LWGP - Chapter 160
Chapter 160: Pong!
Wei Yuan had been standing, but now he retracted his tweezers and scalpel, leaning casually against the lab table as he watched her at his leisure. "When doing experiments, one must have the patience to wait for the reaction to complete. If you move to the next step prematurely, it's easy to fail to achieve your goal, or—pong! It will explode!"
"Alright then, I'll talk. Building the underground research institute beneath the original one was to cover up the real underground project—the subway."
Wei Yuan's pupils trembled, and he suddenly turned his head to look at someone.
Qiao Xuejing.
Inside the cage, Qiao Xuejing met his gaze and said calmly, "I could only roughly determine that this underground project was similar to underground transportation because there were too many access points outside, plus the types of building materials used—the amount of steel was too high. Furthermore, the defensive strength of one wall of the underground research institute far exceeded normal levels. I think it was to deliberately hide the underground space on the other side of the institute, and also to ensure the safe operation of the subway space. After all, as a transportation facility, its powerful movement means its safety requirements far exceed those of the underground research institute. However, my Agility is too low, so I couldn't control the puppet to reach more distant monitoring targets. The subsequent investigation was done by our captain controlling the puppet."
She said it casually, but the people from the other teams were a bit bewildered.
After the underground research institute exploded, they all thought it was over, but they hadn't considered all this.
The Cai Market team was also surprised. When they cleared the dangerous-level instance, everyone used different methods. They ultimately succeeded in stopping the explosion and originally had a high rating, but sometimes they would miss some clues.
Moreover, after finishing, they discovered they hadn't gotten the first-clear ownership, so they were eager to tackle the Nightmare Dungeon. They went straight into Nightmare, so how could they have thought about these things?
"Looks like we're missing an architect lady."
"Aren't we missing a treacherous and cunning goddess like Lao Wang?"
Lin Xiaoniang: "No, I won't allow you to criticize my Darling Xie. He already did his best."
Xie Jiang: "The person above, shut up, thank you."
With the secret of the subway exposed, Wei Yuan's expression turned slightly gloomy. He stared at Wang Jiu, "And then? Where is your puppet?"
"You're asking the obvious. You've already sent people to kill my puppet, haven't you?"
The two looked at each other. Wei Yuan chuckled lightly. "I just don't want you to destroy a work of art."
He pressed a button on the remote control.
If a part of Wang Jiu's senses controlling the puppet had a God's-eye view, she could now traverse space to the distant subway, inside a train. A puppet had already boarded and was standing there, looking at the large canisters placed one by one in the car ahead. She didn't know what was inside them. She also saw ferocious researchers rushing out from the cars in front and behind.
At the same time, the train began to move.
Her vision returned. She looked at Wei Yuan. "What's in those canisters?"
It needed to be guarded and transported by train.
Wei Yuan: "A secret."
Wang Jiu said thoughtfully, "You really have a lot of secrets."
Wei Yuan looked down at his watch and asked unhurriedly, "For example?"
Wang Jiu: "You are Zhang Shen."
Wei Yuan smiled.
Wang Jiu: "...his adopted son, Zhang Jue."
Wei Yuan: "…"
Everyone was choked by her paused words. Zhang Jue? Wasn't he burned?
Was that corpse a fake?
Wang Shu subconsciously touched his stomach, as if he could smell the cooked meat.
"The diary should actually be interpreted in reverse, right? After Zhang Shen saved you, he didn't want to continue with projects in this area. But after you gained a healthy body, you grew greedy and wanted more—because you discovered that although the mist causes weakness and hunger, it also stimulates cell regeneration to a certain extent. That's why the bodies of the young girls who died from an overdose of the mist could remain uncorrupted for so long. The Mistress of the villa is the most successful example; she maintained her youth, and you wanted even more than she did."
"For example, the alienated abilities born from cell mutation. Even the skills we players possess are more outstanding; they are abilities that belong entirely to humans."
Her words were full of praise. Wei Yuan's expression relaxed considerably. "You think it's not bad?"
Wang Jiu: "Of course it's not bad. If I were you, I wouldn't give up on a project like this either. It's magnificent."
He even managed to whip up supernatural abilities; creating a "corpse" that resembled himself was simply too easy.
She meant those words sincerely.
Wei Yuan: "Even if it means sacrificing others?"
Wang Jiu said dismissively, "They're called 'others' for a reason. Sacrificing them is no big deal."
Wei Yuan: "But he didn't think so."
He seemed annoyed, his gaze subconsciously glancing outside the research lab before quickly retracting. He said grimly, "He wanted to stop me, even punish me. I had no choice but to fight back. He will never understand what a magnificent undertaking I am engaged in."
Only then did everyone have an epiphany. So Zhang Shen was framed back then. The true culprit behind Mist Town's misfortune was Zhang Jue.
"Oh, does your magnificent undertaking include sleeping with your master's wife?"
Just as Wei Yuan was striking a grandiose pose, Wang Jiu asked curiously.
Those words really ruined the atmosphere.
Wei Yuan suddenly looked at her. The others were also stunned for a moment, and the looks they gave Wei Yuan were exceptionally contemptuous.
Wei Yuan found such gazes unbearable. He stared gloomily at Wang Jiu. "You know about that too?"
Xie Jiang: "If her current 'husband' were Zhang Shen, even if he were disfigured, she would have no need to put away or destroy all of her beloved man's past belongings. Instead, they were replaced with items for a younger man. Even if you deliberately disguised yourself as the disfigured old man Zhang Shen, and your acting was superb, you couldn't change her preferences."
