On the other side, the world in the painting.
After hearing what the old lady said, Lao Wei and Zheng Yuanyuan kept looking up at the sky intentionally or unintentionally, but all they saw was still the blue sky and white clouds, nothing else... until an emergency decree came in the evening.
Loki suddenly issued an order, asking the six senior purification officers who were currently in good health to check the situation at a villa 20 kilometers away. It was said that the villa was suspected to be a secret base of the destroyers. All the destroyers outside the city had died, and more than a dozen people had no survivors.
To ensure their own safety, the six senior purification officers all carried guns and humanoid weapons.
Inside the car, Lao Wei and Shu Li, who was wearing thick metal armor, drove silently against the setting sun.
After a while, Shu Li looked at the orange-red world outside the window and said quietly, "Old Wei, do you think the puppeteer is dead too?"
Old Wei subconsciously glanced at the rearview mirror and replied, "Probably."
"Who could have done this? In just a few days, all those dozen or so well-known saboteurs were dead."
“…Who knows?”
Old Wei's eyes moved slightly, and he said something perfunctory and then shut up.
As an insider, he certainly knew that it was Qi Mi who did it, not in a few days but within a day, or even within a few minutes... He could imagine how cruel she was and how shocking the bloody scene would be.
It is precisely because of this that his face has always been bad, showing fear and pity for Qi's fans. Thinking about how the girl who was so innocent back then has now turned into such a killing machine that wields a knife without blinking, he really can't accept it.
Old Wei slowly exhaled, trying to calm himself down.
After regaining his composure, he gradually pieced together a thread of thought from the many disorganized fragments of clues, and then asked Shu Li, "How did the base commander know about something that happened twenty kilometers away from the base?"
Shu Li sat still, staring out the window. A trace of dejection flashed across his face. He smiled bitterly and said, "Have you forgotten my current identity, Old Wei? I'm just a weapon that can be summoned and dismissed at will. How could I possibly know about the decisions of my superiors?"
Lao Wei's lips moved, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "Sorry..."
When Shu Li heard this, she was amused: "This is my own choice, what do you have to apologize for?"
For a moment, Lao Wei had nothing to say, so he simply chose to shut up and drive silently.
A few minutes later, he seemed to suddenly think of something and hurriedly adjusted the audio of the communicator to connect with the person in the white SUV.
"I'm asking you, did you report this matter to the base commander?" Old Wei thought about it and still felt that only Li Xu could do this. He happened to meet Qi Mi that day and knew that Song Chun was rescued by Qi Mi. He must have been to the destroyer's base. In order to avenge Qi Mi's knife, he told the base commander these things indirectly.
Several senior purification officers went to check today. If they didn't find any clues, it would be fine. However, if they follow the clues and find Qi Mi, then the fact that she killed so many destroyers by herself will definitely make the base commander Loki think carefully. He might even have some evil intentions to harass Qi Mi endlessly and make her sacrifice herself to protect humanity.
If things really come to this, then we can no longer stay in this base.
However, all Old Wei's thoughts were just speculation. Just as his question was being passed on, a calm voice on the other end of the line asked him back, "What good would it do me to tell the base commander about this? Just to get back at her, I'd ignore my own affairs. I'm not that stupid."
“…”
Old Wei calmed down and thought about it. It seemed to be true. No matter what, Qi Mi had already gotten rid of the identity of a saboteur. Even if she was discovered by the base commander, her life would not be in danger. However, the girl that Li Xu wanted to hide was still a saboteur. Once she was investigated and implicated by the base commander, the girl would be executed immediately.
Li Xu is indeed not that stupid.
Then who could it be?
The location of the villa is no longer within the patrol range of the purification officer. How did the base commander get the information?
Old Wei had a gloomy face, his mind full of this question, and he slowed down the car unconsciously.
Li Xu looked at the black car getting closer and closer and cleared his throat. "There's something I don't know if you've noticed. The last surprise attack by the destroyers was a bit strange, didn't you think?"
Old Wei glanced sideways at the communicator.
"The outside of the base is protected by a data membrane. How could those vandals with very low SAN values get in quietly? And four cars drove in at once. I don't believe that there is no one to support them in the base." Li Xu snorted coldly, his fox eyes fixed on the reaction of the car in front.
