Gao Jianfei found it amusing... Could this Miss Pan be a prostitute? She blushes at the drop of a hat!
After more than an hour of tour and introductions, they had finally explored the entire city. Then, Serena and Dr. Klinger led Gao Jianfei and his group to a cluster of brand-new European-style buildings.
Serena said, "Dear Mr. Gao, this is the apartment provided for you. The environment is no worse than a five-star hotel. Of course, since you and Ms. Pan are from China, you can apply to stay in an apartment in the Chinese style."
"No need for all that trouble, just stay here," Gao Jianfei said nonchalantly.
Pan Xiaoyu quickly added, "I don't mind, I live with... Brother Gao." After saying this, she realized she'd made a grammatical error and blushed again.
"Alright, I won't bother you any longer, Mr. Gao." Serena handed the room key to Gao Jianfei and the others, gave them some instructions, and said before taking her leave, "Mr. Gao, a car will come to pick you up tomorrow morning to meet the boss. Because you are superhumans who have joined the organization, you will need to undergo some medical examinations and registration."
"Okay, I understand." Gao Jianfei smiled and agreed to Serena, then led Pan Xiaoyu and the others into the apartment, where they each found their own rooms.
Gao Jianfei had just stretched his muscles and was a bit tired. He turned on the power in the room and went to the bathroom for a sauna. There were pictures and phone numbers of beautiful women in the bathroom; he could call these women up anytime to serve him a bath and provide any services. Gao Jianfei had no interest in that. He lay face down in the tub, covered his face with a towel, and comfortably enjoyed the sauna.
At the same time, various thoughts raced through Gao Jianfei's mind. He would go directly to the haunted house and check the mission information issued by the city's vengeful spirits through the intelligent program.
Furthermore, while Gao Jianfei was taking a shower, a sudden thought occurred to him… Wait, are there any deceased superhumans in this base? And what level of ghosts are these superhumans? So, if there are any deceased superhumans, could he learn their special abilities? For example, the superhuman Gao Jianfei just killed, who could become invisible, leaving only a shadow on the ground, his ability would be extremely useful, especially at night, when the shadow disappears into the darkness, making killing someone incredibly easy!
For Gao Jianfei, such a superpower is nothing short of a very powerful ancient martial art!
"Okay, I'll get down to business after I take a shower." Gao Jianfei closed his eyes comfortably and began to enjoy the comfort the sauna brought to his body.
On the other side.
Dr. Klinger, who was with Serena, watched Gao Jianfei enter the apartment, then immediately took out a cell phone and dialed James's number...
"Boss, Mr. Gao has already entered the apartment."
On the other end of the phone, James's deep voice came through... "Klinger, you're one of my best genetic engineers. You saw the fighting power of that guy, Gao Jianfei. I gave you the chance to observe him up close. So, Klinger, what do you think of him?"
“Boss, first of all, I’m not a wizard, nor am I one of those fortune tellers from Asia. I don’t have the ability to judge a person’s genetic quality just by their complexion,” Klinger said slowly. “However, it’s clear that this guy is very calm and composed, and his demeanor is noticeably different from ordinary people, even from those advanced superhumans. Of course, judging from his ability to take on several superhumans and still escape unscathed, he is indeed a rare talent! The genes of such a person are extremely precious and noble!”
Suddenly, a cold glint flashed in Klinger's eyes. "Boss, it seems this Mr. Gao isn't very cooperative with you. So..."
“Klinger, just say what you have to say,” James said urgently.
"I have a few plans. Boss, if we can obtain his blood, bone marrow, and semen, I can try to cultivate some superhumans! Also, we can inject him with a special drug that will turn him into a zombie-like, mindless being. A limited number of people can control him, turning him into a slave and henchman. Another plan is to dissect him directly, extract his brain, and transplant it into the brain of a superhuman loyal to us. We've researched it; people with superpowers have different brains than ordinary people. This brain transplant technique, while risky, has already achieved a 70% success rate."
"Hmm..." James seemed to be deep in thought. After a few seconds of pause, "Alright, let's execute the plan. Obtain Gao Jianfei's blood, bone marrow, and semen."
“Okay,” Klinger said, slightly disappointed. “Once the sample is collected, I’ll get right to work. In fact, I’m inclined to extract brain tissue and inject a special drug…”
…… …… ……
After Gao Jianfei finished showering and drying himself off, he was just about to sneak into the haunted house when there was a knock on the door.
