From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 439 Bloodline Clues

The violent explosion at the abandoned factory, coupled with three waves of rocket bombardment, alarmed the defense system of Michel State.

Therefore, after a quick cleanup of the battlefield, Lu Heng's team of four withdrew from the White Eagle Federation and returned to Binhai.

Although they did not retrieve the Tree of Life Vine during their trip to the White Eagle Federation, they did manage to thwart an ambush plot by the Creator Organization.

In this way, the contest with the Creator's organization is now out in the open.

Or rather, the Berg family has come into the open.

If we can find the core members of the Berg family, we can replicate the methods used to deal with the Planta family.

However, since the fall of the Planta family, these families in the ASE Alliance have become wiser, rarely attending family gatherings, and even starting to use shapeshifters as substitutes.

Therefore, it is very difficult to locate the core members of the Berg family.

In particular, no information could be found about Will Berg's whereabouts.

Moreover, the intelligence repeatedly mentioned that this person had mental problems and would cancel even pre-arranged schedules without reason, resulting in a very low accuracy rate for the intelligence.

Not only did the operation at the Leiden City Genetics Laboratory fail, but the other six teams arranged by Longwei also terminated their operations three minutes before they were scheduled to begin.

Therefore, this large-scale crackdown operation failed to achieve its objectives.

Fortunately, all the teams that were dispatched returned safely, and there were no casualties.

With such a large-scale operation canceled, an investigation into the reasons and a review of the events will certainly begin upon their return.

Moreover, the relevant meetings were held for three consecutive days.

Lu Heng rested for a day after returning home, and then attended the final meeting the next day.

“We have conducted two internal investigations and can confirm that the intelligence was not leaked from Longwei or the Southern Theater Command.” Jian Qing briefly explained the investigation results when she saw Lu Heng appear.

Lu Heng nodded and said, "I have confirmed that the intelligence was leaked from Ke Yiming."

Jian Qing then asked, "We already received your report on the operation. Ke Yiming is dead, right?"

Lu Heng nodded again: "Yes, the huge explosion in Michel State, Ke Yiming was blown to pieces right in front of me."

"Without Ke Yiming as an undercover agent, it will be very difficult to obtain information about the Creator Organization in the future." Jian Qing was not satisfied with the outcome of this operation.

Lu Heng closed his eyes and carefully recalled what had happened, hoping to find some useful clues.

After the explosion, Lu Heng's team eliminated the Creator Organization's superhumans who had ambushed them.

The information on these superhumans was submitted a couple of days ago. Thinking of this, Lu Heng asked, "Have you found out the identities of those superhumans who ambushed me? Their levels are so high, they can't be nobody."

"Already checked."

As she spoke, Jian Qing took out a document, pushed it in front of Lu Heng, and continued, "These are the identity information of those six people, who come from different mercenary organizations."

"Behind these mercenary organizations, there are more or less capital, financial groups, or the ASE Alliance."

"Based on all the clues, it can be confirmed that these six people come from different ASE families."

"Among them, it can be confirmed that the Bloodline Assassins come from the Berg family and belong to the mercenary organization Red Spider."

"The black man equipped with the steel wings belongs to 'The Agents,' the number one mercenary organization of the White Eagle Federation."

"The families of the remaining three people are still unknown. Among them, the one with the most hidden background is the Perceptor who has the ability to guide the supernatural."

"We can only speculate that it was trained by a family within the ASE Alliance, and that it is a family that has access to arms deals. However, we cannot be certain which family it is."

As Lu Heng listened, he recalled the events of that day, especially the bloodline assassin who, despite being shot, could still use the Blood Seal skill to force himself to continue fighting.

This is a very typical ability of the Bloodline race, and this ability is not a skill.

In other words, the skill [Blood Seal] will not appear in the skill core; only the Bloodline race possesses it.

In other words, this assassin-type ability user acquired the bloodline of the Blood Clan through some means.

It is not common for humans to acquire demonic blood, but it is not surprising either.

There have been previous cases of ability users who obtained the bloodline of the Dark Werewolf, so it's not surprising that another ability user with the bloodline of the Blood Demon has appeared.

"Bloodline Clan..."

Lu Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, remembering something.

In the elven world, the elven race captured a three-headed bloodline recruit.

