mtl008 Appears in Chapter 3
Appears in Chapter 3
Ming Dynasty, Eastern Province, Harbin
The parking lot in the suburbs was dimly lit, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gasoline and smoke.
Four or five thugs were gathered in front of a dilapidated van, holding cigarettes and beer, chatting with smiles on their faces.
At this moment, the gang leader stood up, staggered to a corner, and seemed to be preparing to take care of some personal matters.
Just as he reached the wall, his vision became a little blurry.
He rubbed his eyes, trying to see his surroundings clearly. However, when he opened his eyes again, he found a figure in front of him.
The gang leader yelled "Holy shit!" and involuntarily took a few steps back.
Then, upon closer inspection, he couldn't help but laugh as he approached and said, "Hey, isn't this Xiaoxizi? What's up? Seeing your big brother here having so much fun, are you in a hurry to bring me money, or did you not learn your lesson from the other day and want to have some more?"
Chen Yexi stood there quietly, her expression indifferent, without saying a word. Her gaze swept over the thugs in the parking lot, finally settling on the thug leader. Staring into the leader's eyes, she said coldly, "Give me back the money you stole from me."
"Hey!" the gang leader roared menacingly, "You've got some nerve, daring to talk to me like that. Looks like the lesson I gave you before wasn't deep enough. In that case, brothers, come and teach him a lesson."
With a loud shout, several thugs who had been squatting in front of the van, holding iron bars and wooden sticks, came over and surrounded Chen Yexi with ferocious smiles on their faces.
"You forced me to do this!" Surrounded, Chen Yexi showed no sign of panic, instead shouting loudly, "I originally wanted to live a good life, but you forced me to do this!"
After saying that, he suddenly let out a roar, and a dazzling white light flashed. Chen Yexi, who was standing in place, instantly transformed into the wolf form of Orphnoch.
Before the thugs could react, Chen Yexi extended a sharp wolf claw from her arm and plunged it into the thug leader's chest. The thug leader's face showed shock and pain before he collapsed helplessly to the ground.
The other thugs were terrified and didn't know what to do. They didn't care about anything else, they dropped their sticks and turned to run for their lives, shouting in terror as they ran, "Monster!"
But how could Chen Yexi let them go? He rushed forward and quickly dealt with the few thugs who were lagging behind.
However, the last thug also managed to sneak into the van and try to start the vehicle to escape, but he was not going to succeed. The wolf Orphnoch caught up with him at an astonishing speed and blocked the van's path.
Seeing that things were not going well, the thug hardened his heart and stepped on the gas, trying to break through the blockade. But the wolf Orphnoch reacted faster than him. He stood still, waved his left hand, and summoned a sharp spear out of thin air, then threw it into the driver's seat of the vehicle.
A dull thud was heard, and the thug was instantly impaled by the spear, pinned to his seat. The out-of-control vehicle crashed into the wall beside it before finally coming to a stop.
After deactivating her Orphnoch form, Chen Yexi stood motionless, staring at the devastated scene.
This was the first time he had witnessed a vibrant life slip away, and he had done it himself. His hands trembled slightly. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, then picked up the gang leader's money bag and turned to leave without hesitation.
Just over ten minutes after Chen Yexi left the scene, the thugs suddenly opened their eyes and stood up, a hint of doubt and fear flashing in their eyes.
However, before they could utter a sound, their bodies began to stiffen, their skin gradually lost its elasticity, and they eventually turned into a puddle of fine sand, scattered on the ground.
No thug at the scene could escape this bizarre turn of events; their lives were frozen at that moment.
Zhao Hong learned everything that happened in the suburban parking lot through Chen Yexi's perspective. The person killed by Orphnoch was also considered to have affected this world, so 900 energy points were fed back to the system panel.
Zhao Hong then realized that the more genetically modified organisms he edited, and the more people and events he affected, the easier it would be to obtain energy. It seemed he should add fuel to the fire to make it burn brighter and wider.
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Parking lots in the suburbs of Harbin, Shandong Province
After receiving a call from the parking lot manager, the local police department acted swiftly, dispatching a special criminal investigation team to the scene.
The team is led by the experienced captain Ma Mingzhe, along with two young and promising members, Zhao Kai and Liu Ming, and a female member, Chen Sisi, who is skilled in network technology.
At this moment, Captain Ma Mingzhe was sitting in the monitoring room, intently watching the images on the screen.
Meanwhile, Chen Sisi, a team member who had recently graduated from the academy, sat to the side. She was skilled in network technology and was nervously checking the surveillance videos around the parking lot.
Just then, two other team members, Zhao Kai and Liu Ming, entered the monitoring room. Zhao Kai spoke first, saying, "Team Leader Ma, we just asked the parking lot manager who called the police. He told us that because this is the suburbs, there are few people and vehicles, so there are no security guards. They usually only come to check the situation every two to three days."
Ma Mingzhe frowned slightly and asked, "So what about today? Why did you suddenly discover this van?"
Zhao Kai then replied, "According to the person in charge, they came to check this morning when it was time for the inspection and found that a van in the parking lot had been stuck in the wall."
They immediately ran over to check, only to find to their astonishment that the car contained only a set of clothes and a puddle of sand. They then discovered similar clothes and sand in the parking lot, but found no one else. Terrified, they ran out and immediately called the police.
Ma Mingzhe was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "Okay, let's go to the scene and take a look. Sisi, continue to check the surrounding surveillance footage."
After saying that, he led his team out of the monitoring room and headed towards the parking lot.
Inside the parking lot, a cordon was set up, and patrols surrounded the area. Ma Chao and his men quickly walked over.
When they arrived at the scene, the forensic doctor was squatting on the ground, carefully examining the strange sand. The horse team stepped forward and asked, "Any findings?"
Upon seeing that it was Ma Mingzhe, the forensic doctor stood up and said in surprise, "Captain Ma, our preliminary tests show that the data of this sand matches that of human ashes, but we are not quite sure what turned them into this sand-like substance. We can only take them back and analyze them with more sophisticated instruments."
The horseman frowned and muttered to himself, "Human ashes... how is that possible?"
Just then, a shout came from afar. The horse team turned around and saw Chen Sisi rushing towards them, shouting as she ran, "Horse team leader, come quick! I've made a major discovery on the surveillance video!"
Ma Dui's heart tightened, and he immediately ran towards Chen Sisi, with the others following suit.
Chen Sisi led Ma into the monitoring room, panting, and said, "Ma, I just checked the surveillance footage near the parking lot, and I found some anomalies in the surveillance footage of a construction site not far from the parking lot."