Chapter 227

Aldrich raised an eyebrow slightly, his attention, which had been mostly focused on He Muzhi, shifting to the white humanoid figure to his side.

'Who exactly is spreading rumors that He Muzhi has bad luck? His luck is excellent; the opportunity has practically been delivered to his doorstep.'

Not wanting to attract attention during the Electronic Eye, Aldrich's eyes darted around. Although he couldn't understand what it was about He Muzhi, disguised as that ghost, that had caught Felix's new favorite's attention, he quickly found a place to hide later.

He certainly didn't want to die here.

He Muzhi, who was mentally calculating how to quickly approach the white humanoid figure, thought, "..."

The unexpected joy came out of nowhere, and he had a ridiculous feeling that even though he, the 'bad guy, racked his brains, he couldn't compete with the enemy's quick thinking.

Concealing his excitement, He Muzhi feigned fear upon hearing this, his shoulders trembling as he moved step by step toward his target under the threat of the enemy's weapon.

The other soldiers, who were moving slowly and tremblingly towards their respective goals as pre-arranged, their bodies radiating resistance, saw that things were progressing better than expected on He Muzhi's side, as if they were one step closer to the dawn of victory, and their confidence soared.

Ta-da-ta-da...

Several disordered footsteps trod on the stench-filled ground.

The soldier beside the white doll watched as the filthy experimental subject drew ever closer. The white doll's tail didn't make a move to stop him, assuming he was distracted. Remembering Duke Felix's dislike of anyone other than himself getting too close to his 'new favorite,' the soldier whispered, "Make him stop...?"

Whoosh!

Before the soldier could finish speaking, he saw something flash by. When he looked again, he saw a red tail pass over him and wrap around the neck of the red-eyed experimental subject who had been summoned.

"?!" The soldier's eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty.

He Muzhi: "..."

The distance wasn't ideal, but the tail that reached out unexpectedly made up for it perfectly. He had been worried about not being able to control the white humanoid precisely in one go, but the suddenly extended tail seemed to provide him with a 'precise positioning' function.

With one stroke of good luck after another, He Muzhi was secretly delighted that his luck had finally turned around. He resisted the urge to attack when the tail came towards him, deliberately hunching his body and tensing up. In reality, his hands, which looked like they were tightly handcuffed, were hanging down and ready to react immediately if the tail tightened.

Surprisingly, He Muzhi clearly noticed that the tail wrapped around his neck wasn't very strong.

"?"

Filled with doubt, He Muzhi moved forward following the tug of his tail.

An accident may be an accident, but only a fool would give up an opportunity that brings them closer to success.

[Where did this filthy thing come from? Let go of my brother!]

[Anyone who sees this and doesn't say they're really good at this!]

[Is it... is it love at first sight? My dears, I don't want to betray our baby, but this new villain really looks delicious and is quite something. Please allow me to switch sides for a while.]

[Heh, you don't even dare show your face. What if she's an ugly monster? People with weak minds like you don't deserve to like our baby. Get lost and die sooner or later, pshaw!]

"Deputy Commander, you..."

Before the soldier could finish speaking, a sharp pain shot through his chest. Looking down, he saw a golden mechanical hand piercing his heart. The soldier opened his mouth, looked up with wide, incredulous eyes, and fell straight to the ground.

For a long time, Aldrich had become numb to this kind of situation. He didn't know if Felix had some serious mental illness, or some special fetish, or if he was just trying to intimidate him. He would use similar methods on this 'Deputy Commander' in front of him every few days, and then enjoy watching the 'Deputy Commander' treat others the same way.

This "others" includes, but is not limited to, those who were kidnapped and the bodyguards who served the 'Deputy Commander'.

After watching for a while, he had long since become accustomed to it. However, in order to feign fear and please Felix, he always pretended to be terrified, and he was doing the same now. He appeared anxious and uneasy, but in reality, he was taking the opportunity to sneak away and move closer to the hiding place he had chosen for himself later.

Swipe...

He Muzhi heard the faint sound of metal piercing through flesh, and looked up, revealing a startled expression. His body trembled even more violently, but his gaze quickly swept over the mechanical hand.

The right hand, where the broken mechanical arm was attached... was exactly the same spot where he had slashed Xuan Jingcheng's wrist.

And there was the golden artificial mechanical jawbone visible beneath the mask on his right side of his face... He had fired a shot in the same spot as Xuan Jingcheng back then.

One coincidence is an accident, but too many coincidences combined, plus Qin Su's sudden fate... No, Xuan Jingcheng's eyes are clearly red, while the 'Deputy Commander' in front of him has black eyes, the same black as Qin Su's...

'The same black as Qin Su?'

He Muzhi: "..."

He didn't know why, but he felt very uncomfortable.

'The other person's body has already been modified to this state; changing their eye color is just a minor surgery.'

Despite his strong resistance to admitting it, He Muzhi had no choice but to concede.

If my guess is correct, given the situation back then, is this... no, is Xuan Jingcheng, in his current state, really a living person?

The thought of the Living Dead infected by the Doom473 Virus sent chills down He Muzhi's spine. What gave him some comfort was that although the 'Deputy Commander' hadn't spoken, his behavior and mannerisms were not those of Living Dead Virus. Living Dead also seemed to have thoughts and should still be alive.

A jumble of thoughts raced through He Muzhi's mind, but as he followed his long tail forward, he didn't forget to continue his performance.

