Chapter 56: Who Was the One Talking Just Now?
Chu Xuning pressed a button, and it opened a door to a passageway that led towards the laboratory. He then took out a few mini handheld transceivers and gave them to Yu Xiangyang and the others.
"Our enemies have also entered the laboratory base. They are inside the room where Doctor Luxe is in and in three other passageways to your left." They could hear a young yet bright voice from the transceivers. "Remember, after you guys have found Doctor Luxe, you must leave through the middle passageway. The other passageways would only lead you to a dead-end."
It was a clear and deep voice, but it had a hint of laziness in it.
The voice belonged to Chi Yue.
He had already taken control of the entire monitor room in the base.
"Qingqing, what's wrong?" Qu Yan, who stood nearest to Su Huiqing, felt her discomfort.
Su Huiqing wore a transceiver wristwatch and her facial expression remained unchanged. She slightly lowered her eyes to hide the wicked glint in her eyes. "Don't stray too far away from me when you get in later."
Qu Yan held Su Huiqing's sleeve and nodded in silence.
"Who is the one talking on the other line?" Yu Xiangyang was very curious.
Upon hearing Yu Xiangyang's words, Chu Xuning smiled with a heavy heart. "He is an ally."
He turned around to look at Yu Shijin.
With his black coat draped over his shoulders, Yu Shujin still remained as calm as ever.
He held his transceiver while playing with his black lighter with his other hand.
Although he had not said a word ever since Chi Yue spoke, his vibe remained as cold as ever.
It was too strange... Chu Xuning had not seen such a strange scene before. In the past, as long as Young Master Yu was around, he would always be the one taking on the role of a commander. Chu Xuning also believed that even if Chi Yue was not around, Yu Shijin's powerful perception abilities were definitely enough for them to avoid all the enemies.
However, Yu Shijin did not do so. Instead, he passed the commanding power to Chi Yue.
Chu Xuning really could not understand Yu Shijin. However, upon realizing that he would not get an answer no matter how hard he thought about it, he paid attention to Chi Yue.
Chi Yue continued giving them directions, and they ingeniously avoided all the enemies.
Since he was a genius hacker, it was already a given that he could hack well, but his impressive leadership skills were off the charts.
What a scary person!
Chu Xuning could not help but think about Chi Yue's true identity. He suspected before that Chu Xuning had another identity other than being a sniper, and now that he thought about it, Chi Yue was no doubt a member of the Rapid Fire Mercenary Regiment.
Other than that particular person from the Rapid Fire Mercenary Regiment, Chu Xuning simply could not think of anyone else who could have such outstanding leadership skills.
There was a rumor circulating in the international community. It was said that one could randomly pick a person from the Rapid Fire Mercenary Regiment and they would still be a highly qualified leader in any country.
Well, the rumor wasn't fake. It was a pity that no one knew who exactly was in the Rapid Fire Mercenary Regiment, though. They were just as mysterious as Su S.
And now, the first member had appeared.
It had to be Chi Yue.
Upon thinking about it, Chu Xuning slightly turned his body to look at Su Huiqing. He suddenly felt that this Missy Su seemed more mysterious than Chi Yue.
Su Huiqing observed the entire laboratory base.
Upon hearing Chi Yue's voice over the transceiver earlier on, she felt stumped and surprised since she recognized Chi Yue's voice.
She did not think she would still be able to listen to Chi Yue's commands even after changing an identity.
However, she quickly snapped back to her senses in a brief second since she could not put down her guard in that current situation. The base they were in was like all the bases in the International Association. It was mysterious and hard to break through and there was only one passageway to enter and leave. Although the building looked very ordinary, the ones who knew the place were well aware of high-class technological advancements found within the base.
One could only see such a base at the International Association. There were only a few scientists in the world who could create such a top-notch base, apart from the masters at the International Association.
Thinking up to that point, Su Huiqing slightly lowered her eyes.
"Doctor Luxe is in the innermost laboratory. He still needs about ten minutes until he is done with his experiment." Chi Yue's voice resounded over the transceiver again. "You guys only have about fifteen minutes to get out."
Although Chi Yue sounded very indifferent, he wasn't joking around.
Yu Xiangyang and the three others felt as if their hearts were about to jump out of their chests. It was too exciting!
Chi Yue sat in the car and stared at his computer screen. He suddenly touched his glasses, and his eyes darkened. "Left! Three o'clock!"
Three words.
It was an instinctive reaction.
Upon hearing that, the people in the base gave a confused look. Su Huiqing, however, raised her hand and pushed the three of them to a corner.
She continued observing the situation and upon seeing a mini robot at the corner, she placed the transceiver to her mouth, and calmly said, "There's someone at the three o'clock position."
It was a very simple sentence.
Since they were in the central area, other than a few big monitors placed here and there, there were also countless incomprehensible robot arms and a few silver lights blinking all over the area.
However, even after she had said that, it still caught the others in a daze.
