The nation had more than the Special Affairs Office and its various research institutes. It also had a group of extraordinarily intelligent people dedicated to analyzing situations and uncovering the truth.
The former Special Affairs Bureau had already been absorbed into the various research institutes.
From the moment trouble struck Stone City, from the moment the Special Affairs Office needed to dispatch large numbers of elite fighters, they had to guard against a diversion.
Otherkind appeared and vanished without warning. Anyone could suddenly become one, and after Li Huai, they were almost certain that some Otherkind infections produced no abnormal symptoms at all!
Without anyone noticing, the person beside them could already have been replaced from within.
Under those circumstances, many Otherkind had to be hiding among humanity.
Once they confirmed that Otherkind could communicate with one another, they knew that quite a few were hiding in the Core Shelter as well. After all, that was the most valuable place to infiltrate.
So if the Otherkind wanted to lure their strongest fighters away, they could turn the tables, bait the hidden Otherkind into revealing themselves, and flush them out.
With Qi Lingwu leaving the Shelter and Sheng An taking so many elite fighters with her, wasn't this the perfect opportunity for the Otherkind to act?
Besides the Otherkind that had rioted, quite a few others had concealed themselves deeply.
They had already rooted out thirteen.
Qiu Yu lowered her eyes to Zhao Zhicheng on the ground. A second Otherkind had appeared in Team 0...
She had come from Team 0 herself, so of course she felt attached to it. Zhao Zhicheng had been a quiet soldier, but he was a powerful fighter and utterly dependable.
They had fought side by side so many times, trusting each other with their backs.