Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Reminder: You now have a total of 182,430 Soul Power points.

Lin Rui couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth upon receiving the reminder from the battle spirit.

This was the first time his Soul Power points had exceeded one hundred thousand, but not all of these points came from the recent "Iron Fist Entertainment Company" debacle—they also included the tens of thousands of points he had accumulated in the past dozen days while slaying monsters with Wang Sen.

Lin Rui remembered the Emperor Flame Battle Dragon of the Heavenly Pole Star and clicked his tongue unwillingly.

How spectacular it would be if he could bring this seventh-realm emperor-rank battle dragon to the capital?

The problem was it would take a total of 1.1 million Soul Power points to refine the "Emperor Flame Battle Dragon", and he was far from reaching that amount.

Lin Rui would need to stomp and eradicate at least ten underworld forces like the "Iron Fist Entertainment Company" before he could gather enough Soul Power points to refine the battle dragon.

However, he knew that such a thing was impossible.

Reality wasn't a game. With Wang Li of Iron Fist dead, it was likely that other underworld forces would become more vigilant.

Lin Rui put away his wild thoughts, "Old Fei, do you know about 'Dead Eye' Horn?"

"Dead Eye? I've heard a bit, but don't know much—apparently, he's currently the third-ranked ace assassin among the majors. He has a six-person team and has taken on many S-rank missions, with a very low failure record," Fei Yunlai answered casually. "Why do you ask?"

"I have a grudge with this Dead Eye," Lin Rui, holding the Type 6 battle saber he snatched from Wang Li, said with a sly smile: "I was thinking of finding an opportunity to kill this Dead Eye. Can't you find them? As long as there's reliable information, we can negotiate the price."

Fei Yunlai furrowed his brows, wondering how a student like Lin Rui could possibly have a vendetta against someone like Dead Eye Horn?

However, the mention of 'price' piqued his interest as there was money to be made.

The problem was that he used to work as an X-Body Runner first for a company and then set up a studio to act as a solo agent after gaining his freedom, which meant he had little contact with the underground world of the base city—

"This is troublesome. These assassins usually use the lower district as their base of operations, exploiting its vast network of underground tunnels to move unpredictably. Even the government can't do anything to them," Fei Yunlai shook his head. "I'll reach out to some contacts and try to gather some information for you, but don't get your hopes up."

Upon hearing this, Lin Rui narrowed his eyes, realizing the second problem was going to be difficult to solve.

At this moment, he received a message from Xue Lingxue.

White Summer (Xue Lingxue): Lin Rui, just a moment ago, "Iron Fist Entertainment Company" was slaughtered. Besides some company staff, all the Martial Cultivators in prosthetic gear were killed. Did you do this?

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): ?? Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence, or I'll sue you for defamation! Besides, could I even do it? Wang Li had four 'Red Spider' Type 6 military defense robots by his side and a set of Type 7 exoskeleton armor. There're so many automatic defense weapons in the company—I don't have the ability to kill him, alright!

White Summer (Xue Lingxue): You think I'd believe you? Your modus operandi this time is identical to before! Let me tell you, the entire East District police station is in chaos now. The higher-ups consider this serial killing case to be extremely heinous, and a special task force has already been organized to deal with these crimes you've committed as major criminal cases of the year!

Lin Rui scoffed disdainfully, thinking, who is she trying to scare? There were so many major criminal cases in the East District, and he had yet to see them resolved properly.

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Talking nonsense, what are these cases of mine? As if I had committed crimes before. Sister Xue, I'm a clean and innocent college student—I can't be defamed like this. Keep it up, and I'll have Zijinflower Law Firm send you a legal notice.

Xue Lingxue's face turned slightly pale, almost feeling an impulse to go right up to Lin Rui, handcuff him, and bring him back to the Security Bureau, to tell him that lawyers weren't omnipotent.

But this guy was indeed very suspicious.

From his responses, it was clear he at least had insight into "Iron Fist Entertainment Company's" security details.

The problem was her colleagues told her this case involved traces of a seventh-realm Martial Cultivator.

How could Lin Rui, a student, possibly find a seventh-realm Martial Cultivator to help him?

Unfortunately, she couldn't now access Lin Rui's smart bracelet's location; none of her colleagues in the police station had the authority to do so.

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): By the way, Sister Xue, have you found Dead Eye Horn's whereabouts?

White Summer (Xue Lingxue): No!!

Xue Lingxue responded very bluntly, but she quickly felt that something was amiss. Keeping things separate, the two cases shouldn't be conflated.

At the orbital train station incident, Lin Rui was the victim, and according to the information they had gathered, Dead Eye Horn's team was very likely the ones who took the job to kill Lin Rui.

This Dead Eye Horn might even be the person who killed 'Lin Rui' once a few months ago.

White Summer (Xue Lingxue): Your case almost took down the orbital train station and caused a huge commotion, so the higher-ups are paying close attention. I've been taken off the case, and now one of my colleagues, a high-ranking officer from the East District police station, is in charge.

White Summer (Xue Lingxue): I'll keep you updated. From what we know so far, Dead Eye Horn has extensive connections in the lower district, has relationships with many gangs, and is deeply entrenched. If he really sets his mind on hiding, it will be very difficult for us to find him. Even their smart terminal bracelets are custom-made, using other people's identities.

