My citizenship is at risk

Chapter 196: Suppression Begins, Safety Cut Off (7k)

Because the next extermination would have to wait until the day after tomorrow, Chu Mu and the other two, after being received by Paris, moved into the reception arranged by the Security Agency, planning to stay in Jibing City for two days, waiting for the day when the wormhole would open.

On the other side, Xu Yuncan and the other four had finished reading the information about the forbidden martial arts "Snow Demon Martial Arts" in the Jibing City Police Department. Before leaving, they came to the reception desk of Chu Mu and the other two to say goodbye to them.

"Have you found the clue?" Chu Mu couldn't help but ask curiously as he looked at Xu Yuncan, whose expression had become calm.

"Yes." Xu Yuncan nodded. "The forbidden skills are different from normal skills. They cannot be transmitted through the virtual network. Otherwise, they will be monitored and located, and the spreader will be arrested immediately."

"Therefore, communicators can only spread the exercises offline, which means that there must be real-life intersections between communicators and those being spread."

"Not only did Jibing City give me the relevant information about the Snow Demon Martial Arts, they also gave me the relevant information about three wanted criminals who were suspected of practicing the Snow Demon Martial Arts in Jibing City."

"Through these materials, I have found some clues. I plan to go to the police stations in other cities to verify them." Xu Yuncan said calmly, "The characteristics of the Snow Demon Martial Arts itself determine that it will not be too difficult to catch these guys."

"What characteristics?" Chu Mu became curious.

There is a corresponding reason why each forbidden martial art becomes a forbidden martial art. For example, the Evil Blood Cult that we encountered before, their martial art "Blood Refining Martial Arts" requires the absorption of human blood to practice.

"Snow Demon Martial Arts" must have some negative effects that the alliance cannot accept, which is why it is listed as a taboo.

"Star warriors who practice the Snow Demon Martial Arts will gradually transform from humans into snow demons over time." Xu Yuncan introduced, "Their appearance features are snow-white hair and skin, well-developed muscles, scarlet eyes, sharp fangs, brutal temperaments, and fear of light."

"After becoming like this, he is no longer a normal human being, so this kind of martial arts is banned." Xu Yuncan shook his head helplessly.

"According to the currently known information, the transformation caused by the Snow Demon Martial Arts is irreversible. It not only changes a person's appearance, but also changes the meridians in the body of the star warrior. Therefore, once you practice it, even switching to other techniques will become a luxury."

"The only way to suppress it is to never practice."

"But who would be willing to give up the power they have obtained?"

At this point, there was some silence in the room.

"Departments in the Nordic Province have been spreading the word about the disadvantages of the Snow Demon Martial Arts almost door to door, trying to curb its spread in this way." Yu Qianqian said softly, "But in order to lower the vigilance of those being spread, the spreaders will package the Snow Demon Martial Arts as other martial arts."

"It's worthy of being a two-star mission. It's much more difficult than the previous one-star mission." Tu Shanming touched his chin, "Fortunately, what we have to do is not to uproot the spreader organization, but just find a spreader."

If the task is to uproot the entire organization, the difficulty of the task is simply not something that a warrior in the Void Realm can bear.

"In that case, you guys hurry up." Chu Mu's expression became serious, "I shouldn't have any big problems here. We can finish it after we help to destroy the star beasts the day after tomorrow."

"Our two teams will keep in touch at all times. Once my mission is completed, the three of us will come find you."

"If anything happens during the mission or you need help, you can contact us at any time."

"Okay." Xu Yuncan nodded without being polite.

Although the troops were divided into two groups, they were already companions, and dividing them too clearly would be detrimental to unity.

Without much greeting, Xu Yuncan and his three companions quickly left Jibing City in a flying vehicle and began to track down the clues.
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Nordic Province, West England.

On an empty street, two figures fought at an extremely fast speed. In a blink of an eye, dozens of rounds had passed. The surging source power swept in all directions, and the biting cold air covered everything around with a layer of ice crystals.

"boom--"

With a dull thud, one of them punched the other hard in the chest. The latter stopped moving abruptly, his eyes bulged out, blood flowed from all his orifices, and he flew backwards and hit the wall heavily. Soon he was completely silent.

Dead people.

"Oh, so this is all you are capable of, Kgni." The murderer smiled coldly, his eyes full of joy and madness after revenge.

