Chapter 132

In the technology park, Feng Jianhua received a phone call, his expression changing.

He scanned the surroundings again, and sure enough, he still didn't see any suspicious personnel.

On Yuan Chongxiao's side, they hadn't waited for the person to receive the goods either.

Waiting for such a long time was already inconsistent with the situation Li Guangzong confessed.

"Withdraw!"

Feng Jianhua said, "If the ghost market asks later, just say they broke the appointment, and we were cautious."

That's what he said, but the old principal felt vaguely in his heart that the person Seeing Chu Tianshu mentioned on the phone might be related to the ghost market.

If that were the case...

Could it be that they, these old hands, had been exposed without knowing it?

The group hurried back to the martial arts school.

In the large room where Seeing Chu Tianshu practiced, Qi Lianyong and several other teachers were already waiting there.

On the ground were several people, as well as some equipment directly dismantled from car seats, looking mysterious.

The computer teacher was looking at that equipment.

"This kind of thing that looks particularly high-end doesn't even have a brand mark; its origin must be very unusual."

The computer teacher observed the screen and keyboard, hesitated for a moment, and tried typing for a while.

Several head models appeared on the screen.

Although the hair and beards were a bit sloppy, one could tell at a glance that two of them were Feng Jianhua and Yuan Chongxiao.

"I understand; this should be a set of reconnaissance equipment."

The computer teacher clapped her hands, "I clicked on the history records; these people used this equipment to scan the principal and the others not long ago."

"There should also be something that can go out to collect information."

The computer teacher rummaged through the box next to her and saw seven white boxes in a box, and one empty slot.

There were extremely small light holes around the boxes, and mechanical limbs were hidden underneath.

Feng Jianhua rushed here and saw those small boxes, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Yuan Zhonglu sighed in a pale voice with a tone like a movie narrator: "I didn't expect that after spending half my life catching swallows and eagles, I would be pecked in the eyes by a sparrow this time..."

Feng Jianhua's expression froze: "You little girl, why are you so old-fashioned?"

Yuan Zhonglu said "Oh" obediently and stopped talking.

She usually had a steady temperament and didn't look like a young and immature person; she was just being playful in front of these old men.

The anger of the several old hands couldn't rise after being interrupted by her.

Feng Jianhua said: "Forget it, live and learn; the enemy hiding among the masses has also given us a wake-up call this time."

Yuan Chongxiao walked up and squatted beside Wang Bo, pressing his palm on his chest.

"This person's skill is quite pure; he doesn't have the situation Li Guangzong had."

Yuan Chongxiao looked at Seeing Chu Tianshu, "Mr. Chu, you are a spirit communicator; please use sorcery to interrogate him."

Seeing Chu Tianshu said: "I originally wanted to try, but although I sealed his acupoints, I still feel his mind is clear and he recovers quickly; the method of truth interrogation doesn't work well."

"The remaining few are weak, but their level of unconsciousness is high, and I haven't had time to try."

Yuan Chongxiao smiled: "That's because his foundation is good; even if the acupoints are blocked, internal energy can faintly be born in the meridians blocked at both ends."

While speaking, the faint blue light on the vice principal's hand became more obvious.

"I will directly use my internal energy to infuse it and suppress his internal energy."

"As long as my internal energy doesn't dissipate, he will be like an ordinary person for the time being."

Seeing Chu Tianshu said happily: "Then I'll try again."

Wang Bo already had needles stuck in his head.

Seeing Chu Tianshu chose the one on the crown of his head, pointed at it in the air, and recited the true words.

That silver needle shook into an afterimage, emitting a faint buzzing sound.

Wang Bo's eyelids jumped, but he didn't open them; however, one could see the eyeballs underneath turning, turning faster and faster, more and more chaotically.

"Lin!"

Seeing Chu Tianshu said in a long voice, "What is your name? What martial arts do you practice? Are you a member of the ghost market, and what position do you hold?"

