After pulling out the object, Fang immediately and without hesitation pressed a red button on top...
A chilling sound rang out, and streaks of blue electricity, like countless small snakes, shot out from the electronic shackles. This time, the current intensity definitely exceeded the total current generated by the previous violent collisions. It seemed that Fang had released all the electrical energy stored in the electronic shackles in an instant through the remote control.
This current was incredibly powerful. Even Zhou Ziwei, who could use electricity as a supplement, was so shocked by the sheer volume of current that his entire body felt numb and tingly for a while.
As Fangya was held in Zhou Ziwei's hands, he inevitably suffered some collateral damage. Small arcs of electricity struck his body, instantly causing his black fur to char and curl.
"Woo—" To Zhou Ziwei's surprise, the monster, instead of being electrocuted, seemed to unleash an immense power from within. It raised its fangs and let out a piercing wolf howl, then shuddered and broke free from Zhou Ziwei's grasp. It then turned and pounced on Zhou Ziwei, its massive jaws agape, baring its fangs as it lunged at his neck…
Zhou Ziwei had just absorbed a powerful electric current, which seemed to be not yet fully digested. His body felt slightly stiff, but when he saw the creature biting down at him, he felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly retreated, but his hands were still cuffed together, making it difficult to move them. Helpless, he could only bend his elbows and charge at the massive jaws that were about to bite him...
With a soft "pop," before Zhou Ziwei's elbow could even make contact, a blue arc of electricity suddenly shot out from between his elbows. As if it had eyes, the arc of electricity accurately shot into the gaping maw of Fang, and exploded in Fang's throat.
"Ugh—" Caught off guard, the fang was instantly struck by an electric current that numbed most of its head, starting from its throat. As a result, its ferocious attack came to an abrupt end, and it collapsed right in front of Zhou Ziwei with a thud.
"Wow... It's really impressive that you can control electricity... I'm even more interested in your genes now..." That childish voice rang out in the room once again. Zhou Ziwei looked around and found that there was a wireless camera installed in each of the four corners of the laboratory. It could obviously capture every detail that happened in the room from all angles. There were also quite a few speakers in the laboratory. The childish voice came from the speakers, and the sounds from all directions came together, giving people a three-dimensional feeling as if they were there in person.
Zhou Ziwei frowned slightly and shouted sternly, "Are you that Dr. Hong? I've arrived as promised, so you should release my friend now, right?"
A childish voice chuckled and said, "Don't worry! Your girlfriend will be fine. I just can't let her leave yet. As for you... just get some sleep! Hmm... your genes must be something quite strange. I'm afraid I'll have to spend several months researching them. Don't worry... once I've completely cracked your genetic code, I'll transform you into a super soldier ten times stronger than you are now. And your girlfriend... I'll make her your pet, so she'll always be by your side... Hehe... How about that... I'm pretty good to you, aren't I? I've even thought of things so thoroughly for you. Shouldn't you cooperate with me to show your gratitude?"
Hearing the words spoken in that childish voice, Zhou Ziwei felt a chill run down his spine for some reason.
Just by looking at this hairy monster with fangs at his feet, Zhou Ziwei knew that this Dr. Hong must be a perverted genetic modification expert. Therefore, what he said was probably not an exaggeration. Zhou Ziwei really couldn't imagine what kind of terrifying appearance he would become if he were modified by this guy and so-called demonized.
White mist continued to pour down from above, gradually enveloping Zhou Ziwei's figure. Just as Zhou Ziwei was about to force his way out, he suddenly heard his cell phone ringing incessantly at his waist...
Volume 2 The Assassin's Nightmare Chapter 302 Don't Mess With Me Again
When Zhou Ziwei heard the phone at his waist ring, he was slightly startled. In that brief moment of hesitation, the white mist above his head completely enveloped him.
Zhou Ziwei's expression changed slightly, but he immediately realized that the white mist only made him feel slightly dizzy when it enveloped him, and then the slight dizziness quickly and inexplicably subsided, leaving him feeling nothing at all.
It seems that the poison gas released by this Dr. Hong is far less toxic than the blood mist of that Blood Shadow...
Once he was certain that the poisonous gas wouldn't cause him any trouble, Zhou Ziwei immediately calmed down and there was no need to rush outside anymore.
Hearing his phone still ringing incessantly, he simply pulled over a chair next to the lab bench, plopped down on it, and then casually took out his phone to answer it.
“Hey… Mr. Vincent, oh… really, that’s great, thank you so much for your help. Um… don’t worry about me, these few small fry can’t stop me, haha… I’ll remember your favor today, and I’ll definitely repay it when I have the chance.”
