pappabearbooks #256 - Chapter 255: Reciprocity
#256 - Chapter 255: Reciprocity
With the unremitting efforts of Zhu Le and the others, Zhou Hai's injuries slowly healed, and his complexion was slightly ruddy, but whether it was due to neurasthenia or something else, Zhou Hai didn't wake up.
Zhu Le raised his head, his bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at Li Chenqiu, and asked with gritted teeth, "Who made Zhou Hai like this?"
Li Chenqiu smiled faintly: "I found that there is really something wrong with your brain. I have already said it so clearly, how can you still ask such a naive question?"
Zhu Le stood up with a cold face, took out a pair of silver brass knuckles from his waist bag and put them on his hand: "Since you are unwilling to tell the truth, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
As he spoke, Zhu Le approached Li Chenqiu step by step, the sound of his footsteps was like muffled drums, getting heavier and heavier.
Li Chenqiu stood calmly on the spot: "You are really blinded by anger. You don't even bring your brain when you do things."
The corners of Zhu Le's mouth cracked open, revealing two rows of white teeth: "Tell me, who did it…"
"Boss, don't!"
A hoarse voice came from behind Zhu Le.
Zhou Hai raised his arm and looked at the direction Zhu Le was moving forward in horror.
Zhu Le's figure paused, stopping dozens of meters away from Li Chenqiu, turning his head to look behind him, his gaze meeting Zhou Hai's terrified and desperate eyes.
"Run!"
Zhou Hai shouted loudly, straining his voice.
Just as Zhu Le was about to say something, a bone-chilling chill rose from the soles of his feet, instantly running through his entire body, and his heart seemed to sense something, and the frequency of its beating suddenly accelerated.
Thump thump… thump thump…
Zhu Le's Adam's apple rolled slightly, and drops of cold sweat slowly flowed down his jaw, falling to the ground with a "pa da, pa da" sound.
The few people standing in the distance widened their pupils and retreated in horror, the timid ones even collapsed to the ground, as if they had seen something terrifying.
"Run, run!!!"
Someone shouted.
The few people reacted immediately, running towards the other end of the passage without turning their heads, disappearing at the corner under Zhu Le's gaze.
"Ahhh!"
Suddenly, a terrified scream came from the corner, and the disappeared people retreated from the corner, each of them pale with fright.
"Are you curious about what they saw?" Li Chenqiu's teasing voice came from behind Zhu Le: "If you're curious, you can look back and see."
Zhu Le clenched his fists and took a step forward, summoning up his courage.
Tap!
Tap!!!
Just as Zhu Le took a step, a neat sound of footsteps rang out from behind him, the huge sound shaking the dust off the walls.
Zhu Le's heart trembled, and he stiffly turned his neck to look back, what came into view was pairs of indifferent blood-colored pupils.
In the underground passage less than two meters wide, the Soul Soldiers stood sideways, shoulder to shoulder, they were tall and mighty, black mist surged all over their bodies, looking down at Zhu Le.
Li Chenqiu stood at the very back, his line of sight passing through the gap, looking straight at Zhu Le.
"This… what is this?"
Zhu Le said in a trembling voice, retreating step by step.
The Soul Soldiers also followed his steps, walking neatly forward, squeezing Zhu Le's remaining space bit by bit.
The other end of the passage was the same, densely packed Soul Soldiers walked out from the corner, forcing the people who wanted to escape to retreat continuously.
Soon, Zhu Le and the others fell to the point where they could not retreat, back to back, shoulder to shoulder, looking in fear at the Soul Soldiers who surrounded them.
"What exactly are these things?" Zhu Le muttered to himself, the hands wearing brass knuckles clenched tightly, as if he could draw a sense of security from them.
"This is Jiang Huaijin's method," Zhou Hai, who had woken up, said in a low voice.
Zhu Le moved his gaze and looked at Li Chenqiu at the very back: "Jiang Huaijin, you don't know yet, we have already implanted a bomb in your brow, if you want to live, quickly remove these ghosts, otherwise…"
"Otherwise what?" Li Chenqiu smiled indifferently: "Kill me?"
Zhu Le pretended to be calm and said: "You know it, if you stop now, I can give you a way out, you only have one chance, don't joke with your life!"
Li Chenqiu replied irrelevantly: "Do you know why I didn't stop you from saving Zhou Hai?"
No one responded.
Li Chenqiu's eyebrows and eyes curved up, and he continued: "Because I still want to torture him a second time, you like to control my destiny, then I will return the favor and play tricks on your destiny."
After speaking, Li Chenqiu raised his hand and waved.
Whoosh—
Over a hundred Soul Soldiers swarmed up, like a mountain torrent, instantly submerging the few people.
Pfft—
Sizzle—
Crack—
The sound of flesh being torn and gnawed came from within, followed by the screams and pleas for mercy from the few people, but no one except Li Chenqiu heard these sounds.
Li Chenqiu watched all this calmly, without any emotional fluctuations in his eyes.
A Soul Soldier walked behind Li Chenqiu and draped a thin black windbreaker over him.
Li Chenqiu turned his head: "Where is the thing I asked you to find?"
The Soul Soldier respectfully raised his hands, the black mist slowly dissipated, and several dark blue injection syringes appeared in front of Li Chenqiu.
Li Chenqiu picked up one of the injection syringes and shook it: "Is this the thing that turned me into a God-Hated One?"
The Soul Soldier nodded: "That's right, the dark blue liquid inside is called God-Attracting Liquid. Injecting it into the brow has a chance of becoming a God-Hated One, and also a chance of dying directly."
Li Chenqiu asked with some anticipation: "Can a person be injected multiple times?"
The Soul Soldier honestly replied: "Yes, but it's useless."
Li Chenqiu put the God-Attracting Liquid injection syringe back into the Soul Soldier's hand: "Who gave you this thing?"
"A man wearing a fox mask, I don't know his origin, I'm only responsible for the transaction."
Li Chenqiu nodded, not saying anything more.
...
Rumble—
Dense rain of bullets swept across the Vulture Soul Soldiers in the air, the sound of explosions was like firecrackers, endless, and the soaring flames illuminated the night sky like daylight.
Squadrons of fighter jets formed formations, tearing through the dark night sky like arrows, shooting out intermittent rays of light.
The Ingressors of the Snake-Human Tribe, wielding cold weapons, shuttled through the hail of bullets, hunting down the Soul Soldiers within the tribe.
In the distance, Zhu Yuan, transformed into a gorilla, stood on a pile of ruins, fighting hard against Ye You, transformed into a Seven-Forbidden Soul Soldier, or rather, being suppressed and beaten.
The two men's fists collided.
Bang!
A visible shockwave spread out, large chunks of concrete stone were shattered into dust, swept up by the gale, pressing in all directions like a mountain torrent, extremely shocking!
The next second, Ye You shot backwards like a bullet, only hearing a "boom", the six-story residential building in the distance collapsed, stirring up dust that blotted out the sky.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zhu Yuan retreated step by step, huge footprints stomping out deep pits on the ground, staggering to stabilize his figure.