Villain Boss Chapter 137
Translated by Digitalian (ko-fi)
Chapter 137: Disappeared Superpower
With a loud bang, the heavy door was blown open and the smoke and dust blinded the eyes.
Chu Yuan waved his hand and took the flashlight handed over by a team member. "There’s a strong stench in here. After the disaster, the people in the base probably were blocked off before they could escape."
The pale light of the flashlight flashed in the corridor, and Chu Yuan said, "Let's rest tonight, and we’ll go in tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Captain."
The camp of the first team wasn’t far from Beihe base. When they returned to the camp, a team member came out quickly. "Captain, Deputy Captain is here."
"Huh?" Chu Yuan was surprised. He instinctively quickened his pace and entered the temporary meeting room. "Brother Hao, why are you..." Seeing the weathered state Guo Zhehao was in, it was obvious that he had rushed all the way here.
"The base has received updates. There seems to be a new mutant in Beihe base. None of the superhuman teams that were sent in to investigate from other bases survived." Guo Zhehao wiped the sweat from his face and took out a tube of colorless reagent. "This is a new reagent that the laboratory asked me to deliver here. According to Assistant Shen, it can kill the mutant virus in the body of a superhuman."
"Kill the virus?" Chu Yuan stared at the tube of reagent. "You mean, this thing can turn superhumans into ordinary people?"
"That's what Assistant Shen said." Guo Zhehao said, "But due to the emergency, it hasn't been used in actual experiments, so..."
"I got it. Take it along when we enter Beihe base tomorrow." Chu Yuan frowned, reminded of Si Xu’s warning. "Brother Hao, why did you come here alone? What's the situation at the base now?"
"The situation at the base isn’t good." Guo Zhehao smiled bitterly. "Professor Si and Deputy Captain Shen Bai took the second team to Yancheng base. Assistant Shen asked me to take this thing out of the base and come to Beihe base to find you. The Shen family seems to be plotting something and is strictly monitoring all parties."
"I see." Chu Yuan sighed. "Seventh Brother isn’t in the base now?"
"Yeah, there's news about Qin Huai in Yancheng."
"Oh, it's that guy again." Without doubting Guo Zhehao's words, Chu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "You 've come a long way, so have a good rest tonight. We'll go to Beihe base tomorrow to meet that powerful mutant."
After being sent back to the room by Chu Yuan, Guo Zhehao said good night as usual. He looked at Chu Yuan’s back as he left and clasped the reagent in his hand tightly.
Tomorrow, when they went to Beihe Base, everything would be over.
It would all be over.
……
Pei Xiao didn’t come back all night. Jiang Ran sat in front of the French window and yawned loudly. She wondered if Pei Xiao went to Beihe base alone.
"It sounds like that guy's style of doing things. To protect ordinary people from harm..."
When Qi Yao heard Jiang Ran's mumbling, she rubbed her eyes and asked Jiang Ran, "Ranran, Captain Pei hasn't come back yet. Could something have happened?"
"No." Jiang Ran comforted the girl, "That guy's ability level isn’t low, and he has metal-type abilities. His attack power is strong, and he's not stupid. How could he get into trouble easily?"
"Should I thank you for your compliment?"
Pei Xiao happened to hear Jiang Ran’s words when he went upstairs. He couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and replied with a half-smile, "I didn't expect Miss Jiang to think so highly of me."
"Geez, you walk without making any sound like a cat." Jiang Ran was startled. She turned around and looked at the person who was sticking his head out of the stairs, patting her chest. "Why didn't you make a sound when you came back?"
"I just made a sound." Pei Xiao stopped at the stairs and raised his chin. "I found the entrance to Beihe base. Do you want to go together?"
Jiang Ran and Qi Yao got up at the same time and said in unison, "Of course!"
……
The lights in the underground base were pale and bright, glaring and somewhat blinding.
In the deserted corridor, there were only the faint sounds of various devices operating.
"Bang!"
A figure was sent flying away, knocked over two glass doors, and slammed heavily against the wall.
The man’s skin was cut by glass fragments. He wiped the blood off his face, and the curve of his mouth became softer.
"Oh my, I haven't seen you in a while. Professor Si, your abilities are more powerful than before."
At the end of the corridor, Si Xu looked coldly in the direction of Qin Huai and shook off the blood on his sword.
The two high-level mutant zombies that stood in front of him fell to the ground with their bodies stiff, and their heads rolling far away.
Si Xu jumped over the zombies' bodies and walked towards Qin Huai.
"If you don't run away, I can give you a quick death."
If other people who were familiar with Si Xu heard this, they would definitely give up struggling, close their eyes and wait for death—after all, Professor Si said so, and if one still dared to run, one would definitely be twisted into a knot when one was caught by him.
Qin Huai just smiled nonchalantly and leaned against the wall. "Si Xu, you’re really a weird person—those people in Xiling base treated you like that. Why do you still want to protect them?"
"I'm not protecting them."
The distance between the two was narrowing, and Qin Huai could clearly see the murderous intent hidden in Si Xu's charming eyes.
"I simply don't like you, Qin Huai."
He didn't like him? Was it because he killed Min He?
Qin Huai sighed helplessly and shrugged. "Since you said that, it seems that no matter what I do, you won't let me go."
His slender fingers pressed the button on the wall. As the thick door behind him slowly opened, Qin Huai's smile became even wider, tinged with a bit of pity.
"Si Xu, you want to kill me to avenge Min He? Why don’t you take a look at the gift I prepared for you first?"
After the young man said that, he quickly stepped back and his figure disappeared behind the open door in an instant.
"Hah, what a clown."
Without hesitation, Si Xu followed the direction Qin Huai disappeared and stepped into the room.
The moment he stepped into the room, the iron door behind him closed with a click, and the cross lock fell, sealing the exit.
The bright light in the room made Si Xu squint subconsciously.
"Haha, Si Xu, you actually followed me in. Aren't you afraid that this is a trap I set?"
Qin Huai's laughter came through the loudspeaker in the corner and echoed in the room.
Si Xu swept his eyes across the room which was as spacious as an arena.
Except for him, who was a living creature, this room surrounded by iron walls was filled with zombies.
Having smelled the fresh scent of flesh and blood, the zombies staggered towards Si Xu. Without their master's orders, they didn’t dare to act on their own.
"Professor Si, welcome to my arena."
Watching the situation in the room through the surveillance cameras in the four corners, in the monitoring room, Qin Huai wiped the blood off his face while leisurely introducing to Si Xu.
"This is the playground I set up in Yancheng. I hope Professor Si can have fun."
"Oh, the reason why it's called a playground is that in this room, all superpowers are nullified."
"Well? Are you surprised? I know that your superpowers are very powerful, so I have no choice but to find ways to restrain your superpowers—don't ask me how I did it. I certainly won't tell you, hehe."
Superpowers were nullified? With just a little thought, Si Xu knew that what Qin Huai said was true.
Was it really possible to suppress superpowers? He didn't think anyone in a small base like Yancheng could develop such a device.
Qin Huai’s voice continued on the loudspeaker.
"Si Xu, to tell you the truth, I brought you here this time because I was thinking about whether we could cooperate. Judging from your performance, I think cooperation is definitely not possible.
"As for me, I can't be as magnanimous as you—I’ll never forget what those people in the laboratory did to me. However, I won’t feel at ease unless I get rid of you before dealing with the Shen family."
He let out a long sigh.
"Professor Si, there are a total of 838 zombies in the arena. They are all my gifts to you. Have fun."