After Zhou Ziwei hung up the phone, he heard that childlike voice again coming from the speaker, shouting somewhat out of control: "Are you really talking to someone? How is that possible? Even if you're using the best satellite phone, it's impossible for it to get past the signal jamming of my research base... Impossible... Absolutely impossible... You must be faking it, right?"
Zhou Ziwei chuckled lightly upon hearing this, too lazy to argue with Dr. Hong about the matter. He shook his head, his expression turning cold, and said, "I don't care why you brought me here this time. I just want to tell you... whatever you do, don't let me find you, and definitely don't mess with me again. Otherwise... I'll make you regret ever being born. You think some of my abilities are amazing? Well, let me tell you, that's just the tip of the iceberg. My true strength is something you can never understand or imagine. Also... I'm not alone. Even if you manage to use some underhanded means to ambush me, once you provoke the forces behind me, no matter what kind of doctor you are or the president of the United States, the forces behind me will easily turn you to ashes... Fine, fine... I knew you wouldn't believe me, but... I think you'll soon understand that I'm not one to brag!"
"Hahaha... You think you're not bragging? I've never seen anyone as shameless as you!" The childish voice let out a series of clear and unrestrained laughs, saying, "You think you're so great just because you can kill Fang? You think you're so tough just because you're not afraid of this anesthetic spray? Let me tell you! Fang is just a rather unsuccessful experiment I created a few years ago. His outstanding feature is his intelligence, which is why he had the honor of becoming my assistant. As for his fighting ability... his performance was really terrible. You being able to defeat him proves nothing. And that anesthetic spray... it's just a low-grade, least effective aerosol."
I still need to keep you here for experiments and extract complete, healthy, active gene samples from your body, which is why I didn't release that highly lethal chemical agent. Otherwise... Hmph... Speaking of which, it's quite surprising that you were able to withstand the electronic shackles I personally designed.
Moreover, I discovered that you are not only unafraid of high-voltage current, but you can even seem to absorb the current into your body and use it for your own purposes. That's quite an amazing ability... Oh, but just being able to manipulate electrical energy is nothing special.
Now, do you really think you can escape from this temporary experimental base? The blueprints for this base were all designed by this doctor himself. To withstand earthquakes and pressure, it was built using a solid steel brick casting process. Even if a missile exploded inside this laboratory, it wouldn't be able to blow through the walls. So, you might as well give up on that idea! As for trying to enter or exit through the main door, that's even more impossible. The electronic doors here are controlled by both palm print and voice. If you don't have the authority to open the door but try to force your way in... then the system's automatic defense program will be activated immediately.
"Heh heh... the central computer at this research base already possesses a rudimentary form of artificial intelligence, with the most basic judgment capabilities. Once the central computer determines you're an intruder within the base... heh heh... then every weapon within the base that can be controlled by the system will become your nightmare. Furthermore, if the central computer determines it cannot effectively kill you within the base, and you might escape... the central computer might even choose self-destruction, taking you down with it!"
The childish voice burst into another burst of laughter before continuing, "So? Do you still think you can walk out of here unscathed?"
Zhou Ziwei sneered and said, "I've said it before... no one can stop me if I want to leave. Your so-called impregnable walls are nothing but fleeting clouds in my eyes. Even the strongest cage can be reduced to dust in the blink of an eye. Hmph... if you don't believe me, just watch..."
As Zhou Ziwei spoke, he silently took out a tiny, low-level soul bead, as small as a grain of rice, and pretended to flick it lightly against the wall in front of him... But just as his finger flicked, a wisp of soul power had already enveloped the tiny soul bead, and it flew directly into the metal wall opposite at a terrifying speed of almost light.
With a soft "hiss," the solid metal wall in front, at least a foot and a half thick, was instantly reduced to fine powder by the countless decomposition rays released when the Soul Pearl exploded. The metal powder then flowed down, and in the blink of an eye, a large circular hole with a radius of one meter and a diameter of two meters was revealed on the wall.
"No—how could this be!" The childish voice suddenly screamed like a madman, then shouted angrily, "Perhaps you are indeed very powerful, far more powerful than I expected, but... you are still in my experimental base, so no matter how powerful you are, you won't be able to escape. It's just a temporary experimental base, right? I can afford to waste it... Now... I'll let it go down with you... Hahaha..."
While the child's innocent voice was still laughing wildly, a calm and indifferent synthesized electronic voice suddenly rang out in the laboratory, uttering each word without any emotion: "Self-destruct program successfully initiated, destruction countdown begins in ten seconds... ten, nine, eight..."
