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He saw the potential dangers behind this method, and the unbearable side effects that could affect users of gene-editing agents.

At this moment, He Ao also agreed with his idea. In the field of mysticism, all rituals are based on equivalent exchange. Whatever you gain, you must pay the corresponding 'price'.

Unfortunately, neither the old professor nor Jess had enough background in mysticism. Although they were highly talented, they did not realize the dangers behind this unknown approach and thus began their research into gene-based drugs.

However, until the very end, the old professor probably realized something, as he expressed his desire to give up the research several times during his conversations with Jess.

Unfortunately, the old professor died in an attack by cultists before he could make up his mind.

This later became one of the key factors that led Jess to eventually abandon his research on the gene serum and sell all the data to Mystic.

But once Jess got involved in this field, he couldn't really extricate himself.

Later, the mysterious man assassinated Jayce's wife and forced him to research gene-enhancing drugs for him, ultimately leading Jayce back down this path.

Heo, carrying the bone axe, walked to the door hidden in the wall.

This door was also hit in Allent's attack just now, and most of the area was deeply damaged.

There were cracks, but it did not break apart.

The shimmering purple patterns tightly bound the pebbles together, maintaining their stable shape.

He Ao reached out and stroked the patterns.

These patterns may be the method that Jess's father figured out himself to solidify the ritual after he separated from the old professor.

He didn't tell the old professor, nor did he tell Jess.

Jess has no memory of anything related to this pattern.

This proves that Jess's father carefully hid everything related to the supernatural, trying his best to keep his son away from it.

At that time, Jess's father may have realized that getting involved in this knowledge would bring trouble.

He Ao's fingers traced these lines little by little in the void.

This place was originally a chemical plant, but it was later bought and converted into a mental hospital, which provides free treatment for mental patients who are alone or have no relatives.

Judging from these patterns, which are clearly inherited from the chemical plant era, the person who bought the chemical plant site and converted it into a mental hospital was probably the one who originally controlled the chemical plant behind the scenes.

Jess had conducted research on gene-based drugs, so Heo knew that conducting such large-scale research on ritual solidification would be costly and required substantial financial support.

This is further supported by the clue that Jess's father is the chief consultant for this chemical plant.

Connecting all these clues, the person behind the chemical plant and the mental hospital is most likely the one who funded Jess's father's experiments to develop these patterns.

But who is this person?

A name naturally came to mind for He Ao.

Mystery man.

The mysterious man knew a lot about Jess's parents and Jess himself, and they were like old friends.

In reality, his first encounter with Jayce was after Jayce's father died, when Jayce was searching for clues about his father's death and began researching gene-based drugs.

Therefore, his understanding of Jayce's father likely came from his interactions with Jayce's father, rather than from information obtained through investigating Jayce.

Combined with the clues discovered today, the mysterious person is most likely the behind-the-scenes funder who funded Jess's father back then.

That was the beginning of it all.

He initially funded Jess's father to conduct large-scale research on the ritual, but the project ultimately failed, and Jess's father died in the process.

While there is no conclusive evidence yet that the Mysterious Man was the mastermind behind Jess's father's murder, his commission of Thorne to create an explosion suggests that the Mysterious Man is inextricably linked to Jess's father's death.

He Ao didn't know why the mysterious man wanted to take action against Jess's father. The fact that he was able to cooperate with Jess's father meant that the two of them must have mutual needs and a relatively stable relationship.

Moreover, the situation of Jayce's father was different from that of Jayce. Jayce developed the gene serum, but after it was done, he was discarded. Jayce's father, on the other hand, had not yet completed his research, and Mystic still needed him to develop a method for large-scale rituals.

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He Ao glanced back at the patterns around him.

A conflict erupted between the two.

This conflict was so acute that Mystic was forced to kill Jess's father.

During this scan, He Ao briefly used his super memory to memorize the textures of all the patterns.

The entire space

All the patterns converged in his mind, forming a huge, three-dimensional ritual array.

Jess's father did not reveal any information about these patterns to Jess, so Heo was unable to find the key clues about these patterns from his memory.

However, this didn't have much impact, because Jess actually completed the research his father hadn't finished, albeit from a different direction.

This also means that Jess is one of the people in the world who knows the most about this ritual.

He Ao inherited these insights.

If you understand one method, you understand all methods.

After a brief analysis, He Ao quickly realized which parts of the ritual array replaced the actions, which parts were the main body, which parts were the pivot, and which parts replaced the ritual process.

These magic circles even include structures that replace the alien beasts that must be killed during the ritual.

As he read on, He Ao couldn't help but marvel at the ingenuity of these magic arrays.

In the gene serum, Jess's alternative method of killing the alien beasts is to mix in their blood according to a certain procedure.

The magic circle constructed by Jayce's father achieved this through a magic circle structure, minimizing the killing as much as possible.