Yu Shijin was the only one who paid attention to her. He grabbed a robot arm and used it to flip himself to a robot five meters away from him.
His black coat outlined an imaginary semi-circle in the air and it revealed his black dress shirt.
With a bright surgical lamp shining on him, it made his face look especially distant. He curled his lips up to form a cold smile and slightly raised his chin, making his face look as beautiful as those on paintings.
Everything happened in a flash.
Before everyone could react to it...
Yu Shijin grabbed a tall, thin man by the collar and placed his black lighter on the man's neck.
When Chu Xuning and the others walked towards them, he reached out and pushed the man onto the ground.
He slightly lowered his eyes before taking out a snowy white napkin to clean his left hand.
The man pathetically raised his head to look at Yu Shijin, who still seemed as casual as usual. He gave a weird chuckle and took out a timer from his coat pocket. "Do you think you have won over me?"
Chu Xuning saw the numbers on the timer. Eight, seven...
Even Qu Yan wondered what was the timer for.
Yu Shijin crushed the napkin into a ball and casually threw it away. He then stuffed one hand into his pocket and raised his eyes to look towards the man.
He slightly bent down and took the timer away from him. With his eyes slightly lowered, he calmly said, "Look carefully."
The red numbers on the timer slowly changed.
With every change in the number on the timer, everyone's heart beat a little faster.
Three.
The man saw the look on Yu Shijin's face. It was very calm that he could not help but feel a little uneasy.
Two.
Yu Shijin threw the timer away and turned his head to look in another direction.
One.
Well, the man's uneasiness was not uncalled for.
Because there was not a single sound of an explosion heard.
The entire base remained silent.
Everyone followed Yu Shijin's gaze and a slender figure slowly walked out of the shadow.
As she held her bag with one hand, she held the dismantled robot with her another.
The robot had been dismantled so badly that it lost its shape.
The man raised his head in disbelief and saw her exquisitely beautiful face, her pitch-black eyes glistened under the light.
She seemed around seventeen-years-old.
She defused his mini bomb in such a short span of time! Countless people flashed past his mind, but no one could match the skill level of the person in front of him.
Su Huiqing walked over at a speed that was neither too fast nor too slow, and she casually threw the robot onto the ground.
She stopped beside the man and squatted down. She then reached out to hit his cheek while raising her eyebrows. "Did you know that you are the very first person who dared to use bombs in front of me so blatantly?"
Her voice was soft, and the man was probably the only one who could hear her at that moment.
Chu Xuning snapped back to his senses. He had pressed a button on the transceiver before explaining the situation to Chi Yue.
However, before he could finish his sentence, Chi Yue's hand that was hovering over the keyboard suddenly froze. He raised his eyes and looked at his computer screen.
As the situation was very dire, he accidentally said a secret signal. 'Left! Three o'clock.' He had frequently used it during missions in the past. It was a secret signal which no one could understand unless they were a part of the Rapid Fire Mercenary Regiment.
He reached out to take a cigarette. "Who was the one talking just now?"
Chapter 57: People Who Follow Weirdos Are Weirdos Too
Chu Xuning did not dare to answer Chi Yue's question.
Actually, even if Chi Yue didn't ask, he would have thought something was strange, too.
This was because Su Huiqing could always seem to accurately guess Chi Yue's next move and action. Not to mention that she could always make the best judgment according to his commands in the shortest time possible.
Yu Xiangyang and the others were not familiar with doing such missions and thus, they naturally could not sense it. But Chu Xuning had cooperated with his men for so many years that he could sense Su Huiqing and Chi Yue's cooperation was flawless despite having a handheld transceiver separating them.
Especially those last three words.
Chi Yue was not at the scene, so he could not witness her performance. If he had seen it, he would have been more surprised than he was.
Chu Xuning had gone on many missions and this was the first time someone could match up to Young Master Yu's thought process.
Much to everyone's unawareness, she even cooperated with Chi Yue very well.
Chu Xuning could not help but suspect that Su Huiqing must be a genius.
As he did not know how he would respond to Chi Yue, he quietly walked towards the tall and thin man to search his body.
Yu Shijin, who was standing on the side, slightly lowered his eyes before reaching out to press on his transceiver. In a calm tone of voice, he said, "A passerby. Do you have questions?"
His voice sounded as cold and attractive as ever.
The question at the end of his speech gave off an overbearing and strong vibe.
"Not really. It was just that for a stranger to cooperate with me so well, they must have a talent in commanding." Chi Yue slightly narrowed his eyes. "She is very gifted in this aspect."
His tone could not hide his admiration for her.
She could actually decode the direction of the secret signal within a second and that, by the way, was the most basic requirement of every commander.
If it was in the past, he definitely would have asked that person to join his team.
It was a pity...
He raised his hand to type on his keyboard, unwilling to waste any more time. "Ok, continue going forward. Doctor Luxe's laboratory is at the end of the middle pathway."
Yu Shijin calmly replied with a hum before cutting the connection off.
Chi Yue's voice drifted into everyone's ears through the handheld transceiver.
