Chapter 75 Chapter 75 The Giant Scorpion Queen (A few hundred more words added...
It is easier said than done to cause trouble. Chen Run has been the class monitor who gets the red flower every year since kindergarten, and he has never done anything bad in his life.
She sorted out her thoughts and found that the root of the problem was still the meteorite. Chi Shuangliu was willing to cooperate with Darwin because of the meteorite. If the meteorite was gone, the cooperation between the two sides would definitely fail.
Or to go a step further, if she could get the meteorite, would she have the capital to negotiate with Chi Shuangliu?
For the first time, Chen Run discovered that she had a talent for doing bad things, and her heart began to pound.
She patted her chest and began to ask in detail: "Where did you hear this? Have you seen the meteorite? What does it look like? Do you know where it is now?"
The silver-haired girl struggled to understand. Chen Run gestured and repeated his words several times before finally speaking haltingly, "Our auction items... because of their different properties... were originally stored separately... but because the auction was held today,... in the early hours... we were all taken to a warehouse behind the exhibition hall. I caught a glimpse of that meteorite... before I was pushed onto the stand. It looked like an ordinary rock, but if you got a little closer, you'd definitely recognize it. It has a very powerful energy fluctuation."
Chen Run recalled carefully and remembered that there seemed to be a hidden iron door at the rear right of the exhibition hall.
Unable to contain her excitement, she lowered her voice and asked, "Is there any mechanism in the warehouse? Is there anyone guarding it?"
"What do you mean by 'trap'?" The silver-haired girl looked confused. She tilted her head and glanced at her before saying, "It's a man named 'Leech' and his men who are in charge of guarding it. There are no other defensive devices. They have hyphae..."
Shen Run nodded: "I understand, I will find a way to send you out first."
There was a chance to leave, but the silver-haired girl was instead bewildered. "I don't know where to go. Half a year ago, my friends and I went on an outing in the countryside, and I was bitten by a mutant coral snake and ended up like this. My parents are both psychics, and they took me everywhere to hide, but they were eventually found by these predators. They were badly injured trying to protect me, and I don't know how they are doing, or if they're still alive."
She sobbed, "I always thought they were nagging. They didn't allow me to have a boyfriend, they withheld my pocket money, and they always forced me to do my homework..."
Although Chen Run herself is a person with superpowers, she never thinks that superpowers are a good thing. They have ruined too many people's originally peaceful and smooth lives.
There are already too many contradictions in human beings, such as the contradiction between men and women, the contradiction between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, and the contradiction between the powerful and ordinary people. The emergence of superpowers is like throwing a spark into the frying pan, dividing human beings again and rapidly intensifying countless contradictions.
Take Darwin for example, it is the product of collusion between capitalists and powerful people with special abilities, and is specifically used to oppress and persecute ordinary people.
Chen Run's mood also became depressed. He patted the girl's shoulder and said, "I don't know how to comfort you. I can only share with you the truth I just realized. A person's only support is himself. No matter what you want to do, you must first make yourself strong."
The silver-haired girl wiped her tears, repeated it in a daze, and nodded heavily.
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Leech was discussing the details with Chi Shuangliu when he suddenly received a text message. He looked down at his smartwatch, his pupils suddenly contracted, and his breathing became a little unstable.
He tried to calm himself down before speaking to Chi Shuangliu, "Mr. 001, the Chinese patrol has always been our nemesis. I just received a tip that the Chinese authorities not only want to seize the meteorite, but also want to tamper with our base and wipe out the core members of the Darwin Cult. Yan Xunqing is only the vanguard, and the patrol has even sent two S+-level experts to take charge. The situation is urgent. Before we take action, the Queen wishes to see you."
He added, "The Queen is our leader. She's not at the base right now. If you're interested, I'll send someone to take you to meet her tonight. Of course, if you can help us through this crisis, we'll continue to search for meteorites for you."
The Chinese patrol team has officially declared war on Darwin. No one knows how many powerful people are hidden in the Chinese government. The "Queen" wants to evaluate Chi Shuangliu's strength and confirm whether he has the ability to help them fight against the Chinese government. Secondly, she wants to determine whether he is trustworthy and whether he can become a reliable partner. The more critical the moment, the more we cannot take it lightly.
Chi Shuangliu curled his lips slightly and sneered: "Okay."
The two sides exchanged some more specific information and finalized the details of the cooperation. Leech stood up with a flushed face and extended his hand: "Mr. 001, it's a pleasure to work with you."
