Chapter 150 Abandoned

The biting cold wind blew across the snowy land. A figure in a black windbreaker staggered forward step by step. In the mist in the distance, a tall city wall was looming.

"Aurora City... That's Aurora City."

Xi Renjie's eyelashes were already frozen with ice chips. When the city wall came into his eyes, his scattered pupils finally regained a trace of rationality.

His cracked lips slightly opened and exhaled a mouthful of white mist. At this moment, he felt that his bones were almost frozen, and the two wounds pierced by the steel sword had long lost their sensation.

He didn't know how he had come all this way. His existence seemed to have been erased in the vast ice and snow. If it weren't for the remaining motivation brought to him by Aurora City in his mind, he would have collapsed halfway due to exhaustion... And now, the city he had always dreamed of was right in front of him.

As he approached, the fog around him became thinner and thinner, and he could see the misty aurora flowing in the sky behind the city wall, like a gorgeous gem suspended in the air.

Under the gem, countless colorful mandarin ducks were flying.

Xi Renjie stared at the scene in a daze, as if he was a little dazed. He stretched out his hand to catch the flying mandarin ducks, but in the end he only held a piece of icy snow.

"Aurora City... I'm here."

Xi Renjie took a deep breath, and the cold air made his lungs feel a sting. He woke up completely and quickened his pace towards the city wall.

He staggered to the bottom of Aurora City. A beam of dazzling light projected from the top of the wall, flashed across the snow-white earth, and locked onto Xi Renjie. Xi Renjie frowned and subconsciously covered the light with his hand.

"This is Aurora City." A low voice came from the loudspeaker on the edge of the city wall, "Please show your entry documents."

Xi Renjie took a deep breath and shouted to the city wall covered by snow:

"I am Xi Renjie, the law enforcement officer of the third district, and I come to Aurora City to report!"

The voice in the loudspeaker paused for a moment, as if checking something.

After a short wait, the huge city gate slowly opened under Xi Renjie's gaze. A gust of wind blew across his cheek, and then came several figures who walked out of the city gate calmly.

These figures were all wearing black windbreakers. Unlike Xi Renjie, the hem of their windbreakers had at least four flashing patterns, and the leader even had five.

Seeing such a big battle, Xi Renjie's eyes were surprised. He just wanted to enter the city, why did so many high-level law enforcement officers come out?

"You are Xi Renjie." The leading man asked.

"Yes."

"Why did you come alone? Where are the law enforcement officers you brought with you?"

Xi Renjie opened his mouth and finally spoke hoarsely, "They are all dead... In the disaster riot in District 3, they all died."

"Thirty people, all dead?" The man narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Yes."

"What about Chen Ling? Did you kill him?"

"... Killed him."

The man nodded slightly and stopped talking.

"Sir, can I enter Aurora City?" Xi Renjie asked tentatively.

"Of course."

The man drew his gun and pointed it at Xi Renjie's knees, pulling the trigger without hesitation.

Bang bang!

Two gunshots followed by two blooming blood flowers. Xi Renjie didn't expect the other party to shoot him at all. He couldn't even open the [Iron Armor], and he fell to his knees with a scream.

Then, the other law enforcement officers standing behind the man quickly stepped forward, locked Xi Renjie's hands with black shackles, and pressed the blade with a cold and cold light against his neck. With just a little force, Xi Renjie's head would fall to the ground.

Xi Renjie knelt in the snow, the blood oozing from his knees dyed the ground red, his eyes were full of pain and surprise,

"Why?? Is there any misunderstanding... I received a message from Aurora City! I have a record!"

The man sneered, walked forward slowly, and put the cold muzzle of the gun against Xi Renjie's brow,

He said lightly:

"Should I call you Xi Renjie... or Chen Ling?"

Xi Renjie stayed where he was.

"...What do you mean? I am Xi Renjie, you can know it by just checking my file, and my face can't be faked!" Xi Renjie replied angrily.

"Can't you fake your face?" The man said slowly, "Maybe..."

"Maybe?"

"The heretic Chen Ling has the special skill of changing faces. Even cutting his face cannot confirm it... Tell me, how can you prove that you are Xi Renjie?"

Xi Renjie's eyes were filled with deep confusion. He looked at the man, whose face was full of confidence.

"Chen Ling was able to kill all other participants in the ancient military treasures by himself. His strength must be above the second level... Tell me, how did you, a two-line law enforcement officer with no talent, kill him?"

"I..." Xi Renjie's face was pale.

"No, that's not right... You knew I couldn't beat him, so why did you give me that order?"

Xi Renjie was stunned, and an idea suddenly flashed through his mind...

"You did it on purpose? You used me as bait?!"

"Don't continue acting, Chen Ling." The man said slowly, "Let me remind you what happened... Law enforcement officer Xi Renjie received the order and set up a trap to kill you, but with his strength, how could he be your opponent... You easily defeated Xi Renjie, and learned from him that Aurora City had discovered your identity, so you killed Xi Renjie and replaced his face, hoping to sneak into Aurora City...

In this way, you can not only enter the city, but also continue to lurk in the law enforcement system as Xi Renjie, the law enforcement officer... For you, this is the simplest and most efficient method.

[Tan Xin] The commander sent Xi Renjie to you just to let you take the bait... We were worried that you would kill Xi Renjie and never show up again, but now it seems that you have taken the bait."

The man's words fell into Xi Renjie's ears, like thunder.

Xi Renjie finally understood why the message from Aurora City did not mention any background of Chen Ling, nor did it explain why he was a heretic... Because once Aurora City explained that all the things in the Bingdao Ancient Collection were done by Chen Ling, he would definitely realize the difference in strength between him and Chen Ling and choose to give up the mission.

Aurora City did not intend to let him kill Chen Ling from the beginning when it gave him that message, but set a trap for Chen Ling at the cost of his own life.

"... No, I didn't kill him!" Xi Renjie explained immediately, "I just knocked him out because he saved District 3. I really didn't kill him... I, I just wanted to..."

Xi Renjie stopped talking halfway... Because he knew that no matter how much he explained at this moment, it would be in vain.

Since the moment Aurora City sent the message to him,

he had already been abandoned.