“Why would they know who my father is?”

Chi Yao stared blankly at the screen, countless questions flashing through his mind in an instant.

Chen Bingfeng said he was destined to walk this path, and no one could change it. Is this what he meant?

Bo Jin, the alpha who might biologically be his father, was also once a knife in their hands?

Jing Xi looked serious: “Xiao Hong, are there any other hidden permissions?”

[Analyzing—Currently no hidden permissions found—]

Military officers’ genetic information was recorded in the military system. General government agencies couldn’t access it without certain permissions. Even if this organization possessed Chi Yao’s genetic information, they couldn’t compare it with Bo Jin’s.

There were only two possibilities. The organization had grasped Bo Jin’s genetic information before he became an officer, or they also had permission to query it after Bo Jin became an officer.

The former pointed to Bo Jin’s identity issue, and the latter pointed to the mastermind’s identity issue.

This was a major breakthrough point they had obtained recently.

But for Chi Yao, none of this was the most important.

His father might also be a modified human. This point alone was suffocating enough.

Thinking of this, Jing Xi reached out and hugged Chi Yao.

The faint scent of sweet wine drifted, pulling Chi Yao’s thoughts back to reality.

He hadn’t expected his involvement in this matter to be much greater than imagined, but now wasn’t the time to be depressed.

“Why aren’t you talking?” Chi Yao couldn’t see Jing Xi’s expression and touched his head.

The response was a tighter hug.

Chi Yao chuckled lightly: “I’m not even sad yet. Why are you sadder than me? Shouldn’t you say something to comfort me at a time like this?”

Jing Xi: “I’m thinking.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Didn’t ask you to be so honest.

Jing Xi loosened his hold slightly and looked at him.

“I will face all outcomes with you.”

Seeing his own reflection in Jing Xi’s eyes, Chi Yao tilted his head and kissed him.

“You’ve said this many times. Afraid I won’t remember?”

Jing Xi: “Important words should naturally be said a few more times.”

Chi Yao smiled, but his eyes gradually turned cold.

If he wasn’t unlucky to be caught here but it was premeditated, what was their purpose? What role did Bo Jin play in this organization before he died?

“Yaoyao?”

Seeing him distracted while kissing for the first time, Jing Xi knew his comfort didn’t have much effect. But all he could do was find out the truth sooner.

Seeing the worry in Jing Xi’s eyes, Chi Yao knew the other was overthinking again.

He saved this file and continued to walk inside with Jing Xi.

“If Bo Jin was a modified human, would his role in the military be similar to Chen Bingfeng and Li Bo?”

Chi Yao’s gaze swept across the empty laboratory, saying casually, “Back then, Bai Yi insisted on him taking a detour. Did he know his identity and discover some scheme?”

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Bo Jin was Bai Yi’s favorite student. If Bo Jin had problems, Bai Yi was also heavily suspected.

But Bo Jin’s death was indirectly caused by Bai Yi.

“It could also be the opposite. Bai Yi used an excuse to make him take a detour to perform some illegal mission, but an accident happened midway.”

Jing Xi pondered, “And this mission was very important, forcing them to take the risk.”

This laboratory was larger than Jing Xi imagined. They walked for a long time without reaching the end.

“Is this inside the tunnel?” He asked.

Chi Yao nodded and pointed randomly at a small door: “You can go out from these doors on the side, but you can’t come in from the outside.”

Jing Xi thought of the maze in the sky amusement park again, also divided into yin and yang sides.

Heaven and hell were separated only by a wall.

Passing an operating room, Chi Yao stopped.

Jing Xi followed his gaze: “What’s wrong?”

Chi Yao: “That’s where I underwent modification.”

Jing Xi’s heart skipped a beat, unconsciously holding Chi Yao’s hand.

“Don’t look. Let’s go.”

Chi Yao led him inside by the hand.

“Let’s go see. Maybe there are clues.”

The operating room was very cold and filled with a metallic feel, without the slightest warmth.

