Chapter 150 Negotiating with the Tiger for Its Skin <TOC> Chapter 152 Walking into a Trap
Translator: SumTLMan
“Miss Shen Luoyan? She ordered me to return to the Orissa jurisdiction first to learn about the situation, and she went to investigate the Soul Sect herself. I don’t know her whereabouts now.”
This was, of course, a lie. At this moment, Shen Luoyan was engrossed in researching the psychic energy engine, showing no interest in anything else.
Li Mu said this because he sensed that Shen Xingyu was being overly concerned. He quietly activated his Divine Eye technique, observing the subtle changes in Shen Xingyu’s facial expressions.
Shen Xingyu repeatedly complained that Shen Luoyan was too reckless and should not venture alone.
“Officer Li Mu, if Shen Luoyan contacts you, please be sure to notify me immediately, so I can report her safety to the Chief.”
He looked worried.
“Right now, we are all working for the Chief. The Chief’s younger sister is the direct heir to the Governor’s holy relic. If you can win her favor, your future will be limitless. But if something goes wrong with Shen Luoyan, not only you but also me will be implicated.”
Li Mu immediately put on a sincere and frightened appearance, promising that if there was news of Shen Luoyan, he would inform him as soon as possible.
The two parted ways, and a few kilometers after the floating boat left, the gentle smile on Shen Xingyu’s face disappeared like encountering a cold current, turning into a gloomy expression.
He waved his hand, and the howling air blade directly killed the surviving female slaves on the floating boat.
“How much of what he said is true and how much is false?”
“Most of it should be true. He doesn’t know about the existence of the Origin Ore, so there’s no need for him to deceive us. But for him, a mere lowly commoner, to be arrogant in front of us, I can’t swallow this.”
Shen Xingce said somewhat annoyed.
“Ce, don’t worry. Once I obtain the Sun God’s Light, I’ll make sure he’ll wish he was dead but can’t die, to take revenge for you.”
Shen Xingyu hugged her in his arms, comforting her softly.
“You have to keep your word.”
“Hahaha, how could I bear to deceive you?”
Three hours later, Li Mu held a gray falcon in his arm, entered its dream by using a Dream Tether technique, and read the intelligence it had eavesdropped while secretly flying under the floating boat.
Moments later, he looked as if he had seen something disgusting, his face turning ugly.
After leaving the dream, Li Mu fed the gray falcon a piece of meat, then let it fly out again, continuing to track Shen Xingyu and his companion.
“What’s wrong? Are you going to get rid of those two idiots?” Li Mei, who was sitting next to him, asked.
“No need, I just accidentally heard some dirty stuff. Those two idiots still have some use, so for now, let them keep their heads on their necks.”
After cleaning his ears, Li Mu replied:
“Do you know what a Origin Ore is?”
Li Mei paused for a moment, then answered:
“Origin Ores are artificially created monsters whose purpose is to contribute the holy relic that may exist in their brains.”
She went on to describe in detail the existence of the Relic of Reproduction and the Shen family’s assembly-line production of Origin Ores.
Origin Ores could never escape the control of the Shen cultivation Ores throughout their lives.
“Most Origin Ores are irrational, deformed monsters. Only a very few, like Shen Luoyan, have a human appearance and possess superior intelligence.”
For Origin Ores, extraordinary intelligence is not a blessing, but a curse. The despairing future either drives rational Origin Ores mad or twists their personalities.
Ordinary awakened individuals can destroy their holy relic before death, leaving their enemies empty-handed. Origin Ores can’t do this because the holy relic within them doesn’t fully belong to them.
Li Mu fell silent for a moment, never expecting Shen Luoyan’s identity to be so tragic.
“Is there any way to break free from this control?”
“Almost none. As far as I know, the only way is to hide in the Exile Realm. Even the powerful Shen cultivation Ores can’t control Origin Ores across worlds. She’s very clever; she analyzed your identity through various information and news and inherited the lineage of assassins from the Exile Realm.”
Eastern Xia had been collecting intelligence on the Xindu Federation, so the lineage of assassins who had killed dozens of mid-to-high-ranking officials in the Federation naturally caught their attention.
The assassin lineage, capable of hiding in the Exile Realm at any time, was a natural-born assassin.
Li Mu was silent for a moment.
“So, she told you everything long ago?”
“Sun-level holy relics cannot be inherited. Those who can awaken the holy relic of the Sun God’s Light are likely Origin Ores. Moreover, Origin Ores grow much faster than ordinary people. I once secretly investigated her soul, and she is at most twelve years old.”
Li Mei puffed out her round face, her eyes staring straight at Li Mu:
“Don’t do anything disgraceful.”
Li Mu put his hand on her head and rubbed it hard:
“I already know the situation, don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.”
He finally understood why Shen Xingyu’s attitude was so strange and it also explained one of his doubts.
Shen Luoyan possessed the precious holy relic of the Sun God’s Light and had superb weapon-making skills. Yet the Security Chief was so confident in letting her run wild.
He suppressed all of this in his heart and picked up the skull of Jolly that was beside him.
He still had use for this head, so he brought it down from the hovercraft. However, after the previous rough throw, it was now a bit unrecognizable.
“Let’s go, we’ll head to the security officer first.”
At this moment, Orin Town was still unaware that the Blue Blood Gang had been completely wiped out, and was in a state of unrest.
In just a few days, civilians from nearby settlements had fled into Orin Town like refugees, setting up tents outside the town.
There were at least two council members in Orin Town, with not weak armaments, capable of putting up a fight against the Blue Blood Gang.
At this moment, Elino and Tabor were not in a much better situation. Their armed forces had been severely damaged in the previous incident, and they were seriously lacking high-end firepower. How could they possibly confront a powerful marauder gang like the Blue Blood Gang?
Just as the entire Orin Town was plunged into despair and at a loss, heavy hoofbeats were heard from a distance.
A man riding a black mutant horse that could be called a behemoth appeared on the horizon.
The mutant horse’s speed was astonishingly fast. Not long after the people heard the hoofbeats, it had already charged into the outskirts of the town like a black lightning bolt.
The man on the horse raised a human head high.
“I am the security officer of the Orissa jurisdiction, and this is the head of Jolly, the leader of the Blue Blood Gang. The entire Blue Blood Gang has been completely annihilated by me!”
His voice was like a drum, and everyone’s ears were buzzing from the sound.
They looked blankly as the knight circled around Orin Town, making sure everyone saw the head held high.
Ordinary civilians could not possibly have seen Jolly before, but moments later, cheers still rose like waves.
They had been oppressed by the fear of death for too long.
“We can survive!”
Chapter 150 Negotiating with the Tiger for Its Skin <TOC> Chapter 152 Walking into a Trap