Super Soldier in the City

Chapter 2396 - 2460: Target Located

The warm sunlight, white bed sheets, and long, scattered curls; a delicate face, an arm wrapped around from behind, another arm under her neck; the Saintess had been awake for a while but hadn’t moved, not wanting to wake the person behind her. She felt a hand move to her abdomen, the warmth of the palm feeling very comfortable there. A look of satisfaction appeared on her face, making her seem very at ease.Despite being a Saintess, she still gets her period. It came last night, and even though she doesn’t feel the cramps like ordinary women, having a warm hand there still feels very pleasant.

"Good morning, darling!" Li Yifei’s voice came from behind, magnetic and most melodious to the Saintess. She turned her head, met his gaze, and lightly pecked his lips, feeling the prick of his stubble. The Saintess reached out to touch it, and her fingers made a scratching sound. "You should shave your beard later; it’s grown out," she said.

"You don’t like it?" Li Yifei asked.

The Saintess pursed her lips and said, "I prefer it without the beard!"

"Alright, I’ll shave it later. But before that..." Li Yifei said, suddenly raising himself and pressing towards the Saintess. She realized what he was about to do, twisted her body to evade his ’attack,’ but ultimately failed.

Having achieved his mischievous objective, Li Yifei laughed joyfully, while the Saintess rubbed her slightly reddened neck and chest. Her defenses had been breached by Li Yifei yesterday, so her upper body was naturally vulnerable. His opportunistic behavior just now left the Saintess rather helpless.

She couldn’t resist sweet words; a single "I love you," and the Saintess would feel weak, allowing Li Yifei to have his way.

After lingering for a while, they finally got up, though not to shower together. The Saintess went first while Li Yifei called for breakfast, waiting for her to finish before he went to wash up and shave.

After breakfast, Li Yifei said, "You rest at home today; I’ll continue exploring."

At those words, the Saintess tapped her phone screen a few times, handed it to Li Yifei, and said, "These marked islands can already be ruled out!"

"So that leaves... thirty-one, with four being the most suspicious." Li Yifei said after taking and reviewing the list.

The Saintess nodded, "So if we go today, we should focus on these four."

"It’s me; you stay home and rest!"

"No, it’s us. At most, I just won’t go underwater!" the Saintess insisted.

Li Yifei nodded, "Alright then, you stay out of the water, and I’ll go investigate."

"Alright!" The Saintess happily agreed.

An hour later, the two of them took a yacht to that chain of islands. The Saintess was responsible for observing from the boat, while Li Yifei stealthily dived, swimming to the islands to check things out.

Around ten at night, Li Yifei emerged from the water, leaping back onto the boat, where he saw the Saintess enjoying a fruit salad. He glanced at it and frowned, "You have your period; don’t eat such cold fruits."

"Huh?" The Saintess had been about to put a forkful of fruit into her mouth but paused at his words, blinking as she looked at Li Yifei. "Is that according to Traditional Chinese Medicine?" she asked.

"Uh... sort of!"

"Then I won’t eat it. Here, you have some!" The Saintess obediently set the plate down.

Li Yifei dried the seawater from himself, sat beside the Saintess, and said, "I’ve checked all these islands, but so far I haven’t found anything suspicious. On the most suspect ones, one turned out to be a drug dealers’ haven, another controlled by the Underworld, but neither seemed related to the Noah’s Ark Organization."

"So does that mean our information might be wrong?" the Saintess asked.

"The information likely isn’t wrong... it’s possible Noah’s Ark abandoned this place," Li Yifei suggested.

"Let’s head back and verify it further," the Saintess said.

"Alright," Li Yifei replied, getting up to steer the boat.

The information shouldn’t be wrong, so... where did things go awry? Back at home, Li Yifei had people reorganize the data and searched through it again with the Saintess.

"Wait, I think I know!" The Saintess said, holding two maps. She showed Li Yifei the first map taken fifty years ago and the second from three years ago. Both maps depicted the same sea area. Upon enlargement, many islands were marked. Fifty years ago, the islands were unclaimed, belonging to the government. On the map from three years ago, most were labeled with names, indicating they had been bought and privatized.

Li Yifei glanced over the maps without noticing anything, but the Saintess pointed to a spot on the two maps and said, "Look here, this small island at the very edge—there was an island here fifty years ago, but it’s not on the current map!"

Li Yifei looked over and found it was indeed like that. He raised his head, exchanged glances with the Saintess, and said, "It seems this is the place. Those people used some methods to conceal this small island!"

