In terms of combat power, Ning Qingcheng was still the stronger one.
But when it came to clearing out fodder enemies, Chu Miaomiao’s setup was more effective.
After dealing with the shattered warriors, Chu Miaomiao pressed the button again.
The Gatling gun continued firing, rapidly mowing down the remaining warriors. For a while, no more warriors or defensive mechanisms emerged.
A moment later, the passageway was empty.
Chu Miaomiao dismissed the Gatling gun, twirling the divine brush around her fingers as she looked up at Jiang Yunlu and Xie Yuling.
“You two are just as useless as ever.”
She paused, her face full of disdain.
“Can’t you do anything useful for Brother Mo?”
The moment those words came out, the air fell silent for half a beat.
Good.
She was pulling aggro with remarkable consistency.
Jiang Yunlu rose from the ground, dusted off her clothes, and stared at Chu Miaomiao for several seconds.
“You’re not all that useful yourself.”
Chu Miaomiao looked at her provocatively.
Jiang Yunlu continued, “You can only stay out for an hour. Once the time is up, you won’t even be qualified to watch what happens next. Besides, you’re only strong now because you borrowed the divine brush Lin Mo gave you. Even if you weren’t here, Miaomiao could use it too.”
That hit the mark.
Xie Yuling got to her feet as well, but she did not speak immediately. Her divine sense swept over Chu Miaomiao, focusing on the fluctuations of her spiritual energy.
This second personality of Chu Miaomiao possessed far more active spiritual power and a stronger aggressive streak, but she was still fundamentally within the bounds of Chu Miaomiao herself. There were no signs that she had separated from the body, nor that some external evil had taken possession of it.
That reassured Xie Yuling somewhat.
Of course, Xie Yuling was not yet strong enough to see through the soul itself. Otherwise, she would have been able to clearly see that Chu Miaomiao still had a firm grip on this personality.
Chu Miaomiao spun the divine brush around her fingers and gave an infuriatingly smug smile.
“Is that so? But this brush was a gift from Brother Mo.”
She held the brush out in front of her.
“Why don’t you try taking it from me? If you can, I’ll give it to you.”
Hajimi, in its aged form, had already moved to her side. Its enormous body blocked half the corridor, and a low rumble rose from its throat.
It looked fiercely protective of its master.
Jiang Yunlu rolled her wrists. She was genuinely tempted to make a move.
She glanced at Xie Yuling.
If Xie Yuling cooperated, two against one—they might not have no chance.
Xie Yuling did not return the look.
She disliked Chu Miaomiao’s second personality, but not enough to actually start fighting in a place like this.
Besides, she knew Lin Mo would never truly let them fight. Since that was the case, there was no point in doing so.
Just as the three of them were at an impasse, Chu Miaomiao suddenly raised her hand and slapped herself.
Smack!
The sound was sharp and crisp.
Jiang Yunlu froze.
Xie Yuling had not expected her to pull something like that either.
The arrogance in Chu Miaomiao’s eyes quickly faded. Her whole body shrank back slightly, her fingers clutching the hem of her clothes as she stood there with her head lowered.
The timid, submissive Chu Miaomiao had returned.
The breath Jiang Yunlu had been holding finally eased out.
Now, it was hard to scold her.
Chu Miaomiao pressed her lips together and said softly, “I’m sorry. I only let her out because I saw you two fighting so hard.”
After saying that, she furtively glanced at Jiang Yunlu.
She looked rather pitiful.
Jiang Yunlu had still had several sarcastic remarks lodged in her throat, but now she simply could not bring herself to say them.
She could only wave a hand.
“Fine, fine. I’m not blaming you.”
Xie Yuling stepped forward and checked again with her divine sense. Only after confirming that Chu Miaomiao had returned to normal did she say, “It’s fine. But try not to let her out so often in the future.”
Chu Miaomiao nodded.
Xie Yuling added, “She’s too irritating.”
Xie Yuling still disliked Chu Miaomiao’s second personality. She was far too flamboyant and utterly careless with her words.
Or, to put it another way, she had a filthy mouth.
Jiang Yunlu immediately chimed in, “Not irritating. She deserves a beating.”
