However, now, because of a chance to gamble on stones, he inexplicably started thinking about the question of who his future wife should be...
After a moment of vague hesitation, he naturally couldn't get any answer yet, so he once again forcibly ignored this choice. Anyway, it wasn't time to really have to choose between the two, so there was no need for him to force himself like this!
So Zhou Ziwei began to plan to make a trip to Yunnan as soon as the company's plan was just starting and the initial investment and preparation work did not particularly require his help.
Not only will I select a few top-quality jadeite pieces at the jadeite rough stone trading fair, but I can also take the opportunity to visit the Bat Cave again and replenish my soul power.
Or... we could directly use the souls of those ghost bats to refine some high-quality soul beads.
This Soul Bead is a real treasure... When your life is threatened, you can use it as a life-saving bomb and drop it out. When your soul power is depleted, you can also swallow it directly as a tonic.
By storing soul power in the form of soul beads, there is absolutely no need to worry about the storage limit of one's sea of souls.
If I had the chance, I would just go ahead and refine all the bat demons in that bat cave, so that those guys wouldn't go around harming other people for no reason... I guess that would be doing a good deed.
Although Baoshan, the city to which Tengchong belongs, also has an airport, Dangyang is not a big place, so there are no direct flights between the two small places. Helpless, Zhou Ziwei had to book a ticket to Kunming first.
Because time was so tight, Zhou Ziwei didn't want to waste a single minute on the road, so he planned to find someone to rent a car in Kunming. Once he got off the plane in Kunming, he could immediately drive to Tengchong... Hmm, it seems he still had an Audi at Baoshan Airport last time, so he just needed to rent a car and get to Baoshan first.
When Zhou Ziwei thought about renting a car in Kunming, he naturally thought of the beautiful policewoman Liu Xiaofei. Then, Zhou Ziwei was suddenly stunned and involuntarily fell into a daze.
Liu Xiaofei… why didn’t I even think of Liu Xiaofei when I was considering potential wives? Was it because I had already taken her body, and therefore lost all interest in this woman I had seduced? Or… did I truly not like her at all deep down… Zhou Ziwei… Zhou Ziwei… don’t become a Chen Shimei (a notorious womanizer in Chinese folklore)… If you really didn’t like her, then… why did you take her body in the first place… Could it be… that I, in essence, am just like the previous owner of this body, a philandering playboy, a spoiled brat?
Zhou Ziwei shook his head vigorously, recalling Liu Xiaofei's reluctant gaze when he left Tengchong. He felt as if something had been shattered.
"Phew—" Zhou Ziwei let out a long breath, thinking that no matter what, he must see Liu Xiaofei again when he goes to Yunnan this time.
Moreover, he always believed that Liu Xiaofei's infatuation with him was due to the damage she suffered during the kidnapping incident.
Because Zhou Ziwei left an indelible mark on her soul under those circumstances, Liu Xiaofei felt such a deep and unforgettable love for him.
Zhou Ziwei was never quite sure if Liu Xiaofei would still like him as much as before if the emotional trauma and the invisible mark were gone. That's why Zhou Ziwei had an excuse to keep categorizing the relationship between him and Liu Xiaofei as uncertain.
However, now that we have grasped the secret of the Soul Bead, healing Liu Xiaofei's barely perceptible soul injury is a piece of cake.
Therefore... Zhou Ziwei decided that this time he had to make a choice between himself and Liu Xiaofei first, to heal Liu Xiaofei's soul wounds, and then see how Liu Xiaofei would choose without the soul wounds. If Liu Xiaofei looked down on Zhou Ziwei then... then Zhou Ziwei would naturally not put his warm face on her cold backside.
But if Liu Xiaofei still harbors the same deep affection for him as before... then Zhou Ziwei doesn't intend to shirk responsibility. After all, he couldn't resist the temptation back then and slept with such a beautiful woman... Sigh... Impulsiveness is the devil... The person who said that is truly brilliant.
After thinking about all this, Zhou Ziwei didn't hesitate any longer and immediately picked up the phone to call Liu Xiaofei.
The phone was answered immediately after only one ring, but instead of the familiar greeting, a middle-aged woman's voice trembled slightly as she said, "Who...who are you? Xiaofei...is Xiaofei alright? You can ask for any amount of money you want, I'll try to borrow it for you, but please don't hurt Xiaofei!"
