Before long, all members of Ghost and Jiayu were captured.

After boarding the Dark Division spaceship, Chi Yao was still thinking about the gaze from that building.

The feeling was strange.

That distance wasn’t too far for him; if there really was movement, he would definitely feel it.

But this time, he wasn’t so sure.

Li Yuan and Lu Meng entered the main cabin from outside.

Li Yuan sat opposite Chi Yao: “These aren’t failures. The leader is about the same as me.”

Chi Yao came back to his senses and looked up at him: “What about the others?”

Li Yuan thought for a while: “About the same as Black Mask.”

Chi Yao looked at Lu Meng: “What’s the situation with Jiayu?”

Lu Meng looked at his boss, seeing no objection, he answered obediently: “All well-behaved like chicks, just refusing to say a word.”

Jing Xi: “Interrogate separately.”

Lu Meng: “I’ll go right now.”

Chi Yao was pondering when his terminal vibrated; it was D’s reply.

[These three are all related to the five institutions we are monitoring. Major clue! Cub is awesome, love you muah~]

Chi Yao: “…”

Thinking of that old face puckering up, he felt unwell all over.

Jing Xi peeked secretly. Seeing Chi Yao’s expression gradually turning unhappy, he pecked his cheek and said tonelessly: “I’ll kiss for him.”

Chi Yao’s mood improved visibly.

“Take a look.”

He enlarged the tree diagram sent by the old man, densely packed with names and institution names.

Chi Yao: “These are the situations the old man has grasped over the years. See if there are any additions.”

After speaking, he took Li Yuan to the cabin where Ghost members were detained.

Jing Xi casually clicked on an institution name, and another dense relationship diagram popped up.

Don’t know how much effort the Dark Division spent to compile this information.

He spent half an hour just browsing through it roughly.

The scope involved was beyond his expectations.

Jing Xi returned to the first page and checked the names associated with Zhao Hongyi. After searching, only Chen Bingfeng and Li Bo remained. Chen Bingfeng had a confirmed date noted, while Li Bo had a question mark.

He and Chi Yao actually already had evidence of Li Bo and Chen Bingfeng colluding, but for sentencing, they needed to be more prepared.

Meaning, those without question marks on this document are ones the Dark Division already has substantial evidence against.

Thinking this, Jing Xi looked for personnel related to Bai Yi.

Checking from top to bottom, he didn’t find any associated people.

Thinking of Major General Bo’s matter, Jing Xi narrowed his eyes slightly.

Bo Jin to Bai Yi was equivalent to Chen Bingfeng to Zhao Hongyi.

Back then, Bai Yi’s treatment of Bo Jin could be described as exclusive favor. Bo Jin was also striving, not only the best among his peers but also promoted several levels consecutively, surpassing his superiors to reach general rank first.

Bai Yi came from a great noble family, lacking neither strength nor background. Even his apprentice was the most excellent; taking the position of Marshal was almost without suspense.

As a result, that storm back then completely changed the situation.

Bai Yi was overly grief-stricken, his old illness relapsed, giving up the easily obtainable Marshal position, retiring for recuperation, and becoming a transparent person in the military ever since.

Jing Xi frowned slightly.

Something happening to an apprentice, can one really be sad to this extent?

It might be too naked to say, but finding excellent apprentices is also a means to stabilize one’s position, isn’t it?

Giving up status for an apprentice seems a bit putting the cart before the horse.

Back then, his father and dad also had accidents at the same time.

Grandpa lost his only son, investigating the case while taking care of military academy work, and also struggled through. Let alone just an apprentice without blood relation.

Major General Bo and his husband were murdered, followed by Yao Yao being abducted, and all evidence back then pointed to death.

Jing Xi vaguely felt that Major General Bo’s accident and Bai Yi’s retirement were a crucial link.

But who should be asked about the situation back then?

He rubbed his throbbing forehead; the first ones he thought of were Grandpa and Grandma.

