"Well, the more stable the gene, the less likely it is to mutate, and of course, there will be no Gene Evolution." Song Mingqian silently glanced at the sleeping Xia Chujian in the rearview mirror, "And it is said that Little Chujian's genes have been very stable since she was very young."
Ping Qiong was very surprised: "How do you know?"
"Little Chujian said it herself. She said that since elementary school, she has had her genes tested countless times, and each time she was determined to have genes that would never evolve. Why were they so absolute? It must be because her genes were found to be very stable."
"Actually, there are many people like this. Billions of civilians in the entire Beichen Empire have very stable genes." Song Mingqian shrugged.
The few people in the Flying Vehicle spoke in low voices, worried about waking Xia Chujian.
However, Xia Chujian was sleeping very soundly and didn't hear any of their conversation at all.
By the time Xia Chujian woke up, they had already arrived at the Mulan City Branch of the Dark Night Hunter Association.
They were going to exchange the Blood Kirin they found for mission rewards first.
This thing was too hot to handle, and everyone agreed that they had to get rid of it immediately.
The branch was located on the top floor of a commercial building in the central district of Mulan City.
This commercial building was hundreds of floors high, and the branch was on the top floor.
The team's Combat Aircraft slowly landed on the rooftop balcony.
Xia Chujian followed her teammates out of the Flying Vehicle.
It was already 11:00 PM, and there were very few people in the branch.
Of course, because of the nature of the branch, it was definitely open 24 hours a day.
Just like last time, it felt like walking into a shiny, high-tech, oval-shaped snow cave.
In the center of the hall was a huge square counter, handling mission postings, score settlements, personnel assignments, complaints, and reports.
Ye Shijie led everyone to the score settlement counter this time and said to the staff on duty, "We are members of Team 321, Group 9, District 3 of the Guiyuan Branch. We accepted Geng Grade Mission No. 8374, and we have completed the mission today."
The staff member didn't care much when he heard it was a Geng Grade mission.
He used the supercomputer in front of him to check for a while and said in surprise, "Huh? This mission has been modified. You can't directly confirm the completion of the mission online."
As he spoke, he sent out a sensor: "According to the modified mission completion prompt, a special person will handle it. Please enter your biometric information to confirm with the Association's data, and then wait here."
It was so troublesome?
The team members looked at each other, but they still did as they were told, and then found a few seats in the hall to sit down.
The staff member followed the procedure and sent the message that Geng Grade Mission No. 8374 had been completed.
Of course, there was also the information of the team members who completed the mission, which was being transmitted far away through electromagnetic waves.
None of them knew that this mission was not issued by the Dark Night Hunter Association's Mulan City Branch.
Instead, it was a mission that the headquarters had specifically issued to the Mulan City Branch.
Within ten minutes, the information traveled back and forth between the frontier Guiyuan Star and the headquarters Beichen Star several times.
Xia Chujian was dozing off in the hall, unable to keep her eyes open.
She still had a headache, and her head was spinning as soon as she opened her eyes, making her want to vomit.
Therefore, she covered her entire face, and the helmet's visor was not turned on, so no light could touch her eyes.
After a while, the door of the branch was pushed open again.
This time, a very tall man walked in.
Li Fu was two meters tall, which was already quite tall, but this man was a head taller than Li Fu.
When Ye Shijie and the other three saw this man, they were immediately a little excited.
Because almost every Hunter was familiar with this man's appearance.
He was Gu Shanjun, one of the five directors of the Dark Night Hunter Association! He was in charge of recruitment, so every new recruit knew him and his name.
When he walked to the score settlement counter, he was so tall that people felt he could touch the display screen hanging at the top with a single reach.
The staff member in charge of score settlement hurriedly looked up and said, "Hello... Ah! Director Gu!"
He stood up excitedly and bowed, "Are you here from headquarters?"
Gu Shanjun remained noncommittal, only staring at the staff member and saying, "Geng Grade Task No. 8374, is it completed?"
"Oh, yes, it's completed. Are you from headquarters to inspect the completion?"
"Yes, I want to see with my own eyes what they found."
"They are over there. Shall I have them go to your office?"
Gu Shanjun nodded, "I'll be in Room A01."
Gu Shanjun looked back at the team members and entered the elevator on the side of the hall.