Chi Shuangliu didn't even look at his hand, but looked straight into his eyes: "Remember to keep it a secret."
Leech didn't understand what he meant and was stunned.
Chi Shuangliu was slightly impatient: "Remember to keep all the information about our cooperation confidential. I don't want any of it to leak out."
Leech felt a chill run down his spine when he saw his dark eyes, and nodded in agreement hastily.
After a while, he realized that Chi Shuangliu seemed to be afraid that someone would know about the long-term cooperation between the two sides.
But who could make him so afraid?
Walking out of the conference room door, Lu Kuo glanced at Chi Shuangliu, his face showing a clear hesitation. He carefully considered his words and said, "I have something I want to ask you..."
Chi Shuangliu glanced at him and said, "Speak."
Lu Kuo chose his words carefully: "I have worked with Miss Shen before. She is a... well... brave, kind, and compassionate woman..."
Before he could finish his words, Chi Shuangliu's eyes instantly became terrifying: "Do you like her?"
"No, no, no, no, that's not what I'm talking about!!" Lu Kuo broke out in a cold sweat and quickly denied it, speaking at double speed: "What I mean is that she and Darwin already have an old grudge, and her personality may affect your next plan. If the two come into conflict, what should we, as your servants, do?"
This morning, Chen Run directly stopped the entire auction. If she knew about the cooperation between Chi Shuangliu and Darwin, she would definitely find a way to sabotage and interfere.
Chi Shuangliu's series of plans were all aimed at finding meteorites to restore his strength, including the cooperation with Darwin. But at breakfast, he suddenly announced that he refused to cooperate with Darwin. But just now, he agreed after hearing the three words "Yan Xunqing".
It's unacceptable for the Supreme Leader to change his mind so frequently, so Lu Kuo needs to confirm which is more important to Chi Shuangliu: Shen Run or his plan? What if Shen Run takes a hostile stance and destroys his plan? What should they do?
He couldn't ask directly, so he could only ask in a tactful way, but he believed that with Chi Shuangliu's intelligence, he would definitely understand.
Sure enough, Chi Shuangliu was silent for a moment, and answered evasively: "She won't know this."
This answer was very ambiguous. Lu Kuo was trying to figure out what he meant when he suddenly said softly, "If something unexpected happens, the plan comes first."
Lu Kuo calmed himself down and nodded in agreement.
As they were talking, the two returned to the lounge. The silver-haired girl was still in the room. When she saw someone coming in, she immediately shrank behind Chen Run. Chi Shuangliu's face turned cold, as if he wanted to eat her alive.
Seeing this, Lu Kuo said with a shrewd look, "Miss Shen, please hand this lady over to me. I will take good care of her."
The silver-haired girl clung even tighter to Chen Run, who immediately opened his arms to protect her: "You? I'll be thankful if you don't drag people away for experiments."
Lu Kuo's smile remained unchanged. "Please rest assured, Miss Shen. Sun Umbrella has no shortage of experimental subjects. China has a special facility for mutants. They will give them moral education classes and teach them how to transform into human form. They will help them return to society. It's much better than her living in fear outside. I have a friend who works in a shelter."
He really wanted to solve the problem of the silver-haired girl's whereabouts. As he spoke, he pulled out his friend's work ID and ID card to show Shen Run, and also pulled out a few photos of the shelter. Sure enough, there were many mutants like the silver-haired girl.
He looked at the silver-haired girl and spoke in standard and gentlemanly English, using an extremely bewitching tone: "If your loved ones are still alive, I can help you find them and send them to China together."
As he spoke, he extended his hand to the silver-haired girl. When the silver-haired girl heard the word "relative", she was slightly moved and placed her hand cautiously and carefully in his palm.
After the two left, only Chi Shuangliu and Shen Run were left in the room. The quarrel in the morning had not yet ended, and before leaving, he locked up Shen Run. The atmosphere between the two was depressing.
Chi Shuangliu blinked and held her on his lap: "Are you still angry with me about what happened this morning? I admit that my words were a bit harsh. The auction was suddenly cancelled this morning, and I was a little excited."
He nuzzled her face affectionately, sniffing the scent of her neck deeply, as if he were treating a beloved pet cat. His voice was shrill as he spoke, "I'm sorry. I won't do it again next time. Please forgive me this time, baby."
Chen Run raised his eyes and asked him, "What did Darwin say when he asked you to come?"
Chi Shuangliu pulled out a pretext he'd prepared long ago, answering half-truthfully, "I wanted to buy the meteorite from them, but they suddenly put forward some additional conditions, which I refused. We're still at a stalemate, and I need to leave the base tonight to discuss matters in detail with their leader."
