Chapter 957 Finale (V)
All test subjects stored in Room 1 have serial numbers. Those injected with the primary nightmare poison have serial numbers starting with 10, while those injected with the intermediate or advanced poison have serial numbers starting with 20 and 30.
Ruan Qi just glanced at the label on the experimental subject's clothes, and the starting serial number was 20.
In other words, he injected intermediate nightmare poison.
While copying the host's data, Ruan Qi had come across information about the intermediate nightmare agent. The intermediate agent was developed two years after the primary agent. By then, Organization X's technology was already highly developed. To compensate for the potential for loss of control of the primary agent's test subjects, they developed an upgraded version of the primary agent, the intermediate nightmare agent.
The greatest advantage of this version of the poison is its stability. Subjects injected with it will never lose control unless commanded by their master.
Therefore, it is impossible for this experimental subject who has been injected with intermediate-level poison to lose control.
But why did he suddenly rush out of the closet?
Ruan Qi walked to the cabinet and scanned the various devices inside.
Handcuffs, leg shackles, various instruments and tubes... wait a minute!
Ruan Qi's gaze suddenly turned to the handcuffs and leg irons used to restrain the experimental subjects.
The metal handcuffs and leg irons were currently untied. However, if the subject had lost control and broken free, with his terrifying strength, he should have torn the handcuffs apart!
so--
This experimental subject did not escape out of control, but was released artificially!
At this moment, Ruan Qi felt a chill on his back.
She turned and glanced around. They had already dealt with nearly half of the test subjects in Room 1, leaving over two hundred cabinets unopened. If the test subject's loss of control was man-made, then what was in these unopened cabinets...
"Run! Run!" Ruan Qi's face showed panic for the first time. "The experimental subject just now was not out of control, someone was controlling him! Run, the experimental subjects in the cabinets are about to wake up!"
The information and samples of the poison have been obtained. Although the remaining test subjects have not yet been processed, the safety of the operation team is more important than them.
However, just as Ruan Qi finished speaking, there was a "dong dong dong" sound from the remaining two hundred cabinets.
The cold metal cabinet door trembled violently from the impact, and a faint beast-like roar came from the cabinet.
——The experimental subject has awakened!
Everyone in the action team's expressions suddenly changed.
Xi Jiu's heart sank, and he immediately issued an order: "Everyone, retreat immediately!"
Everyone obeyed the order and quickly evacuated from Room 1.
However, at this moment, a sharp "beep, beep" sound suddenly rang out above the seventh floor underground.
Before anyone could figure out what the sound was, the ceiling of the seventh underground floor suddenly cracked into several pieces, and countless metal sprinklers extended from the cracks.
Ruan Qi looked up and saw the sprayer, then immediately shouted, "They're going to poison us! Everyone, hold your breath! Run!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the sprinklers on the ceiling turned on.
A pungent white gas gushed out from the sprayer, instantly covering the entire seventh underground floor.
Ruan Qi did not stop and led everyone to run quickly towards the safe passage.
However, at this moment, a loud noise came from Room No. 1 behind him - the experimental subject came out!
"Quick! Speed up! Cover your masks tightly!"
Ruan Qi shouted as he turned around and raised his hand slightly towards the experimental subject who was chasing him.
In an instant, countless silver needles flew out like sharp arrows, and the eyes of the dozen or so experimental subjects running in the front were all shot.
After the back of the neck, the eyes are the second most vulnerable part of the subject. The eyes are connected to many nerves, and even if the subject's sense of pain is paralyzed, the damage to so many nerves will still affect him.
The movements of the test subjects whose eyes were shot by silver needles quickly became sluggish.
The other experimental subjects following behind them immediately caught up and chased the action team relentlessly.
"Hurry up! We're almost at the safe passage!"
The safe passage is just around the corner, everyone speeds up.
Bai Yuchen, who was running in front, pushed open the door of the emergency passage.
At this moment, something strange happened——
A tall, burly figure suddenly appeared in the emergency passage. As Bai Yuchen opened the door, he heard a beast-like roar. Then, he felt a pain in his chest and was knocked away by a terrifying force.
"Brother Bai!"
Amidst everyone's screams, Bai Yuchen's body flew back into the lab through the emergency exit like a falling meteor. Scarlet blood splattered in the air, forming a glaring red line on the snow-white floor tiles.
Xi Jiu, who was helping everyone to clear the way at the back of the team, narrowed his eyes and rushed towards Bai Yuchen at an extremely fast speed and caught him.
"Fuck..." Bai Yuchen's face turned pale with pain, and he vomited blood. "Brother Jiu... I, I almost got beaten to death... There was a bastard hiding in the safe passage and attacking me!"
Ruan Qi came over, grabbed his hand, and felt his pulse.
"I suffered some minor internal injuries. Take this medicine."
Bai Yuchen took the small pill Ruan Qi handed him and swallowed it in one gulp. Seeing that he was fine, Xi Jiu pushed him away from her and stared coldly at the open door of the emergency passage.
Slow and heavy footsteps were faintly heard from the safe passage.
Xi Jiu signaled everyone to step back, and he himself walked slowly towards the gate.
call--!
A figure suddenly rushed out from the safety passage like lightning, and the fierce fist wind went straight to Xi Jiu's face.
Xi Jiu's expression remained unchanged, and he quickly retreated, facing the opponent head-on with his big palm filled with powerful energy.
boom--!
The powerful collision caused the terrifying force to tear and twist the air.
The huge impact force made Xi Jiu take a step back, and the person on the opposite side took three steps back in a row.
Xi Jiu didn't give the other party time to breathe, and flew up with a shift of his body.
At this moment, another figure suddenly rushed out from the safe passage and attacked Xi Jiu at the same time as the previous person.
"Ninth Brother!"
"Boss!"
Amidst the crowd's exclamations, a nimble figure appeared beside Xi Jiu. Her strike was lightning fast, her soft, white palm clenched into a fist, and she fiercely struck the attacker's solar plexus.
roar--!
The attacker roared angrily and attacked Ruan Qi with his fangs and claws bared.
Ruan Qi relied on her slender and nimble figure to soar into the air like a light swallow, and her legs accurately rode on the man's neck and clamped it hard.
Click!
A creepy sound of bones cracking came from the man's body.
Although he didn't feel any pain, the feeling of broken bones was not very comfortable. The man suddenly became furious and his movements became more and more disorderly.
Ruan Qi clamped his neck tightly, grabbed his hair with his left hand, pulled out a silver needle between two fingers, and stabbed it into the back of his neck!
“Ah ...
The man was stabbed in the weakest part and screamed in pain, his body twisting violently.
Ruan Qi stuck to him like super glue, and with a flick of her finger, the ten-centimeter-long silver needle was pierced into the back of his neck.
The man's screams suddenly became hysterical, and he madly rammed against the wall like a wounded trapped beast.
"Come back to me!" Ruan Qi grabbed his hair and pulled it back hard.
The man was stabbed in the back of the neck, and his combat effectiveness quickly dropped to negative. He fell backwards under Ruan Qi's force and fell to the ground with his butt.
Ruan Qi turned over and jumped down, pressing her knees against his chest and raising her hands.
"Don't kill me! Don't kill me!" the man suddenly screamed.
Ruan Qi paused, a look of surprise on her face: "You are conscious? You are not an experimental subject?"
Before the man could reply, Ruan Qi said, "No, that's not right. You were indeed in a mutated state just now... Are you a test subject for a high-level poison?"
Nightmare Poison is divided into three versions: primary version, intermediate version, and advanced version.
Among them, the test subjects injected with the primary and intermediate versions of the poison had no self-awareness. However, the test subjects injected with the advanced version of the nightmare poison had self-awareness and behaved exactly like normal people before the operator gave any instructions, such as the now-dead Jiang Chunian.
In addition, there is another major difference between the advanced test subjects and the primary and intermediate test subjects—
Since the advanced experimental subjects have self-awareness, in order to prevent them from having ulterior motives, Organization X has added an additional criterion when selecting experimental subjects: all volunteers are required.
In other words, those who received the injection of advanced poison were all willing to become experimental subjects.
