The Lost City of Alien Beasts

Chapter 216 Diary
Gao Yang and Ronnie both walked to the bookcase and looked at the leather-covered notebook in Can Can's hand.

"Is this a diary?" Gao Yang asked.

"Yeah." Can Can asked, "Captain, can I get Xiran's diary?"

Gao Yang was also unsure. Would it be disrespectful to the privacy of the deceased if he kept a diary?

"This is not Xi Ran's diary." Ronnie said.

"Are you sure?" Gao Yang was surprised.

Ronnie nodded, took the diary, and flipped through two pages: "It doesn't look like Xi Ran's handwriting."

Suddenly, Ronnie was stunned, and continued to turn two more pages, with a confident tone: "This is the captain's diary."

"Captain?" Can Can was a little confused and looked at Gao Yang: "Captain, why is your diary at Xi Ran's house?"

Gao Yang also looked innocent: How do I know?
Wait, I don’t keep a diary at all.

"It's not the Seven Shadows Team, Captain." Ronnie explained, "It's the Front Team, Captain."

"Oh." Can Can understood at first, but then became even more confused: "But, how come the former captain's diary is at Xi Ran's house?"

"What are you talking about?" Hui Xiong and Manshe walked into the room.

Ronnie handed the diary to Haixiong, and Haixiong flipped through two pages and was very surprised: "Isn't this the diary of Captain Sankong?"

Manshe also took the diary and took a look: "It's Captain Sankong."

"Wait……"

Ronnie narrowed his eyes and seemed to remember, "Xi Ran seemed to have mentioned to me before that one night a week before Captain Sankong died, he came to Xi Ran's house to sit for a while."

"Do you have something to do with Xi Ran?" Hui Xiong asked.

Ronnie shook his head: "Xi Ran said, just chatted with him for a while and then left."

"You want to say that Captain Sankong secretly placed the diary at Xi Ran's house?" Gao Yang asked.

Ronnie nodded.

"Why hasn't Xiran found it yet?" Manshe asked.

"Maybe they discovered it, but didn't tell us." Ronnie lowered his eyes: "Actually, Xi Ran has been secretly investigating Captain Sankong's death."

For a while, everyone was silent.

Gao Yang originally didn't want to care about it, but since the conversation came to this point, he simply asked: "I have always been curious, how did your former captain die?"

Everyone in the room was already a life-and-death friend, and Hui Xiong did not shy away from it. He gritted his teeth and said, "The former captain was assassinated."

Gao Yang frowned: It was actually an assassination!

"Has the murderer been found?"

"No, there is no clue at all." Hui Xiong clenched his fists, "If we know who it is, we will definitely avenge him!"

This matter is not simple.

Gao Yang was silent for a few seconds, then turned around and walked to the window, looked out the window, closed the window, and drew the curtains.

Gao Yang lowered his voice: "Hui Xiong, tell me everything about the assassination of the former captain. Tell me as much as you know."

"Row."

Gray Xiong sat down on the bed, rubbed his temples, and recalled:
"This spring, Captain Sankong suddenly disappeared. Neither the police nor the union could find him. A week later, Captain Sankong's body was found in a ravine in Lishan Mountain."

Hui Xiong took a breath: "His body was burned, and the union did a DNA test to confirm that it was Captain Sankong."

"An investigation team was also set up within the union. The result of the investigation was that he was assassinated. Captain Sankong usually has the habit of going for a night run in Lishan late at night. He was ambushed on a section of mountain road without surveillance."

Can Can was dejected and said in a sad voice: "But Captain Sankong is very strong. His talent is [Blast], and he has been practicing Sanda since he was a child. He is very powerful."

[Blast], elemental system, can control wind.

Serial number 27, second only to Gao Yang’s [Flame].

"Whoever can kill the captain must be a very powerful awakener." Ronnie said.

"The investigation team also concluded that this was not the killing method of the beasts and ghosts, but must have been done by the awakened ones."

Manshe added coldly: "I heard that Captain Sankong was not burned to death, it was just to destroy the body and eliminate traces."

"Yes, Sankong died of other reasons." Hui Xiong said.

"What is the real cause of death?" Gao Yang asked.

Hui Xiong shook his head: "Elder Suzaku examined the corpse herself. She must have the answer, but we have no right to know."

Gao Yang was silent.

"Actually, there is something that I am also very concerned about." Can Can's big black eyes rolled around and his tone was weak.

Gray Xiong looked at the can with an expected look on his face, and said with a wry smile: "I knew that even though I wouldn't let you control it, you were all secretly investigating the death of Captain San Kong, right?"