The others did not know what a commander was and thus, did not understand Chi Yue's words.
However, Chu Xuning understood.
In International battlefields, there was a strict rule that commanders must have a reflex reaction of at least three times faster than that of a normal human being. As such, only one commander could be found in every ten thousand people.
And only one outstanding leader would be found in every thousand commanders.
While only one supreme commander would be found in every hundred outstanding leaders.
These supreme commanders have to go through large-scale missions and become recognized before they could receive such honor. However, Chu Xuning did not know what were the exact requirements to become one.
But what he knew was his Big Boss Yu was a supreme commander who everyone respected. His name alone was enough to cause shivers to run down one's spine.
He was as good as that person from the International Association. Then again, the sky cannot have two suns.
Hence, when Chi Yue said that Su Huiqing was a born commander, Chu Xuning was very surprised.
He secretly took a glance at Su Huiqing.
She looked so innocent with that exquisite face of hers. She wore a laid back expression on her face while she slightly curled her lips up to form a casual smile.
It's really hard to imagine that she was once known to be a good-for-nothing in Green City.
Chu Xuning retracted his gaze while secretly thinking her skills could almost match up to that of Young Master Yu.
Such thoughts only stayed in his mind for a few seconds. He quickly regained his composure and pointed to the tall and thin man on the floor before asking.
"Young Master Yu, what should we do with him?"
He had searched the suspect for so long, but he found nothing but a timer.
The organization that came to catch Doctor Luxe was really cunning, especially that hacker of theirs. If it wasn't for Chi Yue, the location of the base would have been leaked long ago. These people were too pervasive and were impossible to guard against. But then again, the tall, thin man was the only suspect they caught.
Yu Shijin lowered his eyes.
He fixed his gaze on the dismantled robot for a while before shifting it towards the tall, thin man.
Since they sent him here to perish with them, they naturally would make sure not to leave any evidence behind.
Yu Shijin knew.
Hence, he was not surprised that Chu Xuning could find nothing on him.
He stuffed his hands into his pocket, his figure looking very slender. A faint hint of coldness could be seen in his eyes. He did not reply to Chu Xuning's question and in an indifferent tone of voice, he said, "Pull his right sleeve up."
Chu Xuning naturally did not doubt Yu Shijin's commands and pulled the man's sleeve up.
His arm did not look very different from that of a normal human being, so he really could not understand why Young Master Yu asked him to pull up his sleeve.
However, he froze when he shifted his gaze upward and saw a tattoo near his shoulder.
He sucked in a breath of cold air.
Su Huiqing walked towards Yu Xiangyang and the others. She placed her school bag on the robot arm and analyzed the structure of the base.
She suddenly heard Chu Xuning's heavy breathing and slightly turned her head around to look at the man's right arm.
There was an angel tattoo on the man's bronze-colored arm.
It was an angel showing its side profile with its wings wide open.
It was black and looked strangely striking under the light.
There was even a scythe in the black angel's hands.
It was a very realistic image.
One look at it and one could definitely feel the shivers.
"A black angel tattoo?" Yu Xiangyang walked towards Chu Xuning and clicked his tongue. "What a personality he has."
Chu Xuning almost tripped over himself. Indeed, those who followed weirdos like Su Huiqing were weirdos, too. It was fine if the current situation didn't scare him, but he had the guts to comment on that man's personality?!
He rolled his eyes.
Black angels were also known as fallen angels. Although they did not necessarily mean evil, it often meant misfortune.
Not many would want to tattoo it on their arm.
Su Huiqing tightened her grip on the strap of her school bag and narrowed her pitch-black eyes.
Her entire vibe turned cold.
She could immediately tell with a glance that it definitely wasn't a normal tattoo but the symbol of an organization.
Black angel.
Although she was not sure when such a mysterious organization started appearing in the International arena, judging from the mini robot, explosives, and how easily they could enter this heavily guarded base, she could tell that this organization wasn't an ordinary one.
Most importantly, why would such an organization appear in such a small city like Green City?
Su Huiqing shifted her gaze to Yu Shijin.
If she could analyze all of that in a second, Yu Shijin definitely could do it as well.
Both of them met each other's eyes with Chu Xuning standing between them.
Their eyes were just as dark and calm.
However, they quickly looked away from each other.
Yu Shijin lowered his eyes and walked forward. "Let's take the left passageway. There should be another passageway which would lead to Doctor Luxe's laboratory at the end of it."
This was the first time he took on the commander role since he entered the base. His voice was not particularly loud, but he had purposely deepened his voice and thus, making it sound very powerful and deep.
If they had changed the environment, he could literally become a broadcaster at a broadcasting station.
Even if he didn't show his face to the public, his voice was enough to melt the hearts of many teenage girls.
He could even have a competition with Su Huiqing.
However, since they were at the base, his voice sounded a little more indifferent than how it should be. With that being said, it still had a strong presence which one definitely could not ignore. Upon hearing Yu Shijin's command, a chill ran down everybody's spine and even Yu Xiangyang, the spiteful one in the group, could not help but follow his instructions.