In less than half a minute, the black car suddenly stopped.
Li Xu frowned slightly and quickly stepped on the brakes.
"Did you think of anything?" he asked.
Old Wei held the steering wheel motionlessly, his mind racing. "I remember you said last night that because that girl is your relative, you wanted to protect her, right?"
Li Xu frowned even deeper: "What do you want to say?"
"I mean, isn't the reverse also true? If the relatives are the destroyers, then isn't it possible that someone in the base deliberately let them in to protect them?"
A hint of understanding flashed across Li Xu's face. "And the person who can open this protective film is a purification officer at the base."
"right."
This would explain why the saboteurs were able to enter the base without being noticed.
Lao Wei gripped the steering wheel tightly, the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and his body suddenly became as cold as if he had fallen into a cold cave.
He hurriedly let Shu Li get into Li Xu's car, quickly drifted and turned the car around, and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The wind hit the walls of the street, making a lightning-fast sound.
If we follow the same line of thought just now, then the information the base commander obtained this time must have been provided by this insider.
The purpose of the traitor this time should not be to destroy the base, but to take revenge.
Qi Mi killed so many saboteurs that no one survived in the villa. Among them must be someone cherished by the traitor. The purpose of this diversion was to lure him, a senior purification officer, out of the base, leaving some powerless people to accompany Qi Mi.
Liao Yang, Zheng Yuanyuan and the seven children are not people who can protect themselves no matter how you look at it.
Qi Mi's consciousness was sealed with the purpose of death, and he was in a state of confusion, not knowing whether he could protect himself.
The more Old Wei thought about it, the more anxious he became. He frantically called Liao Yang, but when no one answered, he quickly used the communicator to contact Zheng Yuanyuan.
"Girl, lock the door! No one is allowed to open it, do you hear me?! Do not open the door! Do you hear me?!"
Driven by fear, his voice was almost a roar.
The brief silence of a few seconds seemed like several centuries. Just when Lao Wei's heart was beating like a drum, a crackling sound of electricity came from the communicator.
"Unfortunately, it's too late..."
A man's deep voice came.
Then, the communicator shut down.
Just ten minutes before Lao Wei noticed, the doorbell rang.
Liao Yang saw through the peephole that Shi Qingluo was dressed as a purification officer, and he also said that he came to see Qi Mi, so he didn't think too much about it and opened the door.
At that time, the seven cubs were sitting in the living room drawing under the supervision of Zheng Yuanyuan. When they heard someone coming, they all raised their heads to look. At this time, they didn't know what was going on with Ye Shuci, so they waved their hands and called Liao Yang to come over quickly, saying that their brother was in danger.
However, before Liao Yang could react, a sharp dagger came from behind her and pressed against her throat.
The children screamed and rushed into Zheng Yuanyuan's arms.
As the two were confronting each other, a cheerful cell phone ringtone filled the living room, and then they heard Lao Wei urgently telling them on the communicator not to open the door under any circumstances.
After Shi Qingluo answered expressionlessly, he turned off the communicator and threw it aside.
He looked at Ye Shuci in disbelief. He had originally wanted to go straight into the room and kill Qi Mi, but he didn't know where he had let himself be caught by such a little kid and discovered the purpose of his visit.
In fact, when he took the exam, he was already prepared to kill the three people in the same room, but he didn't expect that He Kele was mixed up and quickly found the trick before he could do anything.
The more Shi Qingluo thought about it, the more regretful he felt. If he had taken action within the barrier of the exam, Qi Mi would not have walked out alive, and would not have killed his father!
"I don't want to kill innocent people. As long as you behave, I won't hurt you." He glanced at the closed door over there and said, "She's in there, right?"
Zheng Yuanyuan's face turned ugly as she asked, "How did Qi Mi let you down? Why do you want to kill her?"
Ever since she passed the exam, she felt that everyone got along very well, and she couldn't understand why he had such a big grudge against Qi Mi.
"He killed my father. That's enough for me to kill her." Shi Qingluo replied coldly, then moved towards the bedroom door while holding the knife against Liao Yang's throat.
Zheng Yuanyuan knew that frightening a pregnant woman like Liao Yang was definitely not a good thing, so she quickly called out to Shi Qingluo, "Let Teacher Liao go. I'll be your hostage."
