Qiao Ying looked at the Black Spade A that had been cut in half at the waist in the cultivation chamber.
It was quite bizarre. But aside from being a little disgusting, it wasn't very unexpected. These insane people cloning themselves wasn't surprising.
Black Spade A had died long ago. His genes had already been fully extracted before his death.
That meant those other unfamiliar faces from earlier weren't some kind of test subjects. They had already mastered this technology.
Qiao Ying continued opening the chambers, revealing another familiar face - Red Heart K, followed by Meihua Q, Diamond J, and the leader of the Dark Sect, JOKER.
They were all there.
She didn't know how many had already been cloned at the front, but this was definitely the most important "basket of buns".
It was no wonder she happened to arrive at such an opportune time. If it had been another ten days, all these things would have emerged from the chambers. By then, even with three heads and six arms, she wouldn't have been able to escape. She really would have become a lab rat once again.
Qiao Ying had cut all twenty cultivation chambers in half.
But that wasn't enough.
By the time Meihua Q rushed over with his men, the entire cultivation chamber lab was a raging inferno. The flames burned exceptionally vigorously, and the air was filled with a strong alcohol smell as black smoke billowed.
And Qiao Ying stood in front of the lab with a smug and delighted expression on her face like a naughty child who had just finished some mischief and wasn't the least bit afraid of being disciplined by adults.
Meihua Q nearly died on the spot from rage and shock.
His expression drastically changed as he stared in disbelief, absolutely the first time he had ever lost composure in his life.
Just then, Qiao Ying languidly said to Meihua Q, "Cleverness can sometimes be misleading." She mocked Meihua Q.
How could she have gotten in here so smoothly if she wasn't unconscious and captured by them? It saved her a lot of trouble.
The Dark Sect dogs couldn't change their shit-eating ways. And with so many elites dead, how could they let her go with genes comparable to Blood Shadow's in her body?
Realizing he was the one who had been outsmarted and misled by cleverness, killing intent surged unceasingly within Meihua Q.
But he didn't dare act rashly.
Because Qiao Ying was holding the doctor who had mastered this technology hostage.
As long as the doctor was still around, everything could start over again.
So Meihua Q quickly calmed himself down, forcibly suppressing his killing intent and rage, and negotiated: "Let him go and I'll let you leave."
He knew he had still underestimated her.
Qiao Ying agreed readily: "Fine."
So Meihua Q raised his hand to signal his men behind him to lower their weapons and make way, allowing Qiao Ying to leave.
The doctor whose life's work had been destroyed, forcibly revived by Qiao Ying, was now in a daze due to the tremendous shock.
Held in front of her by Qiao Ying, they retreated step-by-step towards the exit.
The little Eye in the Sky drone hovered above Qiao Ying's head.
Meihua Q ordered his men: "Hurry and put out the fire."
They had to rescue as much as they could. If the flames spread, the data and equipment in the other labs would be destroyed as well.
Qiao Ying retreated backwards with the doctor towards the exit.
Meihua Q tightly gripped the lethal chain hidden in his sleeve, following closely behind Qiao Ying and the doctor, waiting for his chance.
He hated that he couldn't immediately unleash his weapon and finish off Qiao Ying.
The little Eye in the Sky drone cleared the way for her.
And so they came to the exit, just about to return above ground, when the Eye in the Sky drone suddenly issued a danger warning.
"Infrared detection, danger."
Qiao Ying immediately stopped in her tracks, revealing half her face from behind the doctor to look at Meihua Q with his ominous expression.
Grinding his teeth, Meihua Q turned off the infrared beam being used as the door with a remote control after a moment.
After that, the group returned above ground.
Meihua Q: "Can you let him go now?"
But Qiao Ying asked instead: "Where is Xiao Yi?"
Meihua Q: "Xiao Yi? You mean Feng Ying's younger brother?"
Having Xiao Yi pretend to be Xiao He was an idea he and JOKER came up with together. He didn't expect Xiao Yi to be so useless.
Qiao Ying: "Hand him over. I want to see the person alive and the body dead."
Meihua Q: "He's not with me. You should go find JOKER."
Qiao Ying: "Where is the Dead Sect?"
Meihua Q: "......"
Qiao Ying tightened her grip on the doctor's neck, quickly feeling the doctor's breathing become labored as he finally regained some awareness.
Meihua Q: "Hidden in the western waters of the Bailing Sea."
Qiao Ying: "Exact coordinates."
Meihua could hardly repress that towering killing intent anymore. He looked at the doctor with his purple face and still told Qiao Ying the coordinates, then said dangerously: "I'll say it one last time, let him go."
Qiao Ying smiled and agreed again: "Alright."
Her expression abruptly turned cold and stern. She suddenly exerted more force with the hand gripping the doctor's neck. With a "crack",
she broke his neck on the spot and the doctor died with endless regret.
He didn't even have a chance to let out a whimper.
Seeing the doctor's corpse thrown on the ground like trash by Qiao Ying, Meihua Q's face instantly turned sinister and terrifying.
With the hostage gone, Qiao Ying was fearless. She even had the mood to mock Meihua Q: "Good luck doesn't necessarily mean it'll turn out well."
"My luck has always been built on the foundation of ability."
Qiao Ying: "I came to kill you."
She didn't need him to let her go at all.
With one Qiao Ying plus one Meihua Q, she had a 60 percent chance.
It would be much higher than 60 percent with her original body from her previous life.
Meihua Q slowly raised his eyes, spitting out venomously cold eyes that bit firmly into Qiao Ying: "Damn creature."
"I'm going to shred you into mincemeat and make you pay for your foolish actions, make you regret ever coming here. Definitely!" His face muscles twitched as he reached an extreme rage.
The corner of Qiao Ying's mouth raised slightly. Her strength had completely recovered: "Then try it."
Meihua Q stared coldly at Qiao Ying. Just when it seemed like he was about to make a move, Meihua Q suddenly said to the air instead: "Come out, it's time for you to perform."
As his voice fell, a dart came whistling through the air.
Sensing it, Qiao Ying quickly dodged to the side. The dart whizzed past right in front of her and embedded straight into the wall.
Qiao Ying glanced at the dart in the wall and narrowed her eyes slightly.
The distance was too far and she couldn't see clearly. It only gave her a vague sense of familiarity. That dart...
She turned to look hesitantly in the direction the dart had come from.
When she saw who threw it, Qiao Ying froze.
That figure was slender with gaunt features and sharp facial features. The hair was very short. He had an cold expression on his face like he didn't know how to smile, always dressed in black. He looked similar to Xiao Yi by about seventy to eighty percent, but it wasn't Xiao Yi.
Qiao Ying said in disbelief: "Feng Ying..."
This face, she would never mistake it.
Seeing Feng Ying appear, Moon Shadow was stunned too. Feng Ying was clearly dead. How could he... He looked at Meihua Q.
Never having seen the cultivation chambers before, Moon Shadow finally believed what Qiao Ying had said, that Blood Shadow didn't die from a failed mission, but died in the experimental laboratory in Southeast Asia because of the cloning.
Wind Shadow had obviously met the same fate after his failed mission as well.
Seeing Qiao Ying's reaction, the raging fire in Meihua Q's heart calmed down somewhat and he suddenly felt much more gratified.
"Hmph, very good. I was no longer curious about the relationship between you and Blood Shadow, but now I want to know again."
She actually recognized Feng Ying and had such a strong reaction.