But they were still too far from the military’s power circle.

Images flashed wildly before his eyes, finally freezing on a resolute and serious face.

Jing Xi’s eyes flashed.

“Marshal.”

On the other side, Chi Yao walked into the passenger cabin. The men in black and the group who flew the spaceship and dropped bombs earlier were all here.

He scanned casually and walked towards the leading alpha.

Hearing footsteps approaching, the alpha tensed up.

A moment later, a pair of legs appeared in front of him.

“Lift your head,” Chi Yao said lazily.

But the black-clothed alpha didn’t react, still keeping his head down motionless.

Chi Yao took out the gloves swiped from Jing Xi from his back waist, put them on, and pinched his chin to lift it up.

The alpha kept a straight face, but his constricted pupils betrayed his nervousness.

Chi Yao turned his head left and right to look, scoffing: “Know you look ugly, afraid of dirtying my eyes? Quite self-aware.”

The alpha struggled hard but still couldn’t break free.

Chi Yao: “What, another mute?”

Li Yuan used the gun as a stick, tapping his palm rhythmically, fanning the flames: “He could talk in the warehouse. Maybe he looks down on you, Boss.”

The alpha gritted his teeth, glancing coldly at Li Yuan.

“Yo, dare to glare at your grandpa?” Li Yuan pulled out a military knife and handed it to Chi Yao, “Boss, gouge out his eyes for you.”

Chi Yao didn’t take it, looking down at the alpha, smiling: “Don’t you think this face looks a bit inharmonious?”

Li Yuan leaned in to look: “Shifty-eyed and rat-like; Feng Shui says this is a face of leaking wealth.”

Chi Yao pressed a finger against a spot on the alpha’s jawbone and pulled hard.

A biological mask was rudely ripped off by him.

“Whoa—” Li Yuan jeered, “Gouging eyes is indeed not as fun as peeling skin.”

Chi Yao weighed the skin in his hand and threw it away casually.

“Disguising so crudely, playing games with me? Major General Li?”

The black-clothed alpha raised his head again; it was Li Bo’s angry face.

“You knew long ago?!” He gritted his teeth.

Chi Yao smiled: “Didn’t know just now; know now.”

Li Yuan thought Chi Yao would humiliate him first and then extract information as usual; didn’t expect this to be an old acquaintance.

“Damn it, it’s you idiot!”

Being called an idiot repeatedly, Li Bo subconsciously wanted to get up and hit him.

But before he could stand straight, he was kicked back to the ground by Chi Yao.

Chi Yao: “You can hide your aura?”

Like Chen Bingfeng, Li Bo originally didn’t have the smell of a modified human, but now it smelled obvious.

Either they used a method to hide their aura, or they were modified recently.

Chi Yao felt the former was more likely.

Li Bo’s hands were tied behind his back; thighs, calves, and ankles were all fixed. After falling, it took him a lot of effort to get up.

“Chi Yao, you traitor!”

Chi Yao paused, laughing and crying.

“I’m a traitor? Betrayed whom?”

Li Bo sneered: “The organization spent so much effort creating you, yet you use this power against the organization. Truly a wolf; white-eyed wolf kind of wolf.”

“What did you say?!”

Before Chi Yao got angry, Li Yuan got angry first, smashing the gun butt on his head, “Son of a bitch, lost all conscience yourself, and dare to accuse others?!”

Li Bo fell to the ground again, stepped on the neck by Li Yuan, unable to move.

He struggled twice, glaring at Chi Yao with venomous eyes: “You were wrong from the start; your enemy was never us.”

Chi Yao smiled: “Then tell me, who is my enemy?”

Li Bo: “They are coming.”

Chi Yao frowned.

They again.

Li Bo suddenly laughed, unable to stop.

Li Yuan stepped down hard; neck bones made cracking sounds as if about to break any moment.

“Cough cough cough—haha cough—Chi Yao.” Not knowing if Li Bo was laughing or coughing, his whole face congested red, “You can’t change it, nor stop it. Useless. Only Ghost can save this world!”

