CHAPTER 724: CHAPTER 436: INTELLIGENCE GAMBIT

The Leyden Genetic Student Biology Laboratory was engulfed by flames in the blink of an eye. Lu Heng immediately alerted the other teams to halt their actions.

Then, he donned the Divine Source Armor and charged into the sea of fire, quickly darting through various rooms of the laboratory to rescue files that hadn’t been completely burned.

The Divine Source Armor had been upgraded to an S-Level Defense Skill, boasting a very high defense tier.

Ordinary flames couldn’t break through the defense of the Divine Source Armor, allowing Lu Heng to move freely within the fire; his only concern was breathing.

Not only was the air consumed in the fire scene, but a large amount of toxic gases were also produced.

Without a gas mask and oxygen tank, it’s impossible to breathe in the fire scene.

At Lu Heng’s current level, he could hold his breath for several minutes without issue, even while moving rapidly. If he were to hold his breath in a still state, he could go without breathing for over ten minutes.

The flames were extremely intense; there was no time to discern which documents were valuable and which weren’t.

So, as long as he saw documents not yet completely burned, Lu Heng grabbed them first.

Xie Shi’en also entered the fire scene; he used his Spiritual Field for defense, even isolating the temperature, so he could move freely in the flames as well.

He could even use the Spiritual Field to put out fires by crushing the flames with the field, thereby isolating the air to achieve the extinguishing effect.

Like Lu Heng, Xie Shi’en was also rescuing files in the laboratory.

No matter if they were useful or not, he saved them first.

Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu did not enter the fire scene but remained outside controlling the area.

The Qingluan Divine Bird expanded its detection range, checking the surrounding five kilometers, not even sparing the sewers.

"Confirmed that there are no ambushes within a five-kilometer radius, and no arsonist was found."

"This fire was set very hastily, the arsonist definitely hasn’t gone far, keep searching!" Lu Heng checked several rooms in the laboratory and found many items were burned directly without processing.

Burning itself is a last resort in response to emergencies, not considered a good strategy.

If there were time to plan slowly, the Creator Organization could have easily evacuated important items and documents from the laboratory.

Clearly, the opponents didn’t have time for this, showing that the handling was quite rushed.

Since the fire was set hastily, the arsonist couldn’t have evacuated quickly.

The four-person team arrived in Layden City an hour ago and set up an ambush outside the laboratory half an hour ago.

In this half hour, no one had exited the laboratory.

With Su Muyu’s detection ability, she could ensure that no one could leave the laboratory silently without being detected by her.

The most elite Perceiver of the human world definitely had this capability.

This meant the arsonist was likely still in the laboratory.

Lu Heng and Xie Shi’en simultaneously thought of this possibility, exchanged a glance, and began to search separately.

However, after making rounds through almost all the rooms of the laboratory, they found no Superpower User.

They returned to the starting point, and Xie Shi’en spoke first, "Didn’t find them. Theoretically, the arsonist couldn’t have escaped quietly, even if they had Space Movement ability."

If the arsonist had Space Movement ability, he would likely be unstoppable, but using Space Movement would cause space fluctuations.

Space fluctuations are quite noticeable among various types of energy waves.

If someone used Space Movement to leave, Su Muyu would definitely be able to sense it.

Lu Heng scanned the surroundings and asked, "Where else haven’t we checked?"

Xie Shi’en pointed to the storage room containing toxic chemicals, "We haven’t checked there yet, but it’s filled with toxic chemicals, many of which are flammable, the fire is too intense, I dare not approach lightly."

Some experiments conducted in this laboratory required various special chemicals, making the fire in this storage room extremely intense; ordinary people wouldn’t dare approach easily.

Lu Heng turned to look, frowned thoughtfully, and said, "I’ll take a look."

Xie Shi’en was a bit worried, but on the battlefield, every second counts, so he did not persuade him, instead opening a Spiritual Field to cover Lu Heng, helping him resist the burn of toxic flames.

Lu Heng increased the defense of the Divine Source Armor to the maximum, cooperating with the Spiritual Field to resist the flames, then strode into the storage room.

The flames in the storage room were several times more intense than outside, causing the iron racks holding chemicals to glow red.

Surrounding him were fierce flames, rendering vision nearly impossible.

After taking a few steps inside the storage room, he noticed a particularly fierce area of flames in the west corner of the room, so fierce that sparks filled the air, making it impossible to see what originally lay there.

Lu Heng’s gaze sharpened as he drew the Aurora Blade, preparing to strike a chop at that corner. If there’s nothing, he would leave immediately.

Even though the Divine Source Armor’s defense was powerful, it couldn’t withstand prolonged burning.

Just as Lu Heng unsheathed the Aurora Blade, a fire serpent suddenly shot out from the intensely fierce flames in the storage room corner, attacking Lu Heng’s chest.

The disturbance in the flames indicated something hidden within them.

Lu Heng raised his hand to release the Wind Lord Power, creating a fierce gust to blow back the flames, then he slashed towards them.

Bang!

The light of the blade carved a groove through the wall, slicing clean through.

That cluster of flames swiftly rolled aside, heading for the door, trying to escape.