pjbooks Chapter 288 Unexpected Encounter
Chapter 288 Unexpected Encounter
The heavy alloy door creaked open slowly, making a teeth-grinding sound.
A figure in a white lab coat emerged from the bright light behind the door, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and holding a tablet terminal, muttering nervously to himself:
"...After the 7th injection of the activator, the core temperature curve stabilized, and the psionic conductivity increased by 3.2%...Good, there shouldn't be any problem...How could it have failed?"
That sound!
That figure!
Chen Yifan, hiding in the shadows around the corner, suddenly felt his heart stop!
Qin Ming?!
The guy whose finger was broken on the first day of school, and who later got slapped twice by his brother Qin Feng on the rooftop.
What's he doing here? And wearing a researcher's uniform?
Countless speculations exploded instantly.
Qin Feng, Qin Ming, Student Union...
Could it be... that they had already colluded with Li Yuantu?
Was the other party's previous provocation intentional?
Things were far more complicated than he had anticipated!
Just then, Qin Ming finished reviewing the data, shook his head with a worried expression, put away his terminal, and turned to walk in another direction.
But just as he turned around...
His gaze swept over the darkness where Chen Yifan was hiding.
That shadow was too still, so still that there wasn't a trace of light or movement of air.
"Who?!"
Qin Ming's reaction was incredibly fast!
He didn't even make any confirmation move, completely overturning Chen Yifan's previous understanding of him.
As if by reflex, Qin Ming pulled something from his waist and hurled it hard at the shadowy area!
"Bang!"
A muffled thud!
The entire world was instantly swallowed by a deathly white.
Damn!
It's a high-intensity light bomb!
The moment the light burst forth, Chen Yifan felt a sharp pain in his eyes, tears welled up uncontrollably, and all he could see was a scorching white light.
Temporary blindness!
"Enemy attack! Corridor in Sector C! Enemy intrusion!"
Qin Ming's shrill roar, like a fingernail scraping glass, instantly echoed throughout the three underground levels!
The alarm at the end of the corridor blared deafeningly.
Rows of blood-red warning lights spun wildly.
The entire corridor was illuminated as if it were hell!
exposed!
Chen Yifan cursed inwardly, no longer harboring any intention of hiding anything.
In the first 0.1 seconds after the white spot on his retina faded and his vision returned, he suddenly exerted force with his leg muscles, and his whole body turned into a blur as he pounced fiercely towards Qin Ming, whose face was contorted with terror!
We must first subdue this informant!
"You...it's you! Chen Yifan!"
When Qin Ming saw the face that was flashing in and out of the red alarm light, his wariness was instantly replaced by a volcanic eruption of fear and astonishment!
How could he have found this place?!
Qin Ming was terrified and instinctively reached for the highest alarm button on his wristband.
But it was too late.
A hand was already gripping his throat tightly!
The immense force lifted him off the ground, forcefully raising him into the air!
"Uh... Hehe..."
Qin Ming struggled desperately, his hands wildly scratching at Chen Yifan's arm, his face turning a strange liverish color due to lack of oxygen.
"How did you get here?" Chen Yifan's voice was devoid of any warmth.
"Tap! Tap! Tap!"
Heavy, rapid footsteps echoed from both ends of the corridor.
A dozen guards dressed in full black combat suits and armed with psionic rifles have arrived after hearing the news!
They were all stunned when they saw Qin Ming struggling like a dead dog, being held in the air by Chen Yifan with one hand.
"Put down Young Master Qin!" a guard captain shouted sternly, and more than a dozen dark gun barrels were pointed at Chen Yifan.
Chen Yifan ignored the gun barrels and stared coldly at Qin Ming in his hand.
He knew he had to finish this quickly!
"Don't move!"
Chen Yifan grabbed Qin Ming and used him as a human shield in front of him.
"Otherwise, I'll be the first to break his neck!"
"Chen...Chen Yifan...don't do anything rash!" Qin Ming managed to squeeze out a few words, even attempting a threat, "My brother is the student council president...I'm Lord Li Yuantu's assistant! If you dare kill me, you won't survive either!"
"Yeah?"
Chen Yifan smiled.
"Snap!"
A crisp cracking sound rang out clearly amidst the cacophony of alarms!
Without hesitation, Chen Yifan used his other hand to twist Qin Ming's left arm into a pretzel at an odd angle!
"ah!!!"
A scream that sounded inhuman echoed mournfully throughout the corridor!
"I hate being threatened the most." Chen Yifan looked at Qin Ming, whose face was contorted in pain and whose body was convulsing, and spoke in a tone as calm as if discussing the weather. "Now, I'll ask you one more time: why are you here?"
"I'll talk! I'll talk!!"
Qin Ming completely broke down, his face covered in tears and snot.
"Our Qin family has long since pledged allegiance to Lord Li Yuantu! My brother in the student council... he's just a pawn he planted!"
"I was sent here to assist Lord Li Yuantu in his 'flesh-blood fusion' experiment!"
That's it!
Chen Yifan's eyes turned cold: "What experiment?"
"It's about... fusing the genes of different organisms to create... to create the most perfect combat weapon!" Qin Ming dared not hide anything. "Tonight... tonight is the last experiment! The test subject... is an S-rank talent professional!"
S-rank talent!
living person?
Li Yuantu, that beast!
An uncontrollable killing intent exploded from the depths of Chen Yifan's heart.
"Where is that test subject?"
"The main...main laboratory! It's inside!"
"Take me there!"
Chen Yifan grabbed Qin Ming and made a move to walk towards the main laboratory.
however!
At that very moment, something unexpected happened!
Qin Ming, whose arm he had broken and who was in so much pain that he was about to faint, suddenly had an extremely strange and fanatical smile on his face.
"Heh...heh heh...too late..."
His body began to swell up like an inflating balloon!
Beneath his skin, it seemed as if countless slippery worms were wriggling, with bluish-black blood vessels bulging and tentacles covered with suckers savagely emerging from his flesh and blood, flailing wildly!
"not good!"
Chen Yifan's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively wanted to throw the monster away!
But it was too late!
Those newly grown tentacles tightly wrapped around his arm!
"Witness the power of 'evolution'! You piece of trash from the old era!"
Qin Ming let out a final, frenzied roar, seemingly utterly unafraid of death.
His entire body, like a flesh and blood balloon filled with high explosives, suddenly burst open!
"boom!!!"
A terrifying explosion instantly engulfed the entire corridor!
Countless pieces of highly corrosive, dark green flesh and blood splattered everywhere like a torrential rain!
At the last moment, Chen Yifan activated his ability to continuously teleport, narrowly avoiding the core area of the explosion.
But his body was still covered with several pieces of splattered blood and flesh!
"Sizzle—!"
A wisp of green smoke rose up!
The high-tech "ghost" optical camouflage suit provided by Lin Tian was instantly corroded with several large holes, revealing the skin underneath!
"Oh shit!"
Chen Yifan cursed under his breath. He never expected Qin Ming to be so ruthless and decisive.
He just went ahead and self-destructed!
Without the slightest hesitation.
This is practically a modified "human bomb"!
Everything he just did was deliberately stalling for time, hoping to set himself off.
With Qin Ming's self-destruction, the guards who were previously hesitant to act now had no more reservations!
"Fire!!!"
The captain of the guard let out a hysterical roar!
More than a dozen psionic rifles unleashed deadly flames at the same time!
The scorching energy beams instantly tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek, completely pinning down and covering every inch of space where Chen Yifan had just landed!
The trap has been set!