Chapter 141: I Love You

During this period, Fang Kai escaped once. He left Beidu and settled in a remote small town, attempting to contact his former connections to inquire about the recent situation of his wife and children, but he received no concrete replies. Days of rushing about left his body unable to hold on any longer, and he fell into a deep sleep. Upon waking, he discovered that he had actually returned to Beidu City, and the surrounding environment was exactly the hotel he had booked previously.

A chill ran through his heart, followed by a wave of lingering fear.

Ling Wu truly had eyes and ears everywhere, capable of sending people to silently transport a living person like him back to Beidu.

There was only one last chance left.

If he were caught again, he would be dead for sure.

But how could Fang Kai be willing to accept this?

Yet the countdown to death was fast, so fast that it felt like the blink of an eye before those heavy, painful days were right before him.

Ever since the Autumn Equinox, the temperature in Beidu City had begun to gradually drop. The torrential rain had just ceased, water droplets flowed down the eaves like silver pearls, and the bustling streets late at night were still shrouded in a thin mist...

The room was neat and clean. A streak of cold white light swept across Fang Kai's face, and he soon struggled to wake from his nightmare, cold sweat soaking his back.

He turned his head slowly and saw a person sitting on the chair by the bedside. The curtains were drawn, and moonlight fell into the room. The youth was wearing a simple, stylish trench coat and held a long blade in his hand. He pressed two fingers together and wiped them across the blade; the reflected arc of light swept across Fang Kai's face precisely. In the dark night, his figure was thin and slight, yet he did not lack a sense of power.

Ling Wu twirled the blade: "Awake?"

"Then, the game begins."

Afterward, he snapped his fingers, and the room's lights turned on.

Only then did Fang Kai see the figure of Davis.

Subsequently, he was escorted out of the room. Ling Wu sat on one side of the long table, while Fang Kai sat on the other. The tabletop was clean, with only a cold pistol emitting a threat of death.

Ling Wu rested his hands on the tabletop, leaning his body slightly forward, full of oppression: "Where is that video of my mother?"

Fang Kai's eyes were listless, but he still tried to negotiate with him: "I want to see my wife and children. If I cannot see them, it is impossible for me to give you the video."

Ling Wu: "You do not have the qualifications to negotiate with me."

Fang Kai compromised, his tone filled with pleading: "I can give you the video, but at least let me... take one last look at them before I die, to ensure their safety. I beg you... I am begging you."

But he clearly did not understand what kind of heart of iron and stone the young man opposite him possessed at this moment. Ling Wu stared at him with his black-and-white eyes for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed out loud.

"You beg me?"

Ling Wu thought this was a very ridiculous thing. The mockery in his eyes could no longer be hidden: "What right do you have to beg me, and what right do I have to agree to your request just because you begged me? I cannot do it!"

"Have you forgotten that I also begged you?"

"But what did you say back then! You are not worthy of doing research at all. Fang Kai, are you not panicked about the status you possess now? You are selfish and self-interested, and your virtue does not match your position!"

Ling Wu was furious, and he said again: "You know best how much you are worth. The gene research you did back then was simply impossible to achieve the results you envisioned. So many people died; that laboratory was a hell for humanity!"

"You could have called a halt, or even stopped this research. You simply did not have the ability to carry the research forward. You were using living human lives to pave your glorious path to the heavens. You knew long ago there would be no results, but not only did you not stop, you were still putting on a brave front, swearing that you could do it."

Fang Kai was struck to the soul by his words, his pupils flickering.

But Ling Wu was still accusing him, bringing those filthy matters out into the open: "The success of the TJ-26 Gene Serum gained the trust of Jin Liangjin and the noble families, making you arrogant and eager for instant success, wanting to reach the heavens in a single bound!"

"You thought too highly of yourself, believing that the lack of success in the research was a problem with the test subjects. If you could have better test subjects, you could absolutely research a serum that would eliminate all of humanity's inferior genes."

Fang Kai naturally remembered.

And he remembered it clearly.

Jin Liangjin was a very ambitious person. The Jin Family had a Gene Research Institute and a Military Weapon Research Institute respectively. The Gene Research Institute was headed by Fang Kai, while the Military Weapon Research Institute was headed by the late Madam of the Jin Family, Ling Tingwan.