Gao Jianfei opened the door and saw Pan Xiaoyu. She looked shy and said timidly, "Brother Gao, may I sit in your room for a while?"
Seeing the woman's pitiful expression, Gao Jianfei, though he had important business to attend to, felt embarrassed to refuse, so he invited Pan Xiaoyu into the room.
The two sat on the sofa. For a moment, neither of them took the initiative to start a conversation.
Gao Jianfei observed Pan Xiaoyu closely.
She is a typical petite beauty with delicate features and fair skin. She has a kind of charm that makes people want to fall in love with her, and there is a kind of gentle kindness in her eyes.
She had clearly just finished showering; her body smelled pleasantly of shower gel, and a faint, subtle fragrance.
“Brother Gao…” Pan Xiaoyu finally opened up, “This is my first time traveling so far from home, my first time abroad, and the environment here terrifies me. I have a deep-seated unease. And I know that once we become part of this base, our fate will be completely different from ordinary people. All my fantasies of ordinary love and mundane work have vanished! Just now… just now Miss Serena reminded me that if… if there are higher-ranking, higher-status ability users or scientists in the base who want to… want to take advantage of ability users like us who aren't very strong, we… we shouldn't resist… In the base, you have to be able to read people's faces and learn to obey…”
Her face showed a look of sorrow and helplessness, and her eyes filled with tears. "Brother Gao, I really don't like this kind of life, but... but my fate is already like this... I... the first time I saw you, I felt a sense of familiarity with you, a feeling that I could rely on you, and, so coincidentally, you are from China. I... Brother Gao, can you take me? In this base, I need someone I can rely on to protect me. I don't want to submit... I don't want to... Brother Gao, I want to be your woman, is that okay? I... don't worry, I just want to be your woman, I won't... I won't ask you to be with me every day, and I won't cling to you excessively... You can go play with other women, date other women... Brother Gao..."
"Huh?" Gao Jianfei was stunned for a moment after hearing Pan Xiaoyu's words... No way? They've only known each other for a day, and she's already making this kind of request?
Gao Jianfei remained silent for a moment.
However, this isn't surprising; in this kind of environment, the weak need the strong to protect them. Of course, seeking protection comes at a price!
Pan Xiaoyu is a woman, and the only real bargaining chip she can offer is... her body!
Seeing Gao Jianfei's silence, Pan Xiaoyu assumed he wouldn't agree. She was on the verge of tears, and said anxiously, "Brother Gao, you...you...you won't agree? Brother Gao, I still...I still...I..."
“Alright, Miss Pan…” Gao Jianfei’s heart softened at Pan Xiaoyu’s pleading. “Well… okay, if you really encounter any danger or trouble, I’m willing to protect you… like protecting a little sister. So, you don’t need to use your body as a bargaining chip. Heh, I’m not a very lecherous person! Don’t worry, little sister, I will protect you!”
In fact, Gao Jianfei is only 23 years old, and Pan Xiaoyu may not necessarily be younger than him. This kind of labeling is simply based on the distinction between the strong and the weak.
Upon hearing Gao Jianfei's words, Pan Xiaoyu's eyes revealed a mixture of joy and slight disappointment. She had originally intended to stay in Gao Jianfei's room for a while, but he politely asked her to leave.
After closing the door, Gao Jianfei shook his head and chuckled, "From today onwards, I have another burden... But, well, she's a girl, so pitiful. It's all my fault for being too kind... Haha!"
After muttering to himself for a while, Gao Jianfei flashed directly into the ghost's den.
In the den of ghosts.
"Dear user, welcome to your haunted home. Is there anything I can do for you?" The AI program's voice was as ingratiating as ever.
"Well, didn't I ask you to record the missions issued by the vengeful spirits in this base? I've wandered around the base quite a bit, so you should have recorded most of the missions by now, right?" Gao Jianfei casually found a sofa in the ghost's den and sat down comfortably. "There are too many human experiments, dissections, and all sorts of cruel things in this base. I believe there must be ghosts issuing high-level missions!"
"Uh... esteemed user, you mean I only need to complete a level 7 mission, right?" the AI program asked weakly.
“Yeah, a level 7 quest! Even a low-level level 7 quest gives you 100 experience points for completing it. I can only level up by doing level 7 quests!” Gao Jianfei said with a smile.
