Chapter 312: Counterattack

Footsteps gradually approached the laboratory bench.

The time had come. He suddenly kicked the wall and leaped up. Despite the excruciating pain in his injured arm, his right hand still locked onto the edge of the metal grille of the ventilation opening. His fingertips embedded into the metal, his arm muscles bulging. With a low roar, the rusted grille was forcibly torn off!

The grille fell to the ground with a clatter. With the strength of both arms, he sent himself into the narrow, dark duct above. Behind him, gunfire and angry, frustrated shouts.

The ventilation duct was narrow and low, filled with thick dust, the smell of rust and disinfectant mixed together.

Lin Yu couldn't care about that anymore; time was already running out, and that guy Zhao Kang must have had other tricks up his sleeve.

The hospital structure map, every line, every exit, was imprinted in his mind.

The logistics passage network was complex, but he could guess which one Zhao Kang would choose.

Underground parking garage.

That place was spacious, with many vehicles, the best place to escape.

Naturally, it was also the best place to set an ambush.

At the end of the duct, the opening led downward; below was the maintenance passage, and further down was the underground garage.

Lin Yu adjusted his breathing, slid down silently, and merged into the deeper shadows of the passage.

The underground garage was strangely quiet, with only a few emergency lights flickering with a sickly green light in the corners.

Concrete pillars and vehicles cast long, twisted shadows.

Too quiet!

Tap, tap, tap...

Heavy, rhythmic footsteps came from the passage entrance behind him.

Lin Yu turned around suddenly.

Zzzzt—!

Several blinding headlights lit up simultaneously, instantly tearing through the dimness of the garage! The light beams crisscrossed, locking onto him firmly.

Several black heavy off-road vehicles had blocked the exit at some point, their doors sliding open silently. More than a dozen armed personnel in black combat suits, holding automatic weapons, filed out.

Their movements were swift, their cooperation tacit. Cold gun muzzles aimed straight at him.

This was a meticulously planned ambush!

"Teacher Lin, ten years later, your skills are still as sharp as ever."

A slightly playful voice came from behind an off-road vehicle.

Zhao Kang walked out slowly, a smile on his face, holding a silver-gray metal briefcase in his hand.

The box wasn't large, and the indicator lights on it flashed regularly, emitting a faint electrical humming sound.

"Surrender, Teacher."

Zhao Kang's tone was smug, "Considering our teacher-student relationship, I can let you die quickly."

Lin Yu didn't answer. Before Zhao Kang's voice fell, Lin Yu had already moved!

Like a hunting leopard gathering strength, he lunged at the two nearest armed personnel.

The silenced pistol from behind his waist was gripped in his hand at some point, his finger pulling the trigger repeatedly.

Pfft! Pfft!

The muffled sound of gunfire was almost swallowed by the garage's echo. Both men, failing to react in time, fell to the ground one after another.

Bullets whistled through the garage! Concrete pillars were shattered, debris flying everywhere. Metal car bodies were torn open, and shattered glass covered the ground.

Lin Yu used the thick concrete pillars and parked vehicles as cover, constantly changing his position.

The gun in his hand was like the scythe of the Grim Reaper. Every time he briefly exposed his head, another armed person was bound to fall.

The opponent was an elite force, well-trained, with fierce firepower and strict tactics. But in front of a monster-like opponent like Lin Yu, the numerical advantage, in a narrow garage with many obstacles, became a constraint instead.

Boom!

Lin Yu fired one shot, blowing up an off-road vehicle's fuel tank!

The violent explosion kicked up a wave of fire and thick smoke, instantly swallowing several armed personnel nearby. It also temporarily blocked the vision and shooting angles of the others.

"Damn it! Madman!" someone cursed in the thick smoke.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Lin Yu charged again, his target aimed directly at Zhao Kang.

Zhao Kang stood in place, no panic visible on his face; instead, the corner of his mouth curled into a cold smile.

He opened the metal box in his hand calmly.

Hum—

A ghostly blue light suddenly lit up from the box, spreading like water waves. An invisible, strange fluctuation instantly swept across the entire garage.