Ling Tingwan was a genius scientist.

After the fall of the Imperial power, the ambitions of the noble families spread globally, with Jin Liangjin's being the greatest. But the Federation also possessed high technology and formidable military strength; Jin Liangjin wanted to develop new weapons to incite war.

Ling Tingwan learned of Jin Liangjin's ambition. She did not want her painstaking research to turn into a death warrant flying toward thousands of families, so she stopped the experiments by claiming her ability was insufficient to conduct the research.

But the research was halfway through, and Jin Liangjin would not give up.

And Ling Tingwan believed that the pure and sincere youth from back then had actually become so ruthless, cold-blooded, and terrifying in the years after their marriage... The two drifted apart, growing further and further away.

In reality, Jin Liangjin did not change suddenly; he had been such a sinister and terrifying person from beginning to end, including his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. The education of the Jin Family was like this; every heir was cut from the same cloth.

Jin Liangjin was a venomous snake that knew how to disguise itself; the retracted fangs would one day be revealed.

The research at the Military Weapon Research Institute stopped, but Jin Liangjin's ambition did not. He wanted power, he wanted influence, and he wanted to be the king and hegemon.

His ideas were extreme and terrifying, and it just so happened that the TJ-26 serum of the gene research had a new breakthrough. Since Ling Tingwan's ability was not enough to create such a weapon, he would create a person like that.

He captured high-IQ, superior humans to conduct experiments.

Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs.

But Jin Liangjin would stop at nothing.

Just when Ling Tingwan keenly sensed that something was wrong, she was captured by Jin Liangjin. Also captured with her was Ling Wu. In reality, Jin Liangjin felt a bit reluctant; he liked his eldest son very much, not only because he resembled him, but because he was an excellent heir candidate in every aspect... He wanted to swap him for Jin Shaoyu, but there was no way; he was one year younger than Ling Wu and did not meet the minimum age standard for the experiment.

Jin Liangjin hardened his heart.

Just like that, Ling Wu and Ling Tingwan were locked together in an airtight room in the Research Institute, with no windows, unable to see the light of day, and the door was strictly guarded 24 hours a day.

There was simply no way to escape.

When the TJ-27 serum research was being conducted and the captured test subjects died one after another, Fang Kai panicked. He knew this research could not be carried out, but with the military order hanging over him, he could not stop; he could only move forward.

Fang Kai thought he was a madman obsessed with research, but Jin Liangjin was clearly even crazier, actually going so far as to capture his wife and biological child to conduct research.

On the day the TJ-27 serum was developed, almost half of the families in Beidu sent representatives to witness it.

Fang Kai knew clearly that if that injection of serum were administered, it might cause adverse consequences such as gene chain breakage, but the arrow was on the string and he had to fire. Thus, under the witness of everyone, that needle of serum was injected into Ling Wu's body.

When he saw that clever and beautiful child struggling in pain, his conscience felt uneasy. When he saw Ling Tingwan's hateful gaze, that sliver of conscience in Fang Kai vanished completely. To cut weeds, one must remove the roots. If he let Ling Tingwan go back alive and this serum turned out to be useless, he would definitely be dead for sure.

Thus, Fang Kai told a monstrous lie. He said: "Head of the Family, this newly developed serum requires someone to act as a catalyst; pain can stimulate potential to the greatest extent."

After saying this, he cursed himself inwardly as a beast.

But there was no help for it. He was called a heaven-favored child, but in reality, he was just a useful tool in the hands of the noble families. If he were no longer handy, he could be discarded or crushed at any time...

He was also just looking for a way to survive.

Fang Kai looked at Ling Tingwan, the true genius, and silently recited in his heart: "I am sorry, Madam."

Jin Liangjin might have sensed something, or he might not have, but his heart, initially wavering, gradually became firm. There must be a loss for every gain.

The massive benefits crashed down, making Ling Tingwan and Ling Wu seem insignificant, just like seeking an elixir of immortality, just like all the demons flocking to the meat of Tang Seng. Therefore, as long as there was a 1% possibility, Jin Liangjin would gamble on it.

Ling Tingwan cursed him as a madman.

She cursed him for having no heart.

Jin Liangjin turned a deaf ear, leaned down, and kissed Ling Tingwan's cheek: "I love you."