This sounded like lines taught in a pyramid scheme den, amusing Chi Yao.

He waved for Li Yuan to let go, saying unhurriedly: “Multiple choice question. A person first instigates bandits to attack a village, then teaches villagers to stand up for revenge. Is this person a savior or a murderer?”

Before Li Bo could speak, Chi Yao continued: “A. Savior, B. Murderer, C. Hypocritical unscrupulous middleman.”

Li Yuan raised his hand: “I choose D. Thing worse than pigs and dogs; he doesn’t deserve to be a human.”

Seeing Li Bo’s ugly expression from the corner of his eye, Chi Yao said to Li Yuan: “Correct answer; reward you a chicken.”

Li Yuan: “…”

What’s wrong with chicken? Chicken is delicious.

Singing in harmony, Li Bo had no chance to interject. All words were blocked at his lips, face looking worse and worse.

Chi Yao walked two steps closer, saying lightly: “Don’t expect to brainwash me. Let me hear similar words again, I’ll sew your mouth shut.”

Li Bo’s lips trembled, full of anger but helpless.

He beckoned the Dark Division guard soldier over.

“Detain these separately. Others investigate their backgrounds clearly; send me the data.”

Soldier: “Yes!”

About to leave, Li Bo suddenly called him from behind.

Li Bo: “You have long had nothing to do with the word ‘human’. Even if barely walking on the human track, sooner or later you will derail.”

Chi Yao waved his hand over the sensor; the cabin door opened.

Seeing him leaving, Li Bo shouted.

“Those you like, those who like you will all leave you. Only Ghost is your destination!”

The cabin door closed behind him. Li Yuan looked at Chi Yao’s face and comforted: “Boss, don’t listen to his nonsense. I’ll get needle and thread to sew him up.”

Chi Yao’s face showed no emotion. Silent all the way, he spoke in a low voice.

“Go count the brothers in the regiment; report everyone’s location information to me.”

“Okay.” Li Yuan didn’t understand, “Need them to come over?”

It was hard for Extreme Shadow people to gather all together usually, even more scattered now. A batch at home, a batch at 0520, a batch at 820, and others out working here and there.

Chi Yao looked at the metal passage ahead, voice cold: “War is starting.”

Li Yuan’s steps paused.

Over these years, Extreme Shadow never lacked fights. With Flying Dragon, with Ghost, fought countless times.

But never before a fight did the Boss ask for a headcount.

This is, the final battle?

Returning to the main cabin, Chi Yao was about to find Jing Xi when the other party just came out of the small lounge.

They met face to face, both looking somewhat solemn.

“Have something to tell you.”

“Have something to tell you.”

Both spoke simultaneously.

Chi Yao’s tense face dyed with a smile, turning to the pantry to make coffee.

“You say first.”

Jing Xi consciously sat at the bar, watching him bustle about.

“Just talked to the Marshal, about Major General Bo.”

Chi Yao’s hand grinding coffee beans paused, acting nonchalant: “What about him?”

“This is the meeting record written by the Marshal himself before the accident back then.”

Jing Xi opened the document sent by Pei Zhenyue.

Chi Yao looked up. On the window was a photographed page of paper, yellowed, handwriting slightly smudged, looking quite old.

Jing Xi: “Back then, Xuanwu Legion returned from an expedition, encountering a beast tide outbreak in Flying Fish Constellation. High-level officials discussed letting Xuanwu Legion, which was closest then, go for support. Originally supposed to take jump point A-8 of Flying Fish Constellation, but General Bai insisted repeatedly on letting them go through jump point D-3 of neighboring White Bird Constellation. Resulted in an accident there—”

Chi Yao looked at the record in the notebook, face darkening.

For clarity, Jing Xi pulled up the map and drew two lines on it.

“Comparatively, going from D-3 takes less time, just an extra registration step entering White Bird Constellation airspace. Going from A-8 is farther, but doesn’t need to cross two galaxies.”

