From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 434: Very ill
According to intelligence, research records about the Tree of Life vine were found in a genetics laboratory owned by the Berg family.

This intelligence was stolen by Ke Yiming from the Creator Organization, but the information he obtained was not detailed. He only knew that there was a genetics laboratory in Leiden City, White Eagle Federation, with records of research on the Tree of Life Vine.

That was all the intelligence information; there was no further detail.

Strictly speaking, this was the content of a document that Ke Yiming saw by chance, without even having time to look at it closely.

However, for military intelligence, this information was enough to pinpoint the location of the laboratory.

According to the information provided by Ke Yiming, the laboratory is located in Leiden City of the White Eagle Federation, and it is a laboratory for researching genetics.

By combining this with other intelligence, the necessary conclusions can be drawn.

Within the Creator Organization, Will Berg, the head of the Berg family and a core member numbered 7, has invested in numerous genetic research projects across various universities, laboratories, and organizations with supernatural abilities.

Further investigation into these invested genetic research projects led to Leiden, ultimately identifying a laboratory located in the suburbs of Leiden.

The laboratory is registered as the Leiden City Genetics and Paranormal Research Laboratory.

The intelligence report showed an experimental record from a week ago, which was only delivered to the intelligence department three days ago.

In other words, as long as the Creator Organization does not move the Tree of Life within this week, the Tree of Life should still be in this laboratory.

Intelligence is also time-sensitive; a lot can happen in a week.

If you want to retrieve the Tree of Life, you must act quickly. The longer you delay, the higher the chance that the Tree of Life will be moved.

"Have you checked? Is the Tree of Life still in this lab?" Lu Heng was a little worried about the one-week timeframe.

“We’ve sent people to investigate in Leiden City. They haven’t found any special vehicles leaving that lab, but we haven’t been able to go inside to confirm, so we can’t guarantee that the Tree of Life is still in the lab,” Qi Jinghui nodded in response.

Generally, special vehicles are used to transport important experimental samples.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Creator organized the transportation using ordinary vehicles.

They might even send a superhuman with just a suitcase.

Therefore, before going inside to confirm, no one knows whether the Tree of Life vine is still inside.

Xie Shi'en suggested, "Regardless of whether the Tree of Life is still inside or not, we should take a look. If it is, we should retrieve it first. If it is not, we can still investigate to see if there are any other clues."

Lu Heng agreed with this view: "We do need to confirm whether the Tree of Life is still there, but if we act hastily, we may not be well prepared."

According to the strategy initially discussed by the team, after making preparations, they should use swift and decisive measures to eliminate all discovered forces and bases of the Creator Organization in one fell swoop.

The Creator Organization controls a large number of mercenary organizations, multinational corporations, and superhuman forces. It is impossible to eliminate them all, but key forces can be targeted for elimination.

If we are to take action against these forces, we need to be fully prepared.

Because once action is taken, the Creator's organization will receive the news and will definitely react.

Once the Creator Organization discovers that this is a siege against them, it will certainly consolidate its forces, lie low for a while, and then gather all its strength to look for an opportunity to counterattack.

Therefore, if the first wave of operations fails to eliminate a target, it will be very difficult to find another target to take action against.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, then looked at Qi Jinghui and asked, "If we launch an operation now, how many targets can we take down?"

From the moment Ke Yiming, the inside man, appeared, the staff of the Southern Theater Command knew that it wouldn't be long before the Creator Organization would take action.

The job of a theater staff officer is to analyze intelligence, discuss action plans, and have many plans to deal with different situations.

Qi Jinghui was one of the main people in charge of this operation, so he was familiar with all the plans.

Upon hearing Lu Heng's question, he thought for a moment and replied, "There are currently seven targets on which we can take action, mainly the superhuman forces and mercenary organizations controlled by the Creator Organization."

While the seven targets may not encompass all the major forces within the Creator Organization, they are enough to severely damage them.

If the first wave of action leaves the Creator Organization with no room to retaliate, then all that's left is time to wipe out the remaining forces.

