Song Rui followed Meng Zhong into a very modern office. In addition to rows of monitors, there was also a lot of sophisticated equipment. One piece of equipment was showing Xiao Yanling’s x-ray and brain CT scan results. A man in a white coat pointed at the photos and said something to a man in a minister’s uniform standing nearby. He was surrounded by a group of strong elites from the Special Security Department, and the man who injured Fan Jialuo was among them. Judging from his epaulets, he seemed to be the captain of this special defense team.
“Those are the people from the Ninth Special Defense Team controlled by the Zhang family,” Meng Zhong said in a low voice, “Xiao Yanling is now in the hands of the Ninth Special Defense Team. Several other teams wanted to conduct research with them, but they were all rejected. No one could protest, as the medicine provided by the Zhang family is very important to all agents, and no one dares to offend them at the moment.”
“Then aren’t they now at the top?” Song Rui adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose to shield the cold light in his eyes.
“Yes, those who can enter the Special Security Department are elites among elites, and their pursuit of power is never-ending. They will follow whoever can make them stronger, it is very realistic.” Meng Zhong shook his head and sighed. He originally thought that the personnel expansion of the Special Security Department was a good thing, but he did not expect that the large influx of people with ulterior motives would tear apart the organization’s cohesion and heart.
“They’re looking for that thing in Xiao Yanling’s body?” Song Rui guessed.
“Yes, after the Thief Hand incident we realized that some people’s mutations were actually caused by this energy body, so we studied the mutants we captured later. Sure enough, we found some glowing things through x-rays. They can lurk in any part of the mutant’s body, their brain, neck, abdomen, or even feet. Of course, ordinary medical instruments cannot detect them, so we use modified instruments equipped with magnetic field detection. However, once we cut open the bodies of these mutants to look for those things, it will disappear. When we take x-rays again, it will appear in another body part, and if we cut them open it will disappear again… In short, it won’t let us find it. Currently, the only one who can take this thing out of the human body is Fan Jialuo. This is why the Special Security Department has been trying to protect him. He is extremely useful for those who are greedy for profit.”
Meng Zhong pointed at the elites of the Special Security Department surrounding the scientists in white coats with a sarcastic smile.
The man wearing a minister’s uniform was asking sharply, “What do you mean you can’t find it?”
The scientist in a white coat pointed at the computer screen and said helplessly, “Look, these are the x-rays we took before. These large or small light spots are what you are looking for. But look at Xiao Yanling’s x-rays. Her body structure is no different from that of an ordinary person, and we can’t find any light spots at all.”
“Then how do you explain her supernatural ability?”
“Maybe she was born with the ability, and it wasn’t a mutation caused by that thing.”
“Impossible! I have seen many with supernatural abilities, and most of them just have psychic abilities, or their sixth sense is a little stronger than that of ordinary people, but they are not that strong. This is a supernatural power that does not belong to humans! All your wishes come true, and the world regards you as a king, can you understand what this means? It means that the world will be destroyed in her hands! You must take that thing out of her body, no matter what method you must use!”
The minister’s words made Song Rui laugh. He walked to the rows of monitors, stared at the petite figures spread across them, and sighed. “Take out that thing, give it to you, and then let your wish to be the king of this world come true, right? Such a loud declaration of salvation cannot cover up your selfish desires.”
“Song Rui? Why are you here? Who allowed you to come in?” The minister looked at Meng Zhong with a gloomy face. Meng Zhong shrugged and said, “I forgot to tell you that Dr. Song Rui has been our Special Security Department’s advisor since a long time ago. You can check the job list, as a special adviser, his security level is even higher than yours.”
Song Rui took out an identification tag from his jacket pocket, held it casually between his fingertips, and shook it from side to side.
The minister’s face turned from black to blue with an extremely distorted expression, but he could only bear it because he found that Song Rui’s position was actually higher than his own, and it was a job ID issued by the state. It could not be canceled at will. It was just like Meng Zhong, who was ignored by them, but his military rank was still the highest in the Special Security Department. The lack of real power did not cause his status to decline.
