Chi Yao came out after showering and saw Jing Xi leaning against the headboard working.

“Don’t bring work to bed.”

Jing Xi waved his hand, and the virtual screen suspended in the air shifted outward.

“The business card in your pocket, Zhang Sheng gave it to you?”

“Mn, he gave me another terminal number.”

Chi Yao sat on the edge of the bed, drying his hair, his gaze sweeping over the distribution map on the virtual screen.

Those dense dots on it were all marked energy stones.

Combined with the amusement park blueprint and this distribution map, they could find at least 80% of the organizations related to the group.

Chi Yao: “I plan to let the Extreme Shadow stay here. We’ll return to 820 first.”

“Mn.”

Jing Xi took the business card from the bedside. “Then we’ll check this business card after we return.”

Chi Yao looked at the protective film covering the card and instantly understood.

“You want to investigate Zhang Sheng’s identity?”

Jing Xi nodded: “He gave you his terminal number, probably wanting to seek private cooperation with you. I won’t rest easy until I investigate clearly.”

Tasks entrusted to star pirates were mostly not good things.

Thinking of the meal, Chi Yao was puzzled: “He’s very interested in my private affairs.”

Throughout the meal, Zhang Sheng changed the topic several times to ask personal questions. Although the other party acted as if mentioning it casually, it was still abrupt.

Jing Xi moved closer, taking the towel from his neck to dry his hair.

“The batch of goods from Jiayu needs to be inspected sooner.”

Chi Yao obediently lowered his head, casually wrapping his arm around Jing Xi’s tight waist.

“Checking already, but probably won’t find anything. Might as well pin hope on Xingbang’s batch of arms.”

Just out of the shower, Chi Yao was steaming hot, fragrant, and smelled good.

While drying, Jing Xi unconsciously leaned into his hair to smell.

When Chi Yao came back from his thoughts, there was no movement above his head.

“Xixi?”

Didn’t fall asleep while drying hair, right?

Chi Yao looked up puzzled and saw someone smelling seriously like a puppy.

“…”

Caught in the act, Jing Xi retreated a little bit, explaining with a straight face.

“You emit a ‘I’m delicious’ scent. Addictive.”

More and more twisted logic.

Chi Yao deliberately pulled open one side of his robe, revealing the beautiful curve of his neck and shoulder and muscle lines, lips curling up: “Want to eat?”

Being close, he saw Jing Xi staring at his gland, Adam’s apple rolling unconsciously.

“Yaoyao—”

Jing Xi leaned in, his voice lower than usual.

But before touching, Chi Yao closed his robe.

Chi Yao lifted the quilt and lay down: “It’s late. Staying up late causes baldness. Sleep.”

Jing Xi: “…”

The next day, they secretly returned to 820. At the same time, the people from the Xuanwu Legion assigned by Lin Chengde also arrived.

Chi Yao looked at the two familiar old faces, Xu Ming and Liu Wu, with mixed feelings.

“Regarding that storm, do you have anything to say?”

The young alpha sitting on the left had slightly curly brown hair and delicate features, looking very young. He was Liu Wu, who had taught Chi Yao for a while before.

“We weren’t in the legion at the time and luckily escaped disaster.”

The young beta sitting next to him looked gentle but had a robust physique.

“The military has already investigated the relevant cases in detail. Major General Jing should be able to query it.”

Chi Yao narrowed his eyes slightly: “Why weren’t you in the legion?”

Liu Wu: “At that time, Major General Bo sent us on a mission. As for the specific mission, it’s been too long to remember clearly.”

Xu Ming echoed hurriedly: “Yeah.”

“Went on a mission, came back to find the legion gone, and turned to join the Extreme Shadow?” Chi Yao sneered, “Do you take me for a fool?”

Seeing this smile, Liu Wu and Xu Ming knew this master was getting impatient.

“You entered the Extreme Shadow later than General Lin. There was a two-year gap from the accident to transferring to the Extreme Shadow.”

Jing Xi said lightly, “I checked the internal system. Your files for those two years are blank.”

Being able to serve in a legion belonging only to the military headquarters, even with the lowest rank, ability wouldn’t be too bad.

Different ranks had different amounts of tasks to complete each year.

No matter what, it was impossible not to execute a single mission for two years.

Xu Ming glanced at Liu Wu who lowered his head, and braced himself to say: “The leader sympathized with our heavy hearts, so—”

“Make it up, keep making it up.”

Chi Yao picked a strawberry from the plate at hand, “Anyway, I’m an idler with plenty of time.”

Xu Ming: “…”

Liu Wu: “The matter back then has been over for so many years. Why mention it?”

Chi Yao looked over: “You don’t know?”

Liu Wu: “W-what do I know?”

Chi Yao took a bite and handed the remaining strawberry to Jing Xi.

