Chapter 290: Jack's Guess

Outer City Production Zone Headquarters.

After Jack saw the 3-meter-tall figure appear, a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Emperor!"

Upon seeing Yingzhou, the Cadian Sergeant saluted and apologized immediately.

"I am sorry, we have failed your trust and allowed the target to be wounded by a Heretic. For this, I am willing to accept any punishment."

Yingzhou saw the missing arms of the two muscular Catachans, had the medical soldiers from logistics come to treat the injured, and used his ability to reattach their severed arms.

Afterwards, Yingzhou looked at the Cadian Sergeant, gazed into his purple pupils, and said in a calm tone.

"No, soldier, you have already done very well. Do not apologize for a momentary failure. I have seen your Loyalty. The Heretic's methods are devious; to have achieved this much without intelligence is already quite good."

As he spoke, Yingzhou patted the Cadian Sergeant on the shoulder.

Hearing Yingzhou say this, the Cadian Sergeant's previously guilty mood became exceptionally fervent, and he said to Yingzhou with an excited body.

"Thank you for your mercy; I will surely burn out my last drop of blood for your will!"

After letting the Cadian Sergeant and the Catachan Sergeant leave with the soldiers, Yingzhou looked at Jack, whose arm had been reattached and who was currently adjusting to it, and spoke slowly.

"Jack, how does it feel? Is there any discomfort?"

Jack moved his reattached arm, shook his head, and said, "No, it's the same as before. Sigh, I'm just feeling a bit emotional."

"You certainly should be emotional, because things are just as you thought before: someone also wants you dead. So, do you have any leads? You and the missing Lu Yang must have some kind of connection. Otherwise, those traitors who have defected to the Alien Race should have prioritized dealing with the Councilors of the Inner City, rather than coming to the Outer City to find you after cleaning up Lu Yang."

After pondering for a moment, Jack spoke to Yingzhou.

"Do you remember that time we were distributing the survivors you rescued from the Breeding Ground?"

"I remember. What does that have to do with you being attacked this time?"

Jack took a deep breath and explained.

"This is just my personal guess. I suspect Pake, because at the time, Lu Yang and I stood up to oppose his proposal to take the survivors to the Research Institute, which ultimately led to his application being rejected. Previously, when he submitted such applications, I usually cast an abstention vote."

Speaking of this, Jack paused and scanned his surroundings, discovering that Yingzhou had already isolated this area, and only the two of them were here.

Seeing this situation, Jack continued.

"However, this time I could no longer tolerate that guy Pake wasting labor like that; the research he supports is simply impossible to realize!"

Hearing Jack say this, curiosity arose in Yingzhou's heart.

He hadn't paid much attention when he previously heard Pake mention the Research Institute; after all, he rarely understood the situation in the Inner City and had assumed the Research Institute was an agency that assisted in developing various weapons to fight the Alien Race.

But according to Jack's description, it seemed that was not the case.

"What exactly is Pake doing with the Research Institute? Why did you choose to vote against it this time?"

"It seems Ji Bu must not have told you about this before. That's right, he only let you become his successor after he died, so it's normal that you don't know.

Pake supports the Research Institute's study of Biological Weapons; it was his father who wanted to use Biological Weapons to fight the Alien Race. At first, his father did indeed have some feedback and wanted to use it to prove he was right.

But later he passed away suddenly, leaving behind appointment documents recommending his son, the current Pake, to become a new Councilor and continue the Research Institute's work.

Since then, Pake has never mentioned the Research Institute's research again, except when he asks us for test subjects.

And the test subjects he has requested from here have already numbered in the thousands. This is just on the surface; behind the scenes, he might be finding test subjects from the Outer City."

Yingzhou nodded slowly, looking at Jack with a complex gaze, and said thoughtfully.

"So you're saying the research he supports is human experimentation?"

Yingzhou had heard some soldiers in the Military District chat about this matter before, but at the time he hadn't seen any so-called soldiers who had undergone human experimentation, so he hadn't taken it seriously.

It seems that some of the rumors circulating in the Military District are actually true.

"Yes, this time his application was rejected; it is very likely that he wants to clear out the voices in the Council that oppose him."

Yingzhou suddenly thought of something and said to Jack.

"But, I remember Pu Lie also seemed to cast an opposing vote. Why wasn't he attacked?"

Jack smiled and said to Yingzhou, "That guy Pu Lie, he might have cast an opposing vote because Pake had previously rejected his application, so he just wanted to disgust Pake a little. Perhaps next time the two of them will cooperate again. Furthermore, these are all just my guesses; there is no substantial evidence."

"How confident are you in your guess?"

Jack thought carefully and replied.

"Hmm, 60% I suppose. This is just my feeling; it could also be humans who have defected to the Alien Race."

Yingzhou did not answer Jack's words, but instead walked over to the muscular Catachan and the Cadian soldier who were chatting not far away.

"That Alien was really, its speed was truly fast! Its attack power was also great; it sliced off my arm in one go. Damn it, fortunately the Emperor blessed me and had my arm reattached. My brother, what's with that expression? Don't be so nervous, looking like you've seen... uh..."

Before this muscular Catachan could finish speaking, his mouth was covered by the Cadian Sergeant standing opposite him, who then said to Yingzhou behind the Catachan.

"Em... Emperor..."

The muscular Catachan, who had originally broken free from the restraint on his mouth, couldn't help but shudder after hearing these words, and he turned his head stiffly to look at Yingzhou.

"It's fine, I just came to ask where you put the corpse of that Alien?"

Yingzhou patted the muscular Catachan on the shoulder and said with a smile to the embarrassed Catachan Sergeant.

"Emperor, just now..."

Seeing that Yingzhou was not blaming his subordinate for the earlier rudeness, the Catachan Sergeant wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Yingzhou waving his hand.

"Don't worry about those details; now take me to see the corpse of that Alien."

"Yes, please follow me."

Yingzhou followed the Catachan Sergeant to the location of the Alien's corpse and saw that under the human shell, the arm had actually turned into a Zerg Forelimb Blade.

"Could it be a traitor who defected to the Zerg?"

Yingzhou looked at the corpse and muttered to himself.

"Emperor, actually, when we were fighting this Alien, it could not only turn into this weapon now, but the flesh and blood of its arm could always turn into some strange weapons, such as bone hammers, spikes, and the like. Moreover, its speed was very fast, and it could also change into other people's appearances."

The Catachan Sergeant on the side saw Yingzhou muttering to himself and carefully explained the intelligence regarding this Alien.