The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

"Due to the influence of the 'Black Mud' assimilation parasite, the 'heart' of this strange cat is moving too fast, and the effect of the strange energy interference suppression is weakening!"

"It...it's really about to break through to the sixth tier! The ghost energy readings are skyrocketing!" The monitoring team member's voice trembled with despair.

The monster seemed to be completely enraged. Its eerie green eyes locked onto Yang Yuxin, who was temporarily unable to fight. Its enormous body, with an aura of crushing everything, strode forward with its deformed limbs and thundered toward her.

Everything in its path, from overturned sofas to broken pillars, was easily smashed by it, and the shadow of death instantly loomed over Yang Yuxin!

"Cover Captain Yang! Hold it off!"

The team members, their eyes bloodshot with rage, rushed forward without regard for anything else, unleashing the full power of their disruptive energy field and pouring out their firepower.

However, the phantom bullets and phantom explosives hit the black mud as if they had sunk into the sea, and the interference field was teetering on the brink of collapse under the monster's frenzied phantom energy impact, unable to stop its advance at all.

At that critical moment, when everyone thought Yang Yuxin was doomed—

"Boom——!!!"

A deafening roar, far more muffled and heavy than any previous explosion, suddenly emanated from the ornately decorated ceiling of the auction hall.

Then, to everyone's utter horror, a large section of the ceiling, covered with heavy plaster reliefs and a metal frame, collapsed as if struck by an invisible giant hammer. Concrete fragments, broken steel bars, and twisted chandelier debris rained down like a meteor shower.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, a tall, aloof figure, like a god descending to earth, descended straight down from the collapsed hole, carrying an oppressive aura that was suffocatingly terrifying.

It landed precisely between the mutated cat and Yang Yuxin.

"boom!!!"

The heavy thud seemed to strike everyone's heart, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread several meters across the solid marble floor from the point of impact.

As the smoke and dust dissipated, Shen Ge's cold, expressionless face was revealed. His casual suit was slightly disheveled from the collapse and fall, and even had some dust on it, but the terrifying, eerie energy emanating from him—as condensed and vast as an abyss, far exceeding the fifth rank—instantly plunged the entire bloody and chaotic hall into an eerie silence.

The mutated cat, charging wildly, seemed to have its momentum abruptly halted, as if pressed pause. For the first time, a primal, almost fearful, alertness flickered in its eerie green eyes. The black sludge writhing wildly on its body also momentarily froze.

Seventh level!

This is an absolute crushing defeat on a matter of life level!

But the cat's reaction surprised Shen Ge. Logically speaking, the cat's remaining consciousness only had the primal instinct for food and supernatural power, so it was impossible for it to have a reaction of "fear".

However, when he appeared, because he had not yet deactivated his special state, the seventh-order ghost energy he emitted could not be concealed in time. It was like an invisible hand slapping towards the ghost cat, forcing it to "retreat".

"This strange cat... is quite interesting," Shen Ge mused.

Xiao Qi chimed in, "Master, I detected that the energy fluctuations within its body are indeed somewhat different from those of ordinary fifth-tier monsters. The energy intensity is higher, which may be related to the attached 'black mud.' I'm currently analyzing it, so please don't kill it too quickly."

"..." Killed too quickly?
Listen, is this human talk?
This strange cat almost wiped out Yang Yuxin's team, but in Shen Ge's hands, it became something used for data analysis, reminding people not to kill too quickly.

"Captain Shen... Captain Shen Ge!" Yang Yuxin, who had survived the ordeal, looked at the familiar figure in front of her and her voice trembled with excitement.

"Captain Shen!" The communication channel erupted with the team members' ecstatic shouts of relief and relief after surviving the ordeal.

Shen Ge's gaze swept across the chaotic, slaughterhouse-like hall, over Xiao Zhao, who was lying on the ground seriously injured and whose life was unknown, over the bloody wounds and pale faces of his team members, and finally settled on the mutated cat that exuded an ominous black mud smell.

His eyes were so cold they could freeze your soul.

He didn't move, and the strange cat seemed afraid to move as well.

This allowed Xiao Qi to complete the data analysis and collection, and she then said to Shen Ge, "Master, the data collection is complete, we can get started now."

