Wizards begin with Occlumency.

Chapter 176 The Serial Killer Ravages the Rear Camp

Link was speechless.

Looking at Asander Cornet, who was congratulating him on making such a name for himself on his first day, he felt a mouthful of sarcasm stuck in his throat and wanted to spit it out.

I came to him early in the morning, just as dawn was breaking, just to tell him this utterly absurd rumor.

A serial killer?

When did he kill someone?

They even shut down the pharmaceutical research and development team and the pharmaceutical refining team?

Isn't that outrageous?

If you think about it carefully, you'll realize that this is impossible, okay?

These are all wizards known for their cold-bloodedness and rationality, how could they believe such nonsense?

Can't figure it out!

"Is there anything important? If so, just say it."

Link simply ignored it and asked coldly.

After yesterday's incident, Link has adjusted his principles, attitudes, and methods towards people and things.

Just be straightforward; there's no need to beat around the bush.

Even if you accidentally offend someone, so be it.

Even if you don't offend them, you'll still be "attacked" for no reason.

Destroying you is none of your business.

This principle applies not only to the attitudes of advanced civilizations towards lesser civilizations during the wars between the heavens.

This is also how superiors treat subordinates in many power struggles.

What did the tech geeks in the R&D and pharmaceutical teams do wrong?

They did nothing wrong.

It merely blocked the path of the opposing Paro Wizards.

Given the academy's rules, they weren't killed outright, and they were even given so many beautiful women; they were already lucky.

Given the state of the world, Link felt that all he needed to do was continuously increase his strength and firmly stand on the side of the Paro Wizards.

There's no need to think about or do anything else.

High emotional intelligence and smooth interpersonal skills are completely unnecessary.

Asander Cornet sensed the change in Link.

He paused slightly, then dropped his frivolous manner and said seriously, "I've come to deliver your new personnel appointment."

"Hold on."

Link straightened his appearance as a sign of respect.

Asander Cornet handed Link a sealed personnel appointment letter.

This time, he used both hands, and was more serious, unlike yesterday when he just handed it over casually.

He kindly reminded her, "You did very well yesterday, perhaps a little too well. Some people aren't convinced and might cause you some trouble. Be careful and keep your guard up."

"Thank you, I will be careful."

Link was never one to be ungrateful, so he immediately thanked him sincerely and did not take the reminder lightly.

"I'm gone."

Asander Cornet waved his hand, turned and left decisively.

This guy is interesting.

As Link watched Asander Cornet leave, many thoughts flashed through his mind.

Suddenly, I felt a strong urge to find out who this person was.

After thinking it over, Link suppressed his thoughts, not wanting to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Let's wait until we've established a firm foothold before considering anything else.

For now, let's send the new personnel appointments to the minister.

This personnel appointment process is so strange. First, the appointment letter is delivered to the person in question, and then the person in question has to hand it over to the department head.

Could there be some hidden meaning behind this?

With this question in mind, Link walked into the minister's office and met the ruddy-faced old man Murphy.

How could he not have a rosy complexion?

On his second day in office, despite the skepticism of several old friends, he purged the hostile forces in the pharmacy department and slightly rectified the work atmosphere.

Now, all that's left is to restore business operations.

A revitalized pharmacy department, capable of supporting frontline operations, could be "reborn" in Murphy's hands.

That's an achievement.

"What's up?"

Looking at Link who had just knocked and entered, old man Murphy asked in a warm tone.

This man is a lucky charm, so we should be more amiable.

Don't scare them.

"Report, this is my new personnel appointment from the frontline command."

Link did not become arrogant because of his favor; his attitude and demeanor remained the same as yesterday. He stood straight and reported loudly.

"Hmm, let me see."

Old Man Murphy was very satisfied with Link's performance. He took the envelope Link handed him, opened it, and his eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

The appointment given by the frontline command is quite interesting.

It was somewhat unexpected, yet entirely within reason.

The tasks and requirements attached to the appointments by the medical department are even more interesting.

Some people felt indignant after hearing his scolding yesterday and wanted to challenge him.

Let's have a showdown then, it'll be interesting to watch.

