[Soul Parasite]: This character is currently being parasitized by an external soul. His mind is being controlled by the Soul Swapper. Duration: Unknown.
Aesop's status bar showed his current situation.
Han Xiao immediately noticed the name 'Soul Swapper'. Clearly, this was the thing that had silently bypassed his detection device and successfully ambushed Aesop. He did not know what device it was.
He thought about it and confirmed that he had never heard of this name in his previous life. This was the first time he had seen it.
"Soul Swapper … I don't know what it does. It sounds like a mechanical device …"
Just as he was muttering in a low voice, Aesop, who was covered in sweat, suddenly froze. His pupils dilated, revealing an extremely shocked expression.
What did I just hear? Black Star actually said the words' Soul Swapper '?
How did he know the name of the Soul Swapper? Where did the information leak?
The Modo warrior soul in Aesop's body naturally did not know that Han Xiao had seen the information through the interface. The first thought that came to his mind was that the information had been leaked. His mind went blank, and he was horrified.
Han Xiao noticed his abnormal behavior. He thought to himself, Such a big reaction. This Soul Swapper probably has a big background.
Since he knew the symptoms, the problem was easy to deal with. Everyone had their own specialties. It was better to let an officer who was good at souls deal with it.
Han Xiao stood up, called Fu Ding over, and pointed at Aesop.
"The old man is being parasitized. Come and take care of him."
"Okay." Fu Ding nodded. Waves of psychic energy were released from between his brows and entered Aesop's mind.
Everyone waited by the side. After ten seconds, Fu Ding retracted his psychic energy. He looked hesitant.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Han Xiao raised his eyebrows.
Fu Ding frowned slightly. "There's indeed another cluster of souls in his mind. It's not very strong, Grade B at most. I can deal with it. However, the problem is that this cluster of parasitic souls has perfectly merged with Aesop's own soul. There's almost no rejection. I rarely see such a situation … "
"So you're saying that there's a risk?" Ames interrupted.
"Indeed. Because they've fused too deeply, it's difficult to get rid of the parasites. It's like performing a delicate operation on the soul. There's no room for mistakes. Once there is a mistake, Aesop's soul will be damaged … "
"If you're not confident, then don't force yourself. At worst, I'll ask Kasuyi for help. He'll definitely give me face."
Han Xiao wasn't surprised. He had encountered a similar situation with Seven-eyed, so he had experience. Aesop's condition was much better than his.
Fu Ding shook his head. "It's not that I'm not confident. I can get rid of the parasites, but I can't keep their souls intact. So I want to confirm it. Before you cure Aesop, do you want to interrogate him first?"
The soul transfer of the Soul Swapper had almost no side effects, but normal Supers would not be able to do that. To most Supers, the soul was a domain full of mysteries and could not be messed around with.
For example, Fu Ding could not even separate himself from his wife and could only have sex with her every day. Of course, he could not get rid of the parasites and make them survive outside his body.
"I see. Then don't cure him first," Han Xiao answered without any hesitation.
The parasites were his biggest source of information. Of course, he had to interrogate him first. It wouldn't be too late to cure him after squeezing all the information out of him.
As for Aesop's body being tortured during the interrogation … Ha, with Aurora's life potion, as long as he didn't die, he could do whatever he wanted.
Their conversation was not behind anyone's back, so the Modo warrior in Aesop's body heard it too. He was in despair.
He wanted to hide all the information, but he knew very well that he couldn't hide anything under the soul of a Calamity Grade.
Without the Soul Swapper, he couldn't move around freely. His body became a prison, and he was trapped inside Aesop's body. He couldn't do anything but be tortured.
"Then, let me interrogate him." Fu Ding waved his hand and asked the army soldiers to bring Aesop to the interrogation room.
Fu Ding was a kind person and did not like to interrogate people. However, he did not mind using more extreme methods when facing enemies who wanted to cause trouble.
The soldiers around cleaned up the scene and took the captives away one by one. This time, Ames came to Han Xiao's side and asked softly, "You've got him.
"Now that you have him, what do you plan to do next?"
