Chapter 1523: Smell of the Same Kind
Before Ai Lei could finish her sentence.
The hair on the back of Meng Chao’s neck stood on end.
Something was wrong.
His heart rate had increased by 15% in the last half a minute.
His breathing rate had also increased by 7%, whileadrenaline secretion rate had increased by 11% .
All of this was an instinctive reaction.
Before his brain realized it, his body had already smelled danger.
Meng Chao’s pupils instantly contracted into two needle tips.
As Ai Lei stared with her mouth agape, he seemed to turn into a wisp of smoke and disappear from the room.
Three seconds later, Meng Chao appeared on the rooftop.
His vitality magnetic field was like the shock wave of a heavy bomb. It spread in all directions at an astonishing speed and instantly covered an area of a hundred meters or more.
The affected area plunged into silence.
Even the idlers who had been talking loudly in The Dumpling House had gone home to sleep.
Meng Chao held his breath and listened carefully. He could only hear the uniform heartbeat and breathing sounds nearby and from afar.
The sources of the sounds remained on their bed obediently.
However, the feeling of being stabbed in the back was still lingering.
It was like a predator with an extremely sharp sense of smell hiding in the depths of the forest. When it was studying the footprints of its prey, it smelled the scent of its own kind.
Meng Chao’s eyes were shining.
The virtual area structure that he had just constructed in his mind was emitting a crystal clear light.
Seven of the coordinates were particularly eye-catching.
“If I was a spy or an attacker who wanted to hide near the tailless monkey’s residence and wait for him, I would definitely choose one of these seven coordinates!”
In the darkness, Meng Chao was like a poisonous lizard as he shot toward the seven coordinates.
He didn’t find anything in the first three coordinates.
When he was 50 meters away from the fourth coordinate, his breathing and heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
This was the seventh floor of a building diagonally opposite Rainbow apartment.
From a high vantage point, through the gap between the two buildings, he could see the window where the tailless monkey was hiding.
Meng Chao was like an army that had lifted its cannon, locked onto its target, and deactivated its safety.
He was prepared to fire at full force.
But he still found nothing.
From the traces left on the dusty ground, it seemed that someone had been here for a long time.
But from the cigarette ends in the corner, it seemed that this was the “Smoking corner”of the building. During the day, it was normal for someone to be bored and smoke while enjoying the scenery on the other side.
The next three coordinates were the same.
Meng Chao did not find anyone, shadows, or any suspicious clues.
So, was he being overly sensitive?
To be able to provoke such a strong reaction from him, the other party’s strength was definitely not much weaker than his.
In other words, if the spy really existed.
He was at least a G.o.dly state expert.
The question was, what kind of secret was hidden in the tailless monkey’s residence that was worthy of a G.o.dly state expert guarding it?
With many doubts, Meng Chao did not return to room 316 of Rainbow apartment.
Instead, he chose a location from above that could monitor the entire scene. He sent a message to AI lei, “It’s not safe here. Let’s talk when you come out!”
It was undoubtedly a very troublesome matter to be targeted by a G.o.d-level powerhouse whose enemies and friends were unknown.
For the sake of safety, Meng Chao did not look for a fixed place to stay.
Instead, he used a fake ID to rent an off-road vehicle that looked tattered on the outside, as if it had changed hands 17 or 18 times. However, after being strengthened and modified, the vehicle’s condition was considered pretty good.
With the great victory of the Monster War, the wilderness and jungles that were once regarded as a forbidden area of life became a paradise for more and more adventurers.
In order to meet the needs of ordinary citizens working in the wilderness, this kind of operation was simple, st.u.r.dy, durable, modular design, and had strong pa.s.sability and modification, off-road vehicles that could be casually equipped with caterpillar tracks, crawling feet, and even rock shredders were popular
The off-road vehicle that Meng Chao rented also came with a fully enclosed compartment. Inside the compartment was a huge freezer.
It was originally used to freeze the monster materials to ensure the freshness of the flesh and blood.
However, it was used to isolate sound and heat, preventing the life magnetic field of the strong from penetrating in. It was also quite suitable to scan the existence of Meng Chao and Ai Lei.
“Senior, what exactly happened just now?”
On the newly built highway around the city, Meng Chao asked Ai Lei to speed up to 130 kilometers per hour. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
Ai Lei finally couldn’t hold it in anymore and asked curiously.
Meng Chao shook his head.
Until now, he still couldn’t figure out if he was being paranoid or if he really smelled his own kind.
If it was another G.o.dly state expert, what did he want from the tailless monkey? Did he discover his existence?
There was still no answer to this question.
However, one thing was certain.
The value of the tailless monkey and the clues he left had increased significantly.
“What kind of company is Horizon Biotechnology Limited?”
