Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

When the idea first came to Zhou Zhenshan, he found it somewhat laughable, but the facts were right in front of him.

What lies beneath Crimson Cloud Ridge is far more dangerous than the Crimson Scaled Python.

If the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone hadn't sealed off Crimson Cloud Ridge in advance, the corpses and blood demons in Nanjiang City would probably have been devoured by the Blood Nest long ago.

Zhou Zhenshan walked straight to the underground fissure. Seeing him approach, Lu Cang asked, "Director Zhou, what are you doing?"

Zhou Zhenshan ignored him and instead looked into the depths of the crack, speaking in a deep voice: "Lord of the Azure Lotus."

The crowd, who had been cheering, fell silent when Zhou Zhenshan spoke.

"What's up?"

Just then, Chu Zhou's somewhat indifferent voice came from deep underground. Zhou Zhenshan went straight to the point: "It seems you plundered the source of the contamination from that blood nest earlier?"

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Didn't you see it?"

Lu Cang's face darkened; this tone was too arrogant.

Zhou Zhenshan did not get angry. He said, "That thing is not an ordinary crystal core. It may be related to the seal beneath Crimson Cloud Ridge."

Chu Zhou sneered, "So, you want to take it back for research? For whom? For those people who couldn't even withstand the Blood Fiend?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Cang instantly flew into a rage.

"Lord of the Azure Lotus, don't look down on me!"

Almost the instant Lu Cang finished speaking, a terrifying pressure swept over them.

boom!

Under the oppressive force, Lu Cang was forced to kneel on the ground, unable to stand up for a moment.

Similarly, Zhou Zhenshan's expression also changed.

He circulated his internal energy to resist the terrifying pressure, and said in a deep voice, "Lord of the Azure Lotus, what are you doing? Do you intend to start a war with humanity?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Zhou immediately sneered, "Start a war? Are you even worthy?"

These were very strong words, and they were also true. He had already reached the sixth level, and the only way to destroy the entire city was to use nuclear weapons.

Chu Zhou was certain that Zhou Zhenshan wouldn't dare. He was also in a bad mood, thinking, "I'm the one who suppressed the Blood Embryo, and this is your attitude?"

Lu Cang's face flushed red, and he was speechless for a moment. Zhou Zhenshan raised his hand, signaling Lu Cang to stop talking.

He stared at the cracks in the ground and said in a deep voice, "Nanjiang City is a human city, not your hunting ground."

Chu Zhou's tone became more sarcastic: "Crimson Cloud Ridge isn't your backyard either. How long has the Blood Nest existed right under your noses? Did you even notice?"

"If I hadn't intervened, it wouldn't have been this Crimson Scale Python that died today, but the entire human population of the city."

Zhou Zhenshan fell silent, unsure how to refute these words. Zhang Xuanling, standing beside him, also had a complex expression.

The Crimson Cloud Ridge Seal, the Blood Nest Flesh Embryo, the Blood Fiend Sacrifice—these were things they hadn't discovered before.

Zhou Zhenshan stared at the crack, both shocked by Chu Zhou's strength and somewhat frustrated by this ordeal. Finally, he compromised and said, "Lord of the Azure Lotus, you can take the Blood Embryo Origin. I will not pursue the matter for now. As for the hundred-mile forbidden zone agreed upon between Black Dragon Mountain and humanity, I hope you will keep your promise."

Chu Zhou was too lazy to pretend anymore. He said, "With the second spiritual energy tide descending, the area of ​​the Nine Provinces is rapidly expanding. Naturally, the area of ​​my Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone will also expand. Starting today, the 100-mile range will be changed to 300 kilometers."

"Lord of the Azure Lotus, aren't you being far too aggressive?"

Zhang Xuanling said angrily that if the restricted area expands, it will definitely not be of any benefit to humanity.

"What? You have an objection?" Chu Zhou sneered, and a wave of pressure swept over Zhang Xuanling, making him unable to lift his head instantly.

Zhang Xuanling stared wide-eyed, speechless for a moment.

Chu Zhou didn't bother arguing with them and left after saying that.

