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Walking on the smooth cement road in Chongyun Village, which had only been paved a few months ago, Mr. Liang thought of the investigation report uploaded by Zhou Rui, in which Zhou Rui described Chongyun Village and repeatedly mentioned a word—tranquility.

He hadn't paid much attention to it at the time, but now that he was there, he immediately understood the meaning of the word—it was incredibly precise.

Indeed, Chongyun Village feels distinctly different from other villages nestled in the mountains.

It's not just that the roads are well-maintained, but also that they look very clean and tidy, which is not easy to achieve even in towns, let alone in mountain villages. Not to mention anything else, it's very difficult to prevent the livestock, poultry, cats, and dogs raised by the villagers from defecating on the roads.

Not all livestock and poultry are raised in planned farms; many elderly people in the village still raise them freely. People can be controlled to prevent littering and indiscriminate urination, but animals cannot be controlled. It's quite normal to see cattle and sheep pooping on the road while being led to graze. Even if there are people to clean up, it's impossible to keep it that way all the time.

Based on the smell, Mr. Liang was quite certain that there were various free-range poultry in the village, and it was very abnormal that they did not defecate or urinate anywhere.

After walking around the village for a while, Mr. Liang discovered what was going on: the chickens and ducks were avoiding defecating on the cement road and would instead relieve themselves in places farther away from the road, such as on the grass or near trees.

This surprised Mr. Liang. Some livestock might be able to be trained to defecate in a fixed location, but chickens and ducks have very short intestines and excrete quickly after eating. They are basically eating and defecating all the time, just like birds. How can you control their defecation location? This doesn't make sense!

Mr. Liang was very curious, paid special attention to a group of free-range chickens in the vicinity and observed their activities. He then discovered that the chickens did not go near the cement road at all. They were looking for food in the grass and mud, or staying in their own pens. Moreover, they were in groups and seemed to be organized.

Mr. Liang initially suspected that the cement might contain some special substance that would frighten poultry and livestock, preventing them from getting dirty. However, after checking it, he couldn't find anything wrong with it, even using his sense of smell, taste, and the simple equipment around him. It looked completely ordinary, without any special or irritating odor. Chickens and ducks have a worse sense of smell than ordinary people, let alone compared to him. If he couldn't smell it, it was unlikely that poultry like chickens, ducks, and geese could smell it either.

While making these observations, Mr. Liang also discovered that there were very few insects in Chongyun Village. Whether they crawled in the grass or flew in the air, they all seemed to avoid this area.

The village was very quiet, the air was fresh and clean, and the noise levels seemed lower than in other places.

The wind blowing on my body has a kind of gentle and comfortable feeling that is hard to describe, as if someone is gently blowing on me.

This gave Mr. Liang the illusion that the village was a unified whole, a sentient and living entity.

Mr. Liang did not delve into the root of each different feeling or examine the details, but he believed that these differences must be related to Xiang Kun.

However, he is not yet sure whether it is Xiang Kun's special abilities that make this place different, or whether the special Xiang Kun discovered this unique place and came here to live for a long time, or even set up his "Research Base" here.

Mr. Liang sneaked into Xiang Kun's residence—a small building with a yard that he had rented from a villager.

The house was empty at this moment. Mr. Liang stood in the living room, closed his eyes, took a deep sniff, then walked to a corner, stuck out his tongue and licked the wall. He carefully sensed the surroundings and confirmed that a "Blood-feeding Creature" had been in the house not long ago. Although it had long been confirmed that Xiang Kun was a "Blood-feeding Creature" transformed from a human, this was the most substantial verification until this moment.

Mr. Liang didn't stay in the house for long. He soon left the village and headed towards Chongyun Mountain because he had received the footage from the drone and discovered Xiang Kun's location—the bald man was wandering in the mountains, seemingly searching for something.

Mr. Liang planned to first go up the mountain to see what Xiang Kun was doing before deciding whether to continue spying and observing or to make direct contact with him.

Of course, no matter what, Xiang Kun's Research Base will definitely have to be suspended for now. Tomorrow, Mr. Liang will have Old He use official power to find any excuse to stop the construction of Xiang Kun's Research Base, and the first phase of the project that has already been completed will also be temporarily sealed off, preventing anyone from using the equipment.

This is for their own good.

From the mutation record file, Mr. Liang knew that Xiang Kun's vision, hearing, and sense of smell were all very good, and that he had specifically evolved to enhance them. Therefore, when he was within 500 meters of Xiang Kun, he began to control the noise he made while moving, and the accompanying micro drones around him also kept their distance and did not get too close.