Upon hearing the woman's voice, Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback. He then realized that it must be Liu Xiaofei's mother's voice. However, after hearing what she said, Zhou Ziwei suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
He quickly spoke loudly into the microphone, "Auntie, don't be nervous. I'm Zhou Ziwei, Liu Xiaofei's good friend. Can you tell me what happened to Liu Xiaofei? Has she been kidnapped?"
"Ah—" A soft gasp came from the other end of the line, followed by a softer voice: "You...you're Mr. Zhou...sigh...I don't know what happened. Xiaofei...she hasn't come home since she got off work last night, and her phone is still at home. We've been trying to contact her but haven't been able to. Her father and I are so worried. An hour ago, Xiaofei's phone rang, and someone just said that Xiaofei was in their hands and that we didn't need to bother looking for her...and then immediately hung up. This...we, Lao Liu, don't know what to do either...we can only wait for now. I was just discussing with Lao Liu whether to call the police when your call came in..."
The voice stopped abruptly halfway through its sentence, and then another male voice, one that Zhou Ziwei recognized, came through the receiver in a deep voice: "Hello Mr. Zhou, I am Xiaofei's father, Liu Haiyang... I know you are a capable man, so I won't stand on ceremony. Please help me think of a way to ensure Xiaofei's safety... Sigh... We are undecided and don't know whether to call the police immediately..."
A surge of anger was rapidly rising within Zhou Ziwei, but he could only suppress it for the time being. After hesitating for a moment, he said softly, "I think... it's better not to call the police yet. If Xiaofei has really been kidnapped, then the kidnappers are most likely inexperienced novices, and these novice criminals are the most dangerous. Their mental fortitude is quite weak, and they might immediately lose their minds under severe stimulation. So... let's not call the police yet! It might put Xiaofei in danger instead. Um... keep your cell phone signals on. I'll find a way to get to Kunming immediately... If they call again, no matter what conditions they propose, don't refuse. Deal with them as best you can until I get there... I'll handle this matter..."
Zhou Ziwei put down the phone, temporarily suppressing his anxiety and anger. He was actually a little amused and exasperated. He really didn't know how Liu Xiaofei could so easily gain the favor of kidnappers. Why was it always her who was kidnapped? She was supposed to be a police officer. How come criminals these days are so bold, even targeting police officers for kidnapping?
Regardless, Liu Xiaofei is Zhou Ziwei's woman, and Zhou Ziwei naturally wouldn't allow her to be harmed. With Liu Xiaofei's beauty, if she falls into the hands of those ruthless bandits, the consequences would be unimaginable... So now, not even a moment can be wasted. At this moment, Zhou Ziwei wished he could grow wings and fly directly to Kunming.
The flight to Kunming is tomorrow afternoon, which is more than 30 hours away. Zhou Ziwei couldn't imagine what terrible things might happen if he waited at home for more than 30 hours. After hesitating for a while, he finally couldn't help but dial the number of Director Liu from the National Security Bureau that he had met at the airport.
Director Liu had once said that if there were any difficult problems, people could ask him for help. The phone number he gave Zhou Ziwei was a reward for Zhou Ziwei's successful rescue of all the hostages on the plane.
Afterwards, Zhou Ziwei did use that phone number once, but at that time, he had only gotten into a fight on the street and was detained by the police. Even if he hadn't contacted Director Liu, there wouldn't have been any serious consequences. Therefore, neither side should have considered that such a small matter as Director Liu's reward for Zhou Ziwei being completed.
This time, Zhou Ziwei decided to use Director Liu's favor. He didn't expect Director Liu to use the power of the National Security Bureau to help him resolve this potentially serious kidnapping incident. After all, Director Liu was doing important work to safeguard national security. A small policeman being kidnapped... such a thing was not something the National Security Bureau should get involved in.
Zhou Ziwei's request was both simple and complex: he wanted Director Liu to help him arrange a plane to immediately take him from Dangyang to Kunming.
Director Liu was clearly taken aback by Zhou Ziwei's request. After hesitating for half a minute, he replied with a wry smile, "Alright! I'll try my best. Wait for my news... I'll give you an answer in five minutes at most..." After saying that, Director Liu hung up the phone directly, and surprisingly, he refrained from asking Zhou Ziwei why he was in such a hurry to go to Kunming.
