Chapter 55: Report
Early the next morning, Su Hao went to the town to inquire about the news.
As expected, several people had disappeared again last night. Their locations were uncertain, but they were all near the Warrior Academy. Among the missing individuals, one was a student who stayed on campus. It was estimated that they were attacked when they went out.
There were also discussions about the smashed face at the academy, with people attributing it to the "killer."
This confirmed Su Hao's suspicion that the missing individuals were definitely related to the attack from the previous day.
After confirming his speculation, Su Hao decided to put it aside for the moment and went to the library to browse through books.
In the evening, he began to roam outside the academy with his radar at maximum range, searching for another potential assailant.
After nearly a month of adaptation, his blood energy had replenished, and his radar sensing range had stabilized at 400 meters without rapidly increasing.
With his blood energy fully activated, the radar sensing range could reach over 1,500 meters. However, beyond that range, the direction would become blurry, significantly reducing its effectiveness.
By maximizing his radar, although his blood energy consumption would increase, with his vast reserves of blood energy, he could basically ignore such expenditure.
Su Hao didn't know if the attacker would strike the students entering and leaving the academy tonight. Perhaps after the setback from last night, the assailant would change the "hunting" location and dare not come again.
So he could only give it a try.
However, considering it from a different perspective, Su Hao thought that the academy or its surroundings were an excellent "hunting ground."
The academy was desolate, with only a small number of students, mostly twelve or thirteen-year-old warriors with abundant physical energy. No matter what their purpose was in capturing people, these young warriors were excellent material. Moreover, it was currently the holiday season, with no resident teachers except for an old man who remained motionless, making the danger factor low.
With such a good location, where else could he find?
Half an hour later, within Su Hao's radar range, he detected the eerie blood energy feedback.
"They appeared!" Su Hao immediately set off, running towards the direction of the eerie blood energy while carefully observing his surroundings.
Due to the actions of the killer, few people were wandering outside at night now; almost everyone was afraid and stayed hidden.
As he quickly approached, Su Hao sensed a second eerie blood energy, which felt similar to the first. He frowned.
"Two? Maybe even more! Did last night's incident cause them to reinforce their manpower?"
After cautiously approaching within a hundred meters, Su Hao hid in the shadows and observed.
He didn't plan to show up immediately and kill the assailants; it would be meaningless to do so. He wanted to figure out what their intentions were.
Su Hao suspected that the assailant was a rune master, and he might be able to learn something from this rune master. Of course, the learning process would involve killing the assailant and seizing their belongings.
In terms of research and conducting human experiments, Su Hao couldn't say whether it was right or wrong because it involved various ethical considerations. But he didn't like it, as it contradicted his sense of justice. As long as his strength matched his sense of justice, he would uphold it. If he didn't like something, he would clear it away from his sight.
Su Hao remembered the "Three Stringent Principles, Four Diligences, and Five Prohibitions" taught to him by his father, Wu Yuntian.
Among them, there was "No unnecessary disputes; No excessive words."
His understanding was very simplistic, that there was no need to argue with others or talk too much. Whoever violated his principles and bottom line would face consequences. If he could defeat them, his justice was right; if he couldn't, his justice was wrong.
Countless deaths before had made him understand that no matter how correct his principles and sense of justice were, when accidents happened, he had to die if it was his time. No one would understand his inner self, nor would anyone care.
Su Hao saw the source of the two eerie blood energies—a young woman and a muscular man with a bearded face. Both wore vacant expressions, lifeless eyes, and slightly open mouths, as if they were devoid of consciousness and being controlled by someone. However, their movements were extremely agile and coordinated, reaching the level of a high-level elite warrior.
Furthermore, the intentions of these two controlled individuals were very clear—they were cautiously patrolling outside the academy, hunting down students who were alone.
Surprisingly, even though rumors were flying in the city, and people were panicking, there were still those unafraid of death.
Therefore, shortly afterward, one of the controlled individuals carried a unconscious teenager while the other silently retreated from the academy.
