My citizenship is at risk

Chapter 194 Mission completed, exchange upgrade (7k)

In the stone cave, the little girl stared at the young man who came to her and forgot to cry for a moment.

She stared with wide eyes at Chu Mu who appeared in front of her like a god descending from the sky, and felt that the light around her became brighter at this moment.

But on the other side, Chu Mu did not forget that Song Yan was still fighting with the two kidnappers in the cave.

After comforting the little girl a little, Chu Mu carefully observed the situation inside the hole.

There was a very important reason why he cut the rock without hesitation instead of waiting for the battle outside to end before trying to rescue the girl, and that was that this was a closed cave.

In a closed cavity, the air is limited.

This is also the reason why the candlelight was extremely weak before.

If the stone hole was not opened immediately to allow air circulation inside and outside, the little girl would soon suffocate to death.

But there's a problem.

That is, how did the little girl get into this completely closed hole? How did she maintain her life before I arrived, and even have extra air to light the candle?

These two points cannot be achieved using conventional methods.

There is only one possibility.

That is the source skill.

Chu Mu was very sure that at least one of the two people just now had a source skill related to this. Whether it was sending the little girl in or replacing the air in the stone cave every once in a while, it was all done by them.

"Little sister, don't you remember who sent you here?" Chu Mu asked softly.

A trace of fear flashed in the little girl's eyes, and she shook her head violently, "I...I don't know him."

"It's okay, don't be nervous." Chu Mu showed a friendly smile and touched the little girl's head to calm her down. "Brother is from the Security Bureau. We will catch these bad guys soon!"

Hmm...preparatory members should be counted too, right?

When the little girl heard the word "Police Department", her expression relaxed a lot. To the children of the alliance, these three words were as reassuring as the "Uncle Police" in Chu Mu's previous life.

Noticing that the little girl looked much calmer, Chu Mu changed the way he asked, "Was the person who brought you here a very tall man, or a shorter, thin man?"

"The second one!" the little girl said without hesitation, "I have only seen him."

Now, Chu Mu had a rough idea in his mind.

The shadowy man has the ability to lead people through rocks, but the other tall man's ability is unclear for the time being.

"You heard it too. There's a fight going on outside." Chu Mu pointed to the center of the cave. The tremors and roars of the fight between Song Yan and the other two resounded throughout the cave. "Brother is going to help him defeat the bad guys, so you stay here and wait for us to pick you up, okay?"

"Okay!" The little girl nodded heavily and continued to stay in the original stone cave under Chu Mu's instructions. The rubble outside was used by Chu Mu to block the passage into the stone cave and retain a gap for air circulation.

After doing all this, the smile on Chu Mu's face quickly disappeared, and a shocking murderous intent appeared in his eyes.

As the alliance has developed, population screening has become more stringent than in the past. It is simply impossible to kidnap children and sell them like in the past.

Chu Mu didn't know what these people's intention was in kidnapping the child, but this had completely ignited his anger.

With a flash of his body, he had disappeared from the spot and rushed to the place where the fierce fighting was taking place.
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In the darkness, Song Yan's long stick danced wildly like a pillar of heaven. With the power of martial arts, every strike of the stick created invisible ripples in the void. Even when fighting one against two, he still had the upper hand.

The expressions of the gloomy man and the iron tower man both looked particularly ugly. While they were struggling to fend off Song Yan's attack, they were also communicating with each other.

"Who is this guy? He is so young but he has such terrifying strength!"

"I don't know. It's really weird. I've never heard of such a person. He actually found our cave."

"It seems that we are no match for him. It's a bit difficult to silence him, isn't it?"

"You haven't used your power yet, have you? Don't hide it. Find a chance to trick him. Otherwise, you can't win. If you keep fighting, the cave will collapse."

"…Fine."

The gloomy man's face darkened.

His source blood was only of the seventh grade, but he was lucky enough to have an extremely special source skill: Melting Earth. This source skill allowed him to merge into the earth along with all the living and non-living things he came into contact with, and travel through the earth. However, there had to be a period of time between each use of the skill.

Originally, he didn't want to use this source skill. After all, using this source skill here meant that he would not be able to change the air for the girl in the cave in a short period of time, which might very likely lead to the death of the little girl.

But now, I can’t care about so much.

If we don’t kill this guy in front of us, everyone will be exposed!

With a cold look in his eyes, the gloomy man rushed towards Song Yan with a dagger in his hand. The blade collided with the iron rod that was swinging towards him in an instant.