This old fox probably figured out that Zhou Ziwei's rush to Kunming must be due to some serious trouble. If he asked, he couldn't just ignore it, but if he did, he'd be asking for trouble... Sigh, old foxes are indeed shrewd...
Five minutes later, Director Liu's phone rang precisely on time. He then spoke very seriously on the phone: "I've already made arrangements for you. A small cargo helicopter will be flying to a military unit in Kunming in fifteen minutes from a garrison 80 kilometers north of Dangyang City. If you want to get to Kunming as quickly as possible, this is your only chance… There aren't many helicopters available in Dangyang, and I have no other options. So… no matter where you are, you must arrive there within fifteen minutes to board that helicopter. Otherwise… I'll have to wait until tonight to arrange for another helicopter to pick you up… By the way… once you arrive at that garrison, just mention my name, and someone will arrange for you to board…"
After saying this, Director Liu decisively hung up the phone again, leaving Zhou Ziwei standing there stunned for a few seconds before he couldn't help but curse, "You old bastard, you're really good at fooling people! Fifteen minutes... and you want me to get from downtown Dangyang to a place eighty kilometers away in the suburbs... Why don't you just die!"
Zhou Ziwei cursed twice in exasperation, but he knew that even if he called that old bastard again, he would probably only say the same thing, and would probably only tell him that he had no other choice but to wait for a plane to pick him up that night.
However, Zhou Ziwei simply couldn't wait any longer. He was terrified that he would receive a call from Liu Xiaofei's parents that evening, informing him of Liu Xiaofei's death... If that happened, Zhou Ziwei would feel guilty for the rest of his life...
Damn... covering 80 kilometers in 15 minutes is absolutely impossible for an ordinary person, but for Zhou Ziwei, it's not necessarily a hopeless situation.
Without further ado, Zhou Ziwei took off running into the garage. Without a word, he started the car and smashed the garage door open with a loud crash. Then he drove off at breakneck speed towards the northern suburbs.
Before the Zhou family's bodyguards could even react to what had happened, several bodyguards grabbed their batons and rushed out from the garage that had been smashed open. But when they saw the speeding car that had accelerated to over 180 kilometers per hour in an instant, disappear completely in a flash at the intersection ahead, everyone was immediately dumbfounded.
Relying on his reaction speed, which was several times that of an average person, Zhou Ziwei gradually accelerated the car to its limit of 220 kilometers per hour. Seeing that the speed could not be increased any further, he could only smile bitterly. He gripped the steering wheel tightly with one hand, stared intently at the vehicles on the road, and used the other hand to call Zhou Zixu. He told him that he was the one who crashed into the garage door, and that his family should not be nervous. He also said that he had to go to Yunnan immediately and might be gone for a few days. Without waiting for Zhou Zixu to ask any further questions, he hung up the phone and focused all his attention on controlling the car, slowly increasing the speed a little bit more.
Unfortunately, Zhou Ziwei found a car in the garage with the key still in the ignition. It was just an ordinary Santana sedan, and in terms of performance, it was quite different from some high-end sports cars. At just over 200 kilometers per hour, the car was already shaking violently. In addition, this was not a highway, and Zhou Ziwei had to constantly dodge the vehicles in front of him. Sometimes, the car had to make up to twenty swerving maneuvers within a minute. This meant that no matter how recklessly Zhou Ziwei pressed the accelerator, he could not increase the speed any further.
This is because Zhou Ziwei's body has been modified by the Reincarnation Water, so he knows that even if he loses control and has a minor car accident, he shouldn't die. Otherwise, even if the world's number one race car driver came here, he would never dare to perform such a heart-pounding series of drifting maneuvers on a busy main road like Zhou Ziwei.
If Zhou Ziwei were driving a Bugatti Veyron with a top speed of 431 kilometers per hour, he would be absolutely certain that he could reach his destination within fifteen minutes. But now... it seems that even if he drives the car at top speed, he can forget about reaching the military base within the allotted time.
Zhou Ziwei gritted his teeth inwardly, continuing to steer the Santana steadily at top speed while occasionally glancing down at the remaining time on his watch...
Damn... Is he coming or not? There are less than two minutes left, but the military base is still at least 20 kilometers away. Unless he's driving a flying car, he probably won't make it in time no matter what.