In fact, the Security Bureau is also looking for Dead Eye Horn.

The strategy being considered inside the Security Bureau is to lure Horn and his group into the surface area of the upper district for encirclement, but this isn't something that should be disclosed to Lin Rui.

Really, it's mainly because those in charge of the case don't have sufficient authority. If they could use some of the 'eyes' that the Security Bureau has placed in the lower district, they should be able to find traces of Horn and his team.

Gu Ying Tiandao (Lin Rui): Oh.

Xue Lingxue couldn't help but grind her teeth once more after seeing Lin Rui's reply, thinking that this guy was really quite pragmatic.

Just a moment ago he was calling her Sister Xue, and now he was acting all indifferent.

She didn't bother to chat with Lin Rui any further. After stripping off her clothes, she walked naked into the life support pod next to her.

Xue Lingxue handed over the two cases related to Lin Rui because she had a more important mission to complete.

Following the instructions of General Zhou Yunfei, she had to rush to Wang City County in Shazhou within six days to meet Lin Shi'er, the Defense Commissioner of Wang City, and persuade him to agree to cooperate with their Security Bureau's ninth division.

Thus, for the short term, she had no time to pay attention to Lin Rui.

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Five minutes later, Lin Rui had returned to Mingde University.

With his electromagnetic invisibility technique and Fei Yunlai's cover, Lin Rui returned to the Martial Cultivator Club without a sound.@@novelbin@@

This was because Wang Cheng's 5A protection team had been protecting him all along. Read latest chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

Although Lin Rui had strong stealth abilities, without Fei Yunlai's help, he couldn't escape the eyes of Wang Cheng's team.

This was because Wang Cheng's team adopted a "non-perceptual" protection scheme; if these people were constantly underfoot, even Fei Yunlai would be powerless.

However, when Lin Rui touched the doorknob, he frowned slightly, feeling that someone was in the room, but it was the person he was most familiar with and closest to.

Lin Rui felt puzzled but still resolutely pushed the door and entered.

The lights inside were bright, and as Lin Rui approached the doorway to his study, he saw Lin Xi sitting in his office chair, watching the three-dimensional projected TV news.

"—This is a special update concerning the gas explosion that occurred at the second urban rail station of Mingde University. The police have made a new breakthrough. They have now confirmed that the gas leak at the second urban rail station is related to the web tunnels of the lower district—"

At that moment, Lin Xi turned off the news and looked at Lin Rui with an unusual expression, "Brother, tell me the truth, is the explosion at the second urban rail station related to you?"

Lin Rui's brows furrowed slightly, his expression puzzled, "How could it be related to me? Didn't I tell you, I went to see our uncle at noon."

According to what Xue Lingxue said, to prevent panic among the surrounding citizens and to quell the impact, the case had been publicized as a gas explosion.

Mingde University also made it clear that they did not wish to escalate the situation just before the start of the new school year.

Therefore, all videos related to the case had already been encrypted and taken away by the Security Bureau, not to be leaked.

So, how did Lin Xi know about it?

And how did this girl get into his room?

While Lin Rui had given Lin Xi access, she could only enter when he himself was present.

Without a word, Lin Xi began operating the Tianyan Model 9 Quantum Computer in the study, projecting more than a dozen video images in succession.

After looking at them, Lin Rui was stunned.

They clearly showed Lin Rui carrying 'Great Black Sky', hurrying toward the urban rail station, including the fifteen holographic surveillance videos between the Martial Cultivator Club and the station.

Additionally, there were two frames of Lin Rui inside the vacuum rail tube, fighting against Dead Eye Horn and his men.

The footage was most likely captured by distant surveillance cameras, making the image somewhat blurry.

However, upon closer inspection, one could vaguely make out Lin Rui's figure.

"These are the video images I hacked from the school's surveillance system," Lin Xi said, staring steadily at Lin Rui, "I checked, and the time you arrived at the urban rail station coincided exactly with the gas explosion."

After regaining consciousness, she discovered that the school's internal network had been reinforced and had heard about the explosion at the urban rail station. Driven by curiosity, she investigated and unexpectedly found out that it was related to Lin Rui.

"I hacked into Mingde University's surveillance system and these two surveillance probes three kilometers away to find this footage," Lin Xi explained.

Lin Xi closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then resolutely said, "I've been hiding it from you all these years, but I've actually self-taught quite a bit about hacker knowledge. I think I'm pretty good at hacking by now."

Lin Rui blinked, looking incredulously at Lin Xi.

If what Lin Xi said was true, her hacker skills were more than just pretty good.

The internal network of Mingde University had been fortified by the expert network team from Tianlan Corporation.

Even Dead Eye Horn's hacker accomplice, who supposedly had an A+ capability rating, couldn't retrieve data from inside Mingde University without leaving traces, yet Lin Xi could do it.

Lin Rui then had a thought and pulled out a black card from his bosom, "You say you're a hacker, and you're pretty good at it. Then help me check this anonymous bank card issued by the underground bank, see how much money is inside, and whether it can be withdrawn."

Lin Xi raised her eyebrows, but still unhesitatingly took the black card and headed towards her room.