Starting as an infant, with parents who are blond-haired delinquents?

They paused for a moment, and it was in that 0.5 seconds that Bai Lu and Huang Feng had enough time to turn around.

His gaze sharpened, and Huang Feng, who had been holding his left hand behind his back, suddenly and decisively swung it...

【paralysis】!

This time, Huang Feng will undoubtedly paralyze them on their legs as they rapidly advance.

All thirty-odd of them had their right legs paralyzed. Instantly, unsurprisingly, they all fell down due to the sudden weakness in their legs, and the weight on their hands and bodies was released.

Unable to mount a fierce offensive, like a premeditated attack by a flood, it turned into foam and ashes, just like the body that stole fat.

Their legs, now numb, caused them to fall less than half a meter away from Huang Feng and Bai Lu.

This proves what?

This proves that it would have taken them less than half a second to reach behind them and launch a powerful and decisive martial arts attack on the two of them.

Even if the collective strength of thirty people doesn't cause fatal damage to their lives, they'll likely suffer some serious injury.

Thanks to the half-second that Zhang Chaoqiang bought for them, they were just in time to react.

The investigators noticed all of this as well, and the force poured down on them like a waterfall.

Watching those martial artists who risked their lives to break free from the investigators' restraints, breaking arms and injuring themselves...

Bai Lu quickly called for a halt: "It seems that the influence of the stolen fat on them has not been completely eliminated. They were just following the instinct of the stolen fat."

Indeed, after Bai Lu applied the [Heal] to them, the effects of the fat theft on them were greatly reduced.

Those martial artists, who had recovered halfway, hurriedly stammered, "Investigator, I didn't mean to! I didn't know, it was just a knee-jerk reflex..."

Bai Lu waved his hand to indicate that he understood.

"The remaining influence will disappear completely after some time."

Old Song, you should treat them. The other team members, after collecting the physical and spiritual bodies of the Thief, remember to thoroughly check the surrounding area.

We cannot allow even a wisp of the stolen spirit to remain in this Jushan Mountain! Otherwise, it will inevitably rise from the ashes once more!

While one group was still investigating the overall situation on Jushan Mountain, another group humanely treated the martial artists who had just left.

Huang Feng and Bai Lu, remembering the critical moment just now, came to Zhang Chaoqiang to express their gratitude.

"Oh dear, thank you for your trouble, Comrade Zhang Chaoqiang..."

The two thanked him, though, as a senior investigator, their words of gratitude were naturally somewhat hesitant.

That's right. They couldn't fully protect Zhang Chaoqiang before, and in the end, they were only able to avoid the threat because of his high level of understanding of his own abilities.

The same is true now; they themselves actually need Zhang Chaoqiang's protection and reminders.

In every aspect, it made them feel extremely ashamed.

He scratched his head, feeling more or less embarrassed.

"It's done!"

The team member handed Bai Lu a container containing the spirit body of the stolen fat.

Thus, the group achieved all their objectives.

Meanwhile, absorbing and refining the wisp of spirit from the stolen fat within Zhang Chaoqiang's body was immediately put on the agenda!

Chapter 189 Absorption Progress, An Unexpected Agreement

At this point, the investigators' mission was complete.

However, completing a task and whether a task is successful are two completely different things and should not be confused.

They were indeed quite successful in capturing the spirit that stole the fat.

But they had another task.

That is to strengthen the bond with Zhang Chaoqiang and enhance mutual communication in order to recruit him into their Central Investigation Bureau.

This mission can be described as a complete failure, not only because Zhang Chaoqiang was ambushed the first time, but also because of the moment they killed the thief...

The group, still affected by the power of the stolen fat, put on a final stand.

It was Zhang Chaoqiang who discovered it in time and bought them some time.

To be precise, it was Zhang Chaoqiang's joining that brought them absolute help.

Whether in analysis and investigation or in providing assistance, he absolutely occupies an irreplaceable position.

In other words, this was originally supposed to be their chance to showcase their abilities in front of Zhang Chaoqiang, but at this moment it has become his personal show.

A completely solo performance!

At most, they might only feel a sense of participation at the last minute.

This was a significant setback for them, but there was nothing they could do. After all, Zhang Chaoqiang's abilities were just right in every way.

After the investigators compiled everything at the scene and confirmed that there were no more incomplete spirits stealing fat on Mount Ju, they sent those people back to the Extraordinary Management Bureaus in various locations.

They were merely invaded by the power of the Fat Thief. Under the supervision of the Extraordinary Administration, their arrests will be lifted once the influence of the Fat Thief within them dissipates.

……

It took a total of three days, finally ending on the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

Zhang Chaoqiang, Huang Feng, Bai Lu, and other investigators finally boarded their fighter jets for the return journey.

In the exquisite and luxurious cabin of the fighter jet, Huang Feng and Bai Lu were idly tossing a revolving bottle containing the "last wisp" of the flesh and spirit of the stolen fat into each other.

Some of the investigators responsible for recording documented the entire incident.

