Lin Xiao took a few deep breaths before venting his frustration.

He said, "If that's the case, you'd better not buy these Soul Weapon Embryos. After all, it's like gambling. Nobody knows when these embryos will transform, or even if they are real embryos. If you really want Soul Weapons, wait until you complete more missions and accumulate merits. Then you can apply to the bureau. Our bureau has the most Soul Weapons, and they are of the best quality."

Lu Ning nodded after hearing Lin Xiao's words: "That's fine too."

What Lu Ning saw afterward made him completely give up on buying the Soul Weapon Embryo.

Because even just an embryo costs millions to buy.

Lin Xiao, who was standing nearby, said that this was a normal price, and Lu Ning fell silent.

I simply can't afford it.

After leaving the stall selling Soul Weapon Embryos, Lu Ning and Lin Xiao continued browsing.

The stalls sell all sorts of items, some of which are one-time use talismans. These are special items made by awakened individuals using their spiritual power, and they can unleash certain special abilities.

There are herbs and minerals with spiritual radiation brought back from the wilderness, or highly radioactive parts of calamity beasts and diseased individuals.

Some of these can be used to refine potions, while others can be used to make soul artifacts and talismans.

In general, there are all sorts of things.

Unfortunately, Lu Ning didn't have much money on hand. Although Lin Xiao said he could give her an advance, Lu Ning looked around for a long time but didn't find anything she really wanted, so she didn't buy it.

Lin Xiao didn't buy anything either.

It must be said that the Mist Bureau, as an official organization, has incredibly abundant resources. Most things that can be bought on the black market can be exchanged within the Bureau, as long as you have made contributions.

After looking around, the two left the black market.

On the way, the atmosphere inside the car was quiet. Suddenly, Lin Xiao said, "You see, Tailong is about to fall ill this time, but he doesn't seem to be acting normally? This is different from Mu Mu last time."

Lu Ning said, "Tyrone's condition is a little better than Li Mu's. There is a lot of flesh and blood in his body that is moving on its own, but he seems to be unconscious."

"I see. So the reason Mu Mu developed the illness was because her mental pollution level was too high?"

"Perhaps? I'm not sure of the specific reason."

Lin Xiao nodded, then fell silent again.

After a moment, he sighed and said, "Tyrone and I joined the action team around the same time. He was more talented than me. When I was still at level four, he was already at level five. The previous captain died in battle, and he became the captain."

"Back then, Tyrone was considered a promising candidate to reach the sixth rank and become the strongest Awakened in our base city. Unfortunately, the base city encountered a horde of monsters. To resist the horde, he used a mid-level Soul Artifact from the bureau. Since then, he has lost a leg, and his mental pollution level has remained high. He then retired from the team and opened this bar. Even after opening this bar, he still helps the bureau as much as he can."

Lu Ning listened quietly to Lin Xiao's words without responding.

Lin Xiao didn't expect Lu Ning to respond; he simply talked about some things that happened when he and Tailong fought side by side.

As he spoke, Lin Xiao's eyes reddened slightly. He took a drag of his cigarette and said, "That old guy said before that he wanted to become a high-level Awakened and join the Mist Exploration Team. He even said he wanted to find the source of the mist."

"Damn it, even at a time like this, he still says he doesn't want to cause me any trouble."

The sports car sped along, and after a moment of silence inside the car, Lu Ning said, "Tailong has a high level of pollution, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will cause disease."

Lin Xiao exhaled a breath of stale air and grinned: "That's true. What if he's lucky and lives to old age?"

…………

Over the next few days, the entire branch action team became very busy.

Apart from the team members on duty at the branch, the others either went to the Public Security Bureau to investigate the identity of the cultist or continued to dig deeper into the clues about Han Yu and Gao Tianlin.

Fortunately, Lin Xiao had already posted the mission on the black market, so they didn't need to take the initiative to find Zhu Jianyi and investigate Li Yang and Samantha.

Otherwise, they simply wouldn't be able to handle it all.

Unfortunately, after several days, Lu Ning and his group still hadn't been able to find the identity of the cult member.

Before Lu Ning killed the cultist, Lin Xiao and the others had seen his face.

However, this face is not in the police department's registration system.

“Perhaps that cultist, like Gao Tianlin who was previously ill, had his face changed later. Didn’t Gao Tianlin become very handsome after he became ill?” Wei Xuan said.

Lin Xiao rubbed his forehead: "That's quite a possibility. So, it seems we can't find out the identity of this cult member at all. It's probably unrealistic to try to find the Happy Heaven Kingdom's hideout in our base city through this lead."

"Since that's the case, then we can only try to find them through Gao Tianlin and Han Yu's leads." Colin also looked helpless.

"Didn't the captain issue the mission a few days ago? Why are those Free Awakeners so inefficient? Haven't they found any clues after all this time? Are they really just wild?" Wang Qiwen pouted, clearly dissatisfied with the inefficient Free Awakeners.

Just then, Lin Xiao's phone rang. He raised an eyebrow, picked up the phone, and immediately smiled.

"It was Tyrone calling."

Colin and the others' eyes lit up.

"Is there a clue?"

"I don't know, let me ask."

Lin Xiao answered the phone: "Hey, Tyrone, why are you calling me?"

Hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Lin Xiao's eyes lit up and he smiled, "Really? Okay, thank you, I understand."

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