Sacrifice and change
Jiang Ziyao stayed in this basement for a month. He relied on Ye Qian's appearance to infer the time. She had gone in and out sixty-one times. She would appear here on time at noon and two in the morning.
It should be night time now, and only at night would she come to give him a new injection of medicine. Ye Qian opened the iron gate and walked in front of him.
Jiang Ziyao didn't even raise his eyelids, his sight gently fell on a relatively clean corner. There were many experimental subjects in this basement, and their bodies had been transformed.
"Are you okay?" Ye Qian asked.
Ye Qian would ask this question every day. She didn't do anything to him and his body still belonged to her, but his actions were not under her control. This place was very humid and the floor was as cold as ice.
"You will be free soon. I have nothing to defend myself." Ye Qian said to him. She gave Jiang Ziyao an injection in the vein of his wrist and then helped him out of the cage.
Jiang Ziyao let her do whatever she wanted. He was helped to sit in Ye Qian's office chair. A lot of information and documents were clearly placed in front of him. Jiang Ziyao saw the words "xenogeneics", "virus", and "human body combination". Most of the signatures below belonged to Zhou Kangcheng and Ye Qian.
They must have been doing this for a long time, and Jiang Ziyao had a rough idea of what kind of research they were doing.
Ye Qian said, "In ten minutes, the drug will take effect and I will send you out. There is no toxin in your body. That is a false illusion I created. I need to deceive Zhou Kangcheng, so I have to deceive you first. The thing I injected you with my special power will only make your muscles weak. There will be no other side effects."
After she said that, Jiang Ziyao raised his eyes slightly and looked at her: "Since you have surrendered to Zhou Kangcheng, why did you send me out?"
Jiang Ziyao smiled through his dry lips, "You have the ability to lock me up for life, and Zhou Kangcheng can control Huo Chi for life. I believed you once, so I lost."
Ye Qian quickly shed tears. She tidied Jiang Ziyao's messy hair. He looked very tired and his eyes were as cold as ice.
"I admit that I am a weak person," she said. "After losing my child, I no longer cared about anyone. I wanted to die, but God gave me superpowers, which meant I should do something to save more people, so I would do it."
"In the beginning, I voluntarily agreed to Zhou Kangcheng's request. Developing a vaccine for the virus is the hope of mankind, but this process is wrong. However, I have no ability to stop him. If I resist, he will kill me first. People outside know nothing about this place, so they will be more willing to believe Zhou Kangcheng."
"But when I saw you, I knew I couldn't go on like this. I'm afraid I'm not strong enough to stop him alone. I need to gain his trust. I hurt you, and I will atone for the evil things I have done with my hands."
When Jiang Ziyao's wrist regained strength, Ye Qian handed him a glass of water. She also found a blanket and wrapped it around Jiang Ziyao.
"It's cold outside and it's three in the morning. I've called him over. I'll take you out."
It was obvious that he was referring to Huo Chi. Jiang Ziyao's expression was a little relaxed. He said nothing and refused Ye Qian's support when his hands and feet were able to move.
Ye Qian walked in front, holding a lamp in her hand. Jiang Ziyao's four times vision had not yet fully recovered. He could not see clearly in the dark and could only watch the direction of the light.
He walked up the stairs and passed through a deep and quiet corridor. When the door of the infirmary opened, the wide open space dazzled his eyes. There was a vast expanse of white in front of him. A strong wind was blowing, and dense hair fell. It turned out that it had started snowing outside.
A shadow immediately fell in front of Jiang Ziyao. The "snowman" standing at the door moved, and he was hugged whole. He didn't even react. The coldness was only for a moment, and his dull consciousness was awakened by the warmth in Huo Chi's arms.
Huo Chi hugged Jiang Ziyao tightly. He hugged him. One month was very difficult to endure. He spent it in blood and death. He took out his emotions on his enemies, but the real enemy was right in front of him and he couldn't do anything.
Huo Chi was so angry that he seemed to have gnashed his teeth: "I will kill him and avenge myself."
