Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

When Zhang Long watched Lin Rui in the video, his gaze was also very complicated.

Since Lin Rui couldn't publicly reveal his identity, Zhang Long had to be the nominal commander-in-chief of this operation.

Thus, Zhang Long also had the corresponding authority to review the situation here.

He could now confirm that this immediate superior was indeed the murderer in the basement murder incident at Xue Bogao's place.

Zhang Long thought to himself that this fellow had really changed a lot, originally when Lin Rui was in the basement, he must have been very nervous and guilty, but now he could kill each of the over ninety mechanized Martial Cultivators without changing his expression.

Besides that, this person had somehow made all one hundred seventy people from Xinglong Hall fall into a state of mental frenzy.

He had watched the combat video from there, and felt that something was very wrong.

Those mechanized martial artists did indeed have some mental issues, but they were not insane enough to lose their reason completely.

Their initiation of an attack on the Security Bureau at the beginning was very strange, simply because they had not managed to obtain a search warrant.

At the end of the battle, when these people were at a disadvantage, they still had not planned to surrender, which made the situation even more bizarre.

From the entirety of the battle, these people's manner of fighting also appeared very reckless.

Zhang Long grew suspicious, so he had someone secretly take blood samples for testing, and the test results showed nothing out of the ordinary.

This let him breathe a sigh of relief, but he also realized that this superior's means were exceedingly ruthless, almost reckless!

"Horn's team had a total of seven people, of whom four have already been dealt with. We have also captured Mechanic Beros. Only Dead-eye Horn and Death's Herald Jiang Dong managed to escape through their secretly dug channel," he said.

Zhang Long, with his hands behind his back, looked out of the command vehicle and a trace of severity appeared in his eyes, "But the two of them are still inside our encirclement. They won't escape. According to the latest news, my assistant Fei Aibi has already caught up with Jiang Dong."

Zhang Long's main task was to lead a heavy-armored brigade to guard the surrounding thoroughfares and keep an eye on 'Third Master', to prevent this big boss of the Loyalty Gang from retaliating or interfering in their operations.

He was not just any gang leader, but also an individual with tremendous strength as an underground warlord.

Thus, Zhang Long also brought four Jielong-6 combat robots and one Jielong-7 to ensure the operation was foolproof.

As Zhang Long was responding, he also sent over a brand-new 3D map.

"This is the location of Horn as predicted by the armed police force's staff, this person has entered the ventilation shaft through the tunnel they dug themselves, is now running inside the shaft, and has been wounded by our soldiers. He shouldn't be able to run for long," he said.

Lin Rui focused his gaze on the 3D map in front of him.

It was evident that the heavy-armored brigade they had mobilized was quite formidable; they had already responded in time, changing the deployment of their forces to block all exits of the ventilation shafts.

"Understood, I hope you can bring me good news soon," said Lin Rui.

Lin Rui ended the communication with Zhang Long and immediately contacted Lin Xi.

"What do you think, Xi? Does this Dead-eye Horn have any chance of escaping?" asked Lin Rui.

"I'm checking."

At that moment, Lin Xi was lying inside the life-support nutrition pod in the secret base, "I just checked; the tactical map they are using is the most recent version updated twenty years ago. The problem is, unauthorized digging of tunnels in the lower areas is quite severe, so the outcome is hard to predict. Brother, be patient and wait a bit."

As Lin Xi was rapidly operating, her emotions were very mixed, quite awful.

She deeply understood Lin Rui's style of handling things.

Utterly explosive like thunder, swift like the wind, if he didn't make a move, it was still as the sea; once he moved, it was like an overwhelming torrent, like thunder striking fiercely.

To capture seven assassins, he first flattened a gang's local stronghold; that was typical of Lin Rui.

You might signal secretly, even obstruct the capture, right? Then I will remove you first!

What made Lin Xi feel awful was that she had just watched Lin Rui's combat video.

Lin Xi also felt her brother might have a bit of a mental problem.

It's funny that he still says she's crazy, when he himself looks more like the lunatic.

Lin Xi subconsciously recalled the head-exploding video she had seen three months ago and wondered if it was related to this.

