Chapter 530: The Symbol Representing Demons

"Mm!"

Just as Lan Qingyou found what she wanted and was preparing to leave, she suddenly caught sight of something out of the corner of her eye.

It was a circular symbol drawn on the ruined walls with a dye that looked like red paint.

It was a mouth with teeth, and inside the mouth was a trapezoid.

It was normal to have patterns on the walls at home, but this symbol was drawn very hastily, looking like it had just been painted on not long ago, which made it a bit of a big problem.

From the Demon Eye's feedback, Lan Qingyou could tell that this wasn't some magic array, or even anything related to symbology; it was just a simple drawing.

It was something anyone with a paintbrush in hand could draw.

In fact, in the corner of the room, Lan Qingyou saw a wooden bucket mostly buried by soil, bricks, and branches.

Spilled from the wooden bucket was the exact same red dye.

Picking up her card and taking a photo, after finding nothing else of reference, Lan Qingyou sent it directly to the group chat.

Tower: "@Judgment, I remember you seemed to have mentioned what this symbol was before? [Image]"

Yes.

Although her memory was a bit fuzzy, she seemed to have seen it in the group chat before.

She remembered it was that guy Chu Yuan who had come out and said something back then.

So she directly @-mentioned Chu Yuan.

Judgment: "It's the symbol of the Demon Race."

Tower: "Demon Race?"

Speaking of this, the first ones Lan Qingyou thought of were the Huang family father and son, Xin Tianle, and Freya.

In a sense, the Huang family father and son were the first Demon Race members she had met.

They were just the 'Little Demons' within the Demon Race.

After that came Xin Tianle, the demon, and Freya, the succubus.

Both were different races under the large category of the Demon Race.

But neither the Huang family father and son nor the others had ever been seen with this symbol.

That was why Lan Qingyou was so confused.

However, the clarification came quickly.

Chariot: "Judgment isn't talking about the Demon Race of this world, but the Demon Race of Blue Star. Didn't I post about it before?"

Tower: "Now that you mention it, I do seem to have some impression of it. It's about that Formation 505 thing, right?"

Chariot's words immediately reminded Lan Qingyou of that summer and her encounter with Susie, the Poison Witch.

At the time, she had originally gone to find trouble with the Huang family father and son.

But unexpectedly, she had dug up matters concerning the Demon Race, as well as that ancient monster, the juvenile Jörmungandr.

Back then, it was Chariot who went to resolve the matter of Formation 505.

As a result, besides a battle and some resources, the main dish, Jörmungandr, was never seen at all.

Then... could this toxin strain also have been created from that thing, or that type of thing?

The Demon Race of Blue Star, huh.

With just this simple hint of a place name, Lan Qingyou knew who it was.

If it were that bunch of animals, it was really possible for them to research and use this kind of anti-human thing.

Tower: "So that's how it is; then that explains it."

Judgment: "Explains what?"

Tower: "I found this thing inside Isabel's shelter."

Judgment: "So the reason I saw you flying down from the sky just now was to look for this thing?"

Tower: "Not deliberately. I just wanted to see if there was anything worth noting, and ended up finding this."

Judgment: "Wait, are you saying that monster is Isabel?"

Chu Yuan came to his senses.

In the footage just now, Lan Qingyou had descended from the sky to Isabel's shelter.

And that monster had also left from that exact location.

Didn't that mean the monster was equivalent to Isabel?

Tower: "Bingo. It is Isabel."

Judgment: "How did she become like that? Do you have any clues on your end?"

Without the Demon Eye, he naturally couldn't see anything.

In his eyes, a monster was a monster, at most just having changed its appearance.

Who would have known that someone could actually turn directly into a monster now?

Although those degenerate species each looked like they had a tendency to develop towards monsters, their appearance was at least still in a demi-human state.

He was seeing someone completely transforming like Isabel for the first time.

Tower: "Gut-Source Infant, that's what Isabel is called now. As for why she turned out like this, it's because of a potion called the Gut-Source Toxin Strain."

Tower: "I just found it. There are only a drop or two left in the potion bottle. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the leftovers from what she drank."

Magician: "Gut-Source Toxin Strain?"

Chariot: "What's that?"

Lovers: "Sounds like a very interesting thing."

Sun: "Turning a person into this kind of monster? What a violent toxin strain this is!"

Justice: "Has a bit of a Resident Evil flavor to it."

Hearing that there was a novelty, quite a few guys who had been lurking and watching the screen popped out.

After all, Lan Qingyou was looking for Chu Yuan for business just now, so everyone politely chose to avoid interfering.

But when it came to something new, it was different.

It was as if it scratched their itch, and no one could hold back anymore.

However, how could Lan Qingyou have the time to deal with these things right now? She had to solve her own matters first anyway.

Tower: "So, I hope your side can investigate the matters concerning this Demon Race now."

Compared to the resources and power in her own hands, Chu Yuan of the Supreme Council definitely had broader connections and methods.

So Lan Qingyou wanted to hand the investigation over to him while she focused on researching the toxin strain.

Judgment: "Of course, that's no problem. But I have a question here."

Tower: "What question?"

Judgment: "You haven't fallen out with the Council yet, have you? You or your Witch Race."

Tower: "Why do you ask?"

Judgment: "If you have fallen out, then I can only use my own power. But if you haven't, then I can use the power of the entire Supreme Council."

As one of the councilors, it was naturally a simple matter for Chu Yuan to gather intelligence.

But that was just concerning himself.

If it involved the Supreme Council, then he would need a substantial reason to persuade others.

Even for those councilors who belonged to the Reformist Faction like him, it was the same.

After all, no one would help others for no reason.

Only by knowing whether Lan Qingyou had any intention of parting ways with the Supreme Council right now could he properly lobby the others.

Especially that Speaker who had previously given the green light to Lan Qingyou.

With his support, he believed these things would be much more convenient to do.

It would be better to say that the affairs of those guys from the Blue Star Demon Race were actually similar to the Primal Scripture Adherents; they were both like rats crossing the street that everyone wanted to beat up.

Involving these guys, he believed Durandal's side would also be willing.

But it was still the same saying: there needed to be a grand and righteous excuse, otherwise there would be nothing to talk about.