Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant
Chapter 559 - 362: Confronting Shi Hongyi

Chapter 559: Chapter 362: Confronting Shi Hongyi

The phone’s ring echoed in the spacious and elegantly simple bedroom. After ringing for over ten seconds, a delicate white hand reached out from under the covers.

Zhao Manying glanced at the phone screen, sat up straight, and revealed her stunning figure.

"Who is it?"

Still lying behind her, Ji Xinghuo had also woken up with half-closed eyes.

After attending Emperor Star Club’s championship celebration party last night and continuing to party with Zhao Manying until almost dawn, he complained, "Calling so early in the morning, disturbing one’s sweet dreams." As he spoke, a hand reached under the covers, feeling the firm elasticity.

"It’s my mom," Zhao Manying replied.

Ji Xinghuo’s hand instantly paused, his face showing some embarrassment, as he had been with Man Ying for more than a year and had yet to meet her mother.

Zhao Manying chuckled, casually slipping on one of Ji Xinghuo’s shirts before answering the call.

"Hello, Mom."

The phone projected an extremely beautiful woman, whose facial features were around sixty percent similar to Zhao Manying’s, but she appeared to be much older, about in her forties. One could immediately tell that she and Zhao Manying were mother and daughter.

Ji Xinghuo often saw her and her family’s photos on Zhao Manying’s phone.

All members of the Zhao Manying family were handsome men and beautiful women.

Her father was a super handsome guy before he passed away, and her mother, Zhuo Yanran, was also a top-tier beauty. Man Ying herself was a perfect blend of her parents’ excellent genes. When she first became famous, her unprecedented beauty made a global sensation, capturing countless fans.

Previously, when Zhao Manying talked on the phone with her mom, Ji Xinghuo would always stay out of the frame, not knowing much about Zhuo Yanran.

Zhuo Yanran worked in the fashion industry and owned a clothing design company.

She was the epitome of an independent woman. After her husband’s death, she quickly moved on from her grief. Once her children were grown, she devoted her attention to her business. The company expanded and operated well.

And Zhuo Yanran herself became a somewhat renowned fashion designer in the industry.

But at this moment,

Zhuo Yanran’s face showed urgency, "Manying, is Cangming with you?"

"No," Zhao Manying hesitated, "He went home after the party ended last night. He’s not here. What happened?"

Zhuo Yanran quickly said, "I had an appointment with him to go shopping this morning, but his phone is unreachable, and he’s not at home either."

Zhao Manying’s expression immediately became serious.

Zhao Cangming wasn’t someone who liked to stand people up, let alone his own mother, whom he was very filial to. In this era, the least phone battery life was 60 days, so the possibility of being unreachable due to a dead phone was very low.

"Mom, don’t panic, I’ll ask Cangming’s friends," Zhao Manying soothed, "Maybe his phone is broken."

Zhuo Yanran nodded and ended the call.

Zhao Manying turned back to look at Ji Xinghuo, who had gotten up; they exchanged glances and saw the seriousness in each other’s eyes.

"Cangming seemed normal at the champion’s party last night," Ji Xinghuo recalled, not noticing anything unusual.

Zhao Manying said, "I’ll confirm first."

She immediately phoned a few of Zhao Cangming’s frequent friends, but the responses were all negative - he wasn’t with them.

By then, Ji Xinghuo had already dressed, "Let’s go to Cangming’s place."

"Okay."

Zhao Manying swiftly got dressed too, and Ji Xinghuo, wrapping his arm around her waist, leapt directly from the balcony. They entered supersonic flight and sped through the gaps between high-rise buildings. In less than a minute, they landed on the balcony of Zhao Cangming’s apartment building.

The two stepped into the living room and saw Zhuo Yanran.

"Manying!"

Zhuo Yanran was startled, then noticed the young man beside her daughter. Ji Xinghuo quickly introduced himself, "Auntie, I’m Ji Xinghuo, nice to meet you."

Zhuo Yanran examined him briefly and nodded slightly.

Under normal circumstances, she would have made small talk with Ji Xinghuo, but now was not the time.

Zhao Manying’s gaze swept across the apartment, trying to find some clues. Ji Xinghuo’s electromagnetic induction had already scanned the place. There was no one else in the apartment and no signs of struggle; everything was normal.

"I’ve asked all of Cangming’s friends; they don’t know where he is either," Zhao Manying said.

"I’m about to call the police," Zhuo Yanran said anxiously.

But Ji Xinghuo stopped her, "Auntie, please hold on, let me check something first."

Zhuo Yanran looked puzzled; what did he mean by checking? Zhao Manying knew Ji Xinghuo had entered the innermost power circle and had very high clearance, so she shook her head at her mother, "Mom, let’s listen to Xinghuo first."

Ji Xinghuo swiftly operated his phone.

He logged directly into the Security Department’s tracking system.

This was a surveillance network spread across the Asia-Pacific Community Country, employing billions of cameras installed in streets, public areas, vehicles, mobile facilities, and buildings, as well as orbiting satellites, to track citizens’ whereabouts in real-time. Combined with mobile signals and generated data, it created a nearly inescapable net.

As long as one was moving within the territory, one could not escape the system’s tracking and recording.

Every movement left a trace.

Ji Xinghuo entered Zhao Cangming’s name, locked onto the target, and the tracking data and results immediately appeared.

Zhao Manying and Zhuo Yanran moved closer to watch.

"This is..."

Zhuo Yanran was shocked inside.

Realizing the high level of clearance necessary to freely access a citizen’s whereabouts from the system interface, she was astounded. However, her main concern was her son’s location.

Ji Xinghuo explained, "According to the trace of Cangming’s phone signal, he didn’t go home after the party last night. Instead, he boarded a flight to South America."