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Chapter 48 Important clues
  At 9:20 in the morning, Secretary Lin returned to the office and brought back the killer list.

This list was made into a table and recorded on the tablet computer carried by Secretary Lin. The list clearly recorded a total of 42 members of the Black Hole Organization managed by Xia Gengzhu.

Five of them were members of the Law Enforcement Department, including Secretary Lin.

There are 29 people in Starlight City and 13 people in Wuhai City. Members of Wuhai City include Li Tan and Laohua.

The logos on this list also gave Ji Xiu a certain understanding of the structure of the black hole organization.

The known power system of the Black Hole Organization is divided into seven levels. From low to high are 1-7 star killers, whose identities are represented by devil masks in seven colors: red, yellow, blue, green, white, purple and black.
  Among them, Xia Gengzhu is a 7-star killer with a black devil mask.

Further up is the core layer of the black hole organization, which is not on the list.

Ji Xiu also saw two acquaintances on the killer list of Starlight City.

The first one was the scar-faced killer who tortured Tong Wan with a demon toolbox in his room, and the other was a fast-moving killer who wore a blue demon mask and cut his throat with a knife.

They are three-star and four-star killers respectively.

Among them, the photo of the killer wearing a blue devil mask also has a black hole logo printed on it, with the word "power" marked underneath, which shows that this is a person who controls extraordinary abilities.

Among the 42 killers managed by Xia Gengzhu, 15 are people with extraordinary abilities. Their photos have special marks under their photos to mark their identities.

After reading the list, Ji Xiu handed the tablet back to Secretary Lin.

Secretary Lin took the tablet, deleted all the list information in front of him, nodded respectfully and left.

After the office door closed, Ji Xiu sat on the sofa and continued drinking tea.

This list made him understand why it was still difficult to eradicate the Black Hole Organization despite the encirclement and suppression of Yu Jingguo's various forces.

In the entire structure of the Black Hole Killer organization, the core figures are all hidden. The ones who actually perform the mission are groups like Xia Gengzhu.

Xia Gengzhu's identity is equivalent to the top executive level of the Black Hole organization.

He controls 42 killers and is responsible for receiving tasks conveyed from above and then passing them on to the killers below for execution.

How many such small assassination groups there are in Yu Jing's country is completely unknown. What is certain is that there is no connection between the small groups. Even if they meet, there is no way to know the identity of the other party as a member of the same organization.

This resulted in the Saints and other forces, when fighting against the Black Hole Organization, being able to continuously defeat small groups one after another, but they were unable to pull out the carrots and bring out the mud, destroying the entire Black Hole Organization in one fell swoop.

Except for the mysterious core layer, the middle and lower layers of the Black Hole organization are completely in disarray.

The disadvantage of such a design is that the organization cannot be condensed into a strong force, and the advantage is that it is difficult to be completely eradicated.

However, looking at this issue from the perspective of the interests of the Black Hole Organization, it does not make any sense to condense into a force that can confront Yu Jingguo head-on. What they want is to continuously create death and chaos, triggering a social public opinion environment in which everyone is in danger. The original god absorbs the power of fear.

Putting down the tea cup, Ji Xiu tapped his fingers on the table.

The list was not important to him, but the details of the missions carried out by these killers.

Among them may be information about the assassination of Han Yun and even the other four survivors from the mysterious ruins.

But Secretary Lin had just come back, and it seemed very abrupt for him to go back at this time.

After all, Secretary Lin was just asked to go to Xia Gengzhu's residence. Returning as soon as he brought back the list would remind Secretary Lin of the fact that he had just been asked to turn on the computer without shutting it down, thus arousing suspicion.

This suspicion may not necessarily affect his next actions, but it would be wrong to be cautious.

Ji Xiu spent the whole morning drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

Although Yu Jingguo's technology has become very advanced, newspaper-related industries have still been preserved.

In this regard, Ji Xiu had relevant knowledge on the Internet.

At the beginning, Yu Jingguo did have policies related to eliminating newspapers, but they were vetoed by the High Priest of God. The reason was that he was afraid that one day, the chaos organization would cause all communication methods of Yu Jingguo to fail. At that time, newspapers would become the public's external source of information. The only channel for information and even an important way to unite.

Every newspaper of the day in major cities in Yu Jing will be sent to the library and stored in a special method. Even if one day comes, part of human history and information can be obtained through newspapers.

Yu Jingguo's newspapers are very distinctive.

It is mainly divided into five sections, reporting events in the five major cities respectively.

Information related to ruins research will be published on the last page.

For example, when a newly discovered prehistoric technology is published, the technology will be recorded in detail in the newspaper, even if the public cannot understand it at all.