In just three days, they had dealt with all the strange beasts in the area.

This has completely shattered all the investigators' records over the past thousand years, because no investigation into strange beasts has ever been as smooth and fast as this one.

As the saying goes, one thing controls another, and the special mechanisms and abilities possessed by the strange beasts often caused them a lot of headaches.

After all, this special ability can ignore rank and affect the surrounding things, so ordinary tracking and capture are not absolutely effective against them.

In other words, it is basically necessary to obtain the help of someone with specific skills in order to conduct targeted investigations more effectively and efficiently.

Zhang Chaoqiang happens to be the best candidate this time.

So it was also because of Zhang Chaoqiang that they were able to break the record for the best survey time that had never been broken in thousands of years.

It was simply a matter of mutual benefit. Zhang Chaoqiang was carefully sensing the elixir-stealing spirit body within his body, which seemed to still retain the power of the photinia flower.

His body has been constantly trying to adapt to the other party. In less than a few hours since he captured the Fat Thief, he has already completed 1% absorption of the Fat Thief spirit.

This took much longer than absorbing the hook before, almost several times longer. Zhang Chaoqiang personally guessed that this was due to the change in his power level.

The investigation bureau originally spent thousands of years verifying that the power of the same kind of alien beast would create conflict, so this is related to the absorption of fat.

It is also more or less related to the diffusion power obtained from the hook.

So, in this relatively steady state of progress, he stopped asking for anything and just looked forward to what kind of strength he could gain from it.

Each beast can only be absorbed by one person, meaning that only one person in the world can possess the same ability mechanism.

A person can only absorb one ability, and of course, this does not include Zhang Chaoqiang.

Its special nature is self-evident.

Zhang Chaoqiang just prayed that the ability he was given would be normal and not weird, like enhancing his ability to steal.

Don't be too negative.

At the same time, Zhang Chaoqiang revisited his previous ideas and reconsidered them.

He had previously planned to openly explain the matter to Huang Feng and Bai Lu after successfully absorbing the stolen fat.

But here's the problem...

If that's the case, then he has no secrets left. Almost no one can replicate this ability, but Zhang Chaoqiang can.

That proves that this is a secret unique to Zhang Chaoqiang. The unfolding of this matter is probably groundbreaking for the entire investigation bureau, and even the whole world.

Although the current Investigation Bureau and the current Central Country are safe enough, when we truly grow stronger, who can guarantee that not even the slightest change will occur?

This point is undoubtedly crucial.

But if I didn't speak up, I felt I was letting down the Investigation Bureau, Bai Lu, and Huang Feng. Although I had contributed, I had taken the lion's share of the operation—the theft of fat…

Zhang Chaoqiang still felt guilty to some extent.

Suddenly, a thought came to mind…

There was another idea that killed two birds with one stone. Didn't Huang Feng and Bai Lu want to recruit him into their investigation bureau before?

If I agree, I can contribute my efforts to the investigation work of the Investigation Bureau and to the Central State Affairs Bureau.

At the same time, he will have more opportunities to come into contact with alien beasts, which means he will also have the opportunity to acquire more special abilities.

This means having more possibilities.

Zhang Chaoqiang sat down next to Huang Fengbai and took a sip of his drink. Each of the three of them was thinking about something else.

Bai Lu and Huang Feng are already comrades-in-arms on the other side. Their tacit understanding can be described as extraordinary. They can convey each other's thoughts at this moment with just a glance.

Bai Lu grinned at Huang Feng, then winked and made some faces. Although the gestures were small, they were enough to accurately convey his information to Huang Feng without Zhang Chaoqiang noticing.

[Now, Comrade Zhang Chaoqiang will probably be very disappointed in our Investigation Bureau. How can we possibly persuade him to join our Bureau?]

Huang Feng also made a similar gesture, nodding slightly before giving a helpless nod.

Yes, our performance on Jushan Mountain this time was far inferior to that of Comrade Zhang Chaoqiang, and we were even somewhat negligent, which is the most unacceptable thing we could have done…

In particular, that time when Comrade Zhang Chaoqiang was almost successfully ambushed, this probably directly dragged down his impression of our Investigation Bureau to its lowest point, and it's likely that his chances are completely ruined.

Bai Lu exhaled, shook his head with a wry smile, and gave a similarly determined look.

Protecting others has never been our strong suit, so if we only made mistakes in that area, it wouldn't be so bad. But the problems now go far beyond that.

The key issue is that we failed to demonstrate the abilities and full competence expected of an investigator. Zhang Chaoqiang stole the spotlight and even broke the Investigation Bureau's record for investigating alien beast incidents. What are we going to do?

[It's basically hopeless. Let's go back and explain the situation to the bureau chief, and see if he can come up with a solution.]

Bai Lu and Huang Feng reached an agreement, both lowering their heads and closing their eyes to rest.

However, just after they finished exchanging their thoughts and expressions, Zhang Chaoqiang's voice came, something they hadn't expected.