Ranked second on the Death List

"Yes, so the police have no grounds to arrest them. They can only keep them under residential surveillance," Ding Ruoshui said. "There really are no Living Soul Gu or chips in their brains. Does that establish that they genuinely knew nothing?"

This was the question that concerned Ding Ruoshui most.

Lei Xiaoya was her best friend, after all.

She had no other best friend in this world. She truly did not want to see this one slide into a bottomless abyss.

"There are two possibilities when there's no Living Soul Gu in someone's brain," Lin Xiaosu said. "One, they really are innocent. Two... they're above the ranks controlled by Living Soul Gu."

"Above the ranks controlled by Living Soul Gu? What does that mean?"

"To put it plainly, Hydra's middle and upper ranks!"

Ding Ruoshui's face paled slightly.

She understood what that meant.

Her father had told her that most people controlled by Living Soul Gu were recruits Hydra had worked hard to bring into its network.

They targeted elites in every field. Only elites were worth implanting with Gu.

But within that organization, the people under their control could only occupy the lower and middle ranks.

They could not be senior members.

Why?

Because this thing was too dangerous, too unpredictable.

As long as you had one in your brain, you might encounter Soul-Calling Incense anywhere. Once you did, death was certain.

What senior member would willingly strap an explosive charge to their own forehead?

So they had other methods for controlling their upper ranks.

"Back at Yangcheng Hotel, I saw her swallow two pills with my own eyes," Ding Ruoshui said. "But the tests showed she wasn't infected with Gu. How many possible explanations are there?"

"Two!" Lin Xiaosu said. "The first is that two pills in her