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Chapter 268 The Demon's Intelligence

When the Andorran police inspector opened his eyes again, he found himself trapped in a cold iron chair. His hands were cuffed to the back of the chair, and his feet were tied to the chair legs.

What happened? My body... wasn't it melted away?

Where is this?

He looked around and was immediately filled with dread—the room was spotless, with white walls, white floors, and even the overhead light was white; it was so clean it didn't seem like a place fit for a human. What made him physically uncomfortable were the instruments in the room, such as various syringes, tweezers, scalpels, and strange control panels connected to a bunch of wires.

Andor took a deep breath and tried to break free of the handcuffs with his superhuman strength, but even with gritted teeth and straining, the metal ring on his back did not budge.

"Don't waste your energy." A cold female voice suddenly came from behind. "These handcuffs are made of super titanium alloy and can withstand 300 tons of pulling force. They're more than enough to deal with cyborgs."

Andorra was startled!
There's someone behind them?

I didn't feel anything at all.

"What are you going to do to me?" he asked, feigning composure. Since the other party hadn't killed him, it meant he still had some use to him!
The woman leisurely walked around to the front of him—Andor immediately remembered who she was: before the surveillance system malfunctioned, the cameras had captured the three people who broke into the headquarters building, and she was one of them. Blue-purple hair, her body stuffed with explosives, the one who blew up the door… Although she didn't appear on the 55th floor afterwards, Andor still had a deep impression of her.

As expected, he fell into the hands of the enemy.

"Of course I want to get information out of you. Otherwise, would I invite you to stay for dinner?"

Lin Qing pulled over a mobile cart, picked up a syringe from it, and the blue liquid in the syringe made Andorra's scalp tingle.

For some reason, he felt a deep sense of panic.

"Wait, wait a minute..." Just as the needle was about to touch his neck, Andor hurriedly called out, "Wait, you haven't asked me any questions yet!"

"Oh? Your response this time was more positive than last time, not bad." Lin Qing stopped what she was doing. "Tell me about your cooperation with the V-Force. How did you obtain Elori's information?"

Andorra suddenly shrank back.

These people are actually investigating the origins of angels!?

Angels have been extinct for decades, how did they know about this? Wait... she even asked the Dimensional Authority, could it be that these people also came from another world?
Damn it, the authorities never warned the devil!
“Sorry… I don’t quite understand what you mean. Is Elori a person?—” Andor had only spoken halfway when the needle pierced his neck, the stinging pain making him involuntarily shudder. “You—!”

“Officer, haven’t you figured out your situation yet?” Lin Qing said expressionlessly as she injected the substance. “This is a professional torture chamber, designed to pry open the mouths of any die-hard. For example, what I’m injecting you with isn’t some child’s truth serum, but a nerve stimulant. It can amplify your sensory stimulation dozens of times, so even the slightest electric shock will cause you excruciating pain that goes deep into your bones. You only have two choices: cooperate with us now and confess everything, or confess after you’ve been tortured.”

"Don't try to fool me, there's a threshold for pain!" Andor roared, mustering his courage. "If you keep pushing me, I'll either go into shock or die, and you'll get nothing in return!"

“Maybe you can endure a lot, but can your accomplices endure that much?” Lin Qing took out the remote control and turned on the TV hanging on the wall. The screen showed two other torture chambers, with Van d'Ef and Moni tied to chairs. The latter had obviously been tortured for a long time, covered in sweat, with glazed eyes, and looked like he was on his last breath.

Looking at the scene before him, Andorra felt as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.

"Besides, we have the most advanced life support system here, so it's very difficult for you to die. Anyway, experience it first."

After Lin Qing finished speaking, she attached two wires to his forehead and then pressed the switch.

The demon's body tensed instantly!

It was a pain he had never imagined, a burning sensation all over his body, seemingly endless, his skin constantly regenerating as it burned, only to be charred and melted again...

This is true hell.

Aside from begging for mercy, no other thought could remain in his mind.

When the switch was turned off, Andor trembled like a sieve and vomited uncontrollably all over the floor. "So, has your opinion changed?" Lin Qing asked nonchalantly.

"I'll talk, I'll talk... Please don't touch it anymore!" Andor wailed. He was always the one torturing his prey; he never imagined he'd stoop to this level. "That Dimensional Mechanism you mentioned, they did contact us. But their first contact wasn't with us, but with the demons of Jiangcheng... The news about the Heavenly Angels was also given to us by the Mechanism!"

"How did you confirm this message?"

"Angels have a very distinctive scent; you can detect it as soon as you get close."

"And then you set a trap to ambush Elori? Why didn't she sense you?"

Andor forced himself to say, "Because... I wear a special ring that can conceal my presence."

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Qing's eyes, "The Ring of the Mind?"

But the demon looked completely bewildered.

"It doesn't seem so. Tell me, what kind of ring was it?"

Andorra bit his lip and fell silent again.

Lin Qing pressed the switch again without hesitation.

After a hoarse scream, the demon could no longer control the muscles on his face, drool dripping from his mouth. "It's...it's a ring made from the tissue of the Primal Worm..."

"The Primordial Worm, is it that thing on the moon?"

Andor murmured in disbelief, "How...how did you know?"

"It seems that's indeed the case. After the advancement of space technology, you sent people to the moon, where they had close contact with the insects..." Lin Qing ignored his astonishment and continued speaking as if to herself, "Originally, they would have taken the Mother Lucy up there, which ultimately caused that apocalyptic disaster. Although Elori prevented this outcome, she didn't eliminate the demons' influence on the world. In the end, the angels who were supposed to restrain them disappeared, like a scale missing one weight. If the demons had only been causing trouble in their own world, that would have been fine, but they somehow managed to contact the Dimensional Authority..."

“I’m more curious about what power that worm represents,” a male voice replied.

Is there someone else behind me?
Then the footsteps approached, and the moment Andor saw the other person's appearance, he felt his blood freeze!
This person is one of the real culprits who broke into the banquet hall!

He was also the culprit who put himself in prison!

He considered himself quite strong, but to his surprise, he was completely overwhelmed in a single exchange, not even given a chance to test his strength. Of course... this wasn't due to his carelessness, but rather because he simply couldn't have imagined that this person, clearly not an angel, possessed the power to corrupt flesh and blood!
"You... what are you talking about!" Andor suddenly realized that his schemes and usefulness might not be able to avert the inevitable outcome. How could the Flesh Followers let go of a demon that feeds on the power of the Primal Worms? "What power? Shouldn't you know best? It is an existence no less powerful than the Mother of Flesh... an extraterrestrial god, and humanity's hope for ascension!"

"Ascension?" Chen Xuan never expected to hear this word from a demon.

"Otherwise what? Are we just going to let people like you destroy the world of living beings?" Andor stared at him and roared in despair, "I'd rather die than become a mindless pile of minced meat!"

“Don’t be so sure.” Chen Xuan frowned. “Tell me what you know about the Mother of Flesh and Blood. What exactly is it? What are extraterrestrial deities? Why can they help humanity ascend?”

The demon closed his eyes and remained silent.

Lin Qing didn't waste any words and directly turned on the switch.

But this time, no matter how much pain the other person was in, they didn't say anything more. Finally, their neck tilted to the side and they collapsed into the chair.

"He's dead," Lin Qing said, stepping forward to check his pulse.

"Hmm." Chen Xuan wasn't surprised at all, after all, this was already the third round of the dream. "Take a break and prepare for the next round of interrogation."

(End of this chapter)