Soul-Slaying Maiden: Master Of Ancient Divine Weapons

The Breeze Nightclub operates 24 hours a day.

Daytime has its daytime guests, and late night has its late-night guests—there's no conflict.

When Han Zhen and his group of three arrived at the Breeze Nightclub, there were still quite a few people scattered about, sitting with one or two dance girls in their arms, whispering and laughing.

It was rare to see someone like Han Zhen, accompanied by two stunningly beautiful women, coming to the Nightclub.

Even the bartender at the door glanced at them a few times in surprise.

"You come here often, right? Order us some drinks."

"Don't pick anything too expensive."

Han Zhen added a reminder to Li Lingzhen.

Although he had just plundered the City Guardian's warehouse and his wallet was quite full, he wasn't someone who spent recklessly.

"Two glasses of fruit wine, one iced coffee, and a snack platter."

Li Lingzhen immediately told the attendant.

They found an inconspicuous corner booth and sat down, observing the surroundings.

On the stage, scantily clad dance girls were performing, and below the stage, many City Guardians just off their night shifts were watching intently.

Nearby, several floor-hostess dance girls were going table to table, toasting with the guests.

Black stockings, long legs, scars, heavy makeup—it all matched Han Zhen's stereotypical impression of a Nightclub.

Soon, these dance girls came to Han Zhen's table.

They completely ignored the two obviously not-target-audience, and more beautiful, Li Lingzhen and Xia Youwei, directly leaning towards Han Zhen.

"Came to the Nightclub alone, handsome?"

"???" Han Zhen thought they could lie a little better while looking straight at him.

"Have a drink with us, darling."

"The scent on you… it's so tempting!"

A dance girl leaned close to Han Zhen's neck, took a deep sniff, and said with an intoxicated look.

Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen looked at each other with strange expressions.

So devoted to their work? That scent, being called tempting? That was unexpected.

But this also indirectly proved that these dance girls weren't parasitized by the Devouring Bugs.

"Sorry, we've already ordered drinks."

At this moment, Li Lingzhen interrupted these sultry women's ongoing strategy.

Dance girls' income sources were threefold: Base appearance fees, tips from guests, and commissions from selling drinks.

That's why they worked so hard to persuade guests to drink.

Upon hearing Li Lingzhen's words, the faces of the dance girls instantly turned cold.

"Tch, no fun."

"Yeah, bringing two beauties like them to a Nightclub? Acting all pretentious."

"Just like that guy from yesterday, only drinking water and not saying a word. So dull."

The dance girls left, clearly uninterested.

Not long after, the bartender brought over their order.

Golden translucent fruit wine, iced coffee with mist on the glass's surface, and a steaming snack platter with fries and some unidentified beast meat.

Just these few items were surprisingly expensive, costing thousands, which made Han Zhen click his tongue.

But looking at the hard-working dancers on stage, he figured it made sense.

Taking the iced coffee, Han Zhen casually asked the young bartender, "Do you have someone here named Red Iris?"

Han Zhen's voice wasn't loud.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the bartender holding the tray suddenly gave him an odd look.

Not only that, but throughout the bar—whether it was an illusion or not—everyone stopped what they were doing, turning their heads towards him.

Every gaze was fixed on Han Zhen.

Faced with this bizarre scene, Han Zhen instinctively clenched his fists, his mind tensing.

"This guest, did you just say… Red Iris?" The bartender's lips curved into a smile, as if confirming.

Han Zhen pursed his lips.

"Yes."

Inside the bar, drinkers stopped drinking, dancers stopped dancing, and even those joking around fell silent.

Just as Han Zhen was preparing for a fight with a crowd of parasitized Devouring Bugs, the bartender suddenly shouted excitedly, "Great! This guest said 'Red Iris,' which means he's paying for everyone here and covering the whole venue."

"Woooo—"

The others cheered along.

Still somewhat confused, Han Zhen watched as the bartender walked over again to explain.

"Here's the thing, sir. Yesterday, someone came here and ran up a large tab. Before leaving, they said someone would come today, say the words 'Red Iris,' and cover the costs for everyone, including their debt."

The bartender's words immediately brought someone to Han Zhen's mind—Yi Fan, who had disappeared from the hospital.

'So he had also been to the Breeze Nightclub?'

'He must have been investigating the Devouring Bugs too.'

"And you just let him run up a tab like that?" Han Zhen asked, puzzled.

"Well, uh, he's a City Guardian. Not his first time doing this here, and everyone knows him…"

It was undoubtedly Yi Fan.

Shaking his head, Han Zhen didn't say much but chose to pay off Yi Fan's debt.

This kind of thing used to be handled by Bai Shuang.

Now that Bai Shuang was likely gone, who knew how much longer Yi Fan could keep racking up tabs like this.

Yi Fan's "prank" quickly brought new clues to Han Zhen and his group.

A different bartender approached with a wooden box, handing it to them.

"That person said, once the debt was cleared, we should give you this box. We couldn't open it ourselves, so please check it yourself."

Taking the wooden box Yi Fan left behind, Han Zhen saw it was surrounded by a faint golden glow.

It was Yi Fan's spiritual contract ability, Immortality.

When Han Zhen reached out to take it, the protective light film on the box seemed to sense him and gradually faded away.

Opening the box, there were two pieces of paper inside, each containing different information.

[In Insect Disaster Year 23, February, the captain of the Deep Blue City First Squad, Yi Ming, successfully returned from exploring a nearby ruin. The City Guardian organization awarded commendation, and the entire squad went to the Breeze Nightclub to celebrate.]

[In March of the same year, Yi Ming was reassigned to the front-line battlefield for special reasons and lost contact afterward.]

[That same month, Vice-Captain Zhao Hu temporarily assumed the role of captain.]

The first piece of paper contained information about Yi Ming, the captain of Deep Blue City's First Squad. Han Zhen wasn't sure why Yi Fan had left this information for him.

He continued to read the second piece.

[The mother Devouring Bug reproduces asexually, splitting once a month. Each month, it produces one offspring.]

[Killing the mother bug will result in the death of all offspring bugs.]

The second piece of information was about the Devouring Bugs. Han Zhen already knew killing the mother bug would kill all its offspring, but this was the first time he had heard about the one-month splitting cycle.

Combining the two pieces of paper, 'Is Yi Fan implying that Yi Ming brought back the mother bug from the ruins outside Deep Blue City?'

"So, the splitting began in February, which means there are currently seven parasitized hosts."

This information was crucial.

It immediately narrowed Han Zhen's target range.

Now, all they had to do was find the seven parasitized individuals to solve the Devouring Bug problem.

"Bartender, wait a moment."

Thinking of this, Han Zhen called out to the bartender and asked,"Do you remember if Captain Yi Ming came to the Breeze Nightclub in February?"

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