Chapter 356: Raising a Storm
Death is the destination of all living things. Even steel bones will rust and alloy surfaces will decay.
The wheel of time rolls on, nothing lasts forever.
On the road of exploring life and death, some people choose an alternative kind of eternal life.
Shakespeare believed that although life is short, the virtues left behind can be passed on to distant future generations.
Kurtz felt that whoever could enrich every moment with profound content was extending his life indefinitely.
Their discussions on immortality and the continuation of life are mostly based on the perspectives of soul, ideals, and meaning, and they do not force anything.
However……
Some people want physical immortality.
For example, this somewhat morbid owner of the manor, he gently held the dark red infusion bag in his hand, his eyes revealing greed and desire, like a medieval vampire with a twisted soul.
"You know, I'm almost seventy years old." He looked at the three people, "But look at me now, how young I am. How old do you think I am?"
" The soul is already corrupted, and the flesh cannot survive."
Su Xia looked indifferent and made a neutral comment.
Admittedly, the man in front of him looked to be in his early forties, which would be surprising if he were somewhere else.
But Su Xia had seen the sixth-level pharmacist before, that old woman, who was also almost seventy years old, but looked only about thirty or forty years old.
The old woman hadn't done anything harmful, she had just taken good care of herself and maintained herself using pharmacist's methods over a long period of time.
Firming of the skin, reduction of wrinkles, darkening of hair, etc., these can all be achieved using conventional methods.
"Your vision is too low to understand."
The man shook his head and sighed, seeming to feel very sorry, and said to the three people: "If you could stand at my level, you would understand everything. Unfortunately, you are too young and your status is too low."
"How high are you?"
Ding Can glared, clenched his fists, and strode forward. It seemed as if there was a ball of anger burning in his chest. He had never been so angry before.
Su Xia did not stop him, but just watched quietly.
It’s a good thing that young people are angry, because it means they are not numb yet.
This world is too chaotic and too depressing. Many people just want to survive and have long lost the courage to be angry.
"What are you going to do?" the man demanded.
"Bang!"
Ding Can swung his fist, exerted all his strength, and punched the man in the face.
That man had been living a life of luxury for a long time, so how could he possibly dodge Ding Can's fist? He was hit hard by the punch, and with a bang, his whole face was almost deformed.
He couldn't believe it, covered his face in pain, took a few steps back, and yelled at Ding Can: "Are you crazy? I know your father, why did you hit me?"
After the sudden heavy blow, he was no longer as relaxed as before.
Blood oozed from the corner of his mouth and half of his face swelled up immediately. While he was talking, he even spat out a few broken teeth, which showed how ferocious Ding Can's punch was.
However, Ding Can did not reply to him, and with anger on his face, he punched him in the face again.
"Bang!"
The force of this punch did not decrease at all, and it knocked the man to the ground.
"stop!"
He screamed in pain, raised his hand to signal Ding Can to stop, and sat on the ground, shrinking back.
The punch just now knocked out several of his teeth, even one of his front teeth, so that he had a lisp when speaking.
As I get older, my teeth are unstable and cannot withstand such damage.
Ding Can still clenched his five fingers tightly, his fists as hard as iron, staring at him angrily and shouting: "Aren't you very young? How come you can't even take two punches? Where is your youthful strength? Why don't you fight back? Speak!"
“You…you…”
The man trembled all over and tried to shrink back.
He hadn't suffered such pain for many years. Two consecutive punches were so painful that he couldn't help but shed tears.
This is simply torture, why does it hurt so much?
"Stop, stop now, and listen to me. Your father and I have a lot of business dealings. If you don't believe me, go back and ask him." He raised his hand and said hurriedly. The dark red infusion bag in his hand could no longer be held steadily and fell to the ground.
"What kind of trade?" Ding Can walked forward and asked angrily.
“Yes, yes…”
The man's voice was unsteady, and he seemed to be thinking about something.
However, before he could say anything, Ding Can shouted, "If this is related to this matter, then I will never have him as my father again in my life!"
"You, listen to me..."
The man was trembling, as if he wanted to explain something, but his other hand had already tightly grasped the gun with the safety on.
The next moment, his eyes flashed with ferocity, and he suddenly raised his gun and pointed it at Ding Can.
Obviously, part of his cowardice just now was pretended, just to make Ding Can careless.
The next second, gunshots rang out in the room.
"Bang--"
The bullet spun out of the barrel, carrying a deadly threat, and headed straight for Ding Can.
