I quickly lifted my hands and turned on the flashlight on the gun to scan the dark room. There were large containers all over the room; all of them were filled with human body parts. Some of them only had limbs soaked in some sort of water. There were some scales on the limbs as well. These were probably some failed experiments.
“Don’t touch anything!” I yelled.
Shen Bing held a heat detector, “Li Xiao Yao, I see…. I see that the container in front of us has a strong life force. What’s going on?”
“What? It detected a strong life force?”
“Yeah!”
One of the members quickly moved forward, extended his hands to try and turn off the switch connected to the container.
“Stop!”
I quickly yelled and walked forward. Looking at it, there was a message lighting up on the top. I couldn’t understand it at all. Shen Bing walked up as well and said, “It seems like there should be a human…. or should I say, some sort of animal in here…..”
“Boss, do we open it or not?” One of the members asked.
I gritted my teeth. “If we don’t open it, we’ll be going back empty-handed. You guys move away. I’ll open it!”
“Why?” Shen Bing asked.
“It’s safer this way!”
Shen Bing pulled me away. “No, you’re the leader. How can you go and do such dangerous task?!”
I sighed and said, “Sister Shen Bing, just listen to my order. It’s because I’m the leader that I have to do it. Everyone fall back until I make sure it’s safe. Quickly.”
The members all quickly retreated. I walked up and extended my hands towards the lever for the huge container and slowly opened it. After opening it, a “Chi Chi Ya Ya” sounded out and steam began leaking out. After looking inside, I was surprised to find half a human body in there, containing only the chest area to the head. The rest were cut off already. However, this person’s eyes were still open. He revealed a mocking smile and stared at me, “You’re finally here?”
I suddenly noticed a trigger beside his head that activated time bomb. It was starting to tick!
Shit!
I quickly yelled, “Fall back now, there’s a bomb!”
The countdown was set to only a second. As I started yelling, I could already see the bomb starting to explode. I quickly raised my internal energy to the maximum level, as the air around me started to spin. This was the only mode of protection that I could think of. After turning, I quickly hugged Shen Bing who was the closest to me.
……
“Boom!”
A loud explosion echo sounded from behind me. My body felt scorching hot as Shen Bing screamed. The explosion hit at least 10 meters around us. The other members quickly ducked for cover in order to dodge the incoming debris.
I felt a piercing pain on my back. I knew that no matter how strong my internal energy was, I couldn’t block a modern day bomb, So I gathered all my energy around me to protect Shen Bing.
My mind went blank. All I could think about was Shen Bing’s desperate screams.
……
“Li Xiao Yao…… Li Xiao Yao…..”
After waking up again, I was lying down in the center of a hall. Shen Bing was crying while hugging onto me. After seeing that I woke up, she rubbed her tears and said, “You finally woke up. You finally woke up. Thank god…. Thank god…..”
I used my strength to try and move my body. After looking around, I said, “Sister Shen Bing, We…. We fell into a trap, didn’t we?”
Shen Bing nodded with tears in her eyes, “Yeah. Those Blood Scythe bastards. Planning a trap like this for us…..”
“What are the casualties?”
“One dead and six injured. You’re also heavily injured……”
I tried to feel my body’s situation and said, “Two bomb fragments are piercing my back….. Take me back to the base quickly.”
“Okay.”
Fortunately I began gathering my energy before the blast. If I hadn’t, those two bomb fragments would’ve pierced my body. Then I would’ve really been dead.
……
Back at the base, Wang Xin’s eyes were red from waiting. He slammed his fist on the desk, “Bastards. Those bastards are really fucking crazy. I…… I’ll… definitely destroy them all!”
I shakily stood up and extended my arms towards Wang Xin’s shoulders, “Did the medics arrive? Get the bomb fragments.. out…..”