From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 185 - 154: I Want Your Soul Too

On the envelope, besides the information on the Soul Capturing Monster, there was one last line of text.

"Information validity deadline, March 2nd, 10 PM."

Today was March 2nd.

Lu Heng quickly glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already 9:58 PM.

That meant the information was only valid for two more minutes.

What did this mean?

Why would a piece of information have a validity deadline?

The answer was obvious.

After 10 PM, the Soul Capturing Monster would likely succeed, and once the Soul Capturing Monster succeeded, resulting in an irreversible situation, this information would no longer serve its warning purpose.

Besides that.

The validity deadline had another implication, meaning that opening this envelope after 10 PM on March 2nd did not signify acceptance of the invitation.

Since the information had lost its relevance, the conditions offered by the Creator Club did not satisfy the invitees, so it could not be considered as accepting the invitation.

Since they were unaware of the location of the Soul Capturing Monster and only had two minutes left.

It was too late to go back now.

Moreover, the Soul Capturing Monster could attack anyone nearby, not just his parents, but possibly Su Muyu's mother or Lin Zeyu's relatives.

It was already too late to stop the Soul Capturing Monster.

Since the Creator Club had provided information about the Soul Capturing Monster, it implied that they knew where it was and naturally had a way to stop it.

The moment Lu Heng saw the validity deadline, he realized these key pieces of information and immediately spoke out, "The envelope's open. Stop the Soul Capturing Monster!"

After saying this, Lu Heng immediately stood up, intending to rush back home.

Even if there might not be enough time, he had to try.

Just as he stood up, his phone rang.

He checked it.

There was a message from an unknown number: "Welcome, 028."

Following the message was an address, shockingly his own home.

Lu Heng hurried home, and when he reached the front door, he saw a person standing motionless at the doorway.

The person was wearing a security uniform, unmistakably a security guard from Qionghua Tianglu Lake.

Lu Heng even recognized the guard from the neighborhood, finding him somewhat familiar.

Now, this guard was standing there, motionless.

Apart from that, at the end of the corridor, there was another figure, the mysterious person 027.

027 raised a hand and projected a card, emitting a prismatic beam of light.

The beam shone on the guard, extracting a non-corporeal Soul Capturing Monster from his body.

The Soul Capturing Monster, like a ghost, was sucked into the card and trapped inside.

027 withdrew the card, put it into the pocket, and gave Lu Heng a calm glance, said nothing, and then vanished from sight in a flash.

That glance seemed to have anticipated that Lu Heng would open the envelope.

Because Lu Heng had experienced today what he had gone through not long ago.

After the Soul Capturing Monster was extracted, the security guard collapsed.

Lu Heng walked over, felt for the carotid artery in the neck, and as predicted, there was no pulse.

The Soul Capturing Monster had taken not just the soul but also the life.

Lu Heng took a deep breath and called Lin Zeyu on his phone, "Send someone over to handle this. Also, assemble the team, I need to discuss something."

Ten minutes later, Lu Heng and Su Muyu arrived at the floor where Lin Zeyu lived.

Since Lin Zeyu had also moved to Qionghua Tianglu Lake and lived just below Lu Heng's apartment, it was more convenient to have a discussion there.

Lin Zeyu had already received the message from his subordinates, learned about the death of a security guard, and arranged for the company to follow the condolence process.

"What happened?"

As soon as Lu Heng and Su Muyu entered, Lin Zeyu quickly inquired about the situation.

The sudden death of a security guard, especially right at Lu Heng's doorstep, was clearly fishy, yet there were no wounds found on the guard.

The whole situation was steeped in strangeness.

Lu Heng looked at Su Muyu and asked, "Did you notice a security guard going upstairs?"

Su Muyu nodded and responded, "I did, but it's pretty normal for security guards to go upstairs."

In a residential complex, security guards indeed freely enter and exit various buildings without raising suspicion.

Nor could one prevent security guards from going upstairs; otherwise, it could create problems when incidents genuinely occur.

Thus, stopping them was not an option.

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Lu Heng took a deep breath and said, "The security guard was killed by the Soul Capturing Monster. After sucking a person's soul, it can control their actions, making it difficult even for their closest ones to distinguish them. Now you understand the situation?"

Both of them were not fools; after hearing this explanation, and coupling it with the security guard dying at Lu Heng's doorstep.

The scenario was quite clear.

"How could a Soul Capturing Monster appear?" Su Muyu instantly grew tense, since she had been training her reconnaissance falcons to enhance their skill level, ensuring there were always falcons circling around.

She was able to see the happenings in the residential area and noticed security personnel heading upstairs, but could not detect anything peculiar with them.

The dreadful aspect of the Soul Capturing Monsters lay precisely here, one couldn't even distinguish those controlled by the monsters among their closest people, how could she?

"This Soul Capturing Monster must have come from Fusang," Lu Heng hadn't confirmed this with 027, but actually, there was no need for confirmation.

In his previous life, there had been an incident in Fusang where political figures were controlled by Soul Capturing Monsters, and combining it with today's events, a conclusion could already be made.

"Is this those Fusang people's revenge?" Lin Zeyu also understood what was going on.

