Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 43 Chaotic Memories

Only after everything had settled down did the special operations team from the countermeasures bureau arrive late.

This is not due to organizational bloat causing slow response times, but rather because sufficient time is needed to prepare the necessary items.

The negative mental fluctuations emitted by the mask when the wearer is near death will leave an echo at the scene. Depending on the strength of the wearer's mental power, it may take one to five years for the echo to completely dissipate.

Reverberation can easily affect a person's mental state, just like a person who lives in a cemetery for many years will never have a good spirit.

The special operations team's main task is to deal with the remnants left behind by monsters or people.

Although the members of the special operations team are all elites from various military units, unfortunately, they are no different from lambs to the slaughter when faced with certain special and bizarre situations.

Sometimes, the negative energy generated by the appearance of monsters alone can drive these people insane.

Moreover, this time it involves a man with a thousand faces, whose spiritual attainments are definitely among the top in the world.

He only needs to leave a tiny trick in the brain of his masked subordinate to easily drive all ordinary people within a five-kilometer radius insane.

Of course, generally speaking, a person with a thousand faces wouldn't do that.

But who would dare risk their life to bet that he hadn't left any backup plans?

You can win a dozen or even dozens of times, but if you fall for it just once, you're completely finished.

This time, they not only had to deal with the aftershocks, but also investigate why Gao Bin's bio-armor had lost signal.

They needed to be fully prepared, which is why they arrived so slowly.

Three armored vehicles were lined up outside the warehouse.

A group of people jumped off the vehicle; they were wearing special protective suits that resembled military uniforms.

This protective suit is a lower-grade product of the bio-armor and can be used by anyone. It can isolate pollution to a certain extent.

They quickly set up a cordon around the warehouse, placing a dark green cylindrical object every ten meters or so to completely surround it.

Among a group of people in navy blue protective suits, the man in shorts, a short-sleeved shirt, and slippers stood out, even though he was wearing a similar jacket.

This made him look somewhat out of place.

A single jacket is not enough to conceal the fresh and refined charm of flip-flops.

It's like a husky mixed in with a pack of wolves, and this husky is the leader of the pack—it looks very awkward.

"Captain He, the armor is still not responding."

One of the team members was holding a tablet and said...

"Captain He?"

The teammate next to him repeated the sentence.

He Jun then turned to look at him: "Spit it out. Do I have to answer you before you'll continue?"

"Yes!"

The team member, unperturbed by the scolding, continued his analysis with his tablet: "Based on the on-site analysis, the signal from the bio-engineered armor is extremely weak. Although there are remnants of the mask in the warehouse, the main body is nowhere to be found. It is speculated that the target has likely already left. Please give your next instructions!"

"Stay put. I'm going in to check the situation. No one is allowed to come in without my permission within ten minutes."

He Jun, who was originally observing the details of the clues around the warehouse, became too lazy to continue after being interrupted by this, and went straight to the side door of the warehouse.

He Jun did not rush to check on the person lying on the ground, but instead took out white gloves from his coat pocket and put them on.

He slowly walked around the warehouse wall, carefully observing any places where human traces had been left.

"Tsk, just as I thought. These five people, number 1, 2, and 3, should be a group." He Jun quickly concluded after briefly examining the five corpses with gloves on.

After examining the five corpses, he went to the unconscious Wang Dafu and glanced at him with his watch.

"The level of mental corruption is very low, so the mask should not have been used many times."

After checking everyone, He Jun walked to Gao Bin's side, picked up the box containing the armor core, and then examined Xu Zhihai's body.

"Judging from the direction of the incision, the carotid artery was cut open; it should have been done from behind. Was it Gao Bin who did it?"

He Jun frowned; this result was slightly different from the conclusion he had deduced from the scene.

"That means that besides the masked person who escaped, the six corpses on the ground, and the two unconscious people, there is at least one other person at the scene."

The ability to extract the core from Gao Bin's body is something no ordinary mask could accomplish, so the person who performed the surgery must be of a higher level than the other two masks.

Based on the bloodstains outside the warehouse, one of the masked individuals must have escaped.

If the masked person who escaped killed the person performing the surgery, it's impossible that they wouldn't have brought the armored core with them.

