The bright office was decorated in a modern style, which would have been considered very tasteful even before the apocalypse. However, there was a female corpse lying on the floor next to the desk. Her eyes were closed, blood was everywhere, and the air was thick with the smell of blood.
Huang Changqi sat in his large office chair, seemingly oblivious to the scene, and casually called for someone to come in and clean.
They thought it would be a superhuman guarding outside who would come in, but to their surprise, it was a person dressed in black who pushed open the door. This person was wearing a down jacket, but it was still clear that she was a woman.
He frowned at first. Was his office just a place anyone could walk into? That was utterly rude.
He raised his hand, about to use his superpower to kill the woman as well, but the next second he froze, looking at his hand in disbelief. Why couldn't he use his superpower?!
Almost immediately, he realized that the problem lay with the woman in front of him; he had been perfectly fine when he used his powers to kill her.
It was only then that he remembered that the woman had pushed the door open and entered. There were at least four Level 4 ability users guarding outside his door, and they would never allow a stranger to approach his office.
Even if the other party can subdue them, those inside the door can still sense the fluctuations of their supernatural abilities, unlike now when they are completely unprepared.
He's already a level 5 ability user, and the other person was able to subdue him so quickly, even sealing his abilities. There's only one person he knows of who could do that! It's Lin Ruo!
Thinking about this, he looked at the person in front of him and felt that she was becoming more and more familiar. How could he have overlooked her?
He had long heard of Lin Ruo's strength, which was why he decisively abandoned the B City experimental base as soon as he detected Lin Ruo on the radar. If even he couldn't handle someone, then the base naturally wouldn't be able to do anything about it either. It was better to cut his losses and survive quickly.
He then looked up and examined the person in front of him closely. The person was completely wrapped in a black down jacket and wore a mask. It must be her! It was Lin Ruo!
He hadn't expected that even though he was being so careful, Lin Ruo would still find his way here!
"Are you Lin Ruo? How did you get in..."
Not to mention the ability users at the Fog Shadow Base, there are also many radar devices outside the base. He hadn't forgotten that Lin Ruo couldn't evade radar detection last time, but now she was able to walk up to him silently. Had she leveled up again?
The more he thought about it, the colder his heart became, but it was impossible for him to give up so quickly. His eyes were fixed on Lin Ruo, and when he asked the question above, his hand was already slowly reaching under the table.
Lin Ruo stood there in front of him, seemingly unaware of his movements, which made Huang Changqi secretly pleased. But the next second, his body stiffened as he touched something cold and slippery. If he remembered correctly, the emergency button below didn't feel like that.
He touched it a few more times, refusing to believe it, but the feel was still the same as before. He looked down and saw that the button was covered with a layer of frost, completely encasing it and making it impossible to press.
Before entering, Lin Ruo already knew everything in the room. She used her mental power to find that the person in front of her was the only one in the base who did not have any toxins in his body and had no trace of mental control. He was a rare free person.
The fact that such a base is rife with control already speaks volumes about his identity; he is the true controller of those outside.
She waved her hand in the air, and water molecules immediately adhered to the door. Then, the two heavy office doors slowly closed, and Huang Changqi noticed that each of his limbs had an ice ring the size of a palm.
He was suspended in the air in a starfish shape, pulled by these ice rings. The temperature of these ice rings was much lower than the outside temperature, and they almost instantly froze the skin and flesh of his hands and feet to the ice rings. The icy cold air drilled into his body through his limbs, chilling him to the bone. Even the slightest movement would cause his skin and flesh to ache.
Huang Changqi gritted his teeth, unwilling to be slaughtered. His supernatural abilities had been sealed by her, and now he could only rely on his own physical strength to resist. Even though every movement brought intense pain, he continued to struggle.
However, the strength he exerted in his struggle was negligible compared to Lin Ruo's, and would not change the outcome in any way.
Huang Changqi's face grew paler and paler from the cold. He knew he had no chance against Lin Ruo, but he never expected such a crushing defeat, like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, an insurmountable gap.
"What exactly do you want?!"
He took a deep breath, trying to ignore the pain and calm himself down. She hadn't killed him yet, so she must have something to do with it; otherwise, he wouldn't have survived this long.
Lin Ruo ignored him and simply flicked her finger. Huang Changqi watched as a small stream of water formed on his wrist, seemingly alive, and detached the terminal from his wrist. Then, it transformed into a small sphere, bobbing up and down while supporting the terminal as it flew towards Lin Ruo.
His calm was shattered in a second. The contents of the terminal were too important for him to let Lin Ruo see. Just as he was about to stop her, a stream of water rushed onto his face, covering his mouth and physically muting him.
Feeling the water still flowing down his lips, Huang Changqi's eyes widened. It was only a handful of water, which he could usually drink in two gulps, but now he couldn't get rid of it no matter what he did. He never knew that water could be so persistent.
Just how powerful is this person? The seemingly useless water system has become omnipotent in her hands.
As a level 5 ability user, he could even sense the special life force in the water she condensed. How exactly did she cultivate her abilities?
Lin Ruo didn't have time to care what the person on the other end was thinking. She tapped rapidly on the terminal, reviewing all the messages and files. She found quite a few useful things, such as lists of spies in various bases, locations of various experimental bases, and experimental progress in various laboratories...
But Lin Ruo didn't find what she wanted. She couldn't find any evidence to prove that there was someone controlling this person, and that he was basically the one giving orders to others.
She frowned slightly and looked up at Huang Changqi, who was completely under her control. He was now trying desperately to get rid of the water droplet in his mouth, and he was still a bit clumsy.
She had a feeling that things weren't so simple. Based on her previous guesses, how could such an ambitious organization, so opportunistic and cunning, be backed by such a weak person?
Lin Ruo carefully examined the person who was suspended in mid-air. The more she looked at him, the more she felt that he exuded a kind of stupidity. She really found it hard to believe that he was the one behind the scenes.
Huang Changqi felt extremely uneasy under her gaze, and his panic was reflected on his face. He wondered if she intended to kill him.
"Who instructed you?"
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