When the kids heard this, they all raised their heads and said, "Teacher Zheng, that brother is very dangerous."
"She has a knife in her hand and she will kill you!"
"Teacher Zheng, I'm scared!"
"Teacher Qi, someone wants to kill you, run!"
The bedroom was quiet.
At this time, Liao Yang, who had been silent, slowly opened her mouth and chuckled, "Don't worry, we've all been through the brink of death, this little scene can't scare me." As she spoke, she winked at Zheng Yuanyuan, indicating that she should take the children to the door first.
Zheng Yuanyuan understood, lowered her head and said a few words to the children, asking all seven children to run to the door and stand.
Shi Qingluo saw what they were plotting and stopped in his tracks. He said vigilantly, "You'd better behave yourself, or I don't know what I can do." He deliberately pressed the dagger against Liao Yang's neck, as if the slightest difference would make it go in and out.
Liao Yang glanced at the dagger and snapped his fingers lightly.
Her voice suddenly became long and hazy, like a final warning before falling asleep: "Are you sure that what you are holding is a knife?"
“?!”
Shi Qingluo hurriedly lowered his head to look. The shining blade just reflected Liao Yang's dark and deep black eyes. In an instant, his consciousness seemed to be attracted by these eyes. The next second, he snapped his fingers, and the dagger in his hand suddenly turned into a poisonous snake, spitting out its tongue and attacking him.
"Ah!" He shouted and quickly shook off the poisonous snake.
With a clang, the dagger fell to the ground a few meters away.
Liao Yang took the opportunity to escape.
Shi Qingluo came back to his senses, stared at the long fishbone braided hair and suddenly reached out to grab it. However, before he could touch it, a hand came out and grabbed his wrist.
Zheng Yuanyuan remembered the self-defense skills taught by Qi Mi. When she grabbed the enemy's wrist, she immediately began to bend his little finger with force, and her feet were not idle either, kicking Shi Qingluo in the crotch.
——Qi Mi: There is a huge gap between women and men in a fight. Although this move is a bit ugly, it is very useful. You can use this when you encounter a critical situation. It is enough to save your life.
As she expected, this trick was very effective. Shi Qingluo's screams became louder in an instant. He clamped his legs together and knelt on the ground, trembling with pain all over.
"You..." He stared at Zheng Yuanyuan viciously, with a fierce look as if he wanted to skin her alive.
Then, his eyes drifted to the door of the room. Seeing that there were only a few children there, he immediately changed his strategy and prepared to take a child as a hostage.
Shi Qingluo gritted his teeth and rushed forward with all his strength.
The children screamed and scattered, leaving Wu Muchen alone standing there with a calm expression and a steady heart.
"Wu Muchen, get out of the way!" Zheng Yuanyuan hurriedly chased after him.
"You are not allowed to bully Teacher Qi!" Wu Muchen frowned, and with all his strength, he rushed over and hit Shi Qingluo's crotch with his hard head again.
The egg broke.
Shi Qingluo immediately let out a scream that was not like a human voice. He did not bother to grab the child and collapsed to the ground with his hands covering his vital parts.
Zheng Yuanyuan hurriedly pulled Wu Muchen aside.
Seeing Shi Qingluo like this, although she felt a little bit reluctant, but after a mental struggle, she finally remembered Qi Mi's teachings, hardened her heart, pressed Shi Qingluo's neck with one hand, forcibly twisted one of his arms, and pressed him to the ground.
——Qi fans: Don't think that it's over after you hit him. If the opponent fights back, the situation may be reversed in the blink of an eye. What you have to do is to finish him off immediately. Even if you don't want to die, you have to find a way to prevent him from fighting back. At that time, you can do this, pin the opponent to the ground like a policeman dealing with a criminal, so that he can't move. If conditions permit, find a rope to tie him up.
This lesson really made Zheng Yuanyuan understand the importance of finishing off the opponent.
"There is no rope, but I can seal his consciousness." Thinking of this, Zheng Yuanyuan did what she said. She knelt down and pressed down Shi Qingluo's summoned creature, the black ball, to seal his consciousness and make him fall into a deep sleep.
Seeing this, several boys picked up their "weapons" and surrounded him, guarding the bad guy from all angles.
