During the entire meal, the Zodiac Rabbit, aside from staring at her two large bowls of chicken legs and beef brisket, only kept saying one thing—

"This doesn't make sense, how come you're both smart and clever? Didn't they say when God gives you a window, he also closes a door?"

She just couldn't understand it.

She herself had reverted to her childhood physically; the Zodiac Dragon was blind; Sister She couldn't speak; Sister Yang occasionally lost her mind.

Anyway, all the Symbionts had problems either physically or mentally to some degree.

But today, after spending half the day on missions with the Shadow and continuously testing in the test room, they still couldn't find his flaw.

It couldn't be that something else was wrong... that would be hard to articulate and notice.

Thinking of this, the look the Zodiac Rabbit gave Wu Liang carried a trace of sympathy, leaving him a bit baffled while eating.

"Whew... I'm so full. Do we get reimbursement for our meals?" Wu Liang patted his belly, picking his teeth.

"Awakened registered in the system can eat for free at headquarters, so go ahead and indulge," the Zodiac Rabbit pouted.

"The treatment in the Capital City is great. In the dining hall in Chengyang City, you still have to pay; it's terribly expensive."

"Really? Isn't this the basic standard?"

"Nah, I've never eaten in the dining hall, just wanted to slander Minister Long and see if I can accuse him of taking kickbacks, make him sick."

"..."

The two chatted casually without any real point until they parted ways after leaving the dining hall.

Wu Liang went back to his room to rest, while the Zodiac Rabbit returned to the research institute to check the powder formed after the game controller was damaged.

No one mentioned the previous topic at all, as if the Fierce Ghost incident that had happened before was just a joke.

When unlocking the door with his fingerprint, Wu Liang also discovered that Jin Chenghua's dorm was right next to his.

He happily went over for a chat.

In particular, he learned more about the previous official expansion of the Awakened.

Until late at night, no leader or anyone else came looking for Wu Liang, and he returned to his room to sleep.

But he wasn't anxious, just happily slept till the next morning, following his usual routine, preparing to go for a run.

Knock, knock, knock—

Just as Wu Liang was changing shoes, someone knocked on his door.

When he opened it, standing outside was Professor Guo, wearing thick glasses and hunched over.

"Oh, you didn't sleep all night, did you? Surely you don't need to study my sleeping posture?" Wu Liang joked upon seeing the faint dark circles under the other's eyes.

"There's a gym on the 15th floor, if you want to run, you can go there, no need to go far," Professor Guo said, answering evasively.

Wu Liang grinned.

The fact that he knew Wu Liang had a habit of morning runs must mean he had checked the information from Chengyang City.

Under such circumstances, it was even more certain that this old fellow must have installed surveillance in his room!

He absolutely couldn't resist!

"Then I'll go for a run now, just to be clear, if no one's looking to discuss the Fierce Ghost incident with me today, I'll assume you're playing dumb and investigate on my own." Wu Liang said to himself.

Just as he was about to leave after changing shoes, Professor Guo finally couldn't hold it in.

"Sigh..."

After letting out a sigh, he slowly closed the door and started speaking, "If you're investigating on your own, how do you plan to do it?"

Wu Liang, with a cheeky grin, said, "Arrest all related personnel and thrash them until they spill their common points, then determine which Symbiont did it, and thrash them again."

Professor Guo's eyelid twitched.

Does this guy only think about beating people up?

Doesn't he consider the cause and effect at all?

But he still asked from a practical perspective, "Are you that confident you can beat everyone?"

Who knew that Wu Liang would suddenly speak in a disdainful tone, "At least those people in the dining hall yesterday together aren't enough for me to beat, you should be fully aware of that."

Yeah, as the one in charge of all the data regarding Awakened and Symbionts within the official ranks, Professor Guo certainly knows what level those people are at.

Then Wu Liang's tone shifted slightly, said in a low tone, "Stop beating around the bush, there are really only two choices now—either you tell us if it's related to the escaped detainees; or let me beat everyone up, after which I escape back to Chengyang City."

Wu Liang really wanted to shout crazily now—I feel like I am gradually understanding everything!

This Fierce Ghost aura from the Symbionts was linking together all the clues he found after coming to headquarters!

However, after he finished his words.

Professor Guo finally lost his composure.

Finally, he walked over to his seat, sat down, shook his head, and waved his hand toward the ceiling.

A pure white piece of paper, indistinguishable from the wall, fluttered down and was caught by him.

"I'll remove the surveillance first, otherwise the following conversations might get recorded."

With that, he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the rubbish bin, where faint arcs of electricity could still be seen flashing across the paper ball.

Wu Liang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, shooting a sidelong glance.

The reason he didn't find the surveillance equipment last night was very simple—he couldn't find it!

If it were about catching Fierce Ghosts, that was his specialty.

But if he had to explore these technological products, Wu Liang truly felt like he was in the dark.

He felt the only technology he could understand might be WeChat QR code payment, which means he hasn't completely fallen behind the times.

"Cough, cough, cough, since you know someone escaped from the headquarters, do you know who this person is?" Professor Guo asked in return to Wu Liang.

"Must be one of the Zodiacs, don't know exactly," Wu Liang shrugged.

"Then let me tell you, this person is the Zodiac—Pig, and he's become a Polluter."

Upon hearing the word "Polluter" mentioned by the old man, Wu Liang instinctively thought of the time Minister Long lost his temper at the research institute on those two guys, seemingly because someone mentioned that term.

It's really a case of the crooked roof making the walls crooked!

Even the director, Professor Guo, referred to it that way, so there was really nothing one could do.

Seeing Wu Liang's somewhat odd expression, Professor Guo smiled faintly, "Don't misunderstand, I know you and the Rabbit are Symbionts. When I say 'Polluter' here, it's not an insulting nickname for you."

"Oh? The term has another meaning?"

"That's right, originally 'Fierce Ghost Polluter' was meant to denote the Symbionts whose rationality has been affected by Fierce Ghosts to the point where they can't communicate. It's just that those newcomers in the institute like to use this term to insult Symbionts. They are narrow-minded little brats."

Professor Guo adjusted his glasses at this point.

After hearing his words, Wu Liang was dumbfounded for a moment.

Zodiac Pig is now a Symbiont whose rationality is so affected by the Fierce Ghost that he can't communicate!? How could I extract any information?

"Damn it! Did I come all the way to the Capital City for nothing?" Wu Liang cursed.

However, even hearing his inexplicable cursing, Professor Guo didn't seem puzzled, just advised, "Don't worry, if Zodiac Pig managed to escape, it might mean he regained some rationale, just... temporarily not acting normal."

"..."

"Professor Guo, could you please stop taking such long pauses? Could you say everything in one go?"

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