Medical and Martial God

Chapter 263: Secret Laboratory

RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT...

Sixteen machine guns opened fire almost simultaneously.

The sixteen-man formation was meticulously structured: four lying prone in the front, four crouching behind them, another four in a half-crouch further back, and the last four standing at the rear. The machine guns all targeted different positions, their combined fire covering the entire interior of the elevator. There was nowhere for anyone inside to hide from the bullets.

This was the weakness of a War God. Once trapped in a confined space and subjected to a barrage of machine-gun fire, even a War God would be riddled with holes. After all, despite their immense strength, they were still flesh and blood.

However, despite the intense, concentrated fire from such a formation, the sixteen men couldn’t find Ye Xiu’s figure the moment they opened fire. That’s right. The sixteen men unleashed their fusillade, but all their bullets hit nothing. Ye Xiu had mysteriously vanished from inside the elevator!

"Where is he?" a Gunner asked, cautiously moving into the elevator. He looked up and was stunned.

In the top of the elevator was a circular hole, one meter in diameter.

"Strange, when did a hole get there?" the Gunner asked. The other Gunners crowded in to look up, all of them bewildered. They had ridden this elevator before but had never paid attention to the ceiling.

"I cut it," a mocking voice declared from above.

In the next moment, the Gunners inside saw a figure drop down headfirst. A sword flashed several times, and they all lost consciousness. The Gunners outside witnessed the scene and frantically raised their guns to shoot, but it was already too late.

Having dropped from the ceiling, Ye Xiu kicked off hard from the elevator floor, shooting out like an arrow from a bow. The Dragon Sparrow Sword became a flash of deadly cold light, and in an instant, all the Gunners outside lay dead.

Ye Xiu landed gracefully, a wave of lingering fear washing over him. That was too close! It almost scared me to death! Even my body couldn’t have withstood so many bullets. Thank goodness the Dragon Sparrow Sword is so sharp. At the critical moment, I jumped up, carved a hole, and got on top of the elevator to escape the barrage.

Pulling himself together, Ye Xiu entered the fifth-level underground laboratory, sword in hand. The moment he stepped inside, a pungent mixture of formaldehyde and disinfectant assaulted his nostrils. The sight that followed left him utterly shocked.

"Who are you?" a person in a white lab coat and mask asked as they approached.

"Is this a live human experimentation laboratory?" Ye Xiu asked coldly, pointing his sword at the person.

The man’s face changed dramatically. "Who are you? Do you realize where you are? This is the Shen Family’s laboratory! Do you have a death wish?"

SWISH!

Ye Xiu’s sword flashed, severing the man’s right arm. "Answer my question."

"Ah...!" the man screamed in agony, hastily replying through his terror, "Yes, yes, yes, this is a live human experimentation laboratory."

"Where do all these human test subjects and infants come from?" Ye Xiu demanded.

"The Shen Family controls several human trafficking organizations. These test subjects are all brought in by the traffickers..."

Before he could finish, the Dragon Sparrow Sword pierced his heart.

"You bunch of scum!" A towering rage assaulted Ye Xiu’s nerves and sanity, his eyes gradually turning red.

The Shen Family is despicable; they deserve to die! And these researchers in the laboratory deserve death just as much! Every single test subject here might represent a shattered family. Especially the infants and young children... I can’t even imagine the crushing despair their parents must be feeling right now.

Of course, Ye Xiu could empathize with how the test subjects felt. After all, he had experienced it himself.

Ten years ago, when he was smuggled out of the country, the snakehead turned out to be a human trafficker who sold him to the Xipoloya training camp in the City of Asura. There, he endured an ordeal ten times more painful and miserable than what he had suffered in Jin Ye City. It was hell on earth. A fate worse than death.

As a result, he had slaughtered the entire Xipoloya training camp and the organization behind it, rescuing everyone who had been trafficked there. Among them were Gong Jin, Mo Luo, Leng Yue, and every member of the Blood Cloth Guards. These people were so loyal to Ye Xiu because he had saved all their lives and taught them everything they knew.

"Die, all of you!" Ye Xiu could no longer suppress the killing intent in his chest. The Dragon Sparrow Sword transformed into the Life-taking Demon Sword as he began a massacre of everyone in the fifth-level underground laboratory.

...

"Bastard, bastard..."

In his study, Shen Songshan roared in fury at the surveillance footage on his computer screen, which displayed the very scene of Ye Xiu’s massacre.

"It’s over. The laboratory is completely finished." Amid his fury, Shen Songshan’s heart bled with regret. He had invested so much in the laboratory over the past thirty years, and now it had all turned to dust.

Taking a deep breath to calm the inferno in his heart, Shen Songshan put on a Black Cloak and initiated a video call with the Dragon Lord. Soon, the computer screen showed the Dragon Lord, also dressed in a Black Cloak and seated in darkness.

"What’s the matter, calling me in the middle of the night?" the Dragon Lord asked.

"Three things," Shen Songshan said gravely. "First, the Lian family has been destroyed. Qingfeng Road, and indeed the entire Qi Yun Dao, is about to face a major reshuffle.

"Second, the laboratory has been destroyed..."

At this, the Dragon Lord exclaimed, "The laboratory was destroyed? Who did it?"

"A young man with the strength of a Great Grandmaster, but I don’t know his name or background," Shen Songshan replied.

The Dragon Lord grew furious. "What is wrong with your Shen Family? You let a mere Great Grandmaster breach the laboratory’s defenses?"

Shen Songshan explained, "During the battle between the Shen and Lian families, a masked woman in black appeared whose power surpassed that of a War God. The man who destroyed the laboratory lured that woman to its location, tying up Shen Qilin and all of our War Gods and Great Grandmasters..."

"Send me the surveillance footage of the youth and the masked woman in black," the Dragon Lord commanded. "I’ll help you identify them."

"Alright!"

Shen Songshan quickly took screenshots from the surveillance footage, ready to send them.

Just then, the computer screen went black, replaced by a blood-red skull. A rough yet flirtatious man’s voice echoed from the speakers, "Hey there, handsome. Looking for a good time? 300 a session, 1,000 for the whole night."

Shen Songshan’s face paled. Had his computer been hacked?