenes.

Since Qian Run was emitting black energy, there was no point wasting time on interrogation.

He flicked his finger, and a streak of spiritual light sank into the mass of flesh, beginning a soul search.

The fragments of Qian Run's memories flooded into Lin Mo's mind.

The Diamond Dogs organization was far more complex than he had learned from the Eastern Leaves.

"This is troublesome," Lin Mo muttered.

He turned to look at Zhuge Chen, who stood frozen in shock, his eyes wide.

"Let's go, before the Yan Huang Awakened ones arrive."

Zhuge Chen paused, then asked, "Why do I need to leave?"

"Because the big shot of the organization you were originally with is a high-ranking member of Yan Huang Awakened. We're not ready to make a move on him yet, so I have to keep the fact that we know each other hidden."

Zhuge Chen immediately understood after hearing that.

This level of identity was something he indeed hadn't revealed. So he looked at Lin Mo and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Thank you for saving me."

"Oh, just serving the people," Lin Mo replied with a wave of his hand, then immediately grabbed Jiahao from the roadside.

To completely cover up Zhuge Chen's presence, he only needed to erase these people's memories of him.

That way, Zhuge Chen's involvement in this matter would be perfectly concealed.

As if recalling something, Lin Mo suddenly turned to look at Zhuge Chen, who was already walking away.

"By the way, the guy who stabbed you is named Zhuge Xuan. You should know who that is, right?"

According to Qian Run's memories, this Zhuge Xuan had been cooperating with the Diamond Dogs under his own identity.

Though not a member of the Diamond Dogs, he was using them to accomplish certain things.

Zhuge Chen paused at his steps, turned to Lin Mo, and nodded.

"I know who he is. I'll handle this myself."

With that, Zhuge Chen picked up his pace and left the car wash.

Lin Mo then proceeded to clear the memories of everyone present, one by one.

He could have directly used soul control on Xu Wendong, but that wasn't necessary. Although Lin Mo's skill in soul control wasn't a secret, using it to casually manipulate people would cause widespread panic.

Then he would become a target for everyone.

It had to be said that Lin Mo's concerns were not without reason.

Besides, everyone subconsciously believed that Lin Mo's control could only last for a short time.

So they didn't see much need to be overly vigilant.

After clearing everyone's memories, Lin Mo began to organize Qian Run's recollections.

According to the Eastern Leaves, the Diamond Dogs was a stateless military organization.

But in the eyes of the Diamond Dogs themselves, they aimed to create a paradise for mercenaries.

And gold was the key to building that paradise.

Many people thought the Diamond Dogs stole gold purely for money.

But that wasn't the truth. The real reason was that the Diamond Dogs' mastermind needed the gold.

As for money? The Diamond Dogs, as mercenaries, didn't seem to be particularly short of it.

Now, all the Diamond Dogs' contacts left in China could be found in Qian Run's memories.

Uprooting the Diamond Dogs' planted spies would be a simple task from here on out.

Soon, the Eastern Leaves and his team arrived.

They were only there to clean up the aftermath.

The Eastern Leaves personally fitted Excavator, Jiahao, and Female Strongman with ability-suppressing cuffs, which served as a form of vengeance for Qin Suishou's death.

Meanwhile, Lin Mo was jotting down a list, which he handed to the Eastern Leaves.

"The people on this list all have connections to the Diamond Dogs. Investigate them. The last page lists the Diamond Dogs' contacts—look into them too. If anything's unclear, bring it to me for a look."

The Eastern Leaves nodded and took the list from Lin Mo.

The team he brought were the same people who had attended that earlier meeting. They had come expecting a fierce battle today, but ended up just cleaning up the scene.

Still, capturing the murderer of Captain Qin Suishou was something worth celebrating.

Lin Mo couldn't be bothered with any of that. He packed up his things, picked up his briefcase, and returned to the bank vault.

There, he returned everything to its rightful place.

As for the briefcase with spatial properties, he handed it over to the Eastern Leaves along with the spatial rings.

Let the professionals handle the research.

Spatial tools with a shelf life like that—neither mass-producible nor all that convenient—were of limited use.

But Qian Run had a permanent spatial ring without any expiration date.

That could be given to Ning Qingcheng later for her to study.

Inside it were many of Qian Run's belongings.

However, space couldn't be folded twice, and spatial items couldn't be stored inside other spatial items.

That kind of inventory-inside-inventory trick from video games just wasn't possible.

Back at the training base, Lin Mo had just lay down when his phone rang.

It was a voice call from Xie Yuling.

Xie Yuling rarely called him, so Lin Mo immediately answered.

"What's going on?" Even the usually calm Lin Mo was a bit worried.

"What, I can't call you for no reason?" Xie Yuling's playful voice came from the other end.

Lin Mo glanced at the time when he heard that. It was break time.

"Are the three of you together?"

Lin Mo asked casually.

Xie Yuling on the other end of the line paused for a moment. "How did you know?"

"Yeah, I figured. You rarely call me, and suddenly reaching out like this—someone must have put you up to it."

On the other end, Xie Yuling couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yunlu.

Jiang Yunlu immediately cut in, "Hey, don't blame me alone. You wanted to call too, and so did Miao Miao. Miao Miao even wanted to call."

Chu Miaomiao chimed in with a soft sound at just the right moment.

No one really knew why the three of them had grown closer.

Probably because they shared similar secrets, especially after everything that had happened.

They weren't exactly getting along perfectly, but at least they weren't at each other's throats.

"It's the school sports meet these days. With you gone, we didn't win a lot of events," Jiang Yunlu continued.

"I saw the group chat. Fang Jun even asked me to come back and compete."

Xie Yuling added bluntly without hesitation.

"Don't mind him! Just do what you need to do. You said the situation in Tianjing is complicated, right? Take care of yourself."

Even though they all knew how capable Lin Mo was, they couldn't help but worry.

Especially since Lin Mo never really shared what was going on with them.

"Yeah, I'll come back after the national tournament ends."

Then Lin Mo chatted with the three of them about this and that, both about his side and theirs.

The relaxed feeling of casual talk lightened his thoughts quite a bit.

Having done his part for the greater good, it wasn't too much to indulge in a little sentiment and affection, was it?

After the call ended, Xie Yuling, Jiang Yunlu, and Chu Miaomiao stared at their phones without saying a word.

Their faces all held a lingering reluctance to let go.

But none of them would call Lin Mo alone.

It was probably some kind of unspoken agreement.