Legion expeditions, in principle, crossing fewer galaxies is better, but if the situation is urgent, it depends on actual conditions.

Chi Yao: “Putting it this way, Bai Yi’s decision wasn’t problematic either.”

At least on the surface.

“Causing apprentice’s death due to his own persistence, guilty to the point of collapse. How reasonable.” Chi Yao smiled, but eyes were cold.

Jing Xi nodded: “Indeed very reasonable. Look at this again.”

He pulled up two very simple files, only names and photos, everything else blank.

“Xu Ming, Liu Wu?”

Chi Yao glanced and looked at Jing Xi, “I know them; what’s wrong?”

Jing Xi was a bit surprised: “You know them?”

Chi Yao: “They taught me classes before, but were often absent.”

Jing Xi frowned, thoughtful.

“Wrong—where exactly—”

Chi Yao didn’t understand: “What about them?”

Jing Xi looked up into his eyes.

“They, were once people of Xuanwu Legion.”

Chi Yao’s heart skipped a beat violently. Something suddenly flashed past his eyes, too fast for him to catch.

“Why would Xuanwu Legion people appear in the Dark Division?”

“That’s exactly what I wanted to say.”

Jing Xi looked grave, “Back then it was reported all members of Xuanwu Legion perished, but they are clearly alive and well hiding in the Dark Division. Why? Who can threaten their safety?”

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Chi Yao’s mind.

“Pei Zhenyue said it? Why did he say it only now?”

Jing Xi: “It was because I asked about Major General Bo that he mentioned it in passing.”

Dark Division members are numerous. Even if Pei Zhenyue could see the files, it was impossible to spend time checking one by one at this juncture.

But Pei Zhenyue might not have time to bother with such small matters for a while, yet Lin Chengde managed the Dark Division for so many years and never mentioned Xuanwu Legion.

The more Chi Yao thought, the angrier he got, dialing a video call directly.

It took a moment to pick up there; Lin Chengde’s slightly haggard face appeared in the window.

“Brat, can you let me have a good sleep?”

Chi Yao with a cold face: “Dark Division accepted people from Xuanwu Legion?”

Lin Chengde’s eyes flashed, expression serious: “Who told you?”

“Don’t care who told me.”

Chi Yao almost said word by word: “Does Dark Division have people from Xuanwu Legion?”

Lin Chengde glanced at Jing Xi listening on the side, voice heavy: “Yes—”

“Then why didn’t you tell me?!”

Chi Yao questioned.

Lin Chengde was yelled into confusion.

Wherever he went, wasn’t he offered up like a Buddha? Only Chi Yao dared to yell at him like scolding a grandson.

“Why should I tell you?” Lin Chengde also got angry, “You damn well refuse to take over the mess; why should I tell you?”

Chi Yao laughed in anger, fists cracking.

“Dead old man, I think you’ve lived enough.”

Lin Chengde leaned back unconsciously, afraid the fist would land on his face.

“Apprentice hasn’t been settled yet; dare not die.”

Seeing the posture of the old and young about to fight, Jing Xi walked to Chi Yao’s side, patted his shoulder, and looked at Lin Chengde.

“Admiral Lin, we now suspect Xuanwu Legion is connected to modified humans. Can you provide the list of Xuanwu Legion in the Dark Division?”

“No.”

Lin Chengde refused directly.

Seeing the two brats with expressions of “you dare not give”, he almost vomited blood from anger.

“Dark Division personnel list can only be viewed by me and the Marshal; this is a hard rule.”

Chi Yao: “Cut the crap; giving or not?”

Lin Chengde kept a straight face: “Not giving.”

“You wait.”

Chi Yao dialed another communication number, saying to the middle-aged beta in chef uniform over there, “Old Huang, the old man said gout attack. Starting today, purchasing seafood is prohibited. A small bowl of white porridge and a dish of pickles for three meals a day; no more.”