An operating table was placed in the middle. Several scalpels were messily placed on the counter next to it. The medicine boxes in the cabinet were empty. All bottles and jars were only labeled with numbers, without any drug names or ingredient lists.

Afraid Chi Yao would be saddened by the scene, Jing Xi whispered: “I’ll check here. You go look elsewhere.”

Chi Yao: “No need. I haven’t felt anything for a long time.”

Thinking of something, he added: “I just remember the food here was delicious, much better than what we usually ate.”

Jing Xi: “…”

Being able to think about food, it seemed he really didn’t feel anything.

There was a small office inside the operating room, separated by a metal door. The documents and office terminals had long been moved away.

Chi Yao looked around and only saw trash all over the floor in a small utility room around the corner.

“There’s nothing here.” Chi Yao turned to walk out.

“Wait a minute.”

Jing Xi’s gaze fell on the trash, and he strode over.

He rummaged through a pile of dirty rags and pulled out a blue short-sleeved T-shirt.

The clothes were very small, looking like they were for a six or seven-year-old child.

Jing Xi turned out the collar and found a soft cloth label.

“What is it?”

The storage room was narrow, so Chi Yao could only squeeze behind him.

Jing Xi stood up and handed the clothes to Chi Yao: “These are my clothes.”

Chi Yao: “Yours?”

Seeing him ask, Jing Xi knew he must have forgotten and explained: “When you lived in my house, you wore my clothes.”

In other words, this was what he wore when he was captured back then?

Chi Yao looked at this blue T-shirt but had absolutely no impression.

“My dad had this custom-made for me. There’s only this one in the entire empire.” Afraid he wouldn’t believe it, Jing Xi added, “You were too tall back then. You wore clothes my dad prepared for me to wear at six or seven.”

Chi Yao: “…”

How many children’s clothes did your dad hoard?

Jing Xi: “My height as a child was always very standard. You were so much taller, so I naturally assumed you were older than me and called you brother for so long.”

Chi Yao: “…What, feel like you lost out now?”

Jing Xi kept a straight face: “Indeed a bit.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Where did the promised ‘like’ go?

Jing Xi looked at the clothes in his hand, frowning: “I was thinking, was your growth rate affected by genes, causing it to be sometimes fast and sometimes slow?”

The file characterized Chi Yao as a second-generation modified human body. Let’s tentatively understand it as the offspring of a modified human.

Since modification was at the genetic level, it was very likely to affect the offspring.

Chi Yao seriously recalled his experiences growing up, but hearing the last few words, his train of thought was suddenly interrupted.

“Sometimes fast and sometimes slow?”

“Your height at five exceeded the standard by a lot, but your brain development wasn’t advanced, even somewhat slow. And your susceptibility period was delayed for so many years—”

Jing Xi summarized, “Your growth rate is different from ordinary people.”

The utility room was too small. Chi Yao led him out, saying half-jokingly: “Wasn’t my susceptibility period delayed for so long just to wait for you?”

Jing Xi was carefully folding the clothes and was caught off guard by this sudden sweet talk.

“Were the glands also saved for me to bite?”

Chi Yao: “…”

Chi Yao: “Don’t think about other people’s glands all day. Be more reserved.”

Jing Xi walked over: “Then don’t grind your teeth on my glands in the future.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Walking to a relatively wider place, Chi Yao opened the metal door in front of him. Inside was an archive room, but it was now empty.

He walked to the corner where the terminal was placed.

“Try the terminal here.”

“Mn.”

Jing Xi placed the clothes flat on the side and invaded the terminal in the same way.

While Xiao Hong was retrieving data, Chi Yao glanced at the clothes and said with disdain: “Such dirty clothes, want to take them back and enshrine them?”

Jing Xi: “I want to try collecting fingerprints from them.”

Chi Yao: “After so many years, can you still collect them?”

Jing Xi: “Try everything as a last resort.”

A few minutes later, many folders popped up on the screen again.

Jing Xi clicked one open randomly. Seeing an image file open and recognizing what was drawn, he was startled.

“Design drawing of the underwater colosseum.”

Chi Yao recognized it almost at a glance.

