Chapter 102: The Solution

"... Ah, sorry."

At a gesture from Fei Xue, Yuan Zi'ang seemed to make a motion of adjusting his glasses, apologizing:

"This is a very interesting research topic, and it's also the direction I've been thinking about lately, so I just couldn't stop once I started talking..."

"Ding Mo, don't worry, even though Mr. Yuan Zi'ang's ideas are a bit shocking," Fei Xue comforted him:

"But he firmly stands on our side, the side of the Polluters... and not that damned Processing Bureau!"

She gritted her teeth as she spat out the final sentence.

Ah, one could tell just by listening... Ding Mo didn't want to deal with all this nonsense, only saying:

"Then, regarding my 'condition,' how should it be handled?"

"Oh, why don't you tell me the situation in detail first."

About ten minutes later.

"Hmm..." Yuan Zi'ang made a nasal sound and was silent for a moment.

Only then did he say: "Your situation is clearly not ordinary amnesia.

"How about this, I need to enter your brain to take a look; do not resist."

... Hey! Ding Mo was stunned upon hearing this.

What does "I need to enter your brain, but do not resist" mean?

"Ah, right, I haven't told you yet, this is the membership test, and also the resignation procedure." Yuan Zi'ang's voice suddenly sank:

"So you have no power to refuse.

"Let me enter your brain and successfully accept my modification of your brain. Thereby truly joining the organization.

"Or let me enter your brain, delete all memories regarding this place, and then resign—ah, right, this part is something I would do anyway.

"Rest assured, my modification of your brain will not have any impact on your memories or your life."

"Then what is the purpose of your modification?" Ding Mo couldn't help but ask while frowning.

Right now, he couldn't help but want to take action!

He couldn't tolerate others entering his brain, and that wasn't even the end of it—they even wanted to mess around inside!

"Ah, the purpose is that you will gain knowledge that cannot be acquired through study." Yuan Zi'ang seemed to point to his own head:

"You might not know this, but not all knowledge can be understood by the human brain.

"Some things only work if the brain is modified.

"I am telling the truth, I am not lying to you... I remember you agreed to it just now."

Ding Mo had already suddenly stood up, looking at Fei Xue and him:

"Sorry, a membership test like this,

"No one can accept it!"

Having said that, the next second he blew out the candle on the table.

Whoosh—

But, nothing happened—he didn't go back!

"Sorry." Ding Mo's actions made Fei Xue's voice turn cold as well:

"You must accept it!

"Even now, when the Processing Bureau hasn't realized our existence, we must still be careful!"

Following her words, Ding Mo felt his body become a bit sluggish, and his consciousness felt a wave of dizziness.

Threshold -5%,

Threshold -5%

Threshold -5%...

【Threshold: 200%】 → 【Threshold: 185%】.

The 'Threshold' that had risen to 200% after the Task ended began to decrease at a frequency of 5% every few seconds.

But that was all; after adapting for a moment, Ding Mo let out a cold snort,

Leaped onto the table, and charged toward Fei Xue!

"!?" Fei Xue seemed extremely shocked, not understanding why her 'hypnosis' wasn't working!

"Yuan Zi'ang!" she cried out sharply, and Yuan Zi'ang beside her also leaped onto the Chang Zhuo.

He blocked Ding Mo's path.

"A bit of skill, but we still have to see just how much skill there is." Yuan Zi'ang still seemed extremely relaxed at this moment.

He pushed up his glasses and reached out a hand.

Fei Xue seemed to do something on her end, and an axe instantly appeared in Yuan Zi'ang's hand!

Swish!

A fierce blade light struck, but Ding Mo showed no fear, using only his hand to deflect it to the side!

Then, with a front kick, he sent Yuan Zi'ang flying into the corner of the dark Chang Zhuo.

After doing all this, Ding Mo walked a few more steps, then his ears twitched as he heard something:

It sounded like the sound of a bullet being chambered!