Utilizing his radar, Su Hao followed from a distance of 200 meters.
Soon, they arrived at the eastern part of the town.
Lingyun Town was built on the mountainside, and this location was on the outskirts of Lingyun Town, precisely where the city wall connected to the mountainside.
The terrain here was complex, the location remote, and few people lived here. Ordinary people would rarely come to this place.
It seemed that those who did bad things liked such secluded places.
After arriving here, Su Hao sensed three other eerie blood energies, and each had a weaker blood energy reaction accompanying it. It seemed that each controlled person had brought back a target.
In addition, his radar also detected a powerful blood energy reaction.
"A high-level Master!" The intensity of their blood energy was similar to the supervising teacher in the academy, slightly weaker. The blood energy had a mysterious characteristic and was clearly related to the blood energy on the controlled individuals, but it was more condensed and powerful.
"It seems I've found the targets. One is a Mster warrior, and the other has the identity of a rune master."
At this point, Su Hao hesitated slightly.
Simply rushing in would definitely not work. The opponent was also a Master and shouldn't be underestimated. Moreover, he hadn't fought a Master before and didn't know what a real battle with a Master would be like.
The most critical factor was that the opponent had another identity, that of a rune master. Su Hao couldn't be certain if the opponent had other peculiar methods.
"Should I report this to the guard?" Su Hao began to analyze the pros and cons. If he directly charged in, he would undoubtedly gain all the benefits, but the risk would be too high, and he might end his journey in this world.
If he reported it, the safety would greatly increase, but he might not obtain what he wanted.
"I need to think it through." Su Hao narrowed his eyes, observing the controlled individuals carrying their prey and moving a stone, revealing a dark hole, then entering one by one before sealing the entrance.
After thinking for a moment, Su Hao quietly surveyed the surrounding area, then swiftly retreated.
"I'll report it after all! If the operation goes well, I might be able to get what I want and possibly save the captured individuals."
Su Hao quickly outlined three basic objectives: the most important one was to obtain information or materials from the opponent, secondly, find an opportunity to test the opponent's strength and determine their combat capabilities, and thirdly, if possible, eliminate the opponent.
As for rescuing people, wasn't there still
the guard team?
...
Su Hao quickly formulated his action plan.
First, he identified the location of the guard team headquarters, then wrote about ten notes, each stating, "Shocking revelation! Master-level killer has appeared in Lingyun Town, committing such horrifying acts," along with a simple map and location description.
Then, he wrapped each note around a small stone, found a concealed spot, and threw them towards the guard team headquarters, not looking back as he retreated about five hundred meters. He used his radar to observe the guard team's reaction.
At the guard team headquarters, an elite soldier approached the gate of the captain's office, holding a stone wrapped in paper. He knocked and entered.
"Captain Luo, these notes were thrown in from outside just now, and the contents are the same. Take a look!"
Captain Luo was a tall and burly man, wearing shiny armor. His face was square and dignified, radiating an aura of heroism.
He was a high-ranking member of the guard team, with combat strength ranking among the top, second only to the captain of the main team, a Master-level expert. His position was the captain of the second squad, reporting directly to the captain of the guard team.
Captain Luo took one of the notes, unfolded it, read it, and furrowed his brows.
At that moment, the elite soldier cautiously asked, "Captain Luo, could it be a prank?"
Captain Luo glanced at the elite soldier, immediately took off his helmet, and walked outside while saying, "Summon the second squad to the main hall immediately."
The elite soldier saluted and ran out.
From a distance, Su Hao saw that over twenty people were gathering at the guard team headquarters, including twenty elite warriors and five Master warriors. Among them, one Master warrior had vigorous and robust blood energy, far surpassing the "killer" conducting experiments inside the cave. Su Hao knew that the plan had begun.
He promptly set off towards the eastern entrance of the city, but he didn't walk too fast, maintaining a position about five hundred meters ahead of the guard team.
He intended to create a time gap!
(Translated by begs)