NOVPUB33: Chapter 33: The Transaction (Please Favorite, Follow, and Vote)
33: Chapter 33: The Transaction (Please Favorite, Follow, and Vote)
He Ao followed the route that Selena gave him and safely left the casino.
Then, he received a location from Selena.
Following this location through several blocks, he met Selena, who had caught the man in the black hoodie.
“We’ve been deceived.”
Selena looked at He Ao.
She lifted the hood of the man she was holding, and what came into view was a plain, gaunt man whose build was very similar to Mu Xiu.
His eyes were blood red, and he looked ferociously at He Ao like a bloodthirsty beast, while on his cheek, solidified flesh was squirming continuously.
“He’s been contaminated by the God of Chaos,” Selena said as she let go of the man, taking out an electromagnetic handcuff and chaining him to a lamppost nearby.
“But the contamination isn’t too severe, there’s still hope for him.
Most likely, Mu Xiu feared he’d completely lose his reason and become uncontrollable.
I’ve already contacted the Bureau.”
Then she turned towards He Ao, her expression growing more serious, “The worst-case scenario has happened, Mu Xiu is very likely already inside the casino.”
“Is Viktor very strong?”
He Ao suddenly asked.
“Very strong,” Selena nodded.
She pondered for a moment, “He is among the strongest in the C-level.”
“C-level?”
He Ao was stunned for a moment, and then a memory surfaced in his mind, a memory from when Ande was undergoing training at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
—-
“Generally, we divide the strength of Transcendents into six levels, from A to F,
that information is ‘known,’ understanding the specific divisions of strength helps improve your survival rate in investigation work.
The most basic, F-level, has strength that’s about two to three times that of an ordinary person, most mechanical modifications and Mechanized Bodies are at this stage, E-level is about five to ten times stronger than an ordinary person, C-level is over fifteen times stronger.
As for the higher levels, A to C, it’s best not to engage with or try to understand them until your own strength reaches that level.
Remember, the more mysteries you know, the deeper you’re involved with them.
That said, this kind of division isn’t accurate.
Many people may not reach the power level required, but they can use other methods to exert equivalent levels of combat power, so the actual rankings are based on a comprehensive assessment.
When you reach that level, there will be a specialized rating agency to give you a ranking.”
“Instructor, reporting!”
“Speak.”
“What are the Talent Sequences?”
“Ah, I know you might have learned a bit about the Transcendent world from other sources and are curious about this unknown world.
But I must tell you, the people who die the fastest are those with the strongest curiosity.
You can think of Talent Sequences as a kind of superpower, similar to the ones you see in movies and TV shows, where people shrink or shoot laser beams from their eyes.
But what I’m telling you is, they’re not good things.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Can you go to a bakery and take someone’s bread without paying for it?
If it’s not necessary for the job, then I suggest you’d better not learn about it.
Our mechanical modification technology and Mechanized Body technology can also endow you with great power.
When you touch the Abyss, you will inevitably fall into it.”
—-
The cold words of the special training instructor echoed clearly in He Ao’s ears, belonging to Ande’s memory. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
As usual, when he came into contact with the related information, the memory of ‘Ande’ would naturally emerge, but this memory was particularly profound, even giving He Ao the feeling of being on the scene.
However, the echo of memory was just a momentary thing.
He Ao continued his previous words, “So, is Mu Xiu stronger than Viktor?”
“Not necessarily,” Selena shook her head, seemingly reviewing Mu Xiu’s file, “Although Mu Xiu’s strength is also at the very top of C-level, it’s not certain that Viktor couldn’t beat him.”
As the boss of Dawn City’s largest casino, Viktor indeed had some depths.
“So,” He Ao pondered for a moment, “even if Mu Xiu has infiltrated the casino, with Viktor present, he couldn’t cause much trouble?”
Viktor would definitely want to protect the interests of the casino; he wouldn’t allow Mu Xiu to kill people at will there.
Hearing He Ao’s words, Selena gradually calmed down, knowing that He Ao was using the conversation to help her think rationally.
She looked at the tall young man before her and as their interaction deepened, she gradually realized that He Ao was a teammate she could rely on.
“Ande, do you have any clues?”
She asked softly, realizing that rushing back to the casino would be of no use; it would be better to clarify the clues now, as sharpening the axe would not delay the work of cutting wood.
“Desire…” He Ao mused for a moment, then looked at Selena, “Can you send me the activity data of Mu Xiu since his first appearance…
as well as the activity data of the Witch of Desire’s believers during the same period?”
He Ao, being just a trainee investigator, could not directly access many files, whereas Selena found it much easier, and she was also faster at processing data.
“Alright, I’ll sync the screen with you.
Just tell me what operations you want to perform,” she said.
Selena nodded slightly, making a light gesture with her hand, and synced her mechanized eye screen to He Ao’s glasses.
This indeed solved He Ao’s problem since he was not yet very proficient with the electronic devices of the Copy World.
Two minutes later…
He Ao stared at the trajectory maps of the Witch of Desire’s believers and Mu Xiu in his field of view, falling into brief contemplation.
Although the believers of the Witch of Desire had left more traces in various cities over the years than the cities Mu Xiu had visited, there was still a high degree of overlap between them.
“There should be one more city missing here,”
He Ao thought for a moment, looking at the point where both their paths disconnected.
That city might not have discovered traces of the Witch of Desire’s believers or Mu Xiu, but the lack of discovery didn’t mean they hadn’t been there.
Consequently, Selena lit up another city on the map, and instantly their paths aligned.
Mu Xiu had been chasing the believers of the Witch of Desire all along.
A jarring horn sound broke their train of thought, as a fiery red sports car pulled up beside them.
“Let’s go,” this time He Ao took the lead in getting into the car, looking at Selena, “Can you find that tracker of mine now?
I think I know where Mu Xiu is headed.”
—
In the Aston District, the most chaotic area of Dawn City.
A vast number of wanderers and poor people gathered here, and gang conflicts were incessant.
At that moment, in some abandoned building in the Aston District, a man dressed in neat clothes and holding a briefcase looked anxiously at the woman in front of him, “Are you with the ‘Dancing Girl’?
Did you bring the stuff?”
“I did,” the woman in the red figure-hugging dress revealed a seductive smile, slowly placing her finger between her collarbones, then tracing along her fair, smooth skin, eventually taking out a silver metallic tube container wrapped in packaging, a faint purple liquid flowing inside,
“Talent Sequence 34: Waiter”
