Beneath the giant sword, an inconspicuous little door appeared, and Li Gujian hastily entered through the small door into the station.

As soon as he entered, he saw Zhu Ping coming towards him, and Li Gujian hurriedly greeted him, "Brother Zhu, I haven't seen you go back all night, were you on a mission?"

"Xiao Li, it's you, I didn't expect you to be even more leisurely."

Upon seeing Li Gujian, Zhu Ping felt somewhat envious, then sighed and said, "No choice, there was an issue with the patrol group last night— one of the team members suddenly disappeared. Captain Yu issued a mission on the spot, asking me and a few colleagues to help the patrol group search for the person. We were busy all night, and we couldn't find him."

"Brother Zhu, you've been busy all night; you must be exhausted. I won't keep you from going home to rest, haha!"

Li Gujian laughed heartily, stepping aside to let Zhu Ping pass.

"Between brothers, there's no need for such politeness." Zhu Ping also didn't stand on ceremony, smiling as he walked past Li Gujian.

As soon as Zhu Ping left, Li Gujian went straight to the Data Room to check the information on the Mutated Beings who had died upon entering the village.

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After leaving the Zhao Family, Xiao Mu activated his Earth Escape Technique. He first headed north, then turned east; at that moment, he was passing through the necessary road to enter the village.

Xiao Mu stood in place, hesitating whether to go south or north first. Whether he went south or to the north, he could find markets set up especially for Mutated Beings and get in touch with the Mutated Beings of Twilight Forest Village.

"The southern market is mainly for trading treasures, the northern market primarily deals with materials. Should I go south or north first..."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As Xiao Mu deliberated, the sound of an Escape Art suddenly rang out. A yellow Escape Light sped from the north, fast and urgent, stirring up a ferocious Gang Wind.

Trees on both sides of the road toppled from the wind caused by the person's Escape Art, and large clumps of dust were whipped up, akin to a terrifying dust storm.

Xiao Mu frowned; when he used Escape Arts, he never created such a commotion. The Mutated Being within the Escape Light was obviously in a rush.

Whoosh!

As the Mutated Being passed by Xiao Mu, there was no sign of slowing down. A huge cloud of dust, swept up by the Gang Wind from the Earth Escape Technique, blew towards Xiao Mu like a wave pushed by the wind, drenching him from head to toe.

"Friend, be mindful of others!"

With a casual flick of his sleeve, the power of his position erupted from Xiao Mu, transforming into Divine Spirit authority as it pressed towards the Mutated Being in the Escape Light.

Whoosh!

The Gang Wind reversed, and the huge dust cloud flipped over. Under the suppression of Xiao Mu's Divine Spirit authority, the Mutated Being in the Escape Light was blown away dozens of meters together with the dust, powerless to resist.

"Friend, you— cough cough cough!"

Under the suppression of Xiao Mu's Divine Spirit authority, the Mutated Being couldn't control the Escape Light and revealed his form on the spot. A large clump of dust poured down from above his head, triggering a series of violent coughs.

"Cough cough!"

Amidst the coughing, a male Mutated Being in his early thirties appeared. Because of the dust coverage, his face was covered with grime, and his eyebrows, eyes, hair, nose, ears, and lips were all dusted, obscuring his actual appearance.

Xiao Mu, with the strength he had slightly shown, had subdued the man. While coughing, the man apologized to Xiao Mu, "I'm sorry, cough cough, truly sorry. I was in a hurry to bring a friend into the village and didn't mean to trouble you."

Xiao Mu waved his hand, allowing the man to be on his way, and then unfolded his Earth Escape Technique to dart northward.

The man stood there dumbfounded for a moment, watching Xiao Mu's figure disappear into the distance, and then bitter smile appeared, "There's always someone better. Who would have thought that in our Twilight Forest Village, there's someone with the power of a Divine Spirit in the Mortal Realm?"

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Xiao Mu continued northward with his Earth Escape Technique, heading to the Northern Trading Market.

In less than half an hour, he arrived at the market, registered, and entered the trading area smoothly.

The market was bustling, coinciding with the fair. As he walked around the market, Xiao Mu saw at least dozens of Mutated Beings selling materials.

He deliberately moved towards where there were more people. Noticing some Mutated Beings were gathered and chatting, he stopped and moved closer.

"Thank you, Brother Li, these materials are enough for me to commission someone to make a Ban-breaking Pill."

"Brother Zhang, you're too kind. I wish you a swift breakthrough to the Fourth Realm and progress into the Fifth Realm."

Two Mutants in the Mortal Realm communicated face to face, with one just having purchased a batch of materials from the other's stall.

"Cough cough!"

Xiao Mu purposefully approached to probe, "Gentlemen, I've heard that the recent murders of Mutated Beings are related to the Life and Death Sect?"

The two Mutated Beings glanced at him warily. The one who had bought materials gripped his purchase tightly and left without exchanging a word with Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu looked at the material vendor, and the latter looked back at him. His face barely showed a smile, "Friend, would you like to buy some materials?"

"Brother, how much do you know about the murders of the Mutated Beings?"

Xiao Mu seized the opportunity to inquire.

"Cough cough!"

The material vendor coughed into his hand and whispered a warning in a low voice, "Friend, if you don't want to die too soon, don't ask questions recklessly."

By the time Xiao Mu had another question, the Mutated Being was already ignoring him.

Similar incidents kept happening. Xiao Mu kept asking various Mutated Beings, trying to find information related to the murders, but no one would provide him with anything.

The Mutant Beings in the market were deeply taboo about the murders of other Mutated Beings, too afraid to even discuss it.

"I miscalculated. I didn't expect the Mutated Beings of Twilight Forest Village to be so apprehensive about the murders involving their own. They're too scared to even talk about it; had I known, I wouldn't have come to this market."

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