After hanging up the phone, Ji Xiu still maintained the posture of putting the phone to his ear to answer, but the bottom of his heart was a monstrous wave.

You Hong is dead?!

Just yesterday, You Hong told him on the phone that he would look at the details of Han Yun's case in detail before considering whether to grant him a request to explore the prehistoric ruins.

Only a day later, he learned that You Hong had died.

What happened in the middle, he asked the father on the other end of the phone, and the reply from the father was that You Hong was assassinated and killed by the chaos organization in the house.

The location is in the Flyer Block in Area B of Starlight City, which is the residence of You Hong when he was on vacation, and the investigation related to the case is still ongoing, and the specific progress will be updated on the Saints APP.

Thinking of telling You Hong about the prehistoric ruins involved in the investigation of Han Yun's case, and as a result, You Hong was ambushed by the forces of chaos, he suspected that all this was related to that prehistoric ruin.

You Hong's application may have been intercepted by members of the Chaos Organization lurking in the Saints' group, and in order to prevent the secrets in the ruins from being exposed, they launched an assassination operation against You Hong to ensure that the secrets continue to be concealed.

If this speculation is the truth, what exactly is in the ruins that makes the Scourge so afraid of being exposed.

Sitting at his desk, Ji Xiu fell into deep thought.

……

Three hours later, Ji Xiu, who kept refreshing the investigation information of the saint's case, waited for an update on the death case of You Hong.

Click on the case to jump to the page and list the relevant information.

Assassinations:

Deceased: You Hong

Identity information of the deceased: At the age of 5, he passed the divinity test and was included in the Saint Junior Group, at the age of 16, he was admitted to the Saint Junior Group with excellent results, and a year later he used the elixir to activate the transcendent path "Fist", and at the age of 20, he passed the assessment and joined the Saints Group - Group 7...... In 545, You Hong was promoted to leader of the Seven Saints Group.

Time of the crime: 550 years of Yu Jing, February 15, 10-12 p.m.

Location: Starlight City - Area B - Aviator Block - Villa No. 3 Xuanya.

Case investigation information: the deceased You Hong's body was broken, a variety of different elemental energy remnants were collected at the scene, and it is suspected that multiple energies hit You Hong's body at the same time to cause his death, there were traces of battle in the villa where the crime occurred, and the walls in the room were broken in a large area, proving that You Hong had resisted before his death, and all the monitoring in the villa was destroyed before the crime, and the identity information of the assassin could not be found for the time being.

Update 1: Fresh footprints were found on the branches of the Twilight Blossom Tree outside the villa, and it is suspected that the assassin had stood on the tree to observe the movement inside the villa before attacking You Hong.

Update 2: Perform energy detection at the scene of the crime, and there are three suspected assassins, each with three supernatural abilities.

Update 3: No clues were found such as the assassin's fingerprints, tools, item residues, hair, etc., and based on the degree of destruction at the scene, it is inferred that the killer had the strength to crush You Hong, and You Hong's resistance did not play a big role, so he was killed by a fatal blow.

……

After reading the relevant investigation of the case, Ji Xiu frowned slightly.

He found that the case did not register that You Hong had applied to investigate the prehistoric remains.

There are two possibilities here.

The first possibility is that You Hong didn't take what he said seriously at all, and ignored it after agreeing perfunctorily.

The second possibility is that You Hong's application to investigate the prehistoric remains was suppressed by some force, so it was not registered in the investigation records related to the case and used as clues.

Of these two possibilities, Ji Xiu prefers the second one.

Although You Hong was a little impatient with him, he would reply to his requests, whether it was a promise or a refusal, and he was never perfunctory.

He now had reason to suspect that the Saints might have been heavily infiltrated by the Scourge and that they were in high positions.

Once again, the trail is broken.

The investigation of the prehistoric ruins could not continue without You Hong's cooperation, and the only person he could trust now was An An.

Putting down the phone, Ji Xiu looked out the window.

In the distance, the sky was cloudy and low, and there was an arc in the churning darkness.

He realized that the idea of returning to Earth had put him in danger.

If You Hong died because of an application to investigate prehistoric relics, then the person above must have known that he was the main reason for You Hong's request for investigation by questioning You Hong.

The reason why he is still alive now is most likely because An An is by his side, so that the potential forces dare not act rashly.

What should be the next road, he decided to wait for the time being to be smart and An'an go online.

After dinner the next day, Ji Xiu and the others came to An'an's soberness.

When he told An An in detail about You Hong's death and the fact that he had sought You Hong's help to investigate the prehistoric ruins the day before, An An fell into deep thought.

After a long time, An An raised his head:

"My opinion is the same as yours, You Hong most likely died because he wanted to investigate the prehistoric ruins, this ruins must contain important secrets, and at the same time, the high-level of the Saints Group has been infiltrated by the Scourge Organization, and this time You Hong has become a victim of concealing the truth of the ruins."

"So apart from the Saints, what other channels can we know the exact location of that prehistoric ruin?"

