307: Chapter 87 Doctor Hu 307: Chapter 87 Doctor Hu “So, what about those Burrow Dragons?” C·Shivaji-21 asked.
Burrow Dragons were a very special group.
They were specialized Heroes who almost never appeared in Jianghu, only interacting with a few familiar Heroes.
Their purpose was to collect the tiny amounts of uranium elent in poor mines to provide Martial Artists with fission fuel.
With a fission reactor, a Martial Artist could either leap to greatness in one step by creating a powerful Prosthetic Body, or they could collect deuterium and tritium from seawater for fusion fuel and use the fission reactor to ignite the fusion reactor.
It could be said that the existence of Burrow Dragons allowed the Jianghu of Earth to slowly give birth to powerful Heroes capable of surpassing a major threshold.
Although the process was slow, it ensured that so did erge.
The Burrow Dragons were also very cautious.
They wouldn’t reveal their identities on the internet but instead established contact with a few Heroes.
And those Heroes were often introduced by acquaintances—such as their own Masters who were also Burrow Dragons, or Heroes with whom they had already ford a cooperative relationship, and so on.
The governnt had always targeted this special group of Heroes for suppression, but the Burrow Dragons mainly stayed underground.
Neither satellite surveillance nor radar waves were of any use against them.
The complex terrain of the mines also provided cover.
Even if the governnt rallied a bunch of Houndhawks to search the mines, they might not be able to catch those specialized in Prosthetic Bodies.
Moreover, given the complexity of the terrain, they could flee at any mont.
When they ca above ground, they would switch to a spare, tattered Prosthetic Body, looking just like an ordinary worker.
Such migrant-style ordinary workers were a di a dozen in any city.
The governnt had difficulty keeping close tabs on these criminals.
The best way to find them was to capture the Heroes they cooperated with and then trace them back and finish them off.
C·Shivaji-21 employed this very thod.
Relying on his formidable Internal skills, he’d stand in the street and apply Inner Strength on the passersby.
So individuals harboring Inner Strength would trigger a defensive reflex in the process.
He could then use this response to ascertain whether there were any Heroes nearby.
Then, he would repeat the process to narrow down the selection.
Ordinary governnt Houndhawks couldn’t employ this technique.
Not only was it severely draining on the mind, but it was also inefficient, and there was a risk of targeting the wrong individuals.
The governnt simply didn’t have the manpower for this.
But C·Shivaji-21 alone was a match for a hundred ordinary Internal Martial Artists, so naturally, it was a breeze for him.
In this way, he managed to uncover two Heroes on the streets one after another.
Previously, one of the Heroes had been interrogated and then had their brain transferred into a life-supporting canister.
This was the second one.
Plus, with the mbers related to the Eighth Martial God that his subordinates were searching for, he had already questioned several people.
The Hero said with chanical speed, “Burrow Dragons…
I don’t know…”
“You don’t know?
Are you a local?”
“I suppose so.
I grew up here as a child, then went north to learn so skills, and now I’ve co back wanting to assassinate the Welfare Officer who ruined my family…”
“Stop.
I’m not interested in that,” C·Shivaji-21 asked, “When did you co to Delacruz City?
Have you been here long?”
“Five years.
I’ve still been looking for an opportunity to carry out the assassination…”
“In those five years, haven’t you made contact with the Burrow Dragons?”
“I haven’t reached the point where I need to sche for a Reactor yet; I don’t have to get involved with the Burrow Dragons.
Doing so could endanger others,” the Hero replied.
His speech center was being activated uncontrollably.
In this state, he would speak out whatever ca to mind.
Furthermore, a Potion had his brain in a state of heightened activity, preventing the neurons from correctly receiving “blocking” signals.
He would say whatever he thought.
“Ah?
Then do you know any other Heroes?
Locals, those approaching the First Heavenly Layer?”
“Ah…”
“Think about it.
Heroes, local ones, strong ones, powerful local Heroes.
Strong, and active nearby guys…” C·Shivaji-21 continued to lead.
“I don’t know, I don’t recognize anyone, there aren’t people like that around here,” the Hero said, trembling.
“That shouldn’t be the case,” C·Shivaji-21 mused.
The very reason for the Burrow Dragons’ existence was to deliver nuclear fuel to those Heroes who had the potential to surpass the First Heavenly Layer.
Therefore, a group of Burrow Dragons would inevitably maintain contact with certain Heroes.
They would communicate in secret ways online.
There must be a group of Burrow Dragons in Delacruz City.
The increasing phenonon in mine tunnels revealed by seismic waves was evidence of this.
C·Shivaji-21 even queried the Scientific Knight Order that studied planetary physics to see if there was another explanation for this, but they too believed it to be the activity of a group of Burrow Dragons.
However, there are Burrow Dragons here, but no powerful Heroes to make contact with them?
“This is a bit of trouble.