"Ping—"

Along with a crisp sound of metal clashing, a flash of fire suddenly appeared in the darkness. The next moment, the gloomy man groaned, flew backwards and hit the rock wall on the side.

A hint of joy flashed in Song Yan's eyes.

With this blow, the opponent will probably be seriously injured. As long as the opponent can be injured, the balance of victory will tilt faster!

But the next moment, Song Yan's expression paused slightly.

The expected loud noise of the gloomy man hitting the rock wall did not occur. As he flew backwards, he seemed to blend into the surrounding darkness, and no trace of him could be seen anymore.

This is... a source skill?!
Astonished that these two not-so-strong guys actually had source skills, Song Yan knocked the man on the iron tower away with a stick, and a cautious look immediately appeared on his face.

When facing an opponent with active skills, the unknown of the active skills is the most troublesome.

You have to figure out the effects of your opponent's source skills as quickly as possible, otherwise it's easy to fail.

He couldn't help but glance towards the darkness deeper into the cave, and then he looked away as if unintentionally.

I don’t know how Chu Mu’s investigation is going.

If Chu Mu was here, it would be much safer for the two of them to work together.

Just as he was thinking about it, Song Yan's heart sank with a sense of danger. A figure burst out from the ground under his feet, and a dagger drew an arc in the air and instantly pointed upwards, as if it wanted to cut Song Yan in half.

At the critical moment, Song Yan's body suddenly turned sideways, almost passing by the cold blade of the dagger, and blood spurted out from his shoulder.

Although he avoided the vital parts, the knife still injured him.

Song Yan groaned, took a few steps back, covered his shoulder with a knife wound so deep that the bone was visible, and looked solemnly at the gloomy man who appeared.

The gloomy man looked a little disappointed, but his reaction was extremely fast. The dagger in his hand turned into a faint light and quickly stabbed towards Song Yan.

On the other side, the iron tower man holding a sword followed closely, taking advantage of the fact that Song Yan's shoulder was injured and one of his hands was temporarily disabled, and prepared to cooperate with the gloomy man to keep him here completely.

"Ping ping ping -"

The continuous sounds of metal clashing echoed in the cave. The bloodstains on Song Yan's body were gradually increasing. Even with the power of martial arts, he could only gradually fall into a disadvantage due to his injuries.

With his lips tightly pursed, Song Yan's breathing gradually became heavier.

From the beginning till now, he has never used his own source skills.

He is waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

An opportunity to absolutely win.

As his blood loss increased, things in front of Song Yan began to double, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted, defending himself as much as possible.

"Boy, no matter how you found this place, today is the day you die. This is where you die!" The gloomy man's cold voice echoed in the cave.

As Song Yan's martial arts power gradually weakened, the suppression on him and the iron tower man disappeared, and his attacks became more and more fierce.

"Give me, die!!!"

With a low growl, the dagger in the gloomy man's hand pierced through Song Yan's long stick and pointed straight at Song Yan's heart.

As the dagger got closer and closer to his heart, a sharp scream suddenly echoed in the cave.

Looking at the shadow of the mantis beast that was rapidly enlarging in his field of vision, Song Yan grinned silently.

The opportunity has come.

Ignoring the dagger that was about to stab his chest, Song Yan slammed the long stick in his hand into the ground.

"boom!!!"

With a loud roar, his breath instantly connected with the ground beneath his feet.

"Ping—"

The dagger in the gloomy man's hand was pressed against Song Yan's heart, but it was like pressing against an extremely hard rock and could not move forward an inch.

The bone-deep wound on Song Yan's shoulder healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his source strength, which had been exhausted after a fierce battle, recovered to its peak in the blink of an eye.

Source Technique: Earth Connection!

This powerful source skill, which is almost equivalent to a second life in battle, shines again at this moment.

The gloomy man's pupils contracted violently. He never expected that Song Yan had such a trump card. He was about to step back to avoid it, but Song Yan suddenly stretched out a hand and grabbed the gloomy man's wrist like an iron clamp.

"Now...it's over!" Song Yan said in a low voice.

A flash of cold light flashed in the void, and the gloomy man's head flew high, hit the rock wall and fell heavily.

Chu Mu, who had beheaded the gloomy man with a single blow, appeared, nodded to Song Yan, and then rushed towards the man on the iron tower on the other side.

The huge shadow of the mantis beast carried Chu Mu and made him move swiftly in the cave. This was a perfect stage for the hunter.

The man in the iron tower was the prey that was doomed to fail.

"Damn it!" A drop of cold sweat dripped from the forehead of the iron tower man, and he looked at Chu Mu in horror who rushed out from the deepest part of the cave.