In the face of the inquiry, An An's expression was slightly helpless:

"I'm retired, I didn't expect to encounter this...... But since we have encountered it, we must not sit idly by, we will go to the Mechanical Crown City tomorrow, there is a guy there who may help us understand the truth about You Hong's death. ”

"Mechanical Crown City?"

Hearing these three words, Ji Xiu was puzzled in his heart.

Machine-crowned City is one of the three major cities in the mainland of Yujing, located in the southeast of Yujingguo, more than 600 kilometers away from Starlight City and Fog Sea City, he doesn't understand why people in Machine-Crowned City can know the truth about You Hong's death.

As if seeing his doubts, An An immediately explained:

"That guy from Mechanical Crown City has a special ability, maybe he can help us find the answer."

"Is he a member of the Saints' group?"

"No, it's not human, it's one of the members of the Destiny Organization stationed in Yujing."

"Okay, we'll leave tomorrow."

Although he had doubts in his heart, since An An said it was feasible, he would try it.

That night, Ji Xiu called An An's teacher and said on the phone that he wanted to live in school for Li Mumu.

He is in a very dangerous situation now, and arranging Li Mumu to live in the school is the best and safest choice in his opinion.

……

Early the next morning, Ji Xiu came to the school and filled in the procedures for Li Mumu to live in the school.

The explanation to Li Mumu was that she needed to travel for a few days, and she would be picked up when she came back.

Li Mumu is also very sensible, and when she heard that he was going out to work, she immediately said that she didn't have to worry about her, she would get along with her classmates in school.

When he got home, Ji Xiu took Confused An An and took a taxi to the city station in Area A of Wuhai City.

The facilities in the station are highly intelligent, and you can quickly pass through the security check with only facial recognition, without waiting in line.

Coming to the platform of the E area of the vehicle, there is a silver maglev train parked in front of the yellow line in front of the vehicle, the body adopts a streamlined design, suspended on the track through the magnetic field, and the shape is like a bullet about to be discharged, full of futuristic science and technology.

While waiting on the platform with An An, Ji Xiu's eyes scanned the surroundings, and his expression gradually became solemn.

There were 12 pedestrians waiting to get on the train on the platform, three of them had red halos suspended above their heads, Ji Xiu's gaze was tilted to the left front, where there stood a young man playing with his mobile phone, wearing headphones, his body swaying slightly with the music.

There was a middle-aged man in a suit standing in front of him on the right, while waiting for the car, he raised his left hand from time to time to glance at his watch, looking very anxious, but Ji Xiu noticed that his eyes were observing An An through the mirror of the watch.

The last figure with a red halo on her head stood in front of her, a young woman, wearing a light and breathable sweatshirt on her upper body, which hugged her body and highlighted her body line, and a pair of slim sweatpants on her lower body, standing in front of the closed door waiting to get on the bus.

Usually, you don't meet extraordinary controllers with a red halo on their heads, but this time I met three at the station.

Realizing that the person who came was not good, Ji Xiu subconsciously looked down at An An beside him, and said in a low voice:

"Sister An, trouble has come to the door."

An An raised his head when he heard this, and gave him a puzzled look, obviously not understanding what this sentence meant.

"Forget it, it's a big deal to reopen."

Seeing that An An had no reaction at all, Ji Xiu sighed helplessly in his heart.

Looking up at the front, Ji Xiu tensed his body, ready to deal with an attack that might come at any time.

"Ding! Good morning passengers, welcome to take this train, this train is the A13 maglev train, from Wuhai City Area A to the Mechanical Crown City Area A, this train provides you with a full range of self-service services, the train is completely non-smoking...... The vehicle is about to depart, please get on the bus and prepare for ....... 】

At the same time as the sound sounded on the radio, the middle-aged man who was looking at his watch suddenly turned around, put his right hand in front of him and pinched it with one hand, looked directly at An An who was confused, and whispered softly:

"Ten Thousand Beast Cage!"

In an instant, the shadow in front of the middle-aged man twisted and elongated, hitting An An's shadow at an extremely fast speed.

The surrounding scene changes, and the mountain peaks rise from the ground to form a valley surrounded by mountains.

The earthquake trembled, and countless stone pillars carved with reliefs of strange beasts rose from the valley, surrounding An An and the middle-aged man around the valley.

Looking at An An with a confused face, the middle-aged man pinched the trick with one hand and pointed to a stone pillar on the right side.

Rise~!

After a dull roar, the surface of the stone pillar shimmered, and the eyes of the beast in relief flashed red-yellow, waking up from its slumber.

This is a creature that resembles a western dragon, its body is inflated after breaking away from the stone pillar, its energy dragon scales are flashing blue, its huge eyes have become bright, it has raised its head and chest and let out a threatening roar towards An An, and then flapped its wings under the control of the middle-aged man and dived straight towards An An.

Rumble!

The mountain-like body smashed on An An's body, and the giant beast's energy-like body exploded instantly, setting off a splash of sand and gravel all over the sky.

But the seemingly unstoppable blow did not cause any harm to An An, and when the smoke and dust cleared, An An got up from the pit in a daze, scratched his head, and fell into deep thought after scanning his eyes around:

“[・_・？ Huh? ”