Reading the Traces, Following an Unusual Trail

"Are all the records on those two people here?" Chen Chuan asked.

"We have some specialist test reports too," Director Bao said quickly.

"I don't need those." Chen Chuan looked at him. "Do you have any tissue samples taken from their bodies?"

"Yes," Bao Ning said without hesitation.

He knew that, with matters at this point, he had to cooperate fully with Chen Chuan to minimize the fallout and make up for his mistake. He gave an order to the assistant beside him. The assistant nodded, brought over a briefcase, and carefully took out two glass tubes.

Chen Chuan looked them over. Both contained blood, thick and a striking golden red. Under his gaze, the tubes floated up and sped toward him as though guided by an invisible hand.

Zhu Xian stood nearby. He kept his expression steady, but could not hide the astonishment in his eyes. It was his first time seeing anything like this, and he suddenly understood the term "Fighter" far better.

Crack! Both glass tubes shattered. Everyone flinched, then saw that the blood had scattered without falling. Light seemed to flicker in Chen Chuan's eyes as he used his mental power to sense the physical information within it.

He was not reading data. This was an observation made purely through the mind and the Domain Field. It let him roughly gauge the two people's current condition and would help him find them.

After a while, he had learned something about the blood's owners. He also detected a much older trace within it, one dating back at least several hundred years.

He could also tell that the two had come into contact with some kind of special High-Energy Nutrients beforehand. That was how they had survived until now instead of dying completely.

Once he had finished, the