Half an hour later, the man walked out.

After confirming his current location, Liu Fusheng pushed his glasses and walked alone towards a familiar place in his memory.

Shortly after he left, blood slowly spread under the door.

A bloodshot eye appeared behind the cat's eyes, peeping at the outside world.

...

...

It was already noon when Xia Ren and the others returned home.

Lily trotted to meet her. Although she had grown a lot of her appearance, her movements and IQ remained the same as when she was two or three years old in a short period of time. It seemed that it would take some time to adapt.

Touching Lily's head, the green seaweed-like wavy hair feels soft and it is still as comfortable to touch.

Qin Yun was watching TV. When she heard the movement, she turned to look at Xia Ren, smiled at her, put down the sweater that had not been finished in her hand, and said, "I'll prepare lunch."

"Sister Qin Yun, I'll help you."

After all, Bai lived here and snatched the place where he originally slept. Xiuxiu felt a little embarrassed and wanted to go over and help.

Without taking two steps, he was attracted by a news broadcast on TV.

"According to the police's notice, the number of forest fire victims in Jianghe City has reached 22, and there are 230 people injured to varying degrees and are actively rescued. At around 11 o'clock last night, a fire broke out in a forest around Jianghe City. A small town next to the fire point had no time to evacuate, and the fire swept overwhelmed and affected several houses. According to many witnesses, several huge dark red lightning flashes fell from the sky that night, followed by violent explosions. Some experts issued a statement saying that this may be the extreme weather caused by local climate change. The fire has not yet been extinguished, and the cause of the fire is under further investigation."

In the TV screen, thick smoke continued to rise to the sky, a raging fire was still burning, and the trees passing by turned into pitch black coke.

Liu Xiuxiu stared at the TV screen, a little stunned.

"This kind of fire is indeed prone to occur in autumn." Qin Yun sighed.

Jianghe City and Jupiter City are both Luohua Metropolis. The mountain forest covers a large area. Such news appears every summer and autumn, which is not surprising. However, forest fires that cause so many casualties are relatively rare.

Liu Xiuxiu was still in a daze.

Xia Ren felt something was wrong, so he stepped forward and patted his shoulder: "What's wrong?"

"Red lightning, fire..."

Liu Xiuxiu seemed to be a little dazed. He ignored Xia Ren's words, took out the black mobile phone dedicated to the investigator, entered a few paragraphs on it, and then sent it.

Xia Ren noticed that his hands were shaking.

"What the hell is going on?"

While asking this sentence, the black phone vibrated and Liu Xiuxiu’s question just now had feedback.

There is only one sentence on the screen.

[The hunting mission failed, the foundation is searching for surviving investigators.]

"The mission...failed..."

Xia Ren also saw the text on the screen. Combined with the news I just saw and Liang Wan's departure some time ago, he instantly understood what happened.

"That apostle is in Jianghe City. For this mission, including Liang Wan, the foundation sent four A-level investigators alone, but it still failed..."

Xiuxiu pulled Xia Ren's forearm, leaned her head against his arm, and kept sobbing.

Unlike other infected bodies, the apostles are extremely dangerous and have great harm to human society. If they want to kill them, the foundation must pay a huge price and cannot guarantee success rate.

When Liang Wan went, Xiuxiu was mentally prepared. Even if she successfully hunted the apostles, the investigators participating in the mission were slim, let alone failure.

He had known this for a long time, and it would be difficult for his sister to come back regardless of success or not.

But there is always someone to do this, just like the foundation headquarters stands in the center of the largest desert on Blue Star, far away from the world, but its responsibility is to protect the world.

When faced with danger, someone always needs to stand up, just like the words on the door.

【We contain, we protect!】

They are everywhere and have a huge influence in secret, but they can never enter the vision of ordinary people and enjoy glory, because when the foundation is forced to be revealed, it will inevitably be the day when disaster for all mankind comes.

"He is..."

Qin Yun looked at Xiuxiu who was crying constantly, and didn't understand what happened suddenly to make him so sad.

Xia Ren whispered: "That Liang Wan, and your nephew."

Qin Yun then remembered the A-level investigator she had been here some time ago. She thought she left as if she wanted to kill her nephew.

His mood was a little complicated, and Qin Yun didn't know how to comfort Xiuxiu at this time.

If Xia Ren was in her position, he would probably say, "Although your sister is dead, my nephew is still alive."

But Qin Yun felt that at least at this point, she could never be influenced by Xia Ren.

Lily stood aside and looked at the scene curiously.

With her little head, she still cannot understand the sadness and is even less clear about the meaning of tears to people.

"Hungry."

She pulled Qin Yun's neck of clothes and said with her head raised.

In the past, I should have been cooking.

"Then I'll go cook first."

Qin Yun whispered to Xia Ren.

No matter how sad you are, you always have to eat.

Xiuxiu ate a bowl of rice and it tasted salty.

"I'm going to have a look."

After dinner, he sat on the sofa and wiped away his tears.

Lily was mopping the floor and didn't care about the situation here.

Qin Yun looked between him and Xia Ren, sighed silently, picked up the needle and thread of knitting the sweater, and made the hands and steps of the sweater.

Xia Ren did not respond. When the other party said this, he had already made a decision in his heart. Even if he persuaded him, it would be useless.

"I'm leaving."

Xiuxiu stood up.

"Wait a minute."

Seeing that he was carrying his schoolbag for the whole morning, Xia Ren hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Don't you have to tell the foundation?"

He knew that the other party had observed that his task was not over yet, and leaving his post so arbitrary would definitely have problems.

"I am so in this way, I have lost the qualification to become an investigator."

After saying this, he left without looking back.

Xia Ren knew that from a moment ago, Liu Xiuxiu completely betrayed the foundation.

She is too emotional.

If it is understandable that she was unable to integrate into the role of Liu Xiuxiu because of her disgust of pollution, which made her see through herself and always remained vigilant against him, it is understandable that not everyone is born to be an actor.

But since she learned yesterday that she was also polluted, her personality disadvantages were exposed.

She was desperate to end the task quickly, but because Xia Ren was always on guard against her, most of the time they spent in daily life. Even the battle with the ghoul cubs yesterday was sent to the outside of the basement, and there was little chance to really get to know Xia Ren.

After getting clues from Zhang Xiang and Xia Ren's parents this morning, he could have reported the matters of the Demon City to the foundation and handed over to other investigators for handling, but he did not do so. Instead, he told Xia Ren directly, just like he wanted him to go to the Demon City to do more things and show more strength.

Now the news of the failure to hunt the apostle reached his ears, igniting the long-established pressure, and she planned to give up on herself.

Xia Ren didn't know what the consequences would be for the betrayal foundation, but he knew that Liu Xiuxiu had no way back when she went there.

He suddenly remembered what Huang Qiuyuan often said, and it felt very suitable for his current mood.

“It’s better to be simpler.”

There were no outsiders in the living room, so Xia Ren calmed down and prepared to go to the study to code today's update first.

As soon as he walked to the door, he realized a problem.

Liu Xiuxiu left, and his contact with the foundation would be cut off in a short period of time, which means that he could no longer use the foundation's resources.

So what should I do with Zhao Rou's surgery?

One of the indispensable items in his original plan was the memory elimination spray.
Chapter completed!