Some of them want to gain power, some want to get tempting wealth, and some, like Jiang Chunian, want to create glory again after losing all their ancient martial arts... In short, they are all willing to sacrifice their bodies for various desires and become experimental tools of Organization X.
After becoming advanced experimental subjects, these individuals were completely subordinate to Organization X. On weekdays, they could move freely, committing murder, arson, rape, and looting, as long as it didn't endanger Organization X. However, once Organization X issued a mission, these advanced experimental subjects had to complete it.
Jiang Chunian was like this before, and the man now should be the same.
"You are an advanced experimental subject, right?" Ruan Qi pinched the man's neck and asked him coldly.
The man didn't expect the little girl to be so strong. He was almost suffocated. His face flushed and he said with difficulty: "Yes... yes, I am a high-level... advanced experimental subject... You, you let go... I, I am suffocating to death..."
Ruan Qi didn't let go and chuckled: "Even if I don't strangle you to death, given your current condition, you probably won't live long, right?"
The man's expression froze.
Whether it was a low-level or high-level test subject, the area between the second and third vertebrae at the back of the neck was the most fatal. A minor injury was fine, but if a sharp weapon penetrated there, the test subject's life would be over.
By then, their body functions will be completely exhausted, and they will be unable to move, swallow, or even blink. In the end, they will become a motionless puppet, watching themselves starve to death.
This is the price of trading health for strength.
Thinking of his impending end, the man's face turned pale in an instant.
He said to Ruan Qi in horror: "How do you know I won't live long? No, how do you know where the experimental subject's weakness is? Who are you?!"
Of course Ruan Qi would not tell him that it was Bai Li who overheard it.
She pinched his neck, pulled it up hard, and said in a deep voice, "Let me ask you, how many high-level experimental subjects like you are there? Where are Xu Qingya and that old bastard? Are they back? Were you sent by them?"
The man was strangled for a moment and was about to speak when a loud noise suddenly came from the emergency passage.
Seven or eight men with terrifying and ferocious figures broke open the door and rushed out from the passage.
Experimental subject!
Another advanced experimental subject!
The low-level experimental subjects behind him were still roaring and chasing him, while the road in front of him was blocked by the high-level experimental subjects.
There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind.
It seems that the only way out is to fight our way out.
Ruan Qi let go of the man, walked over to Xi Jiu, and said to everyone in a deep voice, "Have you taken the anti-poison pills I gave you before we set off?"
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, we've taken all the pills you gave us!"
"Alright." Ruan Qi pulled out a submachine gun from his back. "Cover your gas masks tightly to avoid accidentally inhaling poison gas. Everyone, get ready. Let's fight our way out together!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu rushed out first, like two streams of light, killing the enemy from the left and right.
Bai Yuchen, Gu Feiyang, and the others followed closely behind. In an instant, the sound of gunfire, blood, and screams intertwined, marking the beginning of a deadly scene.
Organization X currently had approximately 200 surviving low- and mid-level experimental subjects, with ten high-level subjects possessing self-awareness. Ruan Qi's operation team consisted of 20 ancient warriors, with 30 experts each from the Eagle Division and Solomon. Add to that the firearms Simon Austin had provided, and the combined power of these forces made the fight with the experimental subjects difficult to determine the winner.
The advantage of the experimental subjects lies in their abnormal physical strength and nerves that are insensitive to pain.
Ruan Qi's advantage is that they know where the experimental subject's fatal point is.
Everyone struck the subjects in the back of the neck, some with daggers, some with guns, some, in their fury, even biting them directly. After this desperate attack, the number of subjects dwindled at a noticeable rate.
Ruan Qi's men were also injured to varying degrees. Especially Bai Yuchen and Gu Feiyang, the vanguards, whose faces and bodies were covered in wounds. Even Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu were not spared.
As among the strongest fighters in the team, Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu's opponents are those advanced experimental subjects.
Ruan Qi fired wildly with her submachine gun. When she ran out of bullets, she took out a silver needle and shot it straight at the back of the neck of the advanced experimental subject.
None of these subjects had expected Ruan Qi to know their weak spots, and they were caught off guard, allowing her to knock down two of them in one go. By the time they realized what was happening, Ruan Qi had already reached out to the third person.
The third experimental subject sensed danger and immediately dodged the silver needle, kicking Ruan Qi with his thigh as thick as a tree trunk.
Ruan Qi immediately bent down to dodge, sliding forward on his knees on the ground, and grabbing the experimental subject's abdomen with his five fingers like claws.
The subject punched her on the head.
Ruan Qi transformed his fist into a sword and faced the opponent's iron fist head-on. At this moment, a sharp sound of breaking through the air sounded behind him.
Ruan Qi's heart was filled with alarm, and she quickly grabbed the experimental subject's clothes with her left hand and used the force to dodge backwards - where she was originally standing, a long knife pierced into the ground, and the marble tiles instantly cracked into countless cracks.
"Fuck you, Seventh Girl! If such a long knife pierces you, you will become a skewer!" Bai Li did not forget to make a joke at this time.
Ruan Qi couldn't laugh.
She looked at the knife, with a curved blade, a sharp edge, and two edges - it was a samurai sword from Country J.
And in Organization X, there's only one person who can wield this knife...
Ruan Qi raised her head.
A pale light was on in the emergency passage. Several bodies of experimental subjects lay at the door, and blood formed a twisted path on the snow-white floor tiles.
Da...da...da...
Slow footsteps were heard.
Unlike the dull sound of leather shoes or sneakers stepping on the ground, the footsteps sounded crisper, as if... wooden clogs were stepping on the ground.
A piece of black skirt swung by the door of the emergency passage.
Ruan Qi held the experimental subject tightly in his hand and stared at the door.
The next second, a figure walked out of the gate.
A black bathrobe, light-colored clogs, medium-length silver hair, and a face with narrow, cold eyes—
The helmsman of this organization!
Mr. X!
Ruan Qi's pupils suddenly constricted, and he unconsciously exerted force on the experimental subject's hand, almost breaking the other person's neck.
At this moment, all the experimental subjects on the seventh underground floor stopped moving at the same time.
They seemed to have been paused, no longer fighting, but standing there motionless like lifeless puppets.
Bai Yuchen and the others noticed something unusual and belatedly discovered X standing at the door.
Except for Ruan Qi, no one else in the operation team knew what Mr. X looked like. But as soon as he appeared, all the experimental subjects froze, and this alone was enough to show that he was unusual.
Everyone looked at X warily.
X's eyes only fell on Ruan Qi.
Ruan Qi's disguise had long since vanished, revealing her true self. Her face was stained with blood from the previous fight. The scarlet streaks streaked across her fair, delicate face, adding a touch of eeriness to her beautiful features.
X's gaze lingered on that pure yet enchanting face for a few seconds before slowly sliding down and sweeping across her body.
This look was so naked that not only Ruan Qi herself but also the other members of the action team felt uncomfortable.
Xi Jiu frowned, took a step forward, and pulled the little girl behind him.
X's view of Ruan Qi was blocked, and he frowned, a hint of displeasure appearing in his cold eyes.
He withdrew his gaze with regret, and when he raised it again, his eyes became cold.
"The head of the Xi family in China?"
"It's me." Xi Jiu said coldly, his eyes as cold as ice. "You are Mr. X."
X curled his lips, stroked the cuff of his black bathrobe, and said slowly, "It seems you've figured out my identity. Xu Qingya is right. You're very powerful. You even broke into headquarters and injured so many of my carefully cultivated experimental subjects."
When Bai Yuchen heard this, he couldn't help but say "Pooh".
"Get lost! You're meticulously cultivating these experimental subjects? You're putting it nicely, but aren't you just a human trafficker? Did you even ask for their wishes before cultivating them? What right do you, an old bastard, have to decide someone's life or death?"
Bai Yuchen's curse was very unpleasant.
But X acted as if he hadn't heard anything, his expression normal. "In this world, the law of the jungle prevails. As ants, if they don't have the ability to protect themselves, they should be eliminated by the strong. I'm simply following the laws of nature. Furthermore, I transformed those ants into powerful beings, which is also a blessing for them. After all, not everyone has such an opportunity."
