Hegemony Company's Blood Code has many varieties, each enhancing physical strength in different ways and possessing unique special abilities.
The "Crimson Rose Blood Code" focuses on enhancing cellular activity, significantly boosting athletic capabilities while possessing a unique ability - blood manipulation.
Crimson Rose Blood Code carriers have far superior recovery capabilities; when their bodies are damaged, they can quickly coagulate their blood and direct the IPS stem cells within their blood to repair injuries swiftly.
Beyond basic recovery abilities, they can also control blood flow speed to enhance cellular activity, quickly gain immense strength, or crystallize blood into hard shards, shooting them out like bullets, etc.
Depending on the carrier's innate talent and acquired training, the same Blood Code can vary greatly in different individuals.
The Blood Code levels range from low to high and are divided into seven major tiers: Awakening Level, Ascension Level, Critical Level, Transcendent Level, Blood Burning Level, Divine Protection Level, Black King Level.
Each major level of Blood Code is further divided into three sub-tiers: Low Tier, Middle Tier, High Tier.
Most Blood Code carriers work their entire lives and only reach "Initial Tier of Awakening."
Some carriers with outstanding talents can train their Blood Code to the "Middle Tier of Awakening."
If they can advance another tier to "High Tier of Awakening," they become one in a hundred.
Should one be lucky enough to break through the major threshold of "Awakening Level" and rise to "Initial Tier of Ascension," they truly enter the ranks of the strong, inviting many factions to extend alliances.
For example, in Hegemony Company, carriers at the "Ascension Level" could serve in elite units like the Razor Rapid Response Team.
Every sub-tier advancement within the Blood Code levels results in significant boosts, while advancing to a higher major tier represents a qualitative leap.
Nuobai's Crimson Rose Blood Code is at the "Promoted High Tier," making her a top expert in the mercenary realm of New Moon City.
Meanwhile, the security forces in Rust Wind Ridge are just ordinary soldiers with military training, none of whom are Blood Code carriers.
This is not surprising. Although Hegemony Company produces Blood Codes, they are costly; not just any random employee can obtain them.
Those deemed lacking in talent by the company are merely used as expendable resources.
When those ordinary soldiers face a carrier like Nuobai at the Promoted High Tier, the outcome is predictable.
They are like cabbages being cut down by Nuobai, unable to even counterattack.
Even if they occasionally fire a shot, the bullets do not pose a threat to her, thanks to the recovery power of the Crimson Rose Blood Code.
Moreover, Nuobai remains cautious as always, never underestimating weaker opponents. After cutting them down, she ensures a finishing blow to vital areas.
Feigning death for an ambush is nonexistent in her presence.
In less than two minutes, Nuobai wiped out the 36 men of the Rust Wind Ridge security force with her Tang Blade.
After the battle, Su Mo emerged from hiding and pushed up the motorcycle.
He gazed at the corpses scattered around, falling silent momentarily.
Su Mo: "Nuobai..."
Nuobai glanced over.
Su Mo paused before saying, "You can be quite terrifying sometimes."
Nuobai blinked, standing innocently amidst the bloodstained corpses.
[Really?]
Su Mo: "Yeah..."
...
After the battle, Nuobai changed into clean clothes.
If it were a game, Su Mo would definitely loot the corpses, knowing that Hegemony Company's gear could sell for a good price on the black market.
But right now, he was in no mood for looting.
The backlash from the Ancestral Blood Code was growing stronger.
In just a few hours, the black cocoon on his chest had grown larger, and his mental state was worsening—this was no time for small profits.
As Su Mo clutched his chest and gasped, a small hand rested on his shoulder.
Under Su Mo's guidance, Nuobai had found the breakthrough at Rust Wind Ridge and had built a preliminary trust with him.
Now seeing Su Mo with sallow complexion and sunken eyes, Nuobai showed concern for him for the first time.
[Are you okay?]
Su Mo replied gravely, "I can hold on... the journey is still long, don't linger. Replenish your supplies, and let's move immediately."
Nuobai nodded, scavenging some compressed food and bottled water, then drew gasoline from an armored vehicle to fill the motorcycle tank, carrying Su Mo across Rust Wind Ridge, leaving the Wind Rise Plain behind.
They were like birds freed from a cage, finally escaping Hegemony Company's territory.
...
That night, the Razor Rapid Response Team, which had been pursuing Su Mo and the others, arrived at Rust Wind Ridge.
By then, the area was already cordoned off by a nearby security force, with armed soldiers everywhere.
However, it was too late to seal off now.
Alote, along with seven Razor Warriors, reached the battlefield.
A Razor Warrior with gloves inspected a corpse, reporting to Alote, "One's neck was snapped; the others have double stab wounds—one lethal and one extra, executed cleanly. The kidnapper is an expert."
Alote, his eyes grim, gazed ahead towards Rust Wind Ridge.
He couldn't understand; the target's previous trajectory headed directly north towards the Iron Blood Alliance territory. Why did they suddenly turn south?
The south is the "Land of No Master," filled with ruins of the old era, still teeming with "Borderland Armed Forces" and "Vicious Beasts."
Even if Hegemony Company's forces ventured into the Land of No Master for exploration, they would prepare for days. They wouldn't just rush in blindly, risking death.
Was it desperation?
Or did something happen along the way, where Dr. Chen persuaded the kidnapper to take him to the Land of No Master?
Then comes the question.
Why would the kidnapper be persuaded?
Why does Dr. Chen want to go to the Land of No Master?
Could there be something there... something they both need?
As Alote pondered, the White Shark Blood Code carrier inquired, "Leader, the scent of blood has broken in this vicinity; there's no trackable trace... should we pursue?"
Alote coldly replied, "Do you want to be expelled from the Razor Team and lose the right to use genetic editing proteins?"
The Razor Warriors fell silent.
Joining the elite units like the Razor Team means the company acknowledges your abilities, providing you with superior treatment and health security.
If you unfortunately contract Blood Code Dissociation Syndrome someday, the company will use genetic editing proteins to treat you.
However.
The company doesn't support idlers, nor does it nurture failures.
Superiors never show mercy to those who fail missions, ranging from punishment to discharge.
Expulsion from the Razor Team means losing health security, leaving you to live in constant fear of the shadows of Blood Code Dissociation Syndrome haunting you.
Pursue...
We must pursue...
But the issue now is that the targets have vanished; where do we start chasing...
At this moment, a forensic scientist responsible for site surveying raised his hand, "Razor, come and look at this."
Alote walked over, seeing the forensic scientist holding a disc-shaped instrument.
On the instrument's screen was a coordinate map, with two constantly flickering light points.
One light point was in the screen's center, representing the instrument's current position, which is here.
The other was in the south, several hundred kilometers away, still moving.
Alote quickly recognized, "A KM-03 tracking device?"
Forensic scientist: "Yes, found in a hidden compartment in the armored vehicle."
He pointed to a gun held by a fallen soldier: "Before this person died, he replaced special bullets in the gun and shot a miniature tracker onto the target."
Alote gazed at the moving light point on screen, flames reigniting in his eyes, "Good... very good..."