Translator: Khun
Translation Checker: Rin
Editor: DragonFae
Bi Lanxing closed his eyes and silently counted the seconds. With life and death at stake, he suffered through every second and minute. Suddenly, someone said from the communicator, “They’re coming up.” Bi Lanxing immediately opened his eyes, turned over, and jumped down from the helicopter. The fingers on his left hand grew into black vines and firmly twisted onto the helicopter’s rope ladder, then grew back around until Bi Lanxing was tied to the lowest part of the rope ladder. Bi Lanxing freed his hands, and his hands’ vines went into the surging sea like crazily growing black ropes.
Underneath, the auxiliary secret service member floated up, supporting Xiao Xun. Before they floated to the surface, the vines wrapped around Xiao Xun at a water depth of approximately 10 meters, formed a sealed ball of vines to keep enough pressure inside, and suddenly hauled Xiao Xun up. The helicopter brought him to the Medical Association’s group stationed on shore. En route, the vines slowly released pressure so Xiao Xun’s body could adapt, not delaying the optimal rescue period.
The doctors ashore received Xiao Xun from the vines and first injected him with a detoxifying dose. Then, they opened the valve and washed his body. Two nurses peeled off his wetsuit and equipment.
Xiao Xun’s whole body was light red. He hurriedly gasped for breath and curled up in pain, then was spread out by the nurse and pinned down.
“Thank goodness it was in the sea; the hydrocyanic acid’s concentration wouldn’t be too high and the water would’ve washed him off when he was going up. It’s not too bad.”
“Do a blood test and see if he has the cyanovirus infection.”
“Ok.”
Bi Lanxing squatted outside the first aid tent they were surrounding, already completely calmed down now. Although Xiao Xun asked to carry out the underwater sniping task himself, Bi Lanxing made the task plan; if something really happened to Xiao Xun, how could he have the face to return to the headquarters for a debriefing? And there was no way to explain to the two instructors in the team.
He got acquainted with Xiao Xun not long ago, that is, during the past year at the Greenfly Island training base. Xiao Xun was taciturn, didn’t like to talk, and normally didn’t interact with other students very much. Other students thought he was difficult to get along with, but only Lu Yan didn’t mind him being antisocial.
Bi Lanxing never had any other feelings for Xiao Xun; he just thought that he was a reliable teammate. He and Lu Yan were both children of the IOA family and successors from strong backgrounds. However, Xiao Xun was from the prominent old Greyhound family, and being able to enter the special training base was already considered having special approval. It was Bai Chunian who had vouched for him. Knowing the inside story, he didn’t say anything on the surface, but he would often question Xiao Xun’s loyalty.
But after today’s incident, Bi Lanxing gained a lot more trust and admiration for him.
The electronic screen of his watch lit up. Bi Lanxing snapped back and found Han Xingqian calling him.
After getting connected, Han Xingqian’s face appeared on the display screen.
“Did you send the data over?” Dr. Han asked.
“Senior Duan Yang said it’s sent. I don’t know if Chu-ge can see it; hopefully they can come across a receiving terminal where they’re stranded.”
“Ok, I am still stuck in the PBB laboratory. I’ll contact you guys when I stop being busy.”
“Mn.” After several considerations, Bi Lanxing tactfully opened his mouth, “Xiao Xiao came into contact with the agent leaked by the target submarine when he was sniping underwater. The results are still unclear right now.”
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Han Xingqian’s always calm and ordinary pupils suddenly shrunk. “Is it serious?”
“He said there’s a 37% chance of death, but he still did it. I am the one who didn’t prepare enough and didn’t think it would leak, but luckily, the first aid equipment prepared for Chu-ge and the others came in handy. ”
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Dr. Zhong’s gentle and kind face appeared on the screen. He was wearing pajamas and seemed to have been awakened from a deep sleep.
Dr. Zhong sat down in front of the computer and scanned Han Xingqian, who was facing him. His glasses could not cover his eyebags and bloodshot eyes. “How many nights have you been up?”
Han Xingqian couldn’t attend to the pleasantries and hurriedly said, “Teacher, one of my students came into contact with the In infection agent leaked from the submarine underwater. With me here, I can’t go back. Please help me and go see him.”