Meng Chao carefully studied the information that AI lei had found.
The symbol of this company was actually not a red sun, but a huge moon that rose from the sea.
The horizontal line drawn by the tailless monkey on the oval was the sea.
The wavy lines that Meng Chao thought represented “Sunlight”were the reflection of the Moon on the sea.
At first glance, there were many differences between the company’s logo and the pattern left by the tailless monkey.
However, Yesterday’s Monster Weekly published an article about Horizon Biotech, which was about the size of tofu.
The content was not surprising.
It was that the company was doing a lot of scientific research and innovation, developing a new type of monster fecal degradation technology, which could turn the excrement of highly toxic monsters into nutrient-rich fertilizer, increase the yield of spiritualized plants per mu, and so on.
They also interviewed a head of the company’s scientific research.
Monster Weekly was a relatively well-known weekly in the industry, combining professionalism and entertainment, and it sold quite a lot.
It was published twice a week, and the period of the tailless monkey was always there.
On his clippings, there were often cut and pasted content from monster weekly.
Including the issue that was just released last Sat.u.r.day, the tailless monkey had also cut three or four articles and pasted them into his notebook.
The problem was that the first issue of Monster Weekly had more than thirty pages.
According to the habits of the tailless monkey, if he had only cut out three or four articles, at least more than twenty pages would still be intact.
There was no reason for him to throw away this issue of Monster Weekly.
What was even more suspicious was that there was a heavyweight interview on the same page as the press release “Horizon Biotechnology Co. , Ltd. has successfully developed the technology to degrade monster feces.” It was an interview with a professor at Longcheng Agricultural University, a major breakthrough in the field of synthetic monster venom.
From the electronic version of the interview, once this professor’s major breakthrough could be commercialized,.
He could produce monster venom on a large scale in a relatively cheap way.
It could be of great value in both industry and military.
And before it was commercialized, he could seize the patent agency rights of this professor.
That would be the business scope of a broker like the tailless monkey.
“From my understanding of the tailless monkey and his cutting style, he wouldn’t miss this news.”
Ai lei said, “Logically speaking, he would definitely cut out this news and paste it into his notebook.
“But now, since we haven’t found any newspapers after the cutting, last Sat.u.r.day’s issue of Monster Weekly has all disappeared.
“In his notebook, we haven’t found the page number that pasted this piece of news. Why is that?”
Meng Chao thought quickly.
He immediately understood what ai lei meant.
“Because the tailless monkey cut and pasted the piece of news about the ‘Synthetic Venom’together with the news about Horizon’s research on the technology that can degrade monster feces onto the same page.”
Meng Chao said, “The person who took the tailless monkey did not want Horizon Corporation to be exposed, so he could only take away an entire page.
“In order not to arouse suspicion, he could only take away the entire ‘monster weekly’that the tailless monkey had cut.
“In the beginning, even if someone discovered it, it would have been difficult to lock onto horizon corporation through such vague clues.
“At least, it would be impossible to lock onto it in a short period of time.
“I didn’t expect that the tailless monkey would leave the logo of ‘Horizon Corporation’on the top of the cabinet’s inner wall. This time, the other party’s attempts to hide it had instead become self-disclosure.”
However, there was pitifully little information about this company on the internet.
From the public information, Horizon Biotechnology Limited’s main business was the artificial breeding of Nightmare Beasts, as well as the research and development of technologies related to how to improve the quality of the monsters’flesh and blood while artificial breeding.
Simply put, it was best for artificially bred monsters to be as docile and obedient as poultry and livestock. They would sleep when they were full and give birth when they were full. Even the halberd demon pig and the armored rhinoceros could be like rodent monsters, it would be great if they could give birth to more than ten to twenty of them in one litter!
At the same time, these artificially bred monsters had to maintain the cell activity of wild monsters so that humans could use their hormones and flesh to refine high-quality gene reagents.
The problem was that with the victory of the Monster War and the number of wild monsters, the number of wild monsters fell like a precipice.
The technology related to “How to make artificially bred monsters maintain the cell activity of wild monsters”had entered a period of great interest and became the target of all kinds of capital.
Almost overnight, hundreds of “Biotechnology limited companies”or “Cutting-edge gene laboratories”appeared in Dragon City, all boasting that they had mastered the core technology and were exploring the frontier, everything had been prepared for a long time. With only three to five hundred million in startup funds, the flesh and blood of the halberd demon pig would have the cell activity of the nine-headed Diamond Dragon.
Most of them were, of course, sh.e.l.l companies.
Ai Lei had never heard of ‘Horizon’before.
Meng Chao was born in Dragon City Agricultural University. He was considered an expert in the circle of Reapers.
His Super Star Group had also acquired the leading spirit creation creature in the industry.
However, he didn’t remember the name horizon.