Langdon Hood was an absolutely loyal and standard 'know-it-all'.
He belonged to the Truth Society's Department of Mechanics and was a panic-level scholar under Director Lowell Fitch. He was very accomplished in firearms manufacturing and was a fanatic for heavy firepower.
Let me give you a hint. Director of Mechanics Fitch and Director of Alchemy Leonard were old friends who had a very good relationship. They were the ones who mocked and ridiculed each other in Andrew's office.
Because Fitch was close to Andrew before, after Andrew was impeached and put under surveillance, he was questioned and alienated by many scholars.
Moreover, the attack on Mechanical Samsara this time also meant that Fitch had committed a major dereliction of duty. If it were not for the other vice president who wanted to monopolize the power and pushed all the responsibility to Andrew, Fitch might have been directly removed from the position.
Of course, the main reason was that the 'Clay Idol' project had consumed a lot of manpower, material, and financial resources, but now, the best results had been directly snatched away.
Furthermore, the remaining experimental products, as well as the laboratories and factories, were basically destroyed. This meant that all the previous investments had become someone else's wedding dress, and they had even lost a lot of money. How could they not be angry?!
In the Truth Society, there were already a large number of people who opposed the 'Clay Idol' project. Now, they were cursing and directly canceling the 'Clay Idol' project to stop losses in time. They tilted all the resources and focused on developing the more practical exoskeleton armor.
In short, this attack made the already awkward position of the Department of Mechanics even worse. Fitch was even more disheartened. He said to the outside world that he had gone into seclusion to do research and did not care about anything for a long time.
Even Fitch's subordinates suffered. Without funds, they had no projects. Before the new project took over, they were completely idle.
Under such circumstances, the information about the bookstore that Andrew had revealed to the 'know-it-all' suddenly became the main task of these scholars. Remember: http://m.9biquge.com
In fact, even if Andrew's order was not intercepted, they still had to go to the bookstore.
For the 'know-it-all', there was nothing more fascinating than knowledge.
If there was, it would be more knowledge!
They were fanatics in general religions. They constantly chased after knowledge and obtained it by any means. They especially liked to directly plunder it from others.
Some of the people who opposed the "Knowers" even called them "Soul Suckers" to express their moral contempt for this group.
However, the "Guangzhi Faction" of the Truth Society or the Secret Ritual Tower had no way of punishing them. After all, they had only plundered knowledge and did not cause any harm to the lives, wills, or souls of these people.
And it wasn't that the knowledge of the plundered couldn't be recovered. They just needed to relearn it.
It could be said that they were a group of outlaws, and they were right on the boundary where superhumans were not allowed to attack normal people.
After all, if the actions of the "know-it-all" faction were considered a violation of the agreement, then the act of the superhumans erasing the memories of ordinary people was even more sinful.
In the Truth Society, the "Know-It-All" faction accounted for about one-twentieth of the members, while the "Know-It-All" faction, which believed that knowledge should be widely disseminated, only made up one percent.
Therefore, the "Know-It-All Faction" could even be considered as a faction that occupied a large portion of the Truth Society and could not be underestimated.
These people were not fools. Don't confuse them with the definition of ordinary people, those who were so passionate about knowledge that they couldn't even take care of themselves.
On the contrary, they were ambitious, perverse, and paranoid. They did things by hook or by crook, and even disregarded human life.
They were a group of "lunatics" through and through.
When Andrew issued the second order to intercept, a few lunatics from the "know-it-all" faction, led by Hood, were already on Street 23.
They cautiously chose to observe first.
In the information that Andrew had revealed to them, there was the fact that the strength of the owner of this bookstore was questionable. Hood was very curious about this, so the observation time was extended.
In fact, after observing for about a week and a half, Hood felt that this was indeed not in line with the normal concept of what a strong person should be like.
Other things were fine, but even the renovation of the bookstore had to be done by the Bamboo Tree Merchant Guild. This was too much. This did not look like a strong person at all!
Even if it was laziness, for a high-level strong person, wasn't this kind of thing at their fingertips?
Wouldn't it be more troublesome if they had to talk about something and put on an act for something that was just a thought?
If it was just for fun and fun, then it could be barely explained.
But it was slightly contradictory to the mysterious and unpredictable image of the bookstore owner who liked to push books to others.
Because the people from the Bamboo Tree Merchant Guild came and went in a hurry, they did not take any books with them.
The "know-it-all" faction looked for a long time and finally unanimously confirmed that these people from the Bamboo Tree Merchant Guild were specially invited to repair the house.
This was very strange.
A bold conjecture emerged in the minds of several people who were called "lunatics". Perhaps the owner of the bookstore, who was feared by many forces, was the person behind the scenes who had summoned the Ancient Elf King, but he didn't have any power.
Without power, he was not necessarily an ordinary person.
But for some reason, he might have lost or had his power restricted.
These lunatics were inexplicably excited by their discovery and were full of anticipation for the next action. After several discussions, they decided to take action tonight and sneak into the bookstore. They would first test the knowledge of the bookstore and the owner of the bookstore.
Another thing that Hood was very concerned about was the assistant of the owner of the bookstore.
Under Fitch's command, Hood naturally participated in the "Clay Idol" project.
Although his field of expertise was not in the field of creation, the "Clay Idol" project was short of people, so Hood worked in the laboratory for a while.
He had an impression of those artificial humans.
And coincidentally, he had seen this assistant before.
Hood was almost certain that the scar on the assistant's neck must have been caused by removing the barcode.
At night.
"Soul Suckers" from the Truth Society pried open the door of the bookstore. Like a group of robbers, they came to steal the most precious thing — knowledge.
"You guys stay downstairs and check the contents of the books first. Once you find something wrong, immediately retreat. Understand?"
After Hood finished giving orders, he vigilantly raised the gun in his hand and slowly walked up the stairs.
The lightweight exoskeleton armor did not make a sound. The invisible layer not only hid his whereabouts, but also made him as light as a cat and erased his breath.
The owner of the bookstore did not even set up a basic protection array. This made his guess more and more solid.
Hood carefully moved his feet and finally came to Lin Jie's bedroom.
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