Yue Xingwen did not believe that Professor Tang would hand over such an important chip directly to him, but a large number of mutants were behind him, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer. He had no time to check the authenticity of the chip—— Leaving the Research Institute was the priority.
They could still pass the course even if they got wrong answering the additional question, so Yue Xingwen immediately made a decision, looked at Qin Lu and said, “Go!”
Qin Lu took out her globe and quickly tapped it twice. They used the plate movement to switch places, and 12 people teleported to a place dozens of meters away with the escort target.
Lin Manluo had already seen the sign posts, and all the way east was the gate of the Research Institute.
However, as soon as everyone walked around the corner, they saw a large number of mutants appear in the dormitory building in front, holding guns in their hands, sticking their heads out of the window, and shooting at the location where everyone was!
The banging sound of the gunfire startled everyone, and Zhang Xiaonian subconsciously erected a wall to block the bullet. Qin Miao also hurriedly raised her right hand and said, “To dismiss the military hierarchy using wine cups!”
Countless guns fell from the windows, and the large-scale group disarmament was really powerful.
The gunfire stopped abruptly, and Yue Xingwen hurriedly said, “Hurry up!”
Qin Lu controlled the globe with a pale face, teleported several times in a row, and finally came to the gate of the Research Institute when the plate movement skills were about to run out.
However, the gate was already blocked by a group of black-clad people.
They all raised a black shields in front of them, guns on the other hand, neatly organized like well-trained special operation units.
At the moment when Yue Xingwen and his group appeared, the guns in the hands of the black-clad people’s team were raised in unison.
Yue Xingwen stopped abruptly——
For the first time in their lives, they had the barrel of a black gun pointed directly at their heads!
Even if they had learned all sorts of special abilities, no one dared to be careless in the face of uncountable, black guns! As long as the speed of the opponent’s shooting was 0.01 seconds faster than them, they would also be finished.
It was not a joke if the bullet was shot into the body, even senior brother Liu could not save it!
“Don’t move.” The woman standing in the middle wore sunglasses and said coldly, “Leave Professor Tang and the information. I can spare your lives.”
“……” The mutant’s target was really the information as well.
Yue Xingwen’s mind raced as he thought of countermeasures.
Judging from the mutants’ performance, the Professor Tang they found this time should be real.
First, the mutants only knew the information, not that it was placed in the chip. Professor Tang directly gave the chip to Yue Xingwen, regardless of whether the chip was real or not, at least he knew the existence of the chip. Then, the possibility that he was Professor Tang was high.
Second, there was no need for mutants to run to the rooftop, hide in an iron box and pretend to be Professor Tang. They had the free time, they could have searched the lab building and found the real person.
So, the young man hiding on the rooftop and able to say ‘chip’ accurately was the target of their escort!
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This NPC was really good at digging pits. He gave the chip to Yue Xingwen and took the initiative to call him ‘Professor Tang’ in front of the mutants, so that the mutants would think that Yue Xingwen was Professor Tang.
In doing so, he obviously wanted Yue Xingwen to fill in for him; After all, no one knew exactly what Professor Tang looked like. His gender and age were a mystery. And the chip he handed over to Yue Xingwen was most likely fake.
Yue Xingwen figured out everything in an instant.
Sure enough, as soon as Professor Tang’s words fell, all the guns pointed at Yue Xingwen in unison.
The woman said coldly, “Are you Professor Tang? So young?”
Someone next to her whispered, “I heard that Professor Tang has been a scientific research prodigy since he was a child, and no one knows how old he is, maybe he is a genius in his 20s?”
The woman looked at Yue Xingwen suspiciously.
Yue Xingwen took out the data chip box from his pocket, glanced at her, and then quickly retracted it back and asked, “Your purpose is this data chip, right?”
When the woman saw the chip, her face changed and she immediately pointed her gun at Yue Xingwen’s head, “Hand over the information, and I’ll let you live.”