It's impossible that Gao Bin drove him away.

If Gao Bin injured the person who had escaped first, and then was ambushed, tied up, and had the core removed from the operating table, then that person wouldn't have needed to escape.

You said that Gao Bin ambushed and killed one of the people who were having surgery and the one who had escaped while they were chatting, and then forced the other person to leave?
Don't be ridiculous. If you can run away, why would you be afraid of someone who's been gutted without his Bio-Armor?

After finishing everything, He Jun opened the box again to check the condition of the core.

"Can't you at least check on the wounded first?" Gao Bin, whose body lay on the ground, suddenly spoke up.

"Oh, not pretending anymore? I could tell you were faking it the moment you walked in."

"Who knows if the person who came in is friend or foe?" Gao Bin muttered through gritted teeth.

He Jun then squatted down in front of him and gave him a catalyst injection, a drug specifically prepared for users of the bio-armor.

It can achieve rapid healing of injuries by activating a small portion of the armor distributed within the human body.

Just like Rong Momo's needles, one prick and you're instantly refreshed.

After administering the catalyst, He Jun examined Gao Bin's injuries. "Live dissection? This guy's methods are really that unconventional?"

"Isn't that obvious? How many normal people can be behind a mask?" Gao Bin, whose pain had subsided, spoke with a more relaxed tone than before.

"They used debuff bombs?"

"Otherwise what?" Gao Bin said irritably, putting his arm around He Jun's shoulder.

"How many people were in the warehouse at the time?" He Jun helped Gao Bin out of the warehouse, and the nearby special operations team members immediately ran over with a stretcher and put him on the stretcher.

After He Jun waved to indicate that everything was alright, they dispersed and then began cleaning up the scene with various impressive-looking but unfamiliar instruments.

"Everyone except the masked one who ran away is here. As for the identities of the people on the ground, I believe you can tell even if I don't tell you."

Gao Bin lay on his back on the stretcher.

Great, now my vacation can be extended for a while longer.

"Impossible, there must be other people at the scene."

While Gao Bin was lost in the pleasant fantasy of a vacation, He Jun said firmly, "Many things don't make sense if there isn't a fourth party involved."

"Mask, me, and those five who came to kidnap people, where did this fourth group come from?" Gao Bin couldn't help but roll his eyes.

He Jun asked, "Putting aside those five who barged in and kidnapped people, why do you think you're here?"

"It's for investigating masks, what else could it be for?"

Seeing Gao Bin's blank expression, as if he wasn't thinking at all, He Jun sensed something was wrong.

At this point, Gao Bin should have recounted everything he had experienced in detail to help him organize and analyze the details, but he was completely uncooperative.

"I think you were seduced here."

He Jun quietly put his hand into his pocket and pinched something that looked like a ballpoint pen.

"Yeah, it was Wang Dafu who deliberately brought me here, so what?"

Gao Bin spoke with absolute certainty.

He Jun did not respond.

"Since they brought you here with a purpose, what is their purpose, the bio-engineered armor?" He Jun sorted out his thoughts and began to deduce.

"No matter what their purpose is, they shouldn't let you go, but you're still alive and well."

"It's definitely armor; my chest has been ripped open. And besides, are you hoping I'll die?"

Gao Bin's brain resisted answering questions about what happened in the warehouse, and he involuntarily changed the subject.

He Jun had already noticed this, and continued, "The Corruption Bomb isn't something every mask can use. If you get hit by it, you're just a helpless fish."

"I barely escaped the knife wound after a surge of adrenaline."

Seeing his colleagues deny him so vehemently, Gao Bin couldn't help but speak up in his defense.

Having probed this far, He Jun was now completely certain that Gao Bin was in trouble.

"Gao Bin, haven't you realized it yet? There's something wrong with your memory."

He Jun looked at him very seriously.

"No, I remember everything perfectly."

"Tell me, how did Wang Dafu, who was handcuffed, fall unconscious? Why didn't the masked man who escaped finish you off? If their goal was your armor, why didn't they take the core with them when they left?"

He Jun pressed Gao Bin's head down firmly, staring directly into his eyes: "You come and explain yourself, you thousand-faced man!"

(End of this chapter)