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“That’s not acceptable,” Bai Chunian wiped Rimbaud’s eyelids with his thumb, “I can’t let you stop being spoiled once you’re with me.”
“En,” Rimbaud kissed him on the lips, then let go of Bai Chunian’s hand and lay back on the bed, resting his hands behind his head. “So, what did Rando want with that piece of worthless rock? I didn’t want to kill him. He should consider himself lucky. If my people had been there at the time, I would have killed him to maintain our dignity.”
“The last time I encountered Eris at the Red Fox City Cultivation Base, the Black Panther suddenly appeared to mediate. At first, I thought he was there to protect Eris, but when Eris threatened me with ‘Like the Abyss’, he stopped him as well. His intention seems to be just preventing either of us from dying first.” Bai Chunian had a hunch, “You should have snatched the gem back. He might have taken the ruby to remake Eris’s mechanical core.”
“Do you want Eris to die?”
“Not really. But if he died, and it wasn’t by my hand, I wouldn’t feel much guilt about it. After all, we are of the same kind…” Bai Chunian picked up his computer, opened the internal network of IOA, and located the section of most wanted criminals on the top. Among the neatly arranged photos of fugitives, he found pictures of Eris and Odd Bones and pointed them out to Rimbaud.
“I’m working for IOA, and if the boss tells me to eliminate someone, I have to do it. Eris and Odd Bones are both on IOA’s wanted list. Unless they hide forever and never cause trouble, the boss’s tolerance for experimental subjects has reached its limit. He definitely won’t tolerate them.” Bai Chunian bit his lip. “Back when I acted recklessly and blew up the Red Fox City Cultivation Base, the boss didn’t pursue it. I can’t afford to be ungrateful.”
“You don’t need to feel guilty. Yan Yi doesn’t hold your mistakes against you because you can do more for him. Your value is greater than the effort they would need to cover up your crimes, and your loyalty outweighs the trouble you’ve caused.” Rimbaud half-closed his eyes, reached out to touch Bai Chunian’s waist, and gently rolled up his hospital gown with his fingertips. “I don’t deny that they have affection and gratitude toward you, but humans are driven by self-interest. When conflicts of interest arise, wars tend to break out, as has been the case throughout history. You’ll understand this better as you grow older.”
“Rimbaud, don’t say such things,” Bai Chunian said as he touched the hand resting on his waist, their palms pressed together, fingers interlocked.
“Why can’t I say that? I want to teach you to understand these things,” Rimbaud said as he rested his head on one hand, slowly closing his eyes. “Humans are too selfish, and experimental subjects are too grateful. You should balance it out. There shouldn’t be only one species dominating the land in this world. I don’t agree with it.”
“So are you still willing to go out to sea with IOA’s ship to clean up the submarine laboratory? Han-ge said you even let the crew kiss your fingertips.”
Rimbaud’s cheeks warmed slightly. He buried his face in the pillow and muttered, “The sea is forgiving, and those willing to become believers, I will protect them, no matter how insignificant they may be.”
“You’re stubborn.” Bai Chunian reached out and tousled Rimbaud’s hair. “Are you tired? Does your body ache? Let me massage you.”
Bai Chunian used his right hand to support Rimbaud’s waist and massage it, while his left hand typed on the keyboard to adjust the real-time images of several investigative department staff.
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Rimbaud lazily lay on the bed, allowing Bai Chunian’s hand to gently massage his waist. The alpha’s hands were strong and firm, providing a comfortable massage. Slowly, he started to feel tired, burying his face in the pillow, his eyes closing with weariness.
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Bai Chunian opened the window, which showed that Lu Yan had submitted the task. In the real-time video, Lu Yan jumped up, hugging Bi Lanxing around the neck and pulling himself up to his own height. He happily made a “peace” sign near the Alpha’s cheek, while Bi Lanxing looked around with a somewhat helpless expression, keeping watch on their surroundings.
The location where they carried out the mission was in Jiutan City. The assassination target goes to Jiutan Mountain every year at this time to burn incense and recite sutras. With their hands stained with so much bloodshed, they are easily inclined to believe in something to provide psychological comfort.
