Please be my partner.

The third is the agreement between the Federation and the martial arts school that Gao Haidong once mentioned.

Members of the Holy Guard can participate in the assessment of martial arts schools. As long as they pass, they can be accepted into the martial arts school, and then they will naturally have no shortage of secret techniques.

This method...

Many members of the Holy Guard have taken this path, but only a few have succeeded, and most of them have joined some small and medium-sized martial arts schools. So far, no one from a large martial arts school like the Shenglong School has been able to pass its test.

Although Mellen was confident in himself, he would not be able to succeed if the other party was just pretending and didn't even open the door.

That’s right, Melen’s first goal is to pass the test and join the Shenglong Sect, so that he can achieve his goal in one step.

If you fail, then try to join a school that has had successful cases before, get the secret techniques first, then get more secret techniques through the Holy Guards, and then try to improve them. Anyway, the goal is to speed up the practice as much as possible.

Initial small goal: Concentrate the true spirit and become a master.

A week later.

Chen Guang and Lu Shu returned together. They went to attend a reunion of the Qianlong class during the holiday. Although some of their former classmates were doing well or not, they were generally doing well. Moreover, since they were all young, their minds were not so complicated. They got along well with each other and had a lot of fun.

After seeing Mellen, Chen Guang was slightly shocked, showing a look of shock, and exclaimed: "Brother Mellen, how...how..."

Mellen asked curiously: "What's going on? Is there something wrong?"

As he spoke, he glanced in the direction of the mirror and found nothing different from usual.

Several others were also attracted by the sound and looked over curiously.

Chen Guang hesitated for a long time without being able to explain clearly. After scratching his cheek, he said a little embarrassedly: "I don't know what happened, but the first time I saw Brother Mellen, I felt that Brother Mellen had changed a lot. But if you ask me, I can't tell you exactly where the change is."

The others were speechless, but Melen vaguely understood that Chen Guang must have instinctively noticed the change in his strength.

The others were used to living together day and night, and Mellen was deliberately restrained in his daily life, so they didn't notice it. However, Chen Guang noticed it because he hadn't seen him for a while and his spiritual perception was amazing.

It’s just like when a child is growing during puberty, you can’t notice anything if you see him every day, but after not seeing him for a while, it feels like the child has suddenly grown taller.

After this little incident, no one took it to heart. They had gathered this time naturally for a new mission.

Several people sat down in the spacious living room. Gao Haidong gestured to Luo Yalan, who nodded, connected the mobile phone to the TV screen, and after some operation, projected a series of information.

Luo Yalan said, "This is our target... Zhou Weimin, originally a tomb robber, later seemed to have unearthed some martial arts texts and began practicing martial arts. Based on his attack records, we estimate that his current strength should be at the level of flesh refinement and bone forging."

"There's something fishy about the martial arts Zhou Weimin practices. It's a rather unorthodox technique, seemingly allowing him to forcibly plunder the Qi and blood of others to replenish himself. Over two hundred innocent civilians have died at his hands, most of them in remote villages. Furthermore, the places he's massacred are extremely strange."

Luo Yalan projected an aerial photo, which showed a small village. Dozens of corpses were piled up in the open space in the center of the village, and a strange and eerie symbol was built with blood around the corpses. It seemed that this was not just a simple killing exercise, but was also accompanied by some evil rituals.

Chen Guang said angrily: "This kind of lawless scum should be brought to justice as soon as possible!"

The others also looked solemn.

Luo Yalan said: "Given the special nature of this target, we can kill them directly when necessary, without leaving any alive."

Gao Haidong glanced at the other team members and said in a deep voice, "This Zhou Weimin might be involved in some mysterious things. Everyone must be careful on this mission!"

Chapter 341: Boys and Girls Going into the Mountains to Search

The Holy Guard can mobilize the forces of the police department during the mission, and can even request nearby garrisons for cooperation when necessary. Its authority can be said to be quite large.

At this time, Luo Yalan was holding the information gathered from the police system in his hand. After a brief analysis, they immediately set off for Huxiu City.

Huxiu City is located in the north of the Holy City Federation. Because it is close to Dachuan Mountain, it is extremely rich in various natural resources.

Dachuan Mountain is the largest mountain range in the Holy City Federation, stretching for hundreds of kilometers. To this day, in the villages at the foot of the mountain, there are still traditional professions such as herbalists and hunters.

Although ecological protection is emphasized now and hunting requires an official license, many things cannot be implemented 100% immediately just because there are policies from above. In addition, people are tempted by profit, and poachers appear from time to time. This has led to the prevalence of various large and small open and secret markets in Huxiu City.

As more and more people walk in the dark, good and bad people mix together, and naturally there are more demands. Over time, a complete gray industrial chain has been formed. Due to the complex relationships, many things cannot be investigated in detail.

Thanks to the convenient transportation nowadays, it only took the Yuehai team a little over a day to reach Huxiu City from the Holy City.

Before setting off, Luo Yalan had done her homework and explained the situation in Huxiu City to them in detail on the way.