Li Yifei could still remember passing by here by boat from a distance. If there was a small island, it would be impossible not to see it. But at that time, he didn’t see any island there. Recalling the appearance of the Island of All Beings, Li Yifei understood the purpose of those people.

Thinking of this, Li Yifei praised, "Dear, you’re really smart!"

"Is there a reward?" the Saintess asked.

"Yes, of course, there’s a reward!" Li Yifei immediately replied.

After a long kiss, Li Yifei put away the map and destroyed the other documents. He also searched online and, within the limited information, confirmed that there used to be an island in that place. The person who posted was a fisherman who had once been to that island while fishing, but later, for some reason, he could no longer find it, prompting the fisherman to post a question online.

"This is the place!" Li Yifei confirmed again.

"Let’s rest today and go tomorrow!" the Saintess said.

"Yes, but we need to make some preparations. Tomorrow, as usual, I’ll scout ahead. If it truly is one of the Noah’s Ark’s bases, then we’ll land on the island together and see if we can find any information about Noah’s Ark’s stronghold.

"So, dear, let’s put these things aside for now and go take a bath and sleep!" the Saintess suggested.

Li Yifei tossed away the things in his hand, gave a mischievous smile at the Saintess, and asked, "Shall we bathe together?"

The Saintess raised her hand, touched Li Yifei’s face, and said with a charming smile, "What do you think?"

"Bathing together would better foster our relationship," Li Yifei replied.

"Sure, let’s bathe together. It’s been a long time since someone helped scrub my back!" the Saintess said coyly.

Li Yifei let out a sound, gave a few dry laughs, and said, "You should go first. I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself; you’re too tempting!"

"Haha, miss this chance, and who knows when you’ll have another." The Saintess looked at Li Yifei with bewitching eyes, licked her lips, and glanced at Li Yifei below the abdomen.

"I... darling, I surrender!" Li Yifei admitted defeat, raising his hands in surrender. The Saintess laughed triumphantly, turned, and went upstairs first. Li Yifei watched the enchanting figure, feeling extraordinarily tempted, licked his dry lips, and muttered, "Pained but happy, pained but happy!"

Hugging such a peerless beauty, able to kiss and touch but not eat, Li Yifei, as a mentally and physically healthy man, was genuinely tormented by this. He could only try to control his emotions to avoid getting too excited and attracting the Worm.

The next day, Li Yifei and the Saintess prepared themselves and sailed the boat two or three nautical miles away from the small island. Even with the help of binoculars, nothing could be seen from this distance, as if the island had vanished into thin air.

Li Yifei took off his clothes, put them into a special bag, and placed the Mohist War Blade inside as well, then said to the Saintess, "Wait for me on the boat. If there’s a Formation Method, wait for me to contact you once I’m ashore!"

"Alright! Be careful!" the Saintess said.

Just as Li Yifei was about to dive in, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Even if I don’t contact you, don’t worry. Formation Methods are mystical things and may block signals."

"I’ll wait here for you. I won’t leave if you don’t come back!" the Saintess replied.

Two or three nautical miles seemed quite a distance. If it were an ordinary person swimming in the water, even if they had the stamina, it would take a long time. But for Li Yifei, it was much easier. He directly submerged dozens of meters to the seabed, walking and naturally running on the ocean floor.

The fish in this sea area had opened their eyes wide, seeing a creature not of the sea sprinting on the seabed, astonishing countless varieties of marine life.

Seeing the seabed rising, Li Yifei felt a surge of joy, meaning there might indeed be an island not far away. Still, he remained cautious, worried about triggering any possible Formation Method.

If there is indeed an island here, and it’s equipped with a Formation Method, wouldn’t it be similar to the Island of All Beings... Just verifying these would instantly confirm that this is one of Noah’s Ark bases.

Li Yifei slowed his pace, just about to take two steps, when a shadow suddenly darted from the back at an angle. Li Yifei quickly shifted to avoid the shadow’s attack.

This was a massive shark, over three meters long, a notorious great white shark. Its sharp teeth and distinctive appearance were unmistakable. Li Yifei steadied himself and, instead of killing the shark, backed away a few steps, radiating an imposing presence to make the shark sense danger and leave on its own.

The presence of sharks in this sea area wasn’t surprising. However, Li Yifei was soon slightly taken aback because it wasn’t just one shark; there were many sharks here, like a whole school of sharks.