Perhaps because there are no competing interests, all of Yu Jingguo's technologies have no patent restrictions and the public can view them at will.

There is no need to worry about aliens stealing technology, because Yu Jingguo's technology is based on the infrastructure provided by the ruins.

Many technologies cannot operate without the assistance of functional facilities in the ruins.

When it was lunch time, Ji Xiu took the elevator to the second underground garage after finishing his lunch in the restaurant, and drove away from the law enforcement department.

……

Click!

After the crisp sound of the spring hitting the metal, the bookcase filled with books moved to the right, revealing the silver-white machine embedded in the wall.

After passing the identity verification, Ji Xiu, who was already familiar with the process, walked into the downward passage revealed after the machine was opened, and came to the secret room at the end.

At this time, the computer in the secret room was still on.

After coming to the computer desk and sitting down, Ji Xiu looked up and saw that the computer page was displayed on the desktop with only two icons on it.

The first icon is a deep black circle, with the center being the darkest and the edges gradually fading, as if it is swallowing up the surrounding light.

The second icon is a ghost mask with the word "Connect" written underneath.

Double-clicking the first icon revealed a crudely made item exchange interface before Ji Xiu's eyes.

There are many items on it, mainly firearms and other controlled items.

Scroll down to the second page, and Ji Xiu is immediately interested in the new products that appear.

First-level soul medicine (5000 points): After taking it, it can increase the extraordinary ability promotion experience and speed up the ability promotion speed.

Money: Every 1 point can be exchanged for 300 Yujing coins.

Extraordinary ability (5000 points): Obtain extraordinary power granted by the Black Hole God and open a path to extraordinary promotion. Once the ability is obtained, it cannot be changed.

Note: The abilities gained are completely random.

Assassination order: Submit the information of the target you want to assassinate, and the points required for the assassination will be given after internal judgment of the organization.

……

The previous page is comparable to an arsenal, but this page is very special.

The exchange price of each item has been greatly increased, and there are also options to exchange for extraordinary abilities.

As for why the acquisition of extraordinary abilities is completely random, Ji Xiu can understand.

Having been to the Soul Realm, he can be sure that everyone is born with fixed extraordinary abilities. Whether it is the Black Hole Organization or the Yujing Church, they only activate the potential hidden in the human body in some way, rather than giving it out of thin air.

Therefore, extraordinary abilities cannot be changed after they are acquired.

After flipping through the mall page, Ji Xiu clicked on the column in the upper right corner, and what appeared in front of him was the list of killers that Secretary Lin had shown him in the morning.

Below each killer's picture is a number of points remaining.

The remaining points accumulated by Xia Gengzhu were 73548. When he clicked on the redemption record, he was surprised to find that Xia Gengzhu had not redeemed anything from the Black Hole Organization.

This made him even more curious about what Xia Gengzhu wanted.

But the answer to this question may only be known by the deceased Xia Gengzhu himself.

Click on Li Tan's avatar and the page will jump to personal information.

[Li Tan (two stars)]:
  Identity: Unloading porter at the dock in Area C of Wuhai City.

Family identity information: Li Mumu (click to view details)
  Home address:…… ……

In addition to listing Li Tan's personal, family, and other information in detail, there are also Li Tan's redemption records and mission records.

Li Tan's points were only used once, when he exchanged them for a sniper rifle, which cost 186 points.

It was the weapon Li Tan used to snipe Han Yun on the Starlight Building.

As for where the Black Hole Killer Organization got its arms and weapons, he already knew the answer in the previous timeline.

According to the clues uploaded on the Saints APP after investigation by the Department of Law Enforcement, these weapons are basically the weapons that were lost in the huge arms loss and robbery a few years ago.

Continuing to scroll down is Li Tan’s mission record.

1. Assassination target: You Ruzhong
  Target identity information: Wuhai City, managed by the City Defense Management Department.

Target family address: No. 1028, Xiancai Avenue, District D, Wuhai City.

Additional mission requirements: None
  Assassination Progress: Complete (verified).

Mission score: 93 points.

Task reward: 13, and the rewards will be returned in the form of racing boat betting.

……

14. Assassination target: Han Yun

Target identity information: Starlight City, employee of the Institute of Prehistory
  Home address: District A, Xingguang City, No. 17, 01th Floor, Dinghai Apartment.

Additional mission requirements: None
  Assassination Progress: Complete (Verified)
  Mission score: 100 points.

Task reward: 30, distributed offline in the form of lottery.

……

It can be seen from the mission records that since Li Tan became a killer, he has completed 14 missions and killed 14 people in total.

The total income reached more than 300 million.

