Contrary to Xu Nan's expectations, this little rabbit, which looked very docile, behaved so irritable and aggressive in front of the soul stealing monster hatchlings. Its hind legs slammed into Akai's chest, and with this force, it leaped straight out and made a beautiful interception in the air - swallowing the tadpole-shaped creature in one bite!

There was also a slight sound from the surrounding water tanks, which even caused a certain degree of resonance.

Although the Transcendent Vision couldn't decipher this emotion, Xu Nan could also faintly feel that it was a fear that came from instinct.

According to Akai, the mood swings of the Spirit Stealers are very, very small, especially when they are young, but the fear is so strong that it seems to be able to smell it out of their noses.

This is the suppression of blood between living beings.

No wonder Akai says that rabbits are the natural enemies of the Spirit Stealers.

"Adult Spirit Stealers are very afraid of rabbits, and will involuntarily tremble slightly when they encounter them; They slaughter rabbits near their territory and reject any life-like existence. ”

"The Soul Stealer hatchlings are even worse, as the rabbits tend to behave like the most fierce hunters in front of them, they can track the location of the Soul Stealer hatchlings within a certain range, and at the same time, they have an absolute advantage when facing them."

Akai gently stroked Fifi's head to calm it down a little:

"Because the young body of the soul stealing monster can parasitize, only the brain of humanoids, and only the gray matter of the brain of humanoids can allow them to have the necessary nutrients for transformation, and rabbits are not very good, even if these disgusting tadpoles find a chance to burrow into the rabbit's head, they can't eat anything, and finally exhaust themselves to death on the way to find enough gray matter......"

In the original world of the Soul Stealers, Stephen Sand's scholars found a large population of creatures, but there were no rabbits.

They delved deeper into it, only to discover that the Lifestealer couldn't overcome their innate fear of rabbits.

In the war that year, Stephen Sand proposed the [Rabbit Project], which had a good effect against the army of Soul Stealers - after all, even high-level Spirit Stealers could not overcome their fear or aversion of rabbits.

Once this tendency manifests itself, it is easy for people to recognize. In this way, the greatest advantage of the Lifestealers is gone.

It is said that the streets of Stephensand were full of lively rabbits...... and witches dressed as bunny girls, or wizards.

While dressing like a rabbit doesn't protect you from the Lifestealer, it is believed to bring good luck.

To this day, the rabbit symbol is considered a sign of good luck in some wizarding realms of Stephen Sand, which is also related to the invasion of the Lifestealer army.

……

Despite the strange and funny weakness of being afraid of rabbits, the group of Soulstealers is still not to be underestimated.

The most frightening thing is that they are always evolving.

They are like locusts or ghosts roaming the stars, and wherever the Soulstealer legions go, all populations are wiped out, their bodies are taken, their lands are plundered, and their resources are depleted.

When the existing population resources cannot meet the expansion of the population, they will start to invade other worlds.

It's a never-ending cycle.

Those species that have been parasitized by the Soulstealer will have some degree of inheritance of the Soulstealer larvae.

Some scholars believe that the so-called high-level Soul Stealers are actually the genetic embodiment of this continuous optimization. If left unchecked, they will reach the form of "perfect creatures" in the process.

All in all, it is a population that defies conventional perceptions of life, is extremely destructive, and has fantastical evolutionary potential.

Now, the vanguard of the Lifestealer Legion has appeared in Stephen Sand.

A big war seems to be imminent.

Xu Nan and Akai counted the water tanks in the underground square, and Akai used his authority to bring in a group of black-robed wizards he had never seen before to deal with the soul stealing juveniles.

And they themselves continue to explore the deeper part of the underground square.

Because while taking inventory of the Soul Stealer hatchlings, they found an even more hidden secret door here!

"Where does this lead?"

Xu Nan looked at the entrance of the hidden secret passage with some amazement.

The place was actually between two rocks, and with his dark vision, he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

And Akai just relied on his sense of hearing to conclude that there was a secret door behind it, which made Xu Nan really suspect that the profession of demon hunter and thieves were also related.

"Accomplices." Akai was visibly calmer.

