From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 457 Interrogation, Killing
Elves are born to live in a magical world and possess far more magic and skills than humans.

Therefore, elves are more adept at interrogating prisoners using mental skills.

With only three days left until the end of the Abyss Battlefield, the elven warriors present were extremely anxious because their general was still in the hands of the Bloodline Clan.

Therefore, they had no intention of holding back when dealing with the Red Spider mercenaries.

Emily, Raphael, and other elven mages who were skilled in arcane arts used torture spells to extract information about the Berg family.

At first, a few Red Spider mercenaries tried to resist, but with the aid of physical attacks, any resistance was futile.

The more they resisted, the more intense the magical torture they were subjected to.

Several Red Spider mercenary captains screamed in pain and fainted after being tortured.

Having learned from the previous example, the remaining Red Spider mercenaries dared not resist and began to beg for mercy.

A Red Spider mercenary lunged at Lu Heng, shouting in English, "I'll tell you everything, I'll tell you everything! Please don't use mental skills on me, I have neurasthenia and can't withstand mental torture."

Lu Heng didn't mind listening to what he had to say.

"Go ahead."

“I know Mr. Will Berg likes to go to a place full of red flowers. I’ve seen him with red pollen on him several times, and I’ve also seen flower petals on his body.” The Red Spider mercenary revealed the most valuable information.

However, this information is too vague.

"What flower?" Lu Heng pressed.

“This… I don’t know, but it’s definitely a red flower,” the Red Spider mercenary quickly emphasized.

Lu Heng didn't want to listen to his nonsense. Since the other party didn't know what kind of flower it was, he might as well take a look in his subconscious himself.

Just as I was about to use my skill, I discovered that it was still on cooldown.

I just interrogated another mercenary using [Subconscious Intrusion].

Lu Heng had no choice but to beckon Emily over: "Take a look at the information in his head, especially the red flower he mentioned. See what kind of flower it is. Maybe you can find some useful clues."

Emily nodded and used torture magic on the Red Spider mercenary.

A few minutes later, the Red Spider mercenary passed out.

Emily finished casting the spell and drew a pattern on the ground with her staff: "I did see a flower, and its shape was roughly like this."

The petals of this flower are very slender and have a very alluring shape.

Lin Zeyu didn't possess mental interrogation skills, so he didn't participate in the interrogation work. At this moment, he came over to look at the pattern, scratched his head, and said, "This flower looks familiar."

The flower pattern was drawn by Emily, but she had never lived in the human world, so she had never seen this flower before.

Su Muyu was the first to recognize this flower.

She leaned closer and said, "This flower is the legendary Lycoris radiata, its scientific name should be Lycoris radiata."

"If it is this kind of flower, then things are a bit of a coincidence, because the English name for the red spider lily is Red Spider Lily."

"If you translate the three words separately, it is Red Spider Lily, and its scientific name is Lycoris radiata. The legendary flower of the other shore is this flower, which symbolizes the cycle of life and death, or the separation of life and death."

The Berg family's mercenary organization is called Red Spider, and Will Berg frequently visits the manor filled with Red Spider Lilies.

This seems to be more than just a coincidence.

However, just knowing this information isn't enough to find the manor easily.

……

After the interrogation concluded, all the information was compiled, revealing a great deal of intelligence about the Berg family.

They uncovered almost all the superpowered organizations controlled by the Berg family, but they couldn't find out Will Berg's whereabouts.

Furthermore, we were unable to obtain any information regarding the bloodline conversion experiment.

The bloodline conversion experiment was likely overseen by Will Berg himself, which is why even the mercenary captain in Starscream didn't know the specifics.

These Red Spider mercenaries are notorious for their evil deeds, after all, their master is a lunatic.

This led to these mercenaries engaging in rape and plunder without any restraint when carrying out their missions.

While they were somewhat more restrained within the White Eagle Federation, when employed by other countries or regions, they treated the local civilians like toys upon arrival at their destination. Compared to the Abyss Demons, it's hard to say who was more like a devil.

These weren't things the Red Spider mercenaries said themselves, but rather things Lu Heng saw in their subconscious.

Therefore, after the interrogation ended, Lu Heng waved his hand and ordered: "Kill them all."

The tone was casual and understated.

The Red Spider mercenaries didn't understand what he was saying, and before they could even finish their sentence, swords and blades were already striking them.

In an instant, all the Red Spider mercenaries in the entire base were wiped out.

Lu Heng unfolded the map, pointed to a place called Ricardo City, and said, "Next target: Berlistan Global Security Company."

Although it's called a security company, it's actually used to support people with superpowers, acting as their front men.