Lin Yu only felt his brain being hammered by a heavy weight! An intense dizziness struck, and the scenery before his eyes twisted and swayed. His movements uncontrollably slowed, his thinking like a quagmire, and even raising his arm was exceptionally difficult. His muscles twitched slightly and uncontrollably.

Nerve interference device!

Zhao Kang had indeed stolen the most dangerous technology from the laboratory back then!

"How does it feel, Teacher?"

Zhao Kang's voice came through the humming interference wave, carrying undisguised malice.

"This is a 'gift' I specially prepared for you. The things you hid and refused to teach me back then, I was able to figure out myself, and... better!"

He watched Lin Yu struggling in the interference wave, the smile on his face becoming increasingly cruel.

"Don't worry, the pain... has only just begun."

The humming sound drilled into the depths of Lin Yu's cranial cavity, stirring his consciousness.

The concrete pillars before his eyes twisted and deformed like melting candles, and the outlines of the vehicles on the ground also began to blur and rotate. Every heartbeat was accompanied by a sharp, stinging pain that exploded from his temples and spread to his limbs and bones.

Hallucinations abounded. Fragmented images flickered at the edge of his vision:

The cold metallic luster of the operating table, the eerie liquid rolling in the test tubes, faces twisted in pain... and, Xuanyuan Qing's pale and weak face.

"Abandon me..."

Lin Yu's teeth clenched tightly, his tongue tasting a hint of rust-like, metallic sweetness. He forced himself to ignore the interference waves that were enough to tear his nerves apart, focusing all his remaining willpower on sensing the frequency of those waves, searching for the nearly non-existent gaps within them.

This feeling was familiar yet strange. It was the forbidden technology he had personally sealed in the laboratory back then. Zhao Kang had stolen the most dangerous part and "improved" it.

"Teacher, is it very painful?" Zhao Kang's voice penetrated the humming, carrying a twisted pleasure.

"This is just an appetizer. The technical barrier you treasured back then is not worth mentioning to me!" He admired Lin Yu's struggle, like admiring a piece of art on the verge of shattering.

Just as Zhao Kang was immersed in the dizziness of victory, the spread of the ghostly blue light wave experienced an extremely brief, almost uncatchable stutter.

Opportunity!

Lin Yu's body memory was far faster than his consciousness, which was being interfered with. He instinctively lowered his body, his feet exerting force, and his whole body slid along the ground like an arrow released from a bow! He didn't pounce on the armed personnel, but charged straight at Zhao Kang!

The distance was closing rapidly. The smugness on Zhao Kang's face solidified, turning into astonishment. He tried to retreat and adjust the interference intensity.

Too late.

Lin Yu's left hand, reaching out, five fingers like claws, didn't go for the metal box, but brushed across Zhao Kang's neck and ribs like lightning. A few cold glints disappeared imperceptibly. Those were the special silver needles hidden in the seams of his combat suit, as thin as cow hair, quenched with alkaloids that paralyzed nerves.

"Ugh—ah—!" Zhao Kang let out a scream that didn't sound human, his body suddenly stiffening, and the metal box in his hand fell with a "clatter." The ghostly blue light flickered violently, becoming extremely unstable, and then, the directionality of the fluctuation became completely chaotic, with some of the energy actually impacting Zhao Kang himself!

Zhao Kang twitched violently all over, white foam spilling from his mouth and nose, his body collapsing limply, the pain created by the nerve interference device being doubled back onto himself.

The main interference disappeared, and Lin Yu's mind cleared briefly, but the numbness and excruciating pain remaining in his body from resisting the interference wave earlier still persisted. He didn't have the slightest pause, turning his hand to pull out the silver needles inserted into Zhao Kang, his movements so fast they only left afterimages.

In the garage, the remaining armed personnel experienced a brief commotion and stagnation due to the sudden collapse of their commander and the chaotic effect of the interference wave. Some looked around blankly, some tried to rescue Zhao Kang, and more subconsciously looked for new targets—Lin Yu. ===== CHAPTER 313 =====