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, then asked, "When can we make our move?"

"It could take at least half a day, but only Longwei can take action; otherwise, it will involve international issues," Qi Jinghui added, explaining the nature of the incident.

Because this operation involves many overseas targets, soldiers from the military cannot be deployed.

In this context, the Dragon Might mercenary sequence embodies freedom.

In this era where order is on the verge of collapse, every country has mercenary organizations, some of which are private and some have official backing.

Regardless of their background, as long as their external identity is that of a mercenary, they are not involved in diplomatic issues.

You can easily find an excuse to directly sign an employment agreement with a company in the target region.

Mercenaries are paid to do things; they are not the primary responsible parties.

As for the truth behind it, it has never mattered.

Lu Heng was not surprised to hear that only Longwei could take action, but Longwei's current strength might not be enough to deal with targets in seven different regions at the same time.

"Are we short-handed?" Lu Heng asked directly.

"If you're sure you want to take action, a group of superhuman warriors will be temporarily transferred to the Dragon Might sequence. They'll be transferred away after the operation is over," Qi Jinghui replied casually.

“In that case, let’s get started. I’ll go to Leiden City myself,” Lu Heng decided immediately.

……

at the same time.

White Eagle Federation, Michel State.

In an elegant manor, Ke Yiming received a message from the organization, instructing him to come to the manor to meet a very important person.

His number in the Creator's organization is 025, which is actually quite high, but in terms of sequence, there are at least 24 people ahead of him with higher status.

Of course, some of them are already dead.

He didn't know who he was going to meet, but he had a feeling that the person was someone of very high status.

After entering the manor, you have to take a car and walk for five minutes to reach a very impressive building.

The building appears to blend Gothic style with a sense of solemnity reminiscent of the Renaissance.

Ke Yiming got out of the car, where a white man in his fifties, dressed in a suit, was waiting in front of the building.

However, Ke Yiming immediately realized that this person was not the owner of the place.

Sure enough, the white man in the suit gestured for them to enter and said in English, "This way."

This person was clearly just a butler or something, but his attitude was extremely arrogant; he even omitted "please" after "This way." Ke Yiming didn't understand the difference in English word usage, but he could sense the butler's arrogance.

He said nothing and followed the butler inside, through a long corridor covered with a red carpet, until he arrived at a domed hall.

However, at this moment, this domed hall has been converted into an art studio.

There were seven or eight easels in the studio. Some of the canvases on the easels depicted demons, some depicted angels, and some were indistinguishable from the real thing. The painting skills were not particularly good; they were more like a stream-of-consciousness expression.

At that moment, a white man in his forties was painting a picture in front of him, holding a paintbrush in one hand and dragging a palette of paints in the other.

The painting is not yet finished, but from the parts that have been painted, it can be seen that the painting has a dark tone, and in the middle of the canvas is a skull, a black and shiny skull.

When Ke Yiming saw the skull on the canvas, his heart skipped a beat, because the skull clearly resembled the true form of the Skeleton Monarch, the "Black Crystal Skull".

His heart was racing, and he began to speculate on all sorts of possibilities.

Is it a coincidence?

Since skulls are generally similar in shape, it is possible to draw a similar skull.

But from the color tone to the shape, many details resemble the skull of Wujing. Is it really such a coincidence?

The butler, dressed in a suit and tie, approached the middle-aged man and respectfully reported, "Mr. Berg, the person has been brought here."

The man referred to as Mr. Berg is none other than Will Berg, the current head of the Berg family and member number 7 in the Creator Organization.

Will Berg is actually over fifty years old, but he looks like he's in his forties.

He had a typical Hebrew appearance, with a angular face, a high nose, deep-set eyes, a neatly trimmed beard, and his hair combed back, the glossy style outlining his stern features.

He wore a crisp shirt and vest, paired with gold-rimmed glasses, exuding the air of a financier in every gesture.