X stood in a bathrobe, his hands behind his back. His tone was so superior, as if he were the ruler of this world. The victims he had transformed into experimental subjects were worthless ants. God had chosen these ants for transformation; it was a gift to them.
X's matter-of-fact tone made everyone's blood pressure rise.
Ruan Qi sneered and walked out from behind Xi Jiu.
"Natural laws?"
She walked over to Xi Jiu, her cold peach blossom eyes fixed on X. "The law of the jungle does exist in this world, but it only exists among unintelligent beasts. Humans are called higher animals because we possess self-awareness and know what to do and what not to do. Humanity has evolved for tens of thousands of years since the Age of Savagery, inventing tools, laws, and rules to distinguish us from unintelligent beasts. And you, using the laws of nature as an excuse, trample on them, flout the rules, and disregard human life... How is your behavior any different from that of those unintelligent beasts?"
It’s not scary to curse people, what’s scary is that the person you curse is a nerd.
Do other people curse people by knocking on the door? Ruan Qi doesn't use any dirty words, but can directly curse people into the ground.
Just now, Bai Yuchen even greeted the ancestors, but X's expression remained unchanged. But now, Ruan Qi's words, "What's the difference between you and an unintelligent beast?", directly changed the expression of X, who thought he was superior.
But Ruan Qi didn't let him go. He hissed exaggeratedly and said, "Oh, sorry, I said it wrong. You are different from low-level beasts. Beasts can only grunt, but you can speak human language. Tsk tsk, these days, all kinds of weird things happen. Unintelligent creatures can actually speak human language. If this happened in our academic world, you would have to be sliced and studied. Oh, by the way, my beast friend, can you go to the toilet by yourself? My dog always pees in the house and won't listen no matter how I train him. You look like he's on the same level. How did you learn to go to the toilet by yourself?"
X: “…”
Others: “…”
Ruan Qi's tone when asking questions was so sincere, and the look in her eyes when she looked at X was exactly the same as when she looked at Da Hui and Xiao Hui, as if it was really incredible that X could speak human language and go to the toilet by himself.
X, who had been calm all the time, had a completely different expression, from blue to white, and from red to green, as spectacular as a slide show.
Bai Yuchen and the others also looked quite excited.
But I wasn't angry, I was trying to hold back my laughter.
X was completely irritated by Ruan Qi and his eyes became extremely cold.
"You shouldn't say such harsh words about such a perfect body. Miss Ruan, you are very suitable to be made into a work of art and displayed in a window."
This sounds familiar, I seem to have heard it somewhere before.
Ruan Qi raised an eyebrow and smiled sarcastically, "Jiang Chunian said this before. But unfortunately, he didn't get his wish. I'm alive and well now, but he, including the box, weighed a total of five kilograms. By the way, you should know Jiang Chunian, right? He was an advanced experimental subject in your laboratory. But I'm sorry, I killed him."
X's eyes became colder and colder.
In the past, Xu Qingya had said that Ruan Qi was difficult to deal with, but he had never taken it seriously. She was just a twenty-year-old girl, so how powerful could she be?
But now, he agreed with Xu Qingya's words.
Ruan Qi's mouth was indeed difficult to deal with. He really wanted to inject his nightmare into her body, so that she could only say what he wanted to hear.
"Xu Qingya is right. You are indeed a rose with thorns." X narrowed his eyes and spoke in a dangerous tone, "But no matter how many thorns a rose has, you can just cut them off with scissors. No matter how choking a beautiful flower is, it's just a flower."
Ruan Qi sneered when he heard this.
"Really?" She raised her hand and slowly pulled out a short blade from behind her back. "Then today I'll let you witness... the power of the Piranha Plant!"
As soon as the words fell, Ruan Qi flew out in an instant like an arrow from a bow.
sulfuric acid--!
The short blade with a cold glow came through the air, and with a strong and sharp force, it chopped towards X's head without mercy.
X calmly drew the katana at his side, blade facing outward, and blocked forward.
The short blade and the katana collided violently, making a harsh metallic sound.
X glanced at the short blade in Ruan Qi's hand, his eyes filled with amazement. "What a powerful blade! I heard that the Wushang Sect of China has three heirloom treasures, one of which is a short blade. But is this the one in your hand?"
Ruan Qi did not answer his question. He twisted his body in the air and the short blade went straight to the back of X's neck.
X was startled and immediately dodged the attack.
Ruan Qi flew up again, still aiming for the back of his neck.
After attacking the back of the neck twice in a row, no one would believe Ruan Qi if he said it was not intentional.
This time, X's expression completely changed.
While blocking Ruan Qi's attack, he demanded harshly, "How do you know my fatal spot is at the back of my neck?! Who are you?!"
Like those test subjects, X's fatal point is on the back of his neck.
But this was a secret. Apart from a few core researchers in the lab, not even Xu Qingya knew about it, and Ruan Qi, as an outsider, was even less likely to know.
X suspected there was a mole in the lab who had tipped off Ruan Qi about his weakness. He approached and demanded, "Who told you that?"
Ruan Qi quickly dodged his attack, chuckled, and once again attacked X's neck with the dagger.
"No one told me, I discovered it myself. If anyone wants to blame you, blame yourself for not hiding your true identity. You actually left such important medicine on the bedside table."
When Ruan Qi visited Mr. X's office last night, she saw a medicine bottle on the cabinet next to his bed. There was only a thin layer of medicine left in the bottle, which seemed to indicate that he had taken the medicine a long time ago.
Out of curiosity, Ruan Qi stole a pill. In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep, she borrowed Hermann's ID card, entered an empty laboratory, and secretly tested the pill.
The test results surprised her - this pill was actually used by the test subjects who had been injected with nightmare poison to repair their bodies!
As we all know, nightmare poison can develop human potential and quickly transform an ordinary person into a person with iron bones.
However, the catalytic speed of the poison is too fast, and the human body cannot withstand such a powerful force. Therefore, during the mutation process, the body of the experimental subject will be like a balloon filled with water: saturated, bursting, and finally exploding.
To solve this problem, Organization X developed a drug to repair the body. Anyone who has been injected with Nightmare Toxin must take this drug for a long time to stabilize the body.
When Jiang Chunian died, Ruan Qi had found similar drugs in his car. She had tested those drugs, and the ingredients inside were exactly the same as the small pills she found on Mr. X's bedside table!
Therefore, the pills that X took were used to stabilize the subject's body.
In other words, Mr. X was actually an experimental subject!
This discovery shocked Ruan Qi. She knew this old bastard was a pervert, but she had never thought he was so perverted as to use his own body for experiments.
He turned himself into a monster that was neither human nor ghost. Does this old man have some serious mental illness?
Ruan Qi didn't understand and was greatly shocked.
But after the shock, she was pleasantly surprised to discover a problem - since X was an experimental subject, could his fatal spot also be at the back of his neck?
With this guess in mind, Ruan Qi kept attacking X's neck during the fight.
And X's reaction made her very happy——
His fatal flaw was actually in that place!
The enemy's weakness was discovered, and Ruan Qi's attacks became more and more fierce. X's face suddenly darkened when he heard her words.
"When did you go to my room? How did you get in? Is there a mole in the headquarters who is supposed to be your accomplice?!"
The doors of the office need to be verified before they can be opened. If there is no insider in the headquarters, Ruan Qi will never be able to get in.
X, who was suspicious by nature, thought of a lot of things in an instant, and went through all the people in the headquarters who might be the mole in his mind.
Seeing his gloomy face, Ruan Qi felt something in her heart and smiled.
"You should know clearly whether there's a mole to help me. As for who the mole is... do you remember who went back to the office with you after the meeting last night?"
Of course X remembers.
After the meeting last night, there was only one person who returned to the office with him - Xu Qingya!
But how could Xu Qingya be the traitor?
She has such a deep hatred for the Ruan family that it is absolutely impossible for her to betray the organization and stand on Ruan Qi's side.
Ruan Qi must be lying.
