In the next instant, Su Mei’s figure swayed, and she silently appeared behind Zhou Ming, her right hand formed into a blade, ghostlike as it reached toward Zhou Ming’s neck.
At the same time, a flash of cold light passed, and a Sword-tailed Lizard unexpectedly appeared in the living room, its sharp tail sweeping toward Zhou Ming.
However, such an attack was completely useless against Zhou Ming. An Ironthread Snake drilled out from Zhou Ming’s collar, tightly coiling around Su Mei’s right hand.
As for Su Mei’s Phantasmal Beast, the Sword-tailed Lizard, Zhou Ming only needed to extend his left hand to easily grip its tail, preventing it from advancing even an inch.
“So that’s how it is. Beast Tamer plus assassin. Professor Su, your daughter is truly a genius.”
Zhou Ming released Su Mei and the Sword-tailed Lizard. The other party did not continue attacking, but instead recalled her Phantasmal Beast and stood again beside her father.
“Sir, if Su Mei offended you in any way, please forgive her.”
“When I was exiled, because my daughter’s personality was too introverted, and I had no one I could trust to entrust her to, I brought her with me to drift through the wilderness.”
“Although I did not become a Beast Tamer, I did study the Basic Meditation Technique and knowledge related to Beast Taming. Under my guidance, she relied on her talent to successfully condense a Spiritual Seed.”
“Later, at a camp, relying on her ability to boil medicinal herbs, she accidentally saved a martial artist who had taken the path of assassination. During that period, the other party gave my daughter some simple instruction.”
Su Mei remained silent as Su Ningfeng immediately explained.
“She must have been concerned about your safety, so when facing Lin Hai’s incorporation, she chose not to resist.”
Zhou Ming carefully sized up Su Mei, then deduced the reason why Lin Hai had been able to bring back the Su father and daughter so smoothly.
If Su Mei had resisted with full force, with the strength of the field squad, they would have had to pay a heavy price to kill her.
If Su Mei had been willing to abandon her father and flee, Lin Hai and the others likely would not have been able to keep her either.
“Yes.”
Regarding Zhou Ming’s guess, Su Ningfeng immediately nodded in acknowledgment.
“Not only that. Back then, when you were exiled, your daughter was not. She merely chose to leave the base together with you.”
“If I am not mistaken, her fingerprints and iris should still be on record in the Alliance system. She should still be able to enter Alliance bases.”
As Zhou Ming’s sharp gaze fixed on him, Su Ningfeng hesitated for a moment before not denying Zhou Ming’s inference.
“Yes.”
“It seems I truly picked up a treasure today.”
Hearing Su Ningfeng’s answer, a trace of joy appeared on Zhou Ming’s usually indifferent expression. For such a buy-one-get-one-free deal, he was naturally very pleased.
“For now, I will not assign Su Mei a position. She will temporarily stay by your side. My requirement of you is to help me refine the genetic structure diagram of the Ironthread Snake, and at the same time conduct bloodline research on other snake-type Ferocious Beasts.”
After stating his requirements to Su Ningfeng, Zhou Ming led the Su father and daughter to his laboratory.