He rubbed her neck again, saying coquettishly, "I really can't bear to leave you, baby." After the intimacy last night, he was like a wild beast that was marked in all directions, and he wanted to stick to his master all the time.
Bah, loading!
This is obviously a lie. If Darwin really dared to suddenly go back on his words, Chi Shuangliu would have killed them all in and out long ago. Why is he pretending to be weak here?
Even if he took the initiative to apologize, or even softened his attitude and asked for peace, Shen Run only felt a chill in her heart. She lowered her eyes and said, "I see."
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At night, Chi Shuangliu held Chen Run close for a while before reluctantly leaving. He could have eaten Chen Run and taken her away, but that would have been too suspicious. He could only wrap the room with a black film and kissed her again. "Because of the chaos at the auction, people here are a little hostile to you. I don't want anyone to take advantage of the opportunity to hurt you."
This reason was impeccable, and Shen Run couldn't refuse even if he wanted to.
After Chi Shuangliu left, Chen Run looked at the black film covering the house and felt a little annoyed.
If Chi Shuangliu was going to attack the patrol team tonight, she had planned to steal the meteorite while Chi Shuangliu was away, but she didn't expect Chi Shuangliu to do this to her.
The black film could not be opened from the inside. Chen Run thought for a moment, and his eyes suddenly fell on the socket board at the foot of the bed.
She pulled out the power cord from the socket strip, and the severed end crackled with sparks. She grasped the conductive end without hesitation, and a strong electric light emerged from her palm.
It's quite funny to say that the Darwin Cult, either because they were poor or uneducated, had only this one circuit in the entire base, and didn't even have a backup generator. After being messed up by Chen Run, the power was directly cut off. With a "pop", the entire base was plunged into darkness.
Soon, screams and exclamations were heard in the base, and some people with special abilities stepped forward to maintain order.
Chi Shuangliu's curse and nest blood induction both have certain distance limitations. The base's electric current was completely absorbed by her. She began to try without hesitation. The palm of her hand lit up with a high-density electric light that was almost condensed into food. She tried to break through the black membrane again - but the black membrane remained motionless.
She tried a few more times without giving up, but the black membrane was like a pool of water, calmly absorbing the supernatural power she released each time.
Chen Run began to get anxious, and at this moment, she heard a dense rustling sound, as if something sticky was crawling rapidly on the ground.
She quickly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a cluster of fine gray-white mycelium growing out from the corner of the wall - the mycelium actually broke through Chi Shuangliu's black membrane.
Before Shen Run had time to be happy, the mycelium seemed to have locked onto a target and crawled towards her rapidly.
——This mutant was modified by Darwin and is connected to the intelligent computer that controls the base. No matter who it is, as long as they dare to attack the base, they will be immediately locked and strangled by the mycelium. There has been no exception over the years, so they are so confident in the defense capabilities of the mycelium.
In the blink of an eye, the mycelium had densely climbed up her calves. Shen Run tried all his supernatural powers, but failed to stop them for even half a second.
She tried to activate her core ability - supernatural power plundering.
The mycelium only stopped briefly, then spread upwards at an extremely fast speed, soon reaching above the neck. Shen Run's mouth, nostrils, ears, and even eye sockets were covered with mycelium. These mycelium continued to grow inward, as if they were going to grow all over her internal organs.
Chen Run could breathe in less and less air, and his vision became more and more blurred. He could only continuously launch supernatural power to plunder, but the effect became less and less as time went on.
Just before her nostrils were about to be blocked, the last "superpower plunder" suddenly took effect, and all the hyphae withdrew from her body at an extremely fast speed, lying on the ground in a quiet and docile posture.
Chen Run collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. It took him half a minute to come back to his senses from the fear of dying.
She tried to use her mental power and was surprised to find that after overdrawing her supernatural powers, her mental power was not exhausted, but became more abundant and full - she even had signs of advancement and might reach S-level.
She calmed herself down and tried to control the mycelium to gnaw at the black membrane. It took about seven or eight minutes to create a hole in the black membrane that was big enough for one person to pass through. However, it had the ability to repair itself, so Chen Run made a quick decision and drilled out.
Because of the power outage, there was chaos outside. Chen Run used the skill "Invisibility" and quietly touched the warehouse where the meteorites were stored. The door of the warehouse was not locked because someone was guarding it. She turned sideways and slipped in.
