Chapter 663

Ahhh!

A miserable cry came from Zhao Chengfu's mouth.

Mu Yang frowned: "I haven't even started yet! What are you screaming about, you ghost?"

Turning his head slightly, he saw Tang Luo take a toothpick box, pouring out toothpicks, one by one, slowly arranging them on the table.

With each toothpick poured out, Zhao Chengfu's body trembled.

Just thinking about the scene of sticking a toothpick under the fingernail and then slamming it hard against the wall made him feel pain, a piercing pain.

This phantom pain, the torment before it even arrives, is the most tormenting.

"Don't look at me, I'm a monk who has left home, I'm not good at this kind of thing, you still have to do it yourself." Tang Luo, arranging the toothpicks, glanced at him.

Mu Yang was speechless for a moment, monk my ass.

Clearly it was your method, but now you're posing as a monk who has left home.

Are all monks who have left home like you?

"I'll say it! I'll say it!"

Zhao Chengfu shouted, unable to bear it.

If it were Lin Hu, he would never have given in so easily; he is a battle-hardened warrior, having endured all kinds of hardships.

It's just a few toothpicks.

But Zhao Chengfu is not a warrior; in his youth he never suffered any hardship, at least no physical pain, and later, holding a high position, he lived in comfort and ease.

Mu Yang picked up a toothpick and shook it, and Zhao Chengfu's mental defense line completely collapsed.

A few minutes later, Mu Yang, with a cold face, reached out and grabbed Zhao Chengfu's head, turning it to the side.

He turned it three hundred and sixty degrees, directly ending his sinful life.

What Zhao Chengfu said was even more detailed compared to what Mu Yang had learned from Gu Leng.

No matter how you say it, his status and position are much higher than Gu Leng's.

He certainly knows even more.

The other three senior members of the Homestead Watch, upon hearing Zhao Chengfu's words, all had grim expressions.

Looking at their appearance, if it weren't for Tang Luo and Mu Yang, they might have already rushed forward at this moment to whip Zhao Chengfu's corpse.

As for whether it's fake, who knows.

Anyway, Mu Yang doesn't care much, and Tang Luo certainly doesn't care.

The battle between humans and the Tiānjiān Xīng rén has lasted over a thousand years.

The only means to counter the Tiānjiān Xīng rén is a small number of special individuals and "black iron."

Those few special individuals are people who, after obtaining black iron weapons, gain a guiding force and can unleash special power.

In a certain sense, they are part-intelligent NPCs with the ability to refine and absorb "medicinal potency."

How to find these people? Previously unknown, but now the testing method is to give a black iron straight blade and make a cut on a test wall mixed with some black iron.

If they can cause even a little damage, even a tiny bit, it's enough.

This proves the person can become a warrior.

All major bases' training camps have such test walls.

And the formation of a "warrior" is not absolute; those who initially lack "qualifications" also have a certain possibility of becoming warriors.

Some people fail the first test but can leave traces in the second test.

Moreover, if one participates in killing Tiānjiān Xīng rén, they can also gain power to become a warrior.

The numbers of these two latter categories are far lower than those of "innate warriors."

Homestead Watch cannot rely solely on "heaven's will" to counter the Tiānjiān Xīng rén; previously, the technology was inadequate, but later it caught up.

All related research will certainly catch up.

However, the relevant research actually stopped intermittently over twenty years ago.

The reason is simple: huge consumption, zero effect.

Later, someone proposed trying to use the corpses of deceased warriors to stir up a big wave, but faced opposition from most people.

The commander of the Black Watch even jointly opposed it, causing quite a stir.

At that time, Lin Hu was even a pioneer of the opposition faction.

Later, the related research projects were stopped, after all, consuming huge resources, not comparable to projects like "how to communicate and interact with Tiānjiān Xīng rén," which require little investment.

Now, those who initially opposed it have instead become the leaders and beneficiaries of the underground covert projects that have not stopped.

One cannot help but say, it's truly ironic.

Moreover, because of the shift underground, there was initially some restraint, but later, various researches became increasingly reckless.

Flying the banner of justice, it's easy to make people fanatical and lost.

It also makes people self-hypnotize, believing they are truly acting for the safety of all humanity.

Among those people, there are certainly such individuals.

Perhaps these people's initial intentions were indeed so, but later, their purpose had already changed.

Their own strength and survival became the primary task.

The changes in Zhao Chengfu and Lin Hu can already be seen.

And the major infection event ten years ago was also caused by these people.

Ten years ago, at a certain base, there was an important underground laboratory established by these people; at that time, coincidentally, Tiānjiān Xīng rén descended from the sky and invaded this base.

Originally, the forces of the Black Watch stationed there could have blocked these Tiānjiān Xīng rén.

Waiting for more reinforcements to arrive, then completely annihilating the enemy, would not be a problem.

But after Zhao Chengfu and them received the news, thinking that the research project was at a critical stage and needed more materials, and also needing a large-scale test.

Simply took advantage of the opportunity of the Sky-Point Star people's invasion to act.

This incident later came to be called "The Great Infection."

It is said that the Sky-Point Star people used unknown means to cause many people to die violently, and before death, everyone underwent various strange changes.

For example, bodily swelling, shrinking, and other bizarre mutations.

The entire base was utterly destroyed, as if infected by some terrible virus—this is the origin of the term "The Great Infection."

In fact, the whole event was the price of a cruel experiment.

And having paid the price, naturally there is a return.

After this experiment, those people successfully found a way to safely turn people into "Warriors."

However, the cost is extremely high.

So far, only Zhao Chengfu and a few others have undergone the "Enhancement Surgery Modification."

In fact, it cannot be widely promoted; although this modification is safe, it was bought at the cost of countless lives.

Even if one deceives oneself, one understands that this kind of modification could never be brought to light.

Gu Leng also only half-understands this matter.

Only when coming to Zhao Chengfu did he finally learn the full truth.

Moreover, the active surrender faction at that time also had Zhao Chengfu and others' involvement.

The dragon-slaying youth became the evil dragon.

Then, Mu Yang was lured in, and Tang Luo was summoned.

Truly a sorrowful story.

After extracting from Zhao Chengfu information that Gu Leng himself did not know, this trip proved worthwhile; having glanced at Zhao Chengfu's corpse, Mu Yang turned and left.

He also couldn't be bothered to waste words with the remaining three.

"Wait, Mu Yang." Someone spoke up to stop Mu Yang, "We know about this matter and will handle it fairly—come back, we guarantee you'll be unharmed..."

Mu Yang's steps did not halt; he continued walking forward.

Tang Luo, however, stopped and said to the remaining three with a smile: "Guarantee he's unharmed? Have you misunderstood something? Now it's your homeland's guardians who are in trouble."

"..."

The three men's expressions changed as they glared angrily at Tang Luo.

"If you don't make this public, then don't speak of fair handling. We'll judge you by your actions." Tang Luo said.

"It's not that simple." Someone argued reasonably, "Once this is made public, it will cause tremendous upheaval—do you know that?"

"I know."

Tang Luo nodded, "This is exactly my purpose—let chaos erupt so I can act more easily and clean out the trash."

With righteous confidence.

"..."

To be honest, after fighting the Sky-Point Star people for so many years.

These three high-ranking officials are not so timid as to tremble at the sight of Sky-Point Star people.

But it's not that the Sky-Point Star people are frightening—it's that they are cultured!

The "White Beast" before them is precisely a "cultured" Sky-Point Star person.