Beyond oil and gas, the Chen family also controls a listed automotive company; the BMW I bought was assembled at their factory. Seeing that Yao Yao wanted even nails, Chen Lu asked her if she needed a car. Yao Yao said no, but it would be great if she could procure some dogs.
"Dogs are also easy to handle," Chen Lu said proudly. "I know a small boss at a stud farm who used to chase me, but I found him smelly, hahaha!"
"Dog smell isn't that strong," the fox spirit chuckled. "You haven't smelled a wild fox!"
"But you smell fragrant!" Chen Lu leaned on the fox spirit's shoulder, inhaling deeply, her face full of adoration.
Chen Lu's mother hadn't quite grasped the logic between these two sentences. Fearing exposure of the fox spirit's identity, I immediately stated the urgency of the situation, urging Chen Lu and the fox spirit to go and return quickly.
Yao Yao was responsible for defense. On the offensive side, she asked me to take the lead. On the way, I had contacted Shen Xingyue, requesting detailed information about the Song family. She asked me what I needed it for, and I didn't hide anything, briefly explaining the ins and outs of the conflict and emphasizing that our actions were for self-preservation.
Since our opponents were demon hunters, Shen Xingyue wouldn't stop us and said she would have Helan Xue send it to me later.
Just as Chen Lu and the fox spirit left the villa, Helan Xue's WeChat message arrived, informing me that the information had been sent to my email—the data was too large to be transmitted via WeChat.
I opened the email on my phone. The text was too small and dense, and there were many files. I didn't know which one to look at first, so I asked Chen Lu's mother if I could use her computer. Chen Lu's mother led me to Chen Lu's room upstairs. There was a desktop computer on her desk with a curved, very large screen, likely used for gaming.
Opening the computer and reviewing the information, I was surprised by the extreme detail in the description of the Mohe Group. Shabiya had certainly earned her high salary, having done her homework. However, after reading it, I felt a bit uneasy. I hadn't expected Mohe's strength to be so formidable; they had eight experts at or above the Purple Qi level, known in the martial world as the "Mohe Eight Vajras," each leading a demon hunting team.
Their weaponry and equipment were also advanced, almost rivaling the armed forces of a small nation.
Furthermore, in addition to personnel and weapons, they even had demon members as a demon hunter organization. Shabiya stated that evidence indicated Mohe commanded at least three "Great Demons," meaning demons at the Blue Qi level. However, Yao Yao had told me that demons and humans couldn't be judged by the same standards. For humans, seven colors corresponded to seven levels of strength. But some demons, despite not having a high color aura level, were not necessarily weak, as a demon's combat power also depended on its animal form's fighting capabilities. Under the same aura level, a tiger demon's strength would definitely surpass a fox demon's, and a fox demon's would surpass an鼬 demon's. If any of these encountered an elephant demon, they would certainly lose; even all three combined wouldn't be able to defeat one. Therefore, demons and humans couldn't be directly compared.
Thus, the strength of Mohe's three Blue Qi level demons was impossible to estimate, as Shabiya didn't know their specific species.
Despite their formidable strength, Mohe's information security was extremely poor. The location of their headquarters and the "troop deployment" there were completely uncovered by Shabiya.
The location was in Siping City, an adjacent province to Shengjing City. I had seen this city in history books; it was the site of many major battles during the Yanxia unification war. Judging by the map, it should be a strategic and transportation hub.
The Mohe headquarters was located at the foot of a mountain in the eastern suburbs of Siping. The mountain's name was rather ominous: Duantou Mountain (Beheaded Mountain), likely related to its shape. I found that northeasterners were particularly casual when naming geographical locations, some being lazy, like Yidao Gou, Erdao Gou, Sanda Gou (One Ditch, Two Ditch, Three Ditch), Sili River, Wuli River, Shili River (Four Li River, Five Li River, Ten Li River); some were based on colloquialisms, like Gaha Village, Qu'na Town; and some directly described features, like Ddengxiang (Great Cold Town), Naitou Mountain (Nipple Mountain), Tuweiba Reservoir (Rabbit Tail Reservoir).
The specific location of the headquarters was within a "vineyard" at the foot of the mountain, covering a large area, surrounded by actual vineyards. In the center of the vineyard lay a large manor, nestled against mountains on three sides and facing a reservoir on one. Judging by the description, the feng shui should be quite good...