"I regret to inform you, esteemed user, that there are no Level 7 missions in my base..." The AI program's voice was filled with regret.
"No way?" Gao Jianfei said incredulously. "Several thousand Level 1 ghosts have already appeared. They couldn't all have died of natural causes, could they? I believe they must have been killed by people in the base. According to the characteristics of the mission system, the stronger the person who killed the victim, the greater the difficulty of killing them, and the higher the mission level, the more experience points rewarded. Obviously, those who killed those victims were either superhumans or scientists. They wanted revenge and wanted to kill the murderer, which was very difficult. So, there must be a Level 7 mission! Now, you're telling me there isn't one... This... is really strange..."
The intelligent program suddenly chuckled. "Dear user, you've overlooked a crucial point! Yes, the mission's level and experience points primarily depend on the strength and difficulty of the target unit. However, there's another key factor... the strength level of the person issuing the mission in life! In other words, ordinary level 1 ghosts, regardless of who killed them, are not qualified to issue level 7 missions!"
You're not qualified!
A level 1 ghost has no right to attempt a level 7 quest!
"I understand!" Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers. "In other words, if I want to get a level 7 mission, I must be at least a level 2 ghost! And in this base, any level 2 ghost could be a dead superhuman! Coincidentally, I've always been very interested in superhuman ghosts!"
The moment this thought crossed his mind, Gao Jianfei immediately became interested!
"Then let's get some level 2 and level 3 ghosts to play with," Gao Jianfei said with great interest.
He also wanted to find some supernatural ghosts and house them in his ghost den.
Moreover, a few hundred exorcism points are enough for a level 2 ghost, and a few thousand for a level 3 ghost.
Even a level 4 ghost costs tens of thousands of exorcism points, which Gao Jianfei can afford to play with right now.
"Dear user, you currently have 23 exorcism points. Would you like to try exorcising level 2 or 3 ghosts within a 10-20 kilometer radius..." the intelligent program inquired solicitously.
"Okay, mention me!" Gao Jianfei had originally been saving up these exorcism points to prepare a level 5 ancient martial arts ghost, stronger than Hong Qigong. However, now that he needed to get a level 7 mission from the dead supernatural ghost, Gao Jianfei couldn't be stingy with his exorcism points anymore.
"As you wish, dear user!" the intelligent program announced crisply. Immediately, a large number of chaotic radio waves began to appear on the virtual display screen.
Super Ghost Instrument, officially commencing operations! It will be used to treat level 2 and 3 ghosts within a 10-20 kilometer radius of Gao Jianfei!
About 5 minutes later, the intelligent program output said, "Dear user, we have found 3 Level 2 ghosts and 1 Level 3 ghost within a 10-20 kilometer radius. It will cost 9,500 exorcism points to extract them. Do you need them?"
"Oh... only four ghosts appeared, uh... a mere 9500 exorcism points, it's no big deal to just play around with them." Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers and then said, "Alright!"
"As you wish, my esteemed user!" the intelligent program replied obediently.
Instantly, the jumbled radio waves disappeared from the virtual display screen, and some information appeared...
Ghost's name / Ghost level / Nationality / Age at death / Gender / Occupation at death / Special skills at death / Cause of death
George / 2 / USA / 32 / Male / Red-type ability user / Fire-type ability user / **Anatomy/
Sato Kiko / 2 / *** / 24 / Female / Red-type ability user / Electric-type ability / Excessive blood loss /
Makaay / 2 / England / 43 / Male / Red-type ability user / Electric ability / Murder /
Husky / 3 / Scotland / 33 / Male / Orange-type ability user / Psychic ability user / Gene injection failed /
Three level 2 ghosts! One level 3 ghost! These are three red-type ability users and one orange-type ability user!
"Great! They actually summoned the ghosts of superhumans! This is exactly what I wanted!" Gao Jianfei was overjoyed. "Damn, they really did summon ghosts of superhumans! And these people's deaths were all murders or something, they must have issued missions!"
"So, esteemed user, do you wish to immediately assemble and contain these ghosts? Assembling and containing them will cost a total of 9,500 exorcism points!" the AI program stated.
"No problem! We'll assemble it right away!" Gao Jianfei said immediately.
In an instant, the four progress bars covered the information on the four ghosts on the virtual display screen...
