"Alright. Where are you? We can look for a place to talk about your latest discovery."
"It's too late. I'm on my way to Spirit Creation Creatures. I suspect that the person has already taken action," Meng Chao said while gasping for breath.
"Originally, the person might not have taken action so soon. There's a high possibility that after the storm caused by the murderous pets in Blessed Paradise is over, Xie Xiaolei will quietly disappear or die in an accident before he goes to Drizzle Studio. Then, this person's suspicions will be reduced to the lowest.
"But Xie Xiaolei already knows everything. He will definitely go back to the company to investigate and become suspicious of this person.
"I believe that this person is constantly monitoring Xie Xiaolei's movements. Once he notices some clues, he will immediately attack first. This is why I can't contact Xie Xiaolei.
"I have to immediately go to Spirit Creation Creatures and stop this person from harming Xie Xiaolei. If Xie Xiaolei is already dead, I can't give him the time to destroy or move his corpse."
"Then, what do you want me to do? Call the police?"
Lu Siya asked. "Through my connections in Sky Pillar Corporation, I can contact the police in Nine Sands University City and send an elite squad to Spirit Creation Creatures. But they don't have concrete evidence and no one has reported the case, so they don't have the right to conduct a full search.
"At the end of the day, Xie Xiaolei's murder is just your guess. It's not a big deal that his phone was switched off. An adult like him will only be investigated after he's been missing for more than forty-eight hours. And before they find blood, murder weapons, or a suspect with a clear motive, it's impossible for him to go missing to become an intentional murder."
"That's why I'm not counting on the police," Meng Chao said.
"It's not just because of the reasons you mentioned. More importantly, I have a high suspicion that we're about to face a really dangerous criminal. Let's not talk about how intelligent he is for now. He or it has fighting strength equivalent to the White Spirit. Normal police officers won't be able to handle him, and they'll just die in vain.
"I hope that you can immediately report this to the abnormal beast research department and send real elites. Otherwise, even if we expose the murderer's true identity, there's a high possibility that we'll end up with collateral damage or that he'll escape!"
Lu Siya was silent for a few seconds.
"Meng Chao, I really have to hand it to you. You managed to deduce so many things from such small clues that can't even be considered suspicious.
"But even if I'm willing to share the credit with my colleagues in the abnormal beast research department, where's the proof?
"Up until now, we don't have the slightest bit of evidence to prove that this matter is related to 'exotic beasts'!
"Even if the culprit and victim Jin Yongqiang was really killed by a third person during the case of the murderous pets in Blessed Paradise, that third person can't be said to have combat power that can compare to the White Spirit, right?"
Meng Chao said nothing.
He ignored the passersby's gazes and charged forward at full speed. He pushed the speed of a two-star superhuman to its limits and seized every second he had to run to Nine Sands University City.
"Good, good, good!"
"I really don't know what's gotten into me that I'm willing to go crazy with you. In fact, it's not enough that I was deceived by you once. This time, for some strange reason, I believe you.
"How about this? I'll go to Spirit Creation Creatures with you, okay? If we work together, we can even suppress a Hell Beast. "
"No," Meng Chao said stiffly.
Meng Chao said stiffly. "Either you bring the elites from the abnormal beast research department with you, or you don't come. If my instincts are correct, this abnormal beast lurking in Spirit Creation Creatures is definitely not something that a two-star superhuman like me and a half-assed Heaven Realm superhuman like you can handle. If you come alone, you'll just end up killing yourself."
"You —" Meng Chao said stiffly.
"You have to at least give me some proof, right?"
Meng Chao felt a sharp pain in his head.
It was as if there was a super Giant Sandworm raging in his brain.
The progress of the Mystery of the Supernatural Entities created by Kindling had increased to 9%.
"Trust me."
He gritted his teeth. "Trust me, just like how you chose the path to escape underground!"
Lu Siya fell silent again.
"I can trust you and ask for reinforcements from the abnormal beast research department," she said seriously.
"But you have to think this through. Without any proof, we can only spend a lot of resources and forcefully mobilize the elites of the abnormal beast research department once.
"If we really manage to get something, we'll be happy. I'll have the chance to climb to a higher position in the abnormal beast research department, and I'll help you find more clues about the White Spirit.
"But if we go to war but end up empty-handed and Xie Xiaolei appears in one piece, it will prove that you're just being paranoid, and I'm stupid enough to believe you. Then, I'll become a joke in the abnormal beast research department, and I won't be able to get in touch with core and top-secret cases and information anymore."
"I understand. I promise you that there's definitely something strange about Spirit Creation Creatures. Trust me!" Meng Chao shouted.
"Alright. Give me an hour. I'll mobilize a group of people over. We'll meet up near Spirit Creation Creatures," Lu Siya said.