Dr. Zhong glanced at the clock on the wall. “At this hour? That kid Lanxing is very thoughtful. When he came back with clues to ask for help, he had already taken the first aid team with him. I gave them an antidote to take back with them. Since it leaked into the sea, the concentration most likely will not be high. You’ve always been staid, so why did you become rash now?”
Han Xingqian opened his mouth, then hesitated. “Sorry, Teacher. I’ve really disturbed you this late.”
“It’s alright. It’s rare for you to be anxious. It’s quite interesting to me. What is the relationship between the student and you?”
“He’s my student. His achievements are always very good, and he’s also eager to excel.”
“Only a student?”
“…Yes.”
Dr. Zhong propped up his head, scanned Han Xingqian’s expression, and laughed lightly. “Okay, I’ll go and see for you. You care so much about your students, missing them thousands of miles away. It makes it seem like I ignore my students.”
Han Xingqian bowed slightly. “No, that’s not what I meant.”
“Alright, go be busy. Remember to catch up on sleep. You are a doctor, you know everything you need to know, so I won’t nag too much.” Dr. Zhong turned his head and yelled softly toward the bed in the bedroom, “Pingtian, stop sleeping, take me somewhere.”
After Han Xingqian thanked him, he closed the computer, leaned against the wall tiredly and closed his eyes for a while, then went into the laboratory again.
No one was able to check the situation inside the submarine. Bai Chunian and Rimbaud were still isolated from the outside world. Their communicators had been tampered with and had long completely lost their positioning function. Even if the people searching could lock onto the submarine’s position, they couldn’t pinpoint their location within the submarine. They must find an exit to have a chance to meet up with the search and rescue team.
“Rimbaud, follow me.” Bai Chunian entered the passcode to open the combination lock of the living quarters, leading Rimbaud and pushing the door open.
They returned to the dining area again. This dining area was the same as the dining area they saw at first, and all the furnishings were still where they should be. There seemed to be nothing unusual.
Bai Chunian pricked up his ears; there were seemingly three heartbeats in this room.
He dragged Rimbaud in, kicked the door, and locked it, behind which stood a man in white.
Bai Chunian took two steps back and raised his hand to block the front of Rimbaud’s body.
The other party seemed to be a human being, but he was standing with his back to Bai Chunian and Rimbaud, facing the corner behind the door. His arms were bent, not hanging down by his sides.
A living person.
“Are you a researcher here?” After Bai Chunian confirmed that he was human, he looked him up and down. He was wearing a white researcher uniform, plastic slippers, and no socks. It seemed that he was also a staff member who lived here.
The researcher did not speak or move.
Bai Chunian put his hands in his pockets and asked, “Where did you come from?”
They had walked past this room before, and this person did not appear until now, which meant that there must be an exit from this circular room.
The man just stood there, ignoring him. Bai Chunian motioned to Rimbaud to force him to turn around.
Rimbaud had already escaped the control of the suppressor, so he could respond to any unexpected situation in time. Bai Chunian kept a close eye on the researcher’s movements, lest he suddenly strike out and hurt Rimbaud.
Rimbaud grabbed the researcher by the back of his collar and turned him around with a strong pull. The moment the researcher turned around, Bai Chunian’s nerves tensed up.
He had a large mole on his right cheek, and he wore black-rimmed glasses. He was the Irishman who died in the infirmary.
But the researcher was obviously still alive and seemed terrified. He didn’t dare to move recklessly and turned around stiffly, holding a goat’s skull in his hands.
The skull was bloody, but the blood drops weren’t falling down and the researcher’s hands and clothes weren’t stained.
“What is that?” Bai Chunian asked, frowning.
The researcher replied while shaking, “Devil Satan. All the people in the submarine laboratory were killed. Save me, I don’t care who you are, please save me.”
“It’s too late…” The goat skull’s lower jaw moved, dim red lights in its eye sockets.
Gradually, a layer of skin re-grew on the skull, and bones connected to the extended muscles. The skeleton now had a body, and that slender body left the researcher’s hands. A black cloak appeared on the omega’s body, and his young and pale face faced Bai Chunian. His lower eyelids were sickly mauve, and two curved horns grew out of his messy hair.
“Electro-optic Phantom, Divine Envoy. I have been waiting for you for a long time,” Satan said. “As you can see, that was my appearance just three years after my death.”