Yue Xingwen said calmly, “The information is indeed in my hands. However, only I know the chip’s password. There’s a self-destruct program in the chip, and all the data will be erased if you forcibly decrypt it. If you kill me, even if you get the chip, it won’t be useful.”
Yue Xingwen improvised and made up something quite like that.
Professor Tang looked at him in surprise.
Yue Xingwen continued and said, “I can give you the information. Put down the gun first and let these innocent people leave.”
The woman looked at him with displeasure and asked, “What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms with me?”
Yue Xingwen’s gaze slowly swept over the mutant team in front of him, and said calmly, “Just because I’m the only person in the world who knows the chip’s password. If you act rashly and this information is destroyed, it will be hard for you to explain to your superiors, right?”
The woman frowned and tangled for a few seconds before raising her left hand and waving, “Release!”
All the guns were released in unison, but the woman’s gun was still pointed at Yue Xingwen’s head.
Jiang Pingce’s face was ugly, staring closely at Yue Xingwen’s eyes, his eyes filled with worry. Yue Xingwen smiled at him, gave him a ‘reassuring’ look, and whispered, “You guys go first.”
The teammates looked at each other.
Jiang Pingce clenched his fists tightly and said directly, “Go!”
—— Qin Lu’s plate movements had already run out, and with so many guns pointed at them, Jiang Pingce did not have time to write out that many formulas. The only skill that could instantly teleport in an instant was Yue Xingwen’s Golden Cicada Shell.
The biggest limitation of the ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ was that it only worked on the team members. If they used the ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ to run away, the real Professor Tang would be detained and the additional question would not be completed.
Yue Xingwen pretended to be Professor Tang and stayed here with the data chip to let the mutants relax vigilance, and then after his teammates had taken Professor Tang far away, he would use ‘Golden Cicada Shell’ to escape, it was the best solution for now.
The rest of his teammates were worried about Yue Xingwen’s situation, but Jiang Pingce read his thoughts from his eyes.
Somewhat risky, but optimal solution.
Although he was worried in his heart, the look in Yue Xingwen’s eyes made Jiang Pingce make a bold decision—— He decided to believe in Xingwen, just like when he passed through the maze before, Yue Xingwen would always smile and pat his shoulder to say ‘I believe you’.
Xingwen never did things that he was not sure of, let alone joke with his own life.
He should believe Yue Xingwen’s judgment.
Jiang Pingce led his teammates out of the Research Institute, and clenched his fist behind him with his thumb to the west.
Yue Xingwen saw it.
The woman stepped forward and held a gun to Yue Xingwen’s temple, said, “Professor Tang, come with us.”
Yue Xingwen smiled helplessly, “Okay. When I meet your boss and he promises to let me live, I’ll tell him the chip’s password to his face.”
The woman stretched out her other hand and spread her palm. “The data chip, leave the trouble to me for safekeeping.”
“No problem, you don’t know the password anyway.” Yue Xingwen nodded and shoved his right hand into the pocket of his white coat, pretending to pull out the chip. In fact, the moment he stuffed his hands into his pockets, he began to silently recite the phrase ‘Golden Cicada Shell’.
Yue Xingwen’s hand came out of his white coat pocket and slowly spread it out in front of the woman.
A thick dictionary appeared in his hand!
The woman was stunned, and before she could get a good look at the dictionary, the young man in front of her suddenly disappeared!
The woman was furious and shouted, “We’ve been fooled! Chase after them quickly!”
After Yue Xingwen’s Golden Cicada Shell was upgraded, it could teleport 100 meters away at a time. Upon leaving, Jiang Pingce gave him the direction with his fist, instantaneously moving to the east.
When Yue Xingwen came to a position 100 meters away to his east, he did see his teammates waiting anxiously.
Jiang Pingce fiercely stretched out his arms and hugged Yue Xingwen tightly into his embrace, his voice trembling slightly, “You’re crazy!”
Yue Xingwen, who escaped in a thrilling way, was also distraught!
