In the southwest mountains of Shuzhou.
In a bamboo forest.
"Lady Maid Leader, why have you come personally? Shouldn't you be operating in the Western European Alliance?" a fawning voice rang out.
"I received the Holy Mother's order to come to China to bring the Holy Infant back. Your strength is insufficient, so I need to provide backup."
"But there's a Chinese girl in that damned safe zone who is very strong in combat. Everyone we sent was killed.
Moreover, the entire Tianfu Safe Zone is now under martial law. It seems like they're waiting for something. Shouldn't we make other plans?"
"Heh heh." The woman called Maid Leader was enveloped in a loose nun's habit, which revealed her alluring figure when the wind blew.
"Since you lack the courage to complete the mission assigned by the Holy Mother, then just bring back the soul."
"No, no, Lady Maid Leader! Ah!!!"
Heart-wrenching screams echoed, followed by the sound of flesh tearing.
There was no more.
She disdained eating Osiris's slaves.
Seeing their leader turned into pieces, the remaining people immediately lowered their heads, trembling and not daring to make a sound.
"Let's go. We'll go meet that Chinese girl."
"Yes!"
A few seconds later, everyone entered mimicry mode. Only the chirping of birds remained in the bamboo forest. Sunlight broke through the clouds and shone into the forest.
The smell of blood condensed into a cloud of mist.
Splattered flesh and blood adhered to the bamboo, rapidly decaying until it turned into a black, foul-smelling stain.
...
3 days later.
Ebony Forest Military Base.
"Lin Yuan, the equipment has arrived. Go and check it quickly."
Lin Yuan, who was sleeping, was dragged out of bed.
"Hmm... Hmm?!"
When he came to, he was already lying on a bed. In front of him was a strange instrument.
A ring-shaped scanner was waiting at his feet.
Looking up, he saw Xie Nan's face, looking like everyone owed him five million.
"Awake?"
"..."
"Then let's begin the examination."
This was equivalent to consent. Xie Nan didn't care what Lin Yuan thought and directly activated the instrument.
A faint humming sound arose, and the scanner started, scanning from his feet to his head, and back again, stopping after two or three passes.
The test results were:
"Slight abnormality in the arm, location cannot be determined."
"This..."
This stumped Xie Nan. What was he supposed to do, cut off this entire piece of flesh?
"Let me meet Osiris. Perhaps then you'll know the answer."
Lin Yuan's suggestion was tempting, but Xie Nan still remembered the order from the General Command Center to ensure Lin Yuan's personal safety as much as possible.
So he had to confirm Lin Yuan's intentions: "Are you sure? You know the dangers involved, right? Carol Anna is still lying in the hospital, begging for milk every day."
"..."
Didn't Ziqi say she just had memory problems and was a bit slow, like someone who had done too much manual labor? Why does it sound like she's become intellectually disabled now!
"Uh, don't worry, she's only like this temporarily. I heard from Shuzhou that she's already starting to recover today," Xie Nan was quite impressed with Carol Anna for actually letting Lin Yuan use his blood for such a ridiculous experiment.
And the experiment was successful!
To be so careless with such an important part of the brain, it was like defecating on the King of Hell's head and still managing to get away with it. It was fortunate she had great luck!
Oh, right, the King of Hell doesn't manage Westerners.
When they die, God is in charge.
If Lin Yuan knew what Xie Nan was thinking, he would have retorted.
It wasn't entirely an experiment. With Jiang Ziqi's examination, they confirmed that the "blood threads" in her brain were merely attached and not deep within, before proceeding.
Otherwise, Lin Yuan wouldn't have dared to do it.
"Yes, I've made up my mind. Take me to see him."
"Alright, follow me." Although they would have to meet eventually, it was better for him to suggest it, making it seem more legitimate.
The biu investigation team sent by the General Command Center heard Xie Nan's order and followed Lin Yuan.
Take the elevator to the last floor.
This was where Osiris was held.
"You've finally arrived." Osiris sensed them as soon as they entered.
It seemed his daughter had not disappointed him, really leaving something inside Lin Yuan.
"Thirteen, I've brought people. What exactly do you want to say?" Xie Nan turned on the monitor in the cell and asked.
"Heh heh heh." Osiris let out a few sinister laughs, cupped his hands, and said, "I say, send you on your way!"
"Fall back! Stay away from Lin Yuan!!"
The leader of the investigation team immediately gave the order. Everyone instantly moved away from Lin Yuan. Their firearms were cocked, ready to act if Lin Yuan made any move.
"Hahahaha..."
"Hey, are you done laughing? Is this what you meant by sending us on our way?"
This was it?
"Hmm?" Osiris stopped laughing and looked at the monitor on the wall with confusion.
On the screen, Lin Yuan was holding up his right arm, displaying a cluster of tiny blood threads about the size of a ping pong ball, trying to break through his skin.
They looked lazy and sluggish, even a bit "cute" as they poked out.
What?
Osiris looked at everything on the screen in disbelief and increased his control.
But the most severe result was that Lin Yuan let out a few yelps of pain, while Xie Nan was already holding a scalpel, preparing to remove this cluster from Lin Yuan's hand.
Perhaps it was too dispersed before, and in a dormant state, it hadn't invaded Lin Yuan's brain. Its activity level was too low, only detected as a slight abnormality.
"Lin Yuan, leave this thing to me for research, okay?"
"Take it, take it! I don't want to keep this thing as a souvenir," Lin Yuan said, using a bandage to stop the bleeding.
This minor injury would heal in less than a day. It was just a scratch and a little flesh missing.
Seeing that his last hope of escape was gone, Osiris had transformed into another form and was frantically attacking everything he could see inside.
However, the monitor remained intact.
"This prison won't be able to hold him, will it?" Lin Yuan was a little worried about the quality of this thing, as Osiris, after transforming, had almost filled the entire cage.
The commotion he was causing inside now was also quite significant; Lin Yuan could feel the vibrations here.
Xie Bei had also come down due to the abnormal situation here. Hearing Lin Yuan's question, he smiled confidently.
"Don't worry, this cage alone has half-meter thick alloy walls, and outside that, there's another half-meter thick reinforced concrete wall. It was built specifically for him."
Lin Yuan was fine hearing about the alloy walls at first, but when he heard about the reinforced concrete walls, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.
And it was built specifically for him. This place was probably built in the early days of the apocalypse, most likely to imprison high-level mutants or super-soldiers who had committed crimes and were captured.
Similar to Jiang Ziqi, Ji Xuanyan, and Lin Yuan.
You two brothers had planned this all along, hadn't you!
Sensing Lin Yuan's gaze, Xie Bei feigned ignorance, smiling while pretending to be oblivious. "So you don't need to worry about it, hahahaha."
"Is the thing that feeds him reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable."
"Why didn't the display screen break? Because what he sees is a projection. The real monitor is in a place he can't reach."
Amazing.
If Osiris could get out of here, then he and his brother could resign on the spot.
"Can I go now? I miss my wife."
"Of course, you can. You just need to undergo one last check before leaving. I will report your active cooperation to the General Command Center truthfully!"
Nice! Finally, I can go home!