In the hallway, a green psionic afterimage streaked through the air at incredible speed, passing Mien and stopping at the kitchen entrance.
"Rip."
In that instant, Wang Zhong seemed to have switched places with Mien. Only this time, the Fruit knife in his hand dripped with blood.
At the same time, strands of green [Data Psionic] faded from the Fruit knife.
This was precisely the special technique of a [Level 3 Psionic Warrior]: [Psionic Attachment].
Psionic Attachment could empower a weapon, making it sharper and tougher.
"Ghk, ghk..."
Beside him, Mien's eyes widened as he repeatedly reached up to clutch his throat. Unfortunately, it was as though a gap had been torn open in his throat, and pools of bright red blood continuously flowed through his fingers.
In the blink of an eye, the ground beneath Mien's feet was stained crimson.
Thud!
At last, Mien's legs gave out and he dropped to his knees. Then, as though his entire body had lost its bones, he collapsed heavily onto the floor.
Before he died, only one question remained in Mien's mind—why would a [Level 3 Psionic Warrior] make a move against him?
The fifty-ninth second.
Wang Zhong stood where he was and flicked his right hand. The bloodstained Fruit knife in his hand plunged viciously into Mien's head.
After finishing him off, Wang Zhong quickly walked to Mien's side. He crouched down and carefully examined Mien's body. Before long, a strange glint flashed through his eyes.
Mien wore blue casual clothes, and beneath them was a black inner layer.
[Fiber Inner Lining Armor].
An undergarment-type armor capable of resisting slashes from any ordinary cold weapon, worth ten thousand credits.
Unfortunately, against the full-strength blow of a [Level 3 Psionic Warrior], this armor's defense was clearly inadequate.
After all—
A [Level 3 Psionic Warrior] could already attach a small amount of psionic energy to a weapon, raising its sharpness to another level.
That was why this Fruit knife bought off Pinduoduo had become like a finely forged sharp weapon after being imbued with the power of [Data Psionic].
Besides that, Wang Zhong also made an unexpected discovery: Mien had two hearts.
"No wonder. I stabbed Mien through the heart earlier, yet he acted as if nothing had happened and was still able to fight back."
Wang Zhong narrowed his eyes and used the knife to cut open Mien's chest. What entered his sight was not only a ruptured heart, but also a mechanical heart resembling an electronic pacemaker.
The instant Wang Zhong saw that mechanical heart, an indescribable craving suddenly surged from deep within him!
Craving!
He craved that mechanical heart!
This unexpected development made Wang Zhong feel uneasy.
Strange!
Very strange!
But instinct told Wang Zhong that this sudden feeling of craving was not a bad thing. On the contrary, if he devoured this [Mechanical Heart], he would become even stronger.
"So this is the price of gaining power?"
At that moment, fear flickered through Wang Zhong's heart. Yet with no path of retreat left, he still tremblingly reached out with his right hand and placed it on the [Mechanical Heart] crackling with blue electricity.
Buzz!
In an instant, brilliant blue electrical energy emerged from Wang Zhong's right palm.
Crackle, crackle!
Visible to the naked eye, flickering blue arcs of electricity appeared in Wang Zhong's right palm. Then, the arcs exploded and spread at a terrifying speed.
At last, beneath Wang Zhong's tense gaze, Mien's entire body was enveloped by blue electrical arcs so dazzling that they were impossible to look at directly.
Crack.
A moment later.
The dazzling blue arcs converged toward Wang Zhong's right hand like swallows returning to their nest, before all of them entered his body.
The mechanical heart implanted in Mien's body vanished from the floor.
Boom!
When the last traces of blue electricity returned to Wang Zhong's body, he discovered in surprise that his body seemed to have undergone some inexplicable change.
Thump!
Thump!
The sound of a powerful heartbeat rang clearly beside Wang Zhong's ears, while a surge of strength rose within his body.
It was a strength he had never possessed before.
Even stranger, Mien's cold corpse lay right before him. With a casual glance, Wang Zhong noticed details he had never seen before.
On the floor, Mien's pair of blue eyeballs looked subtly different in Wang Zhong's eyes. They were both blue, both eyeballs, yet one looked dull and lusterless, while the other possessed a certain texture.
Insight!
His powers of observation had become stronger!
At the same time.
"Something's wrong!"
"One of Mien's eyes is normal? And the other isn't?"
This strange discovery instantly put Wang Zhong on edge. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly pulled out the bloodstained Fruit knife and cut open Mien's two eyes.
One was an ordinary human eye.
The other was a mechanical eye fitted with a miniature camera.
"Damn! That sly bastard really had the nerve to do this to himself."
Wang Zhong held a bloody mechanical eyeball in his gloved right hand. Fear lingered in his eyes. He had not expected Mien to have other abnormalities, much less that Mien's body had undergone further surgical modifications.
"In that case, I can only destroy the body and scatter the ashes."
With that thought in mind, Wang Zhong took out a bottle of gasoline he carried with him and set Mien's body on fire.
At the same time, Wang Zhong deactivated [Psionic Datafication LV1]. In an instant, he changed from a super soldier back into an only slightly stronger-than-average ordinary man.
The extreme weakness made Wang Zhong somewhat uncomfortable. Fortunately, he had plenty of time to adapt to this condition.
One hour later.
Inside the bathroom.
Wang Zhong looked at the pile of charred ashes in the bathtub. Kindly, he picked up a broom, swept the black ashes into the toilet, and flushed them down the drain.
Only after finishing all that did Wang Zhong finally relax and focus intently on playing the treasure-hunting game.
Ten minutes later.
Dragging a suitcase in hand, Wang Zhong silently left the rental apartment.
He had checked Mien's [Mechanical Phone 14X] and found that there was still one month left on the lease for this apartment. In other words, no outsider would discover anything unusual about this place within the next month...
As for a month later?
Every clue and trace would be gone!
Of course, since Mien had already been wanted, Wang Zhong knew full well that those [Psionic Plainclothes Officers] would find this place within a few days.
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