Chen Meide's file was not complicated.

The sons of all councilors were unlikely to have a happy and carefree childhood.

The Eastern Continent Council only had one hundred seats in total. To sit in that position, one had to sacrifice many things... and time spent with family was the first thing to be sacrificed.

His mother died of dystocia.

Chen Meide's childhood was spent growing up alone.

Between father and son, with the passage of years, there remained only a growing chasm... The file did not mention Chen Meide's physical skills, or his strength.

From a certain day five years ago, he suddenly appeared in the Chengxin Society's Southern Hall.

Much like Crow's way of proving himself.

He made a name for himself with his fists... At first, because of the name Chen San, no one dared to really lay a hand on him, but later he linked to the deep-sea Abyss, and cleared all the trials of the first eleven levels in one go.

After reading the file.

Gu Shen only felt incredulous, looking at the young man wrapped in the wooden coffin as if he were seeing a ghost.

Chen Meide was only a few years older than himself.

"Is this still human?" Gu Shen frowned. "Clearing eleven levels of the Abyss in one test? Just one step away from getting a 'Title'?"

Nan Jin also finished reading the file, she slowly closed the book, her tone solemn, "This kind of talent is one of the best in the Eastern Continent."

Zhou Jiren, on the other hand, was calm.

He shook his head, "Without anyone imparting experience, or having experienced mental linking in advance... Reaching the eleventh level directly in the first test, Chen Meide is worthy of being number one even in the Five Continents. Gu Changzhi is far inferior to him."

Anyone, needed to take each step one at a time.

There were no exceptions.

"You mean... Outside the file, in an unknown place, someone performed a 'mental link' on him?" Gu Shen inexplicably felt a little guilty.

"Yes, but not only that."

Zhou Jiren said solemnly, "The physical skills taught by the person who 'mentally linked' him... are extremely harmful. He probably practiced for nearly ten years to reach this point. In fact, my 'Green Vine' can feel the vitality of his trunk when it comes into contact with him. This young body has consumed too much power, like a forty-year-old body. If he continues to practice like this, he won't have much time left to live."

Recalling the battle on the Jiangtan.

Although Gu Shen did not participate in person, Chen Meide and Song Ci's mutual attacks were witnessed by him.

The two men's moves were both incomparably fierce, punches colliding head-on, almost vaporizing the river water in the center of the river in an instant.

"This is a kind of... overdraft." Tree said, "Although it can improve strength very quickly, the cost is too great, often requiring a large consumption of one's own life."

Hearing this, a strange light flashed in Nan Jin's eyes.

The next moment, a strong hand pressed down on her.

Zhou Jiren's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "Don't learn from him, and don't try to take shortcuts in 'transcendent cultivation'... there will be no good end, it will only put the cart before the horse."

Lu Nan Jin was silent for a moment, and said softly, "I understand."

"Xiao's characteristics match the person missing from Chen Meide's file." Zhou Jiren said, "Sometimes, blank space doesn't mean non-existence. Xiao's greatest ability currently demonstrated is a powerful 'mental control'."

Yes... Gu Shen nodded inwardly.

The people of the Evergreen Foundation were all lunatics.

They had all been brainwashed by "Xiao".

"Interrogation is useless."

Lu Nan Jin suddenly said, "I understand people like Chen Meide. The more severe the interrogation, the less likely they are to admit the 'mental link'... He is even less likely to confess the person's real identity and related clues..."

She looked at the tightly sealed wooden coffin.

The reason she understood.

Perhaps because she was also that kind of person.

"Chen Meide... will only thank him..."

The old fox revealed a sly smile, "Oh... is that so?"

"Perhaps, this is not an audit."

Zhou Jiren snapped his fingers lightly, and the wooden vines several meters away burst open, scattering all over the ground.

Chen Meide, who was held in place by the wooden vines, stared angrily at the old, young, and middle-aged trio in front of him.

When had he ever suffered such treatment?

Those three guys were simply inhuman, treating him like a piece of goods, locking him up and letting him go as they pleased.

"The next questioning is very important."

Tree stretched out his finger, he pointed to the camera that had been turned on not far away, and said, "Look... see that? The dialogue here will be recorded, and I may send it to some people in the council to watch."

"Heh... is that so?"

Chen Meide smiled coldly, "So what?"

He tried to raise his neck, wanting to spit at the camera to show his hatred and disdain, but the wooden vines restricted his actions, and the camera was in the corner of the ceiling behind his head.

So he struggled for a while, but ultimately to no avail.

From the camera's point of view, Chen Meide's "anger" could not be seen, only his suppressed, helpless back.

"Have you ever seen this photo?"

Zhou Jiren slowly took out an old photo from his arms. The photo was of a man with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. The photo was a bit yellowed, and looked like it had gone through many years.

Gu Shen recognized the identity of the man in the photo at a glance.

Zhou Yu.

And the moment he saw the photo, a subtle change appeared in Chen Meide's eyes. No matter how good an actor was... he could not hide the "truth" in his cognition.

And this ray of change was clearly seen by the three people sitting opposite him.

"He knows... Zhou Yu."

Gu Shen only felt incredible, with a sense of good fortune that heaven was helping him.

The merger of the Zhou Yu case and the Yuandan Street case was his intuition... and searching for the master of blood and fire was no different from searching for a needle in a haystack, because the Zhou Yu case was too long ago, and all the clues had long been lost.

But at this moment, Chen Meide's reaction told him that the choice to merge the cases was completely correct—

The lost clues had been found!

The key now was to extract enough information from Chen Meide's mouth.

"Don't bother thinking about it."

Chen Meide said coldly, "I don't know this person, and I don't want to say anything."

"Thank you very much for providing the information..."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jiren raised his head and held up the photo again to the camera, this action was like a naked display.

Immediately afterwards, he said seriously to Chen Meide, "In view of your special assistance in the case... I have decided to include you in the 'Special Operations Team' and become one of the core members."

"???" Chen Meide was stunned.

He was still confused, and did not understand what the old fox meant by playing this trick.

"Alright."

Zhou Jiren stood up, patted Gu Shen on the shoulder, and said lightly, "Xiao Gu, our mission has officially begun now—the first step is to take out the surveillance video just now, erase the places that should be erased, and make a complete video. I want everyone to know that Chen Meide has agreed to exchange information with me, and has become a core member of the Hunt Xiao plan."