Bang, bang, bang! The door was slammed hard.
Lao Wei's almost roaring voice rang out from outside the door: "Boy, if you dare to touch them, I will chop you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!"
Bang bang bang!
He felt a little regretful that he didn't ask Qi Mi for the spare key, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a critical situation now where he couldn't even get in the door.
He knocked again with force, and with a creak, the door was pushed open a crack.
Old Wei retracted his hand.
Liao Yang stood by the door, her eyes curved as she looked at him, gentle and beautiful. She gently stroked her belly, her voice slightly annoyed, "Didn't we agree not to use foul language anymore? This isn't good for our baby's prenatal education... huh?"
Before she finished her words, a pair of strong hands embraced her.
So tight, as if it would melt into the body.
Old Wei's lips moved, and his eyes instantly turned red. It was unclear whether he was crying or laughing: "Wife, I thought I would never see you again."
Liao Yang put his head on his shoulder: "I still want to live with you, how can I not see you?"
"Well, I'm glad you're okay, I'm glad you're okay."
Old Wei hugged Liao Yang affectionately, his eyes gradually moving downwards. He saw seven little heads looking at him eagerly, and immediately the pink bubble that belonged only to the two of them was shattered.
Old Wei: “…”
Yu Jiaojiao said seriously, "Uncle Wei, you have to put this bad guy in the police station. He took a knife and wanted to kill Teacher Qi!"
"Yes, take him to the police station and let the police deal with him!" Peng Yichen also echoed angrily.
Old Wei smiled and agreed to them, walked to Zheng Yuanyuan and carried Shi Qingluo on his shoulders. When he turned around, he was met with faces staring at him.
He looked around and saw that these people looked weak and frail. He didn't expect that they could subdue such a gangster in such a short time. It was really beyond his expectation.
Lao Wei smiled, gave each of them a thumbs up, and praised them, "Great."
The cubs chuckled and puffed out their little chests excitedly.
Today, they transformed into Ultraman and female warriors to fight against the evil forces and protect their beloved teacher Qi.
After Lao Wei left, these little guys who were overwhelmed by the praise all came to the door happily, secretly looking at Qi fans who were sitting quietly by the window, and a sense of pride they had never felt before arose in their hearts.
Zheng Yuanyuan did the same. She sat next to Qi Mi with a smile on her face and gently rested her head on her shoulder.
"Qi Mi, I can finally protect you. I'm so happy."
She looked at the sky, tears in her eyes as she watched the last ray of sunlight slowly sink. She knew that after the replacement of the sun and the moon, darkness would quietly condense around her.
But she was no longer afraid of the darkness, because she had also become the one with the light.
When Qi Mi heard this, he glanced sideways slightly, and the corners of his lips raised into a beautiful arc.
"Um."
Old Wei handed Shi Qingluo over to the agency and just got into the car when he received a call from Li Xu.
After the call was connected, a neutral voice came from the other end. It was obvious that Li Xu had deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being discovered. "The situation is not good. They seem to have found something in the basement just now. To prevent you from implicating me, you'd better come and take a look."
Lao Wei hummed and started the car: "Right away."
Li Xu hung up the phone, turned around and looked at the "bloody feast" in the courtyard, and touched the gauze on his neck with lingering fear.
He almost ended up like this.
Eighteen people, eighteen heads, their blood flowing so much that the green grass changed color.
Hearing the clatter of armor on the ground, he looked up at Shu Li.
She was seen walking among the corpses in full armor, and found the one she had been longing for among the many heads.
Shu Li held up the puppeteer's head. The strange and twisted face in her hand was already shrouded in death.
She chuckled softly and muttered to herself, "It's a pity I couldn't avenge them personally and cut off your head myself... But it does comfort the dead."
Two months ago, four intermediate purification officers under Shu Li were entangled with puppet threads all over their bodies, and their bodies exploded with blood and flesh flying everywhere. The scene was very tragic. After that night, only she and Lao Wei returned safely among the six people who went on the mission. Although she is still alive, she can never forget that scene.
This is why Shu Li became [Ya] - revenge.
But now her enemy didn't die in her hands. Even if she could comfort the dead soul, she still couldn't let go of the anger in her chest.