The sudden power outage was something Leech didn't dare to take lightly. He was patrolling the warehouse with five or six of his subordinates. When he saw the door sway slightly, he immediately became alert: "Who?!"
There was no movement at the door. He walked over to check while speaking, and then carefully released his mental power to detect a circle. After confirming that no one had come in, he breathed a sigh of relief and waved to his subordinates: "It's okay, it's the wind."
He looked relaxed as he walked back while talking.
The subordinate said in a panic: "I told you, with Amu Mushroom here, how could anyone get in?"
"But why hasn't the power outage been resolved yet?"
"It can't be helped. The base's power supply is already tight before summer arrives. Every summer, there are power outages. This time, the outage was just a little longer."
"Electrical Specialty Team C is currently repairing it."
Leech turned back while talking and laughing. Just when he passed by Shen Run's hiding place, a cold light suddenly flashed in his eyes. His right hand suddenly turned into a leech covered with dense and sharp teeth. It bit Shen Run's shoulder in a flash and injected venom into her body. She was paralyzed on one side of her body and could not move. The leech took the opportunity to sip her blood in big gulps.
Leech smiled smugly: "Do you really think a little trick like invisibility can fool me?"
Tasting the sweet blood food, he showed an obsessed expression on his face: "I can smell the scent of your blood directly." He licked his lips greedily: "I guess your level should be quite high? It's a coincidence that I haven't eaten a superpower above B level in a long time."
The next second, a dense cluster of mycelium grew out from under his feet. Before he could react, the mycelium spread all over his body, wriggling and swallowing him up - he never figured out why the Amulet mushroom suddenly attacked him until his death.
Before his subordinates could see what was happening, they were soon wrapped by the mycelium and became nutrients.
After they were all dead, Shen Run finally released his invisibility and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
——The power of mycelium is very strong, but she cannot fully control it at this stage, and may even suffer a certain backlash. When she uses it, she is almost drained dry.
Her legs felt a little weak, and she walked around the warehouse before finally finding the target she wanted to take away.
She tried her best to let the mycelium wrap the meteorite densely, and then dragged it into the ground. She finally felt relieved when it reached a deep and safe enough location.
Chen Run's nose suddenly felt hot, and blood started to drip out - this was a sign that his mental strength was about to be exhausted.
She didn't care too much and took out a crumpled piece of toilet paper from her pants and stuffed her nostrils with it. She was about to run away when she suddenly heard a dull, huge sound of footsteps coming from outside the warehouse.
Let me put it this way, the footsteps were like the footsteps of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Jurassic Park, or like an ancient giant beast walking towards her step by step.
The fear hidden in his genes awakened, and Shen Run froze for a second.
The next moment, the door of the warehouse was knocked away, and an extremely huge scorpion tail lashed towards her.
Chen Run was completely unprepared and was thrown seven or eight meters away, hitting the wall of the warehouse heavily.
Blood was coming out of the corner of her mouth, and she felt like her internal organs were shattered. She lay on the ground, unable to move.
Without giving her any chance to react, the scorpion's tail's poisonous needle stabbed her fiercely, and its shell glowed with an ominous metallic light.
In a state of near death, Shen Run could only shout, "If you kill me, you will never find that meteorite!!"
The poison needle suddenly stopped.
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Chi Shuangliu and Lu Kuo were waiting for the "Queen" dozens of kilometers away from the base. They were in a very luxurious castle with an extra-large swimming pool and manor - the only strange thing was that everything in the castle was ridiculously large, and looked like it was for giants to use.
Chi Shuangliu and Lu Kuo are both taller men, but they still look like dwarfs in the castle.
The castle was surrounded by a circle of psychic guards. Lu Kuo had found some information about the 'queen' and lowered his voice, "...Darwin believed in the law of the jungle. No matter what means, as long as the subordinate can kill the superior, they can immediately take the superior's position. In this ecosystem, the queen was able to sit firmly on the throne of leader, which shows how powerful she is. However, she rarely shows up, so not many people know about her supernatural powers."
At this point, Lu Kuo couldn't help but sigh, "In the beginning, the ratio of male to female psychics was 50:50. But surprisingly, women's genes are more stable, and their personalities are far more resilient than men's. Therefore, the incidence of genetic diseases is much lower than that of men. Now the ratio of male to female psychics has reached 4:6. More and more women are becoming stronger, occupying a place in major organizations and gaining a high degree of voice. I believe that in a few decades, the world's pattern will be rewritten because of this."
