Chapter 61
Back in the room, everyone was heavy-hearted. Huang Yu broke the silence first: "Fusion is the talent of that masked Awakener. This result is much better than expected. If they really developed the technology to graft organs containing pollutants onto humans, we would be truly helpless."
"So what do we do next? Should we find an opportunity to kill that Awakened One, or wait until the banquet is over before reporting to the captain?" Chen Buyan had just tried; there must be some kind of signal jamming device installed here, preventing any information from being transmitted.
"Did you notice? There's another force lurking in the shadows at the banquet. Both assassination attempts today were carried out by that person. If we can figure out his purpose, we might be able to cooperate with him," Xiao Shengyun analyzed.
He would think of the guest and the performer who were assassinated; the two seemed to have no connection, their only commonality being that they were both corrupted humans.
The assassins lurking in the shadows may share the same goal.
And then there was that blue-eyed young man at today's banquet, Si Shi. I don't know if it was just my imagination, but he had a faint salty, fishy smell about him.
Just as Xiao Shengyun was thinking rapidly, the hotel lights went out again.
Is this the start of another assassination attempt?
"You all stay here, I'll go out and take a look."
A flurry of footsteps sounded as all the waiters rushed to the top floor. Something big seemed to have happened up there. There wasn't enough space in the elevator, so the rest of the people climbed the stairs.
Xiao Shengyun hid at the top of the stairs, casually grabbed a waiter coming up from below, knocked him unconscious, and then dragged him to the end to change his clothes.
In the chaotic darkness, no one noticed that the waiter had been replaced. There were hundreds of people in the hotel, and generally no one would recognize him.
He went up the stairs to the eighth floor, where the place was bustling with people. This hotel not only had guests and staff, but also many eyes watching from the shadows.
The two bullets today forced these people out as well. Today, a guest and a performer died. If this is not dealt with quickly, it will be difficult to explain to the other guests.
"That sir has been attacked! Everyone, guard the exit! We can't let the intruder escape!" shouted a man who seemed to be a foreman.
Then several people dressed in distinctly different clothes entered a room.
Xiao Shengyun quietly extended a black thread and slipped it through a crack in the room.
Sitting on the bed was a young man with black hair and brown eyes, and an extremely beautiful face, looking like a delicate porcelain doll. On the table next to him was a black mask with red patterns.
"My lord, if anything happens to you, how will we live?" A doctor beside him carefully examined the young man's hand, as if he might die at any moment to atone for his sins.
The young man had a graze on his arm from a bullet, but it was nothing serious.
"Oh, then you can all go die," the young man replied coldly.
"How did that intruder escape the eyes of so many guards? What are you all doing?" a man nearby cursed.
"We've been keeping so many useless people around. They've already run away. What's the point of guarding the exit now? Go check each room and see who left at what time."
The young man scoffed: "If I remember correctly, you're the main person in charge of security. What's the point of scolding them!"
The baby-faced man held a high position here, while the man's face turned pale and bluish, yet he offered no rebuttal.
Xiao Shengyun's eyelids twitched, and he deftly removed the black line.
He followed the flow of people back, changed his clothes, and returned to his room.
It was still pitch black inside.
One person is missing.
Xiao Shengyun turned his head and saw an unidentified creature trembling in the blankets on the bed, while Huang Yu laughed rudely beside him.
"So you're afraid of the dark? Your talent is supposed to make you glow, isn't it?"
Chen Buyan shrank back under the covers and retorted, "Idiot! A bright spot appears in this darkness. Are you afraid of not being the first to stick your neck out? Get out of my way!"
Half an hour ago, after Xiao Shengyun left, Huang Yu and Chen Buyan remained in the room. After what happened at the banquet, neither of them had the energy to argue.
When Chen Buyan crawled into the blanket, Huang Yu thought he was sleepy and wanted to drag him out to take a shower, only to find that he was afraid of the dark.
Huang Yu didn't know what to do, so he could only talk from the side, making some noise in the room.
He just felt sorry for the guy.
"Did you like the oranges today? I thought they were so sour, not as good as the ones in B City."
"And that bird, its wings are so ugly, mine are much prettier."
"You should at least say something to me."
...
Then Chen Buyan was bothered by Huang Yu for more than ten minutes.
"Eating so much at night still can't shut you up!" Chen Buyan finally exploded, throwing off the covers.
At first it was because I was afraid of the dark, and later it was because I found it annoying.
Then the two argued for more than ten minutes.
Xiao Shengyun found this rather absurd; someone whose talent was related to light was afraid of the dark.
