My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Turkey needs to be marinated for 2 days to absorb the flavors, and it tastes especially delicious after roasting.

The sealed wooden barrels in front of you contain turkeys that are being marinated.

After the restaurant became a hit, the supply of semi-finished turkeys had to keep up, so there were six rows of shelves stocked with marinated turkeys.

Following Xia Zuo's directions, the three arrived at the depths of the warehouse and stopped beside a shelf.

Shazo patted Leonard on the shoulder and pointed to the ground directly in front of him. A slightly loose square tile caught his attention. "The toxins are most concentrated in that spot."

“I’ll set up the soundproof barrier.” Leonard reached out his hand.

After a brief burst of green light, a half-person-tall vine totem pole appeared out of thin air next to the shelf.

An invisible magical fluctuation emanated from the totem pole, and the surroundings became increasingly quiet.

Leonard reached into his waist pouch with his left hand, pulled out a dagger, and silently pried open the tile that Shazo had pointed out, revealing a square hole in the ground.

A black mist of toxins spewed out from the cave entrance.

Dunke was prepared; he took out a metal box with a fan and placed it at the entrance of the hole.

The fan blades turned, and the black mist was sucked into the box. After a dozen seconds, the mist became less dense, and only a few black threads floated out of the cave.

Can you smell it?

Xia Zuo found his voice becoming muffled and its volume sharply reduced, making it impossible for anyone to hear what he was saying unless someone was standing right next to him.

It must have been caused by the soundproof barrier.

Xia Zuo leaned closer to the opening, just big enough for one person to squeeze through, and snorted, "There's a smell of an addictive substance in the cave."

Dunk nodded, flicked the ring a few times, and said after receiving a reply.

"That guy confessed, he was..."

The secret message ring transmitted several more messages, and Dunke ran his fingers across the surface of the ring.

"Hmm... Lanlot has a new lead. The Transformer is lying in the contraband. Wait a minute, Lanlot is controlling Pike to seal the breach."

Dunk fiddled with the ring for a few moments. "Go ahead, Leonard. Burn it all."

"Roger that, Captain."

Leonard chuckled in a low voice.

He fired a golden-white magic bullet into the hole.

"Pfft!" With a short, sharp crack, a bright, snow-white light flashed, illuminating the cave and the figures of the three people at the entrance.

"Ha! I see it!" Leonard grinned and pulled the trigger again.

This time, a dark red bullet flew out.

The bullet exploded as soon as it touched the grotesque, curled-up shape below, becoming as thick as lava and sticking firmly to the target, sizzling like roasting meat.

"Die, Transformer."

Leonard thrust the muzzle of his gun forward, unleashing a column of crimson fire.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!"

A sharp hiss, similar to the squeaking of a mouse, emerged from underground.

"Thump, thump, thump!" The Transformer pounded on the obstacle at the breach, trying to break the rocks blocking his escape, but it was clearly in vain.

The spirit possesses half of its master's spellcasting power.

Lanlot manipulated Pix to summon a solid wall that blocked the converter.

The Transformer cried out in agony amidst the scorching flames, turned around, and tried to crawl out through the hole above its head.

Upon seeing the other party's round head, Xia Zuo unleashed the Curse of Decay without hesitation.

The curse mark was branded on the Transformer's forehead, and the surrounding gray skin immediately began to shrink.

Dunk gripped the gun with both hands and fired a bright yellow magic bullet.

"Go back, you piece of trash."

The magical bullet, imbued with the [Sharp] attribute, pierced the convert's skull, drawing out a filthy mass of blood and bits of flesh.

The Transformer let out a mournful cry and fell back, struggling in the crimson flames, its voice gradually fading.

Xia Zuo maintained the curse of decay, hoping to land the final blow and see if there would be a kill reward.

The curse spell can still take effect when the target is not visible, as long as energy is continuously supplied, which is quite convenient.

A crackling sound, like dry firewood splitting, came from underground. The smell of burning and stench, mixed with the stench of decay, turned into mist and poured out of the cave entrance.

The fan placed on the ground spun rapidly, sucking away large clumps of mist and filling them into a bottomless iron box.

