Five minutes ago.
In the night, a business sedan, two armored off-road vehicles that had been modified stopped on the road outside the Medical College.
Several people got off the cars.
The two who got off the business car were wearing black paranormal combat uniforms, and the seven or eight people who got off the armored off-road vehicles behind were wearing camouflage combat uniforms, bulletproof vests, and holding various short and long weapons.
This group of people looked ferocious, although their heights varied, they all exuded a strong aura of brutality.
The two wearing combat uniforms beckoned to the people behind them. One of them came up and said, "There are senior management personnel in the organization who were killed by the traitor Xiao Wu. Now the traitor has escaped and his whereabouts are unknown for the time being."
"But the organization has found out that whether it was Zhang San before or Xiao Wu, including Iron Hand who is missing, they have all been to Yuncheng!"
"And the biggest suspicion is that the abandoned clinic in this medical school is where Zhang San and Xiao Wu suddenly became stronger. Tonight, our mission is to secretly investigate the clinic in this abandoned medical school!"
"Listen to my orders below, everyone ready!"
Slap!
All the armed men stood at attention on the spot, with their right fists held horizontally in front of them. This was the unique salute of the Black Fire Mercenary Company.
The two wearing black combat uniforms took out an IPD that displayed the floor plan of the abandoned medical school. One of them said, "The clinic is in the administration building of the original medical school. You guys start searching the areas around the main building, don't miss any useful information!"
"If you encounter someone, just kill them casually. These quack doctors in this broken place, just kill them, there will be no trouble!"
"Yang Hu and I, the two paranormals, will enter the interior of the clinic to investigate. The investigation time is temporarily set at half an hour. If there is no abnormality, there is no need to report back. Assemble outside the main building and retreat together!"
Slap!
All the armed men lowered their fists at the same time. Taking advantage of the night, they approached the abandoned medical school.
After these people left, the two who wore black combat uniforms did not hurry to move, but lit up cigarettes on the spot.
The paranormal named Yang Hu looked at the medical school under the night sky, scoffed and said, "What was the top brass thinking? This goddamn place in the middle of nowhere, do you really think a doctor capable of making paranormals stronger would be willing to stay in this broken place?"
The other flicked his cigarette and waved his hand, "It's just suspicion. I heard Old Liu say they found out already, it's related to something from Tianyu in District 25. We're here just to dispel the boss's doubts, it's just a formality."
Yang Hu's eyes suddenly widened, "Damn, Tianyu Group really developed technology to quickly strengthen martial artists in a short time?! This is big news!"
"You're right, but Tianyu doesn't admit it now. The top brass is preparing to put pressure on Tianyu by partnering with several other forces. Alright, let's get to work. Even if it's just a formality, we still have to go back with something to report!"
"Let's go!"
...
It was exceptionally quiet under the night sky of the medical school. Being abandoned for many years, in many places the weeds had grown to be over one meter tall.
The eight armed men responsible for probing the surroundings of the clinic and the interior of the medical school were divided into two groups of four people, entering the medical school from two different directions.
The first group went straight to the back of the main building where Lu Yuan's clinic was located, while the second group slowly approached from the front.
As the first group of four people had just circled around the edge of the main building, the leading mercenary suddenly raised his right hand clenched in a fist.
Instantly, this team of four immediately crouched on the ground and were vigilant of their surroundings.
The leader carefully observed the surroundings, and after confirming that there were no suspicious movements other than the night wind and insect calls nearby, he quietly took out a sleeve camera and pressed the shutter at the claw prints on the ground.
Behind the leader, the second mercenary frowned and said, "These claw prints look like a swamp crocodile? But it's too big!"
"It's a swamp crocodile king..."
Looking at the open space behind the main building, and the swaying weeds in the night breeze, the leader said softly into the walkie-talkie on his collar, "Group two, be careful, there may be mutant beasts here."
"Received."
The first group continued forward.
Soon, they came to the warehouse behind the main building, which was also the entrance to Lu Yuan's special elevator.
The door of the warehouse was not locked. The leader gently and quietly pushed open the door, then took up arms to cover the second member as he entered through the door.
It was pitch black inside the door, and the second member was about to turn on the flashlight on his helmet and weapon, when the third member behind him patted him. The second understood, and gave up on turning on the flashlight.
The warehouse covered an area of hundreds of square meters, and it was still unknown if anyone was inside. If there was someone inside, turning on the flashlight rashly would only alert the other party.
The group of four waited for a while until their eyes adjusted to the darkness. The second entered first, followed by the leader, the third, and these three had their hands on the shoulders of the person in front. The last member, the fourth, had his back against the third, carefully guarding the direction behind while moving backwards.
The four advanced with extremely careful movements, barely making a sound.
Soon, the second member discovered the over 100 square meters large custom elevator.
The second looked back at the leader, and their eyes met in the darkness. The leader slowly nodded.
The second went up and pressed the elevator button. The leader and the third stood guard to the left and right, while the fourth guarded their rear.
Just as the third member was about to follow them into the elevator after backing out a step, the door of the special elevator closed at that moment!
The elevator door was very large and did not close quickly, but the third member seemed to not have heard the leader's soft voice saying, "Third, get in." He remained motionless where he stood!
The three people inside the elevator immediately realized something was wrong. The second hurriedly pressed the elevator door open button, but this press made the closing speed of the elevator door even faster!
"Third!"
The leader suddenly cried out in shock. The second stretched out his hand to stop the closing elevator door, but unlike ordinary elevator doors which would reopen upon obstruction, this door kept squeezing against the obstruction!
"Be careful!"
The leader hurriedly wedged his rifle between the door panels to buy some time for the second member, who then withdrew his arm in shock!
Crack, crack—
A series of metallic breaking sounds rang out as the elevator door snapped the leader's rifle completely shut. The elevator started descending.
The leader finally realized something was wrong. He immediately said into his walkie-talkie, "Group one discovered abnormalities! Requesting backup! Requesting backup!"
"Leader..."
Right after the leader spoke, the second beside him hesitated as if he wanted to say something.
"What?"
The second had a strange look on his face and said, "When you notified group two that we entered the elevator earlier, it seems group two did not respond..."
In an instant, the leader's expression drastically changed.
In the warehouse, outside the elevator compartment.
The third member maintained his previous stance of vigilance, motionless, with a sharp dagger stuck in his throat.
Outside the warehouse, group two, who had searched the front of the main building, had circled around to the back of the main building from the other side. As they passed the main building, a night breeze blew by.
Whoosh—
At this time, the leader of group two suddenly sniffed, and his expression drastically changed. In a low voice he said, "I smell blood! Follow me!"
Then, group two followed the smell of blood in the wind all the way forward until they reached the spot where the first group had stopped to take photos earlier.
In the nearby bushes, the third member of group two found a corpse. Pulling it out, it was the fourth member of group one.
The back of his neck was pierced by a shining surgical knife.
So then, the problem arose: who was Suspect No. 4, who took the elevator down with Suspects No. 1 and No. 2?
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