The hideous and terrifying face of the deceased gradually overlapped with the ferocious look of the man who had oppressed him in the past, making him unable to help but laugh heartily towards the sky.

"Hahaha... Snow God bless you!" The murderer laughed, muttered something, and subconsciously put on his hood to cover his pale face.

The sunlight made him feel a little uncomfortable.

The wide cloak completely enveloped his body in darkness. The murderer left the gradually cooling corpse on the roadside waiting for others to discover it, and walked away along the deserted street, humming as he went.

His footsteps were light and erratic, and each step he took covered a distance of dozens of meters. He walked from the remote suburbs to the even more remote mountains, and finally stopped in an uninhabited snowy mountain. He skillfully circled to a place on the mountainside, with his palms touching the stubborn ice, transmitting a special source of power.

The ice melted immediately, and the man quickly entered the broken hole and stepped into a cave hidden in the belly of the snow-capped mountain.

The dark, lightless environment did not make him feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, it made him feel quite comfortable.

He walked deeper into the dungeon step by step, and soon saw dozens of figures gathered together.

Most of them, like him, wore hooded cloaks or other clothing to cover their bodies, but one person was different.

Or, it is already difficult to define it as a "human being".

With his eyes closed, he calmly sat cross-legged on a stone platform in the center of the dungeon. His huge body was three meters tall when he stood up, and he gave people a strong sense of oppression even when he was sitting.

The hair that almost fell to the stone platform and the exposed skin were completely bloodless and as pale as snow. The fangs that could not be covered by the lips were exposed, making his face look particularly hideous.

However, facing such a monstrous existence, the figures gathered here had their eyes full of respect.

"Om-"

The monster sitting cross-legged on the stage suddenly opened his scarlet eyes and looked at the last man who arrived. "Barry, you are late."

"I'm sorry, God's messenger." Barry pulled the corner of his mouth, "I just used the power given by the Lord Snow God to kill the enemy who had been bullying me. I wasted a little time."

"You killed someone." The envoy frowned, with a look of displeasure in his eyes. "I should have reminded you a few days ago that you should be more cautious recently."

"Yes, yes, you reminded me." Barry nodded, "But this is probably my best chance to kill him. I have no reason to miss it, right?"

The messenger of God was silent for a moment, "This will not happen again."

He did not dwell on the issue any further, and whispered, "Take off your hats and let me see your faces."

Hearing this, everyone took off their hoods or hats that were covering their faces.

Pale faces were exposed.

The paleness of these people's faces varied in degree, and most of them even had gray hair. Compared to them, Barry, who still had brown hair, was the one who looked most like a normal person, except that his skin was slightly paler.

The envoy of God looked at each member one by one, and the pupils of everyone who looked at the envoy of God would briefly turn scarlet.

It's a way for them to confirm their identity internally.

"Okay, I will pass on the oracle of Lord Snow God." The messenger said slowly, "You have one last day to rest and recuperate. We will move at this time the day after tomorrow."

One stone stirs up a thousand ripples. As the messenger of God finished speaking, there was a chaotic discussion in the dungeon.

"Transfer?" One of them looked at the messenger, "This is too sudden. Where are we going?"

"Leave Nordic Province." The envoy paused for a moment, "As for the destination, I cannot reveal it for now."

"Anyway, we need to get out of here as soon as possible."

"God's messenger, why?" Another person showed an unwilling look, "I have so many businesses in the area, and I can't even relocate and transfer 100% of them in one day! This is too sudden!"

The others did not speak, but also expressed their incomprehension and resistance to the words of the messenger of God.

Although it was very troublesome for them to walk on the ground due to the changes in their appearance caused by the skills, this was a familiar place to them after all.

Who would be willing to go to a completely unfamiliar place without permission?
"It's okay to tell you." The envoy paused for a moment, "Because of the Beidou training camp."

"According to reliable information, the Beidou Training Camp has already designated the search and tracking of our clues as a two-star camp mission."

As soon as the words fell, the entire dungeon fell silent.

After a moment, one of them looked dazed and confused.

"That's it?"

"I've heard of the Beidou training camp, but it's just a training camp for high school students who haven't taken the college entrance exam yet."

"Although the students who can enter there are the most talented in the entire alliance, their age is there. At most, their strength is just that of those who have just entered the Soaring Realm. Can this threaten us?"