Wang Bo opened his eyes, his pupils staring straight at the ceiling.

"My name is Wang Bo, I practice Spirit Turtle Stabilization and Flying Snake Sword Technique, and I am the head of the procurement department of the ghost market."

Procurement head, not a low position.

Such a person actually ran here personally to steal things?

A hint of strangeness flashed through Seeing Chu Tianshu's heart.

But the ghost market itself is not a proper organization; perhaps this supervisor just has a particularly strong personality.

"Where is your ghost market located, who are the important members, especially the highest-ranking person you know—tell me everything!"

The needle on Wang Bo's head didn't stop trembling, and his tone was a bit erratic.

"Our, our ghost market mainly supplies goods from within the country, leading to Nanyang; it also has a great reputation in international underground trade..."

"This country has one-seventh of the world's population, is densely populated, and has clear household registration and clear dates of birth; this is a huge and excellent market..."

"Antique magic objects from all over, the talents needed for refining magic artifacts..."

"But guns were banned here in '96, and public security has improved greatly in recent years; setting the trading location in the interior is very inconvenient, so the country is only suitable as a pure supplier..."

Seeing Chu Tianshu's eyes darkened.

"If you want to supply evidence of crimes in detail, you can go tell the King of Hell; don't give me any more nonsense now."

He calmed his temper, his hands turned like a lotus, his left hand below and his right hand above, re-establishing the sword seal.

"Give me an accurate answer to the question I just asked you; who is your leader!"

Seeing Chu Tianshu gave a low shout, and all the needles on Wang Bo's body began to tremble.

"Our director..."

Wang Bo suddenly showed a look of horror on his face, "No, the director cannot be mentioned; our recent superior is Du Bo... ah!"

Yuan Chongxiao felt something was wrong and suppressed him with all his strength.

Seeing Chu Tianshu also noticed something strange.

A flower of blood suddenly exploded at the back of Wang Bo's neck.

Blood spots splashed out to the right.

Ding ding ding!!

Three silver needles successively pierced through the blood and nailed into the tiles.

A strange bone-white insect, the length of a finger, was pierced through the body by the three silver needles, still struggling and making a very faint hissing sound.

"Gu insect!!"

Yuan Chongxiao's face was ugly, "The person is already dead."

"My skill clearly walked through all his meridians just now, and I didn't notice there was a Gu insect in his body."

Seeing Chu Tianshu stared at the insect, his expression solemn.

When he dragged Wang Bo off the wall, his force had penetrated his whole body.

During the interrogation, thought power also penetrated, and he didn't find this insect either.

The white-shelled strange insect shook its head and tail; at first glance, it looked a bit like a centipede.

But its body shape was more like a long, thin prism, not flat like a centipede.

The bone-white luster, those segmented body parts, those protruding feet...

Seeing Chu Tianshu's brows locked even tighter.

This insect was like a miniature spine.

It was a spine that could call, crawl, and struggle.

The computer teacher on the side had already covered her mouth.

Just by looking at it for two more seconds, she felt a sense of nausea and wanted to vomit.

"This teacher, you go out first."

Seeing Chu Tianshu walked toward the other unconscious people, flicking his toes.

One person was turned over, the back of his neck facing up.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's silver needle was like a knife, comparing it with the position where Wang Bo's neck exploded, and he slashed rapidly.

All of this was extremely delicate, not hurting many blood vessels.

His force was like parting waves, making the skin and flesh on the back of the neck separate to both sides.

The insect crawling on the cervical spine was instantly exposed.

Before the insect could react, the silver needle flashed twice.

The fine feet on the side of the white-shelled insect were all broken, its mouthparts were blocked by the silver needle, and it was flicked into mid-air.

From beginning to end, Seeing Chu Tianshu did not hurt the cervical spine at all.

But just as he flicked the insect up, his expression changed.

The breathing and heartbeat of that captive had already completely ceased.

