Chapter 1372: Chapter 541 Historical Meeting_2 Chapter 1372: Chapter 541 Historical Meeting_2 The elevator moved upwards slowly, but with no one else entering, its speed upwards wasn’t too slow. By the time the elevator stopped, Yan Fei had already reached the building’s top floor.

Looking at the corridor outside, Yan Fei felt somewhat nervous. He indeed wanted to meet the mysterious villain, but he also felt some apprehension. From the moment he knew about the existence of the mysterious villain, the villain had demonstrated overwhelming strength, and Yan Fei’s strength was nowhere near their level. Once they met, Yan Fei could likely be instantly killed by the mysterious villain.

However, Yan Fei wasn’t completely without a chance, as a Drone was hidden among the clouds atop the NRB Building, ready to launch Missiles and attack Yan Fei’s enemies should he face danger. Even if Yan Fei couldn’t withstand the enemy’s attack, he would jump off the building and return mid-air to the Drone Cockpit, escaping far from the United States mainland. If all these plans failed, Yan Fei was prepared to detonate a powerful Nuclear Weapon, perishing together with the mysterious villain…

Even though measures were already in place, Yan Fei still felt insecure as he slowly exited the elevator and stepped onto the building’s rooftop. There was a makeshift wooden room on the rooftop, completely dark inside as the lights were off.

Yan Fei cautiously entered the room, only to find it exactly as the Drone had scanned – vacant and free of any unusual items. After exiting the room, he saw nobody and nothing unusual on the rooftop either.

After finding nothing at the last suspicious location, Yan Fei felt a bit disappointed but relieved at the same time. The mysterious villain was excessively powerful, and Yan Fei was not ready yet to confront him. However, if the Drone were upgraded again, Yan Fei might have a chance to defeat the mysterious villain.

Yan Fei stood on the edge of the rooftop of the NRB Building, feeling the strong winds in the sky, and momentarily felt an impulse to ride the wind away. He looked over Los Angeles’s city area, occasionally seeing Police Helicopters patrolling the sky and police cars with sirens blazing driving on the streets. The atmosphere in Los Angeles was tense, but from here, it still dazzled with all the glamour of an international metropolis.

Although prosperous, this place was not Yan Fei’s homeland in his heart; he had no sense of belonging here, only on Dream Island could Yan Fei find peace. Just as Yan Fei was about to contact his Drone Avatar to pick him up, a strange noise suddenly resonated behind him: “Yan Fei, are you looking for me?”

Yan Fei was startled, the voice obviously came from right beside his ear, yet he had not noticed it beforehand. Yan Fei was very sensitive spiritually, he would immediately detect anyone watching him from a distance, let alone someone suddenly approaching him. The Artificial Intelligence “Dream” that was monitoring the building had also not alerted him, indicating that “Dream” too had failed to detect this person.

Yan Fei perceived the danger, his body shook rapidly, and he moved at an unbelievable high speed from where he was standing, only to see a Man in black appearing right where he was moments ago. This Man in black looked weightless, floating mid-air. His feet were invisible, his face hidden below a large hood, and his sleeves were empty, dangling like a cloaked Ghost suspended in the air, very eerie.

Yan Fei had no idea how this person had appeared, and his heart was incredibly shocked, realizing that he could have been killed instantly if this person had attacked him. Yan Fei calmed himself and asked, “You… who are you?”

The Man in black said, “Yan Fei, I am the mysterious villain you’ve been talking about. Haven’t you been looking for me?”

This Man in black spoke in Chinese, but his voice was very strange. It wasn’t produced from his vocal cords but was a sound made by vibrating the surrounding air using a special ability. Thus, his voice was neither male nor female, high nor low, completely devoid of emotions, unsettling on hearing.

Yan Fei felt a chill seeing this weird Man in black under the pitch-dark sky, as he closely resembled the ghosts from Chinese legends. Yan Fei focused, trying to see the face under the hood, but it was pure darkness underneath, nothing visible at all. Instead, the darkness seemed to have a strange allure that was drawing in Yan Fei’s spiritual power.

Yan Fei swiftly cut off his spiritual probe, breaking free from that eerie allure. He took a deep breath, steadied himself, and then immediately controlled the Drone in the sky to activate the Drone Quantum Radar, locking on to the mysterious villain, ready to launch Missiles if there was any movement.

Yan Fei confronted the Man in black and asked, “So, you are the mysterious villain? Are you the one manipulating my thoughts and actions, making me do things according to your whims?”

The man in black’s body fluttered in the wind as if it had no weight at all, his emotionless voice stating, “Indeed, everything about you is under my control, you are merely a pawn I use to change history.”

Yan Fei asked, “Can you still recognize me as Yan Fei in this guise?”

Yan Fei had altered his appearance to look like someone else; even those closest to him couldn’t recognize him. Yet, to Yan Fei’s shock, the man in black saw through his disguise instantly, prompting him to ask this critical question.

The man in black replied, “I possess the Eye of Truth, no one can disguise themselves before me. Identifying your true identity is as simple and easy for me as drinking water.”

Yan Fei fell silent for a moment before voicing the question he was most anxious about, “Was my encounter with Wen Rou also manipulated by you in the shadows?”

The man in black paused before answering, “Correct, I arranged for Wen Rou to be by your side.”

Yan Fei inquired, “But how could you be so sure that I would like Wen Rou instead of disliking her?”

The man in black stated, “My abilities exceed your imagination; I never engage in uncertainties. In fact, before you met Wen Rou, I was subtly influencing you. Every night, you would have the same dream where you’d find yourself in the scenario of meeting Wen Rou for the first time, and you would develop feelings for her. When you met her in reality, you instantly fell for her.”

Now Yan Fei understood why he had had such strange dreams before. It turned out that the mastermind behind it all had used the dreamland to influence Yan Fei’s subconscious, instilling in him the idea that he would like Wen Rou, which is why he fell in love with her at first sight.

Yan Fei paused again before asking, “Does Wen Rou know about your existence? Did she approach me with the purpose of helping you complete your task?”

The man in black responded, “My principle of doing things is to influence subtly without being noticed by the involved parties. Therefore, Wen Rou doesn’t know I exist, nor does she know about the mission she is supposed to undertake; she simply follows the path I have laid out for her. Apart from the initial dream hypnosis, the love that developed between you and Wen Rou was entirely a spontaneous emotional fusion that has nothing to do with me.”

After hearing this, Yan Fei finally relaxed. He had always feared that Wen Rou approached him with a hidden agenda, deceiving him emotionally. Now that he realized their love was pure and untainted, he could let go of this burden.

Yan Fei then asked, “Wen Rou and I were strangers before; why did she also fall for me after meeting me?”

The man in black let out a strange laugh, stating, “Yan Fei, do you think you were the only one having this strange dream?”

Yan Fei responded, “Could it be… Wen Rou also kept having this strange dream?”

The man in black confirmed, “Indeed, Wen Rou had the same dream as you, but it was primarily from her perspective, which is why she was deeply impressed by you. Once she saw you in reality, she truly fell for you.”