Desperate people, accept the seed of my soul!

Their members are all strangely capable and act without any rhyme or reason, like a group of avengers crawled out of hell.

Nobody knows where their headquarters are.

Nobody knows who their next target will be.

The only certainty is that they are mortal enemies of all organizations that conduct human experiments.

"Qin Yan's last report mentioned that Li Su was looking for the gunman who shot her husband years ago."

Andrei tapped his fingers on the table.

"Has the gunman been dealt with?"

"It's been dealt with. Qin Yan sent the person to an abandoned mine three days ago and buried them in a staged collapse. All related documents have been destroyed, leaving no trace."

The intelligence chief's answer was straightforward.

This was an order that Andrei had given long ago.

As soon as Li Su appears within 100 kilometers of the North Plains border, all those who know about him will be silenced immediately.

We can't let her follow the clues to find the source of the North.

Andrei nodded.

But his expression remained unchanged.

He understands Qin Yan.

Before he dies, Qin Yan will definitely destroy all traces that can be destroyed.

But he also understood Li Su.

This woman fought her way from Shanyang City to Dingbei City, killing more than two hundred people and involving every link in the entire chain of interests.

Her perception is ridiculously strong; she can distinguish the heartbeat of a specific person from hundreds of meters away.

Even if the gunman is already a pile of bones in the mine, she might still be able to find clues.

"How is the border defense deployment going?"

Andrei looked at the tactical commander standing on his right.

"It's all been upgraded."

The tactical commander was a burly man with a full beard, carrying the rank of colonel on his shoulder.

"Within a 100-kilometer radius of the border, all checkpoints have been tripled in manpower. Twenty of the latest mental suppression devices have been deployed, with a range of three kilometers. Air patrols are conducted 24 hours a day, and any unidentified flying objects detected are shot down on sight."

"Ordinary bullets are useless against her."

Andrei shook his head.

"Equip all border troops with armor-piercing and incendiary rounds. Also, send twenty shoulder-fired rocket launchers over. If she dares to cross the border, do not engage her at close range; instead, use heavy firepower to suppress her."

"Yes."

The tactical commander nodded in acceptance.

Andrei stood up and walked to the large screen.

He swiped his hand across the screen, and next to Li Su's photo, information on several other extraordinary individuals popped up one by one.

Xu Suyuan, Liu Zhen, and Meng Zhaowen from Lieyang Province.

Song Chao, Shen Hanzhou, and the Su siblings from Jeolla Province.

And then there's Li Rui, who infected the entire city after his self-immolation.

Underneath these people's photos are two bright red words: Extremely Dangerous.

"What's the official stance of the Star Federation?"

"Andrei asked."

"The Abnormal Affairs Response Center has listed Li Su as an SSS-level wanted criminal, and the bounty has been increased to 300 million. But their operation is strange, as if they are deliberately making way for Li Su."

The intelligence chief sounded somewhat confused.

"Our people observed that Cheng Yanqiu's men were following Li Su for about fifty kilometers. After Li Su destroyed the Five Mountains Society's stronghold, they went in to wipe out the remaining members. After Li Su killed Black Falcon's men, they were responsible for cleaning up the mess and covering up the news. It doesn't look like a pursuit, but rather like they were cooperating."

Andrei frowned.

This is illogical.

An extraordinary individual who has killed dozens of officials and massacred the city square cannot be allowed to go around killing people indiscriminately by the authorities.

unless……

They also wanted to use Li Su to eliminate the underground forces in the country.

"interesting."

Andrei suddenly laughed.

"The people of the Star Federation are certainly playing a clever game. They want to use someone else to do their dirty work and then reap the benefits."

"Then what do we do?"

"The intelligence chief asked."

"What should we do?"

Andrei's eyes turned cold.

"They want to use us as a tool, so we'll break the tool in half. Notify the Kitahara Biological Research Institute to accelerate the development of 'Black Ring Generation II.' They want samples of superhumans, right? We'll capture one and give it to them alive. As long as we can crack the secrets of superhumans, we can mass-produce superhuman soldiers, and then the whole world will be ours."

"Yes."

The people in the command center responded in unison.

Andrei's gaze returned to Li Su's photograph.

The woman in the photo stands on the ruins, her eyes as cold as a poisoned knife.

"I'd like to see just how capable you really are."

He said something in a low voice.

The rain is still falling outside the window.

Water streaks meandered down the glass, blurring the city lights into a hazy patch of color.

Unbeknownst to anyone, a tiny miniature camera was flashing a faint red light inside the ventilation duct of the command center.

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Temporary Command Center for Response to Abnormal Events in Shannan Province.

Cheng Yanqiu stood in front of the huge electronic map, holding a marker in his hand, and drew a large red circle around the location of Dingbei City.

She had been working for 48 hours straight, her eyes were bloodshot, her coat was draped over the back of her chair, and her shirt collar was open.

On the sofa behind him were three newly delivered reports.

One is an on-site inspection report of the Black Falcon base in the northern suburbs of Dingbei City.

One document is a report verifying the identities of the twelve rescued children.

There is also a progress report on the elimination of the remaining forces of the Five Mountains Alliance.

"Director Cheng, the members of the Discipline Committee have arrived and are waiting outside."

The operations staff officer came over and reported in a low voice.

Cheng Yanqiu nodded without turning around.

"Let them in."

The door was pushed open.

Three men in dark uniforms walked in. The one in the lead was a man in his fifties with a serious expression, carrying a black briefcase.

His name is Zhang Jianguo, and he is the deputy director of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Shannan Province.

The purpose of this visit is to thoroughly investigate the corruption issues uncovered in the Li Su case.

"Director Cheng."

Zhang Jianguo greeted them, his gaze sweeping over the map on the wall.

"We've found some new leads, and we'd like to inform you."

Cheng Yanqiu turned around and handed him a glass of water.

"sit."

Zhang Jianguo did not sit down.

He opened his briefcase, took out a thick stack of documents, and placed them on the table.

"We investigated the bank accounts of Zhou Zhengde, Zheng Guangming, and Liu Dongqiang, as well as their assets. Preliminary verification shows that they had business dealings with the Wuyue Society, Huike Biotechnology, and the Black Falcon organization. Zhou Zhengde alone received bribes exceeding 80 million yuan. There are also 27 other officials involved in the case, and we have taken them all into custody."

"Furthermore, we investigated Huike Biotechnology's fund flows and found that a large portion of the money flowed through offshore accounts to a biotechnology company in the Northern Plains Federation. Behind this company is the Black Falcon organization. They funded Zhou De'an to conduct human experiments, exchanging experimental data for funding and technical support."