Congratulations on your promotion!

Returning the personnel appointments and task requirements, old man Murphy looked at his lucky general and asked seriously, "I wonder if you are confident in taking on these two important positions? Your two predecessors both paid a heavy price."

Link took a look and was even more speechless.

He got promoted without even realizing it.

The second day after arriving at the rear camp of the desolate world.

Head of the pharmaceutical research and development group, and concurrently head of the pharmaceutical refining group.

His position is not high, and his power is not great, but his location is crucial.

It can make things happen, or it can make things happen badly.

only……

Such a promotion would only confirm the rumors that he had taken down the entire pharmaceutical research and development team and the pharmaceutical refining team as soon as he arrived.

The nickname "serial killer" is unlikely to be shaken off anytime soon.

To make matters worse, the research and development team and the refining team have already been wiped out, so where are the team members?

Not a single one.

Without team members, wouldn't Link have to split it into more than a dozen pieces by himself?

This is a really bad start.

"When will you transfer my people?"

Link ignored the personnel appointments, disregarded the mission requirements, and didn't directly answer Murphy's questions. Instead, he started demanding manpower, saying, "I can't be a 'lone commander' without any help, can I?"

This means they have already taken on the role of group leader in both groups.

Let's show old man Murphy directly with our actions that confidence is nothing, just do it.

A hint of appreciation flashed in old man Murphy's eyes.

His favorite subordinates are those who are efficient and clean in their work and conduct.

"Not yet. Pharmacists and drug developers aren't like 'cabbages' that can just grow out of any field."

However much he admires Link, it doesn't stop old man Murphy from "making things difficult" for him.

"The original people can't be used anymore?"

Link frowned slightly, somewhat unwillingly asking, "At least pick one or two to redeem themselves, right?"

Old man Murphy shook his head, his expression grave, and said, "Don't get involved in this matter anymore. Those people have been taken over by the frontline command's counter-espionage team. I don't dare to interfere anymore, so don't do anything rash to avoid getting into unnecessary trouble."

"Yes."

Link listened to the advice and abandoned his idea. Instead, he asked, "At least give me a few people to help me. How can one person handle all this? If a sudden attack like yesterday happens, I'll have help so I won't be killed instantly. At least I can buy some time for reinforcements, right?"

"Don't worry about that, I'll take care of it for you."

Old man Murphy made a solemn promise.

"Okay, you must remember that."

Link chose to trust old man Murphy, but still gave him a word of advice.

"Go ahead and get busy if you have nothing else to do."

Old man Murphy waved his hand, he also had to get busy and begin to further rectify the lazy work atmosphere in the pharmacy department.

"yes!"

Link put his legs together, shouted loudly, and then left the minister's office with the mission requirements in hand.

Before leaving, he swiped a thumb-sized toy that old Murphy had accidentally dropped when he waved from the desk.

As Link walked out, he recalled the mission requirements.

The frontline medical department has discovered an unusual outbreak of disease among some of the native inhabitants of the fairy world.

It is highly contagious and the symptoms are severe.

Those infected with the disease will experience physical deformities, lose their rationality, and become amplified in their aggressiveness.

There has been no evidence yet that this disease can spread to wizards, but we cannot let our guard down.

What if the disease mutates after it has spread to a certain number of people?

Just in case, we should still study it carefully.

The medical department has already sent a complete mutant corpse and several intact living goblins to the rear camp.

It is hoped that the rear pharmacy department can find out the cause of the mutation as soon as possible and formulate a medicine to prevent this disease, so that the legion can continue its offensive.

The wording of the task requirements was very particular; while maintaining a professional tone, it subtly flattered the pharmacy department.

It seems as if such a problem could be solved instantly if it were handed over to the pharmacy department.

"Is it here already?"

How long has it been since Link received Asander Cornet's reminder?

The medical department's "retaliation" then arrived.

No, it should be said that Asander Cornet gave the warning because he knew the inside story.

Link doesn't object to the practice of using business to "retaliate" against "disputes" arising from business.

He is prepared to respond proactively.

Firstly, to respond to the other party, and secondly, because I am genuinely interested in fairies and this disease.