"Revenge is certain, but apart from that, fighting for Source Material should also be one of their goals."

Lu Heng's Source Quality Fusion had already reached 82%, not far from 100% fusion.

Others could not see Lu Heng's Source Quality Fusion data, but they could speculate approximately.

Because Hideyoshi Tsugawa possessed Source Material, Saito Takeji possessed Source Material.

Adding on Lu Heng's own Source Material, it meant Lu Heng had at least three portions of Source Material.

Three portions of Source Material added together meant that the fusion level couldn't be low.

This meant if a Superpower User with Source Material now were to kill Lu Heng and seize this 82% Source Material, as long as his original Source Material reached 18%, he could instantly complete the Source fusion and achieve Second Transition Class.

Who could resist such a significant temptation?

Thus, anyone who knew that Saito Takeji and Hideyoshi Tsugawa possessed Source Material wanted to kill Lu Heng.

"What do we do now?" Lin Zeyu felt the pressure mounting as the enemy had already started resorting to any means necessary.

Su Muyu furrowed her brows and pondered for a moment before saying, "If their goal is to snatch the Source Material, it should be more complex than just sending a Soul Capturing Monster, there must be other arrangements."

To fight for Source Material, they needed to get their hands on it.

Even if the Soul Capturing Monster succeeded, someone still needed to come and take away the Source Material.

So, just as Su Muyu said, this person wouldn't just send a Soul Capturing Monster and then do nothing; there must be other actions planned.

Lu Heng also knew this, which is why he had asked the two to gather.

"Right, there must be something else happening today. Instead of waiting, we might as well take the initiative to draw the snake out of its hole."

"What do you mean?" Lin Zeyu pressed.

"The target of the Soul Capturing Monster is me. According to the enemy's thinking, even if the Soul Capturing Monster can't kill me, it should at least harm me to meet their expectations. So, we'll use their plan against them, I'll pretend to be injured, then make an emergency call, and be sent to the hospital..."

Lu Heng began orchestrating the plan. After finishing, the three of them split up to act.

...

Ten minutes later.

An ambulance arrived at Qionghua Tianglu Lake with a ding-dong sound.

Lu Heng had been shot in the abdomen, also took several stabs in the back, and was covered in blood.

Su Muyu, with a worried expression on her face, helped the severely injured Lu Heng onto the ambulance.

As she lifted her leg to follow him onto the ambulance, the doctor on board immediately raised his hand to stop her: "You can't come up. The patient has lost too much blood, we need to perform a transfusion immediately, and other people coming aboard could easily cause infection. You should find another means of transport to the hospital, Second Hospital."

"Okay, please save him, save him quickly," Su Muyu pleaded while wiping away her tears.

"Don't worry, we will do everything we can," the doctor said, then closed the ambulance door.

The ambulance left Qionghua Tianglu Lake, heading towards the direction of Second Hospital.

Inside the ambulance.

Lu Heng lay in a pool of blood on the emergency bed, his consciousness already somewhat blurred, lips cracked as he spoke, "Give me a blood transfusion first; my consciousness is getting blurry, I can't hold on much longer."

The doctor took out a bottle of medicine, used a syringe to draw the liquid from the bottle, and said in a mocking tone, "A Superpower User really does have a good constitution; to sustain such severe injuries and not yet have fainted."

He then stuck the syringe into Lu Heng's neck and pushed the liquid in.

Lu Heng sensed something was wrong and with his last bit of strength asked, "Why aren't you giving me a blood transfusion? What are you injecting me with… what is it?"

The doctor removed his mask, revealing the face of a man in his thirties with typical Fusang features.

After injecting the medicine, the doctor turned to the nurse sitting beside him, bowed at ninety degrees, and spoke in Fusang language, "The injection is done, a tenfold dose of sedative. Even a Superpower User wouldn't have the strength to resist, especially with such severe injuries."

Lu Heng turned his head to look at the nurse, a male nurse.

It seemed he disliked his outfit, removing the nurse cap and mask, he shook his hair.

Lu Heng recognized him immediately; this person was the important figure from the Soul Capturing Monster incident in his previous life in Fusang, the person controlling the Soul Capturing Monsters, named Sato Ichiro.

And this Sato Ichiro was also a core member of the Mitsui group in Fusang.

If things had proceeded as in the original timeline, half a year later, the Mitsui group would control several Fusang politicians through the Soul Capturing Monsters controlled by Sato Ichiro, thereby controlling Fusang's political scene.

However, the current Lu Heng was not supposed to know Sato Ichiro.

Thus, Lu Heng showed a puzzled expression, "Who are you..."

Sato Ichiro exhaled and said, "You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that your Source Material will soon be mine."

He indicated his own chest as he spoke.

In fact.

Lu Heng had already roughly guessed his Class—one capable of controlling the Soul Capturing Monsters—not just one but potentially two classes.

Observing Sato Ichiro, two Classes seemed most likely.

One was the "Demon Master," and the other was the "Soul Reaper."

Sato Ichiro poked Lu Heng's chest and said, "Not just the Source Material; your soul... I want that too."