Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

Sona's intuition was also warning her that she had been sucked into an invisible whirlpool.

Even if they rejected Li Ang's commission, it was already too late. This trouble might have targeted them earlier.

"Let's look for it separately." Adele suggested.

"Is it okay for you to be like this now?"

Li Ang hesitated.

Adele was only wearing a simple dress now, but the environment at the explosion site was very complex, with sharp objects everywhere, and she could be injured if she wasn't careful.

"You are too worried..." Adele said helplessly, "I used to investigate alone in the volcanic area, and this place is nothing."

"Moreover, the teacher also taught me a lot of protective spells."

"I'm just concerned about you."

After ruffling Adele's hair fiercely, Li Ang said, "But since you said so, let's investigate separately."

This will also make the efficiency faster.

Moreover... Li Ang feels that Adele has a much higher chance of discovering clues than she does.

All Li Ang can rely on is perception, and perception has many flaws. When looking for objects whose shapes are obviously different from other things, perception can quickly find the target.

But if there was nothing special about the shape, Li Ang would be blind.

And Adele has a lot of documents related to analysis and investigation. Just like she found abnormal components in the air just now, it is easier for her to find the abnormalities here.

Seeing the two of them entering the ruins without protection, Sona was only slightly surprised for a moment.

After all, he is a detective, so it is not unusual to have such abilities.

Like Casimir's knights, detectives are also an overly deified profession. The origins are probably Victoria's detective novels, right?

As a young girl who was deeply poisoned by entertainment works, Sona also had a very strange impression of this profession.

Detectives in reality are not so glorious. It is their true portrayal that they have eaten their last meal without putting down their shields.

If you have the ability to do something else, why become a detective?Even being a mercenary is better than being a detective, at least you can make money faster.

While Li Ang and Adele were searching the ruins separately, Sona was also carefully helping them guard the surroundings.

Zalak's senses are very sensitive. This may be a compensation for the weak bodies of her family. Even the slightest disturbance in the surroundings cannot be hidden from her senses.

Time passed little by little, but still nothing happened.

A group of mercenaries did not suddenly jump out from the corner to kill her, nor did the law enforcers from the Great Knights appear to take her away. Even the infected people who were supposed to be active here disappeared. It seemed that only the three of them were left here. Same.

In this tense mood, even the speed of time has slowed down a lot.

I don't know how much time passed before Sona finally noticed a line of sight coming from the darkness, quietly peeping at the group of them.

Feeling this sight, Sona breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

Is it finally here...

Chapter 22 The Symbol of Rhine Life

The sight came from behind an abandoned crane not far away.

After moving these abandoned containers here, the crane was also abandoned here.

The valuable parts inside had long been removed, leaving only a tattered empty shell still in place. Behind that tattered machine, there could be enough to hide four or five people like Sona.

Lowering her body's center of gravity, Sona was ready to fight.

Towards that direction, Sona shouted coldly, "How long are you going to hide there?"

"..."

The entire scrap area was quiet, like a calm lake, and Sona's shout just now did not cause any ripples at all.

But in Sona's perception, that person was still hiding behind the crane... Sona could smell that person's breath, and the wind brought her scent.

"Why don't you come out... That's fine."

Nodding, Sona picked up a stone from the ground and threw it hard towards the shaky arm of the crane.

"clang--"

The stone thrown by Sona hit the crane arm accurately.

The crane itself was nothing more than an empty shell, its fragile balance destroyed by Sona's thrown rocks.

The entire upper part of the crane shook violently, as if it was about to break in the middle at any time.

Sure enough, a figure rolled and crawled out from behind the crane.

At this time, the crane that lost its balance finally crashed to the ground, raising countless smoke and dust.

The moment the crane landed, Sona also jumped out like lightning.

The big fluffy tail behind her was like a leaping flame, approaching the figure in an instant.

Sona raised her hand and stabbed your figure on the ground with a sword.

"S-stop!! I'm not the enemy!!"

What followed was a scream that was so frightening that it was almost twisted.

A weak airflow hit the single-edged sword in Sona's hand, deflecting the edge of the sword at a subtle angle, and stabbed into the ground next to the man's neck with a pop.

Sona frowned. She originally wanted to attack this person's shoulder, but she didn't expect the other person's reaction to be quite fast.

But... still too weak.

As long as she moved her right hand slightly, the sharp blade would tear open the man's fragile carotid artery and easily take away his life.

This was completely different from the hard battle Sona had expected.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Putting the sword edge against the man's skin, Sona asked coldly.

She decided to change her plan a little, there was no way such a lame guy could be sent by the mastermind she was worried about.

"I, I am... a reporter, I am... here... here to investigate..."