At such a close distance, everything happens in an instant.
There was a cruel smile in this man's eyes, and the corners of his bloody mouth were slightly raised, looking a little twisted.
However, he was disappointed.
"With this little ability, you still want to sneak attack me?"
Ding Can yelled angrily and kicked hard on the wrist of the man holding the gun.
There was a loud snap, and the entire wrist broke. The bones were as fragile as glass, and they were bent backwards in a weird posture of nearly 90 degrees.
Naturally, the gun in his hand could not be held steadily, and was kicked out, fell to the ground with a thud, and slid into the corner of the wall not far away.
"hiss……"
The pain was so severe that the man kept gasping for breath. Sweat kept coming out of his forehead. His intestines and stomach were cramping due to the pain and his muscles were twitching.
The sneak attack failed and he even lost his only weapon. He was like a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
He endured the intense pain and raised his head with difficulty.
I saw a layer of faint blue light flickering beside Ding Can, like a translucent cover, covering Ding Can and blocking the shot for him.
Psionic shield is a common skill that many psionic creatures have.
"You, listen to me, I really know your father, calm down..."
His face was covered in sweat from the pain. He stretched out his only hand and said to Ding Can in a trembling voice: "If you don't believe me, you can call your father now and confirm with him. He will explain everything to you."
"And then?" Ding Can stared at him with unabated anger.
"Then, then we'll sit down and talk."
The man forced a smile; half of his face was swollen and his mouth was full of blood.
He continued, "Listen to me, everything in this world can be discussed through sitting down. Direct use of force is the lowest level of handling. Your father must have taught you that."
"No, you are wrong."
"Trust me once and call your father..."
"Shut up!" Ding Can shouted angrily, "He is him, I am me, I won't be the next him, so what if you know him?"
There was a flash of lightning outside the window, and suddenly there was a loud thunder, accompanied by Ding Can's angry shout, which scared the man so much that he trembled all over.
It was not until this moment that he realized that today's events were completely beyond his control.
In terms of force, he is no match at all.
I tried to be merciful, but the other party wouldn't listen.
At this time, Su Xia walked forward, slowly stepped on the man's left leg, applied a little force, and asked in a deep voice: "How many bases do you have in Haima City?"
The man shuddered: "I...I can't say."
Snap!
Su Xia exerted force so hard that she broke his left leg.
The man didn't react until two seconds later when he let out a wail. It was so painful that he could hardly breathe.
The bones of the entire leg were broken, with only a little skin connecting them, which looked very creepy.
Then, Su Xia stepped on the man's right leg and asked the same question: "How many bases do you have in Kaiba City?"
"Hmm... Wait a minute, wait a minute, let me think about it first..."
The man convulsed in pain and begged for mercy.
Su Xia allowed it: "You have fifteen seconds to think about it."
Su Xia did not feel any psychological pressure at all when torturing this man.
The anger in his heart was actually no less than Ding Can's, because he knew more than Ding Can.
The reason why this manor looks so strange is not only because of the dark red paint, but also because of other things - the surface of the sofa, the lampshade of the table lamp, the leather shoes on the ground and even the canvas of the oil painting on the wall...
These things are all made of human skin.
After entering the room, various descriptions and prompts popped up in front of Su Xia's eyes, and the lines of dark red text were shocking.
In the past, the system prompt text was mostly gold or white, but this time it turned dark red, as if it was stained with blood.
The production process is extremely cruel, horrifying, full of blood and despair, and it is hard to forget once you see it.
But the owner of the manor in front of him liked it very much, because those were the skins of young people. When he touched them, he seemed to be able to smell the unique breath of life belonging to young people.
"Fifteen seconds are up." Su Xia tried his best to calm himself down. He needed to be calmer than Ding Can so that he could get the specific clues needed for the mission.
He stepped on the man's right leg and slowly applied force.
"Wait, wait!" the man shouted in panic, "Three, only three bases."
"What position?"
"The safe... there are pictures in the safe..."
The man pointed at the TV cabinet in the living room, his fingers trembling.
Su Xia walked over and opened the bottom drawer of the TV cabinet. According to this person, a very small safe was found in the compartment deep inside the drawer.
This safe is not even as big as an ordinary red brick, but it is not light and has a very thick outer shell.
According to the password the man gave, Su Xia opened it.
The space inside the safe is about the size of an egg, and contains several folded drawings.
You found several drawings.
[You decide to look at the blueprint and take the next step according to the instructions on the blueprint]
A prompt popped up for the task, it should be these drawings.
