My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!-Chapter 1017 - 591: Mutual Pursuit

"Is there still no news about Xiao Yu?"

The Chao family villa.

"Chao Shu," with hollow, pale eyes, stared at Zhao Ge, who was half-kneeling on the ground before him.

"I have failed you! We’ve only managed to find out that the children from the orphanage were transferred to a suburban hospital for examination by a special armed police force executing their mission.

Due to the major incident at Jinghai Welfare Institute, the place has been completely sealed off by the police.

As a result, the children from the orphanage were later dispersed and relocated to various welfare institutions across the country.

I attempted to interact with these children under the guise of charitable adoption, but I was informed that all the children’s files had already been sent to the welfare institutions nationwide.

When I tried to delve further, there was no complete allocation record available from any relevant department.

After much investigation, I’ve only found the whereabouts of 13 children among them, but Xiao Yu and four others remain missing."

"How could this happen?" Chao Shu frowned in dissatisfaction.

If Mr. Hu were here, he would surely be anxious to hear this.

As Meng Lang had cautioned him, the enemy would definitely send people... and dogs, to search for Xiao Yu everywhere.

Thus, besides Xiao Yu, who was imprisoned in Silent Hill, the other children of the orphanage have been scattered as decoys to various welfare institutions nationwide.

With Meng Lang’s repeated warnings, he had already elevated the enemy’s intelligence-gathering capabilities as much as possible.

Therefore, to increase the difficulty of tracking for those with ill intentions, Mr. Hu minimized the number of people in the know and erased all the children’s allocation records.

Totaling 18 children, 13 were distributed through normal channels, and for the remaining 4, excluding Xiao Yu, he even completely destroyed their original files and reassigned them with new identities to remote mountainous areas.

Even if they could find those 13, that would only break through the first layer of smoke and mirrors.

But if they couldn’t find only Xiao Yu, they would definitely grow suspicious.

However, if they can’t find five at once, this would disguise their true target, confusing the enemy for a while longer...

Even with such caution, to think the opponents could find all 13 children in the first layer of the mist in such a short period...

This kind of abnormal intelligence search capability has completely exceeded his understanding...

Fortunately, these children were individually arranged from the beginning, each unaware of the others’ circumstances.

This ensured that even if the Night Demon Clan found some of the children, they couldn’t extract information about Xiao Yu from them...

"From what I know, the officials at Country Hua’s welfare institutions are usually inefficient.

Why was this action carried out so quickly this time? When the incident happened, we were the first to intervene in the investigation.

How could they scatter all the children to other welfare institutions so soon?

Furthermore, why not to provincial welfare institutions nearby, but instead, went out of their way to distribute them nationwide?"

Chao Shu posed a series of questions.

"Hmm... it’s said that because the incident had such a severe negative impact, excessive exaggeration in terms like ’child abuse,’ ’imprisonment,’ and ’corpse disposal’ by various media sparked enormous negative public opinion.

Even departments from Beijing began to intervene personally...

As you know, once higher departments get involved, these departments’ efficiency can’t be compared.

Local officials, eager to calm the situation, formed special task forces to speed up the process.

As for why they went out of their way, the official explanation is to prevent secondary harm from the outside world and media to these children, so their identities were strictly concealed."

"Damn it! Of all times to intervene, why now!"

"Bang!"

Chao Shu angrily pounded his fist onto the solid wood table beside him.

Zhao Ge’s eyelids twitched.

He snuck a glance at the slightly reddened hand that had been hit, a hint of pity flashing in his eyes.

"Even so, despite our inability to locate the target, the target is bound to contact us!

But why is there still no news!"

"Hmm... This is also what I find strange. Besides sending a broad wide-area signal to the target to request contact as soon as possible,

we’ve also mobilized all the Listeners from several nearby provinces, even searched remote untouched forests.

Yet, as of now, we still haven’t received any active contact signals from our side.

I suspect either the target has already moved beyond our effective detection range,

or... the target has lost the ability to act and send a distress signal."

"Hmm?" Chao Shu raised an eyebrow.

"Are you saying... the target’s identity has been exposed, possibly imprisoned, or... has already been dealt with?"

Zhao Ge hesitated for a moment, carefully considering before speaking.

"The chances of exposure should be low. From what I know, most domestic medical testing methods can’t differentiate between the Clan and ordinary humans.

It’s more likely the target left the surrounding provinces in a short period.

Our Listeners cover a vast range in detection, but there are limits.

If the target used high-altitude transportation, they could have quickly flown inland, far from the coast, beyond our reach.

In such a scenario, we might have to search one area at a time throughout Country Hua to possibly locate the target.

It’s not impossible, but time-consuming.

Additionally, there’s actually another possibility..." Zhao Ge hesitated slightly.

"Speak!"

"Hmm... you know, with the advancement of human medicine, the demand for organs is skyrocketing.

Thus, there’s a yearly increase in ’missing people’ worldwide, comprising many refugees from war-torn areas, undocumented individuals, or personnel from welfare institutions with little social connection...