"Although this insect is a physical entity, it has a kind of invisible, close connection with the lives of these people."

Seeing Chu Tianshu said, "Once the insect leaves the body, the person dies immediately."

Yuan Chongxiao stood up: "Using such Gu insects to prevent ghost market members from revealing important information after being captured."

"The Gu technique attainment of the person behind this is truly extraordinary."

Feng Jianhua looked at the insect still struggling under the three silver needles.

It had been pierced for quite a while, but it was still full of life, as if nothing had happened.

"Perhaps it's because this insect itself is not ordinary."

Feng Jianhua had also raised a few insects.

The insect-raising techniques of martial artists are far from being as strange and unpredictable as Gu techniques.

But some principles are the same.

How brilliant a Gu insect can be sometimes doesn't depend on the cultivation of the Gu refiner, but on the natural state of these insects.

Seeing Chu Tianshu felt a move in his heart, threw down the insect he was pinning, and stomped it to death.

Then he quietly summoned the token screen.

【Bone Centipede (Gu): Spirit Realm species, wandering in the human world, encouraging evil and suppressing good, acting as a vanguard for the king.

Characteristics: After the Bone Centipede merges into the human body, life is connected, it can stimulate potential, make it easier for people to open acupoints, or purify thought power and refine internal energy.

However, invisibly, the person's mindset tends to converge with the Bone Centipede species of the Spirit Realm.

Refined into a Gu insect by human Gu techniques, it retains its original potential, can monitor specific consciousness tendencies, and kill the host without dying itself.】

Seeing Chu Tianshu was just trying it out.

This insect was really considered an evil spirit, and it was a Spirit Realm species. Good token, sometimes it can be an encyclopedia.

"I seem to have seen this insect in a book."

Seeing Chu Tianshu pondered, "It's called the Bone Centipede, a creature native to the Spirit Realm; after parasitizing the human body, it can stimulate potential."

"Bone Centipede, stimulate potential?"

Feng Jianhua touched his stubble, thinking hard, "Why do I also seem to have heard of it somewhere?"

He suddenly revealed a look of realization and took out his phone to make a call.

"Hello, Guan Ya, yes, it's me; I remember you mentioned when you returned to school at the end of '99 that you had set up a project there, using some kind of centipede as raw material; if successful, it could help people widely improve their strength?"

Yuan Zhonglu whispered: "Sister Ya is the best in science in our martial arts school; she went halfway and transferred to another school, later got our recommendation, entered the Special Capture Division, and transferred to Chang'an to do research."

Seeing Chu Tianshu nodded lightly.

With the scale of the Golden Blade Martial Arts School, recommending talents for decades, it's very normal for someone to be in the Special Capture Division.

He heard the reply from the phone.

"... That project was stopped last year."

Guan Ya said, "It took many years, trying to edit genes, cross-breed and domesticate; the degree of domestication was already very high, and the danger of symbiosis with the human body was reduced to the lowest."

"However, after reporting it to the higher-ups, someone brought some things that were said to be relics of ancient ghosts and gods to test, and found that those centipedes showed great obedience."

"Ordinary people facing those things can at most not bear it themselves, but if it's a person with a centipede implanted, they might very well be manipulated and turn against us."

"The research team leading this project applied many times, claiming they could continue to improve, but it was still resolutely stopped."

"Only rumors say that they might re-establish a rune ink research project based on this, considering crushing those centipedes and mixing them with other materials; in short, they cannot be alive."

Guan Ya explained patiently, "Why did the principal suddenly ask this? Our martial arts school must not touch these things."

"If there are really products that are already easy to use, I will recommend the martial arts school to the higher-ups."

Feng Jianhua responded with a few words of concern and asked: "Then was there anyone surnamed Du in the research team at that time?"

Guan Ya said: "The leader of this project seemed to be surnamed Du."

"At that time, everyone said that if this project could succeed, he could change to a big title."

(End of chapter)