Despite the answer that he got from the Backtracking Mirror being less than satisfactory, it was still better than no progress .
It was relatively easy for a monster with Enhanced Intelligence and mimicry ability to hide in an area that was two million square meters wide with more than 60 million residents . To look for it was like fishing for a needle in a haystack .
In addition to it being a new monster that had not been recorded in the monster guide, nobody knew where would it be hiding .
After they returned to the hotel, Lin Huang did not sleep . Instead, he continued discussing the case with Bloody .
"I thought that the murderer would be capable of finding the victims because there's a spy in the Union Government . Based on what we know now, it disguised itself as the first victim and got the name list of the immortal-levels rank-1 to rank-3 from the Union Government . It was lucky though since its first victim was an executive of the Union Government . "
"I doubt if it was lucky or if it intentionally chose him to be its target . Its intention was to obtain the name list in the first place . " Lin Huang's heart skipped a beat when he heard what Bloody said . He had never expected that a monster could be so scheming .
"It's really a terrifying monster…"
"It's okay . We'll catch it one day . " Bloody was extraordinarily calm .
"We can monitor the entire foothold with Leech Pods . However, if it can really disguise itself as anyone, the monitoring pods can't do anything to it . Moreover, this is a human foothold . They have many types of skills that can probably detect the presence of your Leech Pods . You have to be extra careful to avoid being discovered . Also, there are many buildings in the foothold . The obstacles that you're going to encounter far surpass whatever you faced in any of the wild zones and danger zones . The performance of the monitoring pods might be affected as well . You have to consider all these factors . " Lin Huang stated all the problems that might arise .
However, after listening to what he said, Bloody slightly shook its head . "It's not that troublesome . We don't need to monitor the whole city . We just need to monitor the potential victims . It will act soon . Instead of putting in a lot of effort to look for it, why not wait for it to fall into the trap?"
Lin Huang's eyes brightened as he heard that . "I almost forgot about it! There are only a few immortal-levels here . Those who are on immortal-level rank-1 to rank-3 are even lesser . Perhaps there are only 100 of them . Our workload is much lower if we were to monitor the 100 of them . With their combat strength, it's less likely that your Leech Pods will be discovered . "
"I plan to find out all the potential victims by tonight . Right when the Leech Pods are released into their body to monitor their position, I'll set up a surveillance system without blind spots near their residential areas . I don't think that it can run away!" Encountering an opponent with Enhanced Intelligence just like Bloody, it was ambitious .
"Remember to send me their coordinates after you've found out where they are staying at . I'll have to save them in my dimensional relic so that we'll be able to reach there in the first place when it appears . " Lin Huang did not miss out on any detail .
Lin Huang fell asleep very quickly as he had to prepare himself for the battle in the morning .
Bloody was busy until at about eight o'clock in the morning . It managed to find out about 118 of the potential victims who ranked immortal-level rank-1 to rank-3 . It searched through the foothold repeatedly three times to make sure that it did not miss out on any of them .
After secretly releasing the Leech Pods into the body of the 118 potential victims, Bloody did not activate them . Instead, it allowed the pods to lie dormant . Bloody did not intend to control them . Instead, it wanted to determine their position and monitor them . The Leech Pods would take over their body when necessary so that it could control them to run away and avoid being killed .
Aside from releasing Leech Pods into their body, their house and toilet were being monitored by the surveillance system without any blind spots as well . Other than that, the area within a 10-kilometer radius from their house was being monitored by Bloody . The surveillance system was activated for 24 hours . All of these were done to avoid the monster from escaping . Although the probability of this happening was relatively small, they had to consider whatever situation that might happen .
After setting everything up, Lin Huang had already finished his breakfast .
He got 118 of the coordinates from Bloody and summoned Thunder . He then started another round of his work .
Soon, Thunder sent Lin Huang to each of the coordinates marked on the map .
He did consider asking for help from Kylie since her speed was on par with Thunder . However, as he thought about everyone in Martel City being in fear and they might assume Kylie to be the murderer, so Huang decided to ask for help from Thunder .
An immortal pet monster which had gone through its third mutation was rare in Martel City . Once Thunder was summoned, it caught many people's attention . Thanks to Thunder's tremendously terrifying speed, before the rest of them could surround it, it flapped its wings and left together with Lin Huang .
Thunder took about three to four minutes to travel from one coordinate to another . In order to save the coordinates, Lin Huang would need only a few minutes . However, he spent more than seven hours saving 118 of the coordinates in his dimensional relic .
It was slightly after four in the afternoon when they returned to the hotel .
Lin Huang then noticed that Xia Hou had called him for a few times . In order to save the coordinates more efficiently, he had disabled the communication function of the Emperor's Heart Ring so that it would not keep vibrating .
After calling back, soon, Xia Hou answered the video call .
"What are you doing? Why couldn't I reach you all day long? I've sent you a few messages and you didn't reply as well . "
"I had something personal to deal with today . That's why I disabled the communication function," Lin Huang explained .
"The autopsy report is out . Have you seen it?" Xia Hou asked .
"No, I haven't . I just returned to the hotel . "
"I'll briefly tell you about it . The autopsy report indicates that both of the immortal-level rank-9s were killed by a new form of poison . Although it won't spread, it's fatal . The poison can get into the human body through breathing, pores and more . If any of the immortal-levels are poisoned, the death rate is 100% . One might only be able to survive for less than ten seconds . However, the body of an imperial-level might not be able to defend against such a poison completely . " Xia Hou continued, "I've been thinking about it for a long time . Since the case is too dangerous, I'm not going to investigate any further . In fact, after obtaining the autopsy report, about half of the investigators have left Martel City . I advise you to quit . It's not worth dying for a few resources . The case can't be handled by an immortal-level . They have to look for an imperial-level . "
"Thank you for reminding me . However, I'll make my decision only after reading through the autopsy report on my own . "
He then hung up the phone with Xia Hou and quickly checked the autopsy report . He did not expect so many of them to quit . After carefully reading through the autopsy report, he understood everyone's concern .
They used to think that the murderer's ability was very limited since the murderer was only capable of killing immortal-levels rank-1 to rank-3 . However, after knowing that the monster's ability was far beyond their imaginations and could even kill an immortal-level rank-9, in addition to the new type of poison which nobody had ever seen before, it was pretty understandable that they decided to quit .
Lin Huang did not persuade Xia Hou to stay since he was not going to ask him to join the operation that night . He had too many secrets and would definitely reveal his ability if he were to act together with Xia Hou .
"They don't know that regardless of whether they quit or not . It makes no difference . " Bloody laughed .
"After tonight, the monster will no longer appear . " Closing the communication page, Lin Huang said what Bloody wanted to very calmly .
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