Lu Heng interrogated the three bloodline demons and extracted a crucial piece of information from them.

The Bloodline race once descended upon the human world as summoners of the abyss.

However, after Lu Heng returned, he checked all the information about Blue Star becoming the Abyss Battlefield and found no information about the Bloodline Clan ever appearing.

At the time, Lu Heng had already made a judgment that there were only two possibilities.

The first possibility is that the Bloodline race that descended upon Earth slaughtered all the humans they encountered, thus preventing any news from spreading.

The second possibility is that a powerful force has blocked news of the emergence of the Bloodline Clan.

Combined with the clue that this assassin possesses the abilities of a bloodline, a possible answer becomes clear.

The information provided by the intelligence department of the Southern Theater Command clearly states that this assassin with superpowers belongs to the Red Spider superpower mercenary organization.

The power behind Red Spider is the Berg family.

In other words, the force that blocked the news of the Bloodline Clan's arrival was very likely the Berg family.

Lu Heng continued to recall, mentally reviewing the entire incident, especially the details of his "face-to-face" encounter with Will Berg.

In fact.

Lu Heng did not meet Will Berg, but instead had a conversation with Will Berg through Ke Yiming's body, which can be seen as a "face-to-face" conversation without seeing the other party.

The reason for reviewing this process is to find useful clues through conversations with Will Berger.

After reviewing the whole thing, I didn't gain anything, so I started all over again, recalling every word I said from the first moment I met Ke Yiming.

Before being possessed by Will Berg, Ke Yiming helplessly expressed, "I just want to live..."

At that moment, he tugged at his collar with his fingers, a gesture that seemed to suggest he was in a bad mood and wanted to let some air out.

However, when Lu Heng recalled it again, he remembered the small wound on his neck that was revealed when he pulled open his collar.

There was a scab the size of a finger on the left side of Ke Yiming's neck.

The blood has already scabbed over, and given the superhuman's regenerative abilities, this scab should form in no more than two days.

And the location of this scab...

Lu Heng reached out and touched the left side of his neck, where... the carotid artery was located.

The carotid artery is a very vulnerable area; once slashed by a sharp weapon, the bleeding is difficult to stop, making it a prime target for assassins. Ke Yiming had a circular scab on his carotid artery; was it pierced by a round, sharp weapon?

His energy level is not low, and there are not many people in the human world who can harm him.

Why did they pierce his carotid artery but not kill him?
What could be a round, sharp object about the size of a thumb?
Generally speaking, among common sharp weapons, there are not many specialized weapons with round and sharp edges.

If it's a military dagger, it will have a blood groove, and the wound will be cross-shaped or triangular; round ones are rare.

On the contrary, accidental injuries, such as being pierced by steel bars, are more likely to result in circular wounds.

However, given Ke Yiming's combat strength, this could not have been an accident.

What kind of sharp weapon caused the injury?

Carotid artery, circular wound...

No, it wasn't a sharp weapon, but... teeth marks.

Lu Heng suddenly realized that the circular wound on Ke Yiming's carotid artery was not caused by a sharp weapon, but by teeth marks.

I didn't initially think of it as a tooth mark because there was only one wound, while tooth marks usually come in pairs.

Looking back now, the other tooth mark on Ke Yiming's neck was probably hidden by his collar, which is why only one was visible.

Looking back at the time when Ke Yiming pulled his collar, it wasn't to let in air; he deliberately showed the teeth marks to himself.

Ke Yiming was already under Will Berg's control at the time, making it impossible for him to warn him verbally, even though he genuinely wanted to survive.

So he could only resort to showing his teeth marks as a warning, but unfortunately Will Berg was too ruthless and never intended to give him a chance to live.

After Lu Heng figured things out, and recalling Ke Yiming's expression at the time, many suspicious details became reasonable.

Ko Yi-ming's teeth marks on his carotid artery were definitely meant to convey some kind of message.

This information might be difficult for others to understand, but Lu Heng could.

When Ke Yiming appeared, he was already under Will Berg's control, so there must be some kind of control over him.

There are too many control-type skills that superhumans can acquire, and it is impossible to draw conclusions without further analysis of other clues.

Now things are different; we have a crucial clue.

The first key clue is that the assassins trained by the Berg family possess demonic blood.