At this moment, they had not yet left Jiutan Mountain. In the distance, there was still a lush green mountainous landscape. Some temples were scattered among the mountains, and tourists walked in pairs and trios on the stone-paved paths. Due to the distance, the figures of people on the mountain road looked as small as ants.
“It’s done, how about that? Hurry up,” Lu Yan waved the tactical dagger at the camera, casually scraped off the dried blood residue from the dagger on the front of his combat suit, and then reinserted the dagger into the leather loop on his leg.
“Don’t show off, come back quickly. It shouldn’t have taken two days for such a simple assassination mission,” Bai Chunian scolded him, but couldn’t help but curl his lips, revealing his sharp canines.
“The journey itself is already one day! Even you wouldn’t be much faster!” Lu Yan was exasperated, and his rabbit ears perked up. With one hand, Bi Lanxing reached into the camera frame, ruffled Lu Yan’s head, and flattened his ears back down. The voice of a person from outside the frame was somewhat soft, “Alright, Ah Yan, our plane is here. Don’t mess around. Let Chu-ge rest for a while. Be good.”
Bai Chunian touched his chin in front of the screen and laughed. “Oh, staying in the same room really changes things. Tell me, does it feel good to squeeze the little rabbit’s tail puff?”
Bi Lanxing choked, coughed awkwardly a couple of times, looked elsewhere, and hadn’t spoken yet. Lu Yan’s face turned red first, and he fiddled with the button on the camera, moving it up and down, “You’re talking nonsense, no way!”
Taking advantage of the fact that they were separated by a screen, Bai Chunian loved teasing this little rabbit to make him furiously angry.
However, in the upper right corner of the real-time video screen, there was a temple. It appeared very small in the camera due to the distance. Bai Chunian noticed that the building seemed to shake slightly in the shaky camera view.
“What is that?” Bai Chunian suddenly stopped smiling, gazing intently at the temple in the upper right corner, and zoomed in on the image.
That building was indeed shaking.
“What?” When Lu Yan heard this, he turned to look and also noticed the trembling temple. He scratched his face in confusion and pointed, “Lanxing? What is that?”
Suddenly, the temple in the distance made a loud noise, and the earth cracked and loosened. A long and enormous snakehead slowly emerged from the ground, reaching over 20 meters high, three times taller than the temple. Soil and debris slid from its head, causing the mountain’s stone paths to shatter and fall into the ravine. Following that, the trembling temple soared into the air, as if something had lifted it from beneath the ground.
The giant snake let out a deafening roar that echoed through the skies. The ground beneath their feet began to tremble, and the shockwaves rippled outwards. The temple was uprooted from the ground, and a massive turtle with a twenty-meter long snake neck carried half of the mountain on its back, emitting an ear-piercing roar.
The completely grey-white turtle, carrying the mountain peak on its back, began to move. With steps resembling the pillars of a palace, it crushed a temple with a single stride. Pilgrims in the mountain screamed and scattered in all directions, and some brave ones even started recording videos despite the danger.
Lu Yan and his group were far away from the epicenter of the disturbance, but they still experienced intense shockwaves. Bi Lanxing used vines to carry Lu Yan, running through the mountains, narrowly avoiding being shaken off the cliffs several times.
“Go and evacuate the pilgrims from the mountain,” Bai Chunian frowned slightly and ordered in a low voice, “I’ll send the closest agent to support you.”
“Alright, don’t worry.”
Bai Chunian sent a support message and location to other members of the Search Division, reported the incident to the team leader, and forwarded the recent video footage to the Tech Department.
The Tech Department replied, stating that this was the summoned form of Experimental Subject 3014, Bixi Dragon Turtle, originating from Eternal Undead M2’s ability, Angel of Death Summoning. This experimental subject had been cut up, incinerated, and destroyed two years ago due to its enormous size and power.
Shortly after, Feng Yue’s message also came in, “Chu-ge, I can’t get through. I have one here too, a centipede emitting poisonous smoke, gray-white in color, crawling towards the downtown area. Don’t worry about me; I can handle it.”
“Centipede… the one that died at the Red Fox City Cultivation Base… and it’s an undead summoning entity again…” Bai Chunian gritted his teeth, frustrated that he was currently forbidden by the doctor from leaving headquarters. He pushed Rimbaud beside him. “Darling, wake up. Can you go help them?”
