CHAPTER 155: CHAPTER 155: BEHIND THE BLACK HAND THERE IS ANOTHER BLACK HAND (4TH UPDATE!)

The hissing and crackling of radiation continued, and Leder felt his state becoming extremely unstable. He roared in anger as he transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid, but he still couldn’t withstand Radiation Scouring.

He swiftly flowed away, trying to escape Chen Gu.

But how could his speed possibly compare to Chen Gu’s? Among Professionals, Chen Gu’s physical abilities were exceptional, his speed incredibly quick. Leder simply couldn’t get away.

Chen Gu reached into his backpack and executed a slash with Sky’s Edge.

Drawing his blade, he slashed as if to sever water.

Leder wasn’t truly water. This slash, utilizing the remnants of a super lifeform within Sky’s Edge, unleashed the power of Radiation Scouring to its fullest. The skill’s power spread from the blade’s edge like a storm, sweeping to both sides.

BOOM...

Leder’s liquid body was immediately split into two parts.

He struggled to merge his body back together, but to no avail.

"Damn it—" he roared. With a BANG, his liquid body reverted to a gaseous state. Chen Gu took a deep breath and exhaled; the power of Radiation Scouring surged forth, immediately dispersing the two clouds of smoke.

Leder kept roaring, but his gaseous body continued to dissipate, beyond his control.

Chen Gu didn’t give Leder another glance. He turned, retrieved his blade, and moved, leaving an afterimage in the air. In the blink of an eye, he was by Hu Ling’s side. Hu Ling’s outer skin had already been corroded away by stomach acid. Chen Gu executed another slash.

SWISH—

Hu Ling’s massive body was cleaved in two, collapsing to either side.

Dora watched in stunned silence as Chen Gu displayed his mighty power, forgetting to control the nine guns around her, which clattered to the ground one after another.

The stomach acid was terrible, still corroding continuously, until it completely dissolved the two halves of the corpse into two puddles of solution.

Qing Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief and, with a groan, said to Chen Gu, "Hurry over and help."

Chen Gu rushed over and asked, "How are you? Are you contaminated?"

Qing Ruyan grimaced with pain, saying, "You... first turn off Radiation Scouring."

Chen Gu offered an apologetic smile and deactivated the skill.

"The pocket on the right side of the backpack, quick."

Chen Gu retrieved a silver test tube from inside. Qing Ruyan instructed, "Drink half of it and sprinkle the rest on the wounds."

After drinking half of the potion, Qing Ruyan seemed to be in great discomfort. Chen Gu sprinkled the remaining half on her two dark spots.

With a SIZZLE, the dark spots emitted thick black smoke, twisting violently as if they were alive—an exceptionally eerie scene.

Qing Ruyan let out a scream and fainted.

Boluo slowly approached the two puddles of solution and, with a THUD, knelt powerlessly, her head hanging low.

Dora carefully approached Chen Gu and asked in a low voice, "Are you a Professional too?"

Chen Gu, keeping an eye on Qing Ruyan’s condition, nodded. "Yes."

"Then..." Dora asked somewhat coyly, "among your abilities, do you have anything like X-ray vision?"

Chen Gu was perplexed. "No, I don’t."

"Oh." Dora was even more puzzled. How did he know it was red?

Chen Gu glanced at her and Boluo. "You two treat your injuries." He stood up, Sky’s Edge in hand, and positioned himself at the cave entrance to guard it.

After a while, Chen Gu suddenly perked up his ears. Footsteps were approaching from inside the cave.

Liu Shichan arrived with a few of her subordinates. Chen Gu’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. Ever since entering the Yingudusi Devil’s Pit, the team had continually lost members. Even Qing Ruyan had faced situations she couldn’t handle.

But Liu Shichan’s small team had remained unharmed from beginning to end!

Moreover, whenever danger arose, they would become "separated" from everyone else. After the danger passed, they would reappear completely unscathed.

Liu Shichan was startled when she saw the blade in Chen Gu’s hand. Upon noticing the three injured people behind him, she asked in surprise, "What danger did you encounter that even you, Chen Gu, an ordinary person, had to join the battle?"

Chen Gu, in a grave voice, recounted what had happened with Leder but didn’t mention that he had been the one to end the battle.

Liu Shichan exclaimed in shock, "Leder... They are so utterly depraved!"

Chen Gu asked, "Your Liu Family was completely unaware?"

"Of course, we didn’t know!" Liu Shichan asserted decisively.

A middle-aged man behind her removed his helmet’s visor and looked toward the starship wreckage in the cave, appearing somewhat excited. "Is that... the Four Hundred Braves?"

Chen Gu nodded, subtly shifting his body to block their path.

The middle-aged man exhaled and smiled. "We finally found it."

He turned and yelled back toward the cave, "Master, we’ve found it!"

Liu Shichan was taken aback. "Grandfather?"

From within the cave came a flurry of footsteps, and a group of people emerged, surrounding an elderly man.

The moment they appeared, they quickly took up strategic positions, aiming various weapons at Chen Gu and his companions!

Liu Shichan asked in surprise, "Grandfather, your illness is cured?"

The elder cracked a slight smile and affectionately stroked Liu Shichan’s hair. "Grandfather was never sick. Sorry to have worried you."

"But..." Liu Shichan tried to say more, but the elder patted her shoulder. "Let Grandfather talk with this young classmate of yours."

Protected by the middle-aged man, he stepped forward, and he and Chen Gu exchanged measured gazes.

Chen Gu asked, "Liu Jianrong?"

He was the head of the Liu Family.

The elder nodded, smiling. "You’re quite remarkable, young man. Joining the Bureau of Mystic Security at such a young age and managing to kill a Second Energy Level individual like Leder—your potential is boundless."

Chen Gu asked cautiously, "What do you want?"

Liu Jianrong pointed to the Four Hundred Braves. "I want to retrieve some things from inside."

Liu Shichan gasped in shock. "Grandfather, that ship contains the results of the most evil experiments in the entire Star Sea!"

Liu Jianrong turned to look at her. "Shichan, the evil within is already history. Countless lives were sacrificed to obtain those experimental results. If they remain sealed here, wouldn’t that be a waste?"

"Since the evil has already occurred, why not use these results to create some value? At least we can ensure that those evils weren’t meaningless."

Chen Gu didn’t know how to respond to this twisted logic.

Liu Shichan still found it difficult to accept. "But Grandfather..."

Liu Jianrong interrupted her. "Shichan, this matter concerns the entire family. Don’t be childish."

He glanced at Chen Gu and smiled. "I know what you’re thinking. Rest assured, leave it to Grandfather to handle." Then, his tone softening as he addressed Liu Shichan, he added, "Grandfather has always cherished you the most."

He turned to Chen Gu and pointed to the middle-aged man beside him. "He is a Second Energy Level Relative Arbitrator." Then he pointed to the several individuals who had protected Liu Shichan throughout the journey. "They are all Professionals: an Abyssal Blacksmith, a Resonance Council Celebrity, an Electro-Communicator..."

"The only unforeseen event this time was that my dearly beloved granddaughter truly believed I was ill and insisted on joining the operation. I was very concerned for her, so I sent out all the Professionals in the family to protect her."