Chapter 124 Countless Repeated Deaths
The night patrol team wanted to take Rong Shuyao hostage, but they clearly overestimated their strength.
Rong Shuyao brought the elite of the Gongyang family, whose goal was to destroy the safe zone, take away all the people who could be used for experiments, and then regain control of the Third Continent.
The Safe Zone has never publicly expressed any opinions, nor has it ever claimed to be the leader of the Third Continent. However, as the former head of District 1, Lu Wenrou undoubtedly holds the position of leader in everyone's mind.
The safe zone she leads is a guiding light for the mainland, which is why it attracts many small groups from the Akatsuki organization to come and join her.
Once the safe zone is eliminated, the other organizations and bases are nothing but insignificant fry and no threat whatsoever.
The battle ended quickly.
Just then, someone came to report: "Miss Shu Yao, someone has spotted Shan Ran's trail over there and has already sent people to chase after her."
Rong Shuyao's eyes lit up, and she led her people in the direction the man pointed.
However, upon reaching the end of a small path, they found only members of the Kunwu Squad, with no sign of Shanran.
They were blocking the elite squad's advance through a broken section of the outer city wall.
"Kunwu Yecheng? It's you again."
At this point, more than half of the Kunwu squad had been killed, and the remaining members were all badly wounded.
The burly and imposing Maxim was half-bear in disguise, but one of his bear paws was severed, and a very long gash stretched across his waist and abdomen. He fought while pressing on the wound to prevent his internal organs from falling out.
Chu Liuxing had lost one eye, and his body below the knees was a bloody mess. He struggled to stand by using a coconut tree as a support, and the blood flowing from his body was dark green, clearly indicating that he had been poisoned.
Beside him lay the bodies of Wu Chuyu and Ennia.
Although Kunwu Yecheng's limbs were intact, he was covered in wounds. His shirt was burned, revealing skin with blackened, charred edges. Blood streamed down his head, threatening to seep into his eyes, but he didn't even blink, and killed several more enemies.
"Who are you?" Kunwu Yecheng asked, taking a moment to look at the woman in the distance.
Rong Shuyao was furious.
Her first few close companions were all captured and eventually executed by Kunwu Yecheng. She hated him and Shanran, but she never expected that this man didn't even remember her.
She spoke in a sinister tone: "My name is Gongyang Shuyao. You can remember my name, and remember me even after you go to hell."
Before he died, Kunwu Yecheng looked at the hole behind him. It was pitch black, and he could only vaguely see a path on the other side, which seemed to have no end in sight.
Shan Ran just left from here.
You must live well.
All the continents were thrown into chaos.
News of the Ram Clan's massacre of the safe zone leaked out, and the four smaller clans learned of it immediately.
Neither the heads of the three major families nor the bishops possessed supernatural abilities, so they went around capturing people with supernatural abilities and ordinary people to conduct experiments.
This matter was originally kept from the four minor families, but somehow it was leaked.
The four smaller families, who were already eager to rise to power, could no longer sit still. They united to fight against the three major families, hoping to seize high positions and replace them before the main members of the three major families developed supernatural abilities.
The two sides exchanged blows for several rounds, maintaining a semblance of decorum until the four little ones suddenly learned that the three big ones had obtained an immortal experimental subject. They then dropped all pretense and began to escalate their actions.
Since they're already on the opposite side, if they fail, they won't get away with it once the three powers regain their footing.
Immortality...
Just hearing the name is enough to drive people crazy!
All the aristocratic families, spanning hundreds or even thousands of years, have had a head of the family who has never failed to dream of immortality.
If, if they could get...
Even if it's just to obtain this superpower, they still have to take down the three great families!
After several more battles, the four minor families gradually lost ground and had no choice but to release the news.
The top leaders of the three major families do not possess superpowers, so they have been conducting experiments to transfer superpowers from individuals with superpowers.
The frequent disappearances that have occurred in various continents recently are caused by them.
The massacre in the Third Continent Safe Zone was orchestrated by the Gongyang family. All the high-ranking officials in the Safe Zone were slaughtered, and they also captured Lu Wenrou's son, Nan Guishang, because Nan Guishang possessed the ability of immortality.
This news immediately caused a huge uproar.
The population of the three continents is less than one-tenth of its original size. Since the top families had internal strife, the people below have begun to split and become unstable, giving many scattered organizations a chance to breathe.
Many people resent the three powerful families for their autocratic rule and indiscriminate killing of innocent people. They believe that if things continue this way, humanity will destroy itself before even facing the invasion of high-level monsters.
In particular, the ability of immortality, if obtained by the three great families, would mean that the world would belong to them, and no one else would ever have a chance to rise to prominence.
