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From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 264 - 216 Rescue
Edo, Shitamaku District, Kuzazaka Street.
This district wasn't bustling, and the Primates Experiment Laboratory was located here.
Lin Zeyu drove a nine-seater MPV through the streets of Shitamaku District, heading toward the laboratory.
At the moment, the MPV was slightly overcrowded with seventeen passengers.
From a numbers perspective, it was severely overloaded.
However, the Bansel people were fairly small in stature, so squeezing two people per seat was no problem at all; coupled with the aisle space, surprisingly, there was still quite a bit of room to move around.
Bansel Clan scout, Hake, patted the genuine leather seat beneath him and praised, "Mr. Lu, your transportation vehicles here are truly peculiar, requiring no lizards to pull them."
Lu Heng and his two companions couldn't help but laugh upon hearing his admiration.
Actually, ever since this group of Bansel people had arrived in the Human World, they found everything novel.
Itana chimed in, "It would be nice to bring one back to Stone Hammer Castle."
Lin Zeyu, familiar with the price of such large machines, spread his hands and said, "That's a bit difficult, as it consumes too much Divine Energy."
If it didn't consume so much Divine Energy, he would have already obtained a high-tech machine from the Sikes Civilization.
Iron Arm rested his hands on his Warhammer, his expression grave throughout, not in the mood for jokes with his tribesmen.
After all, his daughter had been captured and was taken to be experimented upon.
The experiments he understood involved Evil God's Servants cooking creatures' flesh and blood in a cauldron.
Lu Heng placed a hand on his shoulder, comforting him, "Don't worry, Mia will be alright."
Iron Arm sighed and said, "This child has been impulsive since she was young. Once we get back, we definitely need to discipline her properly."
Of course, Mia didn't see it that way; she firmly believed it was called bravery.
When they were three kilometers away from the Primates Experiment Laboratory, Su Muyu suddenly said, "Five cars are approaching from behind, speeding fast. They don't seem to be just passing by."
Lu Heng looked back but didn't see the cars yet and immediately ordered, "Go invisible, drive into a side road and stop, letting those five cars pass."
"Okay," Su Muyu raised her hand and cast the Invisibility Veil over the entire MPV.
The vehicle quickly faded and disappeared, then turned off into a small road and stopped.
In less than a minute, five cars rushed past them at high speed.
It wasn't long after those five cars had zoomed past.
Su Muyu suddenly frowned and said, "They've turned around. It seems they're coming after us."
Lu Heng thought quickly and asked, "Did their Perceiver spot us?"
Su Muyu pondered and shook her head, uncertain, "I don't think so. If they had discovered us, they should have stopped when they passed us just now. But they turned around, so they must know our approximate location."
Now that the MPV was in an invisible state stopped by the roadside, if the opponent's Perceiver had detected the MPV, they would have stopped and opened fire instead of speeding past.
Lu Heng reached out and demanded, "The phone, where is it?"
Su Muyu raised an eyebrow, took out the phone, and asked, "Did they locate us through the phone?"
"It's likely the phone revealed our location," Lu Heng guessed the reason for their exposure after some thought.
Tonight, they had already executed two operations, first wiping out a White Gloves Superpower Security Company of the Mitsui Consortium and then killing a manager from the Ghost Warrior Mercenary Company.
Especially the removal of the White Gloves Superpower User caused quite a stir, probably alarming the higher-ups of the Mitsui Consortium.
With the ruthless methods of the Mitsui Consortium, they would definitely react immediately.
As for the phone revealing the location, it must have been caused by a large screen advertisement displaying the phone number.
The phone number left behind was written in Bansel Clan script.
Ordinary people definitely wouldn't understand it, but any Superpower User who had been involved with the Bansel people related to the Abyss World would understand it.
Thus, it wouldn't be strange for one or two Superpower Users under the Mitsui Consortium to understand that series of numbers.
Moreover, since that number was written in the Bansel Clan script, and Mia was a Bansel person.
These two pieces of information wouldn't be hard for the Mitsui Consortium to obtain.
Connecting these two pieces of information naturally revealed that the information on the advertisement screen was a contact code for the Bansel Clan.
As long as someone in the Mitsui Consortium could analyze to this extent, the next step would be to track the phone signal and then send assassins.
As long as the phone had battery power, it could be located even if turned off.
Lu Heng quickly made a decision, "This group might be Ghost Warrior mercenaries, we need to rescue Mia first. Ensure Mia's safety, then deal with them. Let the Chongming Bird take the phone and lead them away, we'll head to the lab to rescue Mia."
"Okay," Su Muyu nodded in agreement, rolled down the car window, and threw the phone out.
The Chongming Bird caught the phone midair and flew along the highway at the speed a car could reach.
As expected, those five cars whooshed past them again.
Su Muyu leaned on the car window, watching the five cars disappear into the distance, and said, "They've been led away, a pity my Invisibility Skill can't block electromagnetic signals yet; otherwise, they couldn't have followed us at all."
Lu Heng asked, "What's your Training Level now?"
