Chapter 99 Good News or Bad News

Three days later, the fighting on the border of the Saar Federation finally subsided temporarily.

The smoke had not yet completely dissipated, and the air was filled with a strong mixture of the smell of gunpowder and blood.

Qi Sheng stood on a high ground that had just been recaptured, his torn combat uniform covered with mud and dark brown blood stains.

He hadn't slept for three days. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was covered with blue stubble, but his eyes revealed an unspeakable determination.

The resistance of the Free Alliance was even more fragile than expected.

Under the desperate and fierce offensive of the former members of the Sar Federation led by Qi Sheng, the other side only held out for forty-eight hours before being completely defeated due to internal disagreements and fighting each other, and hurriedly evacuated the territory of the Sar Federation.

The communication signals had been severely interfered with during the fierce battle and he could not receive any messages.

Qi Sheng sat in the cockpit and couldn't wait to take out the satellite phone with a cracked screen and dialed Yu Li's number.

The joy of victory surged in his chest like hot magma, and he couldn't wait to share the good news with him.

The call was connected, "Yu Li, we can go home now..."

He was almost choking before he could even finish his sentence.

However, the expected sweet voice did not come. Zhai Wenxi said with a hint of hesitation and hoarseness: "...Qi Sheng, it's me..."

“…Wenxi?” Qi Sheng looked at the phone display and saw that it was indeed Yu Li’s phone number. He did not dial the wrong number.

There was silence between the two sides for a few seconds.

Zhai Wenxi's hesitant voice came from the receiver even more obviously: "How are you...over there? ...Are you...okay?"

Qi Sheng keenly sensed that something was wrong, and the burning joy in his heart quickly cooled down as if a bucket of cold water was poured on him.

He frowned and spoke in a deep voice, "I'm fine. Why is Yu Li's phone in your hands? How's his surgery going? Is he recovering well?"

An ominous premonition quietly gripped his heart. He was a little afraid to listen to Zhai Wenxi's voice. "I'm affected by the environment here and have no signal. It's not that I don't care about him, it's my fault!"

"Is he angry with me and doesn't want to pay attention to me..."

"Qi Sheng, listen to me... After I tell you, don't get angry, don't be anxious..."

Zhai Wenxi's voice was obviously filled with guilt and comfort.

Qi Sheng's heart suddenly sank, and the ominous premonition quickly grew. He subconsciously asked, "Did something happen to Yu Li?"

Zhai Wenxi took a deep breath on the other end of the phone, as if making up his mind: "There's good news and bad news... Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Qi Sheng's low growl came through the microphone, "I know what's happening to my merman now!!"

Zhai Wenxi's eardrums were buzzed by his roar.

His voice seemed to have become slower. He tried to speak as calmly as possible, but still couldn't hide the difficulty in his tone as he said, "Yu Li...he...is missing."

"He disappeared after the operation. It's been three days. We've used all our connections, but we haven't found any clues yet..."

"That's bad news."

"Missing?!"

Qi Sheng felt a buzzing sound in his brain, as if it was hit hard by a heavy hammer. His eyes went dark for a while, and he realized that he really needed to sleep for a while.

Otherwise, how could we hear all the bad news of hallucinations?

It seemed as if the joy of victory became meaningless in an instant, replaced by boundless panic and bone-chilling cold.

"What do you mean by missing?! Zhai Wenxi, explain it to me!"

He roared into the microphone, but Zhai Wenxi seemed to want to say some "good news", but he couldn't hear it at all!

In extreme palpitations and anger, he slammed the satellite phone to the ground, and the expensive communication equipment instantly shattered into pieces!

…

Five hours later.

Antia, the private residence of Zhai Wenxi.

Zhai Wenxi was pacing restlessly in the living room, trying to call Qi Sheng again, but the call could not be connected.

Just then, there was a rapid and almost crazy knock on the door.

However, the sound was too loud, more like banging one's body against the door.

Zhai Wenxi was startled and quickly stepped forward to open the door.

The person standing at the door was Qi Sheng.

He looked even more miserable than when he had just come off the battlefield.

The tattered combat uniform barely covered his body, with clotted blood and fresh wounds intertwined.

There was a hideous wound on his left arm, which was only bandaged with a dirty bandage. Blood was still oozing out and dripping from his fingertips onto the carpet.

His face was pale and his lips were chapped, but his eyes were burning with an almost crazy red fire, as if filled with overwhelming anger, panic and a murderous intent.

"Qi Sheng, you're back. How come you're injured like this..."

Zhai Wenxi was frightened by his appearance and hurried forward to help him.

However, Qi Sheng ignored him and his eyes were directed into the living room.

He saw that Bai Chuan and Zhai Mo were there too.

They seemed to be discussing something with Zhai Wenxi, and were startled and stood up by Qi Sheng's sudden intrusion.

"Qi Sheng, calm down..."

Zhai Wenxi realized that something was wrong and hurriedly called out to his family's private doctor, "Come down and help treat the wound."

"Get out of the way!" Qi Sheng pushed away Zhai Wenxi's support, walked around him, kicked the stool that was in the way away, and the violent pheromones exploded like substance.

Zhai Wenxi was forced to take several steps back by this force and almost hit the wall.

"Qi Sheng! Listen to my explanation first!"

Zhai Wenxi endured the suffocating feeling brought by the pheromones and made soothing gestures with his hands.

Before Qi Sheng came back, he had told him all the truth he had found out.

In the tragic battle three years ago, Qi Feng was actually rescued at the risk of his life by a secret guard team, but he has been in a deep coma since then.