Volume 2 The Assassin's Nightmare Chapter 298 Terrifying Speed
Time ticked by, and Zhou Ziwei's brows furrowed more and more. He watched as more and more vehicles appeared around him, and the road became much narrower than the one he had just driven on, making it difficult for him to push the car to its maximum speed.
Looking down at his watch, he saw that there was only one minute left until the time Director Liu had mentioned, but they were still at least ten kilometers away from the military base.
Relying solely on the speed of this car, it's definitely not enough to catch up.
Zhou Ziwei gritted his teeth, recalling Liu Xiaofei's tender beauty when they were affectionate that day, the loving look in her eyes when she gazed at him, and the sight of her weeping, bloodied face when she saw him fall to the guns of terrorists. Zhou Ziwei finally sighed. No matter what, no matter whether he would eventually marry Liu Xiaofei, he could not ignore her life or death. He would do everything in his power to save her...
The car sped along Binjiang Road at an almost insane speed. Many drivers suddenly felt as if a car was coming from behind, but before they could react, a black shadow flashed past them, often narrowly missing them. They were terrified, their faces turning pale and their hearts pounding.
Many drivers, severely agitated, had to pull over to the side of the road after being overtaken, trying to calm their nerves which had nearly snapped, while craning their necks and cursing loudly at the black Santana speeding past.
Yan Jun was in a good mood today. After dumping that piece of trash Liu Ni a while ago, he had several girlfriends. Of course... these girlfriends were all social butterflies. It was fine to hang out with them, but Yan Jun would never be serious about such women.
However, a few days ago, he took a liking to a female college graduate who had just graduated and applied for a job at Yan's Real Estate.
To be honest, that female college student graduated from a third-rate university and only had a junior college diploma.
With such an educational background and no work experience, one would generally not be accepted by a large company like Yan's Real Estate.
However... that female college student was really alluring, especially her pair of crescent-shaped eyes. With just a glance, she almost stole Yan Jun's soul.
So Yan Jun immediately and without hesitation brought this female college student into his department and made her his assistant.
This female college student with crescent-shaped, alluring eyes was quite shrewd. Just a few days later, last night at a bar, she had two drinks with Yan Jun, and then, half-heartedly, she was led to a hotel by him. The two of them spent half the night together, and didn't get up until after nine o'clock.
Yan Jun remembered that he had to go to a cement plant in the northern suburbs to discuss a business deal, so he took his new lover and drove his newly bought BMW at high speed toward the cement plant.
Perhaps because he had overworked himself the night before, Yan Jun was driving a little unsteadily. Just then, he heard a rapid engine roar behind him, and then a black car shadow whizzed past the window.
Yan Jun's car window had been open the whole time. When that car sped past, a strong gust of wind rushed in through the window, stinging Yan Jun's eyes. In a panic, his hands trembled, and he couldn't help but swerve the steering wheel to the side. The car instantly went out of control, crashing into the roadside guardrail with a loud "bang," and then drove straight into the field beside the road...
"Damn it, who is it... Which bastard drove this car? My brand new car is ruined like this... Don't let me find out who you are, or I'll never forgive you... Damn, so what if you're a good driver... I curse your car to flip into the Dangyang River, and you'll be the frogs' food in the river!"
Fortunately, Yan Jun and his beautiful assistant were still wearing their seat belts, so they only suffered minor injuries after hitting the road. However, the newly replaced BMW was in a terrible state. Even if it could be repaired and driven on the road, how could Young Master Yan possibly bring himself to drive such a broken car?
Enraged, Young Master Yan got out of the car and pointed at the car that was disappearing into the distance like a black lightning bolt, cursing loudly. But suddenly, the black car seemed to lose control. At a bend, instead of turning, it hurtled straight towards the riverbank railing. With a loud crack, the railing, at high speed, offered no resistance and shattered into pieces. The car, like a streak of light, crashed off the riverbank, arcing through the air before plunging heavily into the Dangyang River with a deafening roar…
"Wow...no way! My curse actually worked!"
Yan Jun stared at this scene in disbelief, momentarily speechless...
The wailing sirens arrived in less than two minutes, not because the police's efficiency had suddenly increased many times, but because the black Santana sedan had been speeding heavily when it drove through the city and had already been spotted by the traffic police.
Countless traffic police officers had been chasing and intercepting the car along the way, but unfortunately, even though some of the police cars were much better than the Santana in terms of performance, they still couldn't catch up with the black Santana that was driving like it was flying on the busy road.