As for the reconnaissance drones high in the sky, he didn't think Xiang Kun could detect them—and even if he did, he probably wouldn't think they were spying on him.

But unexpectedly, after he slowly closed the distance to a few dozen meters, Xiang Kun a tree doing something, suddenly turned around and looked at his position.

Xiang Kun can see him! -- Mr. Liang immediately made the judgment.

"Who is it!" Xiang Kun shouted, and a pebble was thrown over.

The pebble was thrown with great accuracy, aiming straight for Mr. Liang's location, but it wasn't very fast. Mr. Liang even felt that he could catch it steadily, making it seem more like a probe than an attack.

However, Mr. Liang still chose to move to the side, avoiding the pebbles.

After throwing the pebbles, Xiang Kun began to move quickly, but not to escape; instead, he rushed directly in the direction Mr. Liang was moving.

Clearly, Mr. Liang's avoidance was still within his perception.

Seeing this, Mr. Liang stopped dodging and remained invisible as he faced Xiang Kun.

At this moment, Mr. Liang, although he was invisible, was very different from usual. He was wearing a helmet that covered his entire head, and all his joints were also specially covered. His left arm was larger than his right arm, and there was a bulging object on his back like a backpack. It looked quite high-tech, yet it seemed to be integrated with his whole body, as if it were part of him. His head was just like a helmet.

However, this helmet and these components are not simple technological products. They are "Biological Component" that researchers in the secret research department of "Shenxing Technology" made piece by piece according to Mr. Liang's requirements and based on the data and samples he provided.

Unlike ordinary technological products, these can only be used by Mr. Liang.

To others, these are meaningless unfinished products, garbage, but to Mr. Liang, they are part of his body, an extension and enhancement of his abilities.

These "Biological Component" not only provide Mr. Liang with additional abilities, but also integrate very closely with him. While integrating, they can possess the same physical characteristics, such as invisibility, as well as the same level of control and perception as body parts and limbs. They can also mutate, evolve, and enhance together.

He has a three-digit number of "Biological Component" that provide him with various types of abilities. Whenever he is about to engage in a potentially severe and dangerous battle, he will make targeted "Biological Component" combinations based on the intelligence he has gathered.

However, most of the time, when he needs to take action, he doesn't need to mix "Biological Component." For example, when dealing with John Cavendish, even though the opponent had completed multiple phases of transformation, Mr. Liang still didn't need to make any preparations and could easily kill him.

On the contrary, when dealing with that "giant raptor" before, and when contacting Xiang Kun this time, neither of these two "Blood-feeding Creature" had undergone as many phases of transformation John. However, Mr. Liang had made detailed and targeted adjustments to the "Biological Component" in advance for both of them.

This time, in particular, he was not only equipped with multiple "Biological Component," but also had several medium-sized drones carrying other functional "Biological Component" on standby in the distance, making ample preparations.

Knowing that Xiang Kun was almost certainly the creator of the Eight-Armed Eight-Eyed Wooden Carving and the source of various eight-armed, eight-eyed illusions, possessing strong hallucinogenic and emotional influence abilities, they used this helmet-like "Biological Component" to isolate all visual, auditory, and olfactory information. They then processed this information a second time through the functional modules on the "Biological Component" before perceiving it.

Based on his understanding of the various evolutionary abilities of "Blood-feeding Creature," he knew that any hallucinogenic or hypnotic abilities, aside from those that relied on injecting toxins, were primarily influenced through sensory contact.

Although he didn't know exactly how Xiang Kun used wood carvings to exert remote hallucinogenic effects and interfere with dreams, it couldn't be any different from these methods. As long as he took such precautions, he could basically become immune to hallucinogenic and hypnotic influences.

Although this would slightly weaken and delay his senses, with the assistance of the miniature drones scattered around him, he believed that his senses would still be superior to Xiang Kun's.

After blocking Xiang Kun's hallucinogenic abilities, Mr. Liang believed that Xiang Kun's greatest threat to him no longer existed.

He originally planned to observe Xiang Kun closely first to determine what he was doing in Chongyun Mountain before deciding whether to reveal his identity and make contact. However, he was also prepared to be discovered and fight Xiang Kun. This was also, to some extent, to show Xiang Kun his path of mutation and evolution, the manifestation and power of some of his "Biological Component," and to lay the groundwork for possible communication later.

Soon, Xiang Kun, rushing towards Xiang Kun like a raging bull, accurately crashed into Mr. Liang, who was in stealth mode, carrying him six or seven meters away before they both slammed into a tree and spun out of the air.

Xiang Kun immediately sprang up from the ground, accurately pinpointed Mr. Liang's location again, and pounced on him.

