"Oh? General? What General?" Ye Hao asked, bewildered.

"The General is the highest leader at our research lab in this area. He has hundreds of listed companies across Huaxia. These companies are all legitimate, but they share a single owner, and that's our General. The General manipulates everything behind the scenes. He controls these hundreds of companies to amass wealth unscrupulously. I don't know why he is hoarding so much money. All I know is that despite accumulating so much wealth, the General's organization has a very outdated research lab, often lacking effective resources to research anything worthwhile. He only tells us to research bizarre things without explaining much." Falcon's teeth chattered as he spoke, shivering involuntarily each time he mentioned the General without knowing why.

"Have you heard of Lin Tian?" Ye Hao asked, his mind wandering.

"Yes, our target is his daughter." Falcon didn't dare to hide anything anymore; he shared everything he knew.

"How do you have information on Lin Tian's daughter?" Ye Hao wanted to root out the spy in Peng City. Otherwise, no matter how Lin Tian tried to change Lin Ruyu's identity, they'd easily find out.

"I don't know, the General provided the material. He only tells us to complete the assignments, never saying anything more." Falcon spoke anxiously, fearing punishment from Ye Hao if he admitted ignorance.

"How old is your General, and what does he look like?" Ye Hao was very curious about who this General was, able to control so many companies openly while having such formidable power in the shadows.

Despite his confusion about Ye Hao's questioning, Falcon described the General, and Ye Hao carefully noted his description.

"Alright, now tell me what exactly your research lab is working on!" Ye Hao, having noted the General's general profile, wasn't planning further pursuit. After all, among the vast sea of people, there were too many people who looked alike, too many to count.

"Researching some potions. We don't know what they're for, just that once someone is immersed in them, their skin changes color and their strength becomes roughly equivalent to the second stage of National Martial Arts."

"What color does it change to, and how long to soak?" Ye Hao thought these people couldn't possibly be making biohumans, right? Biohumans only exist on TV. They couldn't possibly have such technology unless they obtained a ring similar to his.

"Green, for long soaks, it could be a year; for short, at least five or six months."

"Any distinguishing features after soaking?" The more Ye Hao listened, the more it sounded like biohumans, but he couldn't believe it. Could there be others in this world like him, possessing items from outer space?

"People who come out of the soak lose some of the liveliness in their eyes, become slower, but their muscles have more explosive power. When I had just broken through to the fourth stage of National Martial Arts, I fought with one of these green-soaked people. His strength only matched the second stage, yet he seemed impervious to pain. No matter how hard I hit him, he could withstand it, but a punch from him hurt immensely. Generally, those soaked for a year reach the third stage of National Martial Arts. I fought one for over an hour then, his third stage against my fourth, yet he nearly killed me." Falcon shivered at the thought, still finding those green-soaked people remarkably formidable.

"Oh? The third stage of National Martial Arts can counter the fourth stage?" Ye Hao paused, then turned to ask Qianqian in the space: "Qianqian, can you tell what he's talking about?"

"It sounds like green biochemical giants. These giants primarily have their body cells activated by potions, but once activated, the cells won't wither again, meaning they remain conscious during a fight, yet feel no pain." Qianqian blushed slightly at mentioning "giant."

"Is it similar to our eighth-generation system's green biochemical giants?" What Ye Hao worried about was this: if others had superior high tech, he'd have to keep a low profile.

"No, it's different. The eighth-generation system's biochemical giants are similar to humans. Their cells can metabolize, and they feel some pain when hit, practically like a normal person. The only difference is their seminal fluid can't turn into normal sperm; it acts as a trigger for the biochemical giant's potential, reaching a powerful state." Qianqian blushed while saying semen.

"How long must the eighth-generation system's biohumans soak to gain power?" Ye Hao asked curiously.

"It depends on the person's physical condition. If someone at the first stage of National Martial Arts is dipped, they turn into a fourth-stage after soaking; if third-stage, approximately fifth-stage emerges, needing only half a year to soak. But if their power is too high, they'll need longer." Qianqian explained.

Ye Hao nodded. Previously, he only understood weapons, flight, and artillery knowledge, lacking understanding on biochemical topics.

"Does your research lab investigate anything else besides these?" After learning, Ye Hao queried Falcon again.

"There's reinforced glass, surviving megaton water pressure at ocean depths, and a new type of alloy born from a mineral secretly shipped from Huaxia. It contains an Element of Steel resource with unknown usage, only that the General considers it extremely valuable, a priority above the lab's destruction." Falcon trembled involuntarily.