Battle 546 begins
Battle 546 begins
Gao Jianfei successfully retrieved the four deceased superhumans. He has begun piecing them together. Based on Gao Jianfei's current condition, he can recover about 1 exorcism point per day, and piecing together and containing these four superhuman ghosts will also require approximately 1 exorcism point. Therefore, it should be about 24 hours before he sees the four superhuman ghosts again.
Gao Jianfei sat in the ghost den for a while and learned some basic information about the base from the Level 1 ghosts responsible for scouting it... In short, innocent people would be dissected and injected with gene-enhancing drugs, losing their lives in the base...
Although this base has successfully developed some advanced, yet-to-be-released technological achievements, these successes were all built upon the lives of innocent people. The air is thick with the stench of blood. Of course, the base is too vast, and these Level 1 ghosts, in their previous lives, were low-level beings within it, almost like dregs. Therefore, they cannot uncover the base's advanced secrets in the short term.
Gao Jianfei played around in the ghost den for a while. Then he left the ghost den and had a comfortable sleep.
Early the next morning, a magnetic vehicle arrived to pick up Gao Jianfei, Pan Xiaoyu, and several other ability users who had joined the base. Serena, the supervisor of the apartment area, personally escorted Gao Jianfei and the others to the vehicle.
On the bus, the superhumans were all rather uneasy. They didn't know what would happen today. Pan Xiaoyu, who had discussed those embarrassing topics with Gao Jianfei yesterday, didn't dare to look him in the eye. Sometimes, when her gaze accidentally met Gao Jianfei's, she would blush and become extremely shy.
The magnetic car traveled along the main roads interspersed with forests for about half an hour before finally stopping next to a building that resembled a hospital.
"Everyone, what you're going to do today is a routine medical check-up, so please don't be nervous. Okay, get off the bus. Good luck," the seemingly honest driver of the magnetic vehicle said.
As soon as Gao Jianfei and his group got out of the car, several foreigners in white coats were waiting outside the hospital. One of them was the genetic engineer, Klinger, whom Gao Jianfei had met yesterday.
"Oh! Welcome everyone to the hospital!" Klinger greeted them warmly, shaking hands with Gao Jianfei and the others. A subtle, malicious glint lurked in his eyes. Gao Jianfei, with his keen observation skills, noticed Klinger's unusual expression almost immediately. A chill ran down Gao Jianfei's spine… He wondered what kind of trouble today's so-called medical examination would cause!
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Klinger led the way, taking Gao Jianfei and the others into the hospital.
Gao Jianfei has never liked going to the hospital.
Throughout his life, Gao Jianfei had rarely been to a hospital. Partly because he had never suffered from any serious illness, and partly because he always felt a strange atmosphere permeated hospitals. Although Gao Jianfei had run his own clinic and was an excellent doctor, the hospital's equipment indicated that it primarily practiced Western medicine.
Upon entering the hospital, Gao Jianfei sensed something was amiss—a heavy, deathly atmosphere! As he walked down the corridor, Gao Jianfei would occasionally see nurses wearing masks carrying trays covered with white sheets. There were obvious bloodstains on the white sheets, and without a doubt, there were human organs or something similar underneath.
In addition, from some wards, heart-wrenching screams could be heard. Those desperate, agonizing screams!
Klinger remained remarkably calm, smiling slightly. “Mr. Gao, we search the world for terminally ill patients, then sign organ donation agreements and experimental project agreements with them, providing their families with generous compensation. In return, their bodies become the subject of our hospital's research. Hehe, it turns out that some patients who were originally considered incurable have miraculously survived after our research and experiments! Haha! For example, we have already developed several anti-cancer hormone drugs. However, these drugs are not yet stable, so we haven't released them to the market… Please, get in the elevator.”
As he spoke, Klinger led Gao Jianfei and the others into the elevator.
Pan Xiaoyu and the others were terrified by the terrifying atmosphere in the hospital. Pan Xiaoyu even trembled and took Gao Jianfei's hand. Her palms were covered in cold sweat. Gao Jianfei tightened his grip on her hand, offering her encouragement.
The elevator goes directly to the 5th floor of the hospital.
The group exited the elevator.
The fifth floor of the hospital was relatively quiet. Only the soft clatter of leather boots could be heard. Several medical professionals in white coats, their eyes gleaming with wisdom, moved about on this floor, carrying folders or reports.
A strong atmosphere of scientific research permeated the fifth floor.