After being hit, Mr. Liang quickly assessed Xiang Kun's physical condition and, abandoning any fancy tricks, went straight for him in close combat.

Neither of them employed any set "techniques" in their attacks; they relied on almost instinctive, instantaneous reactions to strike and hammer with incredible speed and power.

Although Mr. Liang had previously reviewed Xiang Kun's mutation data records and had some expectations about Xiang Kun's physical qualities and athletic abilities, he was still somewhat surprised after the actual fight. Xiang Kun's physical strength, in terms of power, speed, and reaction, was much stronger than he had anticipated.

Moreover, his fighting style was very fierce, with a kind of ruthless spirit of charging forward and even self-destruction, which was completely inconsistent with Mr. Liang's previous judgment of his character as "refined, rational, and calm".

However, considering that Xiang Kun had only recently transformed into a "Blood-feeding Creature" and had already killed the "Giant Owl," Mr. Liang felt relieved. He figured Xiang Kun must have some combat experience.

Of course, while Xiang Kun's strength, speed, and reaction exceeded his expectations, there was still a certain gap compared to him, even without him using the "Biological Component" that enhanced his strength.

Although Xiang Kun was generally on a fierce offensive, he was the first to be covered in injuries, with his hands, arms, joints, and ribs all damaged, making him look quite miserable, given that his physical strength was much weaker than Mr. Liang's.

After briefly forcing Xiang Kun back, Mr. Liang revealed himself and said in his signature deep, hoarse, metallic voice, "Xiang Kun, stop. You're not mine..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Xiang Kun charged forward again, this time wielding a short knife. He leaped up and stabbed downwards.

What kind of suicidal fighting style is this?

Mr. Liang didn't think too much about it and was ready to just raise his leg and kick Xiang Kun away.

Unexpectedly, after Xiang Kun leaped up, he threw the knife in his hand at him in advance. The swing of his wrist and arm was very small and concealed, but the knife was like a bullet leaving the chamber, suddenly bursting with abnormal speed and arriving in front of him in the blink of an eye.

He could only instinctively dodge, and the knife grazed his shoulder, tearing a gash in the skin.

Before he could even stand still, Xiang Kun pounced on him again, and they grappled once more, this time Xiang Kun attacking his slashed shoulder with all his might.

Although Mr. Liang still felt he had complete control of the situation and an absolute advantage over Xiang Kun, he was getting annoyed by Xiang Kun's persistent and tenacious fighting. He also discovered that although Xiang Kun's physical strength was inferior to his, and his power and speed were also inferior, his body's recovery speed was surprisingly fast. The finger bone that was clearly broken was completely restored when they clashed again after six or seven seconds. This recovery speed was ridiculously fast even for a "Blood-feeding Creature," exceeding his understanding, and this was the recovery that occurred during the fight.

Therefore, Mr. Liang stopped controlling his actions and decided to temporarily deprive Xiang Kun his mobility. After all, judging from his demonstrated recovery ability, he wouldn't die so easily.

As Xiang Kun closed in for another fight, Mr. Liang's right fist suddenly transformed into a sharp blade, piercing through his palm and continuing into his shoulder. Then, relying on his strength advantage, he pushed him backward, extending the "hand blade" and pinning him to the tree.

But what he didn't expect was that Xiang Kun, whose hand was pierced and stacked on his shoulder, used brute force to push forward, allowing the wound to be torn open and enlarged, the entire hand to be burst open and flesh to fly everywhere, and the shoulder also used the momentum to pull forward at the cost of enlarging the wound, closing the distance between the two.

Mr. Liang's other hand immediately transformed into a pair of pliers, accurately trapping Xiang Kun's left hand, which was clenching into a fist and attacking.

But the next instant, Xiang Kun's bald head slammed directly down on his head, delivering a powerful headbutt.

With a muffled thud, blood splattered from Xiang Kun's bald head, making him look extremely pitiful.

Although Mr. Liang's helmet was not damaged, his head was still stunned by the powerful blow.

Although Xiang Kun's head looked much worse, he seemed completely unaffected. After the headbutt, he bent his legs without hesitation and kicked forward, sending Mr. Liang flying.

Mr. Liang quickly regained his balance and looked up again, only to see Xiang Kun wiping his bald forehead. The blood had disappeared, and his forehead was shiny again.

So his recovery speed was his secret weapon?

Mr. Liang. Liang chuckled and charged towards Xiang Kun. The sun was about to set, and he wanted to end the fight as soon as possible.

But as soon as he moved, he saw Xiang Kun flick a Coin from his hand.

The Coin spun rapidly in the air, and his heart instinctively skipped a beat.