When Su Li, Tan Qiu, and the others arrived at Blackstone Town, it was already late. In less than an hour, the gate of Blackstone Town would be closed.
Seeing the arrival of the investigation team, Situ was obviously relieved. If the investigation team died on the way, even if it had nothing to do with him, the Black Steel Shelter might vent their anger on him.
For some reason, Situ was keenly aware that the expressions of the three people were a little serious, and Su Li had obvious injuries on his face. It seemed that he had experienced a fierce battle on the way.
"Who is Situ?" The burly man got out of the car and asked in a deep voice.
"I am Situ!"
Situ, who was wearing a combat uniform, stood up.
The burly man nodded.
"This is investigator Tan Qiu. I am Hong Cang, the guard of this investigation. He is Su Li."
After a simple self-introduction, Situ led them directly to the pit in the center of the town and told them what had happened in the past two days.
"You mean, a group of Fallen Black-toothed Rats dug a passage underground and poured into Blackstone Town, and there was a suspected Doomsday Apostle hiding inside?"
Tan Qiu frowned slightly and looked at the dark pit expressionlessly. No one knew what he was thinking.
After a while, he said, "Su Li, go down and check if there are any traces of the formation of the Cave of Pollution below. Take some soil samples from the most polluted area."
Su Li's mouth twitched. After hesitating for a while, he activated Dark Judgment to cover his body and jumped into the cave.
After a long time, Su Li climbed out of the cave and shook his head.
"There are strong traces of pollution inside, but there are no signs of the formation of the Cave of Pollution, and there are no Fallen Creatures."
"Prepare a clean room for me and send a few corpses of the Fallen Black-toothed Rats here. I need to examine them. Don't let others disturb me," Tan Qiu said lightly.
"The room is ready. Please come with me!"
Situ maintained his slightly bowed posture and personally led the three of them to the room that had been prepared.
After all three of them were settled, Situ returned to the room and found Master Luo.
"How is it? Is it the Su Li you know?"
"It looks a bit like him." Master Luo seemed a little hesitant.
"But their personalities are different. This Su Li is too honest."
Situ frowned slightly. He didn't doubt Master Luo's words. Although Master Luo's strength wasn't up to par, his knowledge couldn't be faked. Even if he wasn't a resident of the Black Steel Shelter in the past, he was from another organization. Otherwise, there were some things that he wouldn't have come into contact with.
If this Su Li was really the Su Li mentioned by Master Luo, it would undoubtedly be good news for him and Blackstone Town.
With the help of a familiar Tier 4 Mechanic, Blackstone Town would definitely be able to obtain more resources, and he might even be able to choose a powerful Mechanical Equipment.
"Since we're not sure, let's observe them a little longer. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be staying here for a day."
Master Luo smiled bitterly and nodded. He was very clear about Si Tu's thoughts. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but if Su Li was still the same Su Li as before, making such a friend might not be a good thing for Blackstone Town and Si Tu.
The night passed in silence.
Under Si Tu's purposeful promotion, the news that the Black Stone Shelter's investigators were stationed in Blackstone Town quickly spread to the nearby towns.
The few towns that were eyeing the Blackstone Mine quickly gave up. Although there weren't many warriors in Blackstone Town, Si Tu's strength wasn't weak. With the support from the Black Steel Shelter, Si Tu's combat power would most likely become even stronger.
Once Si Tu stepped into Tier 3, no matter how few warriors there were in Blackstone Town, they wouldn't dare to have any ideas!
At the same time, a terrifying piece of news quickly spread to the surrounding gathering points.
New Moon Town was slaughtered!
Including the leader, Wei Tao, the entire shelter of more than a thousand people was killed. Not a single person was left alive!
When Situ heard the news, he was silent for a long time. When Wei Tao retreated, the ball of destructive lightning that he had condensed seemed to be right in front of him. It had only been a day, but New Moon Town had been massacred, and Wei Tao had died in battle.
"I heard that someone has already been to New Moon Town." Master Luo squinted his eyes and said.
"Wei Tao's body was nailed to the city wall. His arms and exoskeleton mechanical arms were all missing. Some people said that it was your revenge."
Si Tu coldly snorted.