Chu Miaomiao lowered her head even further.
Hajimi turned to look at her, its tail swaying as if it were deciding whether to stand up for her.
Jiang Yunlu shot it a glance. “You’re annoying too. You were awfully serious about protecting her just now.”
Hajimi turned its head back, pretending not to hear. I’m just an ordinary old Hajimi!
At that moment, the baleful energy within the laboratory subsided.
Lin Mo emerged from inside, holding the Human Emperor Banner in his hand.
The Human Emperor Banner was darker than before. Baleful energy churned across its surface, compressed within it. After layer upon layer of refinement, it should improve considerably.
It looked like it could keep carrying.
Lin Mo looked at Chu Miaomiao.
Her split soul’s personality was the complete opposite of the original: one soft and timid, the other brash and domineering.
But if Chu Miaomiao could control the other one—letting her out when appropriate and reining her in when not—then this would make for an excellent trump card.
Especially when it came to clearing out lesser enemies, her efficiency was extremely high.
Lin Mo did not say much. He only said, “Don’t be so insecure. This is your talent.”
Chu Miaomiao nodded, then shook her head.
“I can let her come out, and I can make her go back. But once she comes out, she says all sorts of things.”
Jiang Yunlu protested from the side, “That’s not all she does.”
Chu Miaomiao shrank her neck back.
Lin Mo glanced at Jiang Yunlu.
Jiang Yunlu immediately swallowed the rest of her words.
Lin Mo reassured her, “Although that split soul is a little arrogant, she won’t hurt any of you. After all, Miaomiao has control the entire time.”
The two women knew that as well. After all, the second personality had saved them once before.
They simply could not stand her attitude.
Chu Miaomiao nodded lightly.
“Let’s go. Further in.”
Lin Mo took a step toward the depths of the passageway.
“Let’s see what other tricks the Nine Chrysanthemum School has left for us.”
The laboratory retained its old layout: iron doors, tiled walls, drainage ditches, and numbered markings on the walls that had already begun to peel away.
But the documents, experimental records, and various materials inside had long since been removed.
Their withdrawal back then had been hasty, but they had not been foolish.
Every piece of material that could be taken had been sent back to Japan. What remained was nothing more than worthless papers and empty shells meant to mislead others.
Liu Zheng, following behind them, suddenly spoke.
“Harbin’s Unit 731 is widely known, but there was also Tianjing’s North Branch Unit 1855, Jinling’s Unit 1644, Xidu’s Kanto Unit 100, and finally Yangcheng’s Unit 8604.”
Everyone except Lin Mo turned to look at him.
“The main headquarters of Unit 8604 was not originally here. According to the records, its public operational area should not have extended this deep into an underground structure.”
Wang Xincheng frowned. “So this place isn’t in the public records?”
“That’s right,” Liu Zheng said. “This is more like the part they truly wanted to hide.”
Several clues quickly connected.
Unit 8604 had established two bases in Yangcheng.
One was its public headquarters, a facility that used refugees for plague-bacteria experiments.
The other was this laboratory, buried deep underground.
Because the various biological warfare units were located far apart and communication was inconvenient, it was not unusual for several bases to be working on the same research project.
But this location was far too unusual. It was clearly more than a simple bacteriological experiment site.
What they had set their sights on was, naturally, the dragon vein.
Perhaps stealing it had proven impossible, so the Nine Chrysanthemum School had placed a seal here and sown corruption into the site, allowing it to accumulate day after day until it became a terror capable of bringing disaster upon an entire region.
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
lan, the Luo family, tracked him down - along with the babies in their arms. Mo Xuan stared pensively at the paternity test results from over a dozen top institutions, both domestic and international, showing a 99.99% match between himself and the two baby girls. At 23, Mo Xuan, a doctoral student, had become the father of two three-year-old children. The kicker? The mothers weren't even the same person! He gradually realized he was being lured step by step into an elaborate trap designed by these two yandere sisters. "Be good, little Xuan. Sister's life belongs to you entirely." "Brother, if you try to run away, I'll have no choice but to tie you up." Mo Xuan: "Do whatever you want, ladies. I give up."
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
