Chapter 31: The Mantis' Gaze
Chapter 31: The Mantis' Gaze
About an hour after dinner.
Boom, boom.
The sound of the cane hitting the wooden board echoed back and forth in the corridor on the second floor of the wooden house.
The old lady bent over as she walked forward, carefully observing the sleeping quality of the children in each room.
Gradually, she walked to the small room at the end of the second floor, skillfully poked open the poster paper covering the crack in the door, and put one old eye close to look inside.
The young man was lying in bed, sound asleep.
During this period of time, the old lady had observed Zhou Tiantian for a long time and knew that he was one of the few people who did not snore. However, judging from his breathing rate and physical condition, he had indeed fallen asleep.
Afterwards, Old Mrs. Kong turned and left, picking up her walking stick and walking with very little sound.
Wang Jixuan turned over and sensed carefully.
The old lady left the cabin and walked around for a few minutes. When she came back, she locked the gate and turned on the intruder alarm in the yard.
After doing this, she walked back to the study tremblingly.
Wang Jixuan took out a button-shaped device from under his pillow and clicked it to activate it. A faint light appeared on the button, and a palm-sized surveillance screen appeared in the center, showing a narrow room.
The shooting angle is the vertical angle from directly above.
About two minutes later, a slight noise was heard from the study.
From the surveillance camera's perspective, the old landlady sat on her wooden chair, slowly turned half a circle, and slid into the secret room along with the chair.
The secret door behind her slowly closed, and Wang Jixuan could see a corner of the bookshelf in the study;
This is a secret room embedded in the study, and it was also the first one discovered by Wang Jixuan.
A soft light appeared in the secret room. Old Mrs. Kong pressed a few buttons, and the screen placed diagonally in front of her was lit up, revealing a spacious conference room.
There was a conference table and seven or eight figures, and Old Lady Kong seemed to be sitting at the front of the table.
Wang Jixuan looked carefully and soon saw a familiar face among these figures—a silver-haired old man who had turned into a one-eyed man, Wen Heisen.
Wen Heisen still had a bandage around his neck, and he had not yet fully recovered from his last injury.
Because he could only see the images, Wang Jixuan could not sense the other party's breath, so he had no way of telling which two were the psychics sent by the Thirteenth Institute, but he chose to remember these guys and cherish this relationship if he met them again in the future.
"BOSS."
A burly old man on the right side of Wen Heisen, who was closest to the screen, shouted in a deep voice:
“You should have received the message, that guy is here again.
"This time, his attack targeted our lower-level cadres and the cold storage he attacked last time. However, this time he entered the cold storage. We were trying to rescue the materials in the cold storage. Nineteen cadres and 146 henchmen were killed by him. The loss was heavy.
"I suggest that you don't worry about the power consumption! You must light up everywhere, then set up a bait, lure him in, and shoot him into a sieve with a machine gun!"
The landlady said, "Hmm," "Are you expressing your anger with your aggravated tone?"
"Not really, Boss."
The burly old man's tone suddenly became much gentler.
The landlady leaned back in her chair, thinking, and asked slowly, "Where are our powerful psychics? Didn't we track them down?"
The end of the conference table.
A middle-aged woman and a young man looked at each other, and the woman in the elegant long dress raised her chin towards the man, motioning him to speak.
The young man was thin, almost skin and bones, with a pair of high-power myopic glasses on his nose, and looked a little stiff.
"Dear Ms. Mei, we used different methods, psychic and technological.
“But this guy is cunning.
“My unique ability is to track scents, but his scent is very faint. He seems to have consciously concealed it. His ability is very comprehensive.
"The detection on the technological side is also troublesome. His equipment this time can block thermal imaging and biological information tracking. Our biological radar can't lock him... Sorry."
The landlady nodded slowly.
She said slowly, "What surprises me now is that such a psychic is not under the control of your Thirteenth Institute. Has the Thirteenth Institute in other fortresses been instigated by the United Defense Forces?"
"That's impossible, Ms. Mei."
The middle-aged woman with a slender neck, smooth skin and a proud demeanor said slowly:
"Every branch of the Thirteenth Institute is under the absolute control of the headquarters. There is no doubt about that. We are the only ones who can create psychics.
“I’m thinking that this guy might be a product of the United Defense Forces’ experiments, and they’ve been trying to crack our technology.
"Our insiders in the Joint Defense Force have begun investigating, but have not found any clues so far."
"We're out of time!"
The fourth leader of the Black Fire Gang cursed:
"The purge troops could come down at any time! That damn Minister of Internal Affairs Zhou Meiyin criticized us again at the ministerial meeting, saying that we have lost control and are selling organs outside of military agreements! In order to influence the dignitaries in the upper city! And they have obtained weapons that should not appear in the lower city!"
The old landlady asked, “Did we do it?”
Leader No. 4 was instantly silent, and stammered, "I did some... a very small part... You know Boss, this is inevitable... Many old people in the upper city believe that replacing their organs can extend their lifespan..."
“So, that’s the problem.
The landlady said calmly:
"I knew about this from the beginning, and I have recorded all the information about your secret transactions with those old men in Upper City. Do I need to remind you?
“Clinic Room 06 of Sanatorium 08 on the third floor, and Operating Rooms , , and of Sanatorium .
"You shouldn't have reached out to the upper city. That place is not something we can get involved in. Now that they have caught us, we don't even have a chance to defend ourselves."
The expressions of several leaders were mostly unnatural.
The old landlady said, "Give me your accounts as soon as possible. I need to compare and verify them to see if there is any way to solve this trouble... If you can't solve it, prepare to shed your skin according to the plan."
