Chapter 86

【Skill: Predator】

【Effect: Can mark one "Prey", then begin "Foraging"; upon completing this, will randomly obtain buff effects such as "Healing", "Enhancement", "Revival", etc.】

Qin Shi stared at that drop of blood trace sample, Chen Yun and Lin Yunqing on his left and right, gazes expectant, staring at him in unison, giving him an inexplicable strange feeling of turning into a humanoid mechanical dog.

"Don't crowd too close, I get nervous easily……"

Qin Shi coughed twice, regarding the method of tracking the electronic demon "pathogen".

The explanation he gave was very simple, the omnipotent Old Martial Arts Secret Arts!

"Hah! I'm emitting power! You two back away, I'm afraid of shocking innocent bystanders!"

Chen Yun retreated a few steps upon hearing this, the round-faced girl beside her muttering softly:

"Zhang, can he really find a living body carrying the 'Electronic Demon Virus'? However you look at it, he doesn't look reliable, at such a young age pretending to be a qigong master……"

Chen Yun's gaze sharpened, stopping her team member from running her mouth, although in her heart she also had no bottom, couldn't figure out if Qin Shi truly had ability, or was just attracting attention.

But right now a dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor, one simply shouldn't sit and wait for death waiting for the Urban Circle side to issue a strike order.

You must know, Dangyang East Suburbs permanent population exceeds one million, even knowing that electronic demon is mixed among them, the Inspection Department cannot lock on target, a large-scale infection could happen at any time, and it's also very hard for high-level officials to dare make a cleanup decision.

Even the Governor Tai who holds the highest authority of Hengzhou New Star has to weigh it carefully, hesitate a bit.

After all this isn't the Ancient Empire period of Dongxia, completely treating human lives as grass and trampling them, the cost of pressing the strike button is light as a feather, without any psychological burden.

Moreover, the huge death toll exceeding three hundred thousand, the negative emotions released, are sufficient to trigger a spirituality shock comparable to a mega-tsunami.

If not careful, it could become nourishment for nurturing vassal creatures, once again giving birth to a high-grade demon.

Just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle.

"Hengzhou's electronic blockade and energy confinement, to a certain extent are also self-restriction. If a high-grade electronic demon is nurtured, it only needs less than six hours to break through the Iron Curtain Defense. The Urban Circle would fall, Center City the same……"

Chen Yun's heart turned cold, hating Qin Lihao even more, does that idiot know what he's doing or not?

"Believe in Assistant Teacher Xiao Qin! The Old Martial Arts faction indeed has the Thousand Mile Soul Locking Technique, a secret method for sensing direction!"

Lin Yunqing on the contrary was full of confidence, eyes not blinking, like a magnet firmly sucked onto Qin Shi.

"Heaven and earth boundless, ten thousand miles tracking……"

Qin Shi casually made up a couple sentences, secretly activating the Predator skill, directly marking that bit of blood trace sample.

As expected, his field of vision suddenly changed, no longer the scene before his eyes.

The image of a man with a limp right arm, as if seriously injured, leapt into view.

Leather jacket, jeans, lean and capable body……

"Turns out it really is Brother Ze."

Judging from the act of burning several containers of Qin Lihao's collection, the other party definitely has a personal grudge with Qin Laosan.

Combined with Qin Zhijie being kidnapped, not hard to guess Cheng Ze is the living body carrying the Electronic Demon Virus.

But guesswork is guesswork, truly knowing the answer, Qin Shi still felt his mood complex.

Fairly speaking, Brother Ze treated him not bad, and there's a "fellow disciple brothers" bond.

If not for the situation being serious, concerning the safety of many neighbors, and even Lao Liang, younger sister Qin Lan, he might not be willing to stick in a pole horizontally, meddle in.

"Brother Ze's condition doesn't seem good either."

The fragmented images in Qin Shi's brain sea were very blurry, like handheld camera filming, constantly shaking.

He could only vaguely see, Cheng Ze's bleeding arm, the dripping blood traces were black, and somewhat viscous, like leaking machine oil.

The blood flesh tissue near the wound, however, glowed with the bright silver color of tin foil after being scorched.

【Successfully marked prey】

【Begin foraging?】

Two lines of text jumped on his retina, Qin Shi's thought flashed, chose to begin.

A single extremely eye-catching blood trace emerged from thin air, like a crimson ribbon drifting above his head, pointing out the direction for him.

Seeing no movement from Qin Shi for a long time, Chen Yun waited anxiously, couldn't help but ask:

"How is it? Xiao Qin, found the target?"