The underwater colosseum was built on a giant submarine, able to move at any time and having natural magnetic field shielding, making it very troublesome to find.

Jing Xi clicked another folder. This time it was still a colosseum. The top left corner of the drawing was marked with the code “N612”.

“Is this a planet code?” Chi Yao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Jing Xi immediately searched “N9”. Sure enough, it was a design drawing of an underground casino, almost exactly the same as the place they went to before.

With this data, they could uproot all the scattered illegal profit-making places.

Jing Xi quickly copied the content.

[50% complete—75% complete—]

A slight sound suddenly came from their ears. The two’s expressions changed.

Chi Yao made a gesture and moved silently towards the door.

There were many footsteps coming from all directions.

The first footstep approached the door. Chi Yao took out the military knife from his leg pouch. When the gun muzzle entered his vision, he slashed at it while kicking the door.

“Ugh—!”

The first person was bounced out by the door.

The sound of a heavy object landing was heard, followed by the footsteps becoming dense.

Soon, gunshots came from outside the door, and another door was opened.

The person coming in wore a black mask and the black action suit familiar to Chi Yao.

Bang!

The military knife in Chi Yao’s hand flew out, piercing into that person’s wrist.

He ducked to avoid bullets, moving quickly between various consoles and shelves.

In the blink of an eye, the black masks lost track of the target.

They quickly checked their surroundings, forming a circle vigilantly.

“Ugh—!”

After a muffled scream, the sound of a heavy object landing was heard.

The black masks quickly raised their guns and turned around. The carotid artery of the black mask standing by the shelf was cut, blood spraying on the pure white shelf, very glaring.

“Ah—!”

A scream came from behind again. The black masks felt their scalps tingle, turning around and strafing.

The black mask whose throat was cut and hadn’t had time to fall was instantly turned into a sieve.

“Destroy the terminal!”

Someone among the black masks shouted, and everyone else moved towards where the terminal was placed.

After the dense gunshots, the platform where the terminal was placed was intact.

“What happened?!” Someone among the black masks shouted anxiously.

“Only thought of destroying the terminal now?” Chi Yao walked out leisurely from behind the shelf, standing by the platform, mocking, “What were you doing earlier?”

The black masks were so scared they all took half a step back. Their hands holding guns trembled slightly, fingers stuck on the trigger but unable to exert force.

“Chi, Chi Yao! Why are you helping outsiders?!”

Whoosh!

“Ah—! My hand!”

A gunshot rang out. The wrist of the speaking black mask was pierced, and the pistol fell to the ground.

Chi Yao sneered: “Who is an outsider?”

Another black mask observed the surroundings nervously and shouted: “You are one of us! Wake up!”

Whoosh!

“Ah—!” This black mask was also hit in the wrist.

Wife is jealous?

Chi Yao chuckled lightly, almost able to imagine Jing Xi’s cold face at this moment.

“I am the leader of Extreme Shadow, nothing more.” Chi Yao looked up, “Want to rope me in? Are you worthy?”

Just one look made the black masks tremble with fear.

With two bloody examples, no one dared to say another word.

[86% complete—]

While the black masks attacked, Chi Yao heard Xiao Hong’s voice from Xiao Hei.

These black masks holding guns didn’t dare to shoot at him.

When a military knife was swung in front of his eyes, Chi Yao raised his hand to block. The blade hit the steel claw, making a harsh sound.

Chi Yao smiled lazily: “Didn’t let me leave before, now I come back to revisit old haunts and you won’t allow it. Do you think I’m easy to bully?”

The black mask only felt him wave casually, and the military knife in his hand broke into five pieces.

“…”

Is this fucking easy to bully?!

Jing Xi leaned against the shelf, looking out through the gap.

Chi Yao didn’t even need to draw his gun. Dealing with these twenty or thirty black masks was like playing.

Noticing a touch of black from the corner of his eye, Jing Xi looked over.

A black mask standing at the very back quietly hid outside the door.

People in Ghost might each have their helplessness, but this didn’t lessen their sins.

