'Stop Li Tianming?'
'At this point, it seems like this is the only way to stop him.'
Fortunately, Li Tianming didn't hide his signal.
They could quickly locate Li Tianming's position.
At this moment, a voice came from the other end of the phone: ["Can't stop him."]
["Just now, Old Li's signal disappeared."]
Qin Siyang was shocked upon hearing this.
'Signal disappeared?'
'Then Li Tianming must be rushing full speed to Xingye Ranch!'
'What should we do?'
Qin Siyang instinctively looked at Zhang Kuang.
Zhang Kuang shook his head slightly in pain, as if trying to stay clear-headed, "If we can't stop Old Li, then we can only make a move on Guo Jiuxiao."
"Professor Zhang, what do you plan to do?"
Zhang Kuang analyzed, "Guo Jiuxiao wants to lure Old Li to strike first and reveal his location. Then after Old Li strikes, how will he respond?"
"He couldn't be so foolish as to run out of the house he's in to find Old Li, right?"
"Logically, he must have already set the next step."
Zhang Kuang continued thinking, his gaze deep, "I believe, since Guo Jiuxiao chose this place, it's because he intends to fight."
"As long as they confront directly, Old Li has no chance of winning. What he's most worried about should be that Old Li, seeing he's no match, will try to escape."
"So, to prevent Old Li from escaping, the first thing after Old Li strikes is most likely to trap him."
Zhang Kuang said, "Because Guo Jiuxiao also doesn't know which house Old Li will attack. So, his trap should be able to cover the entire Xingye Ranch."
Qin Siyang immediately echoed, "Trap Old Li? Makes sense!"
"Trap him?", Lu Daoxing's eyes lit up, "On the ranch, are there God-Hunting Weapons buried to trap Old Li?"
"Very likely."
"But when I first investigated, I didn't find any. I'll look again more carefully."
Zhao Longfei on the other end of the phone also said: ["I'll try too, see if I can find them."]
"Alright, let's contact again later."
Qin Siyang waited anxiously for the result.
Zhang Kuang took the time to continue sleeping.
About an hour later, Zhao Longfei called.
["Professor Lu, did you find anything?"]
"Found them indeed! There are several God-Hunting Weapons, seem to be things that block off domains, extremely well hidden, actually placed inside stones."
["I found similar things on my end. These stones look no different from ordinary ones, with moss and signs of aging. No idea how Guo Jiuxiao got them in!"]
Zhang Kuang slowly lifted his eyelids and asked, "Old Lu, those God-Hunting Weapons in the stones, how are they activated?"
"These God-Hunting Weapons should be triggered physically, not controlled by signal."
"Anyone monitoring?"
Zhao Longfei answered, "No. Probably to avoid alerting Professor Li, the entire Xingye Ranch, except for those few houses, has no monitoring setup."
"Old Lu, can you dismantle them?"
Lu Daoxing thought for a moment, "These God-Hunting Weapons are buried in stones, I can only drag the entire stones underground."
Zhang Kuang shook his head, "That won't do. Missing stones will be too conspicuous. Any other way?"
Lu Daoxing said, "Don't worry, there won't be any mistakes. I can quickly create identical stones to replace them."
Hao Liang patted Lu Daoxing on the shoulder, "Old Lu, not bad. Your God-Hunting Weapons sure come in all kinds of tricks!"
Zhang Kuang nodded, "Alright, do as you said."
"Also, Principal Zhao, please help confirm that while Old Lu replaces these stones, there's no surveillance nearby."
["Sure."]
"Old Lu, how long will it take?"
"Around half an hour."
"Go ahead, Old Li definitely won't arrive within that time."
While Lu Daoxing was busy, Zhang Kuang frowned deeply.
Even after Lu Daoxing had finished dealing with all the traps, he still looked troubled.
Qin Siyang noticed, "Director Zhang, what's wrong?"
"Just feels… too easy."
"Easy?"
"Guo Jiuxiao is someone who acts extremely cautiously. If this is all he prepared, it doesn't match his usual style."
Lu Daoxing scratched his garlic-shaped nose, "But... he even buried the traps in the stones, doesn't that count as cautious?"
"Not enough," Zhang Kuang intertwined his fingers, "I still feel like he has a backup plan. Old Lu, Principal Zhao, please search again for any other traps."
"Alright."
["No problem. Being cautious saves lives. Professor Zhang's concerns are reasonable."]
Another hour passed, and both Lu Daoxing and Zhao Longfei had no findings.
"Nothing found on the ranch or around it."
"Old Zhang, could you be overthinking this?"
Zhang Kuang shook his head, still worried.
Qin Siyang stood by, thinking of possible places to hide traps. Suddenly, he asked, "Has the anti-air glass above the ranch been searched?"
"Anti-air glass?"
Qin Siyang nodded, "Since Director Zhang thinks there's still an ambush, what if the God-Hunting Weapons were placed on the anti-air glass above our heads?"
Zhang Kuang's eyes lit up, "Makes sense! Principal Zhao, Old Lu, did you inspect the anti-air glass before?"
Lu Daoxing looked confused, "Anti-air glass? Guo Jiuxiao dares to tamper with that? Isn't that suicidal?"
'Tampering with anti-air glass means death?'
Qin Siyang also remembered seeing related decrees while browsing forums.
[Deliberately damaging safe zone anti-air glass = Death]
But Qin Siyang remembered seeing Zhao Longfei, Li Tianming, and others violate United Government prohibitions multiple times.
And nothing seemed to happen to them.
'Isn't the core area of the safe zone immune to enforcement?'
Qin Siyang curiously asked, "Professor Lu, tampering with anti-air glass means death?"
"Of course. If you dare damage it, the United Government will kill you no matter what."
"Huh? But doesn't that mean the United Government's decrees can still be enforced here?"
"Nonsense. The safe zone is under the United Government. Of course its decrees can be enforced."
"But there's also a law that says operating a business without a license is banned, and Principal Zhao still runs his place just fine?"
["Ahem, Little Qin, we've already registered a chamber of commerce. We have a license now."]
Zhang Kuang explained, "Even the United Government's laws vary in strictness."
"Some laws, if violated, fall into a gray area. You can find ways to resolve them. Some laws, if violated, cross a red line—certain death."
"Like damaging anti-air glass in a safe zone. That's a major crime against the safe zone. If anyone dares do it, the United Government will issue a wanted kill order across the entire zone."
Qin Siyang was stunned.
'There's even that kind of logic?'
'Turns out laws come in different grades too?'
He then asked, "Is there a way to tell ordinary laws from these red-line decrees?"
"That's simple."
"If the punishment at the end of a law is just one word—[Death]—then that's a red-line ban."
"Oh."
"So, was the anti-air glass checked?"
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