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Song Rui put the identification tag in his pocket and looked up at Xiao Yanling on the monitor. She was held in solitary confinement in a huge, wide cell, her hands secured with heavy iron chains, and an iron ball weighing dozens of kilograms attached to her feet. She was slumped on the ground and hissing in frustration. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were in a mess, her shoes were missing, and she looked like a savage.
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“Hand over that thing and we’ll let you go!” a female agent stood dozens of meters away and shouted.
What responded to her was Xiao Yanling’s sneer and hiss. She dragged the iron ball for a few steps, but then fell back into a sitting position, as if she was very weak. The feeling of weakness made her cry uncontrollably, like a confused and helpless ordinary child.
Seeing this scene, Song Rui raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled with interest. This child really impressed him. Being able to avoid Fan Jialuo’s pursuit, she was indeed no ordinary person.
“A group of grown men hide in the monitoring room to watch, but let a woman go to the most dangerous place to interrogate the prisoner. The style of your Ninth Special Defense Team is really special. No wonder our grassroots police are charging on the front line, but you rush in after the situation calms down. Are you here to pick peaches because you are afraid of death?” Song Rui turned his head and looked directly at the captain of the Ninth Special Defense Team, the man who injured Fan Jialuo.
The man was impulsive and irritable, otherwise he would not have provoked Fan Jialuo for no reason. He took a few steps forward and asked fiercely, “What did you say? Do you dare to say it again?”
Song Rui looked at the monitor, shook his head and sighed. “A group of grown men are hiding behind a woman and fragile scientific researchers while waiting for the fruits of victory. Is it wrong for me to say that your Ninth Special Defense Team is greedy and afraid of death? You have the ability. Why didn’t you catch Xiao Yanling yourself? Why didn’t you interrogate Xiao Yanling yourself if you have the ability? I’m afraid your greatest achievement was snatching her unconscious body from Fan Jialuo and transporting her back. Was she heavy? Did she crush your hands?”
Song Rui snapped softly and continued, “Oh, I almost forgot, you also gave her a tranquilizer to ensure that she was in a more serious coma. It must have been very hard for you on the way back, because you were constantly afraid of her waking up, afraid of being torn into pieces by her. The feeling of being mentally tired is far more uncomfortable than being physically tired, which I can understand.”
After speaking, he held his glasses frame and smiled softly, with two words almost written all over his handsome face—contempt and scorn.
The man was about to go crazy. He grabbed Song Rui’s collar and was about to swing his fist, but his body was frozen by the other man’s cold ridicule, “So you can only take action against someone like me who doesn’t have the power to restrain a chicken, just like when you deliberately injured Fan Jialuo? Is bullying the weak your specialty? Then the specialty of your Ninth Special Defense Team is quite ‘special’. You’re indeed the elite of the elite. No wonder the organization would give you the ‘major’ task of transporting a comatose little girl.”
“Captain, he’s just talking shit, don’t stoop to his level.” Several team members came over to dissuade him, but they all had humiliated expressions on their faces. Song Rui’s words simply threw the dignity of their Ninth Special Defense Team to the ground and stomped on it!
The man took several deep breaths before pushing Song Rui away. He took out his walkie-talkie and shouted, “Maisha, come back! I’ll interrogate Xiao Yanling myself! I don’t believe I can’t get a word of truth out of her mouth.”
The man walked away angrily, and the minister didn’t stop him. It was said that courtesy came first before war. Since the gentle courtesy of a female agent had no effect on Xiao Yanling, then if she was replaced by the intimidation of a strong man, she would be afraid and compromise, right?
Seeing these people change their interrogation tactics, Song Rui’s thin lips curled up slightly.
Meng Zhong seemed to notice something, but didn’t say a word. These people were eager to get that thing out of Xiao Yanling. Driven by greed, they did everything they could. If Xiao Yanling hadn’t vowed that if she died, the thing would disappear, these people would have killed her long ago.