Shu Li walked out of the courtyard strewn with corpses, sat down on the side of the road, and lowered her head weakly.
By the time Lao Wei drove over, she had been sitting there for twenty minutes without realizing it.
A beam of white headlights spread out, shining right on the puppeteer's head. Old Wei was so frightened that he gasped, and his legs were still shaking when he pushed open the car door.
He took another look at the yard, and the shocking scene immediately hit him hard in the heart. He suddenly closed his eyes and turned his head to one side.
Before he could say anything, Shu Li was the first to break the silence: "Did you see that, Old Wei? Someone avenged us. Those four Purification Officers who died tragically... No, all the Purification Officers who died tragically have been comforted."
She giggled a few times, took off her helmet, revealing her pale, thin face.
Old Wei looked at her and sighed slowly: "Don't you think it's too cruel?"
"cruel?"
As if she had heard some utterly ridiculous joke, Shu Li suddenly raised her head, tears streaming down her cheeks. "You've only just joined the agency, so you might not know how many of us those people, the ones lying inside right now, killed... 451. I remember it clearly! My family, my lover, and my children are all among those cold, hard numbers! Tooth for tooth, that's the most direct and satisfying revenge! How dare you find that cruel?!"
Lao Wei's eyes flashed and he lowered his head: "I'm sorry, I don't know."
Shu Li never mentioned her own affairs and always had a smiling face, so he didn't notice these things.
He was just a passer-by in this world and had no idea what these people had experienced. The word "cruel" which had nothing to do with him was indeed too inappropriate for those who had experienced it firsthand.
Lao Wei bowed and said, "I'm really sorry."
Shu Li sniffed, wiped her tears with her cold boxing gloves, and pulled the corners of her mouth. "Old Wei, you'll never know pain unless you stab yourself with a knife..." As she spoke, she put on her helmet, picked up the severed head beside her, and stood up. "Although I don't know who did all this, I am very grateful to him. Really, I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. I will go to the cemetery now to tell everyone the good news."
Old Wei hummed and stepped aside to make way.
Shu Li solemnly held the offering and left.
At this time, Li Xu, who had been standing by the door, leaned out halfway and looked at Lao Wei: "Now you should understand why I won't tell on you, right? She is a benefactor to us and to the organization."
As if to confirm his statement, a few chuckles could be heard from the senior purification officers in the courtyard. Although it seemed a little strange among the bloody corpses, it was as if years of suppressed emotions had finally been released. Everyone's face was refreshed.
"Oh my god, which god has come down to earth to save the people?"
"It feels so good! I haven't felt this good in a long time!"
Li Xu raised his fox eyes and said, "See, I was right, right? While they are in a good mood, why don't you, who came later, go and find out more about the situation?"
Old Wei suddenly realized and quickly tried to find out what those people had discovered.
Although he knew Qi Mi well, that girl was quick and efficient and would not leave anything behind, he still had to be prepared for any eventuality. If the agency knew she was responsible, they would be constantly questioned and it would be too much trouble.
After asking around, Lao Wei felt a little relieved.
The four senior purification officers did not find anything special, only a blood-stained little dinosaur toy in the basement.
After Qi Mi gave it to Song Chun, Song Chun always carried it with her. She had been here before, so it was normal for her to leave it behind.
As Song Chun's boss, Li Xu also confirmed that it was the little thing that Song Chun loved so much, so he took the opportunity to take it from them.
After finding nothing, the six people prepared to return to the agency to report the situation.
Lao Wei used the excuse that he was late and took a walk around, and stayed alone.
Enduring the discomfort, Lao Wei put on gloves and examined the man with the most serious black spots among the corpses. He found traces of a brooch on his white coat. He took out the brooch and compared the bloodstains for a match. He immediately confirmed that this man was the biggest source of pollution found by Qi Mi.
After searching his pockets carefully, I didn't see any pass on him.
Old Wei frowned and stood up, looking around. Using the flashlight, he saw several irregular red streaks on the ground. Three days had passed, and the blood should have dried and oxidized to black. It didn't make sense that it was still so bright red.
He followed one of the bright red bloodstains and walked around to the back of the villa. Where the red bloodstains converged, on a large white wall, were written a few eye-catching words:
Witch Painting
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