Death Amusement Park
Xiao He is very satisfied with his current situation after returning to daily life. In fact, he still prefers the old days when he lived a simple life with Ye Wanqing and occasionally dealt with Mutant missions.
But his leisurely days only lasted two days. The next day, the fifth week of the competition began, with the second round of the group stage in Group A.
Of course, Xiao He doesn't need to play this week, because his matches must be reserved for the semi-finals and finals.
But besides the competition, he had other tasks, such as escorting certain dangerous individuals to the arena.
Therefore, Xiao He tidied himself up and prepared to go to the prison that day.
"Old Xiao, when are you coming back?" Ye Wanqing asked, frowning as she stewed pork ribs in the kitchen.
"I'll be back once I drop you off at the stadium; I'm not playing in the matches," Xiao He said, fastening his tie.
Seeing this, Ye Wanqing turned down the heat, leaned close to him with a shy and happy smile, reached out to help him tie his tie, and then kissed him. "Go quickly and come back quickly..."
"Received." Xiao He replied, then flicked Ye Wanqing's nose. Ye Wanqing immediately covered her nose and sneezed, complaining, "You stinky pig! You used so much force, you've flattened my nose..."
But Xiao He had already put on a mask and slipped away, entering the Dimensional Walker Plane and arriving at the prison.
Upon arriving at the prison, Xiao He spotted Adner, a juggling Joker, on the playground.
"Hey, you," Xiao He waved to Adner, "Come here. You have a match today, and I'll be taking you to the field later. Behave yourself, and everyone will have an easy time. Otherwise, I'll do what I did last time and lock you in a crystal ball."
"Yes, Warden," Adner replied with a grin, then walked towards Xiao He while tossing the balls in his hand. However, as he got closer to Xiao He, he suddenly waved his hands, and the balls flew out in one go, hitting Xiao He. "Boom!" After a loud bang, smoke instantly exploded on the playground.
"Ha!" Adner laughed wildly, clapping his hands together. "Death juggling!"
When Adner opened his hands again, three knives appeared between his fingers, but before he could throw them away, Xiao He rushed out of the smoke, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him into the air.
"You know what? After thinking about it, I think you're cuter when you're inside the crystal ball. What do you think?" Xiao He asked Adner coldly. Adner, his throat gripped, could only manage a strained "I... I think..."
But before he could finish speaking, a black light emanated from Xiao He's hand, instantly engulfing Adner.
When Xiao He opened his hand, a small crystal ball appeared in his palm. Adner was inside the crystal ball, pounding on its walls. Xiao He simply held the crystal ball up to his face, looked at Adner inside, and nodded in satisfaction. "It should have been like this from the beginning. You won't have another chance with me now."
After saying this, Xiao He tossed the crystal ball into the air, caught it, and then put it in his pocket.
He then walked into the prison housing, where those who weren't on duty were chatting in the living room.
Upon seeing Xiao He, Ripper Rick stood up, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "Ah... today you'll hand over your body, Yinglong! Even just one hand will do!"
"You have a match today, and I've been ordered to take you there," Xiao He said, raising his hand to Ripper Rick. His arm quickly transformed into a machine, expanding and deforming, before turning into a huge steel cage that encased Ripper Rick.
"Let me out!" Ripper Rick waved his hands. "Laser scalpel!"
Rick's hand flashed red light as he swept it across the steel cage, making a dozen rapid cuts, but the surface of the steel cage only showed a metallic sheen, without leaving even a scratch.
"Isn't this your ability?" Liu Yufei turned to Wasagu and frowned. "Body mechanization, right?"
"The strength of this body's mechanization is on a completely different level from mine..." Wasagu rolled his eyes and said, "If mine is at the steel level, then this is at the Adamantium level... How can you even compare?"
"What is Adamantium again? Vibranium?" Anna asked with interest.
"Adamantium is even more awesome than vibranium! The kind that's inside Wolverine! It's even harder than vibranium..." Wasagu said irritably, "Didn't we just watch that movie together a few days ago? How could you forget?"
"Ugh, so long-winded. I'll go catch up on that later." Anna rolled her eyes at him. "By the way, what are we watching next week?"
These guys are having a good time here... Xiao He thought to himself, then shook his right hand, and the cage holding Rick detached from his arm, Xiao He's hand returning to normal. "That's it, I'll bring you back after I'm done."
"No, I'm not playing!" Rick roared angrily, gripping the cage. "I only want to study your body! I only came here for medical research!"
"Tsk, you're such a hassle..." Xiao He frowned and said, then pressed his earpiece. "Sister Man, this guy called Ripper Rick refuses to play in the competition. He says he only wants to do research."
"Then ask him if he wants to cooperate with us. He can get access to fresh Yinglong blood every month," Cui Man said with a smile. "There's even a chance to have Yinglong's blood drawn."
"Sister Man--." Xiao He frowned. "Are you serious? Don't act like a child at a time like this, okay?"
"Oh dear, I'm serious!" Cui Man said in a slightly coquettish tone, "We'll negotiate with the United Kingdom side. For prisoners like him, if they don't play matches, they can only be sent back to prison. I think the United Kingdom side would rather let him stay in our prison than spend a lot of money to build a separate prison for him and then risk detaining him, right?"
"Alright, let me ask." Xiao He said, turning to Ripper Rick and asking, "Are you going to cooperate with us? Not only can you study my fresh blood samples every month, I also allow you to..."
"Alright, alright, alright!" Rick, with a "what the hell" attitude, nodded and laughed wildly, "As long as I can study you, that's all that matters! With your blood, maybe I can clone a new Yinglong, and then..."
"We should really kill this guy; he's too dangerous," Xiao He muttered, frowning.
