Chapter 15: Raising the Gun

Xie Tianshu scanned the few graduate students, his eyes narrowing, and asked coldly: "Where is Cai Yutong?"

"Haven't found her yet." Xie Jin said.

"Is it that you haven't found her, or did you hide her?" Xie Tianshu's tone was slightly severe.

He had secretly gathered so many people, yet things kept going wrong. First, the few people from Laboratory 705 and Li Youyi were missing, and now even a weak woman like Cai Yutong could disappear.

Xie Tianshu worried that Xie Jin couldn't pass the hurdle of beauty and had deliberately let Cai Yutong go.

"Brother Shu, am I the kind of person who ignores the big picture? Cai Yutong is really not in the planting area; if you don't believe me, ask them." Xie Jin said.

One of Professor Xu's graduate students, named Sima Tan, wore rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked scholarly, and was one of the three people standing behind Xie Jin.

Three days ago, under Xie Tianshu's coercion and inducement, he chose to surrender.

He said: "Not long ago, Dr. Qi came to the planting area; it was she who took Dr. Cai away."

Xie Tianshu's expression eased slightly, and he sighed: "Ah Jin, beauty is indeed a scarce resource, but compared to survival, it can at most be considered a temporary plaything. Send two people to look in the grave forest; once found, she will be a resource for us all to use."

Xie Jin's expression changed, but in the end, he nodded.

Sima Tan looked at Chen Hong, who was interrogating Gao Huan, and reminded: "It's useless to ask like this! Everyone has a weakness; Gao Huan's weakness is Liu Ying. He has liked Liu Ying for three years, and for her, he took the postgraduate entrance exam, and later pulled strings to get into Professor Xu's laboratory."

Liu Ying was one of the five students brought back from the planting area; her skin was very fair, her eyes were very bright, and her appearance was quite outstanding. On the scientific research ship, she was the one who asked Li Youyi to help take a group photo.

"You guys are classmates, you really sold her out thoroughly." Chen Hong smiled.

Sima Tan said: "Each to their own, don't laugh at anyone. Everyone has a dark side, it's just that we finally have the opportunity to release it, without worrying about legal sanctions. Brother Shu, give Liu Ying to me for half an hour, and I guarantee that if you ask Gao Huan any questions, he will honestly confess."

Bursts of laughter erupted all around.

Kong Fan laughed: "Half an hour, young people are really confident. But our new Captain Xie has said that beauty is a resource for all to use, why not add me, Old Kong?"

The laughter rang out again.

From the departure until now, everyone had been on the ship for nearly two months, full of boredom, loneliness, and fatigue.

Who didn't want to seek excitement?

Now that they had come to this lawless place where no one could manage them, plus, no one knew how long they could live, their courage naturally grew.

How could the evil in their hearts be suppressed?

Some emperors in history, after becoming victors, couldn't avoid forcibly occupying the women of the defeated, let alone this group of people? How could they avoid vulgarity?

Ever since Kong Fan obtained the silver-threaded gloves and tasted the sweetness of extraordinary power, his state of mind had changed unknowingly. Looking at these people present, he would develop a sense of superiority as a superior looking at slaves.

Slaves, after all, could be toyed with however one pleased.

Gao Huan cursed: "Sima Tan, you really are a beast, Liu Ying is my classmate, isn't she your classmate too? I don't know where Li Youyi went, I really don't know."

Whether he knew or not, sometimes it didn't really matter.

Liu Ying herself was the benefit Xie Tianshu promised Sima Tan.

Using beauty to win over subordinates and turn hostile personnel has existed since ancient times; it's not a fresh thing at all.

Liu Ying was already scared to tears and ran toward the grave forest.

But her hands were tightly tied behind her back, so she couldn't run fast and was soon caught by Sima Tan and dragged toward the medical shed not far away.

Kong Fan laughed happily and followed into the medical shed.