"If I had the ability to slaughter New Moon Town, I wouldn't have let Wei Tao return from Blackstone Town alive."
"New Moon Town was slaughtered. The Black Steel Shelter will definitely receive the news. The investigation team came a few hours late yesterday. Did they go to New Moon Town?"
"It's possible." Master Luo nodded.
"When they came, their faces were very serious. They should have already received the news of New Moon Town."
"Wei Tao has already joined the Black Steel Shelter. No matter who did the slaughter in New Moon Town, it's a slap to the Black Steel Shelter's face. This matter won't be so simple!"
"Only the Apocalypse Holy Court would be so crazy!" Si Tu said his own speculation.
"It shouldn't be them." Master Luo shook his head.
"Although the Apocalypse Holy Court is crazy, they usually won't slaughter people who join the Black Steel Shelter, unless there's a special reason."
"Why?" Si Tu frowned.
"Didn't the Quicksand Shelter have a few such massacres? In the end, it was proven that they were all done by the Apocalypse Holy Court."
"It's not the same. If you know how the Apocalypse Holy Court was born, you'll know the reason."
Speaking up to here, Master Luo seemed to be a bit afraid. He just stopped and didn't continue to explain.
As the two were talking, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open. An unexpected figure appeared at the door.
"You old bastard, how dare you hide from me!" Su Li cursed as he walked in.
Master Luo suddenly coughed and said with some embarrassment, "It's not because you've changed so much that I didn't recognize you!"
The two really knew each other, and their relationship was quite good!
Si Tu glanced at Master Luo and immediately retracted his gaze. He stood up and smiled at Su Li, "I still have some things to arrange. You guys chat, I'll leave first!"
"Don't be in a hurry to leave." Su Li slowly walked over and sat opposite Master Luo.
Si Tu stopped and stood respectfully to the side. No matter how good Master Luo's relationship with Su Li was, it was still someone else's, not his. If he accidentally offended a mechanic who was far more powerful than himself, life and death would only be a matter of an instant.
"Do you have a hunter named Qi Yuan here?" Su Li asked.
Qi Yuan!
Si Tu's heart sank. He couldn't figure out Su Li's intentions.
"Why are you looking for him?" Master Luo frowned and asked.
"It's not me looking for him. It's that bitch Tanqiu looking for him." Su Li said with some hatred.
"Someone gave her a gene sample of Qi Yuan. She must have found something. She seems to be very interested in this Qi Yuan."
Master Luo looked at Si Tu and said, "Qi Yuan was in Blackstone Town yesterday. He might have left today. If you want to see him, I can help you find him."
"Don't be so cautious." Su Li smiled and shook his head.
"Although Tanqiu is a researcher in the lab, she's not crazy like those in the Flesh Alliance. She won't cut a living person into pieces for research."
"At most, she'll take a few more gene samples from him. It won't cause any harm to his body."
Seeing Master Luo nod, Si Tu said, "Si Tu hasn't left yet. I'll bring him here."
"No need. Just bring him to Tanqiu's lab."
"I'll be right there."
After Si Tu turned around and left, Su Li looked at Master Luo seriously and said in a low voice,
"Brother, it's been five years. Come back with me. Your body is very weak. If you don't have surgery now, I'm afraid you don't have many years left to live!"
"I can't go back!"
Master Luo shook his head. "I'm already living an ignoble life. I don't have the face to see my dead brothers."
"You're not the one who made the mistake, it's us!" Su Li's eyes were red.
"If our brothers saw you in the underworld, they wouldn't be able to rest in peace!"
"I'm living a good life now. I have meat and wine every day. What's there to worry about?" Master Luo sighed.
"I was worried about you. I was afraid you'd cause trouble in the shelter. If you did, no one would clean it up for you."
"It's a good thing that you've finally passed the Walker's Trial and advanced to a Grade 4 Mechanic, so I'm relieved. As a Grade 4 Mechanic, as long as you don't make any mistakes, you'll only be locked up for a few days at most."
"Tell me, were you sent out as soon as you came out of the detention room?"
Su Li gave a hollow laugh and didn't answer. In the past few years, he had spent more time in the confinement room than outside.
"Since you don't want to go back, how about I help you move to a safer place?" Su Li asked.