The Berg family was one of the creators of the financial system of the White Eagle Federation more than a century ago, and since then they have stood at the top of the country.

More than a century has passed, and the Berg family is now the oldest and most prestigious group of old money.

As members of the aristocracy, they still had to maintain a semblance of dignity.

Therefore, you can't do the dirty work yourself; you need to find someone else to do it.

People or organizations that do the dirty work for the aristocracy are known as "white gloves."

The purpose of gloves is to prevent the person wearing them from getting their hands dirty.

Berlistan Global Security is one of the Berg family's front companies, and their most frequently used one.

In comparison, the superhumans trained by the Berlistan Security Company are not as powerful as the Red Spider Mercenary Group.

Because doing dirty work usually doesn't require high combat strength.

For example, killing a competitor or eliminating a journalist who discovers dirt on the Berg family is too wasteful of high-level superhumans; it would be enough to just keep a group of assassins of average rank.

While the Red Spider mercenary group occasionally clashed with the demons of the abyss, the Berlistan security company only did the dirty work of beating and killing ordinary people.

……

On his way to Belistan Security Company, Lu Heng will gather intelligence and transmit it all back to the war zone intelligence department.

Afterwards, Lu Heng and Qi Jinghui had a phone call.

"The intelligence has been sent back. I need to find Will Berg within three days. This will determine the severity of the bloodline invasion that humanity will face in the future."

Qi Jinghui agreed, "Okay, the family will provide as much intelligence support as possible. In addition, the entire Longwei Special Forces team has been mobilized and is expected to arrive in eight hours."

Lu Heng hummed in agreement and continued, "Among the intelligence I've gathered, there's one about the Red Spider Lily flower. Although this information is vague, I have a feeling that following this clue might lead us to Will Berg."

While Qi Jinghui was on the phone, the staff officer next to him was already reviewing the intelligence content. When he came to the content of the conversation, he turned the screen to show it to him.

Qi Jinghui saw Red Spider Lily's message and nodded, saying, "Okay, our people will try to find this manor full of red flowers. We'll notify you as soon as we find anything."

Lu Heng then asked, "Besides the Dragon Might Special Forces, are there any other support teams?"

The reason for this question is that the entire operation took place within the territory of the White Eagle Federation.

The raid on the Red Spider base must have alerted the White Eagle Federation military.

Resistance is expected to come soon.

Qi Jinghui said calmly, "A battalion of soldiers has already been transferred to the Dragon Might sequence and dispatched, but they will not participate in operations unless absolutely necessary."

"Furthermore, the commander has been engaged in intense negotiations with the White Eagle Federation. Even if the negotiations fail to achieve the desired outcome, they can at least buy time. "As long as you act quickly enough, there is a chance to end the operation before the White Eagle Federation deploys its special ability forces."

"In addition, members of the White Eagle Federation Congress are very afraid of the missiles we launch, so you can be ruthless."

Lu Heng was initially worried that slaughtering a mercenary base within the White Eagle Federation would provoke a fierce reaction from the White Eagle Federation.

According to Qi Jinghui, the submarine-launched missiles launched earlier had an effect, deterring the top leaders of the White Eagle Federation's Congress.

This is the result of winning the military competition.

Overwhelming missile technology means you can do whatever you want.

A little thought reveals that half a century ago, the White Eagle Federation became a global hegemon by virtue of its powerful military strength.

At that time, the White Eagle Federation could send aircraft carriers to any corner of the world.

This is the deterrent power brought about by strong military strength.

Now that Great Xia has demonstrated military technology that far surpasses that of the White Eagle Federation, the situation has naturally reversed.

However, many ordinary people in the White Eagle Federation cannot change their arrogant attitude that has lasted for half a century in a short period of time.

The ruling class in Congress is not as stupid as ordinary citizens.

As long as they cannot detect missiles launched by Da Xia, they will not dare to show their teeth.

When the White Eagle Federation masters more advanced military technology, they will be a hundred times more arrogant than they are now.

……

After hearing Qi Jinghui's words, Lu Heng felt there was nothing to fear.

The missile technology that Great Xia now possesses is like a gun pointed at the head of the White Eagle Federation; they've won from the very beginning.

After half an hour.

Lu Heng led the elven team to the outside of the Beristan Security Company and raised his hand to give the order: "Make your move."

boom! boom! boom……

Supersonic high-explosive bombs, psychic storms, arcane storms—all sorts of powerful skills were hurled into the Berlistan Corporation building.

The explosion reverberated throughout the city.

Several superhumans fled in terror from the flames of the explosion, their bodies already covered in injuries.

