Ruan Chen did not sense anyone invading her mental realm, but the old voice of the spirit witch rang in her mind.
"Young man, I thought you wouldn't discover the scheme I set up until you died."
"You're satisfied with just 100 million?" Ruan Chen said calmly. "I thought you would wait until the company was completed before making a move against me."
The spirit witch didn't follow her words, but instead continued, "Young man, do you look down on me? Do you think I'm just a clueless old woman? Do you think the people I brought today are all useless old fools who know nothing about the outside world?"
Ruan Chen chuckled softly, but said nothing.
“I know you’re using navigation. These old women and men came here by following the location on Yan Qian’s car—you didn’t expect that, did you? We even use these things.”
Ruan Chen was indeed quite surprised; she had been too careless.
Perhaps it was her innate sense of superiority from China that made her subconsciously regard these local natives as ignorant people who knew nothing.
“One hundred million…” Lingwu continued the topic Ruan Chen had just mentioned, “Young man, I am indeed very tempted by the conditions you have proposed. The young people in the clan all say that this is a good opportunity.”
"But I've lived longer than them and seen far more than they have. What do you young people outside call this again? 'Pie in the sky,' right?"
"The future you've described sounds wonderful, but I know that once we're no longer of any use, those companies will still belong to you outsiders, while we Spirit Clan people will remain at the bottom, doing the hardest work in factories for the lowest wages..."
"This isn't the first time something like this has happened. But you're a decisive young man; you're the first one to actually pay up. I'm not expecting a billion; we'll be satisfied with a hundred million."
Ruan Chen finally spoke up, "I really want to help you. Yan Qian and I are friends, you should be able to tell."
“We don’t want to take any risks. We old folks discussed it last night. You’re a devil who will destroy everything. You have to die.”
As her last words fell, Ruan Chen suddenly felt a sharp, needle-like pain in her temples, but she couldn't find the source of the pain at all. Clearly, her mental network was perfect, and no one had entered her mental domain!
Ruan Chen felt his mental network being pulled apart by an internal force, as if it were about to be completely torn apart.
She didn't even know how to resist.
But Ruan Chen knew she should stay away from these people and leave this encirclement that she didn't know what purpose it served.
She staggered and dragged her legs as she ran towards the outer edge of the bag, feeling dizzy and nauseous.
Ruan Chen felt a burning sensation in her nose, and a warm liquid flowed out. She subconsciously reached out and rubbed her nose, seeing the bright red mark on the back of her hand.
She felt a chill in her heart. This was a sign of mental strain, but she clearly hadn't overused her mental energy!
What's happening now is too bizarre. It's as if someone has silently taken over his mental network and is running rampant within it. This person has disguised his mental network to be exactly the same as Ruan Chen's own, to the point that Ruan Chen has no idea how to find this person.
Ruan Chen seemed to have a flash of inspiration, but she was in too much pain to grasp this fleeting thought.
She ran a couple more steps, then collapsed to the ground. Dust got into her eyes, and she saw a few drops of blood immediately dripping onto the ground.
Ruan Chen wiped the dust into her eyes with the back of her hand, and then rubbed the blood from the back of her hand onto her eyes, making her vision turn blood red.
Or perhaps the bloodshot eyes are too severe.
The headache became even more severe.
Ruan Chen struggled to his feet and saw Ling Wu get out of the car and walk towards him, probably to give the exhausted Ruan Chen a final blow.
But Ruan Chen was unwilling to give up.
She bit her lower lip hard, using the stinging pain to clear her mind, and stumbled toward the car—she wanted to get in and drive away.
She didn't choose to drive away at first because Lingwu was in the car, and Ruan Chen didn't dare to get too close to her. But now that Lingwu has gotten out, she knows that as long as she keeps her distance, she can get out of her current predicament.
She walked faster and faster, running like a dying person in the throes of life. The scene before her eyes began to distort, and time seemed to slow down. Ruan Chen saw the surprise in Ling Wu's eyes, as if she was astonished that Ruan Chen could still run to seek a way out even in this state.
She stretched out her cane to try to stop Ruan Chen, but it was no match for her strong will to survive. Ruan Chen pushed Ling Wu down with both hands, and then fell to the ground herself. But she immediately got up and ran towards the vehicle.
She got into the car, her hands trembling, and rubbed her eyes, which were blurry from bloodshot vision. She reached out and turned the car key to start the engine.
The spirit witch also sensed her intention, and, leaning on her cane, she limped toward the vehicle.
With an unexpected burst of strength, her thin body swung her crutch and smashed the car window, reaching inside to grab Ruan Chen's collar.
Ruan Chen is now extremely weak.
She tried to light the fire twice but it wouldn't start. Just as the hand was about to grab her, Ruan Chen felt a surge of fierceness and she lowered her head and bit down hard on the hand!
The spirit witch howled in pain, but couldn't pull her hand away. Ruan Chen used almost all her strength to bite down and tore off a piece of flesh!
The spirit witch screamed as she clutched her bloodied hand. Ruan Chen finally started the car. Her lips were stained bright red with blood, and even her fair face was covered in blood.
With a deep roar from the engine, Yan Qian's car shot off like a ferocious beast.
Ruan Chen stared intently at the road ahead, then deftly made a U-turn and drove toward the main road.
Sure enough, as the distance increased, Ruan Chen felt her headache lessen significantly and her dizziness subside. She tried her best to keep a steady grip on the steering wheel, and her hand tremors calmed down. She finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the pain from the fall slowly returned.
Just when she thought she was safe, the pain in her head suddenly intensified, and the spirit witch's voice echoed in her consciousness like a curse, "Young man, you have been marked by us. Do you really think you can escape?"
Ruan Chen's vision began to blur, and she couldn't slow down or pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle sped forward almost out of control.
She vaguely saw a silver-gray car approaching and passing by, and Ruan Chen caught a glimpse of the face out of the corner of her eye.
She gave up the idea of calling for help.
Her mental network will be completely torn apart by a force from who-knows-where. Even if she doesn't die today, she will become an idiot.
At that moment, another old man's voice suddenly rang in her mind, cold, condescending, and rebuking, "Get out!"
Not far away, Fu Jianzhi suddenly turned around and forcefully blocked Ruan Chen's out-of-control car with his own.
He kicked open the deformed car door, and after the impact, blood seeped from his forehead, but he didn't care. He bent down and struggled to carry the unconscious Ruan Chen out, his arms bleeding profusely from cuts made by broken glass.
He smiled, and even had the leisure to pull a handkerchief from his suit pocket, gently wiping the blood off Ruan Chen's face, and whispered, "Sister, you were careless."
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