Their branch's headquarters appeared to be on the top floor, but the interior was actually divided into two levels.
The staff member then notified Ye Shijie, "Go to Room A01. Director Gu from headquarters wants to personally inspect the completion."
Ye Shijie stood up.
Ping Qiong woke up Xia Chujian.
The five of them walked towards the elevator together.
Except for Xia Chujian, the other four had seen the person who came in earlier and knew that he was Director Gu, one of the five directors.
When they arrived at the door of Room A01, they indeed saw that person sitting behind the desk.
Ye Shijie hurriedly saluted and said, "Hello, Director Gu, I am Ye Shijie, the captain of Team 321, Group 9, Third District, Guiyuan Branch of the Dark Night Hunter Association."
"These are our team members, Song Mingqian, Li Fu, Ping Qiong, and Xia Chujian."
Ye Shijie introduced them one by one.
Gu Shanjun nodded and said indifferently, "Come in."
The five of them went in together, and the door closed automatically behind them.
Gu Shanjun sat behind the desk, looking at Ye Shijie and saying, "I heard that your team took on Geng Grade Task No. 8374, and it's already completed?"
Ye Shijie nodded and took out the Blood Kirin in the preservation storage bag, presenting it to him.
Gu Shanjun glanced at it calmly and said, "This task was only issued a dozen days ago, and the entire task period is five months. You completed it so quickly? Can you tell me about the process?"
Ye Shijie coughed and said, "Director Gu, when we initially took on this task, we didn't expect to complete it so quickly, but..."
He briefly recounted what happened in the Exotic Beast Forest, but tacitly, he didn't mention San Zong, the Pig-head Humanoid.
He only connected the finding of the Blood Kirin with Feng Qianzhan.
Moreover, he emphasized Feng Qianzhan's pursuit of them, and said, "Director Gu, we are just an ordinary team of the Dark Night Hunter Association. We took on this task because it was almost the lowest-level task."
"You know our team isn't a very strong team. Our Mental Strength levels are very low, and there's even an ordinary person without Mental Strength."
"We wanted to stay in the Exotic Beast Forest for a few months and try our luck."
"As a result, not long after we arrived, we encountered an assassin."
"We don't know where we offended him, but he ambushed us on our inevitable route with four Humanoid Slaves, as if he was waiting for us, and took the initiative to attack us from the beginning."
"We almost died there. Fortunately, our team cooperated well, and that person underestimated the ordinary person without Mental Strength in our team. In the end, he was shot dead by this ordinary person."
"Then we discovered that this assassin had already found the location of the Blood Kirin and used it as bait to hunt us down. As a result, we just picked up a bargain."
After Ye Shijie finished speaking, the team members secretly praised him in their hearts.
He didn't say a word that shouldn't be said, but it was surprisingly reasonable.
Even the opportunity to find the Blood Kirin could be attributed to this assassin.
After Gu Shanjun listened, he leaned forward, put his hands together on the desk, and asked with interest, "What was the Mental Strength level of that assassin?"
Ye Shijie's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "We're not sure, but we wore the Ability Defense Helmet issued by the Association, so his Mental Strength didn't affect us."
Gu Shanjun said "Oh" and asked with a curious expression, "What kind of helmet is so powerful?"
Ye Shijie's own helmet was gone, but Xia Chujian gave her helmet to Ye Shijie.
Ye Shijie took out the helmet and presented it to Gu Shanjun with both hands.
Gu Shanjun looked at the helmet back and forth a few times, and said with emotion, "Your luck is indeed good. You actually got this model. This kind of helmet is worth tens of millions on the black market. Of course, a helmet that can defend against Rank B peak Mental Strength is priceless."
"So expensive?!" Xia Chujian finally exclaimed belatedly, "Are you sure?!"
"Of course, I'm sure." Gu Shanjun smiled, looking at Xia Chujian with gentle eyes, "You're the teammate without Mental Strength, right?"
Xia Chujian's heart was aching at this moment.
She sniped Feng Qianzhan with one shot, and also sniped away ten million Beichen Coins! This hurt her more than the hundred thousand bullets.
Because the hundred thousand bullets couldn't be resold, but the Ability Defense Helmet was a consumable mission equipment issued by the Association. It didn't need to be returned and could be resold!
She didn't regret giving her helmet to Ye Shijie.
