Chapter 703: Suicide

"Benefits?" Zhuang Mingxu lowered his eyes as if he was thinking. In just a moment, he picked up the rope that tied the woman's hands and hooves with one hand, and threw it in the direction of Qi Le as if he was picking up a pig to be slaughtered, and shouted, "Here you go."

Qi Le was startled and jumped up to catch the person. In this instant, a gunshot exploded directly at the wrist where Qi Le was holding the **. The ** fell to the ground along with the hand holding it, and was immediately dragged over by the plant that the wood-type mutant had barely grown.

The others rushed forward, not caring at all whether he had other means at hand, and quickly subdued the man.

"Take off his clothes and check for anything suspicious." Zhuang Mingxu heard the sound of footsteps coming from the passage behind him, and they were approaching this side at a very fast speed.

As they were talking, the flap above their heads was opened and a gun was thrust out. A group of people quickly made way for it and aimed their guns at the target.

"Zhong Ye?" Zhuang Mingxu felt that the muzzle of the gun looked familiar.

"Base Commander!"

Zhong Ye's voice made everyone feel relieved.

"Lao Zhong, come and support us, some of our people are injured."

"Here it comes."

"Don't come down, go up!" Zhuang Mingxu fired a shot towards the passage behind him, knocking away the figure that appeared in his field of vision, and said quickly.

Qi Le over there had been stripped clean by others, and his naked body was tied up tightly on his back, and he was put on the ground first, "This is Qi Le, be careful."

"Okay, I got it."

"Base commander, you go first."

"Move faster."

With the help of Zhong Ye and his group, they quickly reached the ground. When the last person came up, Zhuang Mingxu asked the earth-type mutant to seal the passage directly.

"Wait, Captain Lu hasn't come up yet." Zhong Ye looked around and saw that there were many wounded people, but the most critical person was missing.

"…the base commander re-entered the passage in order to lure away those powerful attackers."

"Then let's..." Zhong Ye looked at Zhuang Mingxu.

Zhuang Mingxu looked calm and asked, "Where are Wang Bao and the others?"

"Not up yet."

"Zhong Ye, you go and set off the signal flare to let Ji Zheng take action. At the same time, take people to find Zhou He and ask the support over there to arrive as soon as possible. I will take people here to wait for Wang Bao," Zhuang Mingxu said, looking at Qi Le who was silent.

"Got it." Zhong Ye pointed to a few people and left with him.

After seeing Zhong Ye off, Zhuang Mingxu looked around. This was just an ordinary Taoist temple. There was a white deer sculpture in the front hall and there was not even a bed in the back. There was just a soft and thick cushion with some white hair on it, which should be for the white deer to rest.

After arranging people to guard the yard, Zhuang Mingxu walked towards Qi Le.

"It seems that you are not completely a gigolo," Qi Le said with a thorny tone.

Zhuang Mingxu was calm and composed, not minding at all. He sat cross-legged opposite the naked Qi Le, fiddling with an instrument in his hand, scanning his body continuously, and spoke harshly, "I can tell you've never been a gigolo, so you don't know how delicious it is."

The instrument did not detect any unknown substance in Qi Le's body, so Zhuang Mingxu sat down opposite him and said, "Come on, now we can have a good chat."

"Heh." Qi Le turned his head to the side, showing no intention of cooperating at all.

Zhuang Mingxu didn't mind his bad attitude and turned to look at another person who was tied up like an animal, "Xiao Meng".

"Here, base commander, what do you say?" A man with a gun who was standing not far from them stepped forward.

"I heard that you are good at interrogation. Take this... thing with you to interrogate him. He is not of the same kind as me, so his heart must be different. If he dies, he is dead."

the man said, putting away his gun and approaching the woman.

Qi Le was stung by Zhuang Mingxu's nonchalant attitude and said angrily, "It's the mountain god. If you anger the god, aren't you afraid of being punished by heaven?"

Zhuang Mingxu covered his mouth and smiled, then pulled out a dagger from his waist and stabbed it directly through the woman's palm. After a cry of pain, the woman struggled to open her eyes and her whole body twitched uncontrollably.

Zhuang Mingxu met Qi Le's gaze and said, "Then let the divine punishment come more violently."

"Her hooves are the weak spot, do it".

"yes".

While speaking, Zhuang Mingxu kept his eyes on Qi Le, not paying any attention to the vague words he was saying.

Qi Le looked at the woman who was being carried like an animal. Her smooth body was dragged on the ground with her hands and feet tied up. In a short while, there were spots of blood on the ground. She was used to enduring pain, so she just gritted her teeth and didn't make any sound.

They didn't even give her the most basic respect as a human being, and she hadn't even been given a piece of clothing to cover herself. She was just lying naked among the men.

It didn't matter that she was completely unaware when she was unconscious, but now that she was awake and facing this scene, she didn't care about the pain and could only cover her private parts as much as possible. The shame and anger made her unable to raise her head, which was more unbearable than the physical torture.