As the analysis deepened, Heo realized that Jess's father's knowledge of those mystical subjects was no less than Jess's; if he had gone into researching gene-enhancing drugs, he probably would have already developed them.

As He Ao disassembled the magic array more and more intricately, he even had to pause for a moment to understand its significance.

He Ao raised his hand and glanced at the time.

Thirteen minutes had passed since he entered the medical building.

The mysterious man had already dealt with the mercenary force in the city in the small building.

Judging from the fact that the mysterious man dispatched the same group of mercenaries to both hunt down Heo and besiege Haixi, it seems that the mysterious man didn't have that much power in the city.

During the battle in the abandoned building, the mysterious man must have used up most of his accumulated gene serum.

Having witnessed He Ao's strength, the mysterious man no longer believed that a few C-level individuals could stop He Ao. Only a team of extraordinary individuals equipped with a large amount of gene serum could possibly kill He Ao.

The period before a sufficient quantity of gene serum is produced is the period of vulnerability for the mysterious person.

He Ao did not consider the possibility that the mysterious man might take action himself.

Judging from the mysterious man's modus operandi, he basically hires or uses others to act as his henchmen and do things for him.

Although his abilities are strange, he has no record of directly taking action. Even when killing someone like Jess, a D-rank, he would still devise a trap for Jess.

This suggests that either he is not very strong, or he is subject to some kind of restriction, and cannot exert his full strength unless absolutely necessary.

During this period of power vacuum, the mysterious man had no choice but to rely on other forces to deal with Heo.

Currently, there are very few forces in the entire Westland that can pose a threat to Howo: the city defense forces, the FBI, and mercenaries from other powerful corporations.

Whitland isn't a small city like Rock City, and Whelm isn't the only dominant force there. It's highly likely the mysterious figure can't be driven away.

This caused the city's garrison to leave the high walls.

Even if other large conglomerates were willing to help, the mysterious person might not be willing to let them contact He Ao.

After all, He Ao possessed the method to manufacture gene-based drugs.

So at this point there's only one answer: the FBI.

The FBI, in a sense, represents the federal government.

Once they arrive at the mental hospital and find He Ao, even without any powerful figures, if they demand He Ao cooperate with the investigation in the name of the authorities, He Ao will have no choice but to comply.

Once Heo is investigated, the Mysterio has a way to restrict Heo until he produces enough gene serum.

If Heo were to resist the FBI, it would be tantamount to offending the FBI, allowing the Mysterio to legitimately borrow some of the power of the federal government and the city of Whitland.

FBI agents should be on their way right now.

According to Eve's analysis, the nearest FBI branch should arrive at the mental hospital in at least twenty-nine minutes, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

This is why He Ao risked his life to lure the nurse into making a move upstairs; he didn't have much time to delay.

He had sixteen minutes left and had to understand the patterns as quickly as possible.

Violence is obviously unacceptable; even with Allent's powerful burst of energy, he couldn't cause the slightest damage to these patterns.

The key is to thoroughly understand the principles behind these patterns. He Ao didn't quickly grasp the methods for constructing these patterns, but Jess did.

He slowly closed his eyes, letting the suppressed madness simmer forth. The madness created by these mysterious figures could now become He Ao's strength.

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That twisted and frenzied state instantly enveloped He Ao's entire sea of ​​consciousness.

He calmed his consciousness, emptied his mind, and then made contact with the mad consciousness emanating from Jess's body.

The F-rank to D-rank secret medicines that Jess obtained all came from a mysterious person. This mysterious person added some unknown ingredients to these medicines and did not tell Jess that he needed to fully master the power of the talent sequence before he could enter the next level of these hidden knowledge.

Judging from Jess's memories, the Mystic even intentionally encouraged Jess to advance in rank before he had fully mastered the power.

This led to hidden dangers with each of Jess's promotions. The further he went, the greater his tendency towards madness became. Moreover, the extra ingredients in the mysterious man's secret medicine seemed to be some kind of substance that could enhance inspiration.

Based on He Ao's knowledge of occultism, the more inclined one is to be mad, the higher one's perception of the mystical world, and the greater one's inspiration.

Of course, everyone's level and direction of inspiration enhancement are not necessarily the same, but Jess's case is clearly special.

Whenever Jess is driven mad, coupled with the inspiration-enhancing substances in the secret medicine, his inspiration reaches a terrifying level.

Many problems that are difficult to understand when reasoning with others will suddenly be solved as if by divine intervention.

Although Jess has reflected on his actions many times afterward, he felt that his behavior in a state of madness was incomprehensible and beyond reason.

But Jess, in his frenzied state, only felt the joy of discovering the truth of the world.

It made me realize that everything in the world was as it was, as if God was personally dissecting the essence of the world and revealing it to me.

In that state, one is in a daze and excited, peering into the unknown and the unthinkable. All secrets seem to be exposed, and all difficulties will be easily solved.