"Don't try to sow discord. I won't believe you." X dodged Ruan Qi's attack and said sternly, "Xu Qingya and I have four children. She won't betray the organization, let alone me!"
Ruan Qi: "Really? How can you be sure that Cheng Bosong and the others are your biological children? Just based on a paternity test report? Aren't you afraid it's fake? I think Cheng Bosong and Cheng Qi look more alike. No one who has seen them has ever suspected that they are not father and son."
Ruan Qi has been immersed in the entertainment industry for so long and has seen countless melodramatic scripts. No one knows better than her how to stir up suspicion in people's hearts.
What's more, Xu Qingya is a person with no credibility. She was able to deceive Cheng Qi with the child back then, so who can guarantee that she won't repeat the same trick and use the same method to deceive X?
Ruan Qi seized this opportunity and planted a seed of doubt in X's heart.
Although X didn't show it on his face, his fighting movements stiffened a bit. It was obvious that he had begun to doubt Xu Qingya.
Seeing this, Ruan Qi laughed inwardly, and the movements of his hands became more fierce.
The two men fought for a while and it was difficult to tell who was the winner.
Meanwhile, as X took action, the experimental subjects began to move again. The entire operation team was surrounded by nearly 200 experimental subjects and fell into a melee.
On the seventh floor underground, in the pale light, there was a sea of blood red.
The members of the action team were injured one after another. No matter how strong they were, they were still mortal and could not compete with so many strong experimental subjects.
Gradually, some people could not hold on any longer and fell down one after another.
The balance of victory seemed to be tilting towards the experimental subjects.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Ruan Qi immediately shouted: "Jiujiu, come and help me!"
As the strongest member of the operation team, Xi Jiu was surrounded by the experimental subjects from the very beginning. He had the most enemies around him, and he also killed the most enemies.
However, as more and more members of the operation team were injured, Xi Jiu was implicated. Not only did he have to defend himself from the experimental subjects' attacks, but he also had to rescue the injured team members in the chaos. As a result, his injuries gradually increased.
If this goes on, even if Xi Jiu is a master of ancient martial arts at the grandmaster level, he will not be able to hold on to the end.
To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. If you want to stop these experimental subjects, you must first get rid of their controller X.
Ruan Qi shouted, and Xi Jiu immediately broke free from the encirclement.
Ruan Qi held the short blade in her hand and rushed straight to the back of X's neck, while shouting sharply: "Jiujiu, catch him!"
Xi Jiu flashed forward, and powerful energy surged towards X like an overwhelming force.
X was startled, and the sleeves wrapped around his arms were suddenly torn apart, revealing two mutated, terrifying and hideous arms.
"Master Xi, let's see whether your ancient martial arts are more powerful or my mutant is more powerful!"
X shouted coldly and attacked Xi Jiu with his powerful and ferocious arms.
The two men instantly fell into a melee.
Ruan Qi took this opportunity, flew forward, and stabbed X's neck with the sharp short blade.
X sensed the danger and tried to dodge. But Xi Jiu wouldn't let him do that. His powerful hands were like branches clinging to X's body, firmly holding his shoulders.
Ruan Qi's short blade reached X's neck in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the sharp tip of the knife about to pierce his vital spot, X's face bulged with veins, and he struggled to break free from Xi Jiu's restraints. At the same time, Ruan Qi suddenly heard a faint sound of breaking air from behind her.
Alerted to danger, she dodged to the right.
The next second, a bullet that was supposed to hit Ruan Qi flew past her ear and hit X's shoulder.
The bullet entered the body and blood splattered.
X felt no pain, but the bullet's entry felt terrible. He turned his head in anger, wanting to see who had the audacity to hurt him. But when he saw the man holding the gun, X's expression froze.
"Why is it you?!"
X looked at Xu Qingya who was standing not far away, his face full of disbelief.
Ruan Qi also saw Xu Qingya at this time. Xu Qingya was wearing a black dress, with messy hair, looking a little disheveled. She was holding a gun, and her hand was shaking violently because of accidentally injuring X.
"No, no... I didn't mean to hurt you..."
Xu Qingya frantically tried to explain.
But Ruan Qi rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "Mrs. Xu, thank you for your help. After this matter is resolved, I will take you back to your country to see your children."
Xu Qingya didn't understand why Ruan Qi said that, and for a moment she stood there in a daze without refuting.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, X's suspicions, which he had suppressed with great difficulty, suddenly surfaced again.
This was not Xu Qingya's first time using a gun. Although she was not a sharpshooter who could hit the target every time, her hit rate was over 70%.
With such a high hit rate, will he really be injured by mistake?
Or did she deliberately shoot him under the pretext of accidental injury?
X is suspicious by nature. Even though he knows rationally that he should trust Xu Qingya, the one in ten thousand possibility still makes him unable to control his suspicion.
Therefore, he looked at Xu Qingya with a more scrutinizing look unconsciously.
Xu Qingya's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
She finally understood why Ruan Qi said that just now.
This damn girl is trying to sow discord between her and X!
Xu Qingya knew too well how suspicious X was. Meeting his gaze, she was in a state of panic. She quickly said, "Don't listen to Ruan Qi's nonsense! I have such a deep grudge against her parents, how could I stand on her side? She's just trying to sow discord!"
When Ruan Qi heard this, she did not refute but laughed meaningfully.
This smile made X's suspicion even stronger.
But he didn't have time to think about it, Xi Jiu's attack was right in front of him.
Suddenly, X was once again caught in a fight.
On the other hand, after Xu Qingya sensed X's suspicion, she knew she could no longer stay here.
She knew X too well. A cold-blooded and selfish man like him would never let anyone off easy once he became suspicious of them.
She couldn't stay here any longer, otherwise even if Ruan Qi didn't kill her, X would never let her go.
Although she was reluctant to give up the power and wealth that Organization X had brought her, Xu Qingya valued her life more. She glanced at X, who was struggling with Xi Jiu, gritted her teeth, and with a determined heart, turned and fled towards the emergency exit.
However, before she could escape from the seventh underground floor, she was dragged back by a huge force.
"Mrs. Xu, where do you want to go?" Ruan Qi's cold and smiling voice came from behind like a devil.
Xu Qingya's body stiffened, and before she could say anything, someone grabbed her collar and lifted her up.
Ruan Qi picked her up and pressed her roughly against the wall.
Xu Qingya cried out in pain and said in panic, "Ruan Qi, what do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do?" Ruan Qi's brows were cold. "I want to ask Madam Xu, what do you want to do to China? In less than a week, nearly 20,000 people in the imperial capital were poisoned and fell into a coma. Was this you who did it?!"
Xu Qingya's collar was strangled, and she had difficulty breathing. She spoke with difficulty: "No, it wasn't me... X... X made me do it..."
"Did X make you do it?" Ruan Qi sneered. "You, Xu Qingya, have been the wife of the Cheng family for ten years. If you didn't want to, who in this world could force you? Xu Qingya, as a Chinese citizen, you enjoy all the rights of a Chinese citizen, yet you betrayed your country and harmed your compatriots. Have you lost your conscience?"
Ever since Xu Qingya became the wife of the Cheng family, no one had dared to speak to her like this in the past twenty years, not to mention that Ruan Qi was just a little kid who was several decades younger than her.
Xu Qingya's face flushed red from being scolded, and she said angrily, "How dare you talk to me like that..."
"What am I afraid of?" Ruan Qi interrupted her rudely, "Not only do I dare to scold you, I also dare to hit you! Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to hit you! You forced my grandmother to death back then, and this punch is for her!"
Before she could finish her words, Ruan Qi punched Xu Qingya in the face.
Xu Qingya didn't have any ancient martial arts skills, so facing Ruan Qi was like an ant trying to shake a tree; she was completely no match. Ruan Qi's punch sent her flying backwards over ten meters, and when she hit the ground, she vomited blood with a groan, expelling two back teeth.
Xu Qingya had never been beaten like this before, and she was stunned.
“You, you…”
Before she could finish her words, Ruan Qi came up and picked her up again.