Professor Xu, lying on the ground, cried while roaring with his head hitting the ground: "You are too barbaric, do you have any morality or conscience left? Let Liu Ying go, if you have anything, come at me, the old man. Sima Tan, with such corrupt character, no matter how good your academic results are, I won't let you graduate..."

Xie Jin said: "This old guy talks too much, throw him into the soul sea to feed those wandering souls, so as not to waste the food on the ship."

Two security team members looked at the medical shed, then at Professor Xu, who was lying on the ground with broken legs and constantly hitting his head against the ground, feeling unbearable and guilty in their hearts.

Their consciences were uneasy; it had only been seven days, it seemed it wasn't just the social environment that had changed!

The changes in people's hearts were even more shocking.

At this moment, a sound of camel bells came from the grave forest, as if illusory.

Xie Jin's eyes showed wisps of blood, and he said in a deep voice: "What? Have you discovered your conscience and want to be good people again? Some things, once you start doing them, there is no turning back. Throw that old guy down..."

"I'll say... I'll say... Li Youyi went to the nine-story ship building, he wanted to go to the stern, he told me earlier, it's absolutely true!"

Gao Huan knelt on the ground, kowtowing while begging with tears: "Let Liu Ying go, let the professor go, I beg you! I beg you!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

His forehead was soon bruised and bleeding.

He naturally had the idea of tricking this group of evil people into feeding the Ghost Xiong Huang, but at the same time, he really had no other way, really pinning his hopes on his begging being able to save Liu Ying and Professor Xu.

Zhao Meng scolded: "By handing over my junior brother's whereabouts, you have completely lost your value! You kneel and beg, and they will turn over a new leaf and let us go? Naive, stupid... once a person shows their fangs, they are no longer human!"

Xie Tianshu watched all this indifferently and calmly, and said: "Don't think I don't know the situation at the stern, Xiao Huan, why are you so dishonest, you have disappointed me too much!"

The last sentence was nearly roared out.

He waved his hand.

Two security team members threw Professor Xu, who was being held in mid-air, directly into the soul sea.

With the sound of "plop" hitting the water, countless fierce souls beneath the bronze ship let out excited howls, and the sound of flesh being torn rang out.

Professor Xu only let out a few shrill screams before he was completely silent.

Gao Huan stopped kowtowing, knelt there, completely stunned as if frozen.

The deck was unusually quiet.

Everyone with their hands tied was sorrowful, no one dared to make a sound, and even curled up their bodies, avoiding the gazes of Xie Tianshu and the others.

Another female student with looks comparable to Liu Ying was even more terrified, her ten fingers clenched tightly. She wanted to cry but could only try hard to hold it back.

"Lying has a price."

Xie Tianshu slapped Gao Huan's face, saying: "Next time you speak, think clearly before opening your mouth."

The next instant.

He said loudly: "Two more people go in!"

Immediately, two security team members entered the medical shed with expressions that were both shy and ashamed, yet burning with anticipation.

Human nature is always contradictory.

The bottom line is like the clothes on a woman; it's hard to take them all off at once, but as long as you start taking them off one by one, how could you not take them all off?

Chen Hong didn't like Xie Tianshu's methods of "using beauty to win over" and "binding with sin," and said: "Forcing him is not as good as forcing the first mate. Chen Hong and Brother Meng are like brothers, I can't bear to see the cruel scenes that follow. I'll take people to find those who are hiding first."

Li Youyi ran in the grave forest with the Huang Long Sword in his hand, finally shaking off the hair.

A skeleton, actually wanting to come back to life, could devour his blood.

Terrifying and bizarre.

Even though Li Youyi had cultivated the extraordinary method, he was no match for her; if it weren't for the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and the Huang Long Sword, he would have definitely died there.

Fortunately, she had been lying in the ice coffin and didn't seem to have fully awakened, and the range of the hair attack was only five zhang.

He couldn't imagine what a terrifying thing it would be if this "Bone Demon" really ran out?

"Senior brother is really good at hiding things, why did he hide the Dao Ancestor Taiji Fish and the Huang Long Sword in her grave mound? I was almost pitted to death."