In order to prevent him from being hunted down by hostile forces, senior military officials and Zhai Mo and others jointly fabricated the illusion of his death.

The "Immortality Project" led by Bai Chuan is ostensibly cutting-edge medical research, but in reality it is a search for life for Qi Feng.

They found that ordinary gland transplants could not withstand the instinctive rejection of Qi Feng's SSS-level spiritual body.

It wasn't until an accidental experiment that it was discovered that Yu Li's blood sample could produce a rare fusion reaction with Qi Feng's tissue sample.

After several months of follow-up research, it was determined that Yu Li's second gland, which was about to mature, was the only special gland in existence with a genetic match of more than 95% with Qi Feng.

This discovery gave everyone hope, but it also laid hidden dangers.

They initially only collected glandular secretions from Yu Li, but Qi Feng's physical condition deteriorated sharply six months ago, and a full gland transplant was necessary for his survival.

So, they began to plan carefully, taking advantage of Yu Li's trust in Antia Hospital and inducing him to accept the false diagnosis that "the second gland must be removed to save his life."

The real goal was to secretly transfer the gland to Qi Feng during the operation.

But they never expected that there would be a spy from the Freedom Alliance among the core personnel of the "Eternal Life Plan"!

During Qi Feng's transplant surgery, they killed the surgeon and kidnapped Qi Feng, who was still unconscious. Yu Li, whose gland had just been removed, also disappeared in the chaos.

——

How could Qi Sheng listen to anything at this moment?

He looked at Bai Chuan and Zhai Mo, who had complex and scrutinizing expressions on their faces, as if questioning his behavior.

"Bang!" He kicked over the expensive mahogany stool at the entrance, making a loud noise.

A suffocatingly powerful, repressive pheromone filled with brutality and destruction suddenly erupted like a tsunami, centered around him!

The air seemed to be instantly filled with an invisible, sticky feeling of oppression, carrying the smell of rust and gunpowder, pressing down fiercely on everyone present!

Zhai Wenxi felt a tightness in his chest and a pale face due to the impact of this targeted pheromone. He took several steps back and could no longer get close to Qi Sheng.

"Qi Sheng! Don't... don't do this, control your pheromones..." He shouted with difficulty, feeling that breathing became difficult.

The next moment, the shadow of the black mamba snake, whose body was completely black and whose scales gleamed with cold light, appeared on the roof behind Qi Sheng.

It held its head high, its scarlet tongue hissing, and its cold eyes fixed on Bai Chuan and Zhai Mo!

Qi Sheng walked towards the two men step by step, each step seemed to step on his heart. He asked word by word: "Where did you take Yu Li?"

After all, Zhai Mo had experienced many ups and downs. Although he felt a little uncomfortable under the pressure of this powerful pheromone, he remained calm and even asked with a hint of surprise: "Qi Sheng, shouldn't you ask about the whereabouts of your brother Qi Feng first? We..."

Before he could finish his words, the entrenched Black Mamba spirit let out a silent roar and suddenly shot towards Zhai Mo!

The speed was so fast that only a black shadow was left!

"Qi Sheng!" Bai Chuan stood sideways in front of Zhai Mo.

His face was pale, but he still tried hard to maintain his usual gentle expression.

But at this moment, this gentleness was so hypocritical that it made him sick.

"Qi Sheng..." Bai Chuan's voice trembled slightly, "Things are not what you think..."

"I'm asking about Yu Li! Now! Where is he!!"

Qi Sheng interrupted his explanation!

Then, he completely lost his patience, and the snake's roar, filled with rage, shook the entire living room as if it were trembling.

The powerful pheromones became even stronger, almost turning into a physical attack. Several servants in the corner of the living room who had no time to retreat could no longer bear it and fainted briefly.

Bai Chuan only felt his legs go weak, and the strong sense of oppression made him breathless. The cold touch of the Black Mamba spirit seemed to have wrapped around his neck.

He spoke with difficulty, his voice quickening: "I didn't lie to you! After the doctor removed his gland, we placed him in the care of a trustworthy doctor... Before leaving the hospital, he was indeed still there... but later..."

"What happened next?!" Qi Sheng's eyes were so red that they almost bled.

"Later... the doctor in charge of his care was knocked unconscious... By the time our people found him, Yu Li... he was gone... We are also doing our best to search for him..."

Bai Chuan'an's voice became lower and lower, with a sense of powerlessness.

"It's gone...you're looking for it too...hahaha..."

Qi Sheng sneered in extreme grief and anger as if he had heard some huge joke.

He suddenly retracted his spiritual body, and the shadow of the black mamba snake disappeared instantly.

Qi Sheng questioned: "Brother Bo, I trusted you so much, but you kept lying to me! Do you think I would still trust you?!"

Bai Chuan shook his head, tears in his eyes: It's not what you think. I can't do anything about it. Qi Feng can't die...

The extreme emotional fluctuations and the violent release of pheromones just now caused a huge backlash on Qi Sheng's body.

The wound on Qi Sheng's left arm was torn even bigger, and blood gushed out instantly, staining the entire arm red.

Then, a fishy and sweet taste rushed up his throat, and bright red blood flowed from his nasal cavity and dripped onto his tattered clothes.

He no longer looked at anyone in the living room, and there was only a kind of pain that was almost desperate in his red eyes.

He turned around abruptly, ignoring Zhai Wenxi's anxious cries and the doctor rushing over behind him. Like a wounded beast, he stumbled, yet rushed out of Zhai Wenxi's house incredibly quickly...