"New Moon Town should have been destroyed by the remnants of the Xu family's Bloodline Vengeance. Blackstone Town seems to have offended them too. I'm worried that the Xu family will take revenge on us!"
Master Luo stroked his beard and shook his head.
"The Xu family has already destroyed New Moon Town. The warning has been given. They won't do anything to the shelters here. Otherwise, once the Black Steel Shelter and Quicksand Shelter work together, they'll be uprooted no matter how deep they hide."
"Moreover, Situ is about to reach Tier 3. With the Mechanical Armament, he won't be weak even among Tier 3. The Xu family won't have many Tier 3 and above members left. They won't expose themselves easily."
"We won't stay here for long. We'll leave tomorrow or the day after. I don't know when I'll come back again. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Master Luo shook his head. Just when he was about to refuse, he suddenly paused and shouted,
"Shiyi!"
Luo Shiyi, who had been waiting outside, pushed the door open and stood in front of the two.
"He is?"
Su Li could tell at a glance that Luo Shiyi wasn't human. He was just a robot. He couldn't figure out what his brother was thinking.
"He's Little Monkey's bodyguard robot." Master Luo said slowly.
"After that, I went to the ruins again. The battlefield had already been cleaned up. I only found Little Monkey's robot. When I found him, he kept repeating 'Shiyi'. I didn't know what it meant, so I brought him back and named him Luo Shiyi after me."
"In those years, he was protecting the little monkey, and in these years, he has been protecting me. The parts in his body are almost worn out to the limit. If you can persuade the little girl named Tanqiu to help Eleven replace the old parts in his body, you will be doing me a favor."
"If you don't have spare parts, you can ask Situ for them. He still has a bunch of junk in his personal storage. You can make do with it."
"Okay, I'll go find her now!" Su Li stood up and was about to leave.
"Wait." Master Luo suddenly called him.
"That guy called Qi Yuan, if he goes to the gathering point near the Black Steel Shelter, you can take care of him. He might be able to help you in the future."
"Help me?" Su Li was obviously stunned. "Isn't he a stage 1 aptitude user?"
As a stage 4 mechanic, Su Li obviously never had such thoughts. A stage 1 aptitude user was not even considered cannon fodder in the shelter.
"He's stage 1 now, but he might not be stage 1 in the future. If you continue to delay like this, it won't be long before he catches up to you." Master Luo said slowly.
Su Li's mouth twitched.
"Even if you want to provoke me and make me stronger, you don't have to say that. I'm already a stage 4 aptitude user. Even if he's a genetic warrior, there's no way he can catch up to me."
Master Luo smiled.
"I'm not provoking you. I've always been a good judge of character."
At the entrance of Black Stone Town.
Qi Yuan was riding on the modified Iron Wolf and carrying Death Reaper. Just as he was about to leave Black Stone Town, Situ suddenly appeared at the entrance.
"Leader Situ, are you going to send me off?" Qi Yuan said with a smile.
"Researcher Tanqiu wants to see you." Situ said slowly.
"Someone gave her your DNA sample!"
Qi Yuan's pupils shrank. He finally realized what he had been ignoring. In this new era where genetic warriors existed, a little bit of blood was enough to decipher a lot of information.
And now, the new researcher had her eyes on him.
Qi Yuan was not sure how much information the DNA sample could reveal about him. However, he knew that the existence of his talent tree could not be exposed. Otherwise, he would definitely become a lab rat.
"You don't have to be afraid. They don't have any bad intentions and won't cause you any harm." Situ explained.
Situ's comforting words did not make Qi Yuan lower his guard. A trace of anger appeared in his heart.
"Who did it?"
No one was willing to be studied by others.
Situ did not know whether it was good or bad that Qi Yuan had made contact with Researcher Tanqiu because of his DNA sample. However, he quickly realized that this was a chance to resolve the misunderstanding between them and get closer to Qi Yuan.
"I don't know either. However, I will investigate this matter and give you an explanation." Situ said in a deep voice.
Qi Yuan did not say anything else. He could still resist against Situ, but against two stage 4 aptitude users, he had no chance of escaping. He could only get off the Iron Wolf and go with Situ to meet the researcher from the Black Steel Shelter.