Chapter 229: Encountering Hua Xi and Dr. Li Again
Inside City B
After Tu You entered City B stealthily, he headed straight for the Research Institute.
“Are you saying Li Yue lied? We can’t find any gold ore in the wilderness at all. Has the memory extractor from Imperial Capital Star been delivered yet?”
“It’s a long distance from Imperial Capital Star to Guang Star. They just went back, how could it be so fast? By the way, have those who escaped from City A been caught?”
“No, but I heard most of them died in the wilderness. It’s too tragic.”
The speaker’s tone carried a sense of “once the rabbit is dead, the hunter is cooked.” As soon as he said this, the people around him immediately became panicked. He looked around: “Keep your voice down. If anyone hears you, neither of us will survive.”
“I know, it’s just you and me here. I just hope Li Yue doesn’t say anything. That way, we won’t find gold, and we won’t end up like City A.”
“Let’s hope so.”
Tu You, listening from the side, heard everything clearly. He now suspected that the Li Yue the two men were talking about was the same Dr. Li from City A.
Following the two men into the prison cell, Tu You discovered it was indeed her.
Dr. Li’s beautiful silver hair was messily spread out. Her once lovely face was full of exhaustion, her complexion as pale as paper, and her lips were bloodless.
Beside her was Hua Xi, the former receptionist from the mercenary building.
Dr. Li looked at the two people walking towards the prison cell and said weakly and helplessly, “I’ve told you everything I know.”
“You said you found it in the Earth Dragon Nest. Many Earth Dragon Nests have been turned upside down, and there’s nothing. Li Yue, it’s no use hiding it now. Once the memory extractor from Imperial Capital Star arrives, you won’t be able to hide anything. You might as well confess now, at least you won’t be tortured.”
Hua Xi flinched when she heard the word “tortured,” her voice trembling: “But we’ve told you everything we know. Even with a memory extractor, you can’t fabricate facts out of thin air.”
She trembled uncontrollably with fear. Li Yue patted her shoulder. Hua Xi, like a startled bird, threw herself into Li Yue’s arms, hugging her tightly.
The people outside the cell, seeing them like this, felt a pang of reluctance but still opened the door, holding two black stones in their hands. Li Yue and Hua Xi’s faces changed drastically when they saw them.
Just then, Tu You suddenly appeared and swiftly struck them from behind with a hand chop. Seeing the unconscious people, Li Yue and Hua Xi held onto each other and retreated.
“Who are you?”
Li Yue’s voice was weak and cold. Tu You took out two cards and handed them over: “I was sent by Sang Chu. If you want to leave, drip your blood on the cards, and I’ll take you out. If you don’t want to go with me, that’s fine too. I can escort you out of this research institute, but I can’t do anything else.”
He sensed an unpleasant aura from the black stones, which was why he acted rashly. Now, it was impossible for him to take two people out of the city.
He could only hope they would willingly become Card Slaves. It would be better for everyone.
Li Yue and Hua Xi clearly didn’t believe Tu You’s words.
Hua Xi: “Are you from Imperial Capital Star? You really stop at nothing for gold. This gold was all found in the wilderness. We’ve already given you some of it, but you still don’t believe us. What can we do!”
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, but she still refused to yield.
Li Yue: “Sang Chu was indeed the first to discover the gold, but she gave all the gold she obtained to me, and it’s all in the laboratory. Didn’t you take it all? After Sang Chu gave me the gold, she left City A. I don’t know where she went. You don’t need to test us like this. Is this thing the memory extractor they were talking about? As long as I drip blood on it, you won’t trouble us anymore!”
She didn’t know who the person in front of her was, but if using the memory extractor couldn’t be avoided, then there was nothing she could do.
She could only apologize to Sang Chu. She had concealed the fact that Sang Chu had energy within her. She hoped that the people from Imperial Capital Star hadn’t found Sang Chu after all this time, and she hoped she wouldn’t be found later.
It was all her fault for trusting the so-called Research Institute too much. She had wholeheartedly wanted to invent things beneficial to humanity so that everyone wouldn’t be controlled by monsters. But she never expected that the people in charge didn’t think that way at all. They didn’t care if the people of Guang Star lived or died; they only cared about where this special substance came from and if there was any more of it, nothing else.
Tu You looked at the two of them, who seemed ready to die, and suddenly laughed: “Yes, just drip blood on it. Do it yourself, don’t make me.”
Li Yue glared at Tu You through gritted teeth. Her body was too weak, and she was completely unable to resist now. But as long as she wasn’t subjected to the strong electric shock of the black water stone, she would have time to buffer. If she could just have some rest, she was sure she could find a way to escape this hellhole!
“Okay.”
Hua Xi looked at Li Yue biting her finger and quickly hugged her hand: “Doctor?”
“Don’t worry.”
Seeing what Li Yue wanted to say in her eyes, Hua Xi calmed down. She nodded, picked up the other card, and dripped blood on it.
The two of them instantly vanished. The cards flew into Tu You’s hands. Noisy sounds came from outside the door. Tu You immediately turned into a rabbit and became invisible.
But unexpectedly, as he prepared to leave the prison cell, electric nets suddenly lit up all around him!
Tu You quickly sent a message to Sang Chu: 【A Chu, something’s happened on my end. I didn’t have time to tell you earlier. I found Hua Xi and Dr. Li in the research institute’s prison cells. I turned them into cards and was preparing to take them out, but now the research institute’s defense system has been activated, and there are electric nets everywhere. I can’t get out. Open the Jade Bracelet Space, and I’ll enter it directly.】
Sang Chu was stunned for a moment, then immediately opened the Jade Bracelet Space.
As soon as Tu You sensed Sang Chu’s space opening, he instantly entered Sang Chu’s Jade Bracelet Space from the research institute.
Then, he appeared before Sang Chu with the cards of Dr. Li and the others.
“Whoa, that scared me to death. These electric nets are my weakness. I didn’t expect the electric nets in the Monster Transformation World to actually store lightning and then use it. They’re crazy!”
Listening to Tu You’s complaints, Sang Chu thought of the strange stones in the Monster Transformation World: “What now? Are you going in again?”
“Of course. They don’t know I’m out. But these two still think I’m from Imperial Capital Star. Here, you deal with them. I’m going back to City B to get something. I’ll steal everything from their laboratory and then leave quickly.”
“Okay, be careful yourself.”
Sang Chu took the cards and instructed Tu You, but he just nodded and instantly flew away again.
When Hua Xi and Dr. Li were released, they were still a bit confused. They hadn’t believed what that man said before, but after entering the card space, they had no choice but to believe.
Now, looking at Sang Chu, they could clearly feel a sense of subservience towards them.
Dr. Li unconsciously said, “Master.”