"They set us as their mission target? Then we will keep these arrogant brats here forever!"

The others nodded in agreement, and there was a hint of suspicion in their eyes when they looked at the messenger of God.

They are just a few young guys, and they have to be transferred to other provinces?
Crazy?
Can the Snow God issue such an order?

"Foolish." The envoy sighed and shook his head. "You only saw the students in the Beidou training camp, but not the teachers there. Any teacher there is a strong man in the realm of all things, and there are even some in the realm of heaven and earth."

"Do you really think that when the trainees in the training camp come out to complete the tasks, the teachers don't care and just let them complete them on their own?"

His scarlet eyes swept over everyone present, "When the students of the Beidou Training Camp are on a mission, there will be a teacher secretly following them and taking care of the finishing touches."

"If they really find our clues, what awaits us is not just a few young men, but all the strong men in the entire Nordic Province may come out in full force to surround us!"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

After a moment of silence, a woman looked at the messenger and said, "But what if someone has come to investigate us?"

"Then if we move so hastily, won't that just give them the opportunity to discover us?"

"Indeed." The envoy nodded. "We don't have much time left. We will have to move in a hurry and it will be impossible to leave no traces. This will give those who are tracking us a chance."

"So, I have to find a way to attract other people's attention."

"Only by distracting the energy of the vast majority of the strong ones can we safely leave the Nordic Province."

The envoy grinned, revealing his sharp fangs. "Our forces are currently in the Nordic Province. Other provinces are not well prepared against us. Once we enter other provinces, we will have a short period of development, and our forces will become even stronger."

"Then, God's messenger, how can we attract the attention of the strong men in the Nordic Province?" another person spoke slowly.

The messenger smiled but said nothing. "You will know the day after tomorrow."

As the messenger of God made some simple arrangements, everyone in the crypt dispersed through different passages and began to prepare for evacuation.

Barry returned along the same route and soon appeared on the hillside of the snow-capped mountain. The discomfort caused by the sunlight made him put on his hood again. Under the hood, his eyes with slightly red pupils were full of gloom.

Evacuate?

transfer?

Go to another province? He clenched his fists and returned to the same path without saying a word. After entering the city, he avoided the street where the murder had taken place before, and finally stopped in front of a somewhat old street. After a while, he pushed the door and walked into a restaurant.

"Barry is back." The middle-aged woman who was busy in the restaurant noticed the movement, looked up at the door and smiled. Years of busyness made her slim figure in her youth become mediocre, and her pretty face also had many wrinkles.

"Have you eaten yet? Ask your dad to make it for you." The middle-aged woman asked with a smile. Without waiting for Barry to answer, she turned around and shouted in the direction of the kitchen, "Beeger, beef pie!"

A muffled response came from the kitchen, and soon a middle-aged man with a hunched back came out with a plate and placed a beef pie full of aroma in front of Barry. "If that's not enough, I have more."

Barry was silent for a moment, then he picked up the best-selling beef pie in his restaurant, smelled the familiar aroma, and started chewing it.

After putting down the plate, the sturdy man did not leave, but sat opposite Barry and took out a bank card. "During this period, your mother and I have pooled some money together and borrowed some money from relatives. You can use this money to buy the skills to reach the Soaring Realm."

Barry's body suddenly stiffened, and then he said nonchalantly, "No, I'll find a way myself."

"Keep this money for yourselves."

"Barry, don't push yourself." The woman's eyes were red. "I know that bastard Kgni is abominable and often causes trouble for our family and other neighbors, so you always want to teach him a lesson, but you can't ruin your body because of this."

"Look at you." She touched Barry's cheek distressedly, "You look a little unhealthy..."

Barry dodged his mother's hand as if he had been electrocuted and swallowed the remaining beef pie whole. "I'm full."

He stood up, turned around and left, and paused slightly before leaving.

"Kegni won't cause any more trouble at home."

After saying this, Barry walked out of the restaurant without looking back, and the hesitation in his eyes turned into determination.
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"Is this the machine that triggers the wormhole?"

In the frozen snowfield of Jibing City, Chu Mu and the other two looked curiously at an instrument that was undergoing final debugging not far away.

"Yes, this is the latest one-time wormhole trigger." Paris introduced it with some pride. "It is the latest product after dozens of upgrades by the Alliance Research Institute. It will be given priority to the Security Bureau in our hunting zone."