Chi Shuangliu hummed. There was nothing wrong with women dominating the world. After all, when the Earth was still a matriarchal clan, humans and him lived in peace. It was only from Chi Nu that he began a long hatred and entanglement with humans.
Lu Kuo added, "The Queen is considered one of the highest leaders of the Darwin Cult, but I heard that behind the Darwin Cult, there is a true 'God'. He is omnipresent and can transform into anyone. This God's purpose is to lead human evolution. To put it bluntly, it means allowing those with superpowers to rule over humanity."
He thought for a moment and added, "But this myth has little credibility. It's probably fabricated by Darwin to brainwash his followers."
Chi Shuangliu seemed to be thinking about something and nodded softly.
The psychics guarding the castle suddenly became agitated. They seemed to have received some instructions. They drew the guns specially made for psychics from their waists and pointed them at Chi Shuangliu and Lu Kuo.
The leading psychic guard had a cold expression on his face: "You have broken your promise, and there is a problem with our cooperation. Now, please sit here quietly and wait for the Queen's arrival."
Chi Shuangliu was about to take action, but when he heard his words, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and had a strange premonition.
Not long after, the castle gate, which was seven or eight meters high, was slowly opened, and the first thing that came in was a pair of pure black giant claws.
Immediately afterwards, a monster with a human body and a scorpion tail slowly walked in from outside the door.
She is nearly six meters tall, with black hair and black eyes, and delicate features. She actually has a very typical Chinese face.
She was wearing a huge protective armor, and below the waist was a scorpion tail. There seemed to be a person wrapped around the scorpion tail, but because the tail was outside the door, it was impossible to see who was wrapped around the scorpion tail.
——Giant Scorpion Queen!
Not only does she have a huge body and powerful abilities, she also possesses intelligence far beyond that of ordinary people. She is definitely much more difficult to deal with than the giant snake encountered in the Amazon.
Lu Kuo was the only ordinary person present. He was unable to withstand the pressure from this super powerful man. His body unconsciously collapsed and he even had difficulty breathing.
With a bang, the Queen threw the person on the scorpion tail in front of Chi Shuangliu and said coldly, "When I returned to the base, I found that the base's circuit was cut off by her. She stole the meteorite and caused us a lot of trouble."
Her face was stern, full of the majesty of a strong person, and she raised her chin: "I need an explanation."
She originally wanted to see Chi Shuangliu as soon as possible, but when she heard that something happened at the base, she went to the base first and then caught the little mouse.
She didn't kill Chen Run not because of the meteorite, but because Shen Run was brought by Chi Shuangliu. She couldn't be sure whether Chen Run's act of stealing the meteorite was instructed by Chi Shuangliu.
If she was sent by Chi Shuangliu, then it means that he was not sincere in cooperating with them, so he sent people to steal the meteorite in advance - if this is the case, then the cooperation between Darwin and Chi Shuangliu will of course be invalid, and Darwin will not give him any information about meteorites that he has collected over the years. Not only that, even if they are attacked from both sides, they must attack Sun Umbrella with all their strength to prevent them from continuing to collect meteorites.
Before Chi Shuangliu could speak, Lu Kuo took the lead to explain: "This is her personal behavior, not instructed by my master. My master sincerely wants to cooperate with you, please don't misunderstand!"
He said this because Chi Shuangliu had given him the answer before - everything comes first according to the plan. In order for the cooperation with Darwin to proceed smoothly, they must give up Chen Run.
The reason why Chen Run stole the meteorite was clear at a glance - to get the meteorite to destroy the cooperation between Chi Shuangliu and Darwin. Therefore, it is even more impossible for Lu Kuo to destroy the cooperation plan with Darwin because of her suicidal behavior, and it is even more impossible for him to offend such a terrible strong man for her.
"Since you say so," the Giant Scorpion Queen looked at Chi Shuangliu coldly, pointing her giant claw downwards: "You must kill her with your own hands, then we can continue to discuss cooperation."
Lu Kuo was slightly stunned and instinctively looked at Chi Shuangliu.
After hearing what the queen said, Chi Shuangliu reacted faster than Lu Kuo to what Shen Run had done and what she was planning.
Chi Shuangliu's gaze fell on Shen Run, his eyes cold and deep.
The queen would not show mercy to her. Shen Run looked like he had been taught a lesson. There was a bloody scab at the corner of his mouth and he covered his abdomen with one hand. He stared at her coldly, trying his best to ignore the frown on her face caused by pain.
He wanted to see her begging for mercy, to see her admit that she had been taught a lesson enough and knew she was wrong.
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