Chapter 120: A Further Scheme: Luring the Prey into the Trap

Countless people witnessed this scene with their own eyes, their eyes widening in shock. One timid young woman even fainted with a piercing scream.

Murder! Beheading someone in public!

The perpetrator wore no dragon armor, just ordinary clothes. He looked like a handsome man, with nothing unusual about him except for a blood-red mark on his forehead. Yet, this seemingly refined person had just decapitated three people in a row.

Li Changsheng had already rendezvoused with his security chief. A group of seven or eight of them also witnessed this scene. The stark contrast between the man’s refined appearance and his brutal methods left them all trembling in fear.

Li Changsheng gave the order: "Everyone, run!"

As the order was issued, the entire Changsheng industrial park erupted into chaos in every direction.

"Little Bubble," unwilling to be captured, launched a desperate attack. All the "Hidden Dragons" of the Hidden Dragon Task Force charged as well. A combat scene that was almost impossible to see in the secular world unfolded before countless eyes. It was intense, cruel, and every strike and evasion seemed beyond the capabilities of ordinary mortals.

Li Changsheng’s eyelid kept twitching as he scanned the entire facility. This was the foundation he had painstakingly built for decades; today, it was all ruined! Ruined! Beyond saving!

"Lin Xiaosu! Hidden Dragon..." Li Changsheng gritted his teeth. "Retreat!"

With the command, he took his eight confidants and rushed through a door ahead. There was more to this door than met the eye.

Just as they rushed through, a roar came from behind: "You think you can leave!"

Two Hidden Dragon operatives caught up with incredible speed. Among the eight confidants, two turned to fight back. They were no ordinary genetically modified humans, and for a moment, even the two Hidden Dragon warriors could not break through.

With a loud boom, a large hole was torn through the corridor wall. A mechanical spider lunged with razor-sharp claws. The security chief swung his blade, a cold glint flashed, and he severed one of the spider's claws. Amidst the swirling dust, Li Changsheng crossed the final threshold.

There, a flying car waited. It looked ordinary, but how could its technological sophistication be anything but extraordinary? As soon as it started, its initial acceleration would definitely be enough to pierce through the protective net above.

Li Changsheng stepped onto the flying car, and the ceiling above abruptly opened, revealing the azure sky...

"Go! Hurry!" Li Changsheng shouted.

In the driver's seat ahead, his true confidant, Li San, slowly turned his head. As he turned, he was unmistakably Li San. But then, as if a breeze had passed, Li San’s face changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, Li San was gone, and the person in the driver's seat had transformed into an unparalleled beauty.

Her hair was light blue, her eyes were light blue, and combined with skin as white as jade, it created an aesthetic that was both eerily and alluringly extreme.

"Li Changsheng, it is no injustice to fall by my hand!" the beauty smiled slightly. "Because my name is... Blue Demon!"

*Swoosh!*

The dagger in the security chief's hand pierced the air, striking toward Blue Demon. This dagger was a state-of-the-art alloy combat blade that had just demonstrated its power to slice through metal and jade by severing the mechanical spider's leg.

As it struck toward Blue Demon’s delicate face, one of her fingers suddenly appeared directly in front of the dagger.

*Tap!*

The security chief let out a loud cry, crashed out of the car door, and collapsed into a limp heap upon landing, his face twitching in extreme agony.

"You probably haven't encountered my level yet!" Blue Demon lazily stretched, her fingers brushing lightly through her blue hair, and a ring of strange light shot out from her fingertips.

The last four people beside Li Changsheng all fell backward at the same time. Li Changsheng stared at her, stunned: "An Awakened..."

"Indeed!" Blue Demon reached out, her hand landing on his neck.

In the next moment, she ascended into the sky on the flying car without any external support, holding Li Changsheng in her hand. Even though the genetically modified humans below noticed this scene, they could not capture the trajectory of her movements.

A moment later, she appeared in the most intense area of the battle at the Changsheng industrial park. A blue shadow flashed, and three genetically modified humans fell straight down. She stood on the roof, looking down at Changsheng...

On the east side, the young man with the blood mark on his forehead stood guard. On the west side, Blue Demon stood guard. With these two present, the genetically modified humans of the Changsheng Group were as if cursed, left only to lament their misfortune.

Yes, they could never have imagined that the deployment of a Hidden Dragon combat order would be accompanied by two Awakened. What did being an Awakened mean? To put it this way: for genetically modified humans facing ordinary people, it was a dimensional strike. For Awakened facing genetically modified humans, it was also a dimensional strike. They truly could not understand why the Hidden Dragons would descend to such a level today.

That was on the surface. The outcome of the battle was already decided; it was merely a matter of time.

What about underground? The battle there had already ended.

Lin Xiaosu and his two companions had fought their way through the tunnel of exotic creatures and arrived at a secret space behind the laboratory. In this space of over a thousand square meters, there were hundreds of iron cages. One row had already been opened—the one that had attacked them.

There were four other rows that remained closed, and two people in white coats stood in front of the cages, their faces even paler than their clothes. They had received the chairman's orders to initiate this killing game, but the game had been cleared by the intruders, who were now standing right in front of them. What were they supposed to do next? There was no instruction manual.

*Swoosh!*

Two palms descended, striking their necks; they no longer had to worry.