Two centuries ago, the Age of Exploration brought white people who had completed the Industrial Revolution to this land now occupied by the White Eagle Federation.

They almost wiped out the local natives, became the new masters of this continent, and established a new nation, the White Eagle Federation.

In the early days of the White Eagle Federation, the first head of the Berg family created the country's banking system and established the White Eagle Federation's "Central Bank".

The interesting thing is that this so-called "central bank" is actually a private bank.

A commercial bank with the function of issuing currency.

The Berg family, along with several other families in the ASE alliance, established a global financial system to reap global wealth and maintain their capital empire.

Undoubtedly, this financial system has played a huge role over the past century, becoming the economic cornerstone of the White Eagle Federation's global dominance.

However, this economic system, which only relentlessly extracts profits and reaps wealth, has also sown the seeds of a hidden danger that the country can never resolve.

Before this hidden danger could erupt, the human world was first confronted with the arrival of the abyss, which shrouded everything in its crisis.

Now, the head of the Berg family, who controls a capital empire, stands before him.

The butler, dressed in a suit and tie, received no reply from his master and repeated, "Mr. Berg, the person has been brought here."

Will Berg glanced at the butler, put the paintbrush back on the easel, then slowly picked up the paint palette, raised it, and smashed it violently into the butler's face.

"what!"

The housekeeper cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground. He wanted to ask why, but he didn't dare.

Will Berger grabbed the paint palette and continued to smash it against the butler's face.

Bang!Bang!bang...

One after another, and another…

The butler's cries of pain turned into pleas, and finally his voice grew weaker and weaker until his entire face was smashed and bloodied, his facial bones shattered.

Will Berger only stopped when there was no sound.

Ke Yiming stood aside watching, his eyes filled with shock, but he neither moved nor spoke.

Because he had heard long ago that number 7 had a mental illness.

Now it seems that he is indeed quite ill.

Will Berg straightened up, wiped the bloodstains from his eye socket with his right thumb, then straightened his vest and took a few deep breaths to even out his breathing.

Then, he picked up a paintbrush, dipped it in the blood flowing from the butler's face, and made two dots on the skull on the canvas, adding two red pupils to the skull.

After completing the last two strokes, Will Berg was very satisfied with the painting. He turned to look at Ke Yiming, smiled, and asked, "Do you recognize this?"

Ke Yiming smelled the blood, tried his best not to look at the butler's miserable state, and then answered calmly, "I recognize him."

Once the pupils, marked by two dots of blood, are drawn, this skull is undoubtedly the Black Crystal Skull.

Since Will Berg was able to draw the skull of the Ugly Crystal, it means he must have had access to relevant information.

Denying it at this point is tantamount to admitting that you have a problem.

Will Berg then asked, "What is this?"

Ke Yiming lowered his head and replied, "This is the true form of the Skeleton Lord Leoric, called the Black Crystal Skull."

Will Berger held the canvas with both hands, lifted it up to examine it closely, and exclaimed, "What a beautiful work of art!"

Ke Yiming stood still, but his body was very tense, because he didn't know if the lunatic in front of him would go crazy again.

As for the "work of art" he praised, Ke Yiming was unsure whether he was praising his painting or the Wujing skull.

Will Berg admired the canvas for a moment, then put it back and asked, "How did he die?"

"What?" Ke Yiming didn't understand what the question was asking.

"How did the Skeleton Lord die?" Will Berg asked, putting the question in more detail.

"I... I don't know. I was on the other side of the battlefield and didn't see the specific battle process. I only know that it was that superhuman from Great Xia named Lu Heng who killed him."

Ke Yiming did not witness the actual battle because he was imprisoned in the Elf dungeon at the time, with Xie Shi'en guarding him.

Therefore, he only knew that the Skeleton Monarch was killed by Lu Heng, but he had no idea how he was killed.

He couldn't say he was imprisoned; he could only say he was on the other side of the battlefield. In any case, the siege of Kolos was indeed a multi-pronged attack, and there was nothing wrong with that statement.

(End of this chapter)