The second leader immediately said, "Okay, Boss, I'll pass it on right away."
Wen Hesen said in a hoarse voice that sounded like metal plates scraping against each other: "That guy won't let us go. He is stronger than me. We need a C-level psychic."
"I'm sorry, Senior Wen, I didn't mean to touch your scar."
The middle-aged woman said calmly:
"But maybe it's because you haven't used your power for too long. We analyzed the existing monitoring data and found that this guy's strength is inferior to ours. At least, he is far inferior to me."
She waved her hands gently, and black balls flew around her. Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
He had seen it in a book. This was... a telekinetic psychic.
Faint arcs of electricity appeared on the spheres.
The middle-aged woman raised her head proudly. Her elegant long dress and her outstanding appearance, set against the backdrop of those suspended black balls, showed a powerful aura.
Wang Jixuan curled his lips slightly.
The landlady suddenly spoke up, "That's just the surface of the problem. The core of the problem is that we have been caught by the opposing faction of the Thirteenth Institute. Even without this ghostly young man, they will knock us down! Be prepared to shed your skin and abandon everything if necessary. We did it once 26 years ago, and we can do it again a second time."
The second leader of the Black Fire Gang asked, "Is the emergency exit okay?"
"I'll be guarding this end of the passage. When you want to come over, I'll signal you to cancel the access control."
The landlady warned:
"When you use the passage later, please keep your voices down and don't disturb my children's sleep."
"Then Boss, when do we shed our skin?"
"I just want you to be prepared. Don't worry. I will try to communicate with our ministers first."
The old landlady sighed softly:
“During this time, you can select a few young people to train. Remember, this inheritance is the most important. We are all old.
"As for these two respected psychics, please do your best to eliminate that mysterious psychic."
"We will," the middle-aged woman said softly, "Ms. Mei."
The landlady pressed a button next to the screen, and the image disappeared in an instant.
Then, she slumped in the chair, as if she had run out of energy, and thought about something quietly.
About a moment later.
Wang Jixuan was just thinking about saving power and was about to turn off the monitor in his hand when Old Lady Kong in the screen moved again.
She lowered her head and fumbled in the drawer below for a while, took out a round plate the size of a vinegar dish, put on her reading glasses, activated the projection screen on the round plate, entered a long lock screen password, and called up a simple operation interface.
She clicked several times in succession, and a dialing screen appeared on the screen.
About half a minute later, the chat box was connected, and an old man in a neat suit, who looked to be in his forties or fifties but full of energy, appeared on the other end of the dialog box.
Wang Jixuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
He had seen the photo of this man when he was young in Mrs. Kong's study.
The man asked, "How are you doing lately, Mom?"
"Same as always, no big problem. How strong are the two psychics you sent?"
"They are a teacher and student. The teacher is very good. Her name is An Xi. She can even fight against some C-level psychics with obvious defects. If you want to mobilize C-level psychics, the procedure will be very troublesome, and it will also attract a strong counterattack from the defense forces."
'Send a psyker?'
Could this old man be the head of the 13th Biological Institute stationed in Fort No. 76, and the fort's biological minister?
Is he also the landlady's son?
The Infinite Heavenly Venerable.
Taoist Wang was indeed a little shocked.
Thomas and others in the lower city, the dignitaries in the upper city... How many powerful people has this old landlady cultivated?
“Hopefully, these issues can be resolved.”
Mrs. Kong sighed:
"Son, mom is already very old and doesn't have the energy to help you start a gang anymore.
"If the Black Flame Gang falls, you may have to ask others to help provide materials."
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm thinking of a way. We can't let outsiders know that the Thirteenth Institute has been dealing with a large amount of living materials. They will find every opportunity to boycott us and force us to disclose the psychic patent... Because we are constantly delivering high-quality materials to other fortress experimental centers, I have already obtained the admission ticket to the headquarters. The next step is to wait for an opportunity..."
call out!
The monitor in Wang Jixuan's hand turned off automatically and entered the air power recovery state.
He immediately stuffed the thing back under the pillow, returned to his original lying position, and took out the hidden earphones in his ears.
He thought quietly.
The outline of the Black Fire Gang has become very clear. Gu Wencheng's confession filled in the framework, and Wang Jixuan has also witnessed the crimes of the Black Fire Gang with his own eyes.
The Black Fire Gang's business is divided into three parts.
One is to provide organs and blood to the military in the upper city. This is part of the official dark side of the fortress and is not afraid of official investigation.
The second is to replace organs for the powerful people in the upper city, thereby extending their lifespans and gaining more benefits for themselves.
The third is to serve the Thirteenth Institute and provide it with materials for biological experiments, that is, living people.
'This is worse than ordinary demon sects. Many demon sects, such as the Hehuan Sect, their biggest sin is actually to use Yin to replenish Yang or Yang to replenish Yin. They don't even directly suck the cauldron dry. Everyone in the cultivation world would condemn them.'
"Tsk, if I could ascend directly after exorcising more demons, that would be great..."
Wang Jixuan sighed softly inwardly and continued to think.
After his attack, the Black Fire Gang is now under tremendous pressure and may shed its skin at any time.
The eight people who just attended the meeting will reach this wooden house through the underground passage when they shed their skin.
Facing two D-level psychics at the same time would be relatively troublesome, and there is also the possibility that one of them would escape.
'One has to be killed before they shed their skin.'
There was murderous intent in Taoist Wang's eyes.
Boom, boom.
The sound of a cane kissing the wooden board could be heard again in the corridor.
An old eye slowly moved towards the crack in the door that had just been opened...
(End of this chapter)