The second key clue is that there were teeth marks on Ke Yiming's neck.

The answer is already coming.

There is a high-ranking bloodline demon in the Berg family, or perhaps Will Berg is that high-ranking bloodline demon.

Blood-descended demons possess abilities similar to vampires, using their venomous fangs to bite and turn creatures into blood servants, thereby achieving control.

Bloodline races capable of turning creatures into blood servants are of very high rank, at least at the level of Great Demons.

Even the Bloodline Great Demons have relatively weak control over their Blood Servants; it's more likely that the Bloodline Princes have more control.

But is it possible for a human to obtain such a top-tier bloodline as a Blood Prince?
Could it be that the Berg family is serving a prince of blood?
The bloodline of a prince is so high that it is very difficult for humans to obtain, so the Berg family is very likely to be serving a prince of blood.

Just like how the Skeleton Monarch previously had the Savile Consortium work for him.

The powerful Abyss Demon King has multiple means to overcome the barriers between worlds and influence other worlds.

While it is still uncertain whether Will Berger acquired the bloodline of the Prince of the Blood, or whether the Berger family was serving the Prince of the Blood, the preceding points have already been confirmed.

After figuring out these key points, Lu Heng said, "I have a few crucial clues to share. Please take notes and then continue your investigation based on these clues."

"First, before Ke Yiming died, he revealed bloody teeth marks on his neck, which were bitten by a high-ranking blood demon, turning him into a blood servant."

"Secondly, the Berg family may have served a prince of blood, or someone in the Berg family may have inherited the prince's bloodline, possibly Will Berg."

"Thirdly, considering the information that the Bloodline Clan had previously descended upon Blue Star, I believe that the Berg family had deep contact with the Bloodline Clan. It is likely that the Berg family blocked information about the appearance of the Bloodline Clan on Blue Star."

Upon hearing these pieces of information, the theater staff and intelligence personnel present all showed surprise, and their breathing became heavier.

Because these few pieces of information contain something even more terrifying.

The most frightening possibility is that the Berg family and the Bloodline Clan are collaborating.

If it's true, Earth will face a great catastrophe.

The collapse of a civilization often begins from within.

If the abyss wants to devour the human world, humanity still has a chance to resist. However, if a traitor emerges from within humanity and leads the abyss demons in, it will be a catastrophe.

"This is a very serious matter. I must go back and report immediately. If this is true, it will be a catastrophe on a civilizational level." Qi Jinghui immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. This was no longer just an incident involving one person, but a major event concerning the fate of all mankind.

Lu Heng then added, "The bloodline of a prince is normally very difficult to obtain. If Will Berg really gets this bloodline, the situation will be even worse."

"So I also want to remind everyone of something, according to the records of the Elven race, there is a process of the destruction of a civilization."

"First, a race within that civilization accepted the demon bloodline, and over several years, the entire race gradually degenerated into a demon race."

"In the records of this race, they call this process of becoming a demon race 'evolution'."

"In the end, this civilization completely disappeared, but this demonic race survived."

"Yes, this civilization is the current Bloodline Clan. They were once a civilization, but some individuals chose to become Bloodline Demons, which ultimately led to the destruction of the civilization."

Upon hearing this story, everyone present gasped in shock.

In this story, the Bloodline race was once a normal civilization, but eventually turned into a demonic race.

There are some subtle points here.

For example, the Bloodline race did not perish; they simply transformed from normal civilized beings into demons.

It appears that the tribe itself was not wiped out, but the civilization no longer exists.

Of course, if we consider the Bloodline race as a new civilization, it is also "evolution" from another perspective.

But is this kind of "evolution" really correct?

No one can answer this question because civilization, unlike biological groups, is an objectively existing form of matter.

Civilization is a concept that arises from the convergence of culture and knowledge when an intelligent race develops to a certain level.

The predecessor civilization of the Bloodline race did not allow all individuals to choose this "evolution." Those who did not choose to "evolve" were eventually slaughtered by the evolved Bloodline demons.

After this massacre, a new abyssal race was born from the blood.

When Lu Heng first learned about the origins of the Bloodline Clan, he was deeply shocked.

If there are groups among humans who choose to become blood-descended demons, then perhaps the present state of the blood-descended race is the future of humanity.

(End of this chapter)