"Find out who sent the parasites first, then act according to the situation. I won't let this go just like that," Han Xiao replied casually.
He only knew that the Mecha Empire was involved in this, but he did not know if there were other organizations behind it. Although the other party did not succeed, he would not let this go so easily.
He even planned to use this as a clue to find out more about the Soul Swapper and see if he could get his hands on it.
"Okay, count me in if you want to fight back." Ames's tone was firm.
"… I think they're coming for me. You don't have to get yourself involved in this trouble. I'll take care of everything." Han Xiao shook his head.
He was in the middle of the whirlpool of the three Universal Civilizations and knew how dangerous it was. He did not want Ames to get involved.
Furthermore, he did not want Ames to disturb the love-hate relationship between him and the Mecha Empire. A battle between peak Beyond Grade As was still too dangerous for Ames.
"What are you talking about? I'm not someone who's afraid of trouble. I'm not someone to be messed with since they attacked my people! " Ames frowned for a moment before relaxing. She chuckled and said, "Besides, you helped me, so I have to help you. This is what an ally should do. Even if you reject me, I won't give up."
You have triggered a new mission [Ames' Fury]!
Mission Introduction: Because her family was schemed against, Ames was angered. She hopes to take revenge on the mastermind with you.
Basic Reward: 250,000,000 Experience, + 40 Ames Favorability, + 10 Aesop Favorability, + 30000 Floating Dragon Island Faction Contribution Points, x2 Random Rewards, x1 Character Summon Card
Remarks: Additional rewards depend on the Mission Rating.
Han Xiao glanced at it. Missions of this nature were getting less and less helpful to him. However, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Since it was something he could do along the way, he accepted it.
The main reason was that he saw the determination in Ames' eyes, which clearly showed that she would not give up. Instead of letting her take the risk alone, he might as well take action with her. At least she would not do anything too extreme like in his previous life.
…
About an hour later, Fu Ding came to the command room and handed the report to Han Xiao.
"The interrogation is complete. All the intelligence is in there. Nothing is missing."
Han Xiao took the document and flipped through it. The content inside was extremely detailed, including the target of the Modo Civilization's conspiracy, the nature of the Soul Swapper, the existence of the Soul Swap Twins, and so on.
Under Fu Ding's psychic control, the soul of the Modo warrior spat out everything he knew.
"Heh, so it's Modo. It really is Modo."
Browsing through the document, Han Xiao finally understood what was going on. He sneered. He had expected this.
The only thing that surprised him was the Soul Swapper, which was a Space Wonder type treasure. The Modo Civilization actually had something like this, but it was not exposed in his previous life.
However, this was not surprising. Advanced civilizations all had their trump cards, and there would always be some that were hidden very deeply and not shown to the public. The players in his previous life did not come into contact with Universal Treasures, so Han Xiao naturally did not have any memories of them.
But now that he knew, his heart was filled with hope.
"Modo has something like this. There's no reason for them to let it go."
Han Xiaoxin's head was burning.
On one hand, he was interested in the Soul Swapper, and on the other hand, he wanted to prevent Modo from using the Soul Swapper against him in the future. Whether it was for business or personal reasons, he had to make Modo lose this trump card.
At the same time, Han Xiaoxin became vigilant.
"I still can't underestimate any advanced civilization. They might bring out some weird trump card one day, and it's impossible to guard against it …"
Closing the document, Han Xiao thought for a while and asked, "By the way, have you gotten rid of the Parasites?"
"I haven't healed Aesop yet." Fu Ding shook his head.
"Okay, don't heal him for now. Although we've squeezed all the information out of him, he's still useful. He's an important piece of evidence."
An inexplicable light flashed through Han Xiao's eyes.
The Modo Civilization was the mastermind behind this, and their goal was to force the Black Star Corps to retreat. The Mecha Empire was working with Modo in the dark, probably just to trick him. He could make an issue out of this. With a little art of language, he could make it sound like the Mecha Empire had chosen to side with the Supercluster Alliance against the three Universal Civilizations.
As long as he complained to the three Universal Civilizations, Manison's situation would become even worse.
