Song Jinbo described the situation vividly.
Meng Chao broke out in cold sweat as he listened.
"Bullet Xue Rui's screams made Rattlesnake Xiang Wei break out in cold sweat. He wanted to stop you, but it was already too late. Besides, his arm was a bloody mess, so it was impossible for him to be your opponent," Song Jinbo continued.
Song Jinbo continued, "He could only bear with it and lay low in the depths of the ruins, not even daring to breathe loudly. It wasn't until you dragged Xue Rui's corpse far away that he dared to continue crawling out.
"Fortunately, he was lucky and managed to escape from Leprosy Village safely. That's why he was able to spread this shocking news to the other gangs so that we could be wary of you!"
"…"
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath and sorted out his chaotic thoughts. "This is just Xiang Wei's side of the story. In any case, there's no third person who saw it. Even if he says that I cut Xue Rui into pieces and ate him alive, it's fine.
"On the other hand, I can also say that Rattlesnake Xiang Wei is the abnormal beast's puppet and is intentionally framing a good person. How can you tell whether it's true or not?
"Song Jinbo, this concerns the future of the lair and all of Dragon City. We can't just believe Xiang Wei's words unconditionally just because he's a lair member like you, right?"
"We're not that stupid. Of course we won't believe anyone's side of the story."
Song Jinbo smiled coldly. "But what if Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong is added to Rattlesnake Xiang Wei?"
This time, Meng Chao was truly shocked. He cried out, "What?!"
"If Xiang Wei is a lair member and might frame you, Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong is a veteran hunter from the outside world. He's the leader of the hunting squad and has nothing to do with us. Instead, he's your temporary commander. You can believe his words, right?" Song Jinbo said coldly.
Meng Chao could not believe it. "Did Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong see me kill Bullet Xue Rui?"
"No," Song Jinbo said.
"Zhou Chong was also badly injured in the explosion. He lost an arm and a leg and practically lost his mobility. He could only lurk in the ruins to heal his wounds.
"While he was quietly healing himself, he accidentally saw you and Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang whispering to each other.
"Zhou Chong said that you and Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang fought fiercely in the beginning.
"But after the explosion, the two of you whispered to each other, as if you were plotting something. Then, the two of you laughed at the same time and split up.
"Excuse me, how do you explain this? Could it be that Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong and Rattlesnake Xiang Wei were seeing things at the same time?"
Meng Chao's eyes twitched.
His mind was in a mess.
After the explosion, he did run into Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang.
He even personally beheaded this peerless villain who had committed a heinous crime.
How could he have whispered to Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang and come up with some scheme?
Unfortunately, Bloody Slaughter Gao Yang's corpse had already disappeared into the burning ruins. Perhaps even his ashes had been blown away by the wind.
There was no way to explain this matter.
"Even if Rattlesnake Xiang Wei and Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong were seeing things, what about Snake Eye Mo Lan?"
Song Jinbo continued. "You thought that you killed Mo Lan, but you didn't expect that she had practiced a unique secret technique that allowed her to move her organs at will. You pierced her chest, but you didn't stab her heart. It might have been difficult, but she still managed to survive and escape from Leprosy Village. That's enough to prove your crimes!"
Snake Eye Mo Lan was also a veteran hunter in the hunter circle. She had fought against Meng Chao during adaptive training, and both of them were killed in the explosion.
"Even Mo Lan was attacked by 'me'?" Meng Chao could not believe it.
"If it wasn't you, who else could it have been?"
Song Jinbo said. "Snake Eye Mo Lan said that you used the same method you used against Bullet Xue Rui. You pretended to be crushed by the ruins and shouted for help to attract the veteran hunters and gang members around you so that you could kill them one by one.
"In the beginning, Mo Lan was indeed fooled and wanted to save you from the ruins.
"But her senses were really sharp. At a critical moment, she sensed the indistinct killing intent from your body and avoided your fatal attack in time.
"Then, you chased after her and fled through the ruins. There were a few times when you stabbed her in her vitals. Fortunately, she practiced the Great Organ Shifting Skill, or else she would have died a long time ago.
"In the end, she staked everything and pretended that you stabbed her in the heart. At the same time, she gathered up the last of her spirit energy and struck the pillars supporting the broken walls around you, causing the reinforced concrete above your heads to collapse. Then, she used thousands of tons of ruins to separate you from each other.
"You thought that she was definitely going to die, and you were in a hurry to kill the others, which was why she managed to escape.
"What do you think? Rattlesnake Xiang Wei, Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong, and Snake Eye Mo Lan, one of them is a powerful fighter from a sect, and the other two are veteran hunters. They have no grudge against you, so it's impossible for them to frame you for no reason at all, right?"
It was only then that Meng Chao understood why Rattlesnake Xiang Wei flew into a rage when he saw him as if he had killed his father.