Where did this guy come from?

Did he find the secret cave?

Why is he so strong?
Countless questions popped up in the mind of the man in the iron tower, and he couldn't help but roar, "You can't kill me! Killing is against the law!"

Chu Mu's knife paused for a moment. Just when the iron tower man thought Chu Mu hesitated because of his words and showed a smug smile, the knife in his hand suddenly accelerated and directly pierced through the iron tower man's chest.

"You..." The smile on the iron tower man's face froze, with a look of disbelief in his eyes, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

The cave suddenly became quiet.

"Are you okay?" Song Yan strode to Chu Mu's side, lowered his voice and spoke with worry in his eyes.

"It's okay." Chu Mu shook his head slightly. "First of all, they took the initiative to attack us, so we were just defending ourselves."

"Secondly, they kidnapped a minor and resisted arrest. As a reserve member of the police department, I had reason to kill them on the spot."

"Kidnapping a minor?" Song Yan, who had not entered the deepest part of the cave, was still unaware of the incident. After a brief moment of daze, he suddenly realized, "Is it Xu Yuncan and Lepani's mission?"

"Yes." Chu Mu nodded, "Save the people first, and we'll deal with the rest later."

It was dark all around, but Chu Mu could clearly see with his enhanced eyesight that a large number of cracks had appeared in the rocks here because of the fight between several people, and the cave was in danger of collapsing at any time.

He quickly returned to the depths of the cave, soon came back with the little girl on his back, and nodded to Song Yan.

The two ran all the way towards the cave entrance, and they could vaguely see the light of the exit in front of them.

Fifty meters... twenty meters... ten meters...

The exit becomes clearer and clearer, and you can even clearly see the lush green plants outside the exit.

However, the next moment, the two people's actions came to an abrupt stop.

At the exit of the cave, stood a man in a police uniform.

"I'm Chen Zhe from the Feiyun City Police Department. On behalf of the Feiyun City Police Department, I'd like to thank you two for your help in the missing case." The man said with a smile.

Feiyun City Police Department?

A hint of surprise and suspicion appeared in Chu Mu's eyes.

"This is my ID." Seeing Chu Mu's distrust, Chen Zhe took out his ID and calmly showed it to the two of them.

Seeing the clear stamp on the certificate, Chu Mu nodded slightly, and the vigilance in his eyes dissipated a little. "Now, please hand Li Xiaoyun over to me, I will take her to meet her parents." Chen Zhe pointed at the girl Chu Mu was carrying.

"Okay." Chu Mu nodded slightly, put the little girl behind him down, and pulled her towards Chen Zhe step by step.

Looking at the girl getting closer and closer to him, a hint of ecstasy and greed flashed in Chen Zhe's eyes.

He stretched out his hand, wanting to hold the little girl's hand, when suddenly a crisp sound came to his ears.

"Snapped--"

The next moment, a rock wall appeared between Chen Zhe and the little girl, blocking his outstretched hand.

Chen Zhe's pupils shrank slightly, and the rock wall in front of him exploded. Chu Mu and Song Yan had already protected the girl behind them and rushed towards him.

"Damn!!!"

Chen Zhe's expression suddenly turned ferocious. "I hid it very well, how did you find it?"

Chu Mu said nothing as he unleashed his martial arts with all his might, slashing out with his two swords with such force that Chen Zhe was blasted out of the cave.

The two men followed him out of the cave and fought with Chen Zhe in the open valley.

Why was it discovered?

Facing this sudden appearance of the security officer, Chu Mu subconsciously activated the first level of transparent vision.

Then, he saw another face beneath the other person's face.

The certificate is real, but this person is not Chen Zhe.

Chu Mu realized this and pretended to approach the other party, but at an angle where the other party could not see, he implicitly made an attacking gesture to Song Yan.

In the forest, three people were fighting frantically. Under the overwhelming force, Chu Mu's expression gradually became solemn.

This guy's strength is much stronger than he expected.

He and Song Yan both used their martial arts to their full potential, but even though they were at a disadvantage, they were no match for the other.

but…

As time went by, Chu Mu caught a glimpse of anxiety in the other person's eyes.

anxious?
why?
Chu Mu's heart moved, and he suddenly had a bold guess.

"Hold him! This guy wants to run!" Chu Mu shouted, with a sharp look in his eyes, "Xu Yuncan should have discovered his problem, our reinforcements are coming soon!"

Song Yan put away the long stick in his hand without saying a word, and clapped his hands in front of his chest repeatedly, almost leaving an afterimage.