An old woman regained her youth and, moreover, a young body. She fell into a new love and couldn't wait to show off the affectionate details. Yet, she couldn't completely forget her fear of her deceased husband, so she stored all his things away.
The details are the flaws.
Wei Yuan sighed. "Youth doesn't mean everything. She was too greedy."
His words made Wang Jiu laugh. Her laughter was light. He turned his head and looked at her sharply.
"What are you laughing at?"
Xie Jiang: "She's laughing at you for not having a shred of self-awareness. The mistress abandoned the old man for a young stud like you; at least she only took one thing. But you? You coveted everything that belonged to your adoptive father—you wanted both his wife and his career. And you have the nerve to call her greedy?"
Wei Yuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly a scalpel flew out and embedded itself in Xie Jiang's throat.
"I was asking her. It's immoral to buzz in early, you know."
With a scalpel in his throat, Xie Jiang was definitely in a lot of pain, but he wouldn't die. He just couldn't speak. Wei Yuan's viciousness stunned everyone, and the atmosphere instantly fell silent. Tan Yingzhou's eyes flickered, and he didn't say anything more, just glanced at Xie Jiang.
Serves him right!
A fallen phoenix is worse than a chicken. Who could they blame for their current predicament? But did Wang Jiu really have a way out?
He quickly glanced at Wang Jiu again.
But he saw Wei Yuan suddenly grab Wang Jiu's throat. Her neck was so slender that his palm seemed to be able to completely encircle it. He wasn't using much force, but Xie Jiang had provoked his sinister cruelty. His scalpel once again rested on Wang Jiu's eyelid.
"I don't like the way you look at me at all. It's just like those other people, looking down on me…"
With her neck gripped and her breathing controlled, Wang Jiu's voice was a little faint, but still soft.
"You've misunderstood. I don't look down on you."
Wei Yuan was taken aback. He looked down at her and saw her smiling calmly, her eyes shimmering, deliberately teasing him. "I just don't see you as worthy of my attention."
Heh, this woman was really something else!
Just as Wei Yuan felt the urge to kill, Wang Jiu said, "By the way, your people are finally about to take out my puppet."
"But I forgot to tell you, that puppet is an explosive-type puppet. If it gets killed… pong!"
Wang Jiu made the sound softly, mimicking his earlier lighthearted tone.
And with that sound, a huge explosion roared from a fast-moving train far underground.
It exploded.
The explosion started in the section where the puppet was killed.
And while fighting the researchers, the puppet had deliberately moved near the train's engine.
Its explosion triggered a series of explosions.
Boom!
The front of the train was blown over, tumbling on the tracks, while the rear cars crashed, one after another, into the exploding wreckage, and exploded in turn.
Such a violent commotion couldn't be heard at the crematorium, but Wei Yuan seemed to sense it. His face turned exceptionally ugly. But then he thought of something, suddenly raised his hand, and all the scalpels in the lab levitated. Numerous fine, root-like tentacles were controlling them, and dozens of scalpels instantly shot toward Wang Jiu.
In that instant, Wang Jiu, who was tied to the chair, kicked up one foot, pushed back against the lab table, and using the momentum, shua—the casters on her chair slid backward violently.
But its speed was no match for the scalpels.
But what did that matter?
They struck a barrier!
Bang, bang, bang! The scalpels all bent from the sheer power of the barrier.
"You weren't poisoned?!!" Wei Yuan said grimly after his initial shock.
Bang. At that moment, Wang Jiu had already snapped the chains on her body. Sitting in the chair, she grabbed the device on her and ripped it off, crushing it with a slight squeeze of her five fingers.
She opened her hand, and fragments of metal and chips fell from her palm.
"I was. I just did a blood exchange last night. Who told you to make this poison a blood toxin?"
A so-called blood toxin is a poison that relies on the blood to exist.
So last night, Wang Jiu used a knife to let her own blood, then continuously used Holy Light to regenerate new blood.
Was that also why she was so tired this morning?
It wasn't just because she had been privately chatting with Xie Jiang and the others all night.
"With a method like that, did you tell them about it before?" Wei Yuan reacted and suddenly sneered.
Of course not. The expressions on Xie Jiang and Tan Yingzhou's faces were off.
But they also knew it was inevitable that Wang Jiu wouldn't tell them. First, the two of them were guarding the coffins by the incinerator at the time and didn't have the right conditions. Second, Wang Jiu had a barrier sealing her in, which could conceal the commotion from her Holy Light so it wouldn't be noticed, but they couldn't do that.
Still, their hearts pounded a little.
Now, she was the only one who wasn't poisoned. Their lives were entirely at the mercy of her whim.
As their thoughts churned, Wang Jiu flicked her wrist, and Weeping Blood appeared. "Now is it your turn to stall for time with me?"
She didn't deny that she was stalling for time, but wasn't Wei Yuan doing the same? The onset of the HP drain wasn't a command he could control individually; it depended on the natural progression of the poison, which required time.
So the surgery, the curiosity about Wang Jiu—it was all a pretense. He was just waiting for the poison in everyone to fully activate and empty their HP.
He didn't even dare to kill Wang Jiu and the others directly, because if it wasn't an HP-depletion kill, they could resurrect. Once they resurrected, even if the poison was still in their bodies, they would be temporarily out of his control, leading to endless trouble!
Wei Yuan's eyes flashed, and his entire body suddenly transformed into writhing vines that shot toward a room to the side.
The antidote was in that room!
Wang Jiu's Spirit Tentacle, hidden by the Chameleon and Trickery Badges, was inside.
Had it succeeded?
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