Lu Zixun activated the Heavenly Eye and his whiskers twitched.
Claws shot out from the pads as he launched himself at lightning speed, slashing the throats of all the STO members.
"System prompt sound—detected fear value from the Parasitic Beast +500."
"System prompt sound—detected fear value from the Blood Worm +500."
"System prompt sound—detected fear value from the Parasitic Beast +500."
These members had all been parasitized by Abnormal Creatures, feigning battle for clearly sinister motives.
Their intention was to doom anyone coming to their aid.
Looking at the ground, where Abnormal Creatures crawled out of human corpses, Xiong Kang’s eyes were filled with pain.
Sub-sword flew, slaying all the Abnormal Creatures, and Xiong Kang took two steps forward to lift up Lu Zixun.
"Things have gotten complicated."
Turning and jumping onto Xiong Kang’s shoulder, Lu Zixun spoke gravely, "This temporary base might have been breached. Isn’t the old man here?"
Upon hearing this, Xiong Kang shook his head and walked towards the base, "When I left the base to help, Elder Zeng was inside. Something must have happened after I left."
Dismissing Xiong Kang with a glance, Lu Zixun thought, isn’t that obvious, even an Insightful Person could see that.
Approaching the detection gate, Xiong Kang took out his silver badge and scanned it.
With a "beep," the metal door swung open.
As the door opened, several firearms targeted Xiong Kang, and the bandaged Zeng Haoyang stared emotionlessly at both Xiong Kang and Lu Zixun.
"System prompt sound—detected suspicion value from Yang Ding +500."
"System prompt sound—detected Killing Intent Value from Lin Zihua +2000."
"System prompt sound—detected disappointment value from Lin Qiang +500."
A dense array of system prompt sounds erupted, irritating Lu Zixun.
However, seeing that Zeng Haoyang was still alive, Lu Zixun couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The metal doors slowly closed, and the Mother and Child Dual Swords returned to the sheaths inside his arms, with Xiong Kai bowing to Zeng Haoyang.
Raising his hand and rubbing his temples, Zeng Haoyang, looking quite troubled, sighed, "Xiao Kangning, why did you bring the Orange Cat back, how can you prove your identity ?"
"Only I can wield the Mother and Child Dual Swords as if they are extensions of my own limbs."
Without resenting Zeng Haoyang’s suspicion, Xiong Kang calmly stated, "As for the Orange Cat, if it hadn’t seen the rescue signal and come to save me, I would have died in the commercial district."
"The human identity verification device has been damaged, and identities cannot be confirmed now..."
After explaining the situation, Zeng Haoyang pursed his lips, "And with Orange Cat’s previous action of killing Long Xuan, I regret that I must confine you for now. Once the equipment is repaired, I will come to find you."
"System prompt sound—detected fear value from Lu Yun +500."
"System prompt sound—detected teasing value from Lin Zihua +2000."
"System prompt sound—detected hatred value from Long Yixin +1000."
Having already scanned the area with the Heavenly Eye, Lu Zixun’s gaze settled on Lin Zihua.
He was a human parasitized by a High-level Blood Worm, and his presence in the base might well replicate the situation in Chunhua City’s STO branch.
But now, with Zeng Haoyang’s distrust, if Lu Zixun were to strike down Lin Zihua now, he might be killed on the spot by Zeng Haoyang.
"Alright, I understand."
Regarding Zeng Haoyang’s decision, Xiong Kang harbored no dissatisfaction.
After nodding slightly in greeting, he took the initiative to lead Lu Zixun towards the confinement room.
In the long and quiet corridor, as Lu Zixun was about to speak to Xiong Kang about his discovery, he heard Xiong Kang let out a deep sigh.
Surprised, Lu Zixun quickly said, "The old man is doing this for our own good, don’t think too much!"
Nodding slightly and looking back at the corridor they had come from, Xiong Kang lowered his voice, "People parasitized by abnormal creatures have appeared inside the base. Elder Zeng’s intention is for us to investigate."
Hearing this, Lu Zixun seemed a bit confused, as Xiong Kang had deduced this from something Zeng Haoyang had said.
Seeing the obviously perplexed Lu Zixun, Xiong Kang couldn’t help but laugh, "Indeed, humans are quite complex for a cat."
Before Lu Zixun could speak, Xiong Kang continued, "The human identity detection device has been damaged, which indicates it was done deliberately. Also, Elder Zeng mentioned that you killed Long Xuan, whose identity was an abnormal creature. Do you understand now?"
Still somewhat dazed, Lu Zixun nodded, vaguely understanding Xiong Kang’s meaning.
During his recent conversation with Zeng Haoyang, although it seemed that he was only casting doubt on a man and a cat, it actually had a deeper implication.
It was to inform them of the presence of abnormal creatures in the base, as for why to go to the confinement room...
It was only in the confinement room that they could lower the vigilance of that abnormal creature.
Raising his arm to touch his ear, Lu Zixun licked his nose, "This is so complicated, but I’ve already found that abnormal creature."
Just as Xiong Kang was about to ask how Lu Zixun had discovered it, he suddenly remembered the scene where Lu Zixun had hesitated to strike at the sto members outside, and he suddenly realized: "Can you sense which humans are parasitized by abnormal creatures?"
Thinking of the capabilities of Heavenly Eye, Lu Zixun didn’t hesitate to reply.
"Picked up a treasure, picked up a treasure."
He murmured excitedly to himself.
Just as Lu Zixun was wondering if Xiong Kang had gone mad, he saw Xiong Kang continue to walk towards the confinement room with a calm expression.
Now it was Lu Zixun’s turn to be a bit confused, wondering if Xiong Kang didn’t trust him, or what else it could mean.
They entered the confinement room and closed the iron door, the dim light shining through the gaps in the iron bars.
Lu Zixun suddenly wanted to lean on the window and sing a song of Iron Window Tears.
"Are you sure your ability won’t make a mistake?"
While Lu Zixun’s thoughts were running wild, a doubting voice from Xiong Kang reached his ears.
"Ding—Detected suspicion from Xiong Kang +3000."
Jumping onto the washbasin and washing his paws, Lu Zixun said earnestly, "Trust me, it’s impossible to be wrong."
Crossing his arms over his knees, Xiong Kang took a deep breath, "If that’s the case, we need to be even more cautious, we must not expose this ability of yours."
Turning his head back doubtfully to look at Xiong Kang, Lu Zixun was somewhat confused, "Why should we do this?"
"Do you know why sto has been fighting abnormal creatures for five years, yet no winner has been declared?"
This meaningful question caused Lu Zixun to fall into contemplation.
After a while, Lu Zixun hesitantly said, "Parasitic capability?"
Nodding slightly, with sorrow in his eyes, Xiong Kang said, "It’s precisely because of this that sto has to be extremely cautious."
Inside the corridor leading to the confinement room, came the "thud thud" sound of combat boots making contact with the floor.