"I'm valuable," Rick chuckled, leaning against the cage. "My surgical skills surpass all the doctors in the world! My Superpower allows me to cure any disease that can be treated surgically! Just imagine! You and I together! We are God! We can control life and death in this world!"
Xiao He glanced at Rick suspiciously, considered for a moment, and then reached out and unlocked the cage. "You can wait here for now. Someone might come over later to ask you some questions about your intentions in the competition."
As he spoke, Xiao He looked at the crystal ball in his hand, "Then it's just the two of us left. Let's go, I'll take you to the field for the match."
After arriving at the arena with the crystal ball, Adner's enemies were already waiting on the field.
"Old Xie ..." Xiao He floated in mid-air above the arena, raised an eyebrow at the other person on the field, then stared at Adner in the crystal ball, "Why don't we just crush this guy now? We can say there was an accident during transport..."
"I heard you?" Adner laughed from inside the crystal ball. "You're breaking the rules! You see, the difference between Yinglong and us is that I'm the villain, and you're the hero. What I can do, you can't! Ahahaha!"
"Hey, get lost!" Xiao He said impatiently, throwing the crystal ball onto the field.
The crystal ball shattered on the field, and then Adner suddenly appeared on the field and collapsed to the ground.
But he immediately stood up, bowed to the audience, and said with a smile, "Welcome everyone to my playground today!"
As he spoke, Adner turned around and stared at Xie Haining: "Oh, look, our first guest has arrived!"
"Can the match begin?" Xie Haining asked the referee on the side. The referee nodded, so Xie Haining pulled out two guns, aimed them at Adner, and pulled the trigger.
The bullet ricocheted in mid-air before striking Adner in the temple from the side.
"Aww~" Adner let out a joyful howl and fell to the ground, but quickly sat up.
"Too violent! I'm so disappointed! Why does everyone resort to violence to solve problems?! I'm so disappointed!" Adner said, clapping his hands and laughing cheerfully, "Death Amusement Park! Let's have some fun!"
Colors spread from Adner's feet, and the enormous playground occupied the center of the entire arena. But before the playground was fully formed, Xie Haining had already launched a storm of attacks.
Xie Haining tossed the two guns into the air, lifted the hem of his suit jacket, took out two more guns from the holster on his back, and threw them into the air as well. Then he took out a flashbang and threw it out before raising his hand to catch the two guns that had been thrown into the air the first time.
The flashbang exploded in front of Adner covered his eyes and screamed, "Oh God, my eyes!"
Then Xie Haining ran towards Adner while firing his gun. Bullets kept hitting Adner, but instead of blood spurting out from the places where Adner was hit, some fireworks and ribbons splattered out.
Xie Haining continued firing until he ran out of bullets, then threw the two empty guns into the air, along with two magazines. Just then, the two guns he had thrown first landed, and Xie Haining slid up, caught them, and continued firing at Adner.
"That's too violent! Why use violence?!" Adner was furious and threw six throwing knives at Xie Haining.
Xie Haining merely shifted his body slightly to dodge the throwing knives with minimal movement, while continuing to fire his gun. The six throwing knives had no effect on his movements whatsoever. However, after passing Xie Haining, the six throwing knives turned in mid-air and then turned back to attack Xie Haining again.
Xie Haining emptied the bullets from the two guns he was holding, so he threw them aside, leaped up and caught the two empty guns he had thrown earlier in mid-air, removed the magazines, twirled them in his hands, and in the process, he put the two magazines that had been thrown into the air into the guns, chambered a round, and then raised his hands to continue firing.
Each bullet struck Adner precisely in the forehead, one after another, until seven bullets pierced Adner skull together. Adner fell backward, landing in a "X" shape.
Only then did Xie Haining stop, turn around, raise his gun, and shoot down the six throwing knives one by one.
The whole process was like a magic trick, executed flawlessly in one go, making everyone forget to breathe: this series of actions was decided from the moment Xie Haining threw the two guns into the air, and even the slightest mistake would be fatal!
However, in this man's dictionary, the word "mistake" does not exist; there is only "perfection"...
A gasp rippled through the audience, followed by whispers, "Wow, that's so cool!" "Yeah, that's even cooler than the movies I've seen, like 'Gun God'!"
Xie Haining did not relax, but instead reloaded the two guns that had been emptied of bullets.
Adner lay motionless on the ground. Just as the referee was about to approach to check if Adner was still alive, Adner suddenly sat up and let out a maniacal laugh, "Hahahaha! Violence is not allowed, you know?!"
As he spoke, Adner stood up, dusting himself off. "In this playground, all violence is ineffective. You see, that's how it is."
Adner raised his hand, and with a "bang!", smoke burst from his hand, magically producing a knife.
Adner then slashed at his stomach, pulling from his chest down to his abdomen, but inside his wound was only colorful cotton.
Xie Haining picked up a throwing knife from the ground and lightly cut the back of his hand. Only then did he realize that the throwing knife was fake; it was the kind of prop that automatically retracts after stabbing someone.
Adner continued, "There's only one way to get out of here, and that's to get ten gold coins! So how do you get those gold coins?! It's through the rides in this amusement park! Some rides are free; you win a gold coin for each ride you take, while others cost a certain amount of gold coins... But! Those rides reward more gold coins! When you've collected ten gold coins, you can open the exit of the amusement park!"
Xie Haining turned to look at the rides in the amusement park, crossed his arms, and pondered for a while before asking, "Is there no time limit? What are the conditions for failure?"
"Good question!" Adner laughed and clapped. "One hour! If you can't collect ten gold coins, you'll be stuck here until you do! Just like those kids... Ahahahaha!"
Adner laughed maniacally as a cartoon car, remarkably small for his size, appeared beneath him, along with a puppet driver, carrying him into the air. "So, now... the game begins! Let's look forward to it!"