Chen Guang and Lu Shu were both interested in this and were already discussing how to equip themselves with a few sets of leather jackets and trousers when they returned after the mission was completed.

After getting off the train, several people went straight to the Huxiu Municipal Administration Bureau. After they revealed their identities, they were naturally given a high-level reception.

There is a lot of work to be done next, including verifying information, receiving the latest intelligence, conducting character profiles, analyzing target movements, setting up overt and covert search lines, etc.

Lu Shu and Luo Yalan were responsible for coordinating these matters with the Huxiu City General Administration. The main job of the four of them, including Melen, was to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, as well as to gather their strength and wait for a powerful attack.

This is basically the behavior pattern of the Yuehai team when performing similar tasks. Otherwise, when they were in Jinhai City, Gao Haidong and Rong Dingjun would not have found the time to go to the police station to meet Mellen.

At Chen Guang's suggestion, several people decided to go to the largest fur market in Huxiu City to take a look.

The General Administration was not far from the fur market, so the few of them walked there.

While they were chatting and laughing, there was suddenly some commotion not far away. As public officials, their alertness made them turn their attention over there immediately, and they tacitly began to move towards that direction.

Only after getting a little closer and hearing the intermittent voices of the gathered crowd did I relax.

"This beauty is really beautiful. Is she a celebrity?"

"Indeed, and it's an ancient costume. He must be cosplaying a certain character, right?"

"Stupid, this is obviously a little brother, what I drew is called a costume!"

"A man?! Impossible! How can a man look like this?!"

"I can tell you've never seen the Federation's number one wrench. That look, that physique, really makes me want to rush forward and force myself to lock him up! Hehehe! Hehehehe!"

When this last person was talking nonsense and immersed in his own world, he did not notice that the others around him unconsciously stepped away and looked at him with extremely strange eyes.

Melen took a curious look through the crowd. Although it was only a side profile, it was indeed as beautiful as the people around him said. It looked like an actor who had just come out of a theater and had not yet removed his makeup. He was wearing a neutral robe. At first glance, one would indeed think he was a beautiful woman, but a closer look would reveal that he was a man.

This should be the legendary boy with feminine appearance, and it is not the kind of feminine or sissy, but gives people a charming feeling.

At this moment, the person in costume seemed to sense something and turned to look in the direction of Mellen, and his eyes met his.

The person in the costume was stunned for a moment, then smiled, nodded his head, and then turned away.

At this moment, an ancient poem popped up in Mellen's mind...

Looking back, Bai Meisheng smiled, and the Sixth Palace had no color.

Mellen shuddered and cleared all the inexplicable thoughts from his mind.

Since nothing happened, the few of them did not get closer. They walked around the crowd and continued to move towards the fur market.

After a quick stroll around the fur market, a few people came out.

Melen and Chen Guang knew nothing about this, but Gao Haidong and Rong Dingjun seemed to know quite a bit. After some analysis, they pointed out that there were some genuine furs here, but most of them were inferior or artificially made. It was difficult to distinguish the good from the bad without being a true professional.

If you want to buy really good stuff in a place like this, you need some 'locals' to lead the way.

But these must wait until the mission is completed.

After returning to the General Administration, we have basically come to the conclusion that Zhou Weimin is likely hiding in the villages near Dachuan Mountain.

These are all analyzed based on Zhou Weimin's behavioral logic.

Ever since Zhou Weimin first killed someone to practice martial arts, the number of people he killed each time has gradually increased. When he realized that he would be targeted sooner or later if he kept killing people in the city like this, he immediately changed his location and set his sights on tourists and travelers on remote roads, and finally it gradually turned into a massacre of the village.

Looking at his behavior trajectory, it was basically all for the purpose of practicing that evil martial art. With this understanding, combined with some other clues, it was very easy to determine Zhou Weimin's location and next move.

"Dachuan Mountain!" Luo Yalan said with certainty: "The Qi and blood of ordinary humans are all weak. Even if Zhou Weimin can kill people to practice martial arts, he has almost reached his limit now."

Luo Yalan pointed to the red lines marked on the map. These were Zhou Weimin's movements. It could be seen that he was running around like a headless fly at the beginning, but after the village massacre, he headed straight towards Dachuan Mountain.

"Zhou Weimin's goal is most likely to obtain the ferocious beasts in Dachuan Mountain. Only their abundant energy and blood can satisfy his needs for further cultivation!"

In fact, when it comes to devouring other people's blood and qi to kill people and practice martial arts, warriors are the best targets.

However, under the condition of equal combat power, warriors are more difficult to deal with than wild beasts, and when dealing with the latter, using tools and setting traps in advance will make the battle process easier.

Therefore, compared with the former, hunting the latter has the same benefits and half the risks. Any normal person knows how to choose.

The most important issue now is that Zhou Weimin might not harm the villages at the foot of Dachuan Mountain for reasons such as not exposing himself and having a place to stay. However, as a warrior at the Bone Tempering Realm, he might not need to come out for ten days or half a month after entering Dachuan Mountain. It would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to capture him outside the mountain. If too many people were dispatched to set up a net in advance, it would easily arouse the other party's vigilance.