Bai Chunian raised one corner of his lips: “It’s pretty good. If you didn’t say that, I would have thought it was a piece of handiwork worth ¥9.90, shipping included.”
Satan’s expression didn’t change, still cold and sullen. “Let’s make a deal, we have no reason to kill each other.”
Bai Chunian grabbed Satan by his collar. “Then what are you doing this for? Because of you, I almost angered my wife to death.”
“I saw the future, the moment when humanity meets its end. The sight of that made my blood boil, and I wanted to witness it with my own eyes. It’s a pity that my ability can only be used in a closed space, so I let them feel the end in advance.”
Satan took out a gold pocket watch from his bosom and clicked it open. There was a small mirror inside, showing the corpses of researchers piled up in a small room. They all looked as if they had died in a desert, mere skeletons with dry and sunken skin.
“…” Bai Chunian loosened his grip. “I think you are very pitiful, might as well go back to IOA with me. If you go out and rush to make trouble, then we have nothing to say. Rimbaud, kill him.”
With Rimbaud broken away from the control of the suppressor and his differentiation grade as high as A3, he could fully suppress an M2-grade goat omega with ease.
Satan hung the swinging golden pocket watch on his fingertip and said slowly, “Deducing recreation.”
The numbers on the pocket watch went back one notch.
A blue suppressor appeared on Rimbaud’s nape without warning. The needle penetrated his neck bone and locked his suture, immediately extinguishing the lightning on Rimbaud’s body. When Rimbaud’s hand was about to touch Satan’s neck, the pocket watch hanging on Satan’s fingertip moved back a notch again.
A stream of magma wrapped around Rimbaud’s arm, burning him. Holding his arm, Rimbaud’s head fell to the ground, and he propped himself up on the floor with his other hand in pain.
Surprised, Bai Chunian rolled and snatched Rimbaud who was under Satan’s feet into his arms, and then withdrew lightly. Rimbaud tried his best to keep his hand wrapped in magma a bit further away from Bai Chunian to avoid burning him.
“He can recreate the past on me.” Rimbaud gritted his teeth and said while enduring the severe pain, “Get out of the way, the suppressor can’t control me.”
But Bai Chunian also could see that although Rimbaud could repeatedly tear the suppressor off his neck along with his skin and flesh, it would take time to purify the toxin injected into the gland. The activation speed for Satan’s ability Future Deduction was much faster than Rimbaud’s purification speed, and it would be Rimbaud who would suffer losses as the matches went on.
“There, there.” Bai Chunian bowed his head and kissed him on the forehead, took him away from Satan, buying time for Rimbaud to re-purify and tried his best to protect him from Satan’s attack during this period.
They distanced themselves from Satan, and Satan temporarily stopped moving.
Bai Chunian stared at Satan, who was standing by the door with the combination lock. Satan asked indifferently, “You have used up the number of wrong guesses, right?”
Satan slowly raised his hand toward the code device and pressed down. Bai Chunian suddenly realized what he was going to do, snatched the wine bottle from the bar and violently smashed it on the edge of the bar, bursting the glass bottle. He threw the sharp mouth of the bottle stained with the In infection agent toward Satan’s hand.
Afraid of the agent, Satan immediately withdrew his hand and left the combination lock, but the blue agent liquid splashed from the wine bottle was scattered everywhere and quickly began to evaporate.
The orange wallpaper slowly turned pink, and the researcher huddled in the corner suddenly pinched his mouth and nose. The fear of suffocation and infection and the desire to survive made him run toward the door in a panic, step on the broken glass all over the floor, use his right thumb to desperately press open the fingerprint lock, and escape from the doorway.
Satan said indifferently, “Oh, it was you who killed him. I haven’t calculated this. But this doesn’t change anything. Goodbye, Divine Envoy.”
When Bai Chunian picked up a piece of broken glass on the ground to try and cut Satan first, the golden pocket watch in Satan’s hand moved back a notch again.
Bai Chunian suddenly and inexplicably reappeared in front of the fingerprint lock, repeating the previous action of pressing the wrong fingerprint with his finger wrapped in a band-aid.
Huh
Huh! So time travel was involved!
He hurt Rimbaud!!! Kill him BC Kill him!! In the name of love!!
Confused at first but I’m starting to get it now.
And once again time abilities are proven to be OP.
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(> ਊ <)♡