"A wormhole trigger needs so many iterations?" Lin Changfeng stared at the instrument with a bit of disdain in his eyes.

"Of course we need it." Paris said with a serious expression, "The wormhole opening device that the alliance initially used could not determine the condition of the wormhole that was opened. It could be small, medium, or large."

“Such uncertainty has caused considerable losses and distress to the alliance, and even resulted in heavy casualties on several occasions.”

"After that, the Alliance began to iterate and update the wormhole triggering device. Although a lot of functions were added to it, the main purpose was to ensure that the wormhole level was controlled as much as possible."

“If you want small, you get small, if you want medium or large, you get medium or large.”

"Only such a wormhole trigger is what we need."

"The alliance has already achieved this?" Chu Mu couldn't help but speak.

"Um... not yet." Paris shook his head, "But it can reduce the probability of other wormholes opening."

"For example, the small wormhole trigger we are using now." Paris pointed to the one on the open space, "It has a special safety module inside, which can reduce the probability of a medium-sized wormhole opening by 90% and the probability of a large wormhole opening by 99%."

"The probability of medium-sized and large wormholes appearing is getting smaller and smaller. After it is reduced, it can almost be considered that all wormholes are small."

"So that's how it is." Chu Mu showed a look of understanding.

“So don’t worry, everyone. Basically, we open ten small wormholes every time we hunt. It’s already very unlucky to have a medium-sized wormhole appear.” Paris pointed to the three powerful people in the All Things Realm who were in position in the distance, “If it really appears, we can deal with it.”

"As for a large wormhole..." Paris shook his head, "The probability of that happening is probably even smaller than winning the lottery jackpot."

After hearing this, Chu Mu and the other two felt relieved. Together with other powerful Void Realm warriors from the Security Bureau, they kept a distance of a hundred meters from the instrument and waited quietly for the wormhole to be triggered and opened.

Soon, the final instrument debugging was completed.

The debugging personnel set the timer and left. About half a minute later, a beam of light shot out from the instrument and pierced the sky.

The void twisted suddenly, and a wormhole quickly expanded under the gaze and encirclement of everyone, and its diameter eventually reached nearly forty meters.

It is indeed a small wormhole.

Looking at the star beasts emerging from the wormhole, the people in the Security Bureau not only did not show any fear, but were excited as if it was New Year's Day.

Unlike the police stations in other areas, the salaries of the police station staff in the hunting area are very low, but there are bonuses for killing star beasts!
Hunting every three days is really like New Year's Day for them.

Looking at the members of the Security Bureau who were excitedly coming forward one by one, Chu Mu was speechless. He looked at Song Yan and Lin Changfeng beside him and said, "Let's take action too."

The mission is to assist the Security Agency in destroying the wormhole. Although everyone present looks like they don't need any help at all, they can't just sit there and watch, right?

In just a moment, the area around the wormhole became a crazy battlefield, with the sounds of fighting and the roars of star beasts blending together.

In a camp one or two kilometers away from the battlefield, several members of the security agency picked up telescopes and looked at the lively scene after the wormhole was opened, each of them showing envious expressions.

"It's a pity that I wasn't allowed to go this time." One of the men with a plaster cast sighed, "It's more painful to watch others make money than to lose money myself."

"Come on." The colleague next to him said with disdain, "You were injured during the hunt three days ago. You should just stay at home and recover from your injuries."

Several others also laughed.

“Don’t mention it, those guys from Beidou Camp are pretty good at killing star beasts.” One of them was a little surprised, “I thought these kids who have never seen a star beast would be so scared that their legs would go limp.”

"You are really looking down on others." Another person shook his head. "The Beidou training camp selects the best people of their age. If they can get in, their mental quality will not be too bad."

"Hey, it would be nice if my kid could get in there in the future."

"Just the one in your house, forget it."

"Hey, I have a bad temper..."

A few people were chatting while looking at the wormhole from a distance, feeling very comfortable. There was an extra-large transport truck parked next to them.

In the open trunk, there were nine sets of identical instruments and equipment. If Chu Mu was here, he would find that these instruments and equipment were exactly the same as the wormhole trigger just now.

These are the nine sets of equipment that will be used next.

Suddenly, the carriage shook slightly, as if something walked into the carriage, but no one outside could see anything.