The information from Xia Zuo's cheat system appeared in his mind, just like the information from the first time he killed the Transformer, and it was more than a dozen lines long.

Hehe... Looks like you can get rewards just by participating in kills.

Shazo remained calm, showing no sign of inner turmoil, and maintained his spellcasting until Leonard stopped spewing flames, at which point he dispelled the spell.

Dunk cast a low-powered Light spell on the cave entrance, and a bright white light illuminated the cave.

"All done, guys. This juvenile shapeshifter is now scrap. All the pieces of flesh that split off have been burned off too."

Deng Ke crouched down, preparing to crawl inside.

“Renaard, you provide backup up here. Shazo, I need your toxin detection, come with me.”

The cave was more spacious than I had imagined; at least I could stand up straight inside.

Because of the limited space, Leonard's flames engulfed the writhing chunks of flesh that the Converter had split off from.

Xia and Zuo picked up the waste from the transformed individuals, put it into a metal container, and after making sure there were no toxic substances left behind, they called Leonard and returned to the restaurant entrance.

Chapter 47 Bloodline Connection

Officers Dunk and Frank recounted the situation inside.

Xia Zuo and the other team members each carried a disinfection airbag and went into the restaurant to eliminate the toxins.

Taking this opportunity, Xia Zuo looked through the information about the cheat system.

"Successfully used the Curse of Decay to eliminate the Converter, gaining a total of 260 experience points due to [Spell Training] and [Curse Mastery]."

"Affected by unknown factors...attribute determination is in progress."

"...[Vitality] rating passed!"

"Gained knowledge of blood magic related to [Vitality]...Datafication complete...Gained new special ability."

...

[Special Ability Name] Bloodline Sensing - Incomplete

[Special Skills Description 1]

The bloodline imprint of the Transformer Uchimus has been recorded.

[Special Skills Description 2]

This ability is incomplete; you can only receive bloodline information through the recorded bloodline imprint, but you cannot send bloodline information or be sensed by other blood mages.

[Special Effects]

Activate this perk and select one from the recorded bloodline imprints to receive information passed to that imprint.

...

The literal meaning is not difficult to understand.

Having this special ability is like having a secret message ring that can only receive messages but cannot send them.

While spraying disinfectant mist, Xia Zuo activated the [Bloodline Sensing] ability in his mind and selected Uzimus's bloodline mark.

No response?

My mind went blank; no information about blood ties came through.

Or should we just leave it active? Maybe it'll activate soon...

"Uzimers".

An unfamiliar voice suddenly rang in his ears, interrupting Xia Zuo's thoughts.

The sound was mixed and unclear, as if a dozen people were making their voices at the same time.

Moreover, the language they used was not the common language of the Eastern and Western continents, and the intonation was strange.

Xia Zuo confirmed that he had never learned the language, but he could understand the meaning of the words.

His hand holding the spray nozzle trembled slightly. He glanced at his teammates nonchalantly and continued spraying the disinfectant mist.

“Uzimers…”

A strange voice repeated the name.

“We know you can hear us, but you can’t respond.”

"You did a great job, really great. We heard your cries and pleas. Hehehe..."

A strange voice emitted a series of hoarse laughs, the tone ethereal and seductive:

"The flames and the curse of decay destroyed your body, but they could not erase the blood ties between you and us."

"You'll be stuck in that cold metal box for a very long time—what a miserable experience!"

“We saw that pack of filthy dogs, but we deliberately didn’t warn you to run away. Do you resent us? Do you hate us? Heh... no, you won’t. You are our child, our family, how could we push you into endless torment?”

The unfamiliar voice paused, then said, "Your mission has come, Uzimus. We told you on the night we gave you new life that you had a special mission."

“Our blood remains in your body, and the Witchers will process it into tools to track us.”

A strange voice chuckled a few times, "Foolish Witcher, heh heh, our conversion rituals are no longer what they used to be."

"Listen!"

The unfamiliar voice seemed to have a split personality; one second it was sneer, the next it changed its expression and its tone became incredibly sharp.