"Consultant Xu Yue, they are...?"
Takahashi Kojiro appropriately showed an expression of confusion and inquiry.
Although their first attempt at testing each other with coded phrases had not matched up, Takahashi Kojiro would not immediately conclude that they were natives.
What if they were hostile Reincarnators? Or perhaps they were allies they had originally arranged to meet, but had discovered some major benefit with limited slots and were now pretending not to recognize them?
Confirming it through the mouth of this important native figure was the safest course of action.
"There was a virus leak beneath The Hive back then. As a special envoy, I went there to investigate and encountered the infection incident. They were there too and helped out a little."
"Judging by their attire and combat strength now, they probably unlocked their Gene Locks through that encounter as well."
Xu Yue gave a simple explanation in a calm tone.
Both the Zhongzhou Team and the Takahashi Squad were startled.
Takahashi Kojiro and the others were surprised that the other side had unlocked their Gene Locks, and so early on at that. It might even have happened before they entered this world, making it highly likely that they were natives.
Zheng Zha and the others, meanwhile, were shocked that a plot character actually knew about the concept of Gene Locks!
But after thinking about it, they could accept and understand it.
Even before Zhao Yingkong entered the Infinite Terror world, she had been able to unlock hers due to the nature of her assassin family. Was it not perfectly normal for people in other worlds to understand the concept of Gene Locks?
In fact, in the original Infinite Terror, they had explained the concept of Gene Locks to Alice and talked her into joining their team.
At that