Solving Middle Age Crisis by Intelligence System-Chapter 595 - 398: Coincidence? (Double-Length)
"They have four people heading towards the lake! It looks like they’re preparing to get into the water."
Qi Yun heard Xiao Wu’s report and instantly became alert.
That guy De Gaulle volunteered to keep watch, clearly intending to play tricks. Obviously, the bastard lied earlier; he surely has key information. Otherwise, why would he go for a swim in the lake in the middle of the night?
"Into the water? Do they have diving equipment?" Qi Yun asked with a frown.
Xiao Wu nodded: "Two of them are wearing wetsuits and carrying oxygen tanks."
Upon hearing this, Qi Yun instantly remembered the large bags carried by De Gaulle’s two bodyguards. When they were picked up at the airport, this group was already carrying those two bags.
Initially, he didn’t think much of it, assuming they were just ordinary carry-ons. Now, it seems the bags contained pre-prepared diving gear.
De Gaulle knew from the beginning that the clues to the Land of Eternal Life were hidden in the lake.
"Let’s go to the lake!" Qi Yun immediately stood up, grabbing his coat and putting it on. "Get Brother Quan and the others up."
Xiao Wu turned and went toward the other tents, and before long, Brother Quan, An Zai, and the others quietly gathered around.
The group hurried toward the lake under the moonlight, their steps light to avoid alerting De Gaulle and his team prematurely.
It was now three in the morning, and everything was silent; even the insects and birds had stopped making noise.
The moon in this area seemed particularly bright; even without flashlights, they could clearly see the path ahead.
When they were over a hundred meters from the lake, they saw four dark figures moving by the shore. Two of them were already in wetsuits, bending over to check their oxygen tanks, while the other two held flashlights, shining the beams straight onto the lake, as if confirming something.
Qi Yun raised his hand to signal everyone to stop and crouched in the bushes, keeping an eye on the movements by the shore.
"What are they waiting for?" An Zai whispered, chewing a piece of grass. "They’re all geared up; why aren’t they going into the water?"
Qi Yun squinted for a moment, unable to decipher their plan.
"No rush, let’s wait and see what tricks they’re up to."
The group fell silent, their eyes fixed intently on the figures by the shore.
After about ten more minutes, the surface of the lake suddenly changed.
The moonlight, which had been spread out, seemed to be drawn to something, slowly gathering towards the center of the lake, eventually forming a clear circular light spot on the water’s surface.
More peculiarly, mist began rising from the water beneath the light spot, gradually emerging upward.
"This... what is this..." An Zai was too shocked to speak.
Qi Yun’s eyes widened, unable to comprehend the scene unfolding before him.
Is this an unusual natural phenomenon, or is there really something strange beneath the lake’s surface?
He subconsciously moved closer for a better look, not noticing a protruding stone at his feet.
"Crack!"
The sound, trivial under normal circumstances, was particularly piercing in the stillness of three in the morning.
By the shore, De Gaulle froze, quickly turning his head toward the bushes where Qi Yun and his group were hiding, sweeping his flashlight beam in their direction.
Fortunately, the bushes were dense enough; Qi Yun and his group quickly lay flat, using the bushes for cover and avoiding exposure.
De Gaulle swept his flashlight through the bushes a couple of times but found nothing unusual. He assumed it was just an animal making noise and turned back to continue watching the lake.
At this time, the moon projection at the center of the lake seemed to become brighter, the mist rising faster, gradually forming a vague column of light above the light spot, reaching toward the moon.
The two individuals in wetsuits, seeing this, immediately walked into the lake with their oxygen tanks, their figures gradually vanishing on the lake’s surface.
"Boss, should we go over and take them down? As long as we control that De Gaulle, even if they find something underwater, they’ll have to hand it over obediently," An Zai suggested beside him.
Qi Yun thought for two seconds, then slowly shook his head, rejecting the suggestion.
As An Zai said, controlling De Gaulle would certainly make his subordinates hesitate; those brought to this place by him must be trusted followers and wouldn’t abandon him.
However, the two parties are not outright enemies and have cooperated several times.
Even if De Gaulle deliberately withheld some information and acted secretly, it doesn’t warrant resorting to kidnapping.
Such actions would somewhat contradict his principles.
"Let’s wait until those two come out of the lake before making a move."
Qi Yun decided to catch them in the act and then question them from a moral high ground.
Given their cooperation, they couldn’t possibly act all to themselves without reason.
If De Gaulle, at fault, still doesn’t come clean, Qi Yun would not play along anymore; he’d directly take what they found in the lake and leave.
The Kunlun Mountain belongs to Huaxia, so seizing what was found there on behalf of Huaxia wouldn’t be wrong, right?
De Gaulle, clearly unaware of the scheming in the bushes, stood with his hands on his hips, staring at the lake, occasionally checking his watch.
After about forty minutes, ripples suddenly emerged on the lake surface, and the two in wetsuits surfaced from the water.
"Let’s go!" Qi Yun whispered, getting up and walking towards the shore.
They no longer bothered to conceal their presence, and their footsteps were particularly clear in the quiet night.
Hearing the noise, De Gaulle turned his head, saw Qi Yun and his group, and his face instantly changed, leaving him stunned.
"Mr. Qi... Qi, why are you here?"
Qi Yun sneered: "If you can come, why can’t I?"
With that, he looked at the two who had just come ashore, observing that their hands were empty and they had nothing with them.
