Chapter 30

For Liu Long, or rather, for the entire Demon Hunting Squad, Li Hao did not know them very well.

He had been in the Patrol Inspectorate for a year and had little contact with these law enforcement teams.

However, these few days of interaction had changed his perception multiple times.

The first time Liu Long talked about upholding justice, Li Hao had only two words in his heart—ha ha!

Hypocrisy!

Wearing the guise of justice while committing murder and plunder, this is also considered justice?

Comforting oneself!

Yet, the few fools in the Demon Hunting Squad seemed to take it seriously.

Of course, Li Hao could not show it, and he thought it was not bad.

The second time Liu Long talked about upholding justice, Li Hao felt a bit self-doubt. Was Liu Long's so-called protection truly meaningful, or was it just for more power, coincidentally killing some supernaturals who caused chaos in Silver City? Could this be considered justice?

He was also puzzled about the goals of the few people in the team. What were they chasing after? What was their purpose? To become stronger? Supernaturals seemed dangerous. Ordinary people might not live better than supernaturals. If Li Hao had not been targeted by the Red Shadow, he might not have pursued the supernatural realm. His former teacher had mentioned the existence of supernatural organizations, such as the Night Watchers. Li Hao knew this organization, just not its specific name.

At that time, Li Hao did not have many thoughts, thinking they were in a different world from his.

Now, he had no choice but to delve into this field.

Thinking about it, Li Hao did not say anything.

He liked to remain silent.

Sometimes, when he spoke more, it was for a specific purpose, just to achieve his goals. From a year ago, he had put on a mask of hypocrisy, wearing a false smile.

...

Following Liu Long, they walked toward the warehouse again.

This time, not only Yun Yao followed, but the others did as well.

Liu Yan was not at all reserved, enthusiastically hugging Li Hao and smiling, "Little Hao Hao, amazing! You've only been here a few days, and this is already your second absorption of the mysterious energy. When I first joined, it took me three whole months between the first and second times!"

Li Hao slightly shrugged his shoulders.

This big sister was really not reserved. You're almost on top of me, that's enough.

"Shake what? Uncomfortable shoulders? I'll give you a massage tonight?"

"..."

Li Hao was speechless.

This... is really hard to deal with.

In front, Liu Long did not blink an eye.

He did not care about Liu Yan's actions.

The five survivors in the team each had their own stories and thoughts.

Since the formation of the Demon Hunting Squad, 22 people had died, leaving them. Who among them did not have a lot on their minds? Sometimes, he knew but did not want to say anything.

After today, who knew if there would be a tomorrow.

"Click!"

The door to the warehouse opened again.

Three rooms, the mysterious energy was in the third room.

The last time Li Hao came, he did not know what was in the first two rooms.

This time, Liu Yan came along. She was enthusiastic and introduced Li Hao with a smile, "There are three rooms here. The third room contains the mysterious energy. Do you know what's in the first two?"

"Firearms?"

"Wrong, that stuff isn't worth putting in the warehouse!"

Liu Yan chuckled, "The first room contains various supernatural items, such as weapons, books, and diaries of supernaturals... In short, besides the ones we killed, we also collected some from other places. They are all kinds of miscellaneous things, but some might be valuable, though we find it hard to identify them!"

Li Hao nodded, understanding.

"What about the second one?"

"The second one?"

Liu Yan's eyes still carried a smile, but Li Hao, looking at her side face, felt that this smile... was unusual.

Liu Yan chuckled, "The second one is interesting! Ordinary people can't enter, and it's also the most important place in our team, even more important than the chamber with the mysterious energy. But sister advises you, it's best not to go in!"

Treasure?

What treasure can't even be seen?

Li Hao was a bit puzzled.

At this moment, Liu Long, in front, turned to look at Liu Yan and said coldly, "Are you done playing?"

Liu Yan laughed, loosened her grip on Li Hao's neck, and said seductively, "Boss, don't be so fierce. It's just that I didn't play with you, are you jealous?"

Liu Long's expression did not change, and he was not angry.

He just glanced at the second chamber, remained silent for a while, and then walked toward the third chamber.

Li Hao also glanced at the second chamber, now truly curious.

Liu Long had been silent before, but when Liu Yan mentioned the second chamber, Liu Long became somewhat annoyed. What was inside?

There was no time to think about it.

The door to the third chamber was already opened by Yun Yao.

