Pei Nan was dead --- suddenly and without warning. Even Dustin didn’t react in time. Staring at Pei Nan’s exploded skull and her corpse lying in a pool of blood, Dustin frowned slightly, and the smile on his face quickly disappeared. There had been no attacker. It wasn’t suicide either. Her head exploded because someone had implanted a Gu worm in her ahead of time. This particular Gu had been hidden inside her head, lying dormant and undetectable, not affecting the host at all. However, the moment the host intended to betray the Bone Cult, the Gu would awaken --- and immediately self-detonate. This kind of internal explosion was impossible to guard against. Dustin had not thoroughly examined Pei Nan’s body earlier, which led to the oversight and allowed the Gu to go off. Otherwise, with his current skills, destroying a worm in someone’s brain wouldn’t have been difficult. In fact, even Pei Nan herself hadn’t realized she’d been implanted. Otherwise, she would’ve self-...