These ability users, who acted as front men for the Berg family, were of mediocre rank. They were indeed formidable against ordinary people, but in front of Lu Heng and the elven team, they were nothing more than a bunch of lackeys.

A bald white man rushed out of the building and roared angrily at Lu Heng: "What do you want? Do you know where you are? The big shots of the Berg family can make you die in the most painful way."

Lu Heng ignored the man and waved his hand, saying, "Interrogate him for information, just like before."

Eric immediately stepped forward, dragged the man to the front of the group, and said, "Emily, you come here."

Emily cast a mental spell, preparing to torture him.

Just then, a roar came from around the corner of the street.

A White Eagle Federation guard rushed forward, the captain of the guard raising his shield and shouting, "Stop! What do you want?"

This White Eagle escort team came from a nearby military base.

The destruction of the Red Spider mercenary base naturally alerted the White Eagle Federation military.

Therefore, the White Eagle Federation dispatched this escort team to try to stop Lu Heng and his group.

This White Eagle Guard team consisted of a hundred men, all fully armed, and using standard cyber ray guns.

Powerful nations can acquire vast resources from the Abyss Battlefield, which, after internal allocation, can be distributed to the most suitable warriors.

For example, the ray gun obtained from the Sykes civilization, if there is only one, will not be very powerful.

Gathering a hundred ray guns would be a different story; equipping a hundred-person team could unleash a synergistic effect.

Therefore, the White Eagle Guard's firepower is extremely fierce; it remains to be seen whether they dare to fire.

Lu Heng turned to stare at the White Eagle Guard squad and said to the elven arcanist beside him, "You continue the interrogation, ignore them. If they dare to lay a hand on us, I'll kill them all."

Following Lu Heng's instructions, Emily ignored the White Eagle Guard and began the interrogation directly.

The captain of the White Eagle Guard immediately roared angrily, "Do you know what you're doing? This is within the territory of the White Eagle Federation. On behalf of the White Eagle military, I order you to stop!"

Lu Heng looked at him indifferently and said, "If you want to take action, apply to your superiors and see if they dare to allow you to do so."

The White Eagle Guard captain's expression immediately turned grim, and he requested a firing order from his superior officer over the communicator.

I don't know what his superior said to him, but he cursed furiously, yet he never actually made a move.

……

Lu Heng did not take the initiative to attack the White Eagle Guard Team. After all, they were White Eagle military forces, and it would be too arrogant for him to take the initiative to attack them.

After interrogating a member of the Berlistan security company, Emily asked, "All done questioning? What should we do with this guy?"

Lu Heng turned back and said, "Kill them after you've finished asking the questions."

Eric didn't let Emily do the job; instead, he personally pierced the white-gloved man's chest with a spear.

These Beristan Security Company's superhumans are too low-level; they're much easier to interrogate than the Starscream mercenaries.

Ask any question and they'll spill everything.

Because Berlistan Security was the Berg family's front man, they did all the dirty work, mostly killing competitors and then faking it as their suicide.

However, Berlistan Security was not particularly concerned about faking target suicides.

Incidents of attempted suicide frequently occur, such as someone shooting themselves in the head, only to have the bullet enter through the back of their head – such absurd things happen all the time.

Berlistan Security didn't need to do things very cleanly, because the Berg family was there to smooth things over.

Every person killed by Berlistan Security Company is eventually declared a suicide, no matter how bizarre the method of suicide.

Therefore, all the information obtained from these front men of Berlistan Security Company was dirt on the Berg family.

As for the bloodline conversion experiment, it's not something a white glove is qualified to know.

After questioning them, they obtained a considerable amount of evidence of the Berg family's crimes, but it was of little help in this operation.

Lu Heng waved his hand and said, "Kill them all. Next target: Levi's mercenary base."

The Berg family has not just one mercenary group under its control, but rather multiple mercenary groups, many of which are jointly controlled by several ASE Alliance families.

Levi's mercenary base is one of them. According to intelligence, it is jointly owned by the Berg family, the Phoenix family, and the Jacob family.

Of course, none of them directly hold shares; instead, they form a shareholding chain through various foundations, investment companies, and so on.

Ultimately, this resulted in a situation where three families jointly controlled the Levi Mercenary Group.

This Levi mercenary force is very strong, ranking among the top five in the White Eagle Federation.

It's about an hour's drive from Berlistan Security.

Once Lu Heng determined that the next target was Levi's mercenary base, he ordered them to set off.

Meanwhile, the White Eagle Guard in the distance watched helplessly as Lu Heng and his group slaughtered all the employees of Berlistan Security Company, and then watched them leave, without daring to disengage their weapons from beginning to end.

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(End of this chapter)