"This punch is for my parents and brother. If it weren't for you and Cheng Qi, those two old bastards, Mom and Dad wouldn't have been forced to leave the imperial capital. My mom was pregnant at the time. Do you know how hard it was for her to escape? Do you know that my dad almost died? Do you know that my brother was only eight years old at the time? Xu Qingya, you owe our Ruan family a debt you will never be able to repay in your next life!"
When Ruan Qi mentioned the suffering his parents and brother had endured, he was filled with hatred.
She picked up Xu Qingya and swung her arm with great force.
Xu Qingya was instantly thrown out like a parabola.
Bang—crash!
Xu Qingya flew over ten meters before crashing heavily onto the lab table. The various instruments and bottles on the table were shattered, and the glass shards pierced her body.
Suddenly, Xu Qingya let out a sharp wail.
“It hurts—it hurts so much! It hurts so much—!”
Xu Qingya has lived a life of luxury for more than 20 years, eating and wearing the best food. She has never suffered such a hardship.
She was so pale from the pain, her face was covered with tears and snot.
But Ruan Qi had no intention of letting her go. She walked towards Xu Qingya with an expressionless face, slowly raising her fist filled with energy.
Seeing that she was about to attack again, Xu Qingya quickly begged for mercy: "I was wrong! Ruan Qi, I was wrong! Considering that I am also a member of the Cheng family, please let me go!"
Ruan Qi paused.
"Cheng family?" She slowly raised her eyebrows. "Mrs. Xu, are you confused because of your age? Do I have any relationship with the Cheng family?"
Xu Qingya trembled as she spoke, "I know you hate the Cheng family... but no matter how much you hate them, the blood in your body is also the Cheng family's... That's right! You and Jinyan have a good relationship, right? I'm Jinyan's biological grandmother. Can you bear to let him lose his only grandmother?!"
It would have been fine if Xu Qingya didn't mention it, but as soon as Cheng Jinyan was mentioned, Ruan Qi became even angrier.
"How dare you say you're Big Brother's biological grandmother?! Where were you, his grandmother, when Big Brother was abused by his parents? If you had any conscience, Big Brother wouldn't have been beaten so badly when he was a child!"
After saying that, Ruan Qi picked up Xu Qingya.
"This punch is for Brother Jinyan! You are not worthy of being his closest relative!"
A fist filled with powerful energy came whistling.
Xu Qingya screamed, blood spurted out of her mouth, and she flew out again.
Ruan Qi hadn't used her full strength when she attacked; otherwise, with Xu Qingya's small frame, she might have died by now. Although she didn't die, Ruan Qi's punch had broken four of her ribs and damaged her internal organs.
Xu Qingya was an ordinary person, and she couldn't bear such severe internal injuries. She lay on the ground, in so much pain that she could barely breathe. She could only watch as Ruan Qi came over and lifted her up again.
This time, Ruan Qi planned to send Xu Qingya to the west.
She clenched her fists, and powerful energy quickly emerged from between her fingers.
Xu Qingya watched her movements, her eyes filled with fear and despair. But at this moment, her gaze suddenly shifted to behind Ruan Qi, as if she saw something, and her eyes burst into a gleam.
Ruan Qi noticed her strangeness and felt something was wrong.
"Sister-in-law! Be careful--!" Bai Yuchen's anxious voice suddenly exploded behind him.
Ruan Qi knew something was wrong and immediately let go of Xu Qingya and dodged. At the same moment, a tall figure lunged at her from behind, their fist as big as a casserole pot instantly smashing into Ruan Qi's shoulder.
Ruan Qi couldn't dodge in time, and her shoulder bone made a chilling crisp sound.
Severe pain instantly spread from my shoulder.
Xu Qingya, who was thrown aside, saw Ruan Qi injured, and the corners of her bloody mouth immediately broke into a smile.
She didn't know where she got the strength from, but she endured the severe pain and took out a whistle-like object from her pocket. She put it to her lips and blew it hard with all her strength.
"Hurry up! Kill Ruan Qi for me! Kill her!"
The whistle in Xu Qingya's hand was like a switch on a player. As soon as the whistle sounded, the experimental subject who attacked Ruan Qi immediately went crazy.
He roared and pounced on Ruan Qi. Ruan Qi did not dodge and met him head-on.
boom--!
The experimental subject's iron fist and Ruan Qi's delicate fist collided fiercely.
Strong winds surged, and the air around was twisted as if torn apart.
The huge pain quickly spread from the fist upwards, and Ruan Qi's already injured shoulder hurt even more.
She gritted her teeth, grabbed the subject with her left hand, turned over and pounced on the back of his neck.
Ruan Qi pulled out the short blade from his waist and quickly stabbed it between the second and third vertebrae of the opponent's spine.
While this experimental subject's punches were strong, his overall strength was no match for Ruan Qi. Ruan Qi controlled him with one hand, the other holding the short blade. Just as the tip of the short blade was about to pierce the subject's flesh, the screams of the action team members suddenly erupted.
"Brother Nine, be careful!!!"
Ruan Qi was startled and subconsciously looked at Xi Jiu.
Xi Jiu was still fighting with X. Normally, with his Grandmaster-level strength, the experimental subject should not be his opponent.
However, something seems to be wrong with X.
His arms had taken on their ultimate mutated form, his eyes were crimson, and he was much more muscular than before. And all around him... a current seemed to linger.
And that airflow, if Ruan Qi saw it correctly, seemed to be the energy of ancient martial arts?
How come X has the energy of an ancient warrior?
He is obviously not a ancient warrior.
Ruan Qi was confused, but had no time to think about it, because the energy around X was rapidly surging, and in less than a moment he broke through the Grandmaster level.
In the ancient martial arts world, the Grandmaster level is second only to the Grandmaster, and Ruan Qi's strength is at this level.
Ancient warriors at this level are very powerful, but they are still no match for Grandmasters. However, X not only possesses Grandmaster-level strength, he also has a body of steel.
The combination of grandmaster-level ancient martial arts and an indestructible body creates terrifying destructive power.
Xi Jiu, who was originally in an advantageous position in the battle, is in danger.
However, the more dangerous thing is yet to come——
The energy around X is still rising!
"Fuck! At this rate, he'll soon break through to the Grandmaster level! What on earth did this old bastard eat? How could he possess ancient martial arts?"
Bai Li widened his eyes in disbelief.
Ruan Qi's heart sank.
She suddenly thought of what she overheard outside X's office last night - X said that the new generation of nightmare poison was about to be completed.
X possesses ancient martial arts energy. Could it be related to the new generation of nightmares?
Thinking of this, Ruan Qi quickly dealt with the experimental subject, walked over and picked up Xu Qingya.
"How come X has ancient martial arts energy? Is it related to your newly developed nightmare?"
Xu Qingya was dizzy and dazed from the pain, and her eyes widened when she heard Ruan Qi's question.
"How do you know about the new version of Nightmare?!"
Very good, Xu Qingya’s reaction has confirmed that her guess is correct.
Ruan Qi asked again in a cold voice: "Who has been injected with the new version of Nightmare? Where is the fatal point for those who have been injected with it? Tell me quickly! Or I will kill you!"
The sharp short blade approached Xu Qingya's eyes. As long as Ruan Qi's hand trembled, the tip of the blade would pierce her eyeball.
The feeling was so terrifying that Xu Qingya screamed in fright.
"Keep the knife away! Don't touch my eyes!"
Ruan Qi: "Will you tell me or not? If not, I will turn you into a one-eyed dragon right away!" After saying that, the short blade moved forward another millimeter.
Xu Qingya could practically feel the chill on the blade. She didn't even dare blink and spoke hurriedly, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! X's ancient martial arts energy is indeed the result of being injected with the new version of Nightmare, but it's only in the trial phase right now, and we haven't given it to anyone else yet."
"What about the fatal spot? Where is it?"
Xu Qingya: "I, I don't know..."
Hearing this, Ruan Qi shook her wrist and the tip of the knife pierced her eyelid.
