Chapter 54: A Shocking Reversal, The Sealed Secret
【Code Name – Thunder Disciple
File Classification: Confidential
Name: Zhou Wen
Gender: Male
Age: 34 years old （ at time of death ）
Occupation: Senior Researcher at Thunder Laboratory
Date of Death: July 22, 2037
I. Original Body Background Investigation: In 2026, Zhou Wen was admitted to Professor Feng’s department in the Human Race’s Extraordinary Domain. He was one of Professor Feng’s favorite students. Extremely diligent and intelligent, he achieved results in multiple fields.
Target strength is only at the early stage of the Qi Gathering Realm, suitable for parasitic control.
II. Blood Demon Invasion Time: （April 13, 2037 ~ May 07, 2037）: Omitted
III. Death （July 22, 2037）
When Thunder Disciple submitted information about Professor Feng and the Scepter of Thunder, his behavior was completely normal.
During the ambush at Nine Snake Bend, *** while attacking Professor Feng, Thunder Disciple lost control of his body and took a fatal blow for Professor Feng, partially contributing to the mission’s failure.
After the battle, the Human Race’s special investigator found no blood abnormalities, and Thunder Disciple successfully escaped.
VI. Host Loss of Control Incident Analysis:
The Human Race’s soul is extremely special, possessing a unique protection mechanism. Under intense emotional outbursts, there is a probability of losing control. Targeted evolution of the Blood Demon is required.】
After reading this information, Bai Yu could hardly believe his eyes.
“Zhou Wen is actually a traitor!”
“No! He was just controlled.”
Since this file was incomplete, he could only deduce slowly.
Firstly, judging from the analysis perspective of this file, it is definitely an internal file from the enemy.
Secondly, Bai Yu began to recall the entire incident.
According to this file, the previous control was normal.
Then Zhou Wen, the Blood Demon codenamed Thunder Disciple, who would have watched him from behind and then informed Professor Feng of this crucial information, must have had malicious intentions!
No matter how powerful Thunder Disciple was, he couldn’t have known that Bai Yu already knew about the attack before he arrived, nor could he have known that Bai Yu had already communicated with Director Yang and other big bosses.
So, his first thought must have been to successfully frame him! And thus clear himself of suspicion.
But no matter how much they calculated, they all miscalculated the will of Zhou Wen himself.
At that moment, Zhou Wen chose to sacrifice himself to save his professor.
From this perspective, Professor Feng’s tears were not shed in vain.
“Everything seems more reasonable now.”
In fact, during the battle and the cleanup of the battlefield, Bai Yu noticed two anomalies.
The first point was that when the Blood Shadow killed Zhou Wen, its expression was not right. It looked like it was frowning with a hint of displeasure.
At that time, Bai Yu had not released Director Yang’s phantom.
As a peak Spirit Yuan Realm, even a Half-Step Spirit Sea Realm expert, if one attack failed, he would simply launch another.
Moreover, as a standard villain, seeing the fearless sacrifice of humans, he would likely mock them to the extreme, rather than display such a strange expression.
The second point was that when cleaning up the battlefield, the color of Zhou Wen’s blood was too strange, very red, and it didn’t congeal quickly, looking a bit like ketchup.
And it had flowed all the way to the road entrance.
“Damn it! I’m afraid this Blood Demon has escaped!”
“Sigh.”
Bai Yu sighed deeply.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with Zhou Wen himself.
While being controlled, he was still able to seize control of his body and save his teacher.
“Perhaps he knew that if he lived, he would make bigger mistakes.”
Bai Yu greatly admired such a thing.
However, his mood became even more complicated.
No one knew what Zhou Wen’s own will had gone through, and even his true cause of death was unknown.
The righteous hero is unsung.
Suddenly, Bai Yu thought of something else.
He quickly flipped through the previous intelligence!
【Registration Time: January 14, 2048
Name: Lei Tao
Family Incident:
The Lei Family’s high-level officials were controlled by a Blood Demon at a certain period. Further investigation revealed that the research institute under the Lei Family colluded with the Blood Ancestor God, secretly creating forbidden items like flesh-and-blood fusion monsters, in an attempt to gain eternal life from the Alien Gods.】
“Blood Demon!”
“I knew this word sounded so familiar.”
“So Blood Demons are in a blood state, I thought they were in human form.”
At this moment, Bai Yu felt a bit uneasy.
He was probably the only one who knew the truth of this matter.
At least Director Yang and Director Meng, the female one, didn’t check blood or anything, so they probably didn’t know about the existence of such monsters.
“Fortunately, I chose this piece of intelligence, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known the truth of the matter.”
“Let’s go to sleep.”
However, he tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.
At six in the morning, Bai Yu woke up and started completing three simple exercise tasks.
After nearly an hour of activity, he circulated the Great Heavenly Cycle once.
“Hoo~”
“The effect of this potion on the meridians is truly astonishing! I remember it took me 40 minutes for my first circulation, then it quickly improved to half an hour, and further improvement became more difficult. Now it only takes 22 minutes and 25 seconds!”
“And now, one circulation of the Great Heavenly Cycle allows me to absorb more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.”