Su Muyu pursed her lips and smiled, replying, "Almost full, but I've almost used up all my Divine Energy, just a few hundred points left, not enough to upgrade my Skills."
Lu Heng placed his hand on Lin Zeyu's shoulder, "Drive, we're heading to the lab, let's rescue Mia first. We need to move quickly."
"Sure thing."
Lin Zeyu floored the gas pedal, speeding towards Tanabe Primate Research Laboratory.
They covered the distance of three kilometers in just over a minute.
Since they were being pursued, the five Ghost Warrior Mercenary vehicles would definitely turn around and follow once they spotted their target had issues.
Therefore, this operation had to be swift and decisive.
Lu Heng jumped out of the car and turned back to say, "You guys charge in from the front; I'll go directly through the walls to find Mia. Once I find her, I'll signal for you to come and support."
"Alright, thank you, most respected friend of the Bansel Clan." Iron Arm extended both hands, palms closing together around Lu Heng's as he shut his eyes, as if in prayer.
"Let's move."
Lu Heng said as he immediately entered the Shadow Travel State and passed through the walls into Tanabe Primate Research Laboratory.
This was just a laboratory; the defense level wasn't particularly high.
Lu Heng moved very quickly, circling the lab, and soon found the warehouse holding the experimental creatures.
Many large and small glass enclosures contained various mutated creatures inside.
However, Mia was no longer in that warehouse.
Lu Heng glanced at the time; just a few seconds of Shadow Travel State left, so he continued moving forward.
Under Shadow Vision, his gaze swiftly swept through each room of the laboratory.
In the final second of Shadow Travel, he finally spotted a Bansel Clan girl tied to an operating table, weakly struggling in a surgery room.
At that moment, a Fusang researcher in a lab coat was drawing a syringe from a vial, readying to inject.
Lu Heng, turning into a shadowy lightning, dashed into the surgery room, grabbed and crushed the Fusang researcher's neck, then turned to look at the Bansel Clan girl trapped on the operating table.
Mia, obviously sedated, had little strength left. Her drooping eyelids lifted as she saw Lu Heng appear, and a look of joy appeared in her eyes, asking, "Am I dreaming?"
"Right, dreaming," Lu Heng joked with her.
Mia exhaled, saying, "Then it must be a beautiful dream."
As she spoke, she prepared to close her eyes and continue this beautiful dream.
Lu Heng tapped her forehead, saying, "Wake up quick; Iron Arm Dad is about to break in."
Mia frowned in annoyance, "That old man always interrupts my beautiful dreams."
Lu Heng undid the straps on her hands and feet, helped her sit up, then pressed his earpiece and said, "Found the person. What's the situation on your side?"
Lin Zeyu replied, "Fighting right now, there are a few Superpower Users in the lab still daring to resist. I've taken care of them all, cleaning up soon."
"Once you've cleaned up, regroup. Mu Yu, watch out for those five vehicles." Lu Heng reminded.
"I've been keeping an eye on them; they just turned around, they'll be at the lab in no more than three minutes," Su Muyu replied.
"If that's the case, set up an ambush and take out this team of Ghost Warrior Mercenaries as well. Everyone prepare your Area Skills, when those five vehicles arrive, blow them up together," Lu Heng immediately gave the order.
Lu Heng assisted Mia out to regroup, handing her over to Iron Arm.
Mia, seeing the old man, still displayed a dreamy expression, "Here you are again."
Iron Arm, annoyed, tapped her forehead, scolding, "Snap out of it; you've been missing for two days, you know how hard we've been searching for you?"
Mia, woken up by the tap, suddenly remembered being captured and quickly widened her eyes, saying,
"I've spotted Demons; there are Demons here," Mia urgently warned.
Everyone instantly became vigilant, observing their surroundings tensely.
"There's nothing, we've cleared out the Superpower Users here, haven't found any Demons," Lin Zeyu expressed with a puzzled look.
Due to the Bansel Clan having survived in the Abyss World for centuries, they had gradually developed a racial ability, which was the ability to sense the presence of Demons.
Iron Arm agreed, "I've been here quite a while, and I haven't detected any Demons."
Mia urgently said, "There definitely are; I've smelled that scent several times over the past few days."
Lu Heng quickly thought, immediately guessing what it could be.
Having been here for so long, if it were ordinary Demons, they would have already charged out to fight by now.
Since nothing had appeared and the trail remained hidden, it was likely a Soul Capturing Monster.
The laboratory was owned by the Mitsui Consortium, naturally researching what the consortium needed.
So, a research subject being parasitized by a Soul Capturing Monster was probably a very important project.
If such a project existed, then it was indeed possible there were Soul Capturing Monsters here.
Soul Capturing Monsters usually parasitize other creatures, consuming their hosts' souls and energy.
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If there were Soul Capturing Monsters here, then they were most likely within the experimental creatures.
Lu Heng immediately returned to the warehouse containing the mutated creatures, then discovered that one of the glass enclosure doors had opened, and the mutated creature inside was dead, lying in an odd pose within the enclosure.