Chapter 235: Searching for the Traitor

Chapter 235: Searching for the Traitor

Uncovering the traitor was the objective of the first challenge task.

Charles Water demanded the traitor's surrender, all for the sake of the first challenge task.

The leader of the Daxia Metahuman team loudly refuted, "How can you be sure the traitor is among us? What if it's on your side instead?"

This statement elicited cold laughter from several metahumans in the opposing camp.

White leader Charles Water pointed at the Daxia metahumans ahead and spoke with disdain, "We have teams here, no lone wolves, so there can't be a traitor among us. Therefore, the traitor must be within your group!"

The Daxia metahumans were a team of four, alongside three metahumans without a team.

The three metahumans without a team had temporarily allied with the Daxia four-man team.

However, this alliance was not particularly strong.

Thus, the three remained vigilant, "I'm not the traitor."

"Neither am I."

They exchanged glances, all insisting on denying their traitorous identities.

Charles Water scoffed, "Your words mean nothing unless you submit to our psychic interrogation."

Ellen Bella, the white female psychic metahuman in Charles Water's team, was skilled in psychic interrogation. If they accepted the interrogation without resistance, there was a high chance of determining whether they were the traitor.

However, psychic interrogation could lead to severe aftereffects.

Under normal circumstances, metahumans would not willingly undergo psychic interrogation, especially not from metahumans of different nations.

Due to the earlier conflict, several metahumans in the Daxia team had already sustained injuries.

Wang Zhehan, the leader of the Daxia four-man team, glanced at the three non-team metahumans they had temporarily allied with.

In truth, he wasn't entirely certain if these three were the traitors, as he didn't know them well. They had formed this temporary alliance solely because they were all from Daxia.

After fighting for these three, they had already suffered casualties, causing Wang Zhehan to hesitate.

Charles Water took a step forward, continuing his pressure, "Either prove your innocence or submit to psychic interrogation. These are your only choices. I've given you the chance to choose; otherwise, we'll kill you without hesitation, and it won't make much difference to the outcome of the Abyssal Battlefield."

Wang Zhehan looked at the three temporarily allied metahumans and, after a moment's consideration, asked, "Can you prove your innocence?"

One of them, feeling helpless, spread his hands, "How can we prove it? I didn't take on the traitor task, and there's no mark on my body indicating otherwise."

Charles Water smirked, "If you can't prove your innocence, then we'll have to kill you. After all, one less person won't significantly impact the outcome of the Abyssal Battlefield."

The metahuman who couldn't prove his innocence retorted angrily, "Do you intend to kill everyone who can't prove their innocence?"

Charles Water responded matter-of-factly, "This is the optimal strategy. Traitors are the primary reason for failure on the Abyssal Battlefield. Once we eliminate the traitor, we'll have won half the battle."

The Daxia metahumans exchanged glances.

As they weren't a team, they couldn't fully trust each other, and none of them would risk their lives to vouch for the others.

Charles Water continued, "Actually, we don't need to kill everyone. We can start by bringing out all suspicious targets and eliminating those who can't prove their innocence.

"Once we kill the traitor, the first challenge task will be marked as complete.

"So, the solution is simple. Complete the first challenge task by killing the traitor, and those who remain alive will be proven innocent."

If casualties weren't a concern, his method would indeed be the fastest way to find the traitor.

However, if the traitor was within a team and killing all the unallied metahumans didn't complete the task, where would they start next?

Therefore, this method was only useful to those who valued lives as little more than grass.

The Dark Werewolf let out a loud howl, his voice beast-like, "Prove your innocence! Those who can't will die!"

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Su Muyu and the others on the high ground, his eyes filled with bloodlust.

Charles Water raised his right hand, extending three fingers, and threatened, "I'll count to three. If you don't hand over the traitor, we'll take action."

In this confrontation, their camp held the upper hand, and the Dark Werewolf was too powerful, charging recklessly, unafraid of blades or bullets. A single person could scatter the Daxia metahuman camp.

Wang Zhehan turned to look at his three teammates; two of them were already injured, and their injuries were severe. Continuing the fight would be disadvantageous for his team.

He looked at the three non-team metahumans, "Think of a way to prove your innocence."

The three non-team metahumans felt a great sense of danger.

They had only temporarily allied with Wang Zhehan's four-man team, and it was challenging to establish complete trust between them.

Facing Charles Water's pressure, they looked at each other, each suspecting the other of being the traitor.

If this situation continued, it was certain that the knives would first target these three non-team metahumans until the traitor was found.

"Three, two..."