Chu Xuning took a picture of the black angel tattoo and saved it as evidence. Before he left, he took another look at the mini robot which Su Huiqing destroyed.
He then realized that from the time they noticed the mini bomb to the time Su Huiqing came out with the dismantled robot...
The duration did not exceed twenty seconds.
She actually defused the bomb in twenty seconds.
Chu Xuning was in charge of military arms in his team, and he was very much aware that he would need at least five minutes to defuse the bomb.
It was impossible to defuse it in twenty seconds.
He stood up with his phone in his hands and looked at the lazy figure who was casually walking in front of him.
He took a deep breath.
Luckily, this person was not an enemy but an ally.
Chapter 58: Kill As Many As You Can
They walked to the entrance of the laboratory with ease.
Yu Shijin pressed a button on his transceiver and lowered his eyes. "Doctor, please open the door."
His voice was still as deep and steady as ever.
The moment he finished his sentence, the door to the laboratory opened, revealing busy figures inside the laboratory.
Doctor Luxe placed the tube down and slightly turned his head to face them. He removed the surgical mask and in a deep voice, he said, "Young Master Yu, we still need some time. There are too many things to settle now."
Standing under a bright light in the laboratory, Yu Shijin looked taller than usual.
He turned around to look at the doctor. "You still have five minutes."
What an indifferent five words he had said! Although there weren't any changes in his expression, one could see the bright glint in his slightly narrowed eyes.
"How are five minutes enough?"
"We still need to destroy the experiments which we cannot bring with us. Five minutes isn't enough..."
The other experts in the laboratory spoke up before Doctor Luxe could even reply.
Yu Shijin did not answer them. Instead, he took off his transceiver wristwatch and pressed the timer. He then casually threw it in the middle of the surgical table.
The scientists in the laboratory looked at the timer.
Everyone could see that it was a countdown timer. And on it, it showed-
04:51
"If it wasn't because you guys were at the Green City's base, I won't even have the patience to talk to you guys. Once the time is up, it's up to you..." Yu Shijin straightened his coat before looking at them with a cold gaze. "If you guys want to leave or die."
He gave off an icy vibe.
His vibe was so cold that it could send chills down one's spine. Once he had finished his speech, the look on the scientists' face immediately changed.
A young assistant was about to argue with him, but Luxe quickly cut him off. "Do you know who he is?"
"No." The young assistant froze. After all, he had interacted with many powerful figures before.
Since he had not seen Yu Shijin before, he was unaware of his identity and that gave him the guts to argue with him.
"Well, you should at least know about the incident that happened a month ago at the International battlefield, right?" Luxe turned around to glance at him. "He was our commander."
The young man stood frozen to the ground.
He had been working at Luxe's laboratory for a couple of years now. Thus, he could get more information than a regular citizen could about the incidents that happened within the international community. With that being said, he was naturally aware of the incident that happened a month ago at the International Association.
After that incident, it affected countless organizations.
Even the International Association had to undergo some major changes.
Lucky for them, their country was spared from that incident.
He didn't know much, but there was a fact that he knew very well-their only supreme commander in the country appeared, and he perfectly helped the country to escape all the chaos that happened, even emerging as the victor of the entire incident.
'Their only supreme commander...'
What a solemn four words! As solemn as it sounded, he was the hope of everyone in the country.
Perhaps it was because of him they had the chance to interact with people from the International Association. It was also because he was too powerful of a person that those organizations, who harbored evil designs on them, did not dare to pick on them.
He suddenly felt as though his blood was boiling, and he could not help but stare at the cold and tall figure in front of him.
This time, he immediately lowered his head and continued with his work without a single hesitation.
"There are still four minutes left until the completion of the molecular computing." Doctor Luxe turned around. "Just enough time."
He said to Yu Shijin while sitting in front of his computer to impute a molecular formula of a virus.
However, his eyes darkened as he stared at his computer screen.
After that particular person had left, the fugitives at the International Association...
Became bolder than before.
Luxe looked at the white ribbon on his wrist. All in all, her influence was just too powerful.
Just then, the webpage on his computer screen changed to a countdown timer webpage. He inserted the U disk into the computer.
When he typed on his keyboard, a small part of the snowy-white ribbon, which was initially hidden inside his white sleeves, fell onto his pitch-black keyboard.
It looked very striking.
Su Huiqing was analyzing the structure of the laboratory.
Right when she unknowingly glanced at the snowy-white ribbon, she suddenly froze.
After a while, she leaned back against the wall with her eyes lowered and her lips pursed.
She then lowered her head to hide the emptiness in her eyes.
Her entire presence and vibe turned different from usual.
"Qingqing, is that the type of machine you wanted?" Yu Xiangyang looked at the machines in the laboratory and realized that a few of them looked similar to the ones which Su Huiqing described before.
Su Huiqing snapped back to her senses and casually said a simple "Uh-huh."
