Lu Ning was too fast; although the man saw her, he couldn't react at all.

As the man stared in horror, a fist landed on his abdomen.

boom!

The man was sent flying backward, spitting out a large amount of blood.

Thump!

His body fell heavily onto the lawn more than ten meters away, and he struggled to get up.

Lu Ning came up to him and broke his left and right leg bones with two consecutive stomps.

The intense pain caused the man to groan, his face turning slightly pale.

He looked up and saw Lu Ning's indifferent eyes.

Lu Ning calmly said, "Don't resist, or I might kill you as a threat."

The man's expression changed slightly, then he gritted his teeth and said, "What exactly do you want?! I am a Free Spirit Awakener! I have identification!"

"Answer my question first, what's your name?"

The man's expression changed slightly, but under Lu Ning's gaze, he finally said calmly, "Salin."

Why run?

Lu Ning heard the man's name but did not react, so she asked again.

Salin asked, "The Mist Bureau is looking for me, of course I'm going to run! Everyone knows the Mist Bureau only looks for Free Awakeners for all sorts of experiments! I suspect you want to use me as experimental material!"

Lu Ning looked calmly at Salin and asked, "Did you buy some chelate materials from Lanxin Chemical before?"

Salin said, "I didn't!"

Lu Ning looked at Salin without saying anything.

Under Lu Ning's calm gaze, Salin's expression changed slightly, and he immediately said, "I forgot, how long ago was this?"

Just then, footsteps were heard, and Lin Menglan arrived.

Upon seeing Salin on the ground, a hint of surprise flashed in Lin Menglan's eyes.

Unexpectedly, in such a short time, Lu Ning had already subdued the person.

However, she had heard about Lu Ning's strength from Eileen, Song Sinian, and the others before, so she wasn't too surprised.

She glanced at Salin and asked, "Captain Lu, how is it?"

Lu Ning calmly said, "He is Salin."

Lin Menglan raised an eyebrow: "Then why did you run?"

"Go back and interrogate them."

Upon hearing this, Salin's expression changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "Where do you intend to take me?!"

"We're from the Mist Bureau. Tell me where we're taking you! If you say another word, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Lin Menglan glared coldly at Salin.

The next moment, with a wave of her hand, Salin's hands were bound by a chain made of mud.

Lu Ning grabbed Salin by the back of his neck and dragged him away.

Salin struggled for a moment, but Lu Ning punched him on the head, making him see stars.

In the end, he gave up the struggle.

On the road, Lu Ning's strange appearance of dragging someone along drew stares from passersby.

Even when I go out, the property management asks me why.

However, when Lu Ning produced the Bureau of Mystery's credentials, the property management staff immediately shut up.

Lin Menglan helped Salin into the SUV and sat next to him, watching him.

She then asked, "Captain Lu, shall we go to headquarters now? To interrogate them?"

Lu Ning thought for a moment and said, "Take them back to the hotel first."

Upon hearing this, Salin immediately retorted, "Aren't you from the Fog Bureau? What are you doing at the hotel?"

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Menglan conjured a ball of earth to shut him up.

…………

After arriving at the hotel, Lu Ning dragged Salin to the meeting room.

Lin Menglan looked at Salin, who was lying on the chair, with some confusion, and asked, "Captain Lu, what are we bringing him back for? Are we going to interrogate him ourselves? But we don't have professional equipment or personnel."

Lu Ning calmly said, "I have a special interrogation method. Take the clod of dirt out of his mouth."

Lin Menglan was a little confused, but she did as she was told.

Lu Ning looked at Salin, a pink glint appearing in his eyes: "Who are you?"

After Salin's mouth emptied, just as he was about to start cursing, he suddenly felt as if he wanted to tell everything.

He didn't know why, but he just had this desire.

He struggled to shut up, but couldn't.

“My name is Salin, and I am the Blood-Clad Deacon of the Crimson Cult.”

Lin Menglan's pupils contracted slightly. She glanced at Salin with some shock, then looked at Lu Ning.

She was shocked not only by Salin's identity, but even more shocked by how Lu Ning got Salin to talk.

She sensed a fluctuation of mental energy—was it an awakening ability?!

But isn't Captain Lu an 'immortal' ability user?

How could someone possess such an ability?

This ability looks like a mental ability, similar to hypnosis!

A dual-ability user?

Or did they use some kind of Horcrux?

After much thought, Lin Menglan concluded that it was most likely a Horcrux.

After all, Lin Menglan also knew that Lu Ning's mental pollution level had always been 0, so he could use multiple low-risk soul artifacts at the same time.

At this moment, Lin Menglan could also see that Lu Ning was at a critical juncture, so she didn't say anything and just watched quietly.

Lu Ning raised an eyebrow, then asked again, "What was the purpose of the chelate you purchased from Lanxin Chemical?"

"It is used to make a secret nutrient solution for experiments."

"What experiment?"

"How to make a soulless corpse diseased and control the diseased corpse."

Lin Menglan frowned; she was almost certain that the lab belonged to this guy.

Lu Ning remained calm as he asked, "Where is your laboratory?"

“In the abandoned industrial park in the southern part of the city, there are few people, many homeless people, and experimental materials are scattered all over the place.”

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