Bang!

An orange-yellow bullet shot over, but it hit a patch of empty darkness.

By the table, Yuan Zi'ang held his gun like nothing had happened, saying with surprise:

"Such powerful physical ability, have you unlocked your 'Gene Lock'?"

Responding to him was an afterimage!

A residual image swept across the tabletop, extinguishing all the candles!

The space was instantly plunged into complete darkness.

"Fei Xue, light." Yuan Zi'ang fired continuously, completely unable to hit Ding Mo in the darkness.

"I am no match for him in close-quarters combat."

Snap!

Fei Xue, who had already hidden behind him, immediately snapped her fingers.

Instantly, a thousand candles lit up all around the dark space.

Ding Mo's expression changed, and at the same time, he suddenly realized that this was actually a hall!

And that "Chang Zhuo" was not a long table at all, but a massive coffin!

Behind the main seat where Fei Xue had originally been sitting was a portrait of a man, with delicate, never-fading white flowers placed beside him.

This place... was actually someone's mourning hall!

At the same time, he also saw the faces of the two people opposite him clearly.

Yuan Zi'ang was a tall, thin man wearing a white lab coat and gold-rimmed glasses. Fei Xue was wearing a long black dress and elbow-length nylon gloves, the black silk hem of her dress fluttering in the air.

She gritted her teeth, looking at everything around her, her face showing pain as if she had remembered something.

She said, "Quick, hurry and finish him off!"

After a brief moment of surprise, Ding Mo performed a series of backflips to dodge a wave of bullets and hid behind a heavy chair.

"Give me a grenade," Yuan Zi'ang said.

"Impossible! Do you want to destroy this place?!" Fei Xue immediately refused.

"... You can fix it anyway, what does it matter..." Yuan Zi'ang muttered, but he did not continue to press the issue.

Instead, he raised the revolver in his hand, providing covering fire against Ding Mo, while moving to the side to adjust his angle to hit Ding Mo behind the cover.

As for Ding Mo, he had actually been waiting for Yuan Zi'ang to run out of bullets or to reload.

But, neither happened!

The revolver in his hand possessed an unscientific amount of infinite ammunition; even though the shell casings had already covered the floor beneath his feet, there was no sign of it stopping.

"There's no other way..."

Forced into a corner, Ding Mo had no choice but to use his trump card.

Curtain!

As his thoughts stirred, a transparent curtain of light faintly took shape!

But, Ding Mo suddenly felt a strain, which shocked him!

Before he could even react to what was happening, the entire "mourning hall" began to shake!

It was as if an eight-magnitude earthquake had occurred!

"What is going on?" Yuan Zi'ang, unable to aim at all because of this, became confused.

On the contrary, Fei Xue, who was beside him, reacted violently!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" Fei Xue suddenly screamed hysterically.

Her voice seemed to contain endless pain!

"Hey?" A trace of astonishment finally appeared in Yuan Zi'ang's eyes; he turned back to look at Ding Mo and asked in surprise:

"What did you do?

"Stop it now!"

But Ding Mo didn't care about that—it would be best if this space were destroyed, as perhaps he could leave this place then!

Continuing to force the "Curtain" down, he could feel this space being squeezed and repelled by the "Curtain."

It was as if some giant object had been stuffed into a space no larger than 20 cubic meters!

Certain components of the space seemed to be collapsing!

"Ahhhhhhhhhh—!" Blood flowed from Fei Xue's seven orifices as she knelt on the ground, wailing.

At the end of the mourning hall, cracks also began to appear on the man's black-and-white portrait!

At the same time, cracks began to emerge on the coffin in the center of the hall, from which a terrifying Phenomenon of an aura emanated!

Everything seemed about to collapse completely and irrevocably!

Watching all this, Ding Mo gritted his teeth and prepared to pull the "Curtain" down completely.

But the next second, a prosthetic limb appeared before Ding Mo's eyes.

"Sir, please remain calm."