Encountering Ghost before, Chi Yao wouldn’t leave no way out every time, unless they stepped on his bottom line.

But now, Chi Yao no longer had that patience.

When the completion rate of 100% sounded in his mind, all black masks fell to the ground.

Chi Yao wiped the bloodstains on the steel claws and threw away the last black mask he knocked out.

“Didn’t come earlier or later, just had to come sabotage when we arrived.” Chi Yao hummed lightly, “Were we set up again?”

Jing Xi glanced outside the door, walked out from behind the shelf, his voice cold: “Ignore those. As long as we get the drawings.”

Watching outside the door from the corner of his eye, Chi Yao said slowly: “How much recovered?”

Jing Xi: “Deleted too thoroughly. Can only recover 10% at most.”

Chi Yao: “This recovery technology isn’t good.”

Jing Xi said lightly: “This is already the military’s highest level.”

While speaking, the two walked out from another door.

The black mask hiding behind the door shivering waited until there was no movement before tapping a string of codes on the communicator.

This string of codes was transferred several times within a few minutes, finally reaching the military district.

Inside a luxurious villa, a beta wearing a colonel’s uniform recorded this string of codes and quickly walked towards the second-floor terrace.

“Sir, news came from over there!”

On the terrace, an old man lay on a rocking chair with his back to him.

“Chi Yao went?”

Colonel: “Yes. He repaired the terminal in the archive room and stole about 10% of the data.”

The old man’s hand rotating walnuts paused, and a cracking sound came from his palm.

“Didn’t they say it was confirmed unrecoverable?”

Hearing the coldness in his voice, the colonel tensed his body to avoid shivering.

“Those people did say so back then. Maybe recovery technology has improved in recent years.”

The old man rocked the chair, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside. After a long while, he spoke: “Let him steal. 10% is nothing.”

The colonel was startled, finding it unbelievable.

Chi Yao’s value was higher than 10% of the industry?

On the other end, Chi Yao and Jing Xi came out of the base and reunited with the others.

“Where is Xixi?” Jing Xi looked around. Only the dog didn’t return.

The subordinates of the dark division looked bewildered.

Who is Xixi?

“Probably went to find its little she-wolf.” Chi Yao looked at the others, “Wait on the fighter jet.”

Watching them leave, the dark division members: “…!”

Xixi is Ying Wei?

A perfectly domineering dog suddenly became girly.

Chi Yao looked at the paper-wrapped clothes in Jing Xi’s hand.

“Why didn’t you give it to them just now?”

Jing Xi: “I don’t trust them.”

On these clothes, maybe many precious clues could be detected, which could be preserved and directly used as evidence.

“Do you know where it is?” Jing Xi asked.

While speaking, the two walked to the cliff edge.

The drop here wasn’t big, only a few dozen meters.

Chi Yao looked down and lifted his chin towards a certain place.

“There.”

Jing Xi looked in that direction.

Beside the weed-filled cave at the small waterfall, he saw a tuft of familiar dog fur.

Chi Yao put his arm around Jing Xi’s waist and let Xiao Hei turn into a launcher.

“Hold tight.”

Jing Xi was startled, subconsciously pushing away, then obediently hugging after reacting.

Chi Yao shot the rope into the ground, jumped down, and teased: “Even for me, falling from dozens of meters high would turn me into a meat patty. Take it easy. Dying is fine, but must be good-looking.”

Jing Xi kept a straight face: “…I’m not used to it yet.”

He had always protected others, rarely being protected.

After landing, they quietly approached Ying Wei. It hid behind a pile of rocks, pawing with its front paws to peek into the cave.

At the cave entrance, a beautiful white wolf was licking its fur. Another gray wolf walked out of the cave, lying beside it to help lick together. In the clearing outside the cave, a group of little wolf cubs were nestled.

“Woo woo woo—”

A soft whimpering sound was heard. Chi Yao and Jing Xi looked at Ying Wei simultaneously, seeing its ears drooping, tears swirling in its eyes.

Chi Yao/Jing Xi: “…”

Too tragic.