There were no other passengers in the elevator, and it wasn't occupied by anyone else, so there was no need to wait; I just got on the elevator.
Inside the elevator, Zhou Xuan noticed the sheer number of buttons. There were 102 floors above ground, and over 30 underground levels. He was taken aback. This building was no ordinary structure; having over 30 underground levels was not something an ordinary person could accomplish.
Most real estate companies don't build large-scale underground levels unless it's for parking lots. Commercial and residential properties generally don't have deep underground levels because residents certainly wouldn't buy such houses. Building deep underground levels is only something that governments or certain large conglomerates have secret plans to keep quiet about.
It's not surprising that Roya, a CIA agent, has secrets, but if this is an important CIA location, why did she bring herself here?
Upon realizing this, Zhou Xuan became somewhat wary. The button Luo Ya pressed was also pointing downwards, to the twenty-first floor below ground, meaning at least seventy or eighty meters underground.
If something goes wrong down there, and if Roya wants to deal with him, it will probably be quite a headache. Escaping from this deep underground place won't be easy. Even if he can control her and her companions, things are definitely not the same as on flat ground, and there are many inconveniences underground.
However, Luo Ya maintained a smiling expression and did not seem to have any ill intentions towards him, so Zhou Xuan remained calm.
The elevator arrived, and Zhou Xuan used his supernatural ability to probe. He was quite surprised by what he found. He couldn't reach the end of the elevator by going left, right, forward, backward, or even downward. You should know that his supernatural ability can now detect up to 400 meters, which is twice as far as before. On the contrary, he could detect the top of the elevator by going upward, which did not exceed his detection limit.
Zhou Xuan, on high alert, immediately used his special ability to survey the surrounding environment. Luo Ya led him to a place that resembled a laboratory.
Luo Ya stopped and said to Zhou Xuan, "Mr. Zhou, I'd like to ask you to do an experiment. It's nothing else, so please don't worry!"
Zhou Xuan found it very strange. Why would he be asked to conduct an experiment? Besides, Luo Ya didn't know she had any special abilities. What was the purpose of the experiment?
Luo Ya reached out and pressed a switch on the side. A moment later, four people walked in. Zhou Xuan was even more surprised. For the past few days, he had been using his supernatural abilities to detect people. These four people were obviously within his detection range, but he had not detected them at all.
As soon as the four people entered the room, Zhou Xuan noticed that they were all dressed in clothing resembling spacesuits from head to toe. The reason Zhou Xuan couldn't detect them was due to these clothes.
Zhou Xuan was immediately alarmed. He knew before that his special ability did not allow him to detect, convert, or devour alien matter. In other words, certain alien matter was his nemesis.
The fact that these four people were wearing clothes that could prevent him from detecting, converting, and devouring their powers raises questions about their intentions. If they were specifically targeting him, it meant that Roya couldn't possibly be completely unaware of him. He had thought she was unaware of his secret, but now it seemed he had been mistaken.
Moreover, Roya's motives were clearly not simple.
Knowing he had fallen into a trap, Zhou Xuan remained calm and composed. At this point, even if he panicked, it would be of no use, and would only make the other party secretly pleased.
Zhou Xuan stared at Luo Ya, whose eyes still showed a slight panic, but it was fleeting. Then she said, "Zhou, I'm sorry, I didn't explain this experiment to you beforehand. It will be a bit special. They want to test your own abilities and reactions, etc. After the test, it will be considered complete. At that time, I will treat you to a meal to apologize!"
Zhou Xuan chuckled coldly and said, "They say you can't see into someone's heart, and that's absolutely true. Luo Ya, let me be honest with you. If I hadn't secretly saved you back then, you would have been raped and murdered by Mark long ago. And now you're repaying kindness with enmity?"
Luo Ya blushed, paused for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "Zhou, I'm sorry. I know you saved me, but you went too far in your actions against Mark and the others. Their people are dying one after another, and the cause of death cannot be found, nor is there any other explanation. All suspicions point to you, so our special research department will request that you undergo special testing!"
Luo Ya didn't say something else: her boss suspected Zhou Xuan possessed special abilities, which was something her boss wanted to know.
Because this department is a special secret department that has been researching superpowers and other mysterious forces for a very long time, Luo Ya didn't even know that such a department existed. If she hadn't been asked to get close to Zhou Xuan and bring him here, she would never have known about it.
Of course, they had countless ways to bring Zhou Xuan over, but they were unwilling to cause a big problem that everyone knew about. Moreover, Zhou Xuan's identity was very special. The Fu family's status was extraordinary. Their wealth, which was comparable to that of a country, allowed them to maintain close relationships with many powerful government officials. Therefore, it would not be easy to move against Zhou Xuan. If they wanted to avoid making a fuss, they would have to secretly test one method.
The four people stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Xuan from all sides. Zhou Xuan struggled but couldn't break free. His ability was only effective if the other party couldn't resist his superpower. If they could defend against his superpower, Zhou Xuan would be just like an ordinary person, far inferior to Fu Ying. Fu Ying herself had extremely strong martial arts skills, and ordinary people definitely couldn't get close to her, but Zhou Xuan didn't have that ability!