“If I were in the wild or other places with abundant spiritual energy, the effect should be even better!”
Speaking of which, he remembered that the Investigation Bureau also had spiritual energy cultivation rooms with extremely high spiritual energy concentration.
However, this was new equipment, extremely expensive, and only provided for special circumstances, such as when one had an epiphany and needed to impact multiple acupoints.
“The Qi Gathering Realm also has different levels.”
“The human body has 365 inner acupoints. Opening 36 basic acupoints allows for the Heavenly Cycle circulation of a cultivation technique, officially entering the Qi Gathering Realm.”
“The acupoints I have currently opened should be around sixty.”
Just as he was about to test how many acupoints he had specifically opened, there was a knock on the door.
“Knock, knock, knock~”
Bai Yu thought, at this early hour, it must be Sister Feifei.
Upon opening the door, he saw a man.
Bai Yu said in surprise, “Captain, what is it?”
“Just checking in on a team member’s life.”
Li Yunbin’s tone was always so gentle, and when he smiled, it was like a spring breeze.
“Can I come in?”
“Of course!”
“I was afraid someone might be hiding inside.”
“.Captain, you’re becoming mischievous too.”
“It’s because I’ve been around you guys for too long.”
After Li Yunbin walked in, he looked around.
He noticed many discarded talisman papers on the desk, clearly from failed attempts.
From this alone, Bai Yu was definitely working on Talisman Making!
In this day and age, Talisman Making is not something ordinary people can do.
His Li Family background makes it troublesome to support a Talisman Maker.
The peak Spirit Yuan Realm talismans he gave Bai Yu currently have a market price of fifty thousand and above, and that’s just the starting price!
More importantly, a large amount of materials are wasted during the production process, which is equivalent to spending money to create a Talisman Maker! If talent is poor and success rate is low, it’s a loss, meaning they are not suited for this line of work.
Bai Yu didn’t mind being seen, as he would eventually need to use these talismans.
“Captain, what is it?”
Li Yunbin’s personality clearly indicated he wouldn’t visit without a reason.
“Indeed, there is something. It’s about the distribution of rewards after yesterday’s battle.”
“The thing is, your contribution to this attack incident is known only to a few of us and Director Yang.”
“Director Yang did not report it upwards, mainly because he was worried that if your situation got out, you would be targeted by Alien Races.”
“So when the higher-ups arranged the rewards, they definitely wouldn’t know about this.”
Hearing this, Bai Yu smiled and casually lay down on the sofa, saying, “I will definitely obey the distribution, especially since it’s for my safety. However, too much of this can easily dampen productivity.”
Hearing this, Li Yunbin smiled. He knew Bai Yu would agree, but he also knew that Bai Yu, with his personality of not wanting to be at a disadvantage, wouldn’t simply agree.
He would definitely say some ‘strange’ things.
“Don’t rush, let me finish.”
“According to the distribution rules from above, and also considering human sentiment, the deceased in battle, besides basic compensation, will also receive more contributions. This is a consensus in our Extraordinary Realm.”
Bai Yu nodded, this point was valid.
Humans always fear death.
To better fight against Alien Races, it’s normal for sacrifices to receive high benefits.
“According to these rules, the Guard Team received over 50,000 contribution points, and most of the Treasure Vault slots were given to them.”
“Professor Feng’s side, due to the death of one student, received five thousand contribution points and one Third-Level Treasure Vault slot. Professor Wang Wen’s side only received two thousand.”
“Our three teams received around thirty thousand.”
“Deputy Director Yang received 15,000 points, and Deputy Director Meng received 8,000 points. As for any additional special rewards, I’m not sure.”
“Of course, for the two Deputy Directors, the contribution point rewards are secondary. This battle will definitely be recorded in their book of merits, influencing their future promotions.”
“Director Yang’s intention is that you take ten thousand of his fifteen thousand points. The remaining five thousand, Director Yang hopes you can donate in your name to Professor Feng’s deceased student.”
“What do you think?”
Upon hearing this, Bai Yu thought: Good heavens! The total rewards this time are truly generous.
But upon careful consideration, the monsters that appeared this time numbered nearly a hundred, and most of them were not weak, all being Second Realm or above.
Such generous rewards are normal.
As for Director Yang’s suggestion…
It’s clear that Professor Feng’s side, although the misunderstanding was resolved, still has a rift with me? Five thousand points as compensation for the student is not impossible. They truly died with regrets.
“I am definitely satisfied with receiving ten thousand contribution points.”
This amount is enough for Bai Yu to spend now, and he can continue to earn more later.
“As for Professor Feng’s matter…”
Bai Yu considered that Professor Feng was also quite unlucky, being played by the Blood Demon.
But in the end, Zhou Wen did save him!
Professor Feng would probably never know the truth, remaining in the dark.
Bai Yu wondered if he should tell Li Yunbin.
This Blood Demon’s form is special and its abilities are weird, so vigilance is necessary!
He didn’t know how to bring up the Lei Family’s matter before, but at this juncture, he could first introduce the Blood Demon as a starting point.
“What’s wrong?”
“Let’s wait until our team is complete, then I’ll talk about it.”
Li Yunbin:
He felt like he was being teased.