A rustling sound was faintly heard in the carriage, followed by a faint and crisp "click" sound.

The carriage shook again, as if something had left.

The several security officers who were in charge of guarding the equipment did not notice anything wrong throughout the whole process.
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"We have visited the Xiying City Police Station. This is the 21st police station."

In a hotel room, Xu Yuncan and three others gathered together.

In just two days, they traveled to 21 cities in the Nordic Province and visited the police stations in all 21 cities.

At this moment, everyone's faces were filled with fatigue.

"I'm almost sick of the aircraft." Tu Shanming showed a helpless look, "This mission is really hard to complete."

Yu Qianqian nodded in agreement.

"The situation has become clearer." Xu Yuncan glanced at the people around him and his eyes fell on a stack of information in front of him.

"The person who spread the Snow Demon Martial Arts acted under the name of the 'Snow God' and called himself the 'God's Messenger'. He claimed that the transformation into a snow demon was a human evolution into a higher life form, and deceived others into practicing the forbidden martial arts."

"His most recent location is right here." Xu Yuncan pointed to the ground below him, "Xiying City."

"According to the activity tracks of wanted criminals suspected of being practitioners of the Snow Demon Martial Arts in various cities, a secret gathering of Snow Demon Martial Arts practitioners took place here recently."

Xu Yuncan opened the map of Xiying City, scanned the area, and then pointed at one of the snow-capped mountains. "It's probably here."

"Then let's go to the snowy mountains to look for clues next?" Tu Shanming asked, following up on Xu Yuncan's words.

"No need." Xu Yuncan shook his head slightly. "Various clues show that they don't have a permanent base. This is at most a temporary base. It has long been deserted, and it might alert the enemy."

"Let's check this." Xu Yuncan took out another document.

"The murder case in Xiying City?" Yu Qianqian glanced at the information and showed a surprised look, "Isn't this the case that the uncle from the police station mentioned casually? You actually borrowed the information as well."

"Yes." Xu Yuncan nodded, "This case is not simple."

"First of all, the deceased died because his heart was frozen by the deadly cold." Xu Yuncan paused, "The Snow Demon Martial Arts has the special effect of changing the characteristics of the source power. No matter what the original source power characteristics were, after practicing, they will gradually change into ice element characteristics."

"It's a possible speculation, but it's a bit far-fetched." Tu Shanming touched his chin.

"It's just that this is not enough." Xu Yuncan changed the subject, "But the biggest suspect in this case, Bali, is a star warrior who has just broken through to the Soaring Realm. His parents are trying to raise money to buy him a Soaring Realm technique, and this is not easy for their family."

"The deceased Kgeni was a scoundrel who relied on his ability to reach the Soaring Realm and liked to pick on his neighbors."

"The restaurant run by the Barry family was one of the targets of Kgni. Kgni is a very shrewd person. What he did was not illegal, but it was extremely damaging to the restaurant's business."

"Combining these clues, what do you think?"

"Could it be..." Yu Qianqian's eyes lit up, "Someone approached Barry and spread the Snow Demon Martial Arts. Barry chose to accept it because of his poor family background, and then sought revenge on Kgnir after practicing the forbidden martial arts?"

"That's right." Xu Yuncan nodded, "That's my guess."

"If that's the case, it's still very credible." Tu Shanming couldn't help but nod his head in approval, but then he thought of something and frowned slightly, "If I remember correctly, Barry should have been missing, right? The Xiying City Police Department is looking for him now."

"How does this help us?"

"Of course it helps." Xu Yuncan smiled mysteriously, "There is a fundamental difference between Bali and other practitioners of the Snow Demon Martial Arts."

"A practitioner of the Snow Demon Martial Arts will gradually abandon their human identity and emotions, but Bali's training time is very short, so he is not greatly affected."

"From his act of killing Kgni, it seems that he cares about his parents and it is impossible for him to completely sever the ties of family ties."

"So... he will be the breakthrough point for everything."

Xu Yuncan said softly, "Once we find Barry, our mission should be over soon."

Hearing this, Tu Shanming and Yu Qianqian, who were originally a little tired, couldn't help but perk up at this moment. Even Lepani, who had been sitting next to them in a daze, focused his eyes a little more.

"How to find him?" Yu Qianqian asked impatiently.

Xu Yuncan smiled slightly.

“This is actually the easiest.”

(End of this chapter)