With the lessons of the past still fresh in their minds, the other soldiers dared not overestimate their abilities and try to stop the Duke's new favorite.

Under the blinding light, as bright as day, a body encased in white, scale-like metallic armor leaned forward, its elongated neck also pointing forward. Beneath the mask, the sparsely fleshed metallic jawbone of the right cheek was revealed. A matching mechanical hand shifted its form, revealing sharp spikes; five spikes extended towards the trembling subject's eye socket...

'His face shape is different, his body language is different too. He's always elegant and composed, with a straight and upright spine, brave and resolute. He would never be as timid and cowardly as this filthy experimental subject before me. Yet his eyes are red.'

'These are the eyes he's dug up since he arrived here, the ones that most resemble him.'

'This time, he'll look at them for three whole days before getting a new pair...'

Seeing this, the soldiers behind him skillfully opened the refrigerated box, ready to preserve the fresh eyeballs at any time.

Hearing the familiar sound of the box behind him opening, He Wenyuan, who couldn't feel his own breathing and couldn't make any breathing movements, leaned forward more quickly.

He didn't know what had happened to him. He only knew that, driven by instinct, he crawled out of the mountain of corpses piled on his body in the darkness, was then dragged into a box, and when he saw the light again, he was neither alive nor dead, in a state where he had no idea what kind of monster he was.

He could no longer use his Optical Brain like a human; he had no heartbeat, no breath, yet his brain could still think; he couldn't feel the flow of blood or the temperature of his body, but his flesh was still "alive" and capable of growth.

He didn't even know what he was. Felix was very satisfied with his body and said more than once that he wanted to transform him into Qin Su's appearance, and Felix did indeed do so.

His eyes turned black, and his throat was modified by Felix in preparation for implanting a voice identical to Qin Su's. His face, due to Felix's repeated attempts to achieve a "similar but not identical" appearance, underwent repeated bone and flesh removal adjustments. Even his height, which differed from Qin Su's, was altered by Felix himself, with additional mechanical skeleton added...

He never... never imagined he would become this inhuman, ghost-like creature, a form far beyond anything he had ever known.

'What's worse, Felix made him endure pain time and time again, just to become the person he hated most in his life. Although... it doesn't seem so bad, at least He Muzhi might show him a different expression when he sees his face, which is exactly the same as Qin Su's?'

Of course, even so, this did not change the fact that this was a humiliation he had never suffered before. However, he could only temporarily submit to Felix, and he could only vent his anger on one person after another, watching them being disemboweled and then being torn to pieces, in order to fill the void and pain in his heart.

[Dream on!]

[Get lost! Don't come near my place! You're bad luck! (throws a talisman)]

[Help! This is eerily scary (pomelo leaf. jpg)]

[Those who said they wanted to switch allegiances, come out and show yourselves. It's kind of funny that even your own fans can't recognize you. Regardless, Felix has great taste.]

[Qin Su is an aloof and heartless person; he would never reciprocate He Muzhi's feelings. Our baby has undergone complete plastic surgery to look like Qin Su, and he's in love with He Muzhi. Isn't he the perfect partner for He Muzhi? What are you nitpicking about? Can you really go to this extent for love?]

The bizarre scene before them made the other people responsible for 'modifying' the test subjects wisely stop.

Nine times out of ten, the Deputy Commander will watch their modification surgery through Electronic Eyes. On the rare occasions when this happens, they must only begin the procedure when the vice Deputy Commander's viewing experience.

He Muzhi maintained the fearful expression in his pupils, and tried his best to back away, pretending to be too scared and weak, still with his neck stuck in the tail and facing forward. His pupils counted down in his mind as the sharp spikes got closer and closer to him.

5, 4...

1.

Time's up.

Finally free from endurance, the pent-up emotions of his long-suppressed mind and body erupted violently at this moment. With lightning speed, He Muzhi grabbed the barbed tail and yanked it hard in front of him, simultaneously turning his neck to the side and easily avoiding the opponent's mechanical claws.

"?" Having been able to do whatever he wanted here for so long, He Wenyuan being defied for the first time, turning his head in confusion.

"Do it!"

He Muzhi's voice resounded throughout the entire Modification Laboratory.

"!"

Suddenly hearing a familiar voice, the confusion in He Wenyuan's eyes dissipated. He tried to shrink back in his terrible state, but was suddenly pulled forward, and his thoughts were temporarily interrupted.

Qin Su, who had been secretly observing everything, simultaneously switched all the Electronic Eye the one he was watching to their previous feeds, intending to retain the footage he was watching. He then opened all the doors in the prison that could be opened.

'He wants to use this incident to make He Muzhi famous.'

The change came suddenly. Inside and outside the laboratory, countless soldiers who had been patiently observing for a long time heard He Muzhi's voice and saw his actions. They responded by shouting "Ahhh!" to encourage themselves and launched an attack on the target they had already identified.

In the blink of an eye, He Muzhi gave the order, and the entire prison was thrown into chaos.

He Muzhi didn't miss the look of surprise followed by resistance in the other's black eyes. He grabbed the other's tail tightly and dragged him toward the huge, idle instrument in the very center of the Modification Laboratory.

Judging from the direction of the mixture of bone fragments, flesh, and blood spraying from the walls of the laboratory, the instrument in the middle was clearly a tool used to create the surrounding environment.

This time, he absolutely, positively intends to put an end to all of this completely and satisfy Qin Su.