This female doctor had always been quiet, not talkative, but every time someone looked at her, Yun Yao would smile and nod, which was quite different from what Liu Yan said about her being hard to deal with. She seemed very kind.

Inside the ice crystal dome, various colors of mysterious energy were presented to everyone.

There were 10 units left, placed in different ice crystal domes.

Yun Yao began to introduce, "The remaining 10 units of mysterious energy all have attributes, coming from three different supernaturals!"

She pointed to the fiery red mysterious energy on the left and explained, "This is the fire attribute. This supernatural was quite powerful, at the peak of the Starlight Master level. If we were to compare it to a Martial Artist, it would be at the peak of the Tenth Slash level."

She thought for a moment and added, "Don't underestimate a peak Starlight Master. At that time, Brother Liu had already reached the Hundred Break level. Strictly speaking, he was stronger than the opponent. However, even so, we lost several lives to kill the opponent! That guy's fire power was very strong. Once you were hit, it would quickly spread throughout your body. The few who died were burned to ashes!"

Beside her, the chubby Chen Jian suddenly lifted his shirt, revealing a large scar on his chest.

Chen Jian smiled foolishly, "Li Hao, you need to be careful with these guys! This is the mark that guy left on me. Just a small flame landed on me, and it almost burned me to death!"

Li Hao knew about his strength.

Extremely strong defense!

However, this was only physical defense. When faced with a mysterious energy attack, a small flame almost burned this shield warrior to death!

Scary!

Li Hao's expression turned serious, and he nodded slightly.

Thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "In 1727, a major fire broke out in the southern suburbs of Silver City, killing 128 people. According to the investigation, it was caused by a short circuit in the factory, but there were witnesses who said they saw a spark fall from the sky and directly burn down the factory..."

Liu Long was somewhat surprised, looked at him, and nodded slightly, "You read a lot. This case has already been closed! It was this guy who did it. Before becoming a supernatural, he was just a worker in the factory, but he liked to steal. Later, he was fired! Usually, people knew his character and mostly avoided him. After becoming a supernatural, he returned to Silver City to take revenge on these people!"

Liu Long snorted, "Does such a person deserve to become a supernatural? Heaven must be blind! Which of our Demon Hunting Squad comrades is not stronger than this beast? What a joke, a Heaven-favored Divine Master! If it's heaven-favored, it's heaven-blind!"

He was very unwilling and despised these people becoming supernaturals.

What Heaven-favored Divine Master?

All nonsense!

Li Hao remained silent, it was indeed the guy who was killed.

He had seen the case file at the time, and because it involved a fire, he paid extra attention. He found that some of the survivors said it was not a short circuit but arson. However, the case was ultimately closed as a short circuit fire.

He thought it was an unsolved case, but it turned out the culprit was already dead!

Yun Yao continued to point to the second ice crystal dome, "This one contains Thunder Energy! The original owner was a supernatural who had just entered the Moon Shadow level. The thunder power was very strong, and many people died that time. In the end, Brother Liu and Liu Yan teamed up to kill the opponent!"

Liu Yan chuckled, looked at Li Hao, raised her eyebrows, and said proudly, "I finished him off!"

Li Hao gave her a thumbs up, impressive!

Moon Shadow... that's the Hundred Break level!

And stronger than a regular Hundred Break. Although Liu Long was the main force, Liu Yan could finish off the opponent, which also represented her strength.

This time, Li Hao thought of some unsolved cases in the confidential room.

It seemed to be related to lightning, possibly done by this guy. He did not say anything more.

The supernaturals killed by Liu Long and the others were probably truly deserving of their fate!

"The third ice crystal dome contains Earth Energy!"

This time, Liu Long also spoke, "This guy was probably the hardest one we've ever killed."

Liu Long said solemnly, "In terms of strength, he was just at the Moon Shadow level. However, he could burrow underground, making him extremely difficult to deal with! Being attacked from underground... that was our biggest loss, 12 comrades died!"

Li Hao was solemn.

Looking at Liu Long, Liu Long shook his head, "I don't count this as my kill. This guy was too arrogant, not taking us seriously. We found it very difficult to deal with him, as he could appear anywhere... In the end, we buried over a thousand kilograms of explosives underground... and blew him up! The amount of mysterious energy we could extract was not much, very little, which was a bit of a pity."

Blown up!

Over a thousand kilograms!

At this moment, Li Hao suddenly woke up, almost forgetting the existence of firearms.