After explaining this, Luo Yalan stopped talking and everyone looked at Gao Haidong, waiting for him, the captain, to make a decision.

Gao Haidong tapped the table lightly, thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this on a two-pronged approach."

"No one at the police station should move. Yalan and Xiaoshu will stay outside. Xiaoshu will use the bee eye to monitor the villages marked as key areas. If you discover anything, don't alert them and notify us immediately."

"The four of us will go into the mountains to search. Dingjun and I are both proficient in professional tracking techniques. So, Melun, you stay with Dingjun, and Xiaoguang will follow me. We'll split into two groups. Once we enter the mountains, we shouldn't be too far apart, and we'll check in every five minutes..."

At this moment, Lu Shu suddenly said, "Captain, if we're just looking for surveillance, we only need to deploy some equipment near those villages. The Bee Eye's greatest use is in tracking and searching. Let me go into the mountains with you."

Gao Haidong thought for a moment and looked at Luo Yalan.

The latter nodded slightly, indicating that she was fine being alone.

Gao Haidong finally made the decision and said, "Okay, Xiaoshu, you come with me too."

The few of them spent some time planning the route of action, and briefly explained the situation to the people from the General Administration before leaving in the vehicle provided by the General Administration.

They first set up surveillance near the designated villages. Of course, the equipment they brought with them were all high-end products. By the way, they also confirmed whether Zhou Weimin was in any village at that time.

Speaking of which, if it were in the past, places like villages at the foot of the mountains would definitely be isolated from the news, but at the same time, once a new face appeared, it would definitely be quite conspicuous.

But now, thanks to the development and convenience of transportation, more people are going into the mountains, and some villages can even survive well just by relying on the food and accommodation industry.

After all, humans aren't beasts. Even martial arts masters can't live on raw meat and blood. If you hunt in the mountains, you need to cook, right? Salt and some seasonings are essential, plus washing and a change of clothes. You can't really be a savage, right?

These are the points where Zhou Weimin intersects with the village.

After a busy period, it was already late at night.

After a brief rest for a few hours, when the sky was just getting light, the five of them set out into the Dachuan Mountains.

After the five people separated, Melen looked at Rong Dingjun, waiting for his performance.

Then, just when Melen thought that Rong Dingjun would observe and search carefully like in TV movies, he saw the latter take out... a pair of sunglasses from his tactical backpack?

Mellen looked at the sky. Although it was already bright, it was not dark enough to wear sunglasses.

As if sensing Mellen's doubts, Rong Dingjun thought for a moment and then took out a pair of similar sunglasses from his tactical backpack and handed them to Mellen.

Mellen took it without hesitation and put it on. The world in his eyes suddenly changed. Not only did it become brighter, but as his eyes moved, pictures were constantly marked...

Traces of broken branches.

The traces of grass being bent.

Signs of flowers being eaten.

There are oval traces on the ground that look like footprints.

……

Then, the vast majority of these traces quickly disappear after comparison, leaving only a very small number of traces that are clearly pointed or are most likely to be human-related.

Wrong tracking: Lying on the ground, carefully searching for clues, not missing any traces.

Correct tracking: Cyber Technology, one-click scanning!

Is this 'professional tracking skills'?

While Melen was in a daze, Rong Dingjun was already squatting on the ground checking the traces that looked like footprints. After a moment, he stood up and walked to a broken branch and took something from it.

Melen came to his senses, leaned over to take a look, and found that it was a tiny piece of velvet, which was obviously accidentally caught by someone who passed by here before.

Rong Dingjun dropped the velvet in his hand and said casually, "This kind of velvet is high-end goods, and the clothes made from it are very valuable. Zhou Weimin is not rich to begin with, and it is even more impossible for him to buy such clothes in his current state."

Mellen nodded slightly.

As for whether Zhou Weimin would snatch other people’s clothes to wear?

Zhou Weimin was a tomb robber and was very averse to using things belonging to the dead. So far, everyone who had come across him had died at his hands.

These are all recorded in the materials.

Rong Dingjun glanced at Mellen and saw that he was fiddling with the sunglasses with great interest. He couldn't help but say, "The scanning glasses you are wearing are my spare ones. The operating habits are also adjusted according to my own habits. It's best not to change them at will."

Mellen waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, don't worry!"

Scanning for various traces along the way, the two gradually went deeper into the Dachuan Mountains.

Going into the mountains to look for someone may sound like looking for a needle in a haystack, but it is actually not as difficult as you might imagine.

Whether it is bee eyes or scanning glasses, they can greatly improve their search progress.

And more importantly, since Zhou Weimin went into the mountains to kill monsters and practice martial arts, this would leave behind a lot of traces. Melen and his men spread out the net, and as long as they found one of them, they could easily follow the clues and lock down Zhou Weimin's approximate location.

In Dachuan Mountain, the truly ferocious beasts are all inside. According to this line of thought, Zhou Weimin must have gone deep into Dachuan Mountain.

After a day of searching, although Melen and his team found many traces of human remains, they were unable to confirm whether any of them were left by Zhou Weimin.