Lin Xiaosu said: "There is a door here. You should leave this way!"

Number 88’s eyes flickered: "And you?"

"Don't you think we could make something happen in that office?"

The corners of Number 88’s mouth slowly curled up: "You want to use that special communication system to impersonate Li Changsheng and send them some instructions?"

Lin Xiaosu laughed: "Although those people aren't exactly big fish, they are still a harvest. With the opportunity at hand, casting a net is better than nothing."

Number 88 also laughed: "I’ve discovered that you’re born for this line of work! Let’s go together... Captain Shen!"

"Present!"

"You stay here and guard!"

"Yes!"

Lin Xiaosu and Number 88 returned to the original office, opened the communication program, and sent a message to dozens of people. The message was simple, only a dozen characters long—just a precise time and a precise location.

However, the selection of the addresses was highly strategic; they were tailored to each person's current location, and they had to be reachable before any other outside information could be received.

The messages were sent. All Number 88 had to do was ensure that there was a Hidden Dragon operative at every address. This was another stratagem, one called: "Inviting the target into the urn!"

With the bait cast, they returned the way they came, passed through the tunnel again, and rendezvoused with Shen Yinchuan. As the door opened, they found themselves in a laboratory. Regardless of anything else, they knocked out everyone inside. They opened the laboratory doors, allowing robots and Hidden Dragon warriors to enter and clean up the remnants.

Number 88 immediately transmitted the information he had just sent to the Hidden Dragon headquarters, turning it into that "big urn," waiting for the escaping fish to throw themselves into the net. Then, he had the time to watch the battle from the perspective of an observer.

Yes, the battle had basically subsided, with only sporadic fighting left. Lin Xiaosu’s gaze shifted back and forth between two people.

On the east side, by the lake, another genetically modified human tried to break through. When he made his move, the young man Lin Xiaosu was watching was still thirty meters away. But by the time the genetically modified human was three feet from the water's surface, the young man was already above his head.

As his toe touched down, it landed precisely on the genetically modified human's back, using the momentum to rise. The genetically modified human followed the movement of his toe and landed on the ground, motionless.

Lin Xiaosu’s "Heavenly Eye of Wisdom" could barely keep up with this speed. But the force behind that foot was unfathomable. If he had stomped a genetically modified human to death, that would be acceptable, but it was clear he hadn't just stomped him to death. The force in his foot seemed to be truly at his command—it could emit... and, surprisingly, it could also absorb!

This... this was definitely not a technique that could be achieved through genetic modification; this was Ancient Martial Arts!

As for the other person, the woman with light blue hair, she was even more bizarre. Her movement technique was impossible even for Lin Xiaosu to track. Her entire body seemed to be suffused with electricity; as long as her finger touched anyone, they would collapse.

Who were these people? Awakened?

Number 88’s eyes were also wide: "They actually deployed these two Great Buddhas?"

"Great Buddhas? Who are they?"

"This one is 'Blood Scar,' and that one is 'Blue Demon!'" Number 88 said.

"Blood Scar, Blue Demon... who are they?"

"Do you know the Eighteen Heavenly Kings of the Hidden Dragons?" A mysterious light gleamed in Number 88’s eyes.

The Eighteen Heavenly Kings! Lin Xiaosu’s heart pounded... These were the true aces of the Hidden Dragons. Thunder was one of the Eighteen Heavenly Kings, and he was the first among them. That these two were mentioned in the same breath as Thunder...

This was indeed unexpected. Even if the Changsheng Group was a branch of Hydra and possessed the foundation of genetic modification, its combat power was an unknown. But wasn't it a long-standing consensus that the Heavenly Kings were not easily deployed? Today, two Heavenly Kings had appeared at once—what merit did Li Changsheng have to deserve this?

*Swish!*

Suddenly, someone appeared in front of Lin Xiaosu. It was none other than Blood Scar, who had been hundreds of meters away just a moment ago.

Blood Scar’s long, narrow eyes stared at Lin Xiaosu: "You are Lin Xiaosu?" His voice also had a distinct, metallic quality.

"Yes!"

Blood Scar smiled faintly: "Originally, there was no need for Blue Demon and me to appear today, but we came anyway. We came for you."

"For me?"

"Yes, because I want to thank you in person!"

"Thank... for what?"

"For Number 65!" Blood Scar said. "Number 65 was my old comrade for many years. If you hadn't avenged him, I would have had to do it myself. But the Hidden Dragon mission list does not include revenge, so you have completed a task for me that I found inconvenient to handle."

After speaking, he disappeared again! Because another genetically modified human had shot into the sky and onto the roof ahead. A moment later, that genetically modified human was kicked down by him and landed, motionless.

Blood Scar’s hair fluttered slightly, revealing the blood-colored mark on his forehead.

Number 88 exhaled softly: "The following matters are not convenient for you to participate in... Captain Shen!"

"Present!"

Shen Yinchuan came up from the steps below. Although he was a captain of the criminal investigation department, the battle before him was a Hidden Dragon operation, so he had not intervened. He had even kept his distance from the conversations between Lin Xiaosu, Number 88, and Blood Scar.

Number 88 said: "Take Xiaosu back!"

"Yes!"

Captain Shen drove and took Lin Xiaosu out of the Changsheng Group...