The Kuranta woman lying on the ground said tremblingly.

After swallowing hard twice, her voice finally became smoother, "Can you let me go... I have never been here... I didn't see anything just now."

"reporter?"

Were not just detectives but also reporters present at this place?

If you take a closer look, although the clothes on your body look very old,

However, reporters are like cockroaches hiding in the dark. They will come out of corners if you are not careful.

"Where's your press card?"

"In my jacket pocket."

Hearing Sona's question, the Kuranta breathed a sigh of relief.

At least, she has saved a small life now... This place is really too dangerous.

"..."

Stepping on the opponent's abdomen, Sona ignored the pained expression on her face, used the blade of her sword to slit the pocket of her coat, and picked out a thin plastic card from inside.

Looking at the woman's photo and name on the card, Sona asked coldly, "So, reporter, what are you here to investigate?"

"I...I'm here to investigate Bol Pharmaceutical's...illegal experiments."

Deste endured the pain in her body and said reluctantly.

On the other side, after roughly searching the ruins of the entire film, Leon and Adele met again outside the ruins and exchanged their previous findings.

"I didn't find any particularly useful clues here. The messy things were all mixed together, and my perception couldn't distinguish them accurately."

Leon said.

This is also to be expected. Perception is not suitable for this kind of work. It is simply embarrassing for him to find useful things in a pile of debris.

The only thing Li Ang could distinguish was the human skeleton that had not been burned by the explosion.

A rough calculation shows that at least 40 people died here... It's really a large number. If you dig deeper, you might find a lot of flesh and blood that is completely mixed with the soil.

"But I'm sure that the explosion here was caused by some kind of Originium technology, not explosives."

"Can you tell the difference?" Adele said in surprise.

This place had been bombed to pieces long ago, and Adele could only detect some subtle reactions of the remaining Origin Stones. Unexpectedly, Li Ang could even tell what the reaction was.

"How should I explain it to you..."

Touching his chin, Li Ang thought about how to describe his feelings to Adele.

"To put it simply, although Source Stone skills and spell devices will also leave Origin Stone energy reactions, the former will have a slight trace. Well... it is called spiritual residue. Among the traces left by Source Stone skills, there will be It bears the spiritual characteristics of the caster himself.”

Li Ang concluded, "In short, in my perception, the difference between the two is as obvious as a dead thing and a living thing."

"So that's it... Then Leon, you should remember the characteristics of the spellcaster, right?" Adele said thoughtfully.

"That's right," Li Ang smiled, "If the caster appears within my range of perception, I can discover his identity."

As far as Li Ang knows, spiritual characteristics or soul frequency cannot be disguised by any means.

This is Li Ang's biggest gain this time, and it's not a wasted trip.

"Then Adele, did you find anything?"

"I found it……"

Just when Adele was about to tell Li Ang what she had discovered, something seemed to hit the ground heavily not far away, making a huge noise.

"The sound just now?"

Li Ang scanned with his senses and found a familiar figure there.

"Ah...it turns out to be her. Don't worry about that for now. Continue talking about what you found?"

Nodding, Adele carefully took out a shard of glass.

"I found this in the rubble."

On this fragment of glass the size of a fingernail, there was a piece of sticker that was not completely burned.

"This seems to be the symbol of Rhine life, right?"

Chapter 23

There was a small circle drawn on the broken sticker, with a small gap in the upper left corner of the circle and a minus sign in the middle.

This logo was so recognizable. The moment he saw it, Li Ang remembered what this logo represented.

This is the right half of the logo of 'RheinLife', a well-known Colombian technology company. They once dealt with an employee of RheinLife.

More than half a year has passed, and Magellan still hasn't replied to them. Both of them are a little worried about whether Magellan encountered an accident.

However, the nature of Magellan's job was quite special. She might have been thrown into a strange place, and not a soul was seen for ten days and a half.

They did not expect to see signs of Rhine life in such a place.

"In this piece of debris, I found the same substance that is in the air," Adele said.

"You mean... this thing was done by people from Rhine Life? But I don't think it looks like it..."

Although this fragment clearly pointed to Rhine Life, Li Ang still felt that the hook was a bit salty.

After all, if you think about it carefully, this is too stupid. It was just an explosion, and it was impossible to cover up all the traces. Who would be stupid enough to leave something that would reveal their identity at the scene?

In short, Li Ang has reservations about whether Rheinland Life is the mastermind behind it.

"But Rheinland Life has such technology, and didn't they also want to open up Casimir's market before?"

Adele was referring to the fact that when Lot Zero was put up for public bidding, Rheinland Life was also one of the bidders.

Unfortunately, the solution they gave was too expensive, enough to cost a middle-class family all their money, and the treatment effect was mediocre.