She stood upright and glanced at the timer. There were only two minutes left.
With her school bag placed on the table, she walked towards a row of shelves with chemicals stacked inside.
She walked while taking a few chemical bottles from the shelves at a speed that was neither too fast nor too slow.
It seemed as if she was just randomly picking a few out since she did not look at the labels of the bottles.
The three of them stood beside her, and Qu Yan felt a little confused by her actions. "What is Qingqing doing? What is she holding?"
"Ammonium nitrate." Gu Li immediately knew what Su Huiqing was holding with a glance.
Because he was aware of it, he was also stumped by Su Huiqing's actions.
He was exemplary in chemistry and thus, he naturally knew what kind of reaction would occur if Su Huiqing were to mix some chemicals together.
For example...
A mini explosive.
Thinking up to that point, he regained his composure.
Perhaps he was thinking too much. After all, it was not that easy to make a mini explosive. Even if they were an expert, it was impossible to make it without any tools.
Not to mention a high-school student!
"Aren't you shameful for not understanding simple chemical formulas despite being a third-year student?" Yu Xiangyang rolled his eyes when he heard Qu Yan's question.
"She is not scared of being shameful..." Su Huiqing took out the last bottle of chemicals and placed it into her bag. She then swung her bag over her shoulders and turned her head towards them. She calmly said, "Because she has no shame."
When Qu Yan saw that a smile crept on Su Huiqing's face, the same girl who had always kept a cold and aloof demeanor, she turned her head towards her and asked, "Are you trying to joke?"
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Su Huiqing looked at the timer, which stated one minute was left.
Qu Yan stayed silent momentarily before she said, "Yes."
"Then isn't it settled? Since you already know, why did you still ask?" Su Huiqing casually asked.
Only ten seconds were left. She placed her hand into her pocket and walked out of the laboratory. Her side view looked extremely beautiful.
Following behind her were three people. Because she had said those words with such seriousness, the other three almost laughed out loud.
Chu Xuning followed closely behind Yu Shijin and walked towards that area. When he saw that scene, he whispered to Yu Shijin, "Miss Su is a nice person."
Yu Shijin was strapping in the communication device on his wrist when he heard Chu Xuning's words. He merely raised his brow and kept his usual elegant and cold demeanor.
He did not reply to Chu Xuning and instead, looked at that skinny figure who was leaning against the door.
Under such circumstances, any normal high-school student would get nervous.
Su Huiqing seemed like an aloof person and her black, bright eyes always brought out a sense of nonchalance and indifference. At times, her eyes even gave others the feeling of an unfeeling person.
However, at that moment, one sentence from her calmed the nerves of the three people behind her.
After Yu Shijin saw Doctor Luxe taking out the U-disk, he raised his hand to put on the communicative device.
His other hand opened the door.
At that moment, Chi Yue, who had remained silent for quite a while, spoke again. "Young Master Yu, the hacker on their side keeps interrupting our connection. That hacker is difficult to deal with and I can only temporarily stop him from pressing the power switch of the base. Also, a group of mutants is rushing inside the base and it's up to you..."
After that sentence, they could hear nothing from Chi Yue's end, and silence took over.
Chu Xuning took down the transceiver earplug and pressed it a few times. However, the light that showed his connection linking to Chi Yue did not light up.
Realizing that their opponent's skills could rival Chi Yue, Chu Xuning had a change in expression and looked towards Yu Shijin. He normally would be fearless if it were just him and Yu Shijin on the mission. What he was worried about was that Doctor Luxe, Yu Xiangyang, and some other people were around.
They would definitely be a burden in their mission.
Yu Shijin calmly opened the door and said to Chu Xuning, "Listen to my command."
'Shua-'
The door of the science laboratory was opened.
Chu Xuning looked towards Yu Shijin, who kept a steady demeanor as usual before he suddenly thought of someone. He tilted his head to look at her.
Su Huiqing had retracted her nonchalant attitude. She gripped the mini handheld transceiver in one hand while she carried a bag with another hand. With a calm expression similar to that of Yu Shijin, she talked to three other people.
He saw her giving out a few bottles to the three people with a cold smile on her face. "Throw this at them and kill as many of them as you can. I can't believe they dared to come to Green City and even did these things so blatantly..."
She zipped up her school jacket, and she said, "Did you really think nobody else could manage all of you beside me?"
Chapter 59: Young Master Yu's Weapon
She spoke so softly that even Qu Yan who stood nearest to her could hear nothing at all.
Even Chu Xuning who stood a little further away couldn't hear, too.
Chu Xuning stared at the cold smirk on her lips and could not help but lean closer since he wanted to hear what she was saying.
At that moment, Yu Shijin tilted his head and said, "There are 108 mutants behind the base. Protect the doctor and leave."
He had merely lowered his eyes and his tone of voice didn't change one bit, though it was a little deeper and hoarser than normal. Chu Xuning had taken part in countless missions with Yu Shijin, and he was already quite familiar with Yu Shijin's commanding style.