Xu Qingya felt the pain in her eyelids and was so frightened she screamed, "I really don't know! X didn't allow me to participate in the development of the new version of Nightmare, but he told me that besides the back of the neck, there's another fatal spot in the new version of Nightmare. Only when both of these spots are damaged will the power of the new version of Nightmare disappear. I'm telling the truth! Stop it! Stop it now!"
Xu Qingya was so frightened that she was shaking all over, and she didn't look like she was lying.
Ruan Qi retracted the short blade and raised his hand knife to knock her unconscious.
Xu Qingya suddenly collapsed to the ground.
Ruan Qi didn't bother to deal with her and turned to run towards Xi Jiu.
In reality, Xi Jiu's strength alone was enough to deal with dozens of test subjects. However, X's mutation was too abnormal. Not only did his ancient martial arts skills reach the same level as Xi Jiu's, but he also gained a buff of iron skin and bones.
As a result, Xi Jiu's situation became difficult.
Every time he threw a punch, it was as if he was hitting an iron man. But the iron man also possessed the energy of a grandmaster, and his lethality was simply off the charts.
When Ruan Qi rushed over, Xi Jiu already had several wounds on his body.
Of course, X had more injuries. But he had no sense of pain, and his injuries had no effect on his movements. On the contrary, as his Qi level increased, X's mind began to lose control, and the aura around him became increasingly violent.
Ruan Qi rushed to Xi Jiu's side and without saying a word, went straight for the back of X's neck.
No matter where the other fatal flaw of the new version of Nightmare is, let’s solve the back of the neck first.
Ruan Qi moved quickly, and her figure appeared behind X like a ghost.
But X was faster. His ultimate evolution allowed his five senses to reach their peak acuity. As soon as Ruan Qi appeared, he sensed her and dodged like lightning.
"Jiujiu, attack his lower body!"
Ruan Qi shouted, ignoring her own defense, and pounced directly at X.
At the same time, Xi Jiu attacked X's lower body.
Xi Jiu's attack was fierce, and even with X's double buff, he didn't dare to relax. He quickly dodged Xi Jiu's attack, leaving his upper body defenseless.
Ruan Qi took the opportunity to throw herself on his back.
X sensed the danger, and his grandmaster-level energy transformed into countless blades that flew out.
The sharp blade slashed across Ruan Qi's body, leaving countless scars on her body and face.
But Ruan Qi gritted her teeth and refused to let go. She raised the short blade in her hand, blood dripping from the back of her hand and fingers. Blood spread over the handle of the short blade, dripping drop by drop onto the back of X's neck.
X suddenly felt as if he was scalded, and attacked Ruan Qi uncontrollably.
The Grandmaster-level energy was like a heavy hammer, hammering down on Ruan Qi's heart. She shuddered, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.
"Baby!"
Seeing the little girl injured, Xi Jiu's blood rushed to his body. His eyes instantly turned red, and he attacked X like a madman, each move fatal.
X was beaten back repeatedly by this crazy fighting style and could no longer distract himself to deal with Ruan Qi.
Ruan Qi took this opportunity and stabbed down with the short blade.
puff--!
The sharp tip of the knife cut through the skin and penetrated deep into the flesh. Blood gushed out instantly, splattering hotly on Ruan Qi's face.
Ruan Qi ignored him and tightened his grip on the knife handle again.
——The fifteen-centimeter-long short blade pierced X's neck at a downward angle.
X, who was struggling with Xi Jiu, suddenly stopped.
The next second, he let out a terrifying and painful roar, and his iron-hard hands turned into claws, grabbing Ruan Qi who was clinging to his back.
"I'll kill you—I'll kill you—!"
The iron-hook-like claws were approaching her face. Ruan Qi immediately loosened her grip on X's hand and jumped to the ground.
Seeing her escape, X immediately pounced on her. His red eyes and ferocious features betrayed his madness.
Xu Qingya had previously said that the new poison test subjects had two fatal spots, one of which was the back of the neck. But what she didn't know was that while stabbing the test subject in the back of the neck would indeed significantly reduce their strength, there was also a side effect: damage to the back of the neck would cause the test subject to completely mutate into a frenzy, attacking indiscriminately without regard for any consequences.
X has now entered this state.
His rationality gradually dissipated, and his red eyes were filled with only killing intent. He roared like a beast and rushed towards Ruan Qi, his body covered in blood, looking ferocious and terrifying.
How could Xi Jiu let such a crazy beast get close to Ruan Qi?
He dodged and caught up with X, his long and powerful legs wrapped in a strong wind, and slashed hard on X's neck.
The damage to his vital spot made X's perception of pain much more acute. He screamed in pain, turned around, and attacked Xi Jiu with red eyes.
The two men started fighting again.
Ruan Qi took advantage of X being entangled by Xi Jiu and attacked him from behind. Countless silver needles rained down, flashing icy light through the air, and in the blink of an eye, they all shot into X's body like sharp arrows.
With Xi Jiu in front and Ruan Qi behind, X was caught in a double attack and began to show signs of decline.
While dealing with Xi Jiu's attack, he also had to avoid Ruan Qi's sneak attack. In his haste, a flaw was accidentally exposed -
When X was dodging sneak attacks, he always seemed to protect the area between his collarbones.
The position was inconspicuous, and Ruan Qi didn't notice it at first. But as X dodged more and more times, she gradually discovered this flaw.
Why does X want to protect that place?
Could it be that... the new experimental subject's other fatal flaw lies there?!
This speculation made Ruan Qi's heart beat faster.
She suppressed her excitement and tentatively shot a silver needle towards X's collarbone.
X sensed danger and immediately shielded his collarbone with his arms and flew backwards.
really!
X is deliberately protecting that place!
The area between the two clavicles is most likely another fatal point of the experimental subject!
Ruan Qi's heartbeat quickened as he flew towards X, shouting at Xi Jiujiao, "Jiujiu, attack his Tiantu acupoint!"
Tiantuxue is the area between the two clavicles.
When Xi Jiu heard Ruan Qi's words, he didn't ask why and immediately changed his palm into a fist to attack X's Tiantuxue.
X, who was originally in a state of madness, sensed a strong sense of danger and dodged to avoid it.
But Ruan Qi had already pounced on him from behind, blocking his retreat.
Although X has lost all his rationality, protecting his vital points is ingrained in his instincts. When his vital points are threatened, his instinct will make him destroy everything around him.
The majestic energy exploded, and the huge airflow formed a wind blade that raged in the air.
Ruan Qi, who pounced forward, was hit directly by the airflow.
She endured the severe pain in her chest and locked X's arms: "Jiujiu, hurry!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xi Jiu had already arrived in front of X.
A huge palm filled with powerful energy chopped down fiercely. X's body was locked by Ruan Qi and he could not move. He could only watch Xi Jiu attack him.
boom--!
The air flow surged, transforming into an invisible sharp blade that pierced X's Tiantuxue.
The fierce energy broke through the flesh and blood splattered in an instant.
“Ah ...!!!”
X let out a terrifying scream. His instinct for survival unleashed the last of his potential, and countless energies surged upward, transforming into a massive airflow that sent Ruan Qi flying.
"Baby!"
Xi Jiu rushed towards Ruan Qi as fast as he could, stretched out his hand and caught her.
Ruan Qi fell into Xi Jiu's arms, frowned, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
X's full-strength attack was terrifying, even Ruan Qi could hardly withstand it. She felt as if her internal organs were shifting, and her breath was filled with the salty smell of blood.
When Xi Jiu saw Ruan Qi vomiting blood, his face turned pale.
"Baby, how are you? Where do you feel uncomfortable? Why did you vomit so much blood?" Xi Jiu's voice was trembling.
Ruan Qi shook her head with difficulty: "It's okay... I'm fine, Jiujiu, go see if X is dead."
Xi Jiu was worried about her, but the situation was critical and he couldn't afford to be too sentimental.
Helplessly, Xi Jiu could only carefully put Ruan Qi on the ground and go to inquire about X's situation.
X was hit in another fatal spot, and the energy in his body weakened rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In less than a minute, he went from being a grandmaster-level ancient martial arts expert to an ordinary person without any energy.