Rimbaud had been in a fight with Black Panther during their mission to retrieve the gemstone. The opponent was an A3-grade devil envoy experimental subject, something even Rimbaud couldn’t easily defeat. Rimbaud had expended a lot of energy, and now, in deep slumber, the pheromones had weakened due to exhaustion. He mumbled and talked in his sleep, Chunian…”
Unable to find anyone in the short term, Bai Chunian suddenly thought of Professor Lin Deng who was staying (under house arrest) at IOA. It might help with the urgency.
Aileen’s private residence is located in a villa area about an hour’s drive from the research institute. She rarely goes home, usually staying at the research institute. However, recently, she has been coming back more frequently because she has confined Xiao Yang at home.
Xiao Yang isn’t on a hunger strike; he just has no appetite and often stares out at the garden through the window, lost in thought about who knows what.
The bedroom door creaked open, and Aileen walked in wearing a silk nightgown. Unusually, she wasn’t wearing heavy makeup or high heels, and she didn’t seem as assertive as usual.
Aileen brought two cups of lemon water, sat down across the coffee table, handed one to Xiao Yang, and then propped her chin on her hand, looking out at the garden through the French windows.
The two of them sat in silence for a while, and Aileen was the first to break the awkward atmosphere, saying, “I’ve carefully considered your suggestion. We can allocate a group of more specialized researchers as trainers. We can train the young ones and those in the cultivation stage, which pose no threat, into pets, and then sell them. This way, there would be no need for destruction. What do you think?”
Xiao Yang squinted his eyes and looked out of the window kindly, saying, “I’m fine with it. I’ll follow your lead because, after all, you’re the boss. Your business plans are not for me to meddle with.”
Aileen frowned, her crimson long nails tapping against the glass of her cup. She asked, “What do you really want? We’re both at this age; we’re not kids throwing tantrums anymore.”
Xiao Yang smiled and handed her a resignation letter.
“I don’t want to do this anymore. Let me leave the country and find a place to retire. I’ve earned enough money while being scared and worried. I’m getting old, and I can’t handle such thrilling activities anymore.”
“You,” Ailieen wanted to get angry, but she forced herself to control her temper. She had reminded herself multiple times before entering not to be too forceful and to communicate effectively. Still, it seemed to have failed again.
“You stay,” Ailieen leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms, and discussed her conditions. “I won’t cooperate with the Greyhound family anymore, and I’ll help you get rid of several current heads of the Greyhound family.”
Xiao Yang’s expression flickered. He hated the Greyhound family, but he was also tired of Aileen’s high-handed attitude during negotiations. They weren’t much different from each other.
“You still don’t understand,” Xiao Yang sighed lightly and chuckled, “You’ve built your fortune on experimental subjects, and now you’re a regular on the list of the wealthiest every year. But they can lift you to great heights just as easily as they can drag you down to hell. Professor Aileen, you put too much faith in your luck.”
Ailieen felt frustrated, but her phone suddenly rang. She didn’t have a chance to react and checked her phone.
It was a surveillance file sent by the AI assistant, Deng.
Ailieen pressed the play button coldly, and her face gradually changed from flushed to ashen.
In the surveillance video, several researchers wearing protective suits brought back Eternal Undead, who had been frozen by a liquid nitrogen capture net, to the headquarters. They placed him into the deepest transparent observation box. This type of observation box is extremely sturdy and is impossible to be breached from the inside; only the researchers’ irises can unlock the hydraulic lock.
Eternal Undead lay quietly in the observation box, covered with a white cloth, and still carried the backpack he had. The researchers checked it, and the pearl were safely inside the backpack with no issues.
For a long period, there were no changes in the surveillance footage, and Ailieen lost patience, fast-forwarding to the end.
At the end of the video, a viscous liquid slowly flowed out in the corner of the surveillance screen, appearing to be a deep red color.
A snow-white hand swiftly crawled into the frame from the edge of the picture, its fingers covered in deep red liquid, leaving behind a deep red trail on the ground.
This agile hand bounced onto the digital control panel outside Eternal Undead’s observation box, facing the iris lock on the hydraulic door. It presented a blood-soaked eyeball held in its palm.
“Hehe.”
In the otherwise silent video, a ghostly laugh suddenly echoed.
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