Every command from this person was on point.
No matter which side one person stood, no one wanted to oppose it.
However, Chu Xuning felt that Young Master Yu did not seem calm judging by how he sounded.
Something did not sit right with Yu Shijin lately either.
The Chu Family was responsible for sending Doctor Luxe safely to the International Association, but Young Master Yu suddenly interfered without notice. One must know that Young Master Yu rarely took over missions lately; unless the matter was relevant to the International Battlefield, other matters could not even alarm Young Master Yu.
If the people behind this organization knew that Yu Shijin was involved in this operation, they definitely would not take action so blatantly.
'Bang!'
At that moment...
All the street lights were switched off!
The streets entered a state of darkness!
Chu Xuning had a change of expression. From the corner of his eye, he saw a large mutant dog rushing over to them.
It had a blazing speed!
It was twice bigger than normal dogs, and under the emergency lights shining on the pathway, one could see its horrifying sharp canine teeth!
That research base probably had those mutant dogs as their experimental species!
Chu Xuning threw a flying dagger, and it slowed down the large mutant dog's movements. Even he who had a broad experience felt a dip in his heart. Recalling that there were still 108 other mutants like this animal, he asked, "Young Master Yu, what about Miss Su and the others?"
Yu Xiangyang and the others were just students while the strength of these mutant animals could rival that of a special operation officer, thus Chu Xuning felt worried for them.
Their safety worried him.
Yu Shijin did not turn his head and merely punched another mutant that pounced towards him. The darkness gradually concealed his handsome face, and every movement of his became streaks of light.
However, he maintained that deep, cold, and swift tone of voice that had no hint of sloppiness. "They are in a safer state than you."
Chu Xuning was used to Yu Shijin's combat mode, hence he felt nothing strange.
He merely looked towards Su Huiqing and saw two mutants rushing towards her. Their sharp claws were less than ten centimeters away from Yu Xiangyang's neck.
Chu Xuning and the group of doctors broke into a cold sweat!
In other people's eyes, Su Huiqing seemed frightened because she stood rooted to the ground.
However, Su Huiqing knew what she was doing.
She was calculating the best attack position, and after she had her angle of attack correctly aimed, she raised her leg and did a swift flip!
'Bang!'
The two mutants dropped harshly to the ground!
Her black hair swayed into a beautiful arc under the light. After doing a flip, she had one hand on the ground while she spat out the hair that accidentally got into her mouth. She then stared at the three people who stood in blank dismay with her cold and heavy black heavy eyes. "What are all of you standing there for..."
She had paused for a moment and scanned the large mutant animals coming to them from behind. She then spat, "Destroy them."
With that, she slowly got up and nonchalantly walked towards the entrance with both hands in her pockets.
Yu Xiangyang and the other two glanced at each other before standing at her sides.
Gu Li was the first to throw out a small bottle that Su Huiqing handed him earlier on from his pocket and to the mutants.
When Su Huiqing took some ammonium nitrate earlier, he directed his thoughts towards using a mini explosive. However, he quickly rejected that idea because even professional researchers could not adjust the percentage of ammonium nitrate needed to make an explosive. Moreover, Su Huiqing had no equipment in her hands at all.
However, now...
He witnessed how the raging fire had exploded the mutant in pieces.
It also instantly lit up the whole pathway.
No matter how spacious the passageway was, the light from the fire radiated everywhere.
Su Huiqing and the other three opened up a pathway to the front. Su Huiqing casually walked with her hands in her pockets as though she was taking a walk in a park.
The group of doctors who Chu Xuning was protecting walked in the middle of the group. But they still faced sneak attacks from time to time and were in a pathetic state.
Yu Shijin guarded the back alone.
The people at the back and front faced more mutants while the ones who stood in the middle were practically safe.
However, in this mashed-up team, those at the front and back were in a relaxed and laid-back state, while the line of people in the middle was in a sorry state.
The group safely walked to the main hall which connected to countless passageways, but only one led to outside.
At the same time.
In an underground base, a golden-haired man adjusted the surveillance camera and watched a group of people walking towards the main hall on the screen. He was typing on the keyboard as he said, "The hacker from their side is quite competent and his skills are on a whole other level. I suspect... that the hacker might be Chi Yue!"
"Chi Yue?" Since the man beside the golden-haired one had a change of expression, it was clear that he had heard of that name before."Are you sure?"
"Other than the one they call the genius among hackers, I cannot think of anyone else who can stop my attacks. I tried testing the waters by using information from the Rapid Fire Mercenary, and I learned that his hacking skills had dropped. Thus, I easily gained control." The golden-haired man smoked with a cigarette and tilted his head to look at the person beside him. "If it was not because your opponent was Chi Yue, did you think I will come back to help you?"
"Whether or not he is Chi Yue, or whoever that person is, it would be difficult for them to escape from my mutant animals." The person beside him did not seem to care at all. He merely took the transceiver and shouted, "Our target has entered the main hall. Prepare to catch them and exchange the hostages!"
