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It was only to conceal the intense, uncontrollable killing intent in his eyes.

He glanced at Skadi.

'Titi, I know you're angry.'

Yes, because right now, I'm even angrier than you are.

For a fleeting moment, Bai Ye wanted to rush forward without hesitation, smash the water tank, rescue his Laurentina, and then return to tear the bishop to pieces.

To hell with the operation plan!

In fact, he was already prepared to do so.

But in the next instant, Bai Ye calmed down again.

Because he saw that in the water tank behind the bishop, the corner of the ghost shark's mouth suddenly curled up in a subtle arc.

The curve disappeared again after the bishop turned around.

The time was so short that Bai Ye even thought it was her imagination, but clearly, it wasn't. Ghost Shark was still awake; she knew Bai Ye and the others had arrived.

That makes sense. Gladys and the others had planned this all along; they wouldn't let Ghost Shark suffer such a tragic fate without knowing why—and as the captain, Gladys wouldn't allow it either.

Moreover, the safety device left by White Night on Ghost Shark has not yet been triggered.

Bai Ye opened her eyes.

Then he gently tugged at Lascati's hem.

Even so, in his eyes, this bishop was already a dead man.

He couldn't wait any longer and was ready to kill this man after everything was over.

……

The bishop seemed unaware of the fate that awaited him.

He walked over to the tank where the ghost shark was submerged, then turned to Skadi and said, "She's your friend, isn't she?"

"Are you Skadi? I'm not handling your affairs. They've taken good care of you... well, but something seems off about your mental state right now?"

"But none of that matters. They haven't had time to deal with you lately, but thanks to you, the captain, your arrival here is practically a gift to me."

Then, as if examining a work of art, he looked at the ghost shark, which was indeed his most successful piece: "I am very grateful to you, thank you wretches for coming back to the right path and returning this to my hands."

"Because she is indeed very important and precious. There is only one sample available for testing the Originium Infectivity. Isn't it interesting that the original sin of terrestrial beasts can take effect on you wretches?"

The bishop's words echoed in the vast cavern.

Bai Ye now understood why Gretia had said "caught a big fish" in the communication.

Because this is the person who personally modified the Specter.

Skadi and Goredia's expressions also changed.

“Unforgivable—” Skadi clenched her fist.

However, the bishop seemed oblivious, and continued, "Our three-person testing grounds have been destroyed in great numbers. We invested such a large amount of refined liquefied source stone and used Agor's technology... but it can never be replicated."

"This test subject is indeed very valuable. I just can't understand how she was able to fight against such a large-scale Originium infection... Her spinal cord, even diluted, would be enough to infect a small country."

“Things are different now. Thank you for sending her to me, you wretched thing. I will get ahead of the other two, and I will discover your final secret. Of course, this is also a form of mutual assistance.”

As he spoke, he looked at Gretia.

“You said you wanted to solve the problems of your race. Now, I am helping you, you wretches. You also have original sin. And I am helping you cleanse your original sin.”

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Bishop: Where's my lab?

Church of the Deep.

To put it bluntly, it was a cult group founded in Iberia by Haisi's worshippers after the "Great Tranquility".

Typically, they would disguise themselves as the state religion of Iberia and spread their teachings covertly within the country.

They occupied the churches, replaced the Lateran statues with bizarre and distorted sculptures, and hollowed out the underground spaces of these churches to create secret experimental sites.

Here, they conduct all sorts of experiments, most of which are human experiments.

Years ago, Laurentina was seriously injured and washed ashore by the waves.

Unlike Skadi, she was captured by the Deep Sea Church after losing her fighting ability.

The Deep Sea Church, which is researching and attempting to combine marine life with humans, is overjoyed upon discovering the Ghost Shark. They want to understand how the Ghost Shark stole the power of the gods and how it mastered that power. What kind of technology lies behind it?

In an attempt to uncover the secrets, the Deep Sea Church subjected Laurentina to various inhumane human experiments, torture, and interrogations.

The physical and mental torture did not break Laurentina's sanity, so the Deep Sea Church used another insane method—using a high concentration of Originium to turn Laurentina into an Infected.

They used the Agor purification technology brought by islanders who fled from Agor to Iberia to create various instruments to purify Originium, and then injected these highly concentrated Originium liquids into Laurentina's spinal cord.

As we all know, they succeeded in the end...

Laurentina transformed into a ghost shark. Their actions successfully gave this poor deep-sea hunter a second personality.

……

Although he really liked Specter wearing a nun's habit, and although Bai Ye knew that if it weren't for this incident, his relationship with Specter might not have reached this point, he knew all of this.

However, Bai Ye felt no relief. If the past could be changed, he would never have allowed his beloved girl to suffer such terrible torment.

Taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Bai Ye temporarily abandoned his emotions, transforming himself back into the player he used to be, completely disconnected from this world.

A cold mind concealed the boiling, intense killing intent, and Bai Ye's figure disappeared from the spot.

[Draw up]

Bai Ye had long known that the bishop was no ordinary person; he exhibited too many "abnormal" characteristics.

However, since he still clings to the human body, he also possesses human weaknesses.

Humans have limited intelligence processing capabilities, so they tend to cram low-priority information into the subconscious to reduce the burden on the brain. "Drawing one's foot" involves using specific breathing and footwork to slip one's presence information into the subconscious through gaps in conscious awareness.

