But high-level recovery pods were expensive. Losing one would be a waste. It was better to let the warriors who did not have a female use it. Back in the command room, Lucien closed the door. He took out his lightcore and opened the video mode. Emma's projection appeared in the room at once. "Emma, did you hear the whole conversation just now?" Lucien looked at Emma with gentle eyes. He wanted to return to her right away. "Yes, I heard everything." Emma nodded and spoke to Lucien. "I can confirm now that Dahlia is not the human female I had in mind." Dahlia was definitely not from Earth. Marcus had been sleeping in the chair. When he heard Emma's words, he opened his eyes and looked at her with full attention.Earlier, Emma and Lucien had talked nonstop about testing Dahlia to see if she was a human female. Emma seemed very familiar with human females. Marcus spoke suddenly. "If Dahlia isn't the human you mentioned, then what is she?" A human from another place? Or not human at all? Lucien sat in the chair and tapped the table with his finger. He looked at Marcus and at Emma's projection. "I have two guesses. First, Dahlia might be a normal therian female. Her blood might just happen to help therians improve their powers. Second, she might not be human or therian at all. She might be a Chitinid." "A Chitinid?" Emma and Marcus stared at Lucien in shock. "How's that possible?" Emma's voice sounded shocked. "Aren't Chitinid supposed to look ugly? Dahlia…" Her voice stopped. She froze. She remembered the first time she saw Dahlia at the hospital entrance. Dahlia looked perfect, like she had been shaped with great care. Is that face actually shaped? Emma only knew about Chitinids from the lightcore videos and from the one Chitinid she had seen, whose whole face was covered in eyes. The videos said Chitinids were ugly. Their minds were as smart as therians, but their evolution was not perfect. They could not fully turn into human form. No matter how they transformed, their faces and bodies kept their original Chitinid traits. Just like the Chitinid with eyes all over its face. That trait could not be hidden. "Ms. Tibarn, did you think of something?" Marcus asked when he saw Emma fall silent. Emma said, "Do you think it's possible that Dahlia really is a Chitinid? Maybe something changed her appearance?" "I have the same suspicion," Lucien said. "When I treated her in the pod, I felt something strange about her energy. I will find out the truth as soon as I can. If she really is Chitinid, I won't let her go." Everyone in the upper ranks viewed Dahlia as an important human female. Before Lucien had proof, he could not touch her. Hurting a human female came as a huge crime. But the matter could not wait. If Dahlia really was a Chitinid and could so easily pretend to be human and fool every upper-rank officer, then her methods were terrifying. "I'll let Silas look into Kael," Emma said. If Dahlia were a Chitinid, her blood should not have helped Kael advance. So how did Kael advance? As the three of them discussed Dahlia, the door to Emma's bedroom opened. Silas walked in from outside. Emma had just mentioned him. She did not expect him to show up at that moment. "Silas, come here. I was just about to call you." Silas walked to the bed quickly and smiled at Emma. "Emy, what do you need from me?" Emma repeated everything. She told him that she, Lucien, and Marcus suspected Dahlia was Chitinid."I want you to check Kael." "Chitinid?" Silas understood the seriousness at once. He nodded. "I'll send someone right away." Emma asked, "Weren't you with Calum? Why did you suddenly come here? Did something happen?" When Calum was mentioned, Silas spoke fast. "Malrik saw Calum just now and thought Calum was his dad again. He's downstairs feeding him fruit. Calum has a bad temper. Emy, you should go take a look." As soon as Silas finished talking, Marcus, who had been slumped in the chair, stood up at once. He stared at Silas and spoke slowly. "Silas, who did you just say?" Lucien also stood up. His eyes were on Silas. Silas blinked and looked at Emma when he saw Marcus' shocked reaction. "Emy, you didn't tell them?" Emma shook her head.