When Chu Ran got up from the immersion pod, she saw Edwood standing in front of the cabinet, expressionlessly staring at the blood-red divine stone inside.
"Where's Minister Gao?" Chu Ran asked casually, thinking of Gao Yuan's hair. She really had a bit of a Conan physique now.
Edwood glanced back at her and said slowly, "He went to the hospital for oxygen. His mentality can't handle it."
Although someone had died, it was a self-inflicted death. Even if the舆论 exploded... the reports he had to write were indeed numerous. Edwood sympathized with Gao Yuan while smirking, inexplicably a bit excited.
Chu Ran's mouth twitched. He was practically gloating, just short of putting on 'Today Is a Good Day'.
Edwood was about to ask about the divine stone in the cabinet when his Light Brain started ringing frantically.
"What..." Edwood frowned slightly, answering Lei Jianguo's call.
"Run with Chu Ran!" Lei Jianguo shouted hoarsely.
Edwood froze, then without a second word, grabbed Chu Ran's hand and ran for the door. But a moment's hesitation was already too late.
Chu Ran only saw a flash of white light. Instinctively, she shook off Edwood's arm and fell backward.
The stinging pain of burned skin hit instantly. If Edwood had still been holding her hand, both of them would have lost an arm.
"Quick reflexes."
A cheerful voice came from the window.
Edwood and Chu Ran glared coldly toward the window. A tall, thin man with a ponytail stood on the outer wall, one hand holding a fusion laser gun, the other gripping the top of the window. The window had melted into a round hole, with molten steel dripping down.
On the back of the man's hand was a Divine Tomb pattern, with three dots beneath it.
"The God Summoning Society!"
Edwood's expression turned icy. The staff bracelet on his wrist quickly enlarged, and a dark gray mist spread from under his feet.
"Summoning a deity at the drop of a hat is so hurtful."
Another cheerful voice came from behind. The dormitory door suddenly opened.
Edwood's expression changed. Without looking back, he swung his staff backward, but the needle pierced into his body faster. The dark gray mist, as if encountering a natural enemy, dissipated.
Chu Ran also felt a sting in her calf. Looking down, she saw a thin needle wobbling, and her mind instantly blurred. As she fell, she saw someone punch Edwood in the stomach.
What had been injected into her was a highly concentrated anesthetic.
Damn...
Edwood fell to the ground, looking at the almond-eyed girl before him, his face livid. "Huang Feiying and those useless bastards..." Before he could finish cursing, a wave of drowsiness hit him. He tried to bite his tongue to stay awake, but as if tempted by a deity, he fell into a deep sleep.
He Qiwu crouched down, smiling as she looked at Chu Ran on the ground. She picked up the black long rod that had reverted to its original form due to the owner's unconsciousness. "Sister, I told you, you should have let me touch the creation. You've been targeted for a long time~"
The thin man from outside jumped in. "We need to hurry. Andrew is coming." He looked exactly like the one waiting at the door.
"What a shame," He Qiwu played with the black long rod. Seeing one of them pick up Chu Ran by the arm, her face instantly darkened, and she scolded, "Carry her on your back! On your back! How can you just grab such an important person like that?"
The thin man paused and obediently complied. This young lady was not to be provoked; he didn't want to be suddenly controlled into self-mutilating and embarrassing himself.
All three jumped straight out the window. A small aircraft was waiting below.
Before leaving, He Qiwu happily waved at a figure on the playground not far away. "Brother, goodbye~"
That call of "brother" nearly made the pilot's hand jerk. Who could bear to be the brother of this she-devil?
He Qishen watched expressionlessly as the aircraft rose and flew away. A trace of struggle flashed in his eyes, but in the end, he didn't move. He had done all he could.
After He Qiwu could no longer see He Qishen, her smile faded. "This aircraft wasn't tampered with, was it?"
The pilot shivered at her words. "I've been watching the scanning screen the whole time. No objects or spiritual power approached! We've now activated stealth mode. We'll definitely make it back to base safely!"
He Qiwu hummed noncommittally, then turned to look at Chu Ran, still unconscious. After a moment, she smiled happily. "It doesn't matter that she's marked. We were going to make a big scene anyway. Making a big scene is the only way to force her out~"
"She's really amazing, hiding for so many years. Even I was fooled~ Truly amazing~"
Listening to her cheerful laughter, the thin twin stared out the window, on high alert.
Less than five minutes after He Qiwu left, the alarm of the Third Training Institute blared through the sky.
Yu Mei, grim-faced, drove her flying car at full speed, screeching to a halt in the open space of the Third Training Institute. Instructor Li and the others had already rushed to the dormitory building and met Edwood walking out with a gloomy expression.
"What the hell happened?! Why wasn't there any alarm?!" Edwood grabbed Instructor Li by the collar as soon as he saw him, gritting his teeth.
Gao Yuan had surrounded this dormitory building with layers of security and activated all the protective programs of the Third Training Institute, precisely to prevent something he couldn't handle alone. And now?! The enemy had reached the door, yet not a single warning sounded!
Instructor Li's face was bright red. He felt guilty too, but...
"Let him go," Yu Mei and Andrew walked up quickly. "A Divine Servant Mind Controller is not something the Third Training Institute can handle, especially with several insiders."
"Mind Controller..." Edwood froze at the words, then his face darkened further. "So those bastards captured the Mind Controller for so long but didn't recognize her?! And they used her as bait?!"
A bunch of idiots!
The God Summoning Society had done numerous human experiments to summon the gods. The so-called Divine Servants were the most lethal experimental results. Divine Servants had SSS-level spiritual power, but because their power was extremely unstable, their combat ability was slightly weaker than others of the same level.
According to current records, the God Summoning Society had created at least four Divine Servants, one of whom was the Mind Controller.
The Mind Controller had a long list of crimes, but no one had seen her true face. Because the SS-level deity she summoned was the Lord of Bliss. The Lord of Bliss could control people's minds. Every time she incited a riot, the Federation only caught those she had mentally controlled.
"She probably used mind control from the very beginning," Andrew said with a grim expression. "I want to know why George wasn't placed under control?!"
"George?" Edwood thought for a moment, then his face turned black as tar when he realized who it was. "He was in on this too?"
"Him, Chu Zhenzhen, Kong Shengxu, the data Lin Shenyin obtained earlier, and that No.3 from before." Yu Mei rubbed her forehead, annoyed at what she had uncovered. Each oversight, when put together, had become an irreparable loophole.
George coerced high-ranking Spiritist Association officials to adjust the match opponents; Chu Zhenzhen leaked the instructors' and students' information of the Training Institute; Kong Shengxu and Lin Shenyin stole the military's construction data for the Training Institute; No.3... the God Summoning Society used the incident of No.3's self-destruction to implant a virus into the Third Training Institute's internal network.
All these methods combined disabled the defense programs of the Third Training Institute. Then the Mind Controller stepped in, turning the entire Third Training Institute into a place of slumber.
Clearly, the God Summoning Society was the mantis behind the fishing plan.
Even more terrifying was...
"Chu Zhenzhen set a timed release before the match. Now everyone knows that the Divine Ruins Key is in Chu Ran's hands."
"Chu Ran is the descendant of Professor Hu. Professor Hu was the one who recovered her spiritual power through the Divine Tomb back then!"