This was not just because of personal grudges. Han Xiao made a bold assumption. Since the people of the Mecha Empire had contacted Aesop, would they have also heard about the existence of the Soul Swapper and were secretly looking for it, wanting to get their hands on it?
If that was the case, Manison would be his competitor. If he complained to the three Universal Civilizations to keep an eye on the Mecha Empire, it would affect his organization and make it more difficult for him to find the Soul Swapper, which would be beneficial to him.
"Since the three Universal Civilizations are on my side, it would be a waste not to take advantage of this opportunity. It's worth a try."
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind. Han Xiao analyzed it and felt that it was doable. Thus, he walked to the side, took out his communicator, and called Uranril's private number.
After a while, the call went through, and Uranril's face appeared on the screen.
"Black Star, I'm in a meeting. What's the matter?"
"I recently discovered a piece of information about the Mecha Empire …"
Han Xiao told her what had happened. Naturally, he added some 'embellishments' and even showed Aesop and other evidence to prove that what he said was true.
Hearing this, Uranril's expression became serious.
"You're saying that after the Intelligent Plague incident, the Mecha Empire did not repent and became even worse. They secretly sided with the Supercluster Alliance and carried out secret missions to help them deal with the three Universal Civilizations?"
"That's right, that's it."
Han Xiao's face was not red, and he was not panting at all.
"… Okay, I understand the situation. This is a very important piece of information. I'll inform Radiance and Ethereal to deal with it as soon as possible."
Uranril nodded solemnly and quickly hung up the call.
Seeing this, Han Xiao secretly smiled.
As the saying went, happiness was always built on other people's pain. The more unlucky the Mecha Empire was, the happier he would be.
Old Manison, don't blame me for being ruthless. It's all because your head is a magnet. I didn't push the blame to you; the blame chose you.
This treasure is fated with me. You already have so many Universal Treasures, so don't fight with me for it.
Just as he was being shameless, Nero walked over.
"Godfather, where should we start investigating?"
"Hmm, before Aesop was affected, he had one last contact with the Modo Civilization's fleet. Let's start with that fleet." Han Xiao immediately decided.
Since they knew that the real mastermind was Modo, the time when Aesop was affected was very clear. This was a clear clue. The Modo Civilization's secret transport fleet was the fleet that transported the Soul Swapper. They definitely had to return through the secret stargate route to transport the Soul Swapper back, so they had to find them as soon as possible.
This time, Han Xiao suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, right.
I remember that in the tracking team that encountered the Modo Civilization's fleet, one of the spaceships survived. Take control of them immediately. "
After learning about the function of the Soul Swapper, he thought that there might be a mole among them. There was most likely something fishy about the tracking team that survived.
…
"Hmm? We lost contact with the spaceship? "
Manison received the report from his subordinate and was somewhat surprised.
There seemed to be only one explanation for this situation — Black Star had caught up with Aesop and hacked the spaceship of his affiliated organization.
"Strange, where did Black Star get this information?"
Manison frowned slightly.
His recent work had been focused on searching for the Soul Swapper, and he had already made some progress. However, it was not as if he did not pay attention to Aesop's progress.
The way Manison saw it, the affiliated organizations that he had left in the Shattered Star Ring were very well-hidden. With their help, it should be very easy to send Aesop out of the Shattered Star Ring.
However, the actual situation was completely different from what he had imagined. Black Star seemed to know the whereabouts of his affiliated organizations like the back of his hand. No matter how they ran, they could not escape the grasp of the Black Star Corps.
Manison originally thought that his affiliated organizations were very well-hidden, and he felt that the success rate of cooperating with the Modo Civilization would be very high.
However, from the looks of it, his affiliated organizations seemed to have been targeted by Black Star, and there was a risk of them being completely exposed. If this was the worst case scenario, his many years of operation in the Shattered Star Ring would be wasted. It would be a huge loss!
Manison clenched his fists and slowly released them. His expression was not very good.
"No matter what, Black Star has captured Aesop and will know about the Soul Swapper. He'll become my competitor … I have to speed up. Only by getting the Soul Swapper can I make up for my losses!"
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