Hearing that, the golden-haired man only squinted his eyes.
If it was in the past, he would definitely not suspect that they would defeat the mutants. But as he stared at that skinny figure on the screen...
And the two poker cards wedged in the tires.
He was unsure.
On the screen, the main hall had many passageways where in an instant, countless mutants rushed out. It was a chaotic situation. There were those that pounced on them and others that rushed to them as though they were playing with their prey. As he watched, the scene made his head numb.
Chi Yue had a change in expression.
The scene was like watching a zombie movie. As one stood in a spacious area, zombies rushed towards them from all directions.
Helplessness and despair overflowed the area.
Qu Yan could not help but hold Gu Li's sleeves, while he glanced down at her and gripped some bottles with his hand. The explosives were dwindling in number even! "When an opportunity arises later, take Miss Su and leave through this passageway."
In the entire main hall, only the passageway in the middle was not swarming with mutant animals.
Yu Xiangyang and Gu Li discreetly moved towards Su Huiqing and Qu Yan's front.
Chu Xuning and the others leaned towards them as well. All of them had their backs against each other as they formed a circle.
In this group of people, most were not familiar with each other and had not interacted before.
But at that instant, they were all willing to let another person guard their backs.
It was a moment of life and death, but they were not scared at all. Instead, a sense of excitement gushed up to their heart. There was never a time they felt like this-a lofty sentiment of facing death.
It was the feeling every countryman had in their bones, a hot-blooded nature!
Even Dr. Luxe took off his white coat, leaving him dressed in black.
He reached out to tighten the white ribbon on this wrist before calmly looking at the mutants swarming towards him.
Su Huiqing stood in the middle of the circle. She bent down to pick up a mini robot and a timer she had left there at the start.
She then pulled a soft sigh as she looked at the two girls who the others protected within the circle.
She pushed away Yu Xiangyang who stood in front of her.
After she had walked out of their circle, she threw her school bag onto the ground and calmly talked to the transceiver. "Buy me two minutes' worth of time."
'Who was she talking to?' Chu Xuning squinted his eyes.
At the next second, he heard a familiar cold voice. "Alright."
It was obviously Yu Shijin's voice.
Everyone looked at Yu Shijin, who slowly walked out from behind. He had a tall posture and had cold gleaming eyes.
He stopped beside Su Huiqing and tilted his head to look at Chu Xuning and the others. With a calm voice, he said, "Leave here first."
With that, he slowly took out his weapon.
Chu Xuning could not help but stare as he watched his movements.
He knew the reason Yu Shijin rarely took out his weapon, and it was because the weapon was not a firearm, but an ancient bow.
Its workmanship was exquisite; it was black and made from an unknown material. They even carved his name on the bow-Predator.
Yu Shijin was the only one who could use that weapon.
Once the weapon was out, blood would definitely splatter. Hence, unless necessary, he would not just take it out randomly.
Yu Shijin's subordinate described him with a phrase, and similar to his weapon, it was a phrase used since ancient times.
Every ten steps, one man down.
Every thousand miles, all men are gone!
Chapter 60: Eccentric Genius
Having followed Yu Shijin for so many years, Chu Xuning knew his personality well.
Young Master Yu was never a person who boasted, thus he definitely had a way out when he told them to leave first.
After seeing Yu Shijin take out his weapon, Chu Xuning did not linger around any longer and turned around to face Doctor Luxe and the others. "Let's go."
The group of doctors and researchers were defenseless.
They knew that they would only pose trouble; hence, after hesitating for a few seconds, they left with Chu Xuning.
Only Doctor Luxe could not help but glance back at Su Huiqing when he left.
Since the lights in the main hall were switched on, he could clearly see her.
Su Huiqing bent down and poured out the contents of her bag.
She then took up the already useless robot and quickly dismantled it.
Under the shadowless light, her pair of hands was so fair that it looked translucent.
She had her eyes lowered, thus Doctor Luxe and the others could only see her beautiful side view. She looked serious and professional as she dismantled the robot.
It was the first time they could not move their gaze away from someone who worked so diligently, even when her brows are scrunched or her arms raised were so mesmerizing.
When Chu Xuning bought the doctors and the others to leave, the group of mutants that slowly surrounded the center spiked their speed.
They rushed towards Su Huiqing!
Su Huiqing did not move and continued to dismantle the mini robot with calm hands.
She needed no words, nor even a gaze, and it showed how much she trusted Yu Shijin!
Yu Shijin raised his bow and an icy light reflected off of the obsidian-like surface of the bow.
With squinted eyes, he looked at the mutants, which swarmed forward in all directions. He then took out ten short and thin arrows and knocked one with two fingers, pinching the arrow ends.
The swarm of mutants from all directions and their sharp canine teeth were enough to make one tremble in fear!
However, if there was someone who stood by his side, they would quite know he wasn't unnerved at all!
Donned in his black suit, he raised his eyes and calmly looked at the mutants which swarmed over as he prepared his arrows.