Xu Nan nodded. This judgment is reasonable, they did not find any trace of the rest of the people in Thomas's house, but since the Soulstealer Legion wants to infiltrate Stephen Sand, Thomas must not be alone.

With so many soulstealing hatchlings here, Thomas is usually too busy to cook alone.

Then the answer is coming.

This path is most likely the road to the home of Thomas's accomplice!

The two of them explored the secret passage alone, and about four black-robed wizards followed from afar.

The tunnel was much longer than the one leading to the underground plaza at Thomas's house, and they walked for about ten minutes without discovering anything along the way.

Hell knows how these Lifestealers dug such a long tunnel beneath Stephensand City without being discovered!

Akai's face was ugly.

Although he has only recently returned to the position of deputy head of the law enforcement team, his responsibility for the invasion of the city by foreign enemies is still great.

If it weren't for Xu Nan, if Stephen Sand was attacked by a soul stealer, no one would have been able to find out in advance!

He riveted with a lot of energy, holding his breath as he moved forward.

After a while, the dark passage ahead finally appeared with an upward staircase.

Akai didn't hesitate, rushed straight up, and kicked open the rather thick iron door without saying a word!

The Soul Stealer has a transcendent perception of danger, so there's no need to hide it at this time, just go straight to it!

Bang!

The iron gate was directly kicked out of a huge hole by Akai's terrifying power, and then, the senior demon hunter was like a demon tyrannosaurus, and staged a good show of dismantling the iron door with his bare hands in front of Xu Nan.

Bang Bang!

Sharp echoes echoed through the tunnels.

Xu Nan followed, looked closely, and found that this was a wine cellar.

Not far away, there is a row of precious wines, as well as some ice cubes. Farther away, there are more cabinets.

"This architectural style ......"

Xu Nan reacted instantly.

This is the basement of the Lettuce Inn!

"Miranda, there's a problem!"

Xu Nan took a deep breath.

It seemed clearer that things seemed to become clearer as he remembered the anomalous guy "Toby" he had met earlier, as well as the various situations that Miranda and Thomas clearly knew.

He had wondered how Thomas had locked onto himself who had just disembarked from the Queen's spaceship and arrived at Stephen Sand.

Now it seems that it was the information given to him by the proprietress of the Lettuce Inn.

There's a good chance that Miranda is also a high-level soulstealer!

And Toby, the guy who is suspected of epilepsy, probably didn't integrate smoothly and left sequelae.

"I'll go, I've been living in the Soulstealer's lair these days......"

Xu Nan was also a little scared when he thought about it.

In the depths of the cellar, they found several separate rooms, and indeed found Toby, whom Xu Nan had seen before, and another man of medium stature.

Both men were tied to cold stone pillars, and in the center of the room were carved a strange rune, shaped very similar to the baby of a Lifestealer, but a little more complex.

Sou!

A blue light flashed, and it was Akai holding the [Dead Soul Detection Technique] scroll to determine the identities of the two men.

Soon, the blue-blue glow turned a dazzling crimson!

The reels themselves are even more undulating, sounding a tuk-tuk siren!

This means that both of them are Lifestealers!

Akai shook his eyebrows and put away the scroll.

"They're all dead."

"It's their own hands."

Akai went up to check it, his brows furrowed slightly: "They've been dead for a long time." ”

"The one in the room on the left, with a very similar figure to [Sneak Attacker in the back of the head], should be him. I haven't seen the one on the right. ”

Xu Nan told what he had seen and heard in the lettuce hotel.

Akai nodded: "We have to find a way to catch that boss lady." ”

At this time, the Paradise Lost system ushered in a welcome notice -

[Your shared quest - Sneak Attacker in the Back of the Head has been completed!] 】

[Number of Newcomers +1]

[Your blood affinity with Xie Yutong +2]

The reward was almost exactly the same as before, except that the blood kinship seemed to have the opportunity to unlock the blood resonance and provide a little benefit, Xu Nan didn't feel any benefit.

Sure enough, is it still thankless to bring such a trumpet?

At that moment, he concentrated and followed Akai to the entrance of the cellar.

According to Akai's plan, they will quickly infiltrate the Lettuce Hotel, cooperate with the law enforcement team to block the outside of the hotel, and make sure to take down Thomas's accomplices!