His physical strength also weakened rapidly, and his strong and sturdy limbs quickly returned to their original shape like deflated balls; the blue veins and blood vessels on his face gradually disappeared.
When Xi Jiu walked over, X was already unable to move due to exhaustion.
He fell to the ground in a mess, his throat making a hoarse sound: "Impossible... Impossible... I can't lose..."
Xi Jiu walked up to him with a cold look in his eyes, raised his foot, and stepped hard on his arm.
Without the catalysis of the nightmare poison, X's pain perception had returned to normal. Xi Jiu's kick was like a heavy weight. As soon as it landed, X's arm made a creepy sound of bone cracking.
X couldn't hold it in any longer and let out a hysterical scream.
“Let me go! Aaaaaaaah—let me go!!!”
Xi Jiu didn't let go.
He stepped on X's arm, squatted down, grabbed his collar and lifted him up.
"How do we get those experimental subjects to stop?"
Although X has returned to normal, the test subjects are still mutated. The number of test subjects is too great, and the task force is outnumbered, so everyone is injured. If this continues, everyone will be in danger.
Xi Jiu held X and forced him to tell him how to control the experimental subjects.
X, however, was immersed in the blow of his failure, looking crazy and as if he had lost his mind.
Xi Jiu frowned, deciding to use a hard approach if soft tactics didn't work.
"Jiujiu, wait a moment." Ruan Qi's voice suddenly came from behind.
Xi Jiu turned around and saw the little girl holding her chest, walking slowly towards him with a pale face.
Xi Jiu quickly stood up and went over to support her.
"Why did you come here by yourself? Don't you feel any pain anymore?"
"I'm fine. I just took some medicine and I feel much better." Ruan Qi walked over slowly and looked down at X lying on the ground.
X looked crazy, and kept muttering "Impossible, I won't lose", crying and laughing at the same time, looking like he had suffered a blow and was mentally ill.
"Is this crazy?"
"Who knows." Xi Jiu said coldly, "Maybe he's really crazy, or maybe he's just pretending."
X is cunning by nature, and it is possible that he pretends to be crazy and stupid in order to save his life.
Ruan Qi didn't want to bother guessing whether he was really crazy or just pretending to be. She pointed at X and said to Xi Jiu, "Jiujiu, go search him to see if he has a whistle."
"whistle?"
"Yes." Ruan Qi nodded and explained softly, "Just now, I saw Xu Qingya use a whistle to control low-level test subjects, so I guess they control the test subjects through sound. Xu Qingya doesn't have enough authority and can only control low-level test subjects, but X is the leader of the entire organization. He should have a way to control all the test subjects. You can search him, maybe you can find something."
When Xi Jiu heard this, he immediately squatted down and searched on X's body.
X still looked frantic, struggling with his hands and feet, making the body search much more difficult.
When he hit Xi Jiu for the second time, Ruan Qi's face finally turned cold.
"He's already crazy, and there's nothing to be gained from him. Might as well just kill him now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the X-like kicking movements of his hands and feet paused.
Ruan Qi noticed this, his eyes flashed, and he continued to say to Xi Jiu: "Jiujiu, do it, there is no point in keeping him here."
Xi Jiu turned his head to look at Ruan Qi and immediately understood.
"Okay, listen to the baby."
After he finished speaking, Xi Jiu pulled out a gun from behind, pointed it at X's heart and was about to pull the trigger.
X, who was lying on the ground like a madman, suddenly jumped up at this moment, and his five fingers turned into claws and rushed straight to Xi Jiu's throat.
X's movements were considered fast among ordinary people, but in Xi Jiu's eyes, they were as slow as double the speed.
He simply raised his hand casually, and X was pressed back onto the chopping board like a dying fish.
Ruan Qi, who was standing beside him, raised an eyebrow: "Huh? Stop pretending? Old man, your acting is pretty good."
X was pushed back to the ground by Xi Jiu, breathing heavily, staring fiercely with his narrow and cold eyes.
Ruan Qi let him stare, then turned to Xi Jiu and said, "Jiujiu, keep searching. He must have something on him."
In order to prevent X from rioting again, Xi Jiu simply cut off his arms and legs and then concentrated on searching.
My arms and legs were removed and I was sweating all over from the pain.
He screamed and roared, "I won't let you go! I'm going to kill you!"
"Kill me? Your arms and legs are all broken, and you still want to kill me? You old bastard, you don't think you can walk out of here alive, do you?"
Ruan Qi's words made X's expression freeze.
He pretended to be crazy because he was afraid that Ruan Qi and Xi Jiu would kill him. However, he didn't expect that these two people would not play by the rules and would not even let the madman go.
The muscles on X's face twitched violently, and he said in a hoarse voice, "What good will you get from killing me? Ruan Qi, how about we make a deal? You let me go, and I'll give you all my property!"
Organization X has been established for decades and has accumulated wealth comparable to that of a nation. With so much money, no one would be unmoved.
He was confident that Ruan Qi would agree to him.
But the next second, he heard a reply: "I don't."
X raised his eyes in disbelief. "What did you say? You don't agree?"
"Yes, I don't agree." Ruan Qi said with disdain, "Such dirty money, I'm afraid it will shorten my life. Besides, my family is also very rich. Who would want your little money to feed a beggar?"
I was so angry that I almost vomited blood.
What does three melons and two dates mean?
The wealth he'd accumulated over the years could have created a small country! How come it was just a handful in Ruan Qi's eyes?!
"You, you... don't you want to have supreme power? As long as you let me go, I will give you the entire organization!"
"No." Ruan Qi was unmoved. "What do I need so much power for? Leading humanity to invade outer space? The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. I'm too busy to have time for a relationship."
“…”
This guy is still in love!
His face turned pale with anger, and he stared at Ruan Qi intently: "You, you...how can you not be moved by these things? I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"
Ruan Qi rolled her eyes.
"Do you really think everyone likes that crap? My parents are rich, my brother is rich, my fiancé is rich, my life is already happy enough, why should I add burdens to myself? Isn't it good to live a stable life? Forget it, people like you won't understand, I'm too lazy to tell you. Jiujiu, did you find it?"
"Found it."
Xi Jiu took out a golden whistle from the innermost layer of X's clothes, stood up and handed it to Ruan Qi.
Ruan Qi took it in his hand and took a look at it.
Aside from its color, the shape and appearance of this whistle were essentially the same as Xu Qingya's silver whistle. Ruan Qi brought it close to her lips and blew gently, finding that the sound it produced was sharper than Xu Qingya's.
"Is this what you use to control the experimental subjects?" She looked at X.
X didn't answer, but said, "If you let me go, I will teach you how to control the experimental subject."
Ruan Qi refused without thinking.
"I hope you'll seriously consider this," X continued. "Your companions are still fighting the experimental subjects. Only by controlling the experimental subjects can we save them. Miss Ruan, you should know which to choose between my life and the lives of your companions."
X mentioned what Ruan Qi was most concerned about.
The members of the action team are already at the end of their strength. If they can't control the experimental subjects, they may not be able to get out of here.
But, let X go?
impossible!
If we let this old bastard go, who will give an explanation to the tens of thousands of people in China who were poisoned? Who will give an explanation to the victims who were tortured to death in the experiments?
It is definitely impossible to let him go, not in this lifetime.
Since this old bastard won't say...
Ruan Qi's eyes rolled, and she walked quickly towards Xu Qingya with the golden whistle in hand.
Xu Qingya had already collapsed on the ground, unable to move. Ruan Qi walked over and picked her up.
"I'll give you a chance to live," she said to Xu Qingya, shaking the golden whistle in her hand. "You should recognize this, right? Tell me how to use it, and I'll let you leave here alive."
X didn't expect Ruan Qi to go find Xu Qingya, and he immediately started to flutter with excitement.
“Xu Qingya you… mmmmm!”
Before he could finish his words, Xi Jiu covered his mouth with his hand.
X could only stare in impotent rage.
When Xu Qingya heard the noise here, her whole body couldn't help but tremble, and a look of hesitation flashed in her eyes.
No one knew better than her how ruthless X was. If she really told him how to use the golden whistle, X would definitely not let her go.