However, this misunderstanding didn't last long, as the hotel's power supply was restored.
A few seconds later, a waiter came and knocked on the door.
"Gentlemen, please don't be nervous. I've just come to inquire about your situation tonight."
This waiter was probably an Awakened One in disguise, because he didn't have the obedience of other service staff, but rather a hint of arrogance.
"May I ask what you all are doing between 10:00 and 10:30?"
"Rest in this room." Huang Yu felt his mouth was out of his control.
This awakened being's talent is probably something like interrogation; whatever questions he asks, the person being questioned must answer, and cannot lie.
"Rest in this room," Xiao Shengyun replied.
Chen Buyan sat on the bed, his hair disheveled and his face slightly flushed.
We were arguing just now.
"What are you doing between 10:00 and 10:30?"
"In bed."
He replied.
The three of them were in the same room late at night; if I remember correctly, they had booked two rooms.
The waiter glanced meaningfully at the other two, then said, "Excuse me for disturbing you. If you need any supplies, please come to the bedside to get them."
He finished speaking and turned to leave.
"No, what is he talking about? What kind of supplies?"
Huang Yu walked to the bedside table, and when he opened it and saw what was inside, his face turned red with anger.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Buyan realized this and pulled Huang Yu aside.
"What is that?" Xiao Shengyun also stepped forward.
"Nothing, nothing. Did you find any clues when you went out just now?"
Xiao Shengyun briefly recounted what he had just seen.
They rested in this room for one night, and the auction the clown had mentioned was the next day.
The auction was held on the tenth floor, and by the time they entered the hall, it was almost full.
Upon entering through the front door, one can see a large group of people wearing white masks sitting together, with countless eyes peering out through the holes in the masks, creating a chilling atmosphere.
They chose a spot slightly towards the back.
The clown on stage continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today's auction. You may take home the items you purchase yourself, or we can send someone to escort them. In addition, we will provide each guest with one free fusion surgery opportunity. Without further ado, please allow me to introduce the first item for auction—the Everlasting Flower."
Upon seeing the familiar object on the stage, Xiao Shengyun's pupils dilated. Wasn't this thing created by the mother tree? Logically speaking, the flowers and plants left behind by the mother tree should have become ineffective after its death. How could this thing still exist? What is the relationship between the organizer of this auction and that church?
"This bouquet of flowers has a powerful attraction to pollutants, inducing them into a frenzied state. Starting bid: 300,000."
"Three hundred and one thousand!"
"Three hundred and twenty thousand!"
Most people in the audience weren't interested in it, but eventually a sucker bought it for 350,000.
The Joker then presented the second item for auction—the Eye Without a Pupil.
These little eyeballs are the ones from their plates that day, Xiao Shengyun thought, his lips twitching. He should have known better than to cut them off.
"This eye can quickly capture images in front of you, meaning everything in front of you is slowed down, which could be a lifesaver on the battlefield..."
The eyeball was quickly sold for an astronomical price.
As each exhibit was auctioned off, the atmosphere in the room gradually heated up.
"Long bat wings, everyone saw the effect last night, starting bid - 100,000."
It's so dark.
This thing must have been cut off from a dead person.
Xiao Shengyun spent 200,000 to buy it, and if he wanted to get close to that masked man, this might be the best opportunity.
After the auction, he was led to a small room where staff handed him the items.
"Sir, shall we send it to your address or proceed directly to the surgery?"
"Perform the surgery directly."
Of course, there was no professional operating room here. When Xiao Shengyun arrived, the surgery of the person before him had not yet been completed.
The masked man first removed the other person's eyeballs, then placed the pupilless eye into the eye socket. Under his innate ability, the pupilless eye extended numerous tiny tentacles, connecting with the nerves in the human eye.
"It seems to be moving inside my eyes."
The patient lies on the operating table, a scene reminiscent of a grafting plant. The patient's body is the rootstock that supports the new species. The surgeon splits the rootstock and forcibly inserts another species into the crack.
Everything before my eyes began to blur. One eye was removed, leaving only an empty eye socket.
The patient clutched the fabric beneath him, feeling a pang of regret, especially as the black, sea urchin-like sphere was brought before him, bringing his fear to its peak.
Alive, alive.
The monster was wriggling inside his eye sockets, and his nerves could clearly feel each movement; they were fused together.
"You'll get used to it after a while."
The patient rolled his eyes, and the red eyeball inside also rolled. He covered his eyes and staggered off the operating table, bumping into Xiao Shengyun's shoulder as he passed by.
Xiao Shengyun and the little monster exchanged a glance.
He went inside and took out the wings.
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