"How about that... hahaha..." The childish voice laughed again as the electronic synthesized voice sounded, "You think you're so great? But your lab is still more than a dozen metal walls away from the exit. No matter how strong you are, you can't possibly break through in just a few seconds! Hahaha... No matter how strong you are, if you keep fighting with me, Dr. Hong, you'll only end up dead!"
Zhou Ziwei showed no panic upon hearing this, nor did he even take a step forward. He simply smiled coldly and said, "What a pathetic frog in a well... I'll say it again... Don't let me find you, and don't mess with me or the people I care about again, or you'll regret it..."
After quickly finishing those few words, the stiff, cold voice had already counted down the countdown to two. This meant that in just two seconds, the self-destruction here would be completed, and a massive explosion was likely to occur.
After all, if that innocent child's voice wasn't lying, and if the main buildings of this experimental base were made of metal, then ordinary forces would definitely find it difficult to destroy this place.
Only two seconds remained... but even just two seconds was more than enough for Zhou Ziwei.
With another pretentious flick of his finger, he simultaneously enveloped soul beads in his soul power and sent them flying toward the ceiling... These soul beads were all low-level soul beads that had only refined one soul, and there was a gap of more than one meter between each soul bead.
First, the first Soul Bead struck the ceiling, instantly unleashing a decomposition ray that blasted a hole two meters in diameter. Then, the second Soul Bead pierced through the fine powder falling from the hole and struck the top, unleashing another decomposition ray that caused the hole in the ceiling to expand upwards by another meter. Then came the third Soul Bead, the fourth Soul Bead…
Although the experimental base was built in a relatively hidden location, it was actually only a dozen meters underground. Zhou Ziwei had already used his soul power to test the distance from the ground to the top, which is why he seemed so confident, and he was also very measured when he made his move.
In an instant, the twelve soul beads were launched in succession. Enveloped by the power of the soul, they flew out at a speed close to the speed of light. Therefore, although it was necessary to launch the soul beads in twelve consecutive shots to break through the metal wall and soil above, the twelve attacks were still completed in just one second.
At such terrifying speed, it was impossible for others to see that Zhou Ziwei had launched twelve soul beads in such a short time. At most, they could only see that Zhou Ziwei had pierced through a huge tunnel with a diameter of two meters in the top layer of soil that was more than ten meters thick in the blink of an eye.
Within the passageway, everything that was originally there, whether it was soil or metal, was instantly and completely reduced to fine powder that fell down with a soft patter.
With only one second left... Zhou Ziwei didn't hesitate at all. He immediately used the force field space that had always followed him like his shadow to envelop his entire body. Then, in another flash, the force field space, which was like a huge egg, carried Zhou Ziwei into the air and flew straight out through the newly opened passage.
As Zhou Ziwei broke through the passage amidst the countless slowly falling powdery substances and flew out to see the light of day again, he did not immediately jump out of the force field space. Instead, he immediately maneuvered the force field space to fly horizontally to the left for several hundred meters before finally jumping down into a pile of garbage...
A deafening roar erupted almost the instant Zhou Ziwei's feet touched the ground. Instantly, the ground near the garbage dump shook violently. A dazzling beam of light shot out from the tunnel Zhou Ziwei had just escaped through, soaring more than ten meters into the air before gradually descending. Within a radius of hundreds of meters around the tunnel, the ground collapsed several meters into a massive crater, resembling the aftermath of a meteor strike. The sheer force and power of the impact were astonishing.
Zhou Ziwei was secretly shocked when he saw this. He had been somewhat skeptical of what the childish voice had said, but now he realized that Dr. Hong had not exaggerated. The underground experimental base had really been destroyed. If Zhou Ziwei had come out a moment later, he would probably have been buried with the entire base.
Zhou Ziwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Dr. Hong couldn't possibly have been in that underground experimental base just now; otherwise, why would he have chosen to let that secret experimental base self-destruct?
It seems this guy is really slippery. He clearly wants to find me, but he refuses to show himself. He only controls me remotely through speakers and monitoring equipment. That way, even if something unexpected happens, he won't lose his life directly.
Zhou Ziwei still doesn't even know if that guy is male or female, old or young. Even if he bumps into Dr. Hong on the street in the future, he probably won't recognize him at all. This is definitely not a good sign...
However, given the current situation, Zhou Ziwei had no other options. Time had been extremely tight. If he had hesitated even slightly, he would likely have been buried alive... no, he would have been blown to bits. So, Zhou Ziwei had no choice. Otherwise, given a little time, he would have grabbed a few people from that secret underground laboratory and dug out their hideout.
However, even if he can't find that guy for the time being and can't completely eliminate this hidden danger, that guy might not dare to cause trouble for Zhou Ziwei again for the time being.