While things are turbulent outside, internal conflicts are also brewing among the three major families.
The three heads of the family all desired the immortality of the Southern Merchant.
The success rate of the experiment is now about 50%. Half of the ordinary people in their family who did not have superpowers have already gained superpowers.
The other half is dead.
Neither the head of the family nor the bishop dared to act rashly; they remained ordinary people.
They feared death from a failed experiment, yet they also yearned for the extraordinary abilities of the Southern Merchant. They decided to postpone the procedure until the technology was more advanced.
As for the attribution of the merchants who returned from the south, that is a question worth discussing.
The three powerful families each had their own agendas and were unwilling to back down.
They all knew that whoever obtained immortality would break free from the three great powers, become the only one, and stand at the pinnacle.
Who can resist the allure of the pinnacle?
They stood outside the experimental pool, watching the lifeless Nan Guishang, their greedy eyes eyeing the invisible presence emanating from the red-haired youth—the superpower that symbolized immortality and eternity.
They all wanted to possess it.
The laboratory where Nan Guishang works is guarded by three powerful families. They don't trust any one of them to work with, so even the patrols are conducted in groups of three, each from one of the three families.
The laboratory was heavily fortified, both inside and out, to the point that not even a fly could get in.
The returning merchant was placed in a sealed pool filled with water.
Water overcomes fire, so Nan Guishang's fire-based abilities are difficult to utilize in water.
Venom is injected into the water every day to ensure that the proportion of venom is high enough to kill even high-level superhumans quickly.
Drowning combined with a potent poison means that if Nan Guishang were to regain consciousness, his body would not have time to recover before he would die again.
He will keep repeating the process of waking up, dying, and waking up again.
For those with superpowers who can't die, this is the most terrifying hell.
As the three heads of the family stood in front of the glass of the sealed experimental pool to observe, they happened to see Nan Guishang wake up.
He opened his eyes, initially looking somewhat confused, but quickly realized his situation.
He had died and come back to life countless times, to the point that his mind was somewhat muddled, but he remembered the pain and resentment of each death.
He witnessed his parents die, his brother die trying to save him, and his entire squad perish from exhaustion. He saw all those the safe zone had once protected fall to the slaughter.
But he was powerless; he could only be locked in the highly toxic liquid, awaiting his death once again.
The suffocating sensation and the extreme pain from the poison caused his pale face to gradually turn red, and his eyes turned bloodshot.
His veins bulged all over his body, making him look like he was about to explode. Nan Guishang's body was struggling in pain, and countless bubbles surged up underwater, mixed with blood, and were gradually diluted.
Finally, he died with his eyes wide open in resentment, filled with hatred and resentment, and lingering regret.
He regretted not heeding his mother's words and accidentally revealing his supernatural abilities during one of his trips.
They also regretted not being able to train harder and protect the safe zone.
He regretted immersing himself in a simple, ordinary life for too long, to the point of completely ignoring the dangers of the world.
But no matter how much you regret it, you can only die in despair, waiting to wake up again and fall into an endless, nightmare-like cycle.
Having personally witnessed the death of an experimental subject, the higher-ups were very satisfied and then left.
Even if you can't have it yourself, you shouldn't let the other person have it for the time being.
The world is becoming increasingly chaotic, the amount of fog is only increasing, and the level and number of monsters are also gradually rising.
People's living space is getting smaller and smaller, and many previously scattered organizations are gradually banding together.
In District 5 of the Third Continent, in a dilapidated and drafty old-fashioned neighborhood, there is a basement with its entrance tightly closed.
A thin, trembling hand pushed aside the sofa blocking the doorway, opened the door, and walked into the basement.
"Gano! I've found food! Not only food, but also lots of clean water!"
Shan Ran lit a candle and spoke excitedly.
The basement is small, but it is fully furnished.
A double bed, a table, a cabinet, and a sofa.
The closet is full of clothes, for men, women and children.
The owner of this house must have left before the apocalypse. This basement has remained unchanged since before the apocalypse until Shanran and Ganuo escaped here, picked the lock, and hid inside.
“Gano, you would never guess that when I went out today, I actually encountered a few underage kids. They were scavengers from District 5.”
At first, I thought we were being arrested, which scared me, but then I scared them too, hahaha, it was so funny, hahaha…”
Shanran recounted her day's outing in a lighthearted tone, trying to make her voice as cheerful as possible.
She skipped all the hardships and difficulties in between, just wanting to make Gano a little happier.
The boy lying on the bed fluttered his long eyelashes a few times and slowly opened his eyes.
His face was pale, and his lips were also pale, like a light, floating white cloud, as if he might drift away at any moment; he was weak and fragile.
On their escape, Gano was seriously injured and poisoned.
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