Amidst a series of applause, rock walls rose from the ground from all tricky angles, frantically blocking Chen Zhe's retreat.

Chu Mu's attack became more and more fierce. Although he was no match for the opponent in a one-on-one fight, with Song Yan's cover and Chen Zhe's desire to retreat far greater than his desire to fight, he was suppressed for a while.

"Chong-"

A clear sword sound suddenly exploded from a distance.

Hearing the familiar voice, Chu Mu and Song Yan both showed a look of surprise on their faces.

It's Lepany!

His coming means Chu Mu’s idea is right.

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the security personnel gathered here. With the combined efforts of everyone, Chen Zhe was pressed to the ground, and the human skin mask was torn off, revealing another face.

"Longteng Province's C-level wanted criminal, the Evil Blood Cultist Liu Weilong." One of the security officers gritted his teeth and revealed the man's true identity, "What did you do to Chen Zhe?"

The other members of the security department also had anger in their eyes and stared at Liu Weilong.

"Hehe." Liu Weilong, whose identity was exposed and whose face was ashen, laughed ferociously and crazily, "Guess?"

"Oh shit!"

One of the hot-tempered members of the security agency couldn't bear it any longer and punched him in the face, causing a big swelling at the corner of his mouth.

"Pooh!"

Liu Weilong spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and stared at the member of the Security Bureau who beat him with a cold expression. His defiant look made the others even angrier.

The fact that Chen Zhe did not really betray them was probably the only consolation for them, but the fact that he was replaced quietly was probably a dangerous situation for them.

The highest-ranking member of the security agency took a deep breath, tried his best to calm his anger and murderous intent, and shouted.

"Take him back and interrogate him strictly!"

Chu Mu, Song Yan, Xu Yuncan, Lepani and the rescued little girl Li Xiaoyun, as participants in the case, followed the escort team back to the police station and each recorded their statements.

Just as Chu Mu expected, the Security Bureau did not hold him responsible for the killing of the two people in the cave. After knowing that he was a reserve member of the Security Bureau, they looked at him as if he were a family member.

Li Xiaoyun's parents, who rushed over after hearing the news, cried with joy when they saw their daughter who had suffered for two days. The scene of the three of them hugging each other and crying also made Chu Mu feel very happy.

After reuniting with Xu Yuncan, he also learned more details of the missing case. He could not help much with the children who had gone missing in the past, but now that this family was reunited, he did his part.

At this point, Xu Yuncan and Lepani's camp mission was completed.

"Tu Shanming and the other two have also completed their missions." After Chu Mu contacted Tu Shanming and the other two, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that even though our three teams were separated, our missions would be so closely related."

Although choosing to complete the task in close places meant taking care of each other, being able to take care of each other to this extent was really beyond everyone's expectations.

"Hmm..." Xu Yuncan nodded, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Chu Mu, "Have you and Song Yan completed your mission?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the place suddenly became quiet.

Chu Mu and Song Yan's expressions changed.

Oh no, they are still ten kilograms short of red flower vine!

Seeing Chu Mu's expression, Xu Yuncan was speechless, "Let's find the rest together."
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"What do you think the Evil Blood Cult is? Could the missing children be related to the Evil Blood Cult?"

As the seven people who had completed their mission were on their way back to Beidou Camp in an aircraft, Tu Shanming couldn't help but become curious.

"I have found some information about this." Xu Yuncan looked at the information in the communicator in front of him, "The Evil Blood Cult is a cult organization active in Asia on Earth."

Cult?

Everyone couldn't help but look at Xu Yuncan.

"There is not much information available about them. All I can find is that the Evil Blood Cult craves human blood, especially the blood of young children." Xu Yuncan paused for a moment, "But I can probably guess that they are closely related to the forbidden techniques."

"Forbidden technique?" Chu Mu blinked.

"These are some techniques that are not recognized by the alliance and are prohibited from being practiced and spread." Yu Qianqian explained, "Martial arts techniques are all created by star warriors. There are normal techniques that are suitable for the public to practice, and naturally there are some techniques that have huge flaws and are not suitable for practice."

"Some of these techniques will cause the Star Warrior to experience some personality or physiological changes after practicing them, and some of them require the use of some forbidden things during the practice process, such as... human blood."

"Xu Yuncan's guess is correct." Yu Qianqian's voice was a little solemn, "The followers of the Evil Blood Cult practice a forbidden technique called 'Blood Refining Martial Arts'. Practicing it requires absorbing a large amount of human blood. The more blood you absorb, the faster you will improve."

