From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

"Activate the Invisibility Field and shake him off," Lu Heng said, pressing the accelerator all the way down.

Su Muyu activated the Invisibility Field, enveloping the entire car and isolating any scent.

After taking a turn, Derek Wolf was thrown off their trail.

Lu Heng continued, "Lower the skill strength, just isolate the scent. We don't need invisibility anymore, driving an invisible car on the road is a bit dangerous."

Su Muyu nodded and began to try to lower the strength of the Invisibility Field.

She was uncertain to what extent she should decrease it to block out the scent without turning invisible, and it took a few tries to get it right.

"Who do we check next?" Su Muyu confirmed that Derek Wolf wasn't pursuing them anymore with the Chongming Bird and began inquiring about their next move.

"Let's check Chen Xuesong's students."

Following the information on the students, Lu Heng arrived at Kyoto University.

Several of the most recent graduate students Chen Xuesong advised were still pursuing their PhDs.

Lu Heng and his companion arrived at the graduate dormitory and found a doctoral student named He Mingsheng.

He Mingsheng was rushing to finish his thesis paper in the dormitory. Hearing the door open, he thought it was his roommate and didn't even turn to look.

If they pressed He Mingsheng about Professor Chen Xuesong, it would leak that someone was investigating Chen Xuesong.

Chen Xuesong's file was confidential; once the Da Xia officials knew someone was probing into Chen Xuesong, it would complicate matters.

So, Lu Heng directly used "Spirit Control" to subdue He Mingsheng before starting to question him:

"Do you know where Professor Chen Xuesong is now?"

He Mingsheng's expression was somewhat slack, and he answered in a mechanical voice, "I don't know, I haven't seen Professor Chen in a long time."

Lu Heng: "When was the last time you saw Professor Chen?"

He Mingsheng: "About a year ago."

Lu Heng: "Doesn't Professor Chen have any children?"

He Mingsheng: "I haven't seen any, nor has he mentioned any. If Professor Chen had children, he would probably visit the teacher's wife. We never have."

Lu Heng: "Do you know what kind of research Professor Chen is working on?"

He Mingsheng: "Topics related to biological energy technology. They are classified, and Professor Chen never talked about his work content."

Lu Heng: "Among Professor Chen's students, who had the best relationship with him?"

He Mingsheng: "It should be Senior Zhao Hongfei, I used to see him meeting with Professor Chen the most."

...

He Mingsheng hadn't seen Chen Xuesong for a year, which meant since Chen Xuesong had gone to the Biological Energy Research Institute for his research, he hadn't seen him.

This indicated their relationship wasn't very close.

After leaving the graduate dormitory, Lu Heng went to find Zhao Hongfei.

Zhao Hongfei had graduated with his PhD several years ago, stayed as a lecturer at the university, and was still in Capital City.

Lu Heng found him at his home address and, as before, continued questioning using his skills.

After finishing the interrogation, they still didn't learn much.

However, one thing was confirmed: Chen Xuesong indeed had no children, and Zhao Hongfei's tone was very definite.

Subsequently, Lu Heng and his companion checked all the graduate students Chen Xuesong had advised, some of whom were Superpower Users, but none with high levels.

With the ability of 027 to appear and disappear unexpectedly, it was impossible for their level to be low.

In other words, these students of Chen Xuesong could not possibly be 027.

...

Leaving Kyoto University.

Lu Heng found the situation more difficult than anticipated; after checking all of Chen Xuesong's students and relatives, not one was 027.

Su Muyu pondered and asked, "Is it possible that 027 isn't someone close to Chen Xuesong?"

As he thought, Lu Heng shook his head and said, "That's unlikely. The fake 027 would need to replace Chen Xuesong's Creator Organization member identity, so they must know Chen Xuesong joined the Creator Organization.

"The Creator Organization is a secret that must be kept from anyone who is not a member; it's impossible to let unrelated people know."

Su Muyu took the file and looked it over again, "We've checked all his personal connections. If we continue looking at the people around him, we'd have to start with colleagues, neighbors, and that's a larger number of people."

Lu Heng closed his eyes and replayed the information they had discovered today in his mind.

When he got to the part about the nursing home, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "That's not right!"

"What's wrong?" Su Muyu blinked.

Lu Heng took a deep breath and said, "When we were at the nursing home today, Liu Lanying had an apple in her hand. At that time, I thought the apple was a post-meal fruit provided by the nursing home.

"But when the caregiver took Liu Lanying away, she said to eat some fruit after the medication.

"That means the apple in her hand couldn't have been the nursing home's post-meal fruit."

Su Muyu also recalled the events at the nursing home and nodded, "That's right, I saw the other elderly people at the nursing home eating grapes; the uniform post-meal fruit from the nursing home should be grapes."

Lu Heng then said, "I checked the visitation records, and on the day we went, there was no record of a visit to Liu Lanying. So where did that apple come from?

"If someone visited her and gave her the apple, and this person didn't register in the visitation records, that's definitely problematic."

Thinking through this detail.

Lu Heng and his companion immediately drove to the nursing home.

It was already evening; the nursing home would surely be closed.

However, Lu Heng didn't need the doors to be open to get in.

The two arrived outside the nursing home.

Before they even got out of the car, Su Muyu warned, "Derek Wolf is here too, along with another person, who looks a lot like the 013 Black Crow you described."

These two appearing here, could they also be checking on Liu Lanying?

Something wasn't quite right.

Logically, the Creator Organization should have already investigated Liu Lanying.

Why come to the nursing home again?

"They're going in. That Black Crow looked up at the sky for just a moment; he might have spotted the Chongming Bird," Su Muyu suddenly clenched her fist, starting to get nervous.

Because she realized that when contesting for Perception while using the Invisibility Field, this 013 Black Crow had incredibly strong Perception, beyond any she had encountered before.

Just then.

Derek Wolf suddenly bellowed, "There!"

Then, he transformed into the Dark Werewolf and charged towards the nursing home's south entrance.

Lu Heng and his companion sat in the car, watching Derek Wolf charge from twenty meters away.

Following the direction of his pursuit, they saw a figure cloaked in black at the end of the road, the hood revealing a pair of eyes shimmering with iridescent colors, strikingly clear in the night.