According to ancient legend, the Mountain Werewolves and the Slumbering Ancient Tribe were mortal enemies during their home planet era. No one knew if this legend was true, but it had been passed down for so long that, even if false, it had effectively become true.

Therefore, the Mountain Werewolves were indeed very familiar with the scent of the Slumbering Ancient Tribe. Everyone trusted the werewolf's abilities and promptly organized their team to follow him in pursuit. Even the aircraft took off, maintaining a low altitude to keep up with the team.

Aboard the aircraft, some hatches opened, revealing powerful weapons inside.

Chen Gu didn't follow. He left the formidable Slumbering Ancient Tribe member for Director Xue and the others to handle head-on.

After everyone had left, he emerged from his hiding place. Based on the information he had just memorized about the rookie training camp, he found Mao Yisheng's dormitory.

The layout inside was clearly Mao Yisheng's style. He picked up a strand of Mao Yisheng's hair from the pillow—he was certain it was hair, not some other inexplicable body hair.

He gently twirled the strand of hair with his fingers and switched his active consciousness to that of Derek Kun Shen Ken. A faint blue glow enveloped his eyes. The power of the Quantum Wizard began to radiate outward, forming energy ripples that spread like water waves, continuously permeating the void.

Chen Gu used one of the Quantum Wizard's more obscure abilities: Quantum Divination.

At the Second Energy Level, Chen Gu's memory embodiment could only exert Third Energy Level power, which wasn't enough to perform Quantum Divination.

Now at the Third Energy Level, by accessing Derek Kun Shen Ken's memories, he could exert Fourth Energy Level power, though performing Quantum Divination was still quite a struggle.

So while it seemed unremarkable, Chen Gu was actually having a very hard time.

Quantum Divination, when used to find people, brought a sort of "directional" sensation, which, for Chen Gu, had become quite vague, only hinting at a general direction.

However, Chen Gu found that this direction was not the same as the one the Mountain Werewolves had taken in pursuit of the Slumbering Ancient Tribe member.

HUFF...

Chen Gu suddenly exhaled deeply, the dense energy ripples around him shattering like bubbles. His eyes became somewhat lifeless, and the strand of hair between his fingers turned to ash.

Chen Gu looked around the entire dormitory, feeling very uncomfortable.

Derek Kun Shen Ken's typical 'straight guy' aesthetic preferred neat and symmetrical arrangements.

Mao, are you daft? How can you live in such a messy dorm? he mentally complained.

He quickly left the dormitory; otherwise, he would have been unable to resist "tidying" it up.

Outside, Chen Gu felt much better because the shapes of those iron dumpling-like massive beast cages appealed to his aesthetics.

Additionally, the arrangement of these cages was neat and orderly, very friendly to those with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Chen Gu hummed a tune; the near-debilitating exhaustion he had felt moments before subsided. He cheerfully located the cage for Mao Yisheng's Night Tour Specter. All the equipment here had failed, so Chen Gu could simply pull open the door and walk in.

In the darkness of the cage, he found a scale, large enough to serve as a shield for an ordinary person.

Chen Gu rubbed his temples and complained, Damn it, Mao! Next time I see you, I'm eating you out of house and home!

Then, enduring the discomfort, he performed Quantum Divination yet again.

This time, the skill's duration was only half of the previous attempt. With a SNAP, the scale in his hand shattered, and the energy ripples around him collapsed.

Blood trickled from Chen Gu's nostrils. He swayed for a few moments before slowly sitting down.

This was dangerous. Each time he pushed his abilities to their limit, the risk of greater corruption and degradation increased!

After resting for a moment, the dizzy feeling in his head began to subside. Chen Gu's brow furrowed deeply. What's going on?

He had used Quantum Divination to search for the Night Tour Specter, and it pointed in yet another direction. This was different from Mao Yisheng's indicated location and the direction of the Slumbering Ancient Tribe member.

What exactly does the person behind this incident want to do?

Moreover, it's hard to understand why they would choose to strike during this rookie training camp. It's too close to the Huai Shan Branch School.

Anyone capable of wiping out the entire rookie training camp would surely know the location of the Huai Shan Branch School. The risk of taking action here is simply too great...

Could it be that their target is actually related to the school? That makes even less sense. With that old monster, the Principal, holding down the fort, even Aviloya—a Ninth Power Level expert—wouldn't dare act recklessly. Causing trouble for the school? That's like an old man tired of living seeking death by arsenic.

Gong Shuxu appeared quietly and asked, "What do you plan to do?"

Chen Gu suddenly laughed. "I'm not going to worry about all that, and I don't need to overcomplicate things. I only got involved in this for Mao's sake, so I'll just follow the direction indicated for Mao Yisheng."

But before starting the pursuit, Chen Gu went outside the rookie training camp. He found some of Kumataro's flesh and blood on the ground and examined it.

This is a bit different from the tissue of a normal biological organism... Chen Gu took some samples and called Qing Ruyan at headquarters. "I'm sending you some samples. Have Oubayang's students study them and get back to me with the results as soon as possible."

Pale blue energy ripples formed around the sample in Chen Gu's hand. He activated Quantum Teleportation. The void around the sample suddenly collapsed inward, and it vanished in an instant.

「...」

Almost simultaneously, inside the main headquarters building, Qing Ruyan was sitting in her office. She saw a lump of flesh suddenly materialize above her neat desk. PLOP! It landed on the desktop, splattering blood and gore all over her. Qing Ruyan froze for a moment, then let out a hysterical scream, "Chen Gu, I am SO going to get you for this!"

Chen Gu followed the indications from Quantum Divination, tracking deeper and deeper into the ancient forest.

Several hundred kilometers later, he stood on a weathered boulder, gazing down at a valley overgrown with dark-blue thorns. He had finally found the first trace.

Several bodies had been haphazardly discarded among the thorns. Some thorns had even turned blue-red at their roots from absorbing the blood.

One corpse lay face down, its build similar to Mao Yisheng's.

Chen Gu stood on the rock, hesitating for a long moment before he could summon the courage to descend. Gong Shuxu, standing behind him, also let out a long sigh.

From their clothes, it was clear that they were all rookies from this year's batch.

Out of trillions of Confederation citizens, these rookies had been selected by the Alliance. They were the envy of countless people and should have had brilliant futures, perhaps even leaving their mark on the Alliance's history.

But now, all those potential futures had come to an abrupt end, extinguished in this nameless wilderness.

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