Trap

Upon entering the pig farm, you are greeted by a vast expanse of pigsties.

As Li Qing ventured deeper inside, he tried to adapt to the mind-numbingly noisy environment, concentrating on using his extraordinary hearing to observe everything around him.

However, all Li Qing could hear were the sounds of those hundreds of pigs moving around.

Some of the pigs were grunting as they ate their feed, some were rooting around in the hay like idiots, and some were chasing and playing with each other. It was very noisy.

"Damn it."

Li Qing patted his head, trying to completely block out the noise.

"Hello!"

"Who are you? What are you doing in our factory!"

Several men who looked like staff members surrounded them, cursing and swearing.

They interrupted Li Qing's concentration with their slightly angry shouts and, adopting the tone of hosts, urged Li Qing to leave.

"I'm here to see the head of the technology team."

"Let him out, I need to talk to him about something."

Li Qing showed no intention of leaving.

"What technology group?" a staff member said impatiently. "You've got the address wrong. This is Pig Farm. We don't know any technology group."

"Yes," several other staff members chimed in, "We advise you to leave quickly, or we'll have to call the police!"

They acted like ordinary Pig Farm employees from beginning to end, without revealing any flaws.

That sincere and genuine tone, that completely unpretentious attitude, really makes you wonder if you've taken the wrong path.

However... Bang!

Li Qing pulled out a pistol and shot one of the staff members in the thigh, shattering it.

Blood gushed out, followed by screams of agony.

One unlucky fellow clutched his thigh and staggered to the ground in a pool of blood, while the expressions of the other staff members all changed.

"You?!"

The pig farmers' pupils contracted, and their expressions instantly turned to terror.

Instinctively, they each pulled out pistols from their inner clothing, frantically pointing them at Li Qing in a gun standoff.

"Damn it. How did you know we were faking it?"

"Hehe."

Li Qing smiled calmly:

"Actually, I didn't see through your disguise. But that doesn't stop me from shooting and killing."

"Look, you've already exposed yourselves after just one person fell down."

The group of people all gasped in unison.

Li Qing's ruthless behavior of resorting to violence without fear of harming innocent people made these peripheral henchmen, who had no stand-ins, very nervous.

Li Qing, of course, would not reveal the truth that because his marksmanship was so bad, he accidentally shot someone in the leg instead of the bullet he intended to hit on the ground to scare them.

After firing that shot, he went along with it and adopted the demeanor of a cold-blooded killer:

"I advise you not to throw your lives away."

"I can tell you're all very scared."

"There's nothing to feel guilty about, because I'm not an enemy that you few small fry can handle."

"Alright."

His smile carried a chilling danger:

"If you don't want to die, take me to your tech team leader right now!"

"Also, don't point those iron pipes at me, they're useless."

The expressions on the faces of those men were grim; even the hands gripping their guns were trembling uncontrollably.

Their breathing became heavy, and their heartbeats accelerated. To Li Qing's keen ears, this sounded like someone pounding a drum.

"Refusing to cooperate?"

Li Qing shook his head helplessly:

"I came to your technology team only to cooperate, I have no intention of killing anyone."

"However, if you are unwilling to cooperate."

His tone was full of threat, which made the already sweating "pig farmers" tremble even more.

However, despite this obvious state of fear, they still refused to bow down to Li Qing:

"Stop joking!"

"We can't cooperate with you, because... our fate would be worse than death!"

They uttered these words, their voices trembling.

A persistent shadow loomed over them, allowing them to overcome their fear of death, rendering Li Qing's rare, intimidating murderous aura completely ineffective.

"Shoot! Fight him!"

Several henchmen were shouting hysterically.

Several pistols were aimed directly at Li Qing, and bullets came flying at him like a storm.

"Really, why court death?" Li Qing remained completely calm.

With his exceptional perception, he was able to barely predict when someone would fire a gun, even at level 1.

Now that his physical functions and perception have greatly improved with his level, he is much more adept at dealing with gun attacks.

Before the enemy even pulled the trigger, Li Qing had already roughly predicted the timing of their firing from their racing heartbeats.

He dodged to the side a step ahead, narrowly avoiding the oncoming hail of bullets.

Bang! Bang!

Li Qing raised his hand to retaliate, and the close-range gunshot instantly knocked two enemies to the ground.

Before the opponent could even utter a scream, Li Qing, like a cheetah, pounced forward into the raging wind, charging towards the fire line that had already been torn apart.

The iron fist, accompanied by the wind, whistled out and easily shattered the enemy's ribs.

In just a short moment, the four men who were confronting Li Qing with guns were all seriously injured.

Including the unfortunate guy who was shot in the thigh and fell to the ground powerless, all five of them were beaten to a pulp by Li Qing and had no chance to fight back.

"You."

Li Qing frowned slightly:

"That's far too weak."

This performance surprised Li Qing.

Since he came into this world, he had never seen such a cowardly and incompetent enemy.

Even Amor, who was only on the periphery of the organization, and Amor young henchmen, showed a stronger fighting spirit and ability than these small fry.

However, this is the headquarters of the technology team.

Even the henchmen stationed at headquarters shouldn't be this weak.

"What exactly do you people do?"

Li Qing had previously firmly believed that she hadn't gone to the wrong address, but now she couldn't help but believe it.

"Pig farmers"

One of the henchmen, who was bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound, said this.

He knew he was doomed, so he spoke without restraint:

"These hundreds of pigs in the science and technology team are basically being raised by us."

"If my brothers back home knew that after joining Passion Organization, I was raising pigs for people, they'd laugh me to death."

Amidst a chorus of curses and lamentations, the dying man's voice gradually faded.

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Li Qing was stunned:

So they really raise pigs?

He fought his way through five checkpoints and defeated six generals to reach the enemy's lair, whereupon the enemy sent a few henchmen who usually worked as pig farmers to deal with him.

What role can a few guys with virtually zero combat power play?

Etc.

Li Qing initially found it laughable, but then immediately realized something was amiss:

The only role these incompetent people can play is to buy time.

From the moment he stepped into the pig farm, from the initial conversation to the standoff and then to the gunfight, Li Qing had already spent nearly two minutes.

The enemy's actions cannot be meaningless; that means time, and the enemy needs this brief period to prepare something.

Or perhaps

As Li Qing thought about it, goosebumps rose all over his body:

"What kind of trap does the other side have that requires a certain amount of time to activate?"

"These expendable minions are merely there to distract me and delay my progress!"

He couldn't figure out what kind of trap the enemy had set, or where the trap was located.

But if you just put yourself in their shoes, you'll know that the enemy must have a hidden plan behind these useless lackeys.

"Let's go out."

Li Qing felt a sense of apprehension.

He instinctively felt that he shouldn't stay in this pig farm any longer.

However, just as Li Qing was about to turn around, walk a short distance, and then use his Golden Bell Shield to leave,

His legs suddenly staggered and trembled, and his arms quickly swelled and deformed.

His skin became rough and pale, and his flesh became swollen and bulky. Not only his hands and feet, but he felt that every part of his body was undergoing abnormal changes.

"This is."

In a mere instant, Li Qing was horrified to discover that his palm had changed its appearance. "A pig's trotter?!"