"There's no time. I'll enter Spirit Creation Creatures to take a look. I can't give them time to move and destroy the carcass," Meng Chao said.
"I believe that you have a way to track and locate my phone. Remember, they're really dangerous. Don't be careless!"
"Hey, Meng Chao, don't do anything stupid! Hey?" Lu Siya raised her voice.
Meng Chao cut off the call.
He had already arrived at the entrance of Spirit Creation Creatures.
Today, Spirit Creation Creatures was clearly much quieter than usual.
The building was usually brightly lit, but today, less than one-third of the lights were switched on.
The Giant Sandworms that should have been bred in the hatching pond were also lurking in the mud lazily. They had lost their usual liveliness.
Meng Chao had been coming to Spirit Creation Creatures often recently, so he was familiar with the security guards, receptionists, and some of the technicians.
The security guards in the duty room were familiar with him. When they saw that he was panting and drenched in sweat, they found it strange, but they did not stop him.
When he arrived at the front desk, the number of receptionists was also reduced by half. Fortunately, the employee on duty knew Meng Chao. She stood up and said, "Mister Meng, what are you doing?"
"I'm here for President Xie. It's urgent. Is he in the company?" Meng Chao asked straightforwardly.
The employee hesitated for a moment before she said, "Don't you have an appointment? I'll give President Xie a call."
Meng Chao called twice, but the phone was busy. He switched to another line and exchanged a few words with the employee at the front desk. "I'm sorry, Mister Meng, but President Xie isn't in today."
"Yeah."
Meng Chao looked around. "Is there anything going on in the company today? It seems like there are fewer people than usual."
The employee thought about it and said, "Since the company has been too busy over the past few days, everyone has been really tense. Over the past few days, things have finally settled down, and the company has given us shifts to take leave."
"I see."
Meng Chao was deep in thought. "So, you've been here the entire day. Didn't you see President Xie?"
The employee hesitated. She did not know whether she should answer.
But Meng Chao could read the answer from her expression.
"Then, is Director Gao around?"
Meng Chao asked. "I'd like to meet Director Gao. Can I?"
The employee called the research center's internal number.
She whispered a few words, stood up, and said, "Director Gao is in the lab. Please come with me."
The number of researchers in the lab was also reduced by two-thirds compared to usual, so it looked a little empty and even eerie.
Through the transparent glass, Meng Chao could see a huge Giant Sandworm lying horizontally in a sunken indoor hatching pool.
This thing was much bigger than the one Meng Chao had seen in Trash Site 4. It was also much uglier. Not only did its mouth have rings of sharp and sturdy fangs, there were also four long cracks around its mouth. In other words, its mouth could open to the max at any moment, just like the Slit-mouthed Anaconda or the Man-eating Flower. The largest prey it could eat had instantly increased by several levels.
Aside from that, it was also covered in lumpy sarcomas and osteomas. It looked like it was wearing a layer of lumpy armor, and there were rows of fine spikes growing out of the armor to increase its grip and agility. Of course, when it rubbed against its prey, it could also tear off a large piece of flesh.
This thing was completely different from normal Giant Sandworms.
Instead, it was getting closer to the Supernatural Entity Meng Chao had seen in his nightmares.
He had already guessed the answer.
But when he saw this thing, Meng Chao could not help but sigh.
Fortunately, this thing had not been completely modified yet.
It was still connected to a lot of cables and nutrient tubes that injected high speed growth hormone, gene medicine, and strengthened nutritional fluid into its body.
It also used spirit energy and bioelectricity to stimulate its body to speed up the formation of its neural network so that it reached an unprecedented level of complexity.
A few researchers busied themselves around it. It lay obediently in the hatching pool, and it did not seem any different from the normal Giant Sandworms in the open-air hatching pools outside.
Meng Chao saw Gao Ye in a lab that overlooked the entire sunken hatching pool. He was one of the co-creators of Spirit Creation Creatures, the second-in-command, and the technical director of the lab.
This maverick was still curled up in his wheelchair like an incomplete prawn, and compared to the last time Meng Chao saw him, he looked even more haggard. Even his skin was a little gray and dried up.
There was not much flesh on his face to begin with, and right now, he looked like a living skeleton with a layer of skin wrapped around it.
Only his eyes shone brightly, and the flames of his life burned incredibly brightly. It was as if all his flesh and blood were used as fuel to fill up his career and determination.
At that moment, there was a huge superbrain over his head. It was like a complicated and strange helmet that was connected to a lot of wires. They went from the huge computing terminal in the lab to the large number of monitors and modulators in the sunken hatching pool.
This half-human, half-machine appearance made him look like the prisoner of machines that Meng Chao hated.
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