God Eater Sequence: The Devourer

Qin Siyang looked at the vast wilderness and asked, "Then... where is Professor Wu?"

"I just received a message from Chang Tianxiang saying that Wu Yu's telecommunication signal disappeared, so I rushed back to check. The others should have also received Chang Tianxiang's message and are on their way here."

"It looks like Wu Yu might have been lured away by an imposter in another direction."

Li Tianming looked around. There were no traces of footprints. He asked, "Xiao Qin, how long have you been back here?"

"Five or six hours? When did Professor Wu's telecommunication signal disappear?"

"Also about five or six hours ago."

Hearing this, Li Tianming furrowed his brows and scanned the surroundings.

"It seems the enemy knew you were coming back and sent Old Wu away in advance."

Qin Siyang's heart tightened, "Then will Professor Wu be in danger?"

Li Tianming let out a deep sigh, "Old Wu has a sharp mind and, apart from me and Old Zhang, should be the strongest among us. I don't think he'll run into any mishaps."

"There are no signs of a fight here. The disappearance of Old Wu's telecommunication signal should be due to some other reason."

"Then, you mean..."

"I guess he discovered something but wasn't able to relay the information to Chang Tianxiang, so he turned off his phone himself to alert Chang Tianxiang and get everyone back here."

"Then why not tell Professor Chang Tianxiang to send a message to the others?"

"We don't have a direct communication system. How could we tell him? All we can do is receive Chang Tianxiang's messages and follow his arrangements."

"But wait, didn't you say that if someone found me, they should tell Professor Chang and let him notify the others?"

"The person who finds you will turn their phone's location signal on and off three times in a row, and he will understand. Since I was already with you and saw that everyone was rushing here, I didn't need to bother doing it again."

"Your telecommunication signal can be turned on and off?"

Qin Siyang's eyes lit up, "Then we can use Morse code to notify Professor Chang, tell him that we've encountered an imposter, and warn everyone to be careful!"

"Good idea."

Li Tianming glanced at Qin Siyang, "But I don't know how to transmit Morse code. Do you?"

"...I don't either."

"Then that settles it."

"So what do we do now?"

"Wait. I don't know where Old Wu has gone. Let's see if the others find anything when they return."

Qin Siyang nodded heavily, deep in thought.

The two stood on the barren land, their expressions tense.

After a while, Qin Siyang asked, "Old Li, do you know the person impersonating me?"

"I don't, but I used Chang Tianxiang's recognition software to scan him. It identified him as a student of Professor Lister from South Glory University."

"I have no grudge against Lister. In fact, I even gave him the Crimson Crystal and the Vine Core. I don't know why his student would want to kill me."

"However, that student did seem quite strong. If he had chosen to kill you instead of me, he probably would have succeeded."

Qin Siyang shot Li Tianming a glance, "You really don't think much of me, do you?"

"The guy had three fourth-tier God-Hunting artifacts. What do you have?"

"I also have a fourth-tier God-Hunting artifact!"

"Oh, you mean that storage box Old Lu gave you? What can you even do with it? Roll dice?"

"..."

Qin Siyang suddenly thought of something, "Then did you get his three fourth-tier God-Hunting artifacts? If you can't use them, give them to me."

"No. Before he died, he destroyed all of them."

Qin Siyang felt a pang in his heart, "Why didn't you stop him? That's such a waste of treasure!!!"

"You're really one to talk. When you kill people, do you actually think about looting them first?"

"Of course! If you don't loot them, wouldn't that be a waste of a kill?"

"...You really are something else."

"What a pity."

"Hey, the guy you killed, before he died, it seems like he didn't destroy his God-Hunting armor. It still looks pretty good."

"Really? Then can I..."

"You dare use it? After all, you only killed a puppet controlled by someone else. Aren't you afraid there might be some trap hidden inside the armor?"

"...", Hearing Li Tianming say that, Qin Siyang immediately gave up on taking the armor from the corpse.

"Old Li, the person I killed, I know him. He was a student of Florence."

"Florence? You mean Harrison's student, the one who got promoted to associate professor thanks to that Doom Fate Octopus thesis?"

"Yes."

"Well, isn't that interesting? The South Glory University Board of Directors had not one but two professors' students trying to assassinate us."

"Old Li, it's not just that."

"What do you mean?"

Qin Siyang recalled what the person impersonating Li Tianming had said to him, his mind filled with doubt.

"He told me that the reason he knew I was here was because Chang Tianxiang told him."

"You think there's a problem with Chang Tianxiang?"

"I'm not suspecting Professor Chang."

Li Tianming frowned, "The only people who knew about this situation were you, me, Zhang Kuang, Chang Tianxiang, Chang Tianxiong, Wu Yu, Lu Daoxing, Hao Liang, and Zhao Longfei—eight people in total."

"So, you think someone leaked the information to the enemy?"

Qin Siyang nodded.

"Otherwise, how could they pinpoint the exact location where my telecommunication signal disappeared? The person impersonating you was probably tailing all of you, waiting for the right moment to act."

"Do you have any suspects?"

"Aside from you, I can't fully trust any of the professors. But Professor Chang Tianxiang is the least suspicious because, as you said, he is stationed at the safe zone as the commander. If he wanted to harm us, he could just give us the wrong directions."

"That makes sense. Besides Professor Chang, you can also trust Old Zhang. There are some things I can't tell you right now, but I'm certain Old Zhang isn't a problem."

Li Tianming thought for a moment.

"I also don't think it's Principal Zhao. The Zhao family's reputation in the safe zone is unquestioned, and their entire interest is tied to the black market and South Glory University. If he betrayed us, he'd be destroying his own foundation."

"You're right. By the way, you said Principal Zhao was helping look for me. Where is he now?"

"He took the coordinates of your last known location and went off alone as soon as we left the safe zone. We don't know where he went."

"Why would Principal Zhao go off alone?"

"He probably has his own plans. He's the principal. I can't exactly control him."

"Being this independent makes him too conspicuous. That makes it less likely that he's the hidden enemy among us."

"I think so too."

Li Tianming shoved his hands into his pockets and looked solemn as the cold wind blew past.

"Of the eight people who knew, we've ruled out four. That leaves four more."

"Each of them once supported me when I was at my lowest. But now, because of our enemy's actions, I have to suspect them and find the traitor among them."

"Now, things between us will never be the same again."

"Sigh."

"I originally hoped we could all accomplish something great together. But before we even started, we've already been crippled by someone's schemes."

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