One must nock the arrow once the bow was raised, and only blood could satiate its desire!
That was his usual style.
A few deafening 'swoosh' was heard!
No one could see Yu Shijin's movements as an archer usually possessed quick hand movements. Most would need six seconds to aim and shoot, while Yu Shijin was far quicker.
After the deafening sounds, they could only see...
The front row of mutants falling to the ground with a thud.
The scene that unfolded right in front of their eyes was like that of a domino effect-rows of mutants dropped one by one!
The mutants probably weren't dead, but such an attack could save them much time!
Su Huiqing threw an assembled component to the side, and with a hook of her hand, she took another bottle of chemical over.
Her other hand touched her pocket, but she could not find the thing she wanted.
Her black eyes constricted.
She reached out and without lifting her head up, she said, "Chewing gum."
In the past, when she had missions and had no chewing gum in her pocket, she would reach out and someone from the back would pass one to her. Sometimes it was Chi Yue, at other times, it was another person...
She said those two words with ease. When one stared at her from above, her eyebrows and eyes had a cool beauty.
Yu Shijin, who was knocking two arrows on the bow, paused his movements and squinted his strikingly cold eyes.
He said nothing, and instead, he placed the arrows down and threw a piece of chewing gum to Su Huiqing's hand with haunting accuracy.
Su Huiqing unwrapped it and placed it into her mouth. After that, she continued to assemble the parts.
In a hurry, she raised her head and squinted her black, bright eyes. "Thanks!"
Her lips curled up, but it was not a cold smirk. Instead, it was a faint smile that appeared bright under the light.
Yu Shijin retracted his gaze and replied with a hum. He then raised his arrows again.
Bright lights surrounded him, but it made him look lonely and cold as usual.
But no one knew...
Once he knocked the arrows, he never once placed it down. That day was the first time he took an arrow off.
"Why aren't you guys going?" Chu Xuning asked as he looked at three certain people who continued to stand at the passageway entrance.
Gu Li ignored him, and it was only Yu Xiangyang who looked at Chu Xuning with a casual expression on his face. "If I leave now, then what is the point of me being here from the start?"
'If I leave now...'
'Then what is the point of me being here from the start?'
Chu Xuning was clearly stumped and for the first time, he looked at these three people in a new light.
They knew they would pose trouble for Su Huiqing had they stayed, hence they walked to the passageway to give Su Huiqing peace of mind.
But no one actually left.
For people like Chu Xuning who frequently hovered over the line of life and death, the word comrade was a heavy word for him.
Because this word was not one to be spoken out, but one that was proved through actions.
He could not help but look at that thin figure standing in the center of the chaos. She was calm and nothing shook her.
With such traits, she was worthy of how those three people treated her.
"What is Qingqing doing?" Qu Yan watched Su Huiqing, who moved around the main hall.
No matter where she went, all the mutants within her reach fell to the ground!
Gu Li moved his gaze away and softly replied, "Burying explosives."
When he saw Su Huiqing taking out those chemicals, some abandoned mini explosives, and a timer, he had an inkling of what Su Huiqing wanted to do.
'She's making...'
'Dynamites.'
In actual fact, Gu Li was correct.
There was still one last chemical bottle that was connected to a wire in her hands. She stood in the center of the main hall and looked up. After she had calculated the last location point, she placed the last object there.
She motioned towards Yu Shijin and carried her school bag over her shoulders while she carried a black timer with her other hand.
The two figures walked out.
Hundreds of mutants followed them, and all looked extremely frightening that it might strike one with fear.
Yet, between both of them, one was cool and another was casual. They showed no sense of fear at all.
Anyone between them could shock and dominate the world with just their existence alone. Yet now, both of them teamed up together...
When Su Huiqing saw those who stood at the passageway entrance, she nonchalantly spat out two words. "Let's go."
"But behind you..." Yu Xiangyang worriedly pointed to the enormous mass of mutants swarming towards them.
Su Huiqing said nothing and merely pressed a button on the timer.
In an instant, flames leaped to the sky.
Chu Xuning unknowingly turned back to look.
Blocks of rocks by then blocked the entrance, and the building slowly crumbled to the ground. And yet, it did not affect the safety passageway. How accurate must the calculations be?
Moreover, deafening sounds still rang in the air!
Chu Xuning was the group's expert in explosives and hence, he was clearer than anyone about how terrifying Su Huiqing was.
'In a short amount of time, not only did she calculate all the statistics...'
'She even buried it at suitable locations.'
'Even the top explosive experts in the International Association could not do it as easily as her.'
He raised his head and stared at Su Huiqing who walked in front of him. Awestruck by her capability, he could not help but lit up a cigarette and slowly said three words, "An explosive genius."
Su Huiqing stopped in front of a surveillance camera and raised her head to gaze at it.
She casually threw the black timer behind her.
With that, she curled her lips into her usual cold smirk. "Over."
The fiery light that shone past the cracks cast onto her face into a cold yet beautiful look.