The deformed corpse and several intact goblins are in the port warehouse, and Link needs to go and retrieve them personally.

This also reveals the medical department's "petty-mindedness".

They're just adding insult to injury!

Fortunately, it wasn't anything too troublesome.

Link beckoned to the logistics staff member who had led him to the dormitory yesterday.

"Grand Wizard, what are your orders?"

The logistics staff rushed over and respectfully inquired.

"Go get a car and take me to the port."

Link didn't stand on ceremony and gave the order directly.

The more polite you are when communicating with people like logistics staff, the more anxious they will become.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The logistics staff nodded hurriedly and ran off quickly, soon arriving in an off-road vehicle.

He scurried out of the car, opened the back door, and respectfully invited Link to get in before returning to the driver's seat himself.

The logistics staff went to such lengths and behaved so respectfully, clearly not wanting to offend Link, the legendary ruthless man.

Even though he was there yesterday and witnessed it firsthand, it was the new minister, old man Murphy, who carried out the ruthless act.

But the reason is that as soon as the wizard Grand arrived, he cured so many wizards of the 'aphrodisiac' that even the most powerful wizards couldn't cure.

The logistics staff had to be extremely careful.

To avoid not knowing what went wrong and having one's ashes scattered.

"Let's go."

Link sensed the logistics staff's anxiety and, not wanting to waste time, waited until they were seated before issuing the order.

"Yes."

The off-road vehicle drove out of the pharmacy and headed towards the port.

The so-called port is the area surrounding the cross-dimensional portal.

Link was picked up by Asander Cornet at the port yesterday.

This camp serves as a distribution center for supplies to the front lines, and the port area has numerous warehouses, numbering in the dozens.

Each row has dozens of warehouses.

The warehouse Link was going to was in the sixth row, a place specifically for storing and transferring biological supplies.

As soon as the off-road vehicle entered the warehouse area, before even approaching its destination, Link, who had been on high alert the whole time, sensed something was wrong.

Sure enough, going to the port to pick up the goods was no trouble at all.

This is the real trouble!

"parking."

With a cold shout, Link was already ready for battle.

The logistics staff slammed on the brakes, and the off-road vehicle came to an abrupt stop.

"Stay hidden and don't run around."

After leaving a message, Link opened the car door and jumped out.

With a thought, his innate sorcery, "Armor Armor," was activated.

The streamlined, water-and-wood dual-element plant armor covers the body section by section, forming a double defense, inside and out, together with the "Defender 3202" suit worn on the outside.

With a flick of his right hand from his waist, the circular flying saucer-shaped reconnaissance artifact took to the air.

The four reconnaissance golems temporarily housed in the "seed" also scattered in all directions.

With his left hand, he removed the upgraded lenses and clipped them onto the glasses he had redeemed with two "credits".

Real-time footage of the circular flying saucer and the reconnaissance puppet came into view, each clearly distinct.

"Go! He's found out!"

Several masked men, who were lying in ambush on both sides of the only way to enter the sixth row of warehouses, spotted the round flying saucer taking off and immediately realized that they had been exposed.

In order to avoid being detected by the warehouse manager beforehand, the "masked man" dared not release the detection device, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.

They naturally had no idea how they had been exposed.

With questions in mind, the six masked men emerged from their respective ambush positions.

They charged toward Link in a crescent formation.

They were supposed to form a full moon formation and surround them directly, but unfortunately, their plan was discovered beforehand.

With his life hanging in the balance, even though he had anticipated it, Link dared not be careless and went all out.

Fully activate the "Brain Occupation Technique" + "Multi-threaded Thinking" status card, transforming into a human supercomputer, for a maximum of 25 seconds.

The specially upgraded boots emitted two streams of flame, propelling the person into the air.

The magical machine gun reappears.

This time, instead of charging forward recklessly, they widened the distance and exerted maximum pressure.

They did not seek to kill the enemy, but only to buy themselves a little time.

More than a dozen jagged, thorny brambles appeared out of nowhere, like giant pythons with their mouths wide open, ready to strangle the masked man who had suddenly charged in.

They blocked the masked man's path.