Although the starting point is for his daughter, there is no doubt that Li Tan's behavior in serving the Black Hole Organization can definitely be regarded as a traitor.

After reading Li Tan's message, although Ji Xiu was mentally prepared, he still felt a little regretful.

The information recorded above is not even as much as the information provided on the Saints Group APP.

The reason for recording is mainly for scoring purposes.

Without thinking too much, Ji Xiu continued to look through the information on other killers, trying to find some useful information.

Half an hour later, when Ji Xiu read the information about a killer named "Qi Dalong", he suddenly became energetic.

Because he saw what he wanted in the killer's mission record.

[Qi Dalong (five-star)]:
  Identity: Area B of Starlight City, freelancer.

Family member information: Lin Yuanxin (click to view detailed information), Qi Jin (click to view detailed information)...

Ability: Tracking (Phase 1)

Detailed address of the family: Residence No. 792, North Street, District A, Starlight City.

……

24. Investigation target: Xie Jiayi
  Target identity information: Starlight City, Director of Prehistoric Research Institute
  Home address: District A, Starlight City, Prehistoric Research Institute (exact location unknown)

Additional task requirements: Investigate Xie Jiayi's actions and conduct real-time reporting.

Task progress record:

1、谢甲一离开史前研究院，乘坐单位车辆前往星光商业区购物（时间：549年9月20日，晚上5点52分）
  2. Xie Jiayi returned to the Institute of Prehistory.

3、谢甲一离开史前研究院，乘坐单位车辆，带着女儿和妻子在“落日餐厅”进行家庭聚餐（时间：549年9月23日，晚上6点12分）
  4. Xie Jiayi returned to the Institute of Prehistory.

……

When Ji Xiu saw the three words "Xie Jiayi", he realized that this was the information he wanted.

Because the owner of this name was the initiator of the investigation of the mysterious prehistoric ruins, and was also one of the five people who narrowly escaped the collapse of the ruins.

韩云的死亡时间是在550年的1月1日，调查进度上的时间是549年的9月份。

At this point in time, Xie Jiayi has not yet led the team to explore and investigate the mysterious prehistoric ruins.

With curiosity, Ji Xiu continued to read.

The mission progress records in detail Xie Jiayi's actions every time he leaves the Institute of Prehistory.

When the time came to November, the situation changed.

492. Xie Jiayi led a team to leave the Prehistoric Research Institute and prepare to take the flight from Starlight City to Beijing City. Since they were unable to purchase air tickets in advance, they needed to organize support (time: November 549, 11, 3:8 am. )
  493. According to the exchange on the plane, they learned that their group was going to the north of Beijing City to investigate a newly discovered prehistoric ruins.

497. Roads are blocked due to heavy snow, and without professional equipment, it is difficult to carry out follow-up investigations. It is necessary to organize and support money to purchase snowmobiles, thermal supplies and other items.

503. If the tracking is discovered, you can only evacuate temporarily. The tracking may fail.

504. The distance exceeds the sensing range and the traces of Xie Jiayi's team can no longer be traced. The tracking failed and we chose to give up.

……

Investigation mission completed.

Score: 203 points.

Task reward: 63, distributed in the form of lottery.

……

The mission ends here.

But Ji Xiu obtained the specific location of the mysterious ruins from this survey record, which was to the north of Beijing City.

Qi Dalong, the extraordinary person who was responsible for the follow-up investigation, also provided Xia Gengzhu with a detailed route map until the end of the mission. As for who Xia Gengzhu handed it over to, it was not recorded in the mission progress.

The end point of all missions of this killer group is Xia Gengzhu, and Xia Gengzhu is also the only person in this group who can contact the core layer of the black hole organization.

Zooming in on the map, Ji Xiu began to memorize the route map.

The answer to why Han Yun set up a sacrificial ritual to summon him to a different world may be found there.

In the previous timeline, he sought help from You Hong and wanted to go to the mysterious ruins to investigate.

As a result, in less than a day, You Hong, who was about to apply for permission to investigate the ruins and obtain information about the ruins, was suddenly assassinated and died.

I thought I could contact the Yujing Church with An An's help and get information about the coordinates of the mysterious ruins. However, An An was transferred midway, resulting in his being killed in the Law Enforcement Department.

Both times he sought official help, he was blocked by mysterious forces.

The more this happened, the more he wanted to know what was there.

Why is the Black Hole Organization so afraid of the secrets in the ruins being exposed?

When Xia Gengzhu's line ends, he plans to try to seek official help again.

If that still doesn't work, follow the coordinates on this map and go investigate in person.

Choose to compromise and accept the endless cycle of death for a month, or choose to continue to resist and find out the truth, Ji Xiu decisively chooses the latter.

(End of this chapter)