With each shout from Charles Water, he retracted a finger. When he reached the last count, he said, "If you don't hand over the traitor, we'll kill you all.

"Wang Zhehan raised his hand to stop him, "Wait, if all three of them prove themselves and we still haven't found the traitor, what then?"

Charles Watertown, Park Hyun Jin, and the others exchanged glances, smirking, "The traitor is among you four."

"You!" Wang Zhehan's heart filled with anger, but faced with the other side's powerful faction, he had no choice.

Charles Watertown sneered, "So, you can only pray that the traitor is among them. Once you eliminate the traitor, you can also complete the first challenge task, which is beneficial for you, right?"

In the Daxia Metahuman camp, due to their temporary alliance, trust was insufficient, and as they observed each other, suspicion filled their eyes.

Everyone was thinking that as long as the traitor was found, it would indeed benefit everyone.

"Will you take action yourselves, or should we do it? If you won't act, we'll kill them all!" Charles Watertown waved his hand and gave the order.

The metahumans in the Western camp all smirked, brandishing their weapons and launching an attack.

Just at this moment...

A sword beam descended from the sky, cutting down all the attacks and creating a rift mark that blocked the subsequent assaults from the Western metahuman camp.

Immediately after, Lu Heng appeared on the geothermal riverbed, his voice cold, "Even if you want to investigate, it's not your turn to act. I'll count to three, so scram. Otherwise, we'll start the investigation with you as the first target!"

Charles Watertown's face darkened at the sight of Lu Heng, and he humphed, "You want to meddle, do you know the consequences of opposing us?"

Lu Heng looked at him with icy eyes and said, "You won't leave? Then start with you. How can you prove you're not the traitor?"

Charles Watertown smirked, "Of course, I'm not the traitor. My companions can vouch for me."

Lu Heng pointed his sword at his companions and said, "Then let them all prove themselves. Each one must prove they're not the traitor, or I'll kill you all and see if the challenge task can be completed."

The metahumans from Daxia behind him, feeling greatly encouraged by someone standing up for them, chimed in, "That's right. Why should we be the only ones to prove ourselves? Why don't you prove yourselves?"

Charles Watertown narrowed his eyes, unable to prove himself.

Since the traitor was hiding among the metahumans with no distinguishing features, unless the traitor had carried out a traitorous task and been witnessed, there was no way to identify them.

This was the key reason why the traitor could conceal their identity.

Therefore, including Charles Watertown, none of the metahumans from the White Eagle Federation and Lionheart Empire could prove themselves.

They had just been relying on their camp's strength to force the Daxia metahumans to prove themselves.

Moreover, they truly believed the traitor was among the Daxia metahumans.

In their eyes, the Daxia people could only engage in low-end work, and the Western media had been promoting this image.

Thus, in the eyes of most Westerners, the Daxia people were synonymous with evil.

Various Western films and shows were filled with negative portrayals of Eastern ethnicities.

Consequently, when searching for the traitor, Charles Watertown and the other White Eagle metahumans' first instinct was to look among the Daxia metahuman group.

They would confirm each person's identity, kill them one by one, and naturally, the traitor would be eliminated upon completing the challenge task.

This was a simple logic that required no further thought.

However, Lu Heng's appearance steered this standoff in a different direction.

Charles Watertown's eyes turned cold, and he commanded, "Wolf, take him out!"

The Dark Werewolf's real name was Derek Wolf.

After hearing Charles Watertown's command, he hesitated for a moment, not rushing towards Lu Heng, as he recognized Lu Heng's identity.

Lu Heng glanced at this Dark Werewolf and had already guessed his identity.

The previous Black Crow with the number 013 had given a Creator Club member's name, number 031, who possessed a unique bloodline rank, a Dark Werewolf.

This bloodline rank was extremely rare, and the probability of two Dark Werewolves appearing in a short time was very low.

Therefore, this Dark Werewolf could only be Creator Club member number 031, named Derek Wolf, with exceptional regenerative abilities and the Dark Werewolf rank.

Lu Heng smiled at him and said, "Try baring your fangs at me, and I'll take you out."

Derek Wolf was very angry, but he dared not act, reverting from his Dark Werewolf state to his original form, a strong, muscular black man with curly hair.

Charles Watertown, seeing that Derek Wolf did not attack, but instead reverted from his Dark Werewolf state, immediately questioned, "What are you doing? I told you to take him out!"

Derek Wolf turned and glared at him, replying, "Why don't you do it yourself?"

Lu Heng hooked his lips and said, "This wolf-dog won't listen to your commands. If you want to act, you can try it yourself."

(End of Chapter)

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