The water tornadoes, based on the Water Ball technique, roared out from the palms of both hands, serving as hand cannons for the armor.

Pseudo-natal sorcery, enhanced by "continuous casting".

The water jets kept coming one after another without stopping.

The powerful impact, combined with the resilience of the thorns, significantly slowed down the "masked man's" advance.

A dazzling firework exploded above Link's head.

This is the toy that old man Murphy accidentally lost.

Seeing this, the masked man became even more anxious, trying to break free from the thorny trap and the entanglement of the waterspout.

Link remained calm and composed, creating distance while continuously casting spells.

With reinforcements available, why risk your life?

They didn't even use a third of their strength.

I'll just stay put and not fight, what can you do to me?

"presumptuous!"

Old man Murphy arrived just in time, his thunderous roar echoing throughout the warehouse area.

A mountain-like, heavy pressure instantly descended upon the six "masked men" who had barely escaped the strangulation of thorns and the entanglement of water tornadoes and were about to rush towards Link.

As if trapped in a swamp, all the movements of the six "masked men" slowed down.

Including their thoughts.

He watched helplessly as old man Murphy flew over at high speed from not far away and stood in front of Link.

This is not finished.

Old Murphy waved his hand.

Yesterday happened again.

Six metal cages descended from the sky, instantly slamming the six "masked men" to the ground and locking them up.

"They're truly courting death!"

Old Murphy sneered as he looked at the masked man, who was suppressed by the second-level magic-suppressing effect of the metal cage and unable to use witchcraft or magical artifacts. "A bunch of worthless bastards dared to carry out an assassination under my very nose. They must be tired of living."

The legion led by Wizard Paro was not formed by him, but was forced upon him by the academy.

There were spies from "hostile forces" not only in the rear camps, but also on the front lines.

The personnel appointments and task requirements were all outlined in coded language, briefly describing the plan to lure the enemy out.

Link was the bait used to lure enemy spies who were luring into the medical department and related personnel.

Old Murphy understood the code, deciphered the plan, and decided to carry it out.

However, he did not expect that Link Grand, who was completely unfamiliar with the secret language, would intuitively conclude that the medical department's arrangements were unreasonable.

Before leaving the office, he managed to "scam" a firework.

"In your next life, don't be a dog for the powerful and wealthy."

With a ruthless heart, old man Murphy left no survivors and killed the six masked men who were still struggling.

The metal cage slammed shut, crushing the corpse completely.

In this way, the masked person's appearance cannot be seen.

The body was destroyed, and all traces were wiped out.

The college doesn't need to provide an explanation.

"Let's go back; someone will clean up the mess."

Old man Murphy gave a shout and led the increasingly pleasing Link back to the potion department.

Killing a few people is no big deal.

Consider it a way to clean up the mess.

Only after old man Murphy and Link left did the warehouse manager dare to come out and clean up the mess, collecting the blood and flesh and washing the floor clean.

The flesh and blood of a level one wizard can fetch a few magic stones.

As for the scattered witchcraft artifacts, they dared not take them; they had to quietly return them to their owners.

The forgotten logistics staff witnessed Link luring the enemy and old man Murphy killing them, and he was so frightened that he trembled like a quail.

He didn't even know how he got back to the pharmacy department's logistics office.

"What's wrong? What happened? Why are you so scared?"

A colleague asked curiously.

"That's ruthless!"

A logistics staff member exclaimed, "Six people, killed without batting an eye, their bodies utterly mutilated!"

Everyone here knows who summoned this employee this morning.

That's the tough new guy who came yesterday.

I didn't expect that after what happened yesterday, they would pull off an even bigger stunt today.

He truly lives up to his reputation as a serial killer.

The news spread that the serial killer had added another achievement to his list of accomplishments, killing six more people.

So, just as Link received the deformed corpse delivered to his door by someone arranged by the medical department, he heard rumors that were becoming increasingly distorted.

A serial killer unleashed a brutal massacre in a warehouse.

Corpses littered the ground, and blood rained down relentlessly!

Chapter 64 was blocked, but is being unblocked. We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our readers!

(End of this chapter)