Chapter 853 - 208: Monster
"He has returned."
"I know, I heard the news earlier. His power must have reached an unimaginable level."
"What should we do? He holds a great hostility towards us, after all, we targeted 17."
"Isn’t there still the World of Heaven over there? Let them bite each other. We’ve already made concessions, let’s just leave the rest for them to fight over."
Wang Yuan said with a gentle smile, looking very cultured, always smiling gently, giving off a warm impression.
Chen Qiqiang leaned on the golden leather chair, looking evenly at Wang Yuan with a scrutinizing expression, suddenly broke into a smile, and then said, "That thing you made should be ready for the battlefield, right?"
With an air of calmness, Wang Yuan replied, "Soon, just in the next few days. Our Shengshi Group has profound expertise in this field, now we’re just changing the method, merely old wine in a new bottle."
Everyone knew that the Wang Family’s ancestors were renowned pharmaceutical merchants, with a heritage spanning many years, supposedly disciples of Zhang Zhongjing, and they even had the original copy of the "Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases", not to mention the famous Li Shizhong from the last century being a guest of their family.
Within the original "Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases", many things beyond belief were recorded, even primitive remedies such as "regenerating flesh from bones," though the specific ingredients had remained unconfirmed, seemingly lost to time.
If it were in the past, they would definitely regard this as Zhang Zhongjing’s conjectures in fields beyond reach, or merely a form of fantasy.
However, after the apocalypse, the value of this book became apparent, with some of the unbelievable remedies being feasible.
Mu Yulin appeared much more serious compared to the other two. With dark skin and wrinkled face, he slammed the table angrily and said:
"If this fight continues, it will only result in mutual destruction. We need to negotiate peace no matter what, even if it takes some concessions."
Chen Qiqiang tapped the table with his index finger, smirking coldly, "Even if we agreed, do you think the ones from Chenxi will agree? Would the people from Li Tian agree?"
"We were forced into this with a knife to our throat, otherwise how could we resort to such extreme measures?"
Mu Yulin pointed at Chen Qiqiang and scornfully said, "Don’t absolve yourself completely, Chen Qiqiang. You were the one who led us here in the first place."
"What do you mean by pointing at me?" Chen Qiqiang’s eyes trembled slightly as he spoke in a deep voice.
Wang Yuan watched as the two argued, not speaking, but the corners of his mouth curled into an almost imperceptible smile.
After a moment, once the argument between the two had subsided, he spoke, "What’s there to argue about? The past doesn’t matter; what’s important is the future. This is a new era."
Chen Qiqiang, however, disregarded this and said, "A new era? Survive first, then talk."
At this moment, an explosion sounded from outside, followed by a wave of searing heat.
"You set us up!" Chen Yuan realized and pointed at Chen Qiqiang, yelling.
Chen Qiqiang looked equally bewildered, "It wasn’t me."
As the explosion rocked the building, the silver-white tower collapsed; even with the special metallic materials, it could not withstand such an impact.
However, the building somewhat resisted the explosion’s force, and some relatively strong individuals barely survived. Meanwhile, almost all the soldiers patrolling outside the Celestial Guard Tower were buried in the explosion and flames.
The Celestial Guard Tower is the core building of the National Council, housing hundreds of laboratories established after the apocalypse, each targeting various domains of the Extraordinary – drugs, weapons, curses, energy, and inscriptions...
Not to mention, there are three council members within, possibly containing dozens of Tier Eight Extraordinaries, with even some Tier Seven Extraordinaries.
Following the explosion, Shen Xuan’s subordinates executed their plan, advancing from all directions towards the Celestial Guard Tower that was now reduced to ruins. Although their numbers were small, they were all elites, with quite a few Tier Eight Extraordinaries.
"Haha, the artifacts of the old world should be destroyed in the old world; they should not continue to exist."
Jin watched the explosion, laughing as he ran with the gusts of wind, his blue ponytail swinging rapidly, with his hair becoming disheveled.
"You’re courting big trouble!"
"They deserved it."
It was as if talking to himself, but it felt like two different people quarreling with each other.
"This is revenge!"
"Justifiable revenge!"
"But I don’t hate them."
"Yet, I don’t like them either, and there’s no reason to like them."
Heavy footsteps echoed in the space, as if stepping from above, causing people to instinctively cover their foreheads.
A silhouette rushed out from the smoky dust of the explosion as if striding through it, moving step by step, arriving in front of Jin within a few breaths.
A person wearing a silver, beak-shaped mask covering the upper half of their face, holding a silver-white cane in their hand:
"You monster! You should never have been released in the first place, committing such heinous acts."
Upon seeing this person, Jin’s blue right eye suddenly shifted, turning into a deep crimson, like a gemstone submerged in a deep pool, discreet yet particularly alluring:
"So what, I’ve had nothing to do with you since more than a decade ago."
The man in the silver mask was clearly also injured and very apprehensive of the woman before him, knowing she’s a lunatic, unpredictable in action:
"Leave here! For Elder Shen’s sake, we’ve never demanded anything from you. Such revenge, it’s truly..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Jin tilt her head and smile at him, madness all over her expression.
"Interesting."
In Jin’s hand appeared a pink mini Gatling out of thin air, the barrel spinning, pouring out translucent pink bullets,
In the next moment, the man with the silver beak mask disappeared from his original spot and appeared behind Jin, one hand gripping her shoulder while the other, holding the cane, stabbed towards her abdomen.
Faced with such a bizarre power, even Jin didn’t have time to react, and her close combat abilities were inherently weak.
Pa.
Jin reversed her grip and firmly caught the cane, her immense power preventing any further progress.
Immediately afterwards.
The man’s eyes revealed terror, followed by a muffled scream, as his chest was pierced by a hand, with his hot, vibrant heart grasped in someone’s hand.
The man wearing the silver mask roared at Jin, "You monster will eventually meet a terrible end."
That was a disdainful look, even in his final moments, he looked down upon this monster.
There’s a significant distinction between humans and monsters, so as a human, his superiority was justified.
Bang.
With a sharp gunshot,
The man’s head exploded, leaving only his body plummeting from the sky.