The pressure that X had put on Xu Qingya over the years made her afraid to speak.
Ruan Qi looked at her and whispered, "Xu Qingya, that old bastard is done for. He's become a useless cripple, unable to lift anything. It won't be long before he's reduced from a cripple to a cold corpse. X is no longer a threat to you, so you don't have to be afraid of him. Tell me how to use the Golden Whistle, and I'll let you out immediately. Don't you want to be free? Cheng Bosong and the others are still waiting for you in China."
Ruan Qi's words were like Pandora's box, full of endless temptations.
Xu Qingya's heart began to shake wildly.
Yes, X has become a useless person.
Why is she still afraid of him?
She wanted to get out! She wanted to live! Although she was no longer the wife of the Cheng family, she still had several children, and she could still spend her old age in their care!
Her desire to live was more important than anything else, even the fear that X had caused her over the years was shattered.
"I'll tell you!" Xu Qingya's eyes widened, a glint in their eyes. "If I tell you, will you really let me out?"
Ruan Qi: "Of course. I swear, I will make sure you leave the headquarters alive."
Although Xu Qingya didn't like Ruan Qi, she had to admit that the Ruan family's character and reputation were still very secure.
Since Ruan Qi has made a vow, he will definitely let her walk out of here alive.
Xu Qingya felt relieved and said weakly, "I'll tell you how to use the golden whistle..."
"Xu Qingya!!!" X, who was not far away, glared at her and wished he could tear her apart.
Xu Qingya flinched in fear and whispered to Ruan Qi, "The golden whistle is specially made. Its sound has a specific frequency and wavelength. Only by blowing it at the specified rhythm can it control the experimental subject."
"What is the designated rhythm?"
"Yes..." Xu Qingya whispered how to play the golden whistle, leaving X, who was not far away, helpless and furious.
At this point, the experimental subjects, without X's control, had fallen into a state of madness.
The situation of the action team became increasingly dangerous, and more and more people were injured.
To help everyone out of their predicament as quickly as possible, Ruan Qi memorized the golden whistle's playing method as quickly as possible. Well-versed in music theory, she mastered the rhythm after only two attempts.
"Is this how it's played?" Ruan Qi asked Xu Qingya.
Xu Qingya looked at her with mixed feelings.
She and Liu Qiuyu are both ladies of the Cheng family, but why are Liu Qiuyu's descendants so outstanding, while her children are all useless?
Is she going to live in Liu Qiuyu's shadow forever?
Is she really not as good as Liu Qiuyu?
Xu Qingya had been competing with Liu Qiuyu all her life. She had originally thought that if she could force Liu Qiuyu to death, she would have the last laugh.
But reality told her that it was not the case.
Even if Liu Qiuyu died, Cheng Qi still wouldn't love her wholeheartedly. Even if she took the position of the Cheng family's head wife, outsiders would always look at her with contempt.
Her children were inferior to Liu Qiuyu's son in every way, and her grandchildren were even trampled under the feet of Liu Qiuyu's granddaughter, Ruan Qi.
Even she herself now depends on Ruan Qi to leave here alive.
It seems that she will never be able to compare to Liu Qiuyu.
Xu Qingya's mood was extremely complicated, with jealousy, shame, hatred, and fear intertwined together, making her feel mixed.
She looked at Ruan Qi with complicated eyes and nodded reluctantly: "You are right."
Ruan Qi stood up immediately after hearing this.
The battle between the experimental subjects and the action team became increasingly stalemate.
After Xi Jiu subdued X, he also joined the battle. However, although he was a master of the Grandmaster level, the enemy was too numerous and Xi Jiu was unable to save all his companions at once.
More and more people were injured and fell down.
Xi Jiu, Gu Feiyang, Bai Yuchen and Bo Ye rushed to the front, covered in blood and full of murderous intent.
Suddenly, three test subjects, blinded by rage, rushed towards Bai Yuchen from three directions.
Bai Yuchen was being entangled by an experimental subject at the moment and was unable to split himself apart. He could only watch the three people rushing towards him.
Xi Jiu and Gu Feiyangbo, who were not far away, also saw this scene. They shook off the enemies who were entangled with them and rushed towards this side like crazy.
"noob!"
"Old Four!"
Xi Jiu and the other two were very fast, but the distance was too far. Before they could catch up, the three experimental subjects had already surrounded Bai Yuchen.
Bai Yuchen was already seriously injured at this time. He could barely hold on against one or two experimental subjects, but when three experimental subjects surrounded him at the same time, Bai Yuchen could only wait for death.
A fist as big as a casserole, accompanied by a terrifying gust of wind, was getting closer and closer to him. Bai Yuchen spat out a mouthful of blood and closed his eyes in despair.
It's over.
If he lost his life here, I wonder if Qin Qingdi would cry to death.
I'm afraid I won't be able to coax her myself this time.
Why.
Bai Yuchen sighed in his heart, closed his eyes and waited quietly for death.
However, the expected death did not come. Just when he felt that the subject's fist was about to hit his head, a sharp and rapid whistle suddenly sounded.
The fist that was almost in close contact with him suddenly stopped.
At the same time, the sounds of fighting and roaring around seemed to have pressed the pause button and all came to an abrupt halt.
what happened?
Bai Yuchen noticed something was wrong and opened his eyes cautiously——
A fist as big as a casserole stopped less than five centimeters away from his eyes, and the owner of the fist stood stiffly in place, like a lifeless puppet.
Not only him, but also the other two subjects who had rushed forward with him were now completely motionless. Looking further ahead, within the vast seventh underground floor, all the fighting subjects were frozen in place, maintaining the postures of their final movement.
"W-what's going on?"
Bai Yuchen watched all this with a confused look on his face.
Xi Jiu, Gu Feiyang and Bo Ye finally arrived at this time.
"Fourth Brother, are you okay?" Bo Ye grabbed Bai Yuchen and looked at him nervously.
Bai Yuchen shook his head in confusion: "I'm fine, but there seems to be something wrong with these test subjects... Why aren't they moving?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sharp and rapid whistle sounded again.
Everyone turned around and looked at the sound——
Ruan Qi, covered in blood, was seen holding a golden whistle in his hand and playing it continuously at his lips.
She blew the air as she slowly walked towards them. As she moved, the stiff, puppet-like test subjects seemed to receive instructions. They all lowered their arms, turned around, raised their feet, and walked towards her step by step.
Ruan Qi used the golden whistle to control the experimental subjects, guiding them to move forward continuously, and finally, all returned to the metal room.
After all the experimental subjects were returned to the cabinets in the metal room, Ruan Qi gave Xi Jiu a wink.
Xi Jiu immediately gestured to everyone, and all members of the action team dispersed and silently and quickly eliminated the nearly one hundred surviving experimental subjects.
When the vitality of the last experimental subject dissipated, Ruan Qi, who had been blowing the golden whistle, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She took the golden whistle away from her lips, turned her head and said to everyone, "All the experimental subjects have been dealt with. Let's get out of here quickly."
"What about the people who are still alive in Organization X?"
Xi Jiu: "Arrest them all and send them to the International Court of Justice. The crimes they have committed are enough to send them to prison until death." He glanced at everyone and asked, "Can you all still leave?"
Everyone in the action team was injured, and nearly 50% of them were seriously injured and basically lost their ability to move.
Ruan Qi gave them some simple treatment and said softly, "Although the injuries are severe, they are not fatal. Everyone, support each other and walk. Wear your gas masks and be sure not to inhale the poison gas."
After saying that, she took the lead in helping up a female member of the action team.
Seeing this, others helped their seriously injured companions who had lost the ability to move.
Because the elevator system was damaged by thermal weapons during the previous fight, everyone had to take the stairs.
Ruan Qi supported her companion and walked steadily towards the safe passage. When she passed X, who was lying on the ground, she stopped and turned to ask Xi Jiu, "What should we do with this old bastard?"
Finally updated!
My dog has been treated for half a month and is finally out of danger. I'll release a chapter soon. I have only 20,000 words left and I can finish it in the next two days!
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