They could only follow behind the black Santana, getting left in its dust. If that car hadn't suddenly lost control and plunged into the river, the traffic police would probably have been left further and further behind the longer they chased.
It wasn't the rainy season, and the Dangyang River wasn't deep. The Santana plunged headfirst into the river, but half of its rear end was still above the water. Immediately, a traffic policeman who could swim went into the water to see if he could rescue the driver from the car.
Although these traffic police officers weren't very good drivers, they at least had some humanitarian spirit. It was wrong of the other party to drive illegally, but they couldn't just stand by and watch them die.
The traffic policeman who had dived into the water quickly surfaced, shook his head, and gestured to his colleague who was waiting for news, indicating that there was no one in the car and that the window was open, suggesting that it had probably been swept away by the river.
When Yan Jun saw that the guy who caused his car accident was in big trouble, he immediately perked up. Ignoring his beautiful assistant who was still crying out in pain over a small cut on her arm, he couldn't wait to run to the riverbank to see if the unfortunate guy was dead.
Unexpectedly, upon arriving at the riverbank, they immediately spotted the license plate of a black Santana with half of its body submerged in the water, and were instantly stunned.
The last four digits of the number are 5555. This number looks familiar...
After a slight pause, Yan Jun remembered that this seemed to be the Zhou family's license plate number; he seemed to have seen Zhou Zixu drive it a few times before.
But... would Zhou Zixu, who is usually very steady in his actions, drive so recklessly? This is not like his usual style... Could it be... Zhou Ziwei, the eldest young master of the Zhou family?
Thinking of this, Yan Jun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but point at the sunken car in the river and burst into laughter...
With less than a minute left, Zhou Ziwei finally made up his mind and prepared to use his incredibly extravagant flying ultimate move.
Because his car was going too fast, if he wanted to stop the car first and then steadily step onto the force field space to fly into the sky, it would probably waste about half a minute.
Moreover, his ability to fly was too astonishing. Zhou Ziwei didn't want to be worshipped like a god by the people on the road. Helpless, he had to sacrifice his Santana, which he had just driven from home. When he reached the bend, instead of slowing down, he stepped on the gas pedal all the way to the floor, maintaining a straight direction, and crashed hard into the guardrail on the side of the road.
The instant the car body took off, Zhou Ziwei had already increased his physical agility tenfold. Since he had integrated the properties of electricity into his soul power, the painful and itchy side effects of forcibly increasing his physical agility no longer posed much of a threat to him.
However, this sensitivity cannot be increased indefinitely. Generally speaking, it is almost at its limit when increased by about ten times.
In this situation, no matter how much soul power he injects into his nervous system, he will not achieve much substantial improvement.
However, with just this tenfold increase in sensitivity, plus the speed boost that the electrical properties bring to Zhou Ziwei, when he moves at full speed, his speed can already soar to a terrifying level.
However, such a full-force exertion is also incredibly taxing on physical strength. Otherwise, if Zhou Ziwei could maintain this speed, he could probably run from the city to the military base 80 kilometers away in 15 minutes by simply running on his own two legs.
During the great battle between the island nation and Blood Shadow, Zhou Ziwei was forced to create a force field space. Since its formation, the force field space has never dissipated and has always followed Zhou Ziwei like a shadow.
If Zhou Ziwei doesn't inject a large amount of soul power into that force field space, it's just like a wisp of air, completely unaffected by his daily life. At most, it slowly but continuously draws away his soul power.
Since its formation, Zhou Ziwei had only piloted this force field once to experience the thrill of flight, but that experience also allowed him to witness the terrifying speed at which this force field devoured soul power.
After that, he never dared to use that thing to fly again, because he simply didn't have enough soul power to consume it like that...
However, this time he was really forced into a corner. If he didn't rely on this thing to fly, he would never be able to reach the military base more than ten kilometers away in less than a minute. With no other choice, he steeled his heart and took the plunge.
He leaped out of the car mid-air like lightning, and the force field caught him precisely as he thought. Without pausing, he immediately used his mind to drive the force field beneath his feet, and in a terrifying speed, it vanished in a flash.
Normally, this force field space would be equivalent to Zhou Ziwei's own will, and the speed of that will is probably at least no slower than the speed of light.