Seeking Hidden Treasure, Entering the Hidden Cellar

Chen Chuan knew very well that Xu Mutang's words came partly from genuine gratitude and partly from a compromise forced by reality.

Who this Hidden Treasure ultimately belonged to would, in the end, still depend on force.

Xu Mutang was probably thinking that if Chen Chuan insisted the things here rightfully belonged to him, he had no ability to stop him anyway. Better to be forthright about it.

He said, "I'd like to ask, Chief Inspector Xu, which side do you represent in coming here to retrieve these things? Yourself, the Municipal Council, or the Government Affairs Hall?"

When Xu Mutang heard this, he considered for a moment before asking tentatively, "The techniques Director Chen used just now seemed to be from the Purity Faction?"

Chen Chuan had nothing to hide about this. It was no secret. He said, "Yes. I am a member of the Purity Faction."

Xu Mutang nodded before saying, "To be frank with you, Director Chen, I am a member of the Implant Faction."

Chen Chuan's heart stirred slightly. He looked at Xu Mutang. The Implant Faction was likewise one of the five major factions, and its members were largely people who advocated implant technology.

Quite a number of them were bioengineers and technical specialists. Of course, even more were high-level Implant Body combatants. Yet from what Chen Chuan could see, Xu Mutang did not seem to use many implants.

Xu Mutang said, "Although I personally do not use any additional Implant Bodies, when I reached the Third Limit, I underwent a set of Mutated Tissue adjustments.

"It is a technique that removes defective Mutated Tissue from my body for separate cultivation and adjustment, then implants it back into me. It can artificially make up for certain congenital deficiencies. But the requirements for this technology are