CHAPTER 568: CHAPTER 568 GU BO’S SPECULATION

Gu Bo flew through the treetops of the Shenlongjia forest like a ghost, constantly checking a special disc-shaped device in his hands.

Having searched various parts of the Shenlongjia forest for roughly two hours to no avail, Gu Bo was now about tens of kilometers away from the deep lake at the heart of Shenlongjia.

"Sigh, really strange, did Gu Xiaojie just vanish into thin air? Not a single piece of information left behind."

Gu Bo stood atop a treetop and pulled out a map from his Space Ring, muttering to himself:

"Just need to go tens of kilometers further to reach the center of Shenlongjia, since I’m here already, might as well try my luck."

Having said that, Gu Bo stowed away the map and dashed forward in flight.

Moments later, Gu Bo was above the lake nearby when suddenly, the disc in his hand flashed a bright light.

Startled, Gu Bo quickly flew toward the location where the light appeared.

As the distance closed, the light on the disc grew brighter and brighter, stirring excitement in Gu Bo’s heart.

When Gu Bo landed at the location of the light, he felt a sudden thump in his heart.

At Gu Bo’s feet was a mound of fresh soil, clearly piled up by someone recently, and the light source was emanating from the ground below his feet—he knew all too well what this meant.

Taking a few steps back, Gu Bo glanced at the mound of fresh soil and waved his right hand gently, making the soil float up, revealing a rectangular pit about one meter in size.

Inside the pit lay a triangular-shaped Longsword, a Black Shield, as well as a Space Ring.

Gu Xiaojie’s Space Ring had a special tracking function, which was why Gu Bo could find it with the particular device he held.

However, the tracking function of this kind of Space Ring could only be detected within a few kilometers if not actively triggered by the wearer.

If Gu Xiaojie were still alive, he could actively trigger the tracking function of his Space Ring, sending signals up to hundreds of kilometers away, ensuring the nearest Genetic Store would receive the information.

Gu Xiaojie was killed by Yang Xiao in an instant, without any chance to activate the tracking function of the Space Ring.

With a gesture from Gu Bo, the Longsword, Black Shield, and Space Ring flew into his hands.

Glancing at them, Gu Bo noted no special information.

"Who buried Gu Xiaojie’s Weapons and Equipment here? It certainly wasn’t Gu Xiaojie himself, so where is he?"

Gu Bo scanned the surroundings and began to search around. Soon, in a certain part of the forest, he spotted a split Armor and a few bones.

The ground around was in a sorry state, seemingly having witnessed a struggle.

Picking up a half piece of Armor from the ground, Gu Bo looked at it. The cut section of the Armor was extremely smooth and sharp, as though it had been polished.

He instantly felt a surge of shock.

"This Armor really belongs to Gu Xiaojie, but who has such skills to split Gu Xiaojie’s Armor in two?"

All the concerns Gu Bo had these past days finally turned into reality, stirring an inexplicable sense of shock and fear in his heart. Because on Earth, it was impossible for a human to kill Gu Xiaojie. What he feared was, had the Fourth Prince’s men laid their hands on Gu Xiaojie?

The Genetic Store operates as an independent system and is not under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Prince; however, there is often collaboration between them, even official formal cooperation. For instance, the Genetic Store would assist the Fourth Prince and others in collecting genetic evolution information of Earth humans, and disseminate some of the announcements he made, etc.

The Genetic Store itself is there to help the Fourth Prince train humans to continue evolving.

At least in the eyes of Earth humans, the Genetic Store and the Fourth Prince’s people are one and the same. Or, in the eyes of the general public, the Genetic Store is the representative of this alien civilization. Apart from a few individuals like Yang Xiao, most people are completely unaware that behind the Genetic Store lies another mysterious organization.

As for the conflicts between the two, that’s something people like Yang Xiao can’t fathom.

Gu Bo once again found the other half of Gu Xiaojie’s corpse and Armor in the forest, buried the few bones that had not been eaten by wild animals in the pit on the spot, then took the split Armor and Gu Xiaojie’s Weapons and returned to Nanmu City.

The death of Gu Xiaojie was something Gu Bo simply couldn’t understand. On Earth, there was no conflict between the Genetic Store system and people like the Fourth Prince; the Fourth Prince should have no reason to assassinate Gu Xiaojie, and besides, Gu Xiaojie had not encroached upon the Fourth Prince’s interests.

Moreover, even if the Fourth Prince’s people had killed Gu Xiaojie, they would not have buried his Weapons beneath the ground; these things were trifling to them. Considering they buried Gu Xiaojie’s Weapons and Equipment, the assailant must have valued Gu Xiaojie’s gear highly.

"Only humans would place such value on Gu Xiaojie’s equipment and Weapons!"

This thought flashed across Gu Bo’s mind as a spark of insight.

But, how could humans at their current stage of Evolution possibly kill Gu Xiaojie? Moreover, the method was so sharp that it was unbelievable.

Gu Bo pulled the records of all King Level Evolvers in Xuanming District and examined them one by one, finally asserting to himself with certainty:

"Impossible. Gu Xiaojie was himself at the King Level advanced stage of Cultivation; the few dozen King Level Evolvers on Earth are all at the Primary Stage and simply no match for him, not to mention that Gu Xiaojie also possessed our planet’s special Weapons and Equipment."

But in the end, who killed Gu Xiaojie?

Gu Bo felt a jolt in his heart, and the image of Yang Xiao flashed in his mind.

"It must be Yang Xiao. Shenlongjia is Yang Xiao’s territory. Plus, Gu Xiaojie had been monitoring Yang Xiao before the incident and was very likely discovered by him. But Yang Xiao is just at the Enhanced Gene Advanced level, can he really kill Gu Xiaojie? If not Gu Xiaojie, then it must have been someone related to Yang Xiao."

He suddenly remembered that Long Wei had come to Nanmu City not long ago looking for him, suspecting that Yang Xiao might be together with the runaway members of the Dragon Clan.

"Dragon Clan? Yes, it must have been the Dragon Clan that killed Gu Xiaojie. On Earth, at present, only such a mysterious creature would have the power to kill Gu Xiaojie. Is Yang Xiao really with the Dragon Clan?"

Gu Bo was shocked inside!

...

The competition between Gu Beifeng, Du Tianxing, and Yang Xiao in Wuji Mountain temporarily calmed down.

Yang Xiao, accompanied by Lan Xin, Long Xiang, Long Yongjun, and five to six thousand guards, went hunting in Wuji Mountain, acquiring copious amounts of spoils every day.

Yang Xiao showed no interest in Genetic Balls or various types of Weapons, leaving them for everyone else, while he himself utilized the mysterious Black Bottle to refine and enhance the genes of Mutant Monsters.

The plentiful flesh and blood of Mutant Monsters every day brought substantial benefits to Yang Xiao.

Over the course of a month, each of Yang Xiao’s four Genetic Attributes evolved to above 65 points.

Yang Xiao calculated for himself, estimating that at this rate, he might be able to break through to King Level Evolution in another two months.

(Today, four Chapters will be released. If not, I’ll do a live show eating feces, the fourth Chapter might be rather late but striving to finish by 12 o’clock.)