Chapter 354 - 244: Man-made Extraordinary Items
The problem was either with Headquarters or with the information relay process.
This was both good and bad news for Lin Qi.
The downside was that the Mo University Camp might become the new focus of the Moon Worshipers, as Lin Qi was going to gather the three remaining Tier Five Extraordinary Items.
But the upside was...
’At least the intel didn’t come from the so-called whispers of the Blood Moon.’
In a way, this was a bigger relief to Lin Qi.
It proved that the Blood Moon in the sky was in a bad enough state that it hadn’t yet achieved omniscience over the entire planet.
Everything was still the result of spontaneous actions by the Moon Worshipers, or rather, the Blood Moon Envoys hiding in the shadows.
The difference in difficulty between fighting the Blood Moon Envoys and fighting the Blood Moon itself was night and day.
Wei Yue continued the interrogation, but she didn’t get any more valuable information.
According to the interrogation, the strongest leader of this group of Moon Worshipers was merely a Tier One Extraordinary who had simply remained hidden.
For a Moon Worshiper to advance, they couldn’t just lie low; they had to cause a big enough stir, and only those who personally cultivated a Tier Four Monster were considered to have any real prospects.
Wei Yue wasn’t done with her interrogation. She told Su He to shut up for the time being.
She waited for the remaining Moon Worshipers to wake up one by one, interrogated them to corroborate the information, then ordered Cai Chang to watch over them. Afterward, she went to the room where Lin Qi was to give her report.
"I heard everything. The problem originates from Headquarters."
This was the conclusion from the interrogation.
But based on the competence Lin Qi had seen from Headquarters, the problem likely wasn’t at the very top. It was most probably a leak in the information relay process.
A Moon Worshiper had likely infiltrated one of the camps.
In a worst-case scenario, a camp at a major railway hub might have already fallen and become Moon Worshiper territory.
"We don’t need to get too involved in this. I’ll relay the information to Ding Yang. This is something Headquarters needs to investigate and handle internally."
Lin Qi summed things up, signaling for Wei Yue to stop the interrogations.
Wei Yue asked, "What should we do with the Moon Worshipers in that room? With so many of them, I can’t keep them all suppressed."
Lin Qi didn’t hesitate. "We can’t keep them, and we can’t hand them over to Hongshan Camp. They think you’re a Blood Moon Envoy. If Ding Yang found out, it would reflect poorly on the Mo University Camp."
Lin Qi’s meaning was clear: kill them all. Leave no one alive.
Besides, they weren’t the original Moon Worshipers; becoming one was their own choice. They had abandoned their own humanity.
And Lin Qi believed that since they were working for a Blood Moon Envoy, their hands were most likely already stained with innocent blood.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so composed when entering the Mo University Camp.
"Leave it to me."
Wei Yue nodded. She was used to the sight of blood, especially the blood of Moon Worshipers.
Lin Qi looked into Wei Yue’s eyes. "Your Extraordinary Ability, what level is it now? Have you heard any new whispers from the Blood Moon recently?"
Wei Yue shook her head. "Perhaps the Blood Moon itself is in a poor state; I haven’t heard any whispers recently. As for my Extraordinary Level..."
Wei Yue simply released her Spiritual Power, allowing Lin Qi to get a clear sense of it.
Without her releasing it, Lin Qi could only tell from the feedback of his Spiritual Vision that Wei Yue’s Extraordinary Power was weaker than his. He couldn’t determine her specific level.
Only by sensing it carefully now could he be certain.
The Third Stage of Tier Two!
This wasn’t weak at all. In fact, in a way, it was quite strong.
However, judging from the form of her Spiritual Power, it still had nothing to do with a Wizard. She seemed to be a perfectly normal Extraordinary Professional who focused on Spiritual Power, a far cry from the tentacle-like form of a Wizard’s.
’But Wei Yue is only half a Blood Moon Envoy, after all. What would the Spiritual Power of a true Blood Moon Envoy be like?’
’Would it be the same as a Wizard’s?’
He pushed the thought from his mind for the time being.
Lin Qi instructed Wei Yue, "Go take care of it. I’ll be leaving now. I’ll have Wang Ziru take charge of this matter going forward."
As he left the building, Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision to observe Wei Yue’s subsequent actions.
Although Lin Qi had a certain degree of trust in Wei Yue, it didn’t stop him from maintaining his good habit of observation.
...
Wei Yue returned to the room where the nine Moon Worshipers were being held.
This group of Moon Worshipers was only at the Tier One level. All together, they might be able to overwhelm a Tier Two Extraordinary.
But Wei Yue carried the aura of a Blood Moon Envoy, which suppressed them considerably.
Then, Wei Yue’s Spiritual Power suddenly surged. It formed into blades of pure energy that plunged into the Moon Worshipers’ Seas of Consciousness to strike.
In Lin Qi’s eyes, this application of Spiritual Power was quite crude. It was completely incomparable to the intricate ways the Extraordinary Professionals of the Cyber World manipulated their own.
But under the suppression of her higher Extraordinary Level, these few Moon Worshipers were powerless to resist.
They wanted to resist, but the aura of the Blood Moon Envoy rendered them completely immobile.
While psychological factors played a large role, the end result was that it looked as if Wei Yue had killed all nine Moon Worshipers with a single, effortless glance.
"Collect the bodies. Send them to be made into Blood Moon Descent Objects."
In truth, Wei Yue’s Spiritual Power had been more than halfway depleted by the successive attacks.
But she didn’t let it show as she spoke to the two Moon Worshipers behind her.
"Yes!"
Cold sweat beaded on the foreheads of the two Moon Worshipers.