"I don't have time to waste with you. Either you tell me directly, or..." Zhuang Mingxu's eyes were emotionless, like a cold machine that would do anything to achieve its goals.

His lover is still on the verge of life and death, and he must seize every moment to fight for his life.

"Are you worried about him?" Qi Le seemed to have found an opportunity to turn the tables from his words, but before he could finish his provocative words, he heard Zhuang Mingxu calling out "Xiao Meng", and then there was a response from Xiao Meng on the other side of the wall, followed by a woman's scream.

"Have you thought about what to say?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.

Qi Le gritted his teeth and said after a while, "I'll tell you."

"But, bring Xiaobai here."

"You are not qualified to negotiate with me." Zhuang Mingxu did not dare to underestimate the man who could control the two bases and build such a huge and advanced thing underground. In Zhuang Mingxu's view, any of his requests might be an unknown trap.

He had no idea about the changes that had taken place in the woman, and wasn't even sure whether she was a human or an animal. He could only keep it within the range that he could control.

Without waiting for Qi Le to get angry, Zhuang Mingxu said, "She can be placed within your sight."

Zhuang Mingxu had the white deer placed diagonally opposite Qi Le, and imprisoned in a cage woven with plants. The cage was densely packed with plants and could block most of the view, which could be considered as something to cover up one's shame.

Seeing this scene, Qi Le leaned against the wall, looked up at the mottled roof, and fell into deep thought, "This all starts with where Xiaobai and I came from..."

Zhuang Mingxu's laughter interrupted Qi Le's words, and he looked over with a gloomy face, "Are you still listening?"

"Are you going to tell me a story?" The smile on Zhuang Mingxu's face suddenly disappeared, making him look a little gloomy, "Qi Le, don't try to trick me."

"How do we control the things down there?" he asked bluntly about the situation they were facing.

"Uncontrollable," Qi Le said calmly, regardless of Zhuang Mingxu's expression, "Only the original thirteen can be controlled. You have dealt with them all. The rest are failures of the experiment."

"They are a combination of mutants and zombies. They have the physical fitness of zombies and the abilities of mutants. Chasing humans is their instinct."

At this point, Qi Le looked at Zhuang Mingxu as if he was watching a joke, "In fact, even if you don't leave, they will still chase him."

Seeing Zhuang Mingxu looking at him, he said in surprise, "You know, don't you? Higher-level zombies will be more attracted to people with powerful superpowers."

Zhuang Mingxu had heard Lu Weiyi mention this before, and he didn't find it strange, but...

"Are you sure there is no way to control it?" Zhuang Mingxu raised his hand towards Xiao Meng who had been waiting behind him, "Then how did you keep them in the culture dish? Xiao Meng, Mr. Qi has a bad memory, help him recall."

"Yes," Xiao Meng's voice fell, and the knife in his hand was inserted into the gap of the plant cage, spinning around inside aimlessly. His movements were so large that one could see his entire arm moving. The person hiding inside dodged, causing the cage to tremble continuously, and suppressed sobs and cries of pain seeped out along with the blood oozing from the ground.

Qi Le struggled to move forward, but saw Xiao Meng's knife suddenly pulled out, the movement was so fast as if he was attacked by something.

Without waiting for anyone to ask, Xiao Meng took the initiative to say, "She banged her neck against the knife, trying to commit suicide."

"Xiaobai!" Qi Le shouted in surprise.

"Aqi, I've had enough of living like a ghost, neither human nor ghost." The woman spoke for the first time, her voice like the murmur of a young girl, but with a strong sense of world-weariness. "Don't worry about me, just run away."

Her words immediately made Zhuang Mingxu alert. He glanced at the remaining people in the room and saw someone approaching Qi Le, while someone else was aiming at him silently in the dark, waiting for him to make the slightest move and then take action immediately.

Qi Le seemed to be stimulated by her words. He hung his head for a long time without moving. Just when Zhuang Mingxu was about to urge him, he suddenly said, "What you just said..."

He looked up at Zhuang Mingxu, as if he had made a decision, his eyes calm, "Does it still count?"

"What?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.

"Yuehbanwan supports my research."

"Forget it," Zhuang Mingxu answered honestly. After all, if they hadn't set their sights on so many things, they could have killed Qi Le directly several times.

As an individual, killing him could vent one's anger and personal vengeance, but as a base commander, it was obviously more valuable for such a person to be alive.

Isn’t this how Yuebanwan’s research finally succeeded by exploiting various researchers time and time again?

"The reason why our base has become the most advanced base in the entire country is because it supports many scientific research institutes. As long as you want, the resources of the entire base will be tilted towards you," Zhuang Mingxu said slowly, "With the full support of SSS-level psychics, the result should be imaginable."

"I want to live with Xiaobai, and you are not allowed to do research on her." Qi Le seriously discussed the conditions. Without waiting for Zhuang Mingxu to answer, he took the initiative to say, "I can teach you how to control half-corpses, and how ordinary people use crystal cores, and even..."

"Transformation between humans and animals".