His mind raced, and he instantly thought of the Vortex's plan.
"Have you ever thought about the possibility that …" Meng Chao said cautiously.
"What Xiang Wei, Zhou Chong, and Mo Lan saw wasn't me at all. It was someone else who pretended to be me. There are plenty of high-tech methods now that can allow people to change their appearance and imitate the real person."
"We've naturally thought about this possibility before," Song Jinbo said.
"But while we can imitate a person's face, it's incredibly difficult to imitate a person's tactical style and the ripples in their spirit energy magnetic fields.
"Snake Eye Mo Lan said that before she entered the lair, she fought against you during the adaptive training, and your tactical style left a deep impression on her. She was 90% sure that the person who tried to lure her to death in the ruins was you!"
"It's not that I can't imitate tactical styles …" Meng Chao forced himself to say.
"Then, what about fingerprints, hair fibers, and blood samples?"
Song Jinbo had a mocking look on his face as he said, "Snake Eye Mo Lan fought you fiercely, and there are quite a lot of traces of you left on her body. After the investigation, we found your fingerprints and blood on her weapon. We also found your hair fibers in her fingernails.
"Save it, Meng Chao. The evidence is clear. No matter how you argue, no one will believe you!"
The temperature in the shelter seemed to have instantly dropped by dozens of degrees Celsius.
Meng Chao felt as if he had stepped into a bottomless freezer, and the chill traveled from his feet to his throat.
When superhumans took gene medicine, high-calorie nutritional fluid, and used medical cabins, they paid a lot of attention to details.
Based on a person's cultivation realm, blood type, and different characteristics, they usually had to adjust the components of gene medicine and the frequency of the spirit energy magnetic field pulses they sent into the medical cabins to achieve the perfect treatment.
Hence, superhumans were used to organizing their physiological parameters into a health card. Before they carried out a mission, they would hand it to the medical staff ahead of time to prepare for any accidents.
This time, the gangs provided logistical support for the mission.
Since the mission was rather dangerous, the gangs had prepared the best medical facilities a long time ago.
Meng Chao and the other veteran hunters had also provided their physiological parameters, the gene medicine they usually used, and other information.
Hence, the gangs had been able to compare their fingerprints, blood samples, and hair fibers so quickly. In the end, they found the "real culprit".
"I understand."
Meng Chao was silent for a while before he sighed. "Did you think that I was bewitched by the abnormal beasts and betrayed Dragon City?"
It was no wonder then why the commander of the garrison had ignored him when he was at the river of trash.
But right after he crossed the river of trash, he was ambushed by so many gangs.
"Isn't that the case?"
Song Jinbo smiled coldly. "You mentioned just now that the disguise technology is very advanced. With just a little bit of effort and skill, anyone can disguise themselves as you. That's not wrong.
"But the better the disguise, the more time is needed to perfect it.
"If you want to disguise yourself to the point where Xiang Wei, Zhou Chong, and Mo Lan won't be able to tell whether you're real or fake, and you also have to prepare your fingerprints, blood, and hair samples beforehand, it's definitely not something that can be done within a few hours, right?
"You have to understand that Zhou Chong and Mo Lan are your teammates. They've fought against you before, so they're pretty familiar with you.
"But based on what Zhou Chong and Mo Lan said, you joined the hunting squad last night. Before this, no one knew that you would enter the lair!
"So? Could it be that someone predicted the future and meticulously disguised themselves as you before you joined the hunting squad to frame you?"
"…"
Meng Chao had nothing to say.
"There's something else that's really strange," Song Jinbo said.
"Based on what Zhou Chong and Mo Lan said, this mission is complicated and dangerous. We're fighting in the lair. Forget about the problem of whether we can kill the monsters and robbers, even if we manage to kill the target and cause a lot of innocent people to die, the storm of public opinion will be enough to tear the members of the operation to shreds.
"They're all lifelong employees of the insurance companies and enjoy high benefits and company annuities. Because of this operation, they even received a large amount of special allowance, which is why they're willing to take the place of the secret police and the abnormal beast research department to dismantle the mine and take the blame.
"But what about you?
"This matter clearly has nothing to do with you. As the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City, you have a great future ahead of you. There's no reason for you to look for trouble or even seek your own death.
"If you wanted to be a hero, you could have joined the pitched battle at the borders of Dragon City and killed monsters in a grand manner so that you could stand in the limelight. Isn't that what a superhuman at your age would want to do?
"Why did you run over for no reason and fall into the bottomless pit of the lair with Zhou Chong and the others?"
"…" Meng Chao said gravely.
"Because I'm a chivalrous, warm-hearted person who doesn't care about personal benefits and only cares about helping others. I have no interest in being a hero or standing in the limelight. I only want to contribute to Dragon City's future in the most dangerous and complicated battlefront!"
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