She owed it to him anyway, and it was normal to return it to him.
She only regretted that she shouldn't have been so impulsive and used the sniper cannon...
She should have continued to use sniper bullets. Anyway, she only needed to kill Feng Qianzhan. Why did she have to scatter his ashes?
It was truly a moment of pleasure firing the cannon, followed by tears afterward...
Xia Chujian's face was very gloomy.
She didn't even want to answer Gu Shanjun's question.
Ping Qiong tugged at her sleeve before she finally opened her mouth and said slowly, "Director Gu, my Ability Defense Helmet was snatched away by that assassin. Later, when I killed him, the helmet was damaged. Could you please issue me another helmet like that?"
Team members: "..."
They never expected Xia Chujian to be such a money-grubber!
As soon as she spoke, they knew that she was feeling sorry for that "ten million Beichen Coins"...
Gu Shanjun clicked his tongue and said, "Issue you another one? You should be laughing that you weren't asked to pay for it."
"Director Gu, that's a consumable item for the mission! It's natural depreciation! You can't make me pay for it!" Xia Chujian didn't expect that not only would she not get another one, but she almost incurred a debt. She hurriedly cleared herself of any responsibility.
The only thing they needed to return from this mission was the Flying Vehicle powered by Small-Scale Controlled Nuclear Fusion. Other equipment was considered consumable and didn't need to be returned.
Gu Shanjun snorted, "It's good that you know."
He ignored Xia Chujian and continued looking at Ye Shijie, saying, "Do you have any leads on the assassin's identity?"
Finally getting to the point.
Ye Shijie quickly said, "Director Gu, we do have some suspicions."
"Speak."
Ye Shijie started from the time before they received the mission, when someone controlled their Flying Vehicle in the sky above Mulan City and ambushed them halfway.
He continued until Feng Qianzhan seemed to have been hired or driven to chase them in the Land of the Far North in the Exotic Beast Forest.
Finally, Ye Shijie concluded, "Director Gu, you see, who else but someone inside the Association could control our Flying Vehicle's autopilot system?"
"Besides someone inside the Association, who else knew that we had accepted the mission to find the Blood Kirin?"
"Our entire team can swear to the heavens that we absolutely did not mention this mission to anyone."
"In fact, we accepted this mission rather hastily. We didn't even have enough time to explain it to our families before we went directly to the Exotic Beast Forest."
"Therefore, even our families would not have had any chance to leak the information."
"Therefore, we would like to ask Director Gu to uphold justice and help us find the person within the Association who wants to put us to death!"
Gu Shanjun was just asking routinely, but he didn't expect to hear something like this.
He immediately sat up straight and asked seriously, "You said that your Flying Vehicle's autopilot system was once controlled by someone? Do you have evidence?"
Song Mingqian then said, "The data is all stored in our team's Combat Aircraft. If the Association needs to access it, they can ask the Association's technicians, or a trusted third party, to collect the original data from our Flying Vehicle."
Gu Shanjun's brows gradually furrowed.
He slammed his fist on the desk and said angrily, "I hate traitors the most! I must investigate this matter! Let's see who has the guts to reach their hands into our Dark Night Hunter Association!"
Ye Shijie and Song Mingqian exchanged glances and breathed a sigh of relief.
They wouldn't dare to say this to anyone else.
But it was fine if it was Gu Shanjun.
Because he was the most famous fair person among the five directors of the Association, hating evil like an enemy, very upright, and a truly trustworthy person.
Ping Qiong and Li Fu were also happy, but Xia Chujian was still a little listless and couldn't be happy.
After Gu Shanjun finished venting his anger, he began to inspect the Blood Kirin they had handed in.
He opened the refrigerated storage bag and placed the Blood Kirin in an instrument, quickly measuring all the data.
"It's actually real..." he murmured, then glanced at Ye Shijie, "Your luck is really good..."
Ye Shijie smiled and said, "This luck was bought with our lives... We didn't want it either."
Gu Shanjun nodded, put away the Blood Kirin, and clicked confirm on his headquarters system terminal.
Throughout the Association branch hall, the mechanical voice of the system suddenly sounded.
"Team 321, Group 9, Zone 3, Guiyuan Branch, confirmed completion of Geng Grade Mission No. 8374, please go and collect your reward."
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