It seems that this Burrow Dragon clan is collaborating with Heroes from other regions.
Those Heroes from afar would co over regularly, taking away the fission fuel.”
According to the records, the Heroes they collaborated with might not co often.
So records show that this interval could even be asured in units of ten years.
Who knows how long this will go on.
“So, what communication channels do you use to stay in touch with Heroes normally?”
“My own written communication page…
and ‘Cloud History’.”
The breathing light on the front of C.
Shi Waji-21 flickered twice, signifying a “nod”.
This was indeed a commonly used primitive thod.
The chat data was entirely stored locally and could be discarded at any ti, which was relatively safe.
“Cloud History” was a special decentralized storage system.
So Heroes used protocols from more than a hundred years ago to upload major Jianghu events they knew about to this blockchain.
This blockchain did not have many forks, and most of the forks were continuously updated.
Many people of Jianghu relied on this to keep up with the dynamics of Jianghu.
However, “Cloud History” and other similar channels all carried the risk of “governnt agencies maliciously inserting false intelligence”, so this kind of public intelligence also needed Heroes to verify it through reliable private channels.
“Give the data.
I want to take a look.” C.
Shi Waji-21 repeated several tis, finally extracting a string of data from the Hero’s brain.
It wasn’t that he wanted to blend in among the Heroes, which was actually quite difficult.
Every Hero who had mastered Inner Strength could potentially read soone’s “mind” through “behavior” such as speech and actions.
Even if you stole a Hero’s account, you would likely give yourself away with just a few words.
And nowadays, Heroes were extrely wary of the “viewers” within their circles.
Even letting this Hero take over the account would not work.
After being injected with a compound potion, this guy’s thinking had changed significantly from the past, perhaps in ways that wouldn’t even pass a Turing Test.
He could be easily seen through.
Of course, C.
Shi Waji-21 had high Inner Strength.
If he beca familiar with the past words and actions of this Hero, then he too could perform an “impersonation”.
But unfortunately, he was not familiar with how this Hero normally behaved.
The kind of identity that Deborah Zhao operated to infiltrate the Jianghu still required ti and preparation.
He just wanted to search the records for similar intelligence.
“Then, one final question, do you know of any other Heroes living nearby?”
“I don’t know…”
“Are there any people who sympathize with Heroes?”
“Ah…
Instructor Zheng from the Iron Block Style Dojo…”
C.
Shi Waji-21 sighed, “This old gentleman is still persevering.
Remarkable, truly remarkable.”
His Prosthetic Body turned, and his Prosthetic Eye focused on a Martial Artist sitting cross-legged on the ground whose face screen displayed various discordant line patterns.
He had been suppressed by Inner Strength.
“I have already asked this guy earlier.
But since he’s not a Hero, he couldn’t possibly know about the Burrow Dragons, so I didn’t focus on questioning him.”
C.
Shi Waji-21 circled around the old man twice: “If he is still a sympathizer of Heroes, then he might help other Heroes.
Did I forget to ask about this earlier?”
At this mont, another person struggled to stand up.
This person was dressed in a dirty white lab coat, with his face covered by a flat tal plate, void of any details.
Two cold-blooded riders reached out to push him back down, but the man was stubborn and kept trying to stand up.
C.
Shi Waji-21 signaled to the two cold-blooded riders to stop their actions, and the man imdiately approached the injected Hero.
The devices on the Hero’s head had already been removed by a Life-Chasing Cavalry, revealing the exposed brain.
The man took out a syringe from his dirty white lab coat and injected its contents into the Hero’s brain.
C.
Shi Waji-21 was curious, “What is that?”
“An enzy that can accelerate the tabolism of substances like phenylethylamine and dopamine,” replied the man.
“He can still live.”
“That’s quite bold, Doctor Hu,” C.
Shi Waji-21 said chanically.
“You dare to treat a Hero in front of a Legitimate Line descendant of King Aqini!”
“Does the Dyson Principle forbid from doing this?
Prohibit a person from saving a Hero.”
“The Dyson Principle forbids any act that could harm others.
Heroes are defined as anti-humanists.
Your actions could…”
Doctor Hu, unbothered, interrupted, “Sorry, I personally can’t verify that, so I’m not aware that my actions could cause harm.
Besides, the potion you used has severely damaged this person’s brain.
Even if he recovers, he won’t be able to act as a Hero anymore.
With that in mind, it is unlikely that my actions would cause harm to others.”
“King Aqini has been resisted by the Scientific Knight Order because of past events.
Considering this, you wouldn’t kill an Official Knight based on ‘suspecting his affiliation with Heroes,’ would you?”
C.
Shi Waji-21 looked at Doctor Hu, “You don’t seem surprised at all.
You even have a treatnt for modern interrogation asures?
What should I say, worthy of the man who facilitated the renewal of the Eighth Martial God?”
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