Of course, if that thing was never found, Meng Zhong had every reason to believe that these people would send Xiao Yanling to the cruelest laboratory for brainwashing, and then train her into a tool to satisfy their selfish desires. This was why humans were the most terrifying creatures in the world. They could mutate on their own, even if they were not contaminated by that energy body.
The man had a very violent temper, and tried to force a confession as soon as he arrived at the prison. Xiao Yanling’s magnetic field was not large enough to cover the entire floor, so she could only remain locked in place by the iron ball and endure his intimidation.
“I won’t give you anything, stop talking! Ahhhh!” The man described the process of how he would dissect Xiao Yanling alive in detail, and how he would search for the ball of light in her flesh inch by inch. At this moment, Xiao Yanling finally broke and began to scream with her head covered, her expression full of fear and panic.
However, the man was so proud that he asked the researchers to set up a large screen and play a video of the operation. The bloody scene was definitely not something a child could bear.
Meng Zhong frowned fiercely, extremely dissatisfied with the man’s interrogation strategy. This was already considered psychological abuse, right?
However, the minister was very satisfied with the man’s performance. He took out the walkie-talkie and said, “Very good. Her psychological defense has been broken by you, and she is starting to get scared. If we increase our strength a little more, we can take her down!”
The man’s triumphant face appeared on the monitor, but Song Rui stared at this face with a glimmer of pleasure in his eyes.
The man kept asking the researchers to play various videos of the operation, and also found an amplifier to increase the volume, hoping to increase its deterrent effect. The people being dissected made no sound at all, but the sound of the surgeons turning over their flesh, cutting off their bones, and stirring up their blood was enough to make one’s scalp tingle. The source of fear was never the screams, but the faint ringing in the silence, because you never knew whether the sound came from humans or ghosts. It was this unknown and suspicion that ultimately made you afraid.
This faint sound was tantamount to ghosts and monsters to Xiao Yanling. Her screams grew increasingly loud and miserable. At the same time, the iron ball locking her feet was suddenly thrown high into the sky by her thoughts, flinging her away. As the iron ball kept hitting the cage, her body kept hitting the steel bars, making muffled thumps. In order to escape the man’s threats, she actually began to harm herself.
In just a few seconds, she was smashed to the point where her head was bleeding and she lost consciousness. As her thoughts dissipated, the iron ball crashed down, slamming her to the ground again.
“Fear caused her to develop a tendency to self-harm!” the researcher said anxiously, “The stimulation we gave her was too much, far beyond her tolerance.”
“Turn off the video and audio!” the minister quickly ordered.
“She fainted!” another researcher said, pointing to the parallel data lines on the scanner.
“Go and see what’s going on with her now. We must not let her die before confirming the existence of that thing!” The minister panicked. He paced back and forth for a few steps, then simply threw away the walkie-talkie and went to the prison to check the situation in person. That was an energy body that could make people’s wishes come true. Who wouldn’t want that? Missing it meant missing the whole world!
The elites of the Ninth Special Defense Team also followed their superiors to check the situation downstairs. Only Song Rui, Meng Zhong, and a researcher were left in the monitoring room.
“Using this kind of interrogation tactic on a child, I don’t know what kind of people the Special Security Department has recruited.” Meng Zhong stared at the monitor and shook his head with a sigh.
Song Rui said quietly, “The show is about to begin, don’t blink.”
“What?”
Meng Zhong’s heart trembled. He had a bad feeling, but something happened at this very second. Those who rushed to Xiao Yanling’s side, including the special defense captain, were frozen in place by an inexplicable force. Their expressions were numb, their bodies stiff, and the only thing expressing their inner fear was their bloodshot eyes and the horror in their gazes.