The four men held Zhou Xuan tightly, restraining him and taking him to another room filled with mechanical instruments and equipment. Luo Ya, who followed them in, also changed color and said, "You promised me you wouldn't hurt him, that you were just conducting some simple and harmless tests. You can't hurt him!"
Zhou Xuan immediately understood that Luo Ya was just someone being used. It was a shame that she was a secret agent. These people didn't care about integrity at all. They only cared about profit. They would do anything that benefited them, without caring about morality or reasons.
The four men pressed Zhou Xuan onto a platform and then pressed a switch. Immediately, mechanisms popped out from four places, locking Zhou Xuan's hands and feet.
Although Zhou Xuan was unable to move or struggle, he could still use his supernatural abilities to probe the instruments and equipment in the room. However, the mechanisms that were currently binding his hands and feet contained alien matter, which he could neither probe into nor convert or devour, and thus could not escape the restrictions.
Just then, five more people entered from outside the door: four men and one woman. The men were all elderly men in their fifties or sixties, and the woman was a middle-aged woman in her thirties. None of the five people were wearing any protective suits, and Zhou Xuan's supernatural ability could clearly detect them and control them at will.
When Zhou Xuan arrived with Luo Ya, he had already activated the voice communicator, enabling him to understand what these people were saying.
Luo Ya rushed up to the group and said urgently, "You promised me you wouldn't hurt him, that it was just a simple test, you have to promise me..."
The old man at the head of the group said angrily, "Drag him out!"
The four people in protective suits immediately dragged Luo Ya out of the room and then closed the door.
The old man then said, "Preparing to conduct the test, the instrument is powered on, and the test is normal!"
Zhou Xuan detected that the instruments did not contain any alien material and could not hinder his supernatural abilities. Although he could not escape the platform that locked him, destroying the equipment was easy, and he could also deal with those five people.
The old man continued, "Among our previous records, there are those who can move objects from a distance, those who can read other people's minds, and those who can control metal. What is this person's ability?"
The middle-aged woman opened the notebook she was holding, looked at it, and then replied, "Professor Luxen, this person's ability is probably related to metals, but unlike the previous superhumans who could control all metals, this person can probably only control gold. The blood tests on Mark and the others only showed gold components, and the amount in the blood was just enough to be fatal. It was really difficult to test because there were no obvious injuries, only the presence of gold molecules in the blood. The CIA's investigation results showed that they may have used gold tableware, which caused poisoning. Moreover, the amount was not very large, so it wouldn't take effect immediately, but rather slowly. By the time it was discovered, it would be too late to save them."
The professor, Luxembourg, asked, "Were there no other discoveries?"
The woman nodded and said, "Not at the moment!"
Professor Lu Sen glanced at Zhou Xuan, who was being held captive on the platform, then waved his hand and said, "First, extract brain marrow, bone marrow, and blood for testing!"
The other three people next to Professor Lu Sen immediately took needles and syringes from the instrument box and walked towards Zhou Xuan. The needles were all large, about 20 centimeters long, because they were for extracting bone marrow and brain marrow, so the needles were specially made, long and hard.
Zhou Xuan was furious. Without his consent, they had subjected him to such a cruel test. Taking bone marrow was one thing, but taking brain marrow would cause great harm to the person, and if not careful, it could make him mentally impaired.
The three men took syringes and surrounded Zhou Xuan. The one in front used the syringe to find the location on his head, the one who was to extract bone marrow looked for the location on Zhou Xuan's leg bone, and the one who was to extract blood was easy to handle, preparing to draw blood from Zhou Xuan's wrist.
Zhou Xuan grew increasingly enraged, using his supernatural abilities to probe the syringes on the three people. These weren't specially made; they were things he could control. RO! ~!
Volume 1, Chapter 650: The World's Richest Man (10,000-word update, please vote!)
Chapter 650 The World's Richest Man (10,000-word update, please vote!)
Without further hesitation, Zhou Xuan quickly used his supernatural power to freeze the three people, and then transformed and absorbed a small part of the needles from the three syringes. Without the needle tips, even if the syringes fell and pricked him, they wouldn't penetrate his flesh.
The three men were instantly frozen in place, like puppets. Professor Luxen waited for a while, and seeing that they still hadn't moved, he immediately said, "What are you three doing? Why aren't you doing anything?"
Zhou Xuan knew that this old guy must be the mastermind, and his anger rose. Since they were dealing with him this way, there was no need to show them any mercy. It seemed that these people only knew that he had superpowers, but they didn't know what his superpowers were, what their uses were, or how they would harm them. They thought that using the handcuffs with alien metal on the control panel would completely control Zhou Xuan, and in fact, it did. Judging from the four people in protective suits, Zhou Xuan couldn't deal with them, so it seemed to be effective.
Without hesitation, Zhou Xuan used his supernatural ability. This time, he transformed and devoured a tiny bit of the brain marrow in Lu Sen's left brain, which did not endanger his life, but it had a great impact on his intelligence.