Scarlet Institute

The historical information about Mu Qing recorded in the database was hard for Feng Qi to believe.

But the facts were laid out before him, and he had no choice but to believe.

The future in the dream was closely related to reality; this had already been proven.

The Dawn Rebellion Army, Rune Modifiers, innocent casualties... countless pieces of information intertwined in Feng Qi's mind. It took him a long time to recover.

At this moment, an idea emerged in his mind: to eliminate Mu Qing before she became a scourge.

As long as she died, there would be no Dawn Rebellion Army, and certainly no dark period lasting over thirty years as recorded in history.

But then, many doubts arose in Feng Qi's heart.

As a human, why would Mu Qing betray humanity? What was the reason for this decision?

Just then, the narrator's voice appeared in his mind.

[There is a reason for everything. You feel that the truth of the matter is not as simple as you imagined, so you decide to investigate further!]

"What do you mean? Narrator, are you implying that there's a hidden reason behind Mu Qing's betrayal of all humanity?" Feng Qi quickly asked.

[Nah~ nah~ nah~!]

Feng Qi: ...

Although the narrator was annoying, the hints it gave often seemed to be guiding him. So Feng Qi felt that his guess might not be wrong, and there might be many undiscovered secrets behind Mu Qing's betrayal of humanity.

Thinking of this, he began to look through the historical data in the database, trying to find the specific reason for Mu Qing's betrayal of humanity.

Since he only had guest access, he only had three chances to search for historical information, so he directly skipped information with unreliable titles.

As he looked through the data, he found that the information about Mu Qing recorded in the Star City database was generally about her experiences and actions after she betrayed humanity.

However, there was very little information recorded before she betrayed humanity. Most of these records were about some of Mu Qing's experiences at Star City Academy.

These records all mentioned one point: during her time at Star City Academy, Mu Qing was always ostracized by her classmates, and no one was willing to be friends with her.

When forming Domain Battle Squads before graduation, not a single intern team was willing to accept her as a partner.

This made him suspect that perhaps her experiences while studying at the academy caused Mu Qing to hate humanity and then develop the idea of becoming an enemy of humanity.

The specific answer was unknown, so he began to continue looking through the relevant information about Mu Qing after graduation.

Subsequent data recorded that although Mu Qing had no friends, her strength was very strong. The Rune Crystal integrated with her body gave her a special ability: to absorb power from food.

Her stomach also underwent a special change under the modification of the Rune Crystal. Its digestive ability was 30 times that of an ordinary person. Ordinary food entering her stomach would be quickly digested and absorbed, and the nutrients would turn into a meager amount of vital energy that surged into Mu Qing's limbs and bones, strengthening her physical body.

Relying on her special physique and extremely excellent performance during her domain internship, Mu Qing was recruited into the A-level Domain Battle Squad "Black Reef" after graduation. After the internship period ended, she even leaped to become a main combatant in Black Reef's A team.

After that, Mu Qing's performance was extremely outstanding. She participated in several operations to clear domain fields and earned many military merits.

From these experiences, Feng Qi could not associate her with a world-destroying demon.

Because she had fought on the front lines against Domain Creatures, facing life-and-death crises several times without retreating. She had also taken the lead to cover the retreat of team members, resulting in severe injuries and almost losing her life.

Skipping over this information, Feng Qi found the last mission that caused Mu Qing to change.

[Mission Number: 321529]

Mission Issuer: Scarlet Institute Headquarters

Receiving Battle Squad: Black Reef (A-level Domain Battle Squad)

Mission Details:

At 3:00 PM on April 23, 2031, an underground laboratory located in the suburbs of Mu Lin City suddenly lost contact with our headquarters. It may have been attacked by a Domain Transcendental. We are now seeking help from various battle squads to investigate the detailed situation.

Danger Level: Unknown

Mission Reward: Special Spirit Stones x3000, B-level Special Alloy Battle Armor (three sets), Level 3 Spirit Plants (ten plants), 50 million in cash, C-level Rune Creature: Death Calamity (three remains)

It was during the execution of this mission that Mu Qing's personality changed drastically. She personally killed the captain who had selected her for the "Black Reef Battle Squad." After leaving, she recruited a large number of Scavengers, established the Dawn Rebellion Army, and began to become an enemy of all humanity.

This made Feng Qi curious about the underground laboratory of the Scarlet Institute branch.

Had Mu Qing been hiding all along, or did the laboratory affect her?

To find the answer, Feng Qi began to search for information about the "Scarlet Institute."

But to his disappointment, he had no authority to view information about the Scarlet Institute and could not obtain relevant information from the database.

After closing the search page, Feng Qi fell into deep thought.

Now that he knew Mu Qing would betray humanity in the future, he naturally wouldn't stand by and do nothing. There were now two choices before him.

Kill Mu Qing!

Change Mu Qing!

After much deliberation, he decided to try to contact Mu Qing after returning to reality and then make a decision.

Next, Feng Qi clicked on the cultivation technique list and continued to study the general outline of the Fierce Tiger Fist.

Last time, he had only mastered the basic essentials of the Fierce Tiger Fist, learning only about one-third of the content. There was still a lot of subsequent content that he hadn't fully learned due to Little Black's arrival.

Taking advantage of the remaining time, Feng Qi decided to finish learning the subsequent advanced content of the Fierce Tiger Fist.

After clicking on the tutorial video, a man in military uniform appeared on the screen. Feng Qi followed his movements and began practicing the fist technique, listening carefully.

Learning the Fierce Tiger Fist wasn't very significant for him. His growth primarily relied on killing monsters in his dreams to obtain Bloodline Evolution Points. Therefore, understanding the teaching methodology of the Fierce Tiger Fist was the core objective.

Time passed bit by bit. After watching it several times, Feng Qi had roughly memorized the content of the Fierce Tiger Fist.

Glancing at the time in the upper right corner of the screen, he knew he didn't have time to watch the Fierce Tiger Fist again.

In about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, Little Black would appear in the underground laboratory.

He had actually thought about closing the metal passage door, but he couldn't find the switch at all, and there was no relevant information stored in the database.

While waiting, just as he expected, a black shadow emerged from the metal passage and entered the underground shelter.

A surging black mist enveloped its entire body, so Feng Qi couldn't clearly see the specific appearance of this Domain Creature. However, he could clearly see the dark red Rune Crystal embedded in the forehead of the creature shrouded in the black shadow.

[When will you return, my friend? When you come, do not linger. At the ends of the sky, at the corners of the earth, half of our close friends are scattered. It is rare to gather in life, only partings are many.]

The narration popped up at the right time to bid farewell to Feng Qi.

Feng Qi: ...

Looking at the black shadow approaching him, he was very curious about what kind of prefix title he would get after killing it, and what kind of special ability enhancement it would bring him.

But he only thought about it, knowing that his current strength was no match for Little Black.

The black shadow got closer and closer. Feng Qi grabbed the "Leg Bone" placed on the control panel and actively walked towards the black shadow, with the air of a brave warrior who would not return once gone.

This time, a miracle still did not occur. The moment they made contact, Feng Qi was enveloped by the black mist, and then the familiar chewing sound echoed in his ears.

As his vision was covered by darkness, he thought he would return to reality, but a line of text popped up in his mind.

[Initial energy depleted, requires energy replenishment. Current energy: 0%]

[Energy depleted, automatically activating reality feedback panel.]