Six A-Class Personnel!

Sequence 001, Mimic.

Number 002, Deep One.

004, Queen Bee.

009, Splitter.

The four were successfully contained one after another and brought to the Nine-Tailed Fox headquarters.

However, the containment of Sequence 005, Wall Breaker, and 003, Invisible Man, had failed.

The containment of 003, Invisible Man, failed because the people sent to contain him searched for a long time without finding 003.

The containment of Sequence 005, Wall Breaker, failed because the people sent to contain him could not defeat 005. It was that simple.

After this failed attempt, 005's danger rating was raised by one level.

The Nine-Tailed Fox categorized the danger levels of Containment Objects into seven tiers.

They were:

D (No danger)

C (Slightly dangerous, but harmless)

B (Can injure people)

A (Can kill people)

S (Killing as easily as drinking water)

RS (Extremely dangerous, capable of rivaling an entire army)

RT (Capable of destroying humanity)

RZ (Capable of destroying a planet)

The highest danger rating to appear so far was RT, and it was listed in the file of 007, Siren.

She was the only Containment Object with an RT-level evaluation.

Even the deceased Sequence 006, Weaver of Fate, had only been rated RS.

The remaining monsters ranged from A-class to RS-class.

And this A-class referred to 003, Invisible Man, who was deemed the least threatening Containment Object.

Of course, aside from monsters, the Nine-Tailed Fox also had its own internal ranking system.

It ranged from D to A.

D-class had no human rights. They were either contaminated individuals, affected individuals, or death-row prisoners.

Their status was equivalent to lab rats.

C-class consisted of ordinary personnel. Their permissions were limited, they had no access to top-secret information, and they were only responsible for operating facilities and performing basic work.

B-class personnel were divided into two types: logistical researchers and field suppression personnel.

The Nine-Tailed Fox grunts who had swarmed in earlier were all b-class personnel.

A-Class Personnel were more unusual. They generally referred to upper management or containment specialists who possessed non-human means.

But the Nine-Tailed Fox currently had only six A-class containment specialists.

They were Spider, who could control highly adhesive, highly resilient spider silk.

Shadow, who could manipulate shadows, separating them to attack other people's shadows.

Future's Eye, who could foresee the future and alter the outcome one second ahead.

Spirit Master, who could phase his body and render himself intangible.

These four were the A-Class Personnel who had successfully contained Sequence 001, Mimic, Number 002, Deep One, 004, Queen Bee, and 009, Splitter.

The remaining two had rather special abilities.

One was Taotie, who could devour any object into his body and form a symbiotic relationship with the target.

He had been responsible for containing Sequence 005, Wall Breaker, but he had lost.

There was another. His ability was to create a snake. As long as this snake bit its target, the target would lose the ability to move.

This man's codename was Cobra. He had been responsible for containing 003, Invisible Man, but he had searched all over Beiling without finding 003.

In addition, all six of them had been injected with an enhancement serum.

This enhancement serum originated from Number 002, Deep One. They extracted Fishman cells and injected them into ordinary human bodies, making normal humans as powerful as Fishmen.

But the serum had one side effect: extreme dehydration.

After being injected with the serum, the body's water would be consumed at an exceptionally rapid rate.

During combat or exercise, the injected person would fall into a state of intense thirst in just over ten minutes.

No solution to this problem had been found so far.

Elsewhere.

003, Wang Haonan, walked through an alley. His skin was covered in burn marks.

Having remained invisible during the day for too long, large areas of his skin had been scorched by ultraviolet rays, leaving him in unbearable pain.

"Damn it, Lord Aus was really killed by those Nine-Tailed Fox bastards..."

"Other than 005, everyone has lost contact. They must have already been captured by the Nine-Tailed Fox. Without Lord Aus, it's only a matter of time before I'm captured too."

"Right now, only finding 005 gives me even a sliver of hope."

But though he said he needed to find 005, he had no idea where to look.

Wang Haonan leaned against the wall, gasping. Sweat continuously ran down his forehead, moistening his scorched wounds.

"Hah... Urgh, that person should be gone. Wait until nightfall, then... then I'll move..."

Thud.

Wang Haonan fell face-first to the ground, and his consciousness quickly sank into unconsciousness.

Not long afterward, a crack suddenly tore open before his eyes.

A black-haired man in a suit stepped out from the crack. He glanced at Wang Haonan lying on the ground, then casually pulled out a vial of medicine from his waist.

"They were actually driven to this state. It seems I truly underestimated those Nine-Tailed Fox people. Sequence 001, Number 002, and 004 were all captured?"

"It's a little troublesome, but it doesn't matter."

Whether those people lived or died was irrelevant. Chen Ye truly no longer needed them.

But 009, Splitter, being captured was another matter. That guy was a ticking time bomb.

For all he knew, one day an arm might fall off and turn into the God-Slaying Sword upon hitting the ground. If those people picked it up and used it to cut down Chen Ye, that would be a major problem.

The God-Slaying Sword was a concept Chen Ye had envisioned.

Its effect was absolute guaranteed death—meaning it could kill undying entities.

Chen Ye had considered creating such a thing before. To that end, he had made the Sword Forger serum, but it had failed.

But now, he had some ideas.

The reason he wanted to create this thing was naturally not to lift a rock only to smash his own foot. It was to make it easier to get rid of undying entities he no longer needed.

For example, the current 009.

He was far too dangerous in the hands of those Nine-Tailed Fox people. Chen Ye had no intention of rescuing him. He intended to kill him.

After all, rescuing him simply was not worth it. Chen Ye had the raw materials for 009's serum and could completely create a new 009.

But if he did not rescue him, he would remain a ticking time bomb.

Therefore, sending someone to kill him was the best choice.

Chen Ye looked at the serum in his hand. "Not sure whether it will work. Let's give it a try."

After casually tossing the serum onto the ground, Chen Ye turned and left.

Night fell.

When Wang Haonan woke up, he found a vial of serum before him, with a sheet of white paper pressed beneath it.

He picked up the serum and the paper, only to see two short lines written on it.

"Kill 009."

—Aus Kate.

Seeing that name, Wang Haonan froze. "Lord Aus?"

"Lord Aus isn't dead?!"

Thinking of this, Wang Haonan hurriedly looked around, but he could not find anyone.

"I thought so. How could that lord possibly die so easily? He must have already reached a new height."

"If that's the case, then I have nothing to fear."

With that thought, Wang Haonan immediately drank the potion. There was no pain, no abnormal reaction. His body simply felt weak and soft.

This serum was called Mirror Demon.

It did not possess undying properties. Since Chen Ye already possessed undying properties, he would no longer research them.

Of course, he would no longer produce Undead Creatures either.

Because if they were captured like 009, it would be detrimental to Chen Ye. Killing them afterward would also be troublesome.