“Whether the storm back then was an accident, what shameful things Bo Jin did, you know clearly in your hearts. For the sake of so many years of affection, I’ll give you a chance to say it yourselves.”

Jing Xi ate the strawberry from his hand, chewing with a straight face.

Extracting information so skillfully, didn’t look like the first time doing it.

Liu Wu was indeed bluffed. Hearing him call the superior by name directly, his hands on his legs tightened.

“The Xuanwu Legion never did anything to let down the empire!”

Chi Yao smiled sarcastically: “Bo Jin was your former boss. Of course, you’d say that.”

Seeing his attitude becoming increasingly unfriendly, Liu Wu stood up abruptly.

“You can suspect anyone, but not him.”

Chi Yao said lazily: “Really? But I heard his private life was chaotic, and he had profit dealings with some gray organizations, right Xixi?”

Jing Xi nodded: “Don’t know about private life, but indeed found unclean cash flow in his accounts—”

“Impossible!”

Liu Wu interrupted excitedly, “He didn’t even care for the transaction facilitated by General Bai back then, let alone those other petty profits—”

Halfway through, he stopped suddenly, his head buzzing.

Never thought he would be tricked into talking so easily one day.

Xu Ming couldn’t even pull him back, giving up treatment with a straight face.

“Transaction facilitated by General Bai?” Chi Yao smiled, “What transaction?”

Liu Wu: “…”

A knock came from outside the door. Jing Xi signaled Xiao Hong to open the door.

Yan Kai reported to Jing Xi: “Lieutenant General Zhuo says he has something to discuss with you.”

Jing Xi: “I’ll go right now.”

Before he got up, Fang Liang also rushed over.

“Boss, Sister Shuang asked you to go over.”

Chi Yao: “Got it.”

Liu Wu breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to sit back, he saw Chi Yao look over.

“Make up the story first. I’ll come back to listen.” Chi Yao stood up, “If you can’t satisfy me—”

Liu Wu: “…”

He unconsciously sought help from Fang Liang beside Chi Yao, looking pitiful enough to cry.

Fang Liang gave him a cool look and left with his boss.

Chi Yao was thinking about Chou Shuang’s matter, but Jing Xi noticed their eye contact and left quietly.

The door closed again. Only Liu Wu and Xu Ming were left in the conference room.

The two looked at each other, feeling somewhat desolate inside.

Liu Wu said pitifully: “Old Xu, did I cause trouble?”

Xu Ming patted his shoulder, comforting insincerely: “Didn’t the transaction back then not go through? Don’t worry, it won’t ruin our boss’s reputation.”

Liu Wu wiped his face, listless.

“Hearing him say that about the boss, I lost my reason. The boss sacrificed so much, he can’t end up like this—”

Xu Ming sighed, speaking after a long while.

“Let’s think about how to deal with this master first. I’m afraid our integrity won’t be preserved.”

Liu Wu: “Wuwuwu—”

Arriving at the medical area, several Flying Dragon medical officers stood in the corridor, looking at Office No. 4 from time to time. Seeing him come, they scattered like birds and beasts.

Chi Yao walked to the door and instantly understood what they were looking at.

Inside the office, Chou Shuang and Chun Qin were close together, seemingly discussing something.

Both were rare beauties. Together, the chemical reaction was stronger.

“Didn’t call me over to eat dog food, right?”

Chi Yao went in unhurriedly.

Hearing the movement, the two turned their heads.

Chou Shuang: “Come quickly.”

Chi Yao was startled by the dark circles under their eyes.

“Excessive indulgence hurts the body.”

Chou Shuang rolled her eyes: “I fucking wish I had time for indulgence too.”

Chun Qin looked at her, saying softly: “As for time, squeeze a little and there will be some.”

Chou Shuang: “…”

Chi Yao walked to the console: “Found something?”

Chou Shuang pressed a few times on the instrument, and a virtual window popped up in mid-air.

“We analyzed 10 species, 200 samples, and found their gene editing methods are very similar to yours.”

Chi Yao’s expression changed.

Chou Shuang pressed a few more times, popping up another window.

“This is yours, that is the Snake King’s. Look at these places.”

Chi Yao couldn’t understand things that were too professional, but the graphics on these two windows weren’t complicated and could be understood at a glance.

“Does this prove that humanoid beasts are also things they created?”

Chun Qin: “High probability.”

Chou Shuang: “Or rather, the same team created humanoid beasts and modified humans, but whether this team only serves the same organization is unclear.”

Judging from Chen Bingfeng and Li Bo’s attitude towards humanoid beasts, at least these two parties weren’t in cahoots now.

But why would things researched by the same team evolve into opposing relationships? Who was behind the humanoid beasts?