Xiao Yanling, who was originally unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes and stretched out her hand, covered the head of the special defense captain, then opened her mouth and vomited blood while smiling brightly. There was no doubt that the special defense captain was the one with the most vitality among the group. If she sucked him dry, then she could expand her magnetic field to farther places. The previous fear, confusion, self-mutilation, and coma were all directed and acted by her. In order to lure these little bugs to the bait, she had no idea how many treacherous thoughts had swirled around her mind. Unfortunately, the female agent was too cautious and did not dare to get close. It was only this stupid big guy who finally allowed her to seize the opportunity.
Her fingers were very short and thin, barely large enough to cover the special defense captain’s eyebrows, but the other party could only let her control, devour, and plunder him as if he had lost his soul. In just an instant, the originally tall and strong man shriveled up, and the people standing around him quickly grew pale and their eyes became distracted. Their life force was draining away.
At the same time, Xiao Yanling’s magnetic field expanded greatly, and the scanning instruments placed at a safe distance began to explode one after another, so that the minister and others who had just stepped out of the elevator fainted. The magnetic field that quietly spread over greedily deprived them of vitality.
A series of muffled bangs shook the cell, and the surveillance cameras made of special materials were exploded one by one by Xiao Yanling, who had greatly increased her strength. The originally clearly transmitting images turned into static, and the monitor completely lost trace of her.
The researcher squatting in the monitoring room was so frightened that he almost lost his mind. He was stunned for a while before he opened the central control and called various departments to rescue him. He had no idea that a wrong decision by the special defense captain could lead to such serious consequences!
Meng Zhong stood still and did not contact his team members. Those were his direct subordinates, who had followed him through life and death, through fire and water, and had never betrayed him once. How could he send them to make such a senseless sacrifice? After all, he was also selfish and self-interested, everyone was like that.
Song Rui pointed at the monitor filled with static and chuckled. “I have said before that these people are just drunkards and clowns. To Xiao Yanling, the threat of dissection was nothing at all, because she has long since experienced the most terrible things in the world, and has also hammered her heart into an iron wall. You guys underestimated her.”
“What is the most terrifying thing that she can experience at such a young age? She is so good at pretending and ruthless that she even tortured herself to death. She is simply a born devil!” The hair on Meng Zhong’s body stood up. He thought this little girl was a poor prey surrounded by a group of sharks, but he didn’t expect that she was the real great white shark that could eat people!
“Isn’t killing your own parents the most terrifying thing in the world?” Song Rui opened the office door and walked out.
Meng Zhong: “…”
Damn, what kind of monsters are these! It’s so hard to live in the same world as these people! Song Rui, you are a fucking devil too! Don’t think that I don’t know that the members of the Ninth Special Defense Team were instigated by you to die!
Meng Zhong chased after him, wanting to persuade him of something, but he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut. There were many people running back and forth around him. Everyone looked anxious, and they were obviously disoriented by Xiao Yanling. Song Rui was right, even the Special Security Department couldn’t eat such a hot potato.
T/N: Sorry for missing last week’s update, I’ll be making it up with a second release later this week. Translating has had to take a backseat recently due to work and other real life obligations, but we’re almost at the half-way point in the novel, and I do hope to increase releases in the future. I am reading the novel as I translate, so thank you for your patience as we both witness the mysteries surrounding Fan Jialuo and his romance with Song Rui slowly unfurl 🙂
Heh, they really blew themselves up. Tsk, how stupid must you be? Ah, but they are greedy, so it isn’t unexpected, either.
That reminds me, there seems to be a theory that humans are inherently defect. Somewhere during the process of evolution, the mechanism that tells you when you have enough to live comfortably was disabled. Now there is nothing but your own willpower left to inhibit the unrestrained plundering that you are born with.
Humans can be so terrible, ah.
Thank you for the chapter~
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thank you for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter!!
Now that you (see: Song Rui) got yourself killed because of your own stupidity, can we finally let Fang Jialuo do his thing in peace???!!!!
Awww Dr. Song taking revenge for FJ
They’re nothing but bugs for this devious little girl that she can squish any time. Another round for Fan Jialuo vs Xiao Yanling?