The speed of the gun was definitely faster than his skill. Just now, in case the other party noticed that something was wrong and directly pulled the trigger, his little life would be at stake.
However, the dictionary appeared out of thin air. Yue Xingwen took advantage of this by summoning the dictionary while chanting the Golden Cicada Shell skill and broke away when the other party did not have to pull the trigger.
His decision proved to be the right one.
Not only did 12 people escape, but Professor Tang also ran out with them.
Yue Xingwen did not want to reason with this cunning Professor Tang for the time being, he hugged Jiang Pingce tightly, and for some reason, the hug from the other party gradually calmed his fierce heartbeat.
Escaping from death was really thrilling.
Yue Xingwen exhaled softly and continued, “We’ll talk about the rest later, let’s get out of here first.”
Jiang Pingce nodded and said, “Hurry up, we don’t have enough skills!”
Although his coordinate system could control people, the maximum number of targets he could control was 12 people, which was used once just now. With Professor Tang, the team currently had 13 people, and it was hard to control all of them.
Qin Lu’s plate movement and Yue Xingwen’s displacement had already been used.
Xu Yishen saw a bus parked at the bus stop next to him with a sign saying ‘Cleaning in Progress’ and the driver was not in the bus, so he hurriedly said, “There’s no way out, let’s grab the bus and go!”
Jiang Pingce raised his right hand, and the sharp triangular ruler shot at the window. The sound of breaking glass rang in their ears, and Xu Yishen used his mitosis to climb directly into the car through the window and open the door from the inside.
Everyone got into the car to find a place to sit, Xu Yishen consciously sat in the driver’s seat, fastened his seat belt, and said loudly, “All sit down, let’s go!”
He turned the key, stepped on the gas with his right foot, and the bus darted out of the bus station and sped off the wide street.
Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce sat in the back row.
Looking at the city street that quickly passed through outside the window, Jiang Pingce frowned and gently held Yue Xingwen’s hand, his slender fingers were obviously a little stiff. Yue Xingwen looked at him and said, “Don’t worry, I’m fine, aren’t I?”
Jiang Pingce’s gaze was deep and said, “Don’t risk yourself in the future, do you hear me?”
Yue Xingwen nodded seriously and replied, “En, I was forced to do so just now. That’s the only way you’ll be able to take Professor Tang away. It’s a good thing that you understand me, if you guys had hesitated or exposed me, everyone would probably have been finished.”
Jiang Pingce knew that Yue Xingwen had always been bold but careful, he would not do things recklessly.
But recalling the scene where Xingwen was pointed at by the gun just now, Jiang Pingce’s heart was still tight and he could not help but tighten his fingers on the other party.
Noticing that Pingce’s hand was getting tighter and tighter, clearly conveying worry, Yue Xingwen could not help but smile and say softly, “Well, it’s really fine.” He patted Jiang Pingce’s hand comfortingly, and only then did Jiang Pingce quietly withdraw his hand.
In order to hide the discomfort he had just felt, Jiang Pingce turned his head to look out the window. After a few seconds, he suddenly said, “Something’s not quite right with this city.”
Yue Xingwen followed his gaze and looked out, and then said in surprise, “On the street… there’s not a single person?”
They’re in an apocalyptic setting…? Mutation and stuffs. Wonder where are the people.
City which full of mutations! Spooky
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I was wrong it seems he’s really professor tang :0 but the setting is still sus given how so far there’s no other humans so far except this professor, really making one question where in the timeline they’re in. After all it’s probs far enough the mutants have controlled a lot of areas but if that’s the case wouldn’t the professor who’s been hiding this entire time be in a more difficult state? Hungry, bathroom needs, dirt – he should show those signs if he was hiding for over a day right? idk I will read on and see :3
I really appreciate the Professor! So cunning, even creating a failsafe with the chip! No wonder he was so trusting with Xingwen and so easily gave it up. I really hope that he sees the end of this exam :]