"Oh? Rocks shipped from Huaxia? Care to specify the location?"

"I don't..." Falcon started before faltering under Ye Hao's icy gaze and hurriedly corrected: "Shandong Province's Changbai Mountain."

"Hmph! Lie again, and you'll die painfully." Ye Hao then asked Falcon the organization's full name.

After roughly half an hour, Ye Hao learned the organization was called God, a foreign group with members worldwide, causing only small-scale disturbances without provoking True God.

Speculating based on Falcon's words, Ye Hao realized Huaxia's central top ranks might harbor God elements, suggesting the group's widespread influence.

Ye Hao left the secret chamber with Falcon and then called Fang Ni. Remembering he had achievements to share, Ye Hao wouldn't forget Fang Ni, ensuring benefits for himself when she reached higher positions. So, while Fang Ni wasn't powerful yet, Ye Hao attributed as much credit to her as possible.

Anyway, when others ask about it, he'll say Fang Ni provided him with the intelligence, and then he was able to capture those people.

By then, Fang Ni will take the credit, and Ye Hao will just have the soup.

When all this was settled, Ye Hao's private phone suddenly rang.

Ye Hao saw it was a call from abroad and hung up without saying a word, but the call came again.

Ye Hao had no choice but to press the answer button.

The call connected, but the other side didn't speak. Ye Hao waited for ten seconds, and when there was still no sound, he hung up directly.

A few minutes later, the phone rang again.

"Hello, who is it?" Ye Hao asked impatiently.

"Are you Ye Hao?" An old, heavy voice came from the other side.

Ye Hao instantly recognized it as a voice changer and cursed into the phone, "Damn it, stop with the weird tones, if you don't turn off the voice changer, I'm hanging up."

The person on the other end paused upon hearing Ye Hao's words, then really turned off the voice changer, and said into the phone, "Ye Hao, right?"

"Yes, what's the matter?" Ye Hao asked succinctly.

"I just want to tell you, the people who attacked your courtyard today are mine. It's unfortunate that my people tried to kill you again and again, but every time they failed. I'm fed up with you." The deep voice from the other side said angrily.

"Oh? You're that so-called General, right? Haha..." Ye Hao knew this was a threat, and in this situation, showing weakness would mean losing face, so Ye Hao laughed arrogantly.

"It seems you have some skills, so what? I'm the General, you've repeatedly disrupted my plans, can't even imagine my anger, can you?" The voice from the other side said coldly and darkly.

"Disrupt your plans? You keep sending people to bother me, interrupting my peace; if I see you, I'll kill you too." Ye Hao acted even more arrogantly, and after saying this, he hung up the phone.

The middle-aged man on the other end was silent for a while, his face twitching slowly, then he shouted loudly, "Ah! Ye Hao, you damn beast, if I don't kill you, I swear I won't be human!"

The man's roar echoed in the underground secret room, leaving those working around wondering if the boss was sick.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Hao was silent for a while, Lin Ruyu walked over, looking at Ye Hao with concern, and said, "Take off your clothes, I'll help you apply the medicine."

These scars were naturally caused by Ye Hao exhibiting body technique among the crowd earlier, getting slashed, but fortunately, they weren't fatal, just some superficial wounds.

Seeing Lin Ruyu's big, watery eyes looking at him, Ye Hao couldn't help but take off his clothes and lay on the sofa, letting Lin Ruyu disinfect him.

Meanwhile, he was thinking about what that General would do to him next or what means he would use.

Tan Ming left the two old men with Ye Hao on his way back, but Ye Hao felt the villa didn't need them, so he had Xue Zhaolong take the two old men to Heaven-Filling Heroic Spirit island, doing so also guarded against Tan Ming's chosen people having ulterior motives, preventing them from doing something he'd regret.

"Whose call was that just now? You seemed quite worried," Lin Ruyu asked while applying the medicine to Ye Hao's body.

"Nothing, just some punk calling from out of town, not knowing the heights of the sky or the depths of the earth. I yelled at him, and he didn't dare talk back." Ye Hao explained with a smile.

Lin Ruyu knew this wasn't the truth, but Ye Hao didn't tell her, afraid she'd worry.

It's been two days since Lin Ruyu's courtyard was attacked, life has become more peaceful, yet the storm brewing in the peace made Ye Hao feel even more pressure.

While attending class, Ye Hao's phone rang again... (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) and vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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