Chi Yao suppressed his doubts and said lightly: “Besides this, any other clues?”

Chou Shuang sat on the swivel chair, crossed her legs, took out a electronic cigarette from her white coat pocket, and held it in her mouth to refresh herself.

“Can’t say it’s a clue, but after comparison, I found your genes are still somewhat different from theirs.”

Chi Yao frowned: “You mean editing methods?”

Chou Shuang shook her head, enlarging a certain part of the graphic: “There are several segments in your genes that perform very unstably. Compared to the brutally pasted beast segments, they are more stable, but don’t belong to normal human gene segments. Perhaps precisely because of the existence of these segments, your gene fusion is more… than others.”

The file seen at the base flashed before Chi Yao’s eyes.

“Second generation modified body—”

Chou Shuang was stunned: “What second generation?”

Chi Yao shook his head, not elaborating.

“Humanoid beasts are higher than ordinary beasts in IQ and aggressiveness. You two see if there’s any suppression method, just like suppressing modified body beast transformation.”

Chou Shuang: “This problem isn’t big, but wanting to restore them to their original appearance is difficult.”

“No rush, research slowly.”

Chi Yao looked at Chun Qin, “With a beauty accompanying, work is also full of joy.”

“I believe your ghost stories.” Watching Chi Yao’s retreating back, Chou Shuang cursed.

Just as she was about to get up to continue working, a figure suddenly pressed over. Looking up, she saw Chun Qin’s smiling face.

Chou Shuang shrunk back: “…Ah Qin, make way, I can’t get up.”

Chun Qin’s eyes were full of smiles: “Haven’t slept for days, aren’t you sleepy?”

Chou Shuang: “…”

Someone save her!

Walking to the door, Chi Yao suddenly thought of something and turned back.

“One more question—”

Halfway through, looking up, he saw two people being intimate together.

Chun Qin turned her head to look over: “Something else?”

The voice was gentle but sounded chilling.

Chi Yao had no doubt that if he didn’t finish asking quickly, he would be retaliated against crazily.

He leaned against the door frame with arms crossed, smiling casually.

“Will modified body semen cause adverse effects on normal people?”

The question was more than a little straightforward.

Chun Qin: “No.”

Chi Yao looked at Chou Shuang: “Really no effect?”

Chou Shuang rolled her eyes angrily: “Don’t ask me!”

“Understood.” Chi Yao smiled, turned around and waved, “You guys continue.”

Chou Shuang: “…”

You understood again?!

Inside the command cabin, Zhuo Lin was discussing post-war reconstruction with Jing Xi.

Zhuo Lin: “Beast activity stabilized at 5 indices, exceeding standard by 1 index, but no abnormalities observed.”

Jing Xi flipped through the activity report during the days he left, saying lightly: “They won’t attack again in the short term. Reconstruction can be implemented as planned.”

Zhuo Lin: “How are you sure?”

Because Chi Yao had an agreement with them.

But Jing Xi couldn’t say this.

“If they wanted to attack, they would have attacked long ago.” Jing Xi pointed to a few places, “These are places prone to gathering beasts, but activity is lower than 3 indices. Overall exceeding is just because the total amount is higher.”

Zhuo Lin nodded, reluctantly agreeing with this explanation.

“Those Beast Kings still come every day. Must see Chen Bingfeng’s photo before leaving.”

Jing Xi: “…Then keep showing it.”

Zhuo Lin closed the logbook, turning his head to look at him: “Are you still hiding something?”

Jing Xi looked up, meeting his gaze directly: “Even if I’m hiding something, it’s for the big picture. Hope you understand this.”

A seemingly serious but very perfunctory sentence. He thought Zhuo Lin would refute, but didn’t expect the other party not to pursue it further.

“I won’t leave in the short term. Do you take over matters here yourself or leave it to me?”

Originally asked Zhuo Lin to come so he could find time to go to 810. Now they were back, Zhuo Lin should return authority to Jing Xi.

“You continue to be responsible.”

Jing Xi thought for a moment, whispering, “I’m afraid I have to run around during this time. Please keep it secret for me.”

After the meeting, Jing Xi walked out of the conference room and happened to see Chi Yao coming in.

“Did they find something?”

Chi Yao took his hand smoothly.

“Humanoid beasts and modified humans are basically confirmed to be from the same family, but why they separated is still unclear.”

Jing Xi was thoughtful, looking serious: “What else?”

Chi Yao leaned against his shoulder, whispering: “We can roll in the sheets, safely.”

Jing Xi paused, looking up at him.

After holding back for so long, Chi Yao thought the other party would be very happy and moved, hugging him and acting coquettishly for kisses.

Unexpectedly, Jing Xi looked confused: “We couldn’t produce cubs anyway.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Chi Yao kept a straight face: “No, not safety in that aspect—”