The reason Zhou Ziwei revealed a portion of his powerful martial arts was to create a strong deterrent effect on that guy.
Otherwise, if that guy kidnaps Liu Xiaofei today, kidnaps Wang Xuewei tomorrow, and causes trouble for Yu Xiaoru the day after, even if Zhou Ziwei had three heads and six arms, he would be driven to the brink of collapse by him.
Furthermore... the people belonging to Dr. Hong who were just exposed in this city are not just one or two, and Zhou Ziwei has already planted a Kun pet next to each of the suspicious people who may be Dr. Hong's accomplices.
So even though everyone in that secret laboratory had been reduced to nothingness by the explosion, Zhou Ziwei wasn't completely without any clues.
First of all, there are four people disguised as scavengers in this garbage dump. Zhou Ziwei was just thrown into the sewer-like laboratory entrance by those four guys like a dead dog. If these four guys aren't Dr. Hong's men, then that would be a miracle...
Under the watchful eyes of a few mosquitoes, Zhou Ziwei could clearly sense the location of those people. Immediately, Zhou Ziwei moved swiftly, guided by the strange spiritual connection between himself and the mosquitoes, and quickly appeared within two hundred meters of where those people were.
Instantly, the soul connection between Zhou Ziwei and the several Kun pets was restored.
Moreover, at this moment, the distance was so close that Zhou Ziwei didn't even need to use anything. He could simply use his eyes, which were ten times better than the eyesight of ordinary people, to see the four people's every move.
The four scavengers had stopped their pretentious act of collecting water bottles. Now, they stood there, staring at the direction from which the flame was rising, their eyes filled with fear and horror. They remained motionless, like four wax figures frozen in time. If Zhou Ziwei hadn't used his spiritual power to examine them carefully when he was thrown into the underground laboratory, he probably would have mistaken them for some failed sculptures left behind by an artist...
Zhou Ziwei shook his head inwardly. Seeing how weak these guys were, he knew that even if they were Dr. Hong's men, they could not possibly be his confidants, and their knowledge of Dr. Hong's affairs must be very limited.
Even knowing the chances were slim, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't give up on that faint hope. He immediately quickened his pace and rushed towards the four people...
When Zhou Ziwei got close to the four men, only about 30 or 40 meters away, he suddenly noticed that each of them had a trickle of bright red blood flowing from the corner of their mouths.
Then, like four wooden stakes pulled from the ground, the four of them fell to the ground with a thud.
Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback, then suddenly quickened his pace, rushed straight to the four people, casually grabbed one of them and touched his chest, and could only sigh helplessly.
They're dead... These four people just died so inexplicably...
Volume 2, The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 303: The Hong Family of Beijing
When Zhou Ziwei saw that the four people who had just thrown him into the sewer were now standing there dead, he was slightly startled. He quickly re-established the soul connection with the few mosquitoes that had been monitoring the four people, and replayed the events that had happened to them while he was away in his mind.
After a long while, Zhou Ziwei's eyes showed a hint of helplessness and doubt. He tilted his head and looked at the four corpses in front of him again, his brows furrowing deeply.
From the moment he was thrown into the dry well by these people disguised as scavengers until now... through the soul memories of that Kun pet, Zhou Ziwei did not find anyone approaching them during this period, nor did he see them do anything abnormal. It was only just now that an accident suddenly occurred, and he collapsed and died without any warning.
Could it be that... that Dr. Hong actually has the ability to implant chips directly into people's brains, just like the black market assassin network, and can remotely kill people without making a sound? Otherwise... how could these four people have died at the same time by such a coincidence?
However, if you were to say that each of these four people had a sophisticated chip installed in their brains, like the one in Zhou Ziwei's head, even Zhou Ziwei himself wouldn't believe it.
Although Zhou Ziwei was not quite sure how expensive those strange chips were, he was certain they wouldn't be something to be squandered like cabbage. The people in front of him were clearly just low-level thugs. Even if Dr. Hong was incredibly wealthy, he couldn't possibly have implanted such chips in the brains of every one of his men so easily, could he?
Zhou Ziwei shook his head, examined the body again carefully, and then concluded that these people should have died from poisoning. However, there were no signs of poisoning on their bodies, which meant that they must have ingested the poison voluntarily.
However… through Kun Chong’s soul memories, Zhou Ziwei knew that these people shouldn’t have ingested anything during this time. So there’s only one possibility left… They had taken the poison beforehand, but the timing of its onset was precisely controlled. The fact that all four people would be poisoned at the same time is truly terrifying. You see, if you simply use capsules to encapsulate the poison and rely on the natural melting of the glue to control the timing of the poison’s onset, you can only get a rough estimate. In reality, the strength and amount of acid secreted by each person’s stomach that can corrode the glue are also different. So, to control four people to be poisoned at the same time is definitely a technically difficult task.