Anyway, the attitude has already been expressed. Whether you agree or not doesn't matter; he just needs to agree on his own.

Lu Cang's expression was grim. He looked at Zhou Zhenshan and said, "Director Zhou?"

Zhou Zhenshan did not answer immediately. He looked towards the direction of Chixia Ridge. The blood mist had not completely dissipated, and the phantom of the broken stone tablet had already disappeared back into the depths of the mountains.

After a long while, Zhou Zhenshan finally spoke: "Put this matter aside for now. Also, inform Haicheng that not a single member of the Corporation should be let go."

This reminded Zhou Zhenshan of the Japanese island nation, and he immediately gave the order.

Lu Cang nodded immediately: "Understood."

Zhou Zhenshan continued, "In addition, Nanjiang City has entered the clearing and rescue phase. Chixia Ridge is temporarily sealed off. No one is allowed to enter without my order."

"yes!"

Lu Cang immediately made the arrangements.

Zhang Xuanling stood to the side, his expression still solemn: "Director Zhou, the Lord of the Azure Lotus's words just now were probably not meant to scare people."

"If those people from the island nation really stole the blood nest samples, I'm afraid we'll be in big trouble."

Zhou Zhenshan sneered, "Them? A bunch of Japanese devils, they think they can cause trouble on our Dragon Kingdom's land? They're courting death."

……

At the same time.

Haicheng.

Outside the Co., Ltd. building.

Black armored vehicles were parked on both sides of the street.

Haicheng City Lord Zhao Yuanshan personally led the team, with Zhang Ming, the head of the Haicheng branch of the Ninth Bureau, standing beside him.

Zhang Ming looked at the building in front of him and said coldly, "Oda Ichiro is quick on his feet."

When they arrived, they discovered that Ichiro Oda was not in China.

Zhao Yuanshan said, "The monk may run away, but the temple can't. Take control of everyone inside, and seal off the entire laboratory, database, and underground warehouse."

Zhang Ming nodded and waved his hand immediately: "Let's move out!"

The next moment, a large number of awakened individuals rushed into the corporation's building, and screams and sounds of fighting soon came from inside.

Some people wanted to resist, but faced with the joint crackdown by the Ninth Bureau of Haicheng and the City Lord's Mansion, they couldn't make a dent in the water.

In less than ten minutes, all the heads of the company in Haicheng were brought out.

Holding the searched documents, Zhang Ming's expression grew increasingly grim: "City Lord, they've been collecting samples from restricted areas all along. Black Dragon Mountain, Changbai Mountain, and Crimson Cloud Ridge are all on their list."

Zhao Yuanshan's face darkened: "These Japanese devils, they really have a long reach."

Zhang Ming continued flipping through the documents, then suddenly paused: "Wait, they have another batch of samples that have already been sent back to Japan."

Zhao Yuanshan looked at him: "What sample?"

Zhang Ming's face was grim: "Blood mud on the outskirts of Crimson Cloud Ridge."

……

Island nation, Tokyo.

The underground laboratory of the Disaster Countermeasures Office.

Oda Ichiro stood outside the glass wall with a gloomy expression. He had already received the news of the Sakura Shadow Squad's defeat.

Three people, one dead and two captured.

Lin Qingxue was not brought back, and the blood sample was not obtained either.

This left him seething with anger.

Fortunately, the other group brought back something: a piece of blood-red soil from the outer edge of Crimson Cloud Ridge.

On the lab bench, several researchers, dressed in protective suits, carefully opened the sealed box.

As soon as the box was opened, a faint smell of blood wafted out.

One researcher frowned and said, "The pollution levels are rising."

Oda Ichiro said coldly, "Continue the testing."

The researchers dared not say much, and could only bring the instrument close to the bloody mud.

But the moment the probe touched the bloody mud, the previously still bloody mud suddenly twitched.

The researchers were stunned. The next second, a tiny blood-red eye opened on the surface of the blood-smear.

The eye was small, staring intently at Ichiro Oda outside the glass wall. The entire laboratory fell silent instantly, and the researcher said in a trembling voice, "Mr. Oda, it's watching us."