Li Youyi recalled his senior brother saying that when he fell onto the bronze ship, he fell onto her grave mound. Fortunately, he had the buffer of her grave mound, otherwise, he would have fallen to his death.

This damn fate!

Li Youyi looked at the light coming from the Jin Wu skeleton in the nether mist, feeling a bit puzzled; clearly there was light to guide the way, why were there still scientific researchers getting lost in the grave forest? Were there other mysteries and unknowns in the grave forest?

About two hundred meters away from the Jin Wu skeleton, Li Youyi walked out of the grave forest and appeared at the railing. He raised his arm to look; the cut on his wrist had already scabbed over and almost healed.

That group of skeletal humans wearing armor and various weapons lay quietly not far away.

According to Director Yang, that zhang-long black spear was the lightest, but it still took two people to barely lift it.

With no one around, Li Youyi no longer had any scruples and grabbed the black spear near the tip with one hand.

It felt quite heavy, but he still lifted it.

"One hand, and the strength is much greater than two people?" Although Li Youyi was surprised, he wasn't too excited, because he had just witnessed the power of the "Bone Demon."

Without the Huang Long Sword, he could only fight her for a moment.

With the Huang Long Sword, he could only flee in a panic.

Suddenly.

Light footsteps came from the direction of the Jin Wu skeleton.

A moment later, Seeing Qi Shanshan, wearing a white doctor's uniform, walked quickly out of the nether mist, her expression somewhat flustered and vigilant.

"Li Youyi... why are you here?"

Seeing Qi Shanshan looked around, feeling it was inconceivable.

It had been nearly two months, and this was the first time Li Youyi had seen Seeing Qi Shanshan not wearing high heels, but a pair of pink sneakers. His gaze then looked toward the nine-story ship building, which looked like a mirage, and doubts arose in his heart; Dr. Qi clearly knew the Ghost Xiong Huang was still alive, how did she dare to come here alone?

Li Youyi said: "Is Dr. Qi not afraid of the Ghost Xiong Huang?"

"Something big has happened!"

Seeing Qi Shanshan looked serious, and while walking toward Li Youyi, she reached into her pocket, grabbed the damp medical cotton towel inside, and said: "Xie Tianshu, the second mate, has united many people and launched a power-seizing action; the bronze ship is in chaos. I had no choice but to flee here regardless of the danger. Didn't you hear the gunshots just now?"

"Gunshots? They took action in advance?"

Li Youyi didn't hear the gunshots, guessing it might have happened when he was dragged into the ice coffin. Although he still maintained suspicion toward Seeing Qi Shanshan, his senior brother's situation must be critical, and there was no time to think carefully.

"Whoosh!"

His toes hooked and picked, the scalding airflow surged wildly in the pulse marks of his legs, and all his strength erupted in an instant.

The zhang-long black spear flew up and landed steadily in his hand, the tip of the spear making a "zheng" trembling sound.

With the Huang Long Sword in one hand and the spear in the other, Li Youyi's figure was tall and firm, ready to rush to the bow immediately.

Seeing Qi Shanshan, who had walked within five steps of Li Youyi, saw this scene, her charming and beautiful face full of shock: "Your injuries have healed... did Yutong give you Jin Wu blood?"

Apart from Jin Wu blood, Seeing Qi Shanshan really couldn't think of any other possibility that could allow a person whose arm was nearly crippled to heal within a few days. And, the strength was terrifyingly scary.

Li Youyi didn't have time to explain to her.

"You come back!"

Seeing Qi Shanshan had no confidence in taking down Li Youyi, who was so strong, and plus, the other party clearly had vigilance in his eyes, so she immediately had a new idea.

She quietly put the medical cotton towel back, pulled her hand out of her pocket, and whispered full of concern: "Youyi, Sister Shanshan can understand your worry for your senior brother, but they have guns; no matter how strong you are, a bullet can still take your life. We must plan carefully; before taking action, we must at least figure out the current situation and the number of people on the other side."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 16 =====