Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao's Path of the Knights

Inside the private laboratory, Xiao Hongchen stood alone.

The laboratory lights were very bright, illuminating every corner of the laboratory.

But when the bright lights fell on Xiao Hongchen, they inevitably cast a shadow beneath him.

He has been in the lab for a while now, and he hasn't gone anywhere else but has stayed in his own lab.

Staring at the half-finished soul tool on the experimental table, Xiao Hongchen remained silent, his heterochromatic eyes revealing no emotion.

Huo Yuhao...

Thinking of the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire, who was favored by everyone, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but clench his fists.

The reason he went to find Huo Yuhao a few days ago was not only because of the dream, but also because of himself.

His true thoughts were always hidden in his heart.

Before Huo Yuhao appeared, he was the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire, the undisputed number one among this generation.

From a young age, he grew up amidst the expectations and doubts of countless people.

The eldest son of the Hongchen family is the future head of the Hongchen family and the future of the empire...

A genius who relies on family resources to achieve success is nothing but a good-for-nothing once they leave the family...

Those doubts and expectations had long been deeply etched into his heart.

To meet those expectations and to quell those doubts, he worked like a madman in the world of laughter.

He wanted to prove himself; he wanted to prove himself to everyone!

As it turned out, he did it; he became the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire!

But everything changed after Huo Yuhao appeared.

Huo Yuhao is known as a peerless genius who appears only once in a millennium, and he became a second-level Soul Master in a short period of time.

Huo Yuhao's appearance made him feel a sense of crisis, so he began to spend all his time in the laboratory, trying to protect his glory as the number one genius.

To maintain others' approval...

But all his efforts were in vain. Not long after Huo Yuhao became a Level 3 Soul Master, everyone's attention was focused on him.

Meng took an interest in Huo Yuhao, and his grandfather also praised Huo Yuhao highly. Even the title of the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire was bestowed upon him...

It seems like everything he has is about to be taken away by Huo Yuhao...

He was not convinced; he was unwilling to accept it!

He was clearly the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire, and he was clearly the future of the Sun Moon Empire!

So he went to find Huo Yuhao.

He lost...

What do you mean you haven't used your own soul skills? What do you mean you still have soul tools that you haven't used...?

They're all just excuses!

A loss is a loss!

It wasn't just that one time we lost; it was every single time!

Under the stark white light, Xiao Hongchen remained motionless, his gaze fixed on the unfinished soul tool, without wavering for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Hongchen closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened her eyes again, the emotions in her heterochromatic eyes had vanished, leaving only a calm expression.

It's time to go out; we can't let Meng and Grandpa worry.

Xiao Hongchen stepped out of the laboratory, ready to check on Meng.

As soon as the laboratory door opened, Xiao Hongchen's eyes widened, and a familiar figure was reflected in her heterochromatic eyes.

"Meng, what's wrong with you?!"

Outside the laboratory, Meng Hongchen, who had been standing there for an unknown amount of time, looked somewhat haggard. She stood in front of the laboratory door with her eyes lowered, appearing absent-minded.

"Smile, Grandpa needs to talk to you."

Meng Hongchen left behind only these words and then departed.

"Dream……"

Xiao Hongchen was puzzled; something must have happened to Meng in this state.

Not knowing the specific reason, Xiao Hongchen had no choice but to go to where her grandfather was.

……

"Grandpa, I'm here."

The moment Xiao Hongchen entered the dean's office, he noticed his grandfather's somewhat gloomy face.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?!"

Not only in the dream, but even Grandpa looked so solemn, Xiao Hongchen's brows furrowed.

"It's about Huo Yuhao."

Huo Yuhao? It's Huo Yuhao again!

Xiao Hongchen narrowed his eyes slightly. After learning that the matter involved the other party, his heart was instantly unsettled, but he did not show any abnormality.

"Take a look at this document."

Jing Hongchen handed the information he had collected to Xiao Hongchen.

After receiving the documents, Xiao Hongchen frowned and began to examine them carefully.

This is a detailed identity profile.

Xiao Hongchen was familiar with this identity introduction, because he remembered that it was Huo Yuhao's identity introduction.

"This information is fake."

Before Xiao Hongchen could finish reading, Jing Hongchen suddenly dropped a bombshell.

Xiao Hongchen's eyes narrowed sharply. Huo Yuhao's identity information was fake, which meant...

"He might be a spy sent by another country!?"

Thinking about Huo Yuhao's past experiences, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but feel that everything the other party did was for a purpose!

Even contact with dreams was meticulously planned...

No wonder Meng looked so haggard when I saw her earlier, it was all because...

Xiao Hongchen narrowed his eyes, instinctively gripping Huo Yuhao's identity information tightly.

"It is indeed possible that Huo Yuhao is an undercover agent sent by another country, but it is unlikely that he is an undercover agent."

Laughing at the World: "?"

Upon hearing his grandfather's assessment of Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen looked up into his grandfather's eyes.

Meeting Xiao Hongchen's gaze, Jing Hongchen spoke softly:

"This identity is not well disguised and has many loopholes. It's fine to take a quick look, but if you really examine it carefully, it will be discovered immediately."

Xiao Hongchen was able to understand the unspoken meaning in Jing Hongchen's words.

An undercover agent's disguise would not be so simple.

"But Grandpa, he still lied to us in the end. He deliberately got close to Meng; he must have had ulterior motives!"

Jing Hongchen neither denied nor agreed with Xiao Hongchen's words.

The specifics are still uncertain and require further investigation or even interrogation.

However, unlike Xiao Hongchen, who had already concluded that Huo Yuhao was an undercover agent, Jing Hongchen still harbored a doubt in his heart.

It was this doubt that made him not quite believe that Huo Yuhao was an undercover agent.

The identity forgery wasn't particularly sophisticated, which is bad enough...

Which undercover agent would reveal their top talent to an enemy country, or even dare to reveal that they possess an ultimate martial soul?

What country would be foolish enough to send a genius with a soul tool and an ultimate martial soul to infiltrate an enemy, and even actively display all of their potential?

Moreover, if Huo Yuhao hadn't displayed his ultimate martial soul, I wouldn't have gone to such lengths to block Huo Yuhao's information.

They also wouldn't discover the other party's identity during the process of blocking the data.

Huo Yuhao's actions were not those of an undercover agent.

But then the other party's identity became problematic...

"Xiao, let's not make this public for now. We'll conduct a thorough investigation before making a judgment."

"Grandpa, I can wait, but Meng can't!"

Recalling the feeling of being completely lost in the dream just now, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but want to directly question Huo Yuhao.

But he also knew that such impulsive behavior would only make the situation worse.