Itinerary Change
Bigge's communicator was quickly connected.
"The ship... Captain..." Bigge's voice still sounded deep. He was initially happy to receive the call from Gu Ding, but when he thought about Hake, he became somewhat hesitant.
"Bigge, how have you been these past few years?" Before entering the Gate of Purgatory, Gu Ding was most at ease with Bigge because he was honest and didn't like to cause trouble.
"It's alright, but..." Bigge didn't know how to bring up Hake's situation with Gu Ding.
"That's good. Has something happened to Hake? Sea Emperor can't locate him, and this has been going on for three days." Gu Ding asked.
Bigge hesitated for a moment, unsure how to answer the question, when Tagore jumped onto his shoulder. "Let me answer it!"
"Tagore, what exactly happened?" Gu Ding recognized Tagore's voice.
"About three months ago, we had just entered the Undersea Forbidden Zone. We heard that there was a planet with special ingredients, so we stayed there to look for them. Because there were so many food stalls on that Gourmet Street, and they sold all kinds of things, and that kind of ingredient was very rare, Hake and I split up to search. But less than half an hour after we separated, I sensed that Hake's presence had suddenly disappeared."
"After noticing the anomaly, Bigge and I immediately rushed to the location where Hake last disappeared, but found no trace of Hake. In the following days, we searched not only that planet, but also several nearby star systems, but still found nothing. Helpless, we had to leave, taking with us the surveillance equipment in the area where Hake disappeared."
"That surveillance equipment was broken. But we had someone recover the data and saw that Hake was taken away..."
"Have you found out who those people are?" Gu Ding frowned as he listened. At this point in the story, it was clear that Hake had been kidnapped; otherwise, he wouldn't have left with others without even saying goodbye.
"We've found out, but it's a bit troublesome. The one who took Hake away was very likely the Dees Family from Ancient Era. They were once the most powerful Assassin Family in this plane. But this family suddenly disappeared in the Near Ancient Era, and there's no information available to us afterward. So our trail goes cold here, and we have absolutely no way of knowing where Hake was taken."
Tagore finally recounted the entire story.
"Tagore, have Bigge send me all the relevant information you've obtained so I can re-analyze it," Sea Emperor finally spoke up. "Leave this to me. If there's anything else I need, I'll contact you."
Shortly after hanging up the call, Bigge sent a bunch of documents to Sea Emperor.
Sea Emperor finished organizing everything in just a few seconds, reviewed all the materials, and then projected the video.
Gu Ding watched the video silently, then raised his question, "How did they determine that these people were members of the Dees Family? I didn't see any distinguishing features at all."
"A cuff was reflected in a passerby's glasses, and Bigge noticed this detail. The video restoration technician they hired is no ordinary person." Sea Emperor magnified the reflection in the passerby's glasses in the video and then processed the image for clarity. It was a clear image, somewhat resembling the emblem of Fa Te's family.
The image depicted the upper body of a man wearing a cloak, but without a face beneath the cloak's hood. In the man's left hand was a handful of coins, and in his right hand, a dagger.
"I compared it with the database, and the pattern is indeed the Dees Family crest. However, I can't tell if this cufflink is real or fake until I see the actual item. Counterfeiting techniques are too advanced now. If someone has seen a real cufflink, it's not impossible for them to make an exact replica. Only by seeing the actual item and analyzing the materials can we know for sure. Therefore, at the moment, we cannot determine whether these people are really members of the Dees Family or just imposters."
"No matter who kidnapped Hake, we will rescue him." Judging from Gu Ding's tone, he clearly didn't care whether it was the Dees Family who kidnapped Hake or not.
"That's for sure, but I think you need to learn about the Dees Family first." Sea Emperor said, projecting a fairly complete set of information about the Dees Family that he had compiled.
"The Dees Family is one of the earliest human families in this plane, and in Ancient Era, they were one of the major powers. At that time, the human Universe Sea was much larger than it is now, and the territory occupied by the Dees Family was dozens of times larger than the current human Universe Sea. Their status was comparable to the current Federal Government, except that there were five other families with the same voice at that time, and the six major families jointly controlled the entire human power."
"This family is the originator of the assassin profession in our plane. Since Ancient Era, whenever other forces or individuals wanted to train assassins, the first thing they thought of was to learn from the Dees Family. It can be said that almost all other assassin organizations in this plane branched off from the Dees Family."
"Later, with the rise of new species and the gradual decline of human descendants' abilities, the six major families and humanity as a whole began to slowly decline. But even so, three of the six major families continued into the Near Ancient Era, including the Dees Family. At that time, although the Dees Family's power was much weaker, it was still incomparable to any assassin organization today."
"Until the disappearance of the Dees Family in the Near Ancient Era, they were a holy land in the assassin world. Moreover, the news of the Dees Family's sudden disappearance overnight in the Near Ancient Era was the most popular news at the time, and it was discussed for many years. The reason it was discussed was because the Dees Family disappeared too suddenly, without any warning."
"For several epochs after the disappearance of the Dees Family until Hake was abducted, the family's name completely vanished from the Universe Sea, as if it had never existed. Even the Federal Government had no records of it."
"This is also why Tagore said earlier that the clues had gone cold and there was no way to continue the investigation. Because for several eras, there is absolutely no record of this family." Gu Ding immediately understood the biggest problem that Bigge and his team had encountered in the past three months.
"That's right. If it were someone else, it would be very difficult to find out more. But I am Super Intelligence. I can do many things that you humans cannot. As long as I can reach the universe where the planet where Hake disappeared is located, I should be able to uncover more." Sea Emperor's confidence in saying this was evident.
"In that case, let's head directly to the planet where Hake disappeared. Tell Lily and the others to all go to Hake planet and meet up there first." Gu Ding immediately changed the itinerary, because rescuing Hake was the top priority at the moment; everything else could be put aside for now. (To be continued~^~)