This is a skill that Bai Ye learned from ninjas on the Eastern Kingdom battlefield when he was a player in the past.

Thus, without the bishop's notice, Bai Ye simply vanished from the spot, attracting no attention whatsoever.

To be honest, he hasn't used this trick in a long time.

While Skadi and Gladys were talking to the bishop, White Night used optical cloaking to begin a full-scale raid on the laboratory.

Judging from the extent of the corruption among the local residents, the bishop has been in Saltwind City for some time, and since this is where he himself resides, there must be a lot of information there.

The last time he and Skadi rescued Specter, the masterminds had already retreated, and now, the crucial documents that were taken away are right here.

To prevent this place from being destroyed in the battle later, Bai Ye had to make plans in advance.

Experimental equipment? Take it with you.

Raw materials? Take them with you.

Purification equipment? Storage devices? Smart terminals? Documents and books? Research notes and draft paper?

Take them all away.

Bai Ye left nothing behind; things kept disappearing from their original locations and being absorbed into his spatial backpack.

The player's inventory is the most bizarre piece of black technology; anything that fits can be stuffed in. As an elite unit with higher privileges, the White Night's inventory restrictions and sizes far exceed those of ordinary players.

He had never tried stuffing so many random things into his inventory before. And he had never realized that his inventory would have so many slots.

In a short period of time, he traversed the cave at an extremely high speed, almost emptying the entire cave laboratory.

Finally, only one thing remained in the cave—the water tank containing Laurentina. It was behind the bishop.

……

Only now did the Salt Wind Cult Leader, who was eloquently expounding on his doctrines and grand plans, realize that something was wrong. He stopped talking and finally woke up from the dream he had woven.

Then, he paused, stunned.

It's the same familiar cave, those damned hunters are still there, and the ghost shark is still soaking in the tank. Everything is right, but something seems off.

Wait, where is his lab?

Originally, the cave was filled with experimental equipment: the instruments he had painstakingly found and built, the exquisite Agor equipment, the precious raw materials gifted by the sea god's messenger, and his research notes and insights accumulated over the years...

Now they're all gone.

There's an old saying in the Great Yan Dynasty that describes the current state of underwater caves: "utterly destitute."

"Who is it?"

The bishop was furious, and his body seemed to swell up, stretching his bishop's robes out like an inflated ball.

His gaze swept across what was in front of him, and both Skadi and Gretia, those two wretches, were still there.

Behind them, the ghost shark was still asleep.

There are no problems.

This is good.

But... I always feel like something's missing.

Wait, where did that mortal go?! But how is that possible? If it was him, a weak, ordinary person, how could he have the ability to empty the entire laboratory in just one minute?

What kind of sleight of hand is this?

……

"Are you looking for me?"

A cold voice sounded behind him.

Turning around, the bishop saw that the young man who had disappeared earlier was now standing on top of the statue in the cave, looking down at him.

"Oh, so your name is Quintus."

Bai Ye waved the diary in his hand.

Hey, decent people, who keeps a diary? Besides, what era are we living in? There are still people writing traditional diaries.

"It seems there are three of you in total. Where are the other two?"

Although Bai Ye was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes. A chilling storm raged deep within his pupils, and a physical storm began to appear around his body. The dust and gravel on the ground began to float unnaturally in mid-air.

In the past, Bai Ye's friends would have definitely avoided him if they saw him like this. Bai Ye, the kind-hearted man known for having the best temper in the entire Federation, was angry.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: When He Stands Before Him

"It's you! It's your trickery!"

"Give me back my lab! What blasphemy! How dare you lay a finger on my research!"

Quintus roared in fury, seeing it as blasphemy against the gods.

His body seemed to grow even larger in this unusual rage.

"It seems you don't want to answer..." Bai Ye closed the diary in his hand.

Although only Bishop Quintus was present, he already knew that there were three key personnel involved in the experiment on the ghost shark.

“Deep Sea Church, I have been searching for you for a long time. Fortunately, we have found something today.”

"Guess who damaged those labs and those instruments?"

Unfortunately, during the rescue of the Specter last time, due to the urgency of the situation and the fact that White Night wasn't as powerful as she is now, those creations using Agor technology weren't taken away by White Night.

"So it was you." Quintus suddenly calmed down; his anger subsided, but his fists clenched.

"You're very good at hiding, like rats in the sewers. Those people outside were probably also indoctrinated, deceived, and manipulated by you, used as experimental subjects. Those who jumped into the sea, have they become materials for your experiments?"

The strange phenomena in Saltwind City have been explained, and the mystery has been solved.

Quintus, enraged, laughed: "Nonsense! The sea's charity is not exploitation. It's salvation. I could leave them to die... The sea gives them food, and gives those who do not wish to live the freedom to live on—how could you, a foolish mortal, possibly understand this?"

"You trespassed into my experimental field and disrupted my research. Did these monstrous creatures give you too much confidence? Do you think that as long as there's one more person, you can easily defeat me?"

"And you, Gretia, I thought you wanted to find salvation, but I didn't expect you to be so foolish and ignorant."

“You wretched creature, you and your race are laughable to me.”

Bai Ye jumped down from the four-armed statue and landed silently on the ground.