"So, the Evil Blood Cult secretly kidnapped a lot of people, restricted their freedom, and regularly bled them to use as their 'blood bank' for their practice."

"Those missing children may also..." Yu Qianqian clenched her fists, anger flashing in her eyes, "Normally, criminals in the Void Realm are wanted as D-level criminals, and even serious crimes like murder will not raise their wanted level."

"But once they are confirmed to be followers of the Evil Blood Cult and have practiced the Blood Refining Martial Arts, their wanted level will be raised by one level."

"So, Liu Weilong is a Class C wanted criminal."

Everyone nodded in understanding, and had a better understanding of the Evil Blood Cult. They were also indignant in their hearts. Even Lepani silently tightened the hilt of his sword.

"I don't understand." Song Yan said sullenly, "Why would someone give up the normal practice and practice this kind of forbidden practice?"

"Don't they know this is illegal?"

"Of course they know." Lin Changfeng leaned against the window lazily, looking at Song Yan with a complicated look, "But they are poor."

"The Soaring Realm Technique is very expensive."

"If I didn't have a good talent, the subsidy from the alliance allowed me to obtain the technique without spending any money..." He sighed softly, "If a free forbidden technique was placed in front of me, I might also be shaken."

After the words fell, everyone was silent for a while.

Chu Mu shook his head helplessly.

He, whose family background is even worse than Lin Changfeng's, can best understand Lin Changfeng's words.

The Alliance provides very good benefits to Star Warriors. If you have high talent, you can easily get various supports. Even extremely expensive martial arts techniques can be obtained without much pressure.

But not everyone has good enough talent.

Many star warriors took more than ten to twenty years just to break through the third level of their skills, and only managed to break through to the soaring realm when they were over thirty years old.

Such talents would not receive any support from the alliance. If they wanted to obtain a martial arts technique, they would need to spend millions of alliance coins. However, the techniques they purchased with so much money were only the most common ones, and the upper limit could only reach the realm of all things.

This gives some forbidden skills the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Some lawless people can easily achieve their goals through deception or seduction.

Everyone, who should have been happy about completing the mission, returned to the camp in silence as they talked about the Evil Blood Cult and forbidden techniques.

Fortunately, when they arrived at the mission tower to deliver the task, they received pretty good news.

Because of subsequent changes that increased the difficulty of the mission, the missions of the three teams were changed to two-star missions. The seven people no longer needed to complete a one-star mission and were directly qualified to accept the two-star mission.

At the same time, the camp points of mission rewards will also increase.

For a one-star mission, each person will be rewarded with 15 camp points. For a two-star mission, each person will be rewarded with 40 camp points.

In other words, each of Chu Mu and his seven companions received 40 camp points in this mission.

After earning the points, they did not immediately set off to start the next task.

The purpose of the mission is ultimately to obtain camp points and use them to improve yourself.

So everyone agreed to gather in a week to start the next mission, and use the points in this week to improve their respective strengths.

40 camp points are not a lot.

But if used in conjunction with the Seven-Star Points, these camp points are already a lot. If used to redeem D-level cosmic treasures on the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion, you can exchange for several of them.

However, Chu Mu was not in a hurry to exchange for the cosmic treasure.

After seven days of re-screening and the task he just completed, he has fully realized his current shortcomings.

Realm of strength.

His strength level is still at the first stage of the flying realm, and the total amount of his source power is the least among his companions.

With only more than thirty source powers, not only did he become exhausted more easily than his opponent during continuous fighting, but the advantages of his four source skills became meaningless.

The second level of transparent vision allows Chu Mu to see through weaknesses. This ability of the mantis beast can be used at any time, but in Chu Mu's case it can only be used for a short period of time as a trump card.

The second level of the hidden source skill has not been activated until now because the source power is too low. Up to now, Chu Mu can only conceal his own source power fluctuations and cannot become invisible. It is far less powerful than the mantis beast.

The Devouring Source Skill also has a second level, but that is a long way off for Chu Mu.

As for the double burst source skill...

With Chu Mu's current total source power, if he used it, all the source power would be drained in an instant, and he would lose the ability to attack and be at the mercy of others.

These problems can be solved by increasing the total amount of source power.

Therefore, for Chu Mu, the improvement brought by increasing source power at this stage is greater than any other improvement.

With this in mind, Chu Mu went straight to the training ground with various training facilities and found the corresponding teacher in charge. "A C9-level training room, 20 hours."

C9级修行室，10营地积分或者8七星积分+2营地积分可修行1小时。

Chu Mu planned to bet all the camp points he obtained this time.

Just to become stronger!

(End of this chapter)