Chapter Thirty-Four: Tracking

  "Alright, those who want to leave, first go and cancel your Night Star City ID cards. Then you will have nothing to do with Night Star City anymore." Fu Yan said coldly.

  "What? Cancel the ID card?" The crowd was in an uproar, never expecting that their ID cards would be cancelled. To know that an ID card is a unique and exclusive document for every individual, from which one can learn about a person's basic information. Having an ID card proves that a person has a place of belonging, and once the ID card is cancelled, that person will become a vagrant. Vagrants are unwelcome in this world. Most vagrants are heinous criminals who have no qualms about killing people in Star City, some of whom escaped from law enforcement's pursuit and were driven out of Star City to become vagrants.

  So everyone in Xingcheng hated and feared vagrants, but now they couldn't believe that they themselves would become vagrants, which was unacceptable to anyone.

  Ye Xue also tightly held Ye Chen's hand, apparently canceling the ID card made Ye Xue nervous and afraid. Ye Chen grasped Ye Xue's small hand back, smiling reassuringly at her, then shook his head to indicate that she didn't need to worry.

  "Since you don't care about Xing City, why should Xing City still keep your ID card?" Fu Yang coldly retorted. For a moment, everyone around was speechless.

  "Hmph, cancel it then, maybe this Night Star City doesn't even exist, what's the use of this ID card?" A rough-looking man coldly snorted and also walked out with his head held high.

  "Whether it exists or not is no longer relevant to you. Cancel the ID card and you can leave." Fu Xiang said lightly.

  The rough man didn't waste any words and followed the guide to go cancel his identity card. With the first person taking the lead, more and more people gradually joined in, but many were also scared off by this act of cancelling their identity cards. After all, no one wanted to become a vagrant. Perhaps Night Star City couldn't withstand the attacks of those demonic beasts, so for the time being, not a few people returned home.

  The crowd blocked at the city gate split into two halves, one half continued to want to leave the city, and the other half hesitated and walked back, many of whom were not returning home but wanted to rush to the square to learn internal skills and martial arts.

  Just then, Ye Chen finally smiled, because he had finally found Chen Tao's trail. At first, he didn't recognize him, although the bald image was quite distinctive, but there weren't few bald men here, and it wasn't easy to find Chen Tao. Not to mention that Chen Tao was carrying a large backpack, which almost covered his entire body.

  If it weren't for the movement of the crowd, Chen Tao would have turned around to look for Ye Chen, and Ye Chen wouldn't have found Chen Tao.

  "Let's go!" Ye Chen said to Ye Xue, and after Ye Xue nodded, Ye Chen pulled Ye Xue towards the direction of Chen Tao and soon met up with him.

  "Dust son, everything has been bought, but are we really going out? This is to cancel the ID card." Chen Tao said hesitantly to Ye Chen.

  "Let's go, it's not much safer here than outside, and besides, there's that place." Ye Chen said, looking into the distance, a strange expression on his face, as if that place was somewhat unusual.

  "Where is it?" Chen Tao asked curiously. A place that could make Ye Chen give up Star City must not be an ordinary place. Chen Tao knew that if Ye Chen were alone, he would definitely not leave the city. There was a lifesaver here, and even if his life was lost, Ye Chen would try to repay him in every way possible. The reason why Ye Chen could leave the city must be because it was safer outside than inside, and Ye Xue would be less likely to get hurt. As long as Ye Xue could be safe and sound, Ye Chen could give up a lot!

  "That place is a bit strange, you'll know when you get there, let's go!" Ye Chen patted Chen Tao's shoulder and said with a smile.

  "Alright, let's go take a look at that place you mentioned." Chen Tao also smiled and shook his head, the two of them didn't need to say much, they knew each other inside out, and were well aware of each other's nature, and wouldn't push each other into the fire.

  Then, Ye Chen took Ye Xue and Chen Tao to cancel their ID cards together. As the crowd left this place where they had lived for over a decade, looking back still felt somewhat sad. Although it was themselves who abandoned this place, there were unavoidable hardships.

  The outskirts are not safe, especially at this time. Perhaps there are no monsters near Star City, but once you leave Star City, on the plains, in the woods, and by the lakes, monsters will suddenly appear in places where you least expect them, and many people often die as a result. So, once you leave the city, you must be constantly vigilant.

  Ye Chen and the other two didn't have much time to feel sad, since they had already deactivated their ID cards, not a single Star City could be entered, their retreat was cut off, only by advancing bravely forward could they survive.

  There were not a few people leaving the city, and those who left had already thought of their retreat. They all had their own goals, so under the cold gaze of the guards in the city, these people dispersed one after another.

  It's not many people who can walk together for a long time, and there are almost no people who have walked together for three hours on rugged roads. If there really is such a person, then there is only one explanation for this phenomenon - being followed by someone.

  Ye Chen's face looked a bit unsightly, the three of them had been walking for more than three hours, and Ye Chen had deliberately taken a detour, taking many turns, but there were still two people following behind him at a distance, although they were hiding quite well, but to Ye Chen, who was a traveler in the dark night, it was like Lu Ban's door, playing with an axe without measuring one's strength.

  But what made Ye Chen depressed was that among the three of them, only he might have the power to fight, but after all, he was only in the third stage of the Mortal Dust Realm. Even with his sharp internal force added together, it would be roughly equivalent to a sixth-stage ordinary cultivator. As for the two behind him, just by listening to their hidden footsteps, Ye Chen could feel that they were not weak, at least above the sixth stage of the Mortal Dust Realm. It made sense, if they were too weak, how dare they run outside the city?

  In front of them was a small hill, and as Ye Chen and his two companions walked over the top, they disappeared from view.

  "Boss, why don't we just grab them and interrogate? Looking at how young they are, their abilities must not be that great." The two of them said in a low voice while following.

  "You think I don't want to, but with so many people around, making a move would be suicidal." said Hua Yun Dao, also known as the Old Master.

  "What about now? It's been such a long time, there shouldn't be anyone left, right?"

  "Now we need to pay attention to those demonic beasts, yeah, as long as we're careful, it's not hard to catch them, try not to make any noise." Huayun said after a moment of hesitation.

  "Really!" The questioner excitedly responded.

  The two of them had just crossed the mountain ridge, intending to grab Ye Chen and his companions, forcing them to reveal the location of that strange place he mentioned. But as soon as they crested the ridge, they suddenly discovered that the people they were following had vanished.

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