"Ah?" Cheng Yanxiao raised an eyebrow slightly, and indeed Su He knew about it.
Su He slowly told Cheng Yanxiao everything he knew.
Almost as Cheng Yanxiao had guessed, Su He and Yīn Jiǔchén were aware of those people's existence. Moreover, Su He himself was a test subject for them. Only his body had integrated the characteristics of two races: dragons and dwarves. Therefore, he was well-informed about the matter regarding minerals.
Su He only counted as a failed experiment; he had escaped from the organization by chance during an accident. Unlike Lán Fēnglì, Su He's importance did not weigh much, so they did not conduct extensive inquiries after him. Stranded and destitute, Su He was sold into slavery in Forgetting Trace.
In Forgetting Trace, he encountered Yīn Jiǔchén. Having endured the trials of experimentation, he immediately recognized Yīn Jiǔchén's uniqueness. Her body was an ideal specimen for those people, so when that man appeared, Su He took Yīn Jiǔchén and fled with her. In his view, the seemingly fragile and innocent Yīn Jiǔchén resembled a younger sister to him; he could not bear the thought of letting her fall into the hands of those people.
Under their control, even if Yīn Jiǔchén survived the trials, she would likely become a monster.
They managed to escape with the help of Cheng Yanxiao on the way. That was how they turned things around.
When Cheng Yanxiao mentioned that man today, Su He immediately realized that Yīn Jiǔchén's body might be their target. Knowing he wasn't their match, he could only pray that Cheng Yanxiao would protect her.
He also knew that his deliberate concealment might have harmed Nirvana.
Therefore, these past days, he had been dedicating everything to Nirvana in an attempt to make up for his inner debt.
Cheng Yanxiao listened quietly. She watched Yīn Jiǔchén, who was weeping uncontrollably next to her, and sighed deeply within herself. This was just a regular girl, yet she had been dragged into such a predicament due to her unique body type.
However, the appearance of that man in Nirvana was because of Lán Fēnglì. That meant they did not pay much attention to Yīn Jiǔchén; perhaps this could be seen as a blessing.
Nonetheless, she would have to keep an extra close eye on Yīn Jiǔchén from now on.
"Such matters are unimportant. As long as I am here, I will protect you. That man has been killed, so don't worry," Cheng Yanxiao said, dispelling Su He's concerns. She only wanted the truth; she was not truly trying to scare them.
Su He was slightly stunned but immediately thanked Cheng Yanxiao profusely.
Cheng Yanxiao comforted them for a moment before sending them away.
However, her heart remained unsettled.
How many others like Yīn Jiǔchén were being targeted by those people? In Nirvana with Lán Fēnglì's presence, Yīn Jiǔchén had been overlooked. But in other places, not everyone might have such good luck.
Lán Fēnglì, Yīn Jiǔchén, and Shěn Jiāwěi were all originally half-grown children, yet because of their unique body types, they became subjects for those people's experiments.
Cheng Yanxiao was not a good person, but she had her own limits.
Since these people had already pledged allegiance to her, she would protect them until the end.
If those people truly emerged in the future, she would not back down at all.
If she could not even protect her own, how shameless would that make her!
In her Nirvana, it was her people. No one else should ever let her subordinates suffer while she was still alive!