But just then, just as the law enforcement team said they had completed the blockade of the Lettuce Inn, two black-robed wizards ran over:

"Vice-Captain!"

"We found two people in the basement!"

Akai was stunned for a moment: "And the basement?" ”

"Isn't this the cellar?"

A black-robed wizard nodded, "Just now, when a brother was searching, he found a more hidden secret door......"

"Leave them alone."

Akai was a little impatient: "Knock them out, tie them up." ”

"But......" The black-robed wizard hesitated.

"What's there?" Akai roared a little irritably, "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" ”

"Yes!" The black-robed wizard was shocked, and immediately said quickly: "Those two people are a little special, and they don't care when we ask." ”

"But the detection spell shows they're not the Lifestealers!"

Not a Lifestealer?

Xu Nan and Akai were both a little surprised.

"Take me there!"

Akai forcibly pressed the unpleasantness, and the two followed the black-robed warrior around the cellar for a while, and sure enough, they found a small secret room.

In the secret room, a black-robed wizard is waiting for him.

There are bunk beds on the left side of the room, and the rest of the furnishings are very basic, but they are very clean.

A plainly dressed woman sits on the edge of the bed, her eyes numb and unaware, not knowing what she is thinking; Beside her, there stood a tall man, who looked like a man, his entire body was wrapped in thick clothes, and he looked a little bloated and ridiculous.

As soon as Akai came in, Xu Nan noticed his abnormality.

His body instantly stiffened.

After a while, he relaxed, and his voice was extremely low:

"You've fallen into working with the Soulstealers?!"

"Do you know what you're doing?"

It sounded like his anger had exploded, but for some reason, he forcibly endured the woman and the man.

The two black-robed wizards glanced at Akai and retreated in amusement.

Only the strange duo were left in the room, as well as Xu Nan and Akai.

Xu Nan didn't leave, not because he was interested in the gossip of Akai and the person he obviously knew, but because the Paradise Lost system refreshed the notification again-

[Your shared quest - Helena's whereabouts has been completed!] 】

[Number of Newcomers +1]

[If you promote a newcomer three times, you will get a chance to give back!] 】

[Your blood affinity with Xie Yutong +3 (currently: 6)]

[Your blood affinity with Xie Yutong is greater than 5 points, and the first stage of blood resonance will be automatically unlocked!] 】

[Your Insight Level Permanent +1]

……

Xu Nan naturally couldn't digest these dazzling pieces of information in one go.

But the task of Helena's whereabouts has been accomplished is an indisputable fact.

He didn't believe that Xie Yutong could find Helena while working in Roger's Elemental Tower, so there was only one possibility left: the woman in front of him with an ordinary appearance and shabby clothes was the legendary forbidden alchemist Helena!

And the guy wrapped in clothes is her son, an alchemy doll named "Little Sun God"!

Akai seemed to know both of them.

In the face of his angry rebuke, the woman finally came to her senses.

She looked at Akai expressionlessly, her chapped lips twitching slightly:

"So, what are you going to do with him?"

Akai glanced at the tall figure beside her, and his expression became very tangled, but he still said quickly:

"Come with me, I'll really protect you this time."

The woman laughed dryly:

"This time? It's true? Do you think I'll still believe you? ”

"I didn't expect anything from you after you kicked me out of the house that year......"

Akai walked up quickly, grabbed the woman's thin shoulders, and stared at hers:

"Listen to me, Helena!"

"That's the end of the nonsense, I don't know how many grievances you've suffered in the past, but this time, you're really in trouble!"

"All the alchemists are looking for you, you can't continue to hide!"

"It's just me...... I can help you. ”

"Come with me......"

There was a pleading smack in his voice.

"How can you help me?"

Helena scoffed, "Everyone wants to know the secret of God's alchemy, right? ”

"Can you stop everyone?"

Akai was silent.

"I can try." He said.

"As long as you give me a chance."

"A chance to make amends."

There was a rare hint of tenderness on his resolute face.

Helena ignored him.

She just gently grasped the mechanical wrist of the puppet next to her and sighed lowly:

"It's too late."

"Brother......

……