Can Can touched his head and said, "With my brain, what can I figure out? But during the time when Captain Sankong died, one person in the union actually died."

Manshe's stern eyes darkened: "Elite Blue Dolphin from Group 3." "Yes, Blue Dolphin has a good personal relationship with Captain Sankong and they often fish together."

"How did the blue dolphin die?" Gao Yang asked.

"It is said that he died at home due to cardiac arrest and was determined to be sudden cardiac death." Manshe clasped his hands and leaned against the wall: "Only Elder Suzaku knows the real cause of death, but he must have been assassinated."

Suddenly, Gao Yang had an idea: "What is the talent of this blue dolphin?"

"[Mind reading]." Manshe replied.

Gao Yang immediately remembered the information Xuanwu had revealed to him, and felt a chill running down his spine, as a logical chain quietly formed in his mind.

Gao Yang began to reason:

This spring, San Kong, the former captain of Group 5, noticed some clues and suspected that there was an insider within the union. This insider was targeted at the middle level, that is, the elite and above.

But Sankong has no direct evidence.

So, Sankong found a good and trustworthy friend, Blue Dolphin.

Blue Dolphin is the elite of Group 3, with talent [Mind Reading], serial number 49, and spiritual system.

But mind reading is not omnipotent. You can only read it when the other person is thinking about it and you are close enough.

In other words, when the other party is not thinking about it, mind reading cannot read the desired information.

The traitors are all professionally trained. It is not difficult to control their own thoughts, and they can even deceive themselves. If Blue Dolphin wants to accurately read minds, there are only two options.

One, directly use violent means to imprison all the middle-level members of the union, question the matter repeatedly in person, and then cooperate with mind reading to get the answer.

Second, patiently screen the suspected target group, gradually narrow the scope until the target is locked, and then skillfully guide the target to think about it, so as to accurately read the mind.

Obviously, Sankong did not have enough evidence, nor did he have enough rights and abilities to implement the first plan. Even if he blindly reported it to his superiors, such an extreme plan would never be approved.

So he approached Blue Dolphin and hoped that he would help him implement the second plan.

The two thought they were careful enough and should have made some progress, but they still underestimated the vigilance of the traitor and frightened the enemy.

Sankong might be vaguely aware of the danger, or he might just be cautious enough and make second-hand preparations.

Sankong suddenly visited Xiran before his death and secretly left his diary at Xiran's house, probably to leave clues.

Not long after that, the traitor actually struck first and assassinated San Kong and Blue Dolphin one by one.

Gao Yang now knows that Xiangdie is the traitor hiding in the Xuanwu Union. Xiangdie may not have the ability to assassinate, nor does he have the opportunity to assassinate Sankong and Landu.

But the Cangmu Cult behind Xiangdie must have masters who can do it.

The deaths of San Kong and Blue Dolphin were obviously silenced.

This immediately aroused the vigilance and precautions of the elders, and then due to a series of mistakes, Xuanwu poached Gao Yang, who had the [Lie Detector], to the Qilin Union.

And Gao Yang was really "lucky" and immediately helped the union find the traitor and got two rune circuits.

Everything seems to make sense.

However, things may not be that simple.

Is there really only one insider in the trade union, Xiangdie?

Xiangdie joined the Qilin Union five years ago and has been hiding for so long.

Maybe in the past five years, other insiders have infiltrated the union.

Gao Yang was shocked: Wait, I am considered the "ghost" sent here by the Chinese Zodiac.

Gao Yang's temples ached, why are things so complicated?
He suddenly regretted that he should not have come to the Qilin Union.

No, you can't have that kind of thinking.

Even if you don't come to the Qilin Union, you will still face other dangers. This foggy world itself is full of uncertainties.

When I came to the Qilin Guild, I not only met a few trustworthy companions, but also came into contact with the miraculous rune circuit, which was quite rewarding.

However, to be cautious, we cannot make a hasty conclusion on this matter, and we need to dig deeper.

"Captain, captain?"

Can Can waved his hand in front of Gao Yang: "Did you think of something?"

Gao Yang came back to his senses and nodded: "There are some clues, but not yet."

Gao Yang took the diary from Man She.

"I will keep the diary first. When the time comes, I will hand it over to Elder Xuanwu... No, I am directly following the orders of President Qilin now. I may hand it over to him directly."

Everyone nodded.

"Tonight's affairs must be kept confidential. This is also for everyone's safety."

Gao Yang's tone was serious and he said it deliberately: "No one knows whether there is a second Xiangdie in the union, or whether we ourselves will become a second Sankong."

(End of this chapter)