"Target confirmed. Tier 5 mutant, assimilating parasitic symbiotic structure." Shen Ge's voice was calm and even, yet carried an undeniable authority, clearly reaching the communicators of every member of the special operations force. "'Strange Energy Resonance Jammer' continues to maintain maximum power suppression to disperse its parasitic activity. Everyone else, do everything in your power to protect the survivors and clear out the surrounding threats."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Ge had already moved!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, only an extremely fast afterimage!
Sensing an unprecedented and deadly crisis, the mutated cat let out a shriek mixed with rage and fear. All its tentacles danced wildly, like a giant black thorn jungle, as it simultaneously attacked Shen Ge. Furthermore, it once again condensed that terrifying torrent of black monstrous energy in its mouth.

However, in front of Shen Ge, all of this seemed so... slow!
His figure moved like a ghost through the dense tentacles' attacks, each tiny dodge perfectly executed, the tentacles carrying destructive power unable to even touch the hem of his clothes.

He didn't even need to activate his Ghost Domain; he completely overwhelmed the monster that had put Yang Yuxin's team in a difficult battle, relying solely on his physical speed and perception.

"Little Seven," Shen Ge called out in a low voice.

"Understood, Master!" Little Seven's voice carried a hint of excitement, clearly excited about "capturing" the new species.

"Control of the 'Corrupted Blood Tentacle' is complete. Target: Expose the core area of ​​the head!"

Just as the black torrent from the mutated cat's mouth was about to burst forth, Shen Ge's figure suddenly appeared beside its massive head!

He pointed his fingers like knives, his fingertips swirling with a layer of dark red, highly refined energy. Seemingly casually, he made a light stroke towards the writhing black mud on the monster's head!
"laugh--!"

A subtle yet incredibly sharp dark red glint flashed by!
The black mud covering the core area was instantly sliced ​​open like a hot knife through butter, revealing the disgusting, viscous flesh and blood beneath, which was pulsating wildly like a heart and trying to move.

It's now!

Behind Shen Ge, the space seemed to distort slightly, and in an instant, more than a dozen slender tentacles, dark red in color and with strange red veins flowing on their surface, emerged like venomous snakes from the void, moving at a speed that exceeded the limits of visual perception.

"puff!"

With unparalleled precision, the dark red, putrid tentacles, like the most advanced surgical instruments, pierced the exposed "heart" in an instant, and a powerful suction force erupted from the tip of the tentacles.

"squeak--!!!"

The mutated cat let out an unprecedented, shrill, and distorted scream. Its entire massive body convulsed and spasmed violently, and the black sludge covering its body rolled wildly like boiling water, trying to break free of the cat's body in a final counterattack.

But would Shen Ge give it that chance?
His eyes sharpened, and a thought flickered in his mind.

Everyone present only saw a blur before Shen Ge's eyes, and the terrifying cat was completely dismembered, packed into boxes, and its different limbs locked in a bizarre container. All in a single glance!
The terrifying monster, which had just been so ferocious that it had forced Yang Yuxin's team to the brink of death and even threatened to break through to the sixth rank, was now like a spineless dead dog, dismembered and imprisoned.

The head was not "dead"; its eerie green eyes were dull and lifeless, and only a faint whimper remained.

The black sludge covering its body had also lost its activity, flowing slowly like viscous asphalt in the eerie container, no longer wriggling.

The entire auction hall fell into a deathly silence.

Only the ghastly green light of the emergency lights illuminated the shattered luxury, the congealed bloodstains, and the figure standing like a demon beside a pile of bizarre containment boxes.

Let alone how the "dismemberment" was accomplished, no one present could clearly see where Shen Ge "conjured" so many bizarre containment boxes from.

Shen Ge withdrew his rotting blood tentacles, looked at the bizarre containment box beside him, and calmly said into the communicator: "Target suppressed. Core symbiote structure integrity 83%, possessing value for live research. Notify logistics department, the 'Live Sample Recovery Team' may enter the site."

As soon as Shen Ge finished speaking, He Youwei's almost frenzied cheers came through the communication channel: "Perfect! A complete, live sample! Captain Shen, you're simply a god!"

At this moment, Li Xiang's disdainful voice came through the communication channel: "You said this to me yesterday when I developed the device to suppress supernatural energy."

"..."

"..."

After a brief silence, Jiang Peiwen's voice rang out first: "The recovery team will arrive within three minutes. Maintain target suppression and be aware of the possibility of secondary activation of the parasite."

“Uh, it’s unlikely to be reactivated, because Captain Shen’s method of handling it was very safe. He… dismembered the other party and put them into different strange containers.” At this moment, the anti-paranormal agent in Yang Yuxin’s team, who was in charge of communications, immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said.