The process was simpler than Su Xia had imagined.
He had sensed the existence of this safe a long time ago, but he was worried that the things in the safe were not what he wanted, and there were dozens of safes of various sizes in this villa.
Therefore, he was too lazy to waste time and chose to torture the owner of the manor directly.
"Come and see."
Su Xia unfolded the drawings.
The location of each base is marked in detail on the blueprint, and even the base's defense index, establishment time, specific structure, etc. are written out in detail.
At the same time, through interrogation of the manor owner, it was learned that there were more than a thousand kidnapped people alive in these three bases.
But he didn't know more information.
"The Left Eye Security Group is headquartered in another continent. I only know one of their contacts here." He hurriedly defended himself, hoping to distance himself from the matter.
"Tell me in detail." Su Xia looked at him.
"That man is called Andrew. He is from another continent. He has blond hair and blue eyes. He often comes to our Central Continent to do business. I met him more than ten years ago, and I learned about the existence of these things from him..."
In order to avoid further pain, the owner of the manor gave detailed instructions.
He was just a buyer downstream of the industry chain and only knew the guy named Andrew.
After he said the name, several prompts popped up in front of Su Xia's eyes.
[This person named "Andrew" seems to be deeply involved. You decide to find him to get more clues.]
【Task updated】
[Current stage mission requirement 1: Destroy the three bases in Haima City and rescue at least 50% of the kidnapped people]
[Current stage mission requirement 2: Go to Conch City, find and control Andrew]
[Current stage rewards: New Psychic Filter x1; Anti-position Device x1]
[The mission map has been updated, click to view]
【……】
The requirements for this mission were quite lenient, requiring Su Xia to only rescue 50% of the people.
In the past, the percentage was almost always above 90%.
The tasks were constantly changing. Perhaps because they felt the tense atmosphere in the entire city, they relaxed the requirements on Su Xia.
The second required city, Conch City, happened to be the destination of Su Xia's trip. He needed to obtain fresh venom glands of a special sea creature there to refine the "Dream Enchantment" potion.
Su Xia took a quick look at the updated map, then continued to interrogate the manor owner: "What else do you know?"
"I...I really have finished speaking..."
The man's voice was trembling, his breathing was unstable, and he was in so much pain that he dared not move. Every breath he took caused pain to his body.
Su Xia stepped on his right leg with a little more force and continued to interrogate him: "I'll ask again, what else do you know?"
"I really don't know..."
The man was about to cry, and said in panic: "That's all Andrew told me. I rarely meet him."
"Yeah?"
Su Xia used a little more strength .
The man hurriedly shouted: "Wait, wait, Andrew is not only in the business of 'people', he is also in the business of weapons."
"Tell me more."
"Yes, yes... There is a big port in Conch City. One time, Andrew and I went there to pick up some goods, which were containers... After opening the containers, the surface was full of seafood such as frozen fish. The layers below were the real goods, which were boxes with weapon logos printed on them..."
"Well, weapons transportation is normal. This information is of no value."
Su Xia didn't find it strange. In the territory of the Mechanical Clan, if the human race wanted to get some weapons, they could only do it secretly.
He wanted to know about the Left Eye Security Group and was not interested in privately selling weapons.
But what this person said next caught Su Xia's attention.
"Andrew said that those weapons are very useful and can create a storm in the southwest of the continent."
"storm?"
Su Xia frowned and thought, this can't be said casually.
"What storm is he trying to stir up?"
"I, I don't know. I just asked a few questions at the time, and he said that the weapon boxes were to be sent to the mountainous area in the southwest..."
"Any other news?"
"It's gone. It's really gone."
The man shook his head, his face full of bitterness, and blood was still oozing from the corners of his mouth.
This was really all the news he knew; that Andrew was very mysterious.
"The southwestern mountainous area." Su Xia murmured. There are many human resistance organizations hiding in the southwestern mountainous area.
The largest one is naturally Dragon City.
Recently, things in Longcheng have been very unsettled, rumors are spreading, and it is very chaotic.
Many people are saying that the two forces, the Research Institute and the College, may want to overthrow the Lord of Dragon City.
But the last time they met, the old dean personally denied this to Su Xia. At that time, they suspected that there might be external forces involved in the spread of those rumors.
Someone outside wants to defeat Dragon City from the inside, making it fall without a fight, thus achieving the goal of controlling the entire Dragon City.
Today, this unexpected news made Su Xia think more.