He choked up and stroked Jiang Ziyao's cheek with his palm. He must not let go again, "I want to kill him now!"
Jiang Ziyao looked at Huo Chi. Huo Chi's palms were burning hot and covered with yellow calluses. In this brief joy, he was suppressing his anger. He would always try his best to make those who bullied them pay a higher price.
Jiang Ziyao's breathing was very shallow.
Huo Chi knew that he had to behave calmly now. He couldn't be impatient or panic. Jiang Ziyao had returned to his side, and he needed to become the strongest support to protect his lover.
"Whatever you want to do, it's not the right time now." Ye Qian said, "I've found a place for you."
A man walked out from the darkness. His hat covered with snow revealed a young but cold face. It was Bian Chengsi. He said, "Jiang Ziyao, I'm glad you're not dead."
"His goal is the same as yours." Ye Qian said.
"I know your disappearance is related to Zhou Kangcheng. I sneaked into his office and found something unexpected. I have a reason to kill him."
The coldness of the heavy snow crept up to his eyebrows. Bian Chengsi's palms were clenched into fists, and veins were bulging. He said, "I want Zhou Kangcheng's life too. Let's cooperate."
Jiang Ziyao took a breath of cold air, he peeled off from Huo Chi's arms, he raised his head, his face was terrifyingly calm.
“Soon.”
He said, and then laughed out loud, since the brief pain did not kill him, then it was the beginning of his revenge. The pain did not bend their brows, which made their eyes more courageous and resolute.
Jiang Ziyao twisted his wrist and tasted blood from his cracked lips, but soon, the enemy would bleed a lot.
"The Zhou family is no longer the master of Utopia."
Jiang Ziyao announced the verdict on Zhou Kangcheng, and he was also the executor of Zhou Kangcheng's life.
Jiang Ziyao broke Zhou Kangcheng's neck with his own hands. Zhou Kangcheng once stepped on Huo Chi's shoulders to force him to bow his head. Now Huo Chi stepped on his head and sent him to hell.
They won a very satisfying victory, but they did not expect that the saint would launch a full-scale attack on this day. The enemy came out in full force, and the walls of Utopia were breached. Only the first team had the strength to fight back. Before the plan, Jiang Ziyao sent Wang Yu and her second team away.
Without her, we lose a main force, but that's okay.
Jiang Ziyao threw Zhou Kangcheng's head on the ground. In a leaderless situation, he controlled the scattered crowd with the majesty of power. He distributed weapons to these people and told them to defend their right to life on their own.
The crowd fought back with guns, and the sound of bullets pierced through the vast white snow.
"Jiang Ziyao, you bullied my people, and today you will pay the price in my hands."
There was an alien who could perform mind control and controlled the ordinary people around him, and talked to him through the air.
Jiang Ziyao and his companions had always suspected that there must be a commander behind several core members of the Saints' Society, someone who had brought a group of lunatics together, and now he had indeed appeared.
The man named Hood tried to get into Jiang Ziyao's brain, but he failed. This mistake allowed Jiang Ziyao to catch his shadow.
Jiang Ziyao smiled softly. He was sure that he had found the man. He looked into the distance and said, "Northwest, opposite the Law Enforcement Building, on the roof of the power plant."
As soon as Jiang Ziyao finished speaking, Huo Chi stretched out his arms, crossed his wrists, opened his palms, and roared like a giant dragon breathing fire. He accurately blasted the location that Jiang Ziyao mentioned. The roof of the factory building exploded, and thick smoke directly engulfed the area.
That person may not be dead, but Jiang Ziyao doesn't care. The biggest trouble is Wen Liao, who controls the alien species. Jiang Ziyao has only heard of Wen Liao from Zhou Zhe. Before this, they have never fought each other.
Wen Liao came for revenge, but Zhou Kangcheng was already dead. Zhou Zhe went to meet this opponent. Jiang Ziyao didn't know when the battle would end.