Zhou Ziwei couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he didn't bother to dwell on the details anymore. He quickly gathered all the Kun pets that were still scattered around the junkyard and then ran away from this place of trouble...
Less than three minutes after Zhou Ziwei left, the wailing of sirens and fire truck alarms filled the garbage dump. After all, the explosion just now was quite terrifying, and the tremor was even felt in the city. Many people thought it was an earthquake. Many people also saw the towering column of fire, which was more than ten meters high. Naturally, the police, having received the news, did not dare not come and investigate.
Zhou Ziwei returned to the city in a very short time, and then went to the location that Vincent had given him on the phone.
Upon arriving at Liu Xiaofei's home, Zhou Ziwei knew that the people who had kidnapped Liu Xiaofei were targeting him. Therefore, they must not be ordinary people, and they might even be numerous and powerful. Zhou Ziwei was all alone, and if they were to use a feint attack, he would be completely disoriented and unable to defend himself.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei decided to find some helpers to assist him in secret. When asking for help, Zhou Ziwei did not even consider asking the police for assistance. After thinking for a while, he simply sent a message to Vincent online, asking Vincent to send intelligence personnel from the black market assassin network who were currently near Kunming, or some people with special abilities, to assist him.
Anyway, Zhou Ziwei now holds the title of Vice President of the Asia-Pacific region for the Black Market Assassin Network, so he can openly and legitimately use the organization's resources.
Vincent did not refuse Zhou Ziwei's request at all, and immediately dispatched all the forces of the black market assassin network near Kunming. And they actually managed to rescue Liu Xiaofei by tracking Sun Xiaoyu.
Although Zhou Ziwei sent a Kun pet to track Sun Xiaoyu, unfortunately, a Kun pet is still just a Kun pet. No matter how smart they are, they can't always play the same role as humans. So, without Vincent's help, even if the Kun pet could find Liu Xiaofei, it would be powerless to rescue the unconscious Liu Xiaofei from those people's lair.
Mosquitoes possess a relatively potent venom that can corrode a person's body instantly. However, given their small size, they cannot store much venom within their bodies. Generally, a single mosquito can only take down three or four people at most. Therefore, if faced with a large number of enemies, relying on just one mosquito is simply not enough.
If the little mosquito were to immediately return to find Zhou Ziwei after discovering Liu Xiaofei's whereabouts and then bring him back to rescue her, Liu Xiaofei might be moved away again along the way, and all their efforts would be in vain.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei's original order to Xiao Wenzi was that once Liu Xiaofei was found, he should stay close to her and not leave easily. At that time, Zhou Ziwei would naturally find her by following the soul connection between him and Kun Chong.
Although none of Zhou Ziwei's insect pets, except for the original ladybug, had ever seen Liu Xiaofei, Zhou Ziwei had a soul connection with these insect pets. He could extract their soul memories from them and, in turn, imprint his own memories onto their individual souls through soul transfer. Therefore, Zhou Ziwei didn't need to worry about these insect pets not recognizing Liu Xiaofei when they met.
Now that Liu Xiaofei has been rescued by the black market assassin network, Zhou Ziwei can breathe a sigh of relief. However, his apprehension towards this black market assassin network also deepens involuntarily.
For now, the black market assassin network hasn't asked Zhou Ziwei to do anything, and he can continue living his normal life as usual. However, if the black market assassin network issues any orders to Zhou Ziwei in the future, and those orders are something that Zhou Ziwei is unwilling to do or simply unable to do... the conflict between them will escalate instantly.
With a ticking time bomb lurking in his mind, Zhou Ziwei was definitely at a disadvantage, which was something he found hard to tolerate.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei decided that after Liu Xiaofei's matter was resolved, he would explore the Bat Cave again no matter what, and raise his soul power to an astonishing level once more, so that he could try to use his soul power to capture the chip implanted in Liu Xiaofei's brain.
If he could create an independent soul within that damned chip, then this time bomb would no longer pose any threat to him. At that point, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't need to remove it. Perhaps he could even use the chip to outmaneuver the black market assassin network...
However, the chip's precision was too high, making it extremely difficult to create an independent soul within it. Zhou Ziwei knew that even at his peak, he would find it difficult to achieve this. Therefore, Zhou Ziwei decided to take a gamble when he happened to be in the Bat Cave. If he could increase his soul power reserves to over 10,000, the success rate of this capture would be much higher.