Chapter 85: Bounty

Lin Chen, Xia Nuan, and A Kai had just reached the armored vehicle and hadn't had time to figure out how to deal with the punctured tires,

when they heard chaotic footsteps in the distance, mixed with voices; there sounded like quite a few people.

"Hide quickly!" Lin Chen lowered his voice, pulling the two of them to hide behind an abandoned truck nearby; the truck bed was piled with old parts, which was just enough to hide their figures.

The footsteps grew closer and soon reached the armored vehicle,

and a rough voice rang out: "Search carefully! Mr. He said Lin Chen must be in this area,

and there's a heavy reward for finding him!" Then came the sound of hundreds of people scattering to search; footsteps and

the sound of metal clashing echoed all around, making Xia Nuan and A Kai's hearts race as they gripped their guns tightly.

"Don't hide! I know you're in there!" The rough voice from before rang out again,

seemingly the leader of this group, "If you're smart, come out, so we don't have to do it ourselves,

or you'll be the ones suffering!" Lin Chen lay behind the truck, looking out through the gaps in the parts—outside stood hundreds of people in black uniforms,

all holding weapons; they were He Shao's experimental guardians, and the leader was a man with a bloated face, staring at the surrounding abandoned vehicles with fierce eyes.

Xia Nuan leaned into Lin Chen's ear and whispered: "There are too many of them, we can't beat them,

what should we do?" Lin Chen was about to speak when he heard the sound of the truck bed being pulled open, and an experimental guardian poked his head in, saw the three of them, and immediately shouted: "They're here! I found them!"

The leader heard the shout and immediately led his men over, hundreds of people surrounding the truck tightly.

"Drag them out!" the leader ordered, and several experimental guardians reached out, dragged Lin Chen, Xia Nuan, and A Kai out of the truck bed, pinned them to the ground, and tied their hands with rope again.

"Take them away!

Back to the temporary base for interrogation!" The leader waved his hand, and two people escorted one person,

walking toward a bus in the distance. Xia Nuan and A Kai struggled the whole way but were kicked hard by their captors, and could only endure the pain as they walked forward.

Lin Chen kept his head down, calculating—there were too many people now, he couldn't rashly blacken, he had to wait for an opportunity to act.

Soon, they were taken to an abandoned warehouse, which was the temporary base for the experimental guardians. The leader sat on a chair in the middle of the warehouse, staring at the three of them,

and asked: "Speak! What did you do at Laboratory 127 just now? Did you destroy Mr. He's console?

" Lin Chen, Xia Nuan, and A Kai didn't speak, keeping their heads down, none of them wanting to answer.

"Not talking, huh?" The leader's face instantly darkened, and he gave a wink to his subordinates beside him,

"Beat them! Beat them until they talk!" Several subordinates immediately rushed up and started punching and kicking the three of them; Xia Nuan cried out in pain,

and A Kai was beaten until blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, but he gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

Lin Chen watched Xia Nuan and A Kai being beaten, his anger growing, the blackening factor within him beginning to stir,

his eyes gradually turning deep purple. The subordinate holding him noticed something was wrong and was about to call for help,

when Lin Chen suddenly broke free from the rope, raised his hand, and waved a wave of cold air at the subordinate, who was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.

"Oh no! He's blackened!" The leader shouted, stood up hurriedly, and pulled out a pistol to fire at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen dodged to the side, mobilized his Absolute Zero ability, condensed a large amount of cold air in his palm,

and waved it at the surrounding experimental guardians. Wherever the cold air passed, the experimental guardians were frozen into ice sculptures, and in just a few seconds, a large number of them had fallen in the warehouse.

The leader turned and tried to run, but Lin Chen instantly caught up, grabbed his shoulder,

and injected cold air into his body; the leader's body was quickly frozen. The remaining experimental guardians saw their leader frozen and were so scared they ran out of the warehouse,

but Lin Chen didn't let them go, chasing them out of the warehouse and continuously waving cold air at the fleeing people, one experimental guardian after another being frozen into ice sculptures and scattered in the snow.

Half an hour later, all hundreds of experimental guardians had been killed by Lin Chen, and the area around the warehouse was full of ice sculptures.

Lin Chen's eyes gradually returned to normal, the blackening state receding, and he walked to Xia Nuan and A Kai's side,

untied their ropes, and asked worriedly: "Are you okay? Are your injuries serious?"

Xia Nuan shook her head, rubbing her bruised arm: "I'm fine, just a little sore." A Kai also said: "I'm fine too, Brother Lin Chen,

you were so powerful just now!" Lin Chen smiled, helped them stand up: "Let's leave here quickly, find a car, and go back to Sky Dome Villa."

They found an off-road vehicle near the warehouse that hadn't been damaged; Lin Chen drove,

Xia Nuan and A Kai sat in the back seat, driving toward Sky Dome Villa. They didn't encounter any other danger on the way and soon returned to the villa entrance.

Lin Chen parked the car, looked at the familiar villa, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally back."

The three of them walked into the villa, checked around, and found that everything in the villa was fine; the hamster was still happily eating food in its cage, and although the previous defensive light shield had disappeared,

the villa was intact and there was no danger. Xia Nuan smiled and said: "Great, finally safe." A Kai also nodded: "Yeah, I feel relieved back at the villa.

" Lin Chen looked at the two of them, then at everything in the villa, and said softly: "We're back at the villa, and there's no danger anymore."

Just then, a knock suddenly came from the villa door, very light, but exceptionally clear in the quiet villa. Lin Chen frowned, feeling puzzled—who would be knocking at this time? He signaled Xia Nuan and A Kai to hide behind him, while he picked up the Purple Lightning Purification Gun and slowly walked to the door, preparing to open it and check. ===== CHAPTER 86 =====