Old Huang tossed the big ladle, pouring a pot of braised prawns into a basin.

“Alright! Then I’ll keep these for myself to eat.”

Lin Chengde: “…”

Who exactly is the boss?!

Jing Xi: “…”

Yao Yao is mighty.

Chi Yao hung up the communication, looking at him indifferently: “I can get it even if you don’t give. Go eat your white porridge and pickles.”

Seeing him about to hang up, Lin Chengde raised his hand to stop: “Wait.”

Chi Yao: “Want to say something else?”

Thinking of those braised prawns, Lin Chengde swallowed saliva.

“Rules are rules, but if you agree to take over my shift, letting the successor see the files a little earlier isn’t impossible.”

Chi Yao: “Goodbye.”

Lin Chengde: “…”

Jing Xi held his hand about to hang up, leaned close to Chi Yao’s ear, and whispered.

“Agree first. Whether to take over later, isn’t it up to you?”

Chi Yao looked at Jing Xi.

“Did you get the information this way too?”

Jing Xi nodded: “Mn.”

Lin Chengde: “……”

Bad boys all got together!

Chi Yao looked at Lin Chengde: “I agree. Send files within three minutes, or pickles are gone too.”

Lin Chengde: “…”

Why exactly is he rushing to recruit such a little devil?

Hanging up the communication, Chi Yao thought of what he accidentally heard the old man say before the election.

If the person ascending then wasn’t satisfactory to him, he’d rather destroy the files than show them.

Is there also a factor of Xuanwu Legion in this?

“Can you contact Xu Ming and Liu Wu?”

Jing Xi asked, “They are participants of the event back then; must know the situation better than anyone.”

Chi Yao shook his head: “Haven’t seen for many years. Their terminals are specific internal networks; can’t get through.”

Now all clues point to Bai Yi. This person might even be the culprit who killed his and Jing Xi’s parents.

Chi Yao with a cold face: “Back to Capital Star. Grab the old man surnamed Bai and ask clearly.”

Jing Xi was also chaotic when first knowing these things, but seeing Chi Yao like this, he calmed down instead.

“We have no evidence.”

“Evidence?” Chi Yao scoffed, “Law needs it, but I don’t.”

Jing Xi hugged him.

“You’ve almost climbed out of the quagmire; don’t fall back in.”

Clear and sweet wine scent lingered around the nose.

Chi Yao took a deep breath, finally letting his heated brain calm down a bit.

Jing Xi: “What were you going to tell me just now?”

Chi Yao pushed him away, continuing to brew coffee.

“Troublesome matter. That organization might have developed some drugs to hide aura; need to find a professional to ask.”

And humanoid beasts.

From Li Bo’s reaction, humanoid beasts are indeed inseparable from them.

“So fragrant!”

Just as they were speaking, a woman’s hearty laughter suddenly sounded.

Both looked towards the cabin door simultaneously.

A tall female alpha walked straight towards here.

She looked in her thirties, wearing a hot girl miniskirt, head full of dreadlocks, wearing exaggerated heavy makeup.

But heavy makeup couldn’t cover the delicate features themselves.

This girl looks good, just bad taste.

Jing Xi gave an evaluation silently.

“Qiu Shuang?”

Chi Yao frowned, “Why are you here?”

Qiu Shuang familiarly poured herself a cup of freshly brewed coffee.

“Didn’t you ask me to come?”

Chi Yao: “I asked you to go to 820.”

Qiu Shuang: “Oh, then I remembered wrong.”

Seeing they were familiar, Jing Xi asked curiously: “She is—?”

“Old man’s person.”

Chi Yao smiled heartlessly, “Just that unlucky military doctor topped by Chun Qin.”

“Pfft—”

Qiu Shuang sprayed a mouthful of coffee, looked left and right nervously, and said angrily, “How could I, a top alpha, be topped?!”

Jing Xi: “…”

Top alpha can also be topped.