She knew that Lin Rui's spiritual power talent was very good, and the likelihood of him suffering from Cyber Implant Syndrome was slim.

His usual state was also normal, without anything unusual compared to others, except that he fought a bit crazily.

It was very likely related to 'Lin Rui' having been killed once.

According to her secret investigation, that so-called 'spiritual ascension' of uploading memory and soul to a quantum computer could indeed cause some mental issues, even possibly affecting personality.

Especially for those digital souls that had come into contact with the cyber world, they might also encounter the pollution of online garbage.

Lin Xi had specifically looked up the song "I Am Seaweed, Seaweed," and discovered it was a children's song popular on Earth more than two thousand years ago, now forgotten and hard to find online, preserved only in large-scale databases like the 'Federal Civilization Database' and 'East Asian National Library.'

These databases usually connect to a large number of powerful supercomputers.

Lin Xi quickly gathered her thoughts and continued her search online.

Just a day ago, Lin Rui had secured her a military rank of Colonel with confidentiality level 2S, code-named 'Tracker,' which was Lin Rui's way of officially recruiting her as a 'hacker.'

However, from what Lin Rui revealed, he didn't seem to fully trust the Federal Security Bureau and had not planned for Lin Xi to officially join the Third Special Operations Division.

She would continue to use this secret base and operate under the codename 'Tracker' as an external cyber expert involved in the operations of the Third Special Operations Division.

This Colonel authorization of confidentiality level 2S made Lin Xi more adept in the cyberspace.

Having acquired the 'Shenyuan' Type-9 Quantum Supercomputer, the computational power she could mobilize was already hundreds of times stronger than before. Now, with this authorization, most computers and databases online were virtually defenseless against her.

Lin Xi, with her skills, authorization, and computational power combined, there was hardly a place she couldn't conquer.

Shortly thereafter, Lin Xi's eyes narrowed: "Brother, there is a problem with this place. I've discovered that there's been an anomaly in the electricity supply in recent months and the air pressure data are also off. I suspect someone has tampered with the pipelines, illegally connecting electrical and gas pipes, likely establishing an illegal residential area nearby."

While speaking, she also sent a three-dimensional map to Lin Rui.

At that moment, Lin Rui was browsing through the intelligence database of the Federal Security Bureau, looking up all information related to the Lin family members.

In fact, he had started investigating from his first day on the job.

Inside the Bureau, there was indeed a large amount of information about his parents, as well as Lin Xi and Lin Yi, and even himself, but all this information was classified under confidentiality level X.

X meant unknown, and in the Federal Security Bureau's database, it represented the highest level of confidentiality, just beyond his 3S+ clearance.

Although Lin Rui was slightly disappointed, he didn't give up.
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If he couldn't find information directly, he decided to start indirectly, from every person related to his parents, such as Xue Bogao and Professor Huangfu, including his uncle and grandfather; he was bound to find some clues.

Lin Rui had indeed found something, such as a few papers by Professor Huangfu — Lin Rui had rummaged through some of the professor's early published papers from the intelligence database.

"Longevity Project? Artificial Abyss?"

Lin Rui, who had a certain foundation in biology, roughly understood the contents and was deeply shocked.

Unfortunately, he could only access some papers published by Professor Huangfu from his early years; the majority of the research content the professor had done after becoming an academy member was still highly classified, at the X level of confidentiality.

— at the same level as those pertaining to his own Lin family.

Just then, Lin Rui received a message from Lin Xi.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the three-dimensional map sent by Lin Xi.

Lin Rui let out a slight cold laugh and dropped his face armor: "Sister Xue, handle things here. I need to check something out. I'll be right back!"

As he finished speaking, he grabbed a new Type-5 combat sword, opened the armored vehicle's door, and leaped out.

Xue Lingxue, however, could hardly feel at ease. She knew her most important duty was to watch over Lin Rui and protect the safety of her superior.

She hastily handed over the task she was dealing with remotely to Zhang Long and also jumped out of the vehicle, chasing after Lin Rui's figure.

Right behind them, two four-legged combat robots, 'Destroyer' Type-6, also took off into the air, flanking them on both sides.