This earth-burrowing supernatural was at the Moon Shadow level. Liu Long, a Martial Artist without this special ability, could only face him head-on, but could not hit the opponent. In the end, he was blown up!

Indeed, even Moon Shadow supernaturals could be killed, and ordinary people, if they operated correctly, could also deal with them.

Liu Long continued, "The three types of mysterious energy, Fire, Thunder, and Earth, the first two greatly enhance attack power, while the latter... mainly has auxiliary functions. Of course, the premise is that you can inherit this attribute, match it with yourself, and become a supernatural. Otherwise... regardless of the attribute, it's not much different from ordinary mysterious energy, except it might give you a bit of attribute attack power!"

After saying this, he clenched his fist and punched, with a faint flame appearing on his fist.

Liu Long knew Li Hao did not understand, so he explained clearly, "I absorbed fire energy, so I have a bit of fire attack ability. However, I'm not sure if I truly match the fire energy. Sometimes, you can't tell which ability you match until you advance to a higher level."

Li Hao nodded, fire ability!

Is this a fire punch?

It turned out that Liu Long now possessed some special abilities. What about the others?

They might have some too.

Especially Chen Jian, Li Hao suspected he might have some earth defense ability, with his extremely strong defense.

He calculated that the team had killed five supernaturals.

Fire, Thunder, and Earth, which meant two other types had been absorbed. He did not know what the remaining two abilities were or who among them had absorbed them.

As for the attribute-less mysterious energy, Yun Yao explained briefly. It was extracted from the attributes and did not exist independently.

"Li Hao, which one do you choose?"

Liu Long looked at Li Hao with some seriousness, "You've experienced the impact of mysterious energy. To put it simply, attribute mysterious energy has almost double the impact! The enhancement effect... is actually similar to ordinary attribute-less mysterious energy! So, absorbing attribute mysterious energy, if it doesn't match you and you can't advance to a supernatural, it's a loss because you won't gain any other benefits but will face greater danger!"

"Of course, if you succeed, you either can't advance or can possess a bit of attribute ability, which is also a benefit!"

Li Hao looked at the three types of attribute energy, somewhat hesitant.

Which one to choose?

"Boss, I have two units, one of each type..."

Liu Long directly shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense! It's fine after some time, but not at once. If you absorb two different attributes at once, you'll probably have your head blown off. I don't want to clean up your mess now!"

Alright, Li Hao understood.

He observed again, which one to choose?

Fire and Thunder were both good. If he could possess a bit of attribute ability, his attack power would definitely be stronger.

However... Earth was also good!

Earth, the first feeling was that it could enhance defense, solid as a mountain.

The second was that it could burrow underground, which would be an excellent way to save your life at this stage. Of course, it might also be just like ordinary mysterious energy, with no additional benefits.

"I want the Earth attribute!"

Li Hao made his decision.

Liu Long nodded and even smiled, "Not a bad choice, it's safer! And there are only two units of Earth attribute left!"

Among the three types of attribute energy, Earth was the least, probably due to the way the opponent died, being blown up.

It was likely blown to pieces, even without a body, so it was good that any mysterious energy was left.

The Fire and Thunder attribute energy was more abundant.

"You can absorb it now!"

As he said this, Liu Long thought of something and said calmly, "Also, use the method Yuan Shuo taught you, no need to use the 'Energy Absorption Technique' I taught you."

Li Hao felt a bit awkward.

Liu Long seemed to know his thoughts and said calmly, "Alright, everyone go out. Don't worry, no one will spy on you!"

Saying this, he turned and walked out.

The others laughed and also left. Liu Yan chuckled, "Little Hao Hao, absorb more. If you can fully absorb, I have two units left. Come chat with me tonight, and I'll give you one!"

"..."

Li Hao laughed dryly but was somewhat surprised. There were still Liu Yan's shares?

Why didn't she absorb them?

Not a match?

But even attribute-less energy could be absorbed, why didn't they absorb it before?

Yun Yao, who left last, seemed to know what Li Hao was puzzled about. She spoke softly and calmly, "The remaining mysterious energy, either doesn't match or can't be absorbed anymore. If you absorb more and still can't advance to a supernatural, you might enter the Hundred Break level. After the Hundred Break level... it's hard to become a supernatural!"

Li Hao suddenly understood!

His heart was slightly shaken. This meant that Liu Yan might have reached the peak of the Tenth Slash level, which he had not expected.

Except for Liu Long, the team was all at the Tenth Slash level. As the deputy leader, Liu Yan being at the peak of the T