The east wind was blowing towards them for the time being. Three hours later, the alien species in Wen Liao stopped attacking and all retreated to the outskirts of the ruins. Seeing the situation, the people from the Saint Society also began to evacuate.
This should be related to Zhou Zhe. Jiang Ziyao went to check the damage to Utopia and waited for others to come back. All the survivors gathered outside Ye Qian's medical office.
Wang Yu is back. She came back here even longer ago. When Jiang Ziyao went to the vicinity of the Law Enforcer Building, he saw Wang Yu surrounded by ruins and holding Wang Youyou's body. Her teammates were carrying a stretcher. Su Yunyun, who often guarded Wang Youyou, was also dead.
Only then did Jiang Ziyao realize that the Law Enforcer Building had collapsed and was attacked by a mid-level alien species. Su Yunyun protected Wang Youyou until the last moment, but in the end, they were unable to escape.
Su Yunyun's body was riddled with holes, and Wang Youyou was pinned under her. Wang Yu dug them out.
Wang Yu put Wang Youyou down and then pointed the gun at him.
"Wang Yu!" Huo Chi called out her name warningly.
They found some relics from the ruins. The music box that Wang Youyou gave to Jiang Ziyao suddenly started singing, and the little girl toy started dancing.
"Jiang Ziyao, everything is meaningless." Wang Yu put down the gun and picked up Wang Youyou again.
She is leaving.
[I was probably an accomplice in Wang Youyou's death. I knew Wang Yu's weaknesses and I took advantage of them. Wang Youyou had a disease, and I told Wang Yu a false location, deceiving her that there were seeds that could cure the disease there. As long as she could get them back, I would help her cultivate them.
She believed me, so she came back embracing the pain.
If she were here, perhaps Wang Youyou would not have died, but if she were here, she would stop my changes. Killing Zhou Kangcheng is what I must do.
Change means sacrifice. Utopia’s defenses almost collapsed, with dozens of people killed or injured. For those who are still alive, the future is good, but those who are sacrificed have no future.
We are all devils, and I must continue on this path.]
Ye Qian passed the documents to everyone here, and the secret of the experimental subjects in the basement was revealed. The monsters locked in the basement and Jiang Ziyao saw the light of day again. It was cruel to kill them directly, and it was even more cruel for a mother to watch her child being killed, but death was the best ending.
A man stood up and pointed his gun at the alien. He shouted loudly and said that all people with the surname Zhou were devils and that heroes should kill the devils.
Jiang Ziyao remembered him. His name was Zhang Feng, a man who once leaned at the feet of a foreigner and now held a gun with his bones hard again.
It was Jiang Ziyao who handed the gun to them and told him that he had the power to defend himself, so when someone tried to fight back, he had to be the first to come out.
Jiang Ziyao stood in front of Zhou Zhe and Zhou Ting and said to the man, "Put down your gun. You can use your gun against your enemies and protect yourself, but not against someone who just protected you."
Zhang Feng angrily accused him: "You are a hero, you must stand on our side! They must die!"
"Put down the gun."
Jiang Ziyao repeated.
"no way."
Zhang Feng didn't do as he said, and Jiang Ziyao would not give people three chances.
"Okay." Jiang Ziyao sighed calmly, then took out his pistol. No one could see his movements clearly, and in an instant, a bullet had already blown Zhang Feng's head off.
The blood once again dyed the thick snow red, but it would soon be buried by new snow.
Jiang Ziyao shouted to the crowd in front of him: "Look, you have thick clothes, quilts, and food in your hands, and the aliens behind me are still standing in the wind and snow. I need all of you to understand that now, the aliens are giving you their quilts and food, not because they are not afraid of the cold or hunger."
"We are human beings, we still have humanity, we can endure cold and hunger, but that doesn't mean we don't deserve these rights!"
“I’m not some savior.”
Jiang Ziyao said: "The enemy is still surrounding this place. Hold your guns. We still have a battle to fight. If you want to live, kill the enemy. You can point your guns at your companions like this man, and then I will kill you myself."
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