She also didn't expect a result, but Qin Shi's answer made this Chen Zhang wild with joy:

"He's currently moving toward the factory area northwest direction, about nine kilometers left and right from us."

Chen Yun first froze, then immediately pulled Qin Shi into the car at full speed:

"Go! You navigate for me!"

The Black Knight Guardian engine roared, like a beast unable to restrain its desire to gallop.

"I'm Chen Yun from Inspection Department Team Seven, open the gate and let me pass!"

Chen Yun stomped hard on the gas pedal, turning the steering wheel, tires almost grinding sparks from the ground, in the blink of an eye the two people one car had already left Jiusong Port.

"Hey! I haven't gotten in the car yet? Take me with you!"

By the time Lin Yunqing reacted, she could only spread her hands and stamp her feet, grinding her teeth.

……

……

"This is Rusting. The electronic demon has no body shape, it is a kind of wave, a ghost-like existence. Once it enters an organic body, it will erode flesh. Organ tissues will irreversibly transform toward metal substances."

Listening to Qin Shi describe the target's characteristics, Chen Yun's expression was solemn:

"Quite a few short-sighted guys regard this as the road to immortality — after all, replacing parts for machinery, maintaining structures, is easier. Prosthetics relative to the human body still have rejection reactions, not plug-and-play.

What's more, being possessed by an electronic demon, it's not that one-hundred-percent beneficial.

My dad often says, all matters in the world, pros and cons coexist. Organic body infected by electronic demon, probability of getting 'Rusting Disease' is ninety-seven percent."

Qin Shi fell silent, although he wasn't too clear on the severe consequences of Rusting Disease, but thinking with his feet he also knew, that's definitely not a good outcome.

"Sister Yun, can the electronic demon be expelled?"

He asked in a low voice.

"Very difficult. Unless a Spiritual Cultivator forcibly uses 'Spirit Shock' to strip the Electronic Demon parasitizing the living body away. Or a Machine God... Hengzhou doesn't have the conditions."

Chen Yun floored the accelerator, pushing the car speed to its limit.

"What, you know the target?"

At such a critical moment, concealment was meaningless; Qin Shi spoke truthfully:

"An acquaintance from Old Factory Street."

"Xiao Qin, my priority plan is definitely to kill him... I hope you understand."

Chen Yun also came clean.

Qin Shi nodded.

His gaze passed through the window; crimson blood traces wound like snakes across the night sky, as if a great hand of fate was strangling Cheng Ze.

"Brother Ze, what exactly did you take?"

Hah, inhale.

Heavy panting echoed in the alley; a pitch-black blood handprint pressed against the mottled bricks, Cheng Ze was as if running a high fever, his consciousness growing hazy.

He recalled Lao Shen's advice over the phone:

"A Ze! Throw that thing away quickly! It will take your life..."

Take my life?

What is the life of a lowlife from Old Factory Street worth?

Cheng Ze clutched his chest; scorching heat roasted his skin, like a red-hot branding iron being pressed down desperately, almost penetrating his chest.

"My life... how cheap... exchanging for an opportunity is worth it! I want to fly... Teacher, I want to fly away, fly out of Old Factory Street!"

In his delirious rambling, Cheng Ze's right eye rolled uncontrollably a few times, as if condensing into an iron bead, emitting a scarlet glow.

Cold data flowed through his eyes.

【Ascending】

【17%】

"You bastard! Where do you think you're running? I should have known long ago, it's you, this wild dog! Cheng Ze, tell me where Ajie is, and I'll give you a quick death!"

At the end of the alley entrance, an off-road vehicle was parked there, like a copper wall; Qin Lihao in his white suit glared into view:

"Finally let me find you! Damn it, busy all night..."

His mobile phone vibrated crazily in his pocket; Qin Lihao hung up without looking at it. After he finished this matter and cleaned up the loose ends, he would naturally report to Elder Brother.

"Hao Ge... you came just in time! The person I most want to see is you!"

Cheng Ze leaned half his body against the wall; his hazy consciousness finally perked up.

"Let me show you how good I am now! All thanks to you!"

In the thick darkness, a palm reached out; flesh and blood had completely transformed into metal, bright silver cold light flashing.

"Obey me!"

Cheng Ze spat out three words simply, as if triggering a powerful force field; the off-road vehicle blocking the alley entrance suddenly roared, black flames rose around it, and the glaring searchlight turned into scarlet beast pupils!

(Chapter End)