Currently, apart from a very few anti-monster organizations, there are very few beings in the world capable of imprisoning fully-formed monsters of the fifth rank or above.

Although the Special Operations Department of Fukushima City has mastered such technology, the strange containment chambers are only available at the headquarters of the Special Operations Department and the Quanlongshan Base.

Such portable containment devices for strange entities cannot possibly contain entities of level four or higher. Therefore, Shen Ge's method is indeed the "safest" and most effective approach.

The supernatural is not easy to kill, let alone a high-level supernatural. Therefore, even if Shen Ge dismembers the other party, he can make the supernatural "come back to life" through special means, such as injecting supernatural energy or fusion of samples.

Shen Ge withdrew his gaze from the strange containment box, looked around, and saw that the still-shaken tycoons in his sights were shrinking back. Then he looked at Yang Yuxin, who was being helped up by his team members, and asked, "Xiao Yang, what's the casualty situation?"

Yang Yuxin was tallying the casualties, while the rest of the team was cleaning up the battlefield and "containing" everything related to the supernatural, including the auction items.

Yang Yuxin was staring at the tablet in her hand, reporting the casualties to Shen Ge. When she subconsciously looked up at him, her pupils suddenly contracted: "Captain Shen! Watch out behind you!"

"boom!"

Gunshots rang out in the empty hall. Shen Ge didn't even turn his head. A blood-corroded tentacle extended from his shoulder. With a backhand grab, the specially made ghost energy bullet that had been shot at his back was pinched between his fingers. The metal shell casing twisted and deformed rapidly under the suppression of the red mist ghost energy.

There was an uproar.

Zhou Hongyu was holding a strangely shaped pistol, smoke still rising from the muzzle. The real estate tycoon's face was contorted in a grotesque expression, his suit stained with wine and blood. Most terrifyingly, two basketball-sized "tumors" had appeared on either side of his neck, as if something was about to sprout from them.

The head that was originally in the middle of his head, now contorted in a ferocious grimace, roared hysterically, "That's my auction item! A piece of cybernetic equipment worth a billion! What right does your Special Operations Department have—"

His words stopped abruptly.

Shen Ge was already standing in front of him at some point, her gaze taking in the two "tumors" on his body with great interest, as if admiring an old friend she hadn't seen in a long time.

Before the auction began, Shen Ge, Yang Yuxin, and others scanned the attendees and confirmed that Zhou Hongyu was not initially a "weirdo".

At this moment, he developed twelve artificial, bizarre cells unique to monsters, giving him "three heads and six arms," ​​which is quite intriguing.

Shen Ge was standing expressionless in front of Zhou Hongyu, but the chilling killing intent emanating from her caused Zhou Hongyu's bladder to instantly lose control, and pale yellow liquid flowed down his custom-made trousers onto his shiny leather shoes.

"Chairman Zhou."

Shen Ge's voice was soft, yet it caused the temperature in the entire hall to drop sharply: "I think what you need right now is a mirror, rather than an ordinary piece of supernatural equipment."

?

Zhou Hongyu not only didn't understand what Shen Ge was talking about, but he also didn't know why he was looking so strange.

In fact, he was completely clueless as to why he had just shot Shen Ge, or even where the gun came from.

"I...I'm a major Nintendo Switch user! I'm a contributor to the economy of Fuzhou—"

"boom!"

Another gunshot rang out, but this time it came from the entrance.

Everyone turned to look, and saw Zhang Hu leading a fully armed special operations team into the hall. The shot he had just fired was a warning shot into the air.

"Special operations department, everyone, put your hands behind your heads and squat down!" Zhang Hu's roar was deafening.

where?
Shen Ge scanned his surroundings, clearly trying to find out who was behind turning Zhou Hongyu into a monster in just over ten minutes.

The fact that the bald captain of "Rock" Security Company was able to forcibly activate the teleportation device and escape under the suppression of his Ghost Domain already confirmed the relationship between "Rock" and the Twelve Branches.

Before that, Shen Ge had not noticed the presence of any strange people in the room. Zhou Hongyu's sudden transformation meant that the person behind the scenes might not have left yet.

"Seal off the scene," Shen Ge ordered directly.

These words stunned many wealthy businessmen.

They thought that with the arrival of the main force of the Special Operations Department, they could leave safely, but Shen Ge's words had "locked" them up here.

Who would dare object at this point? The man before them was someone who could wield absolute power in Rong City, and whose every decision could determine life and death! (End of Chapter)