People like these, even if missing, won’t have many who care about their whereabouts...

According to the intelligence you provided, while the target we’re looking for is a perfect vessel, it lacks strong self-protection capabilities and is still in a human juvenile phase.

If caught by such organizations and initially rendered unconscious, then is it possible that, including the target, the remaining five children might have already been..."

"Chao Shu" was momentarily stunned.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ge actually guessed at a "disappearance."

In terms of understanding the human world, it was far inferior to Zhao Ge, this native lower-level Clan member.

Since he didn’t rule out this possibility...

"I will give you all the Listener access permissions, investigate in this direction.

Hmm... If necessary, use the power of the police to help us conduct a thorough search!

Even if it means destroying all similar underground organizations around, find the target for me!

Alive, see the person; dead, see the corpse!"

"Yes, sir!"

Zhao Ge’s eyes flickered, and he lowered his head respectfully in agreement.

Misleading? Not quite, it’s just that if there really is something out there capable of killing the dean and opposing them...

He didn’t know if what he was doing had any meaning.

Perhaps, he was just playing a mind game with the air.

The imagined possibility was nothing more than a hallucination born from his yearning.

But... for some reason, he instinctively chose to do it.

Even if the possibility was only one in a billion...

"Hmm?" As if sensing Zhao Ge’s inexplicable emotional fluctuation, "Chao Shu" narrowed their eyes slightly, then smiled faintly.

"Don’t worry, as long as you do your job well, help me find that perfect vessel, then this body will be of no use to me.

If this mission satisfies me, I will not only give her freedom, but might also help you cure her blindness..."

In terms of "nerve content," this Divine Race occupying Chao Shu’s body is not much different from Xiao Yu.

But the lack of compatibility with the vessel meant it couldn’t move freely like Xiao Yu, and even the host became a "defective product" suffering from blindness.

Moreover, even the time it "wakes up" each day is limited, having to fall into a dormant state from time to time.

It even has to retain Chao Shu’s complete consciousness to temporarily control the body while it’s asleep, helping it "maintain" this body.

This is also why it is eager to obtain Xiao Yu.

As the next generation of perfect vessels meticulously prepared by the old dean.

Only by devouring and occupying her body can it truly advance to the "Dean Level"...

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ge felt a chill in his heart, but his face immediately showed an extremely excited expression!

"Yes, Dean! I will give it my all, even if it costs my life, I will bring the target back!"

"Mm!" Seeing Zhao Ge’s excited demeanor, "Chao Shu" nodded in satisfaction.

"By the way, how is the task assigned by ’Nest’ going?

Although finding the vessel is important, this is the first direct official mission from ’Nest’ to us.

I don’t want ’Nest’ to think we are too incompetent."

Because of the orphanage’s demise, it is now the "acting dean."

Just recently, "Nest" provided new instructions for their next moves...

"Yes! The task of approaching Baiyeji to gather information on the next generation AI technology and assess its threats is underway.

I have already become an invited guest actor for the associated company ’Lingjing Media.’

The next step is to use this as a springboard to gradually approach Baiyeji’s senior management and wait for opportunities to obtain information.

If possible, we will plant our people within..."

"Hmm? That fast?" "Chao Shu" was clearly a bit surprised.

The mission was given just the day before yesterday, and now you’re telling me you’ve infiltrated their organization?

Such high efficiency?

"Yes! I also didn’t expect to be invited by them." Zhao Ge answered honestly.

Little did they know, just as they were eyeing them, they, in turn, were eyeing them?

A mutual pursuit indeed...

"Mm! Very good! Recently, Baiyeji has grown rapidly, and according to ’Nest’s’ intelligence, strategic experts across the ocean have already started viewing it as a significant technological hegemony threat.

If it poses a threat to the most powerful country on Earth, we need to put it on our priority observation list!

Hmm... Also, now that the orphanage is gone, we need to develop our assassination capabilities and special forces...

Previously selected personnel also need to accelerate their mental alteration and transformation...

Hmm..."

As "Chao Shu" was assigning tasks, the voice suddenly paused, and a warm red stream slowly trickled from the nose...

"Tch! This body is becoming more and more useless."

Casually wiping away the nosebleed, "Chao Shu" showed a disdainful expression, then the icy expression on the face gradually faded, and the body slowly went limp...

Quickly getting up to catch the fainting Chao Shu, Zhao Ge looked down, full of heartache as he gazed at the unconscious Chao Shu with her delicately furrowed brows, seemingly enduring some pain even in sleep.

Gently placing her on the bed.

Then he fetched a damp towel and began to carefully wipe away the remaining bloodstains on her face...

Zhao Ge’s face showed no joy or sorrow, nor did he dare to reveal any anger or dissatisfaction.

He knew that all discontent and resistance would transform into severe punishment, descending upon Chao Shu.

Countless experiences had nearly driven him to despair, leaving him at the mercy of the Divine Race.

But...

Gently gazing at the girl on the bed, softly smoothing out her furrowed brows.

His eyes flickered slightly, carrying something different from usual...