(Outskirts of Heurn Province)
(Hidden Location- Secret Military Complex)
Qin Lan slowly walked towards the building while keeping any eye out for any changes in her immediate surroundings.
Tension filled the air as no one dared to even make a single sound. The two teenage girls behind her were silent as they followed her lead.
The building in front of them was relatively undamaged but the key detail were the windows that were covered up by pieces of wood.
Clearly that meant that someone had been using the building as a base or at least as a form of shelter.
Was that person Subject 001?
It was impossible to say but there was a good chance that he was the only one inside the military complex…
Well except for her brother.
Qin Lan narrowed her eyes as she crept forward with her body almost like an arrow straining against the string of a bow.
At the first sign of trouble, she was prepared to leap forward and engage the enemy without even a second of hesitation.
The trio reached the entrance of the building just as the doors swung open and a man in a military uniform walked outside.
The man was incredibly handsome with light scars running along the side of his face. His eyes widened in shock and the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground.
Both sides froze for a moment as they were unprepared for the sudden encounter.
Qin Lan felt a sharp burst of pain as an overwhelming sense of hatred rose up in her heart. She recognised that face…
She knew that man.
He was the one who killed her.
He was the one who burned her alive with his lightning ability.
Qin Lan's chest got hotter as the black mental threads in her mind unconsciously shot towards the man.
"What the hell…what are you doing… ARGHHH!" the man's voice was cut off as he grabbed his head and screeched in pain.
Qin Lan was so overwhelmed by the feelings of the original Qin Lan that she no longer cared about making noise.
She just wanted to hurt the man who had hurt her.
"Break," Qin Lan coldly spoke as her mental threads burrowed into the man's mind and began to destroy his psyche from the inside.
Wu Jing narrowed his eyes in pain as he felt as head throb as if it was going to explode. He stretched out his palm and lightning crackled along his fingertips.
"You… bitch…" Wu Jing growled darkly.
Qin Lan regained a bit of her sanity and grabbed Liu Yifei and Gong Li before throwing herself and the two girls to the ground.
A bright flash erupted from the man's fingertips and thick bolts of lightning shot forward towards where they had just been standing.
The lightning travelled unhindered and crashed against a nearby building which immediately crumbled into pieces.
"Break… break… BREAK!" Qin Lan screamed loudly as she focused on the intense feeling of heat that was spreading from her chest.
The man in the military uniform collapsed on the ground and began to convulse as his strong mind fought desperately not be reduced to a mere puppet.
"Sister Lan… Sister Lan!" a concerned voice shouted in her ear. Qin Lan turned in the direction of the voice and saw…
Her.
The one who was standing next to the man. She was also responsible for her death… she needed to die as well…
No… no… what are you doing?
Qin Lan hissed in pain as she intentionally dug her fingernails so deeply into the flesh of her knee that blood ran down her legs.
The sudden burst of pain was enough to clear the mental fog that was beginning to cloud her thoughts and judgement.
"Sorry… I… we have to leave now…" Qin Lan whispered softly as she grabbed the two girls and prepared to run away.
"Leaving so soon sister?" a cold voice echoed through the open field as a young handsome teenager stepped out of the building.
"I must say that this is quite the surprise…" Qin Wei gently whispered as he glanced at the man on the ground and an expression of disgust flashed across his face.
Wu Jing looked up at the boy who had saved his life and desperately hoped that once again he would be rescued for a second time.
What he did not know was that although Subject 001's cold rational side would have helped him…
Qin Wei was the one in control and there was only one thought in his mind.
This ex-soldier was useless trash…
Qin Wei knelt down next to the former soldier and without hesitation he punched forward.
Wu Jing's eyes widened in shock as if he could not believe what had just happened.
The young teenager's fist penetrated Wu Jing's ribcage and his fingers groped around the insides of the man's body until he finally located the heart.
Qin Wei withdrew his palm that was now holding a still beating heart and within full view of the three young women, he swallowed it whole.
He got up from the ground and smiled with a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes.
"Brother… what… what did Subject 001 do to you?" Qin Lan asked in shock as she stepped forward.
She played the part of a concerned older sister to perfection. For a moment even Liu Yifei and Gong Li were fooled by her act.
Qin Lan placed a hand on her forehead and pretended to be in shock over the sudden turn of events.
She focused on the mental thread that connected to the puppet next to Eve and calmly whispered an order through the link.
(Eve… come here… RIGHT NOW!)
"What did he do to me? WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!" Qin Wei roared in rage as he stared at his sister with an expression of hatred.
"YOU ALLOWED THAT MONSTER TO KILL ME. YOU TOOK EVERYTHING FROM ME. IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU… I… I…"
Qin Wei grabbed his head in pain and a few moments later he raised his head once more but this time his expression was completely different.
The aura surrounded his body had changed and it was almost as if he had suddenly become a different person.
"I do apologise for the emotional outburst," Subject 001 calmly spoke as he glanced at the corpse of Wu Jing.
"You see the process where I combined my mind with your brother's body was a bit… unstable to say the least."
"I am not normally this… wait…"
Subject 001 sniffed the air as he detected a scent that was both familiar and strange.
His eyes turned completely pitch black and his fingernails extended outwards until they became sharpened claws.
His body increased in height and his frame became thin to the extent where his physique resembled that of a skeleton.
"Liu Yifei and Gong Li… RUN NOW!" Qin Lan yelled frantically as she took out her handgun and shot at the mutating body of her younger brother.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three bullets penetrated Subject 001's skull but the torn apart flesh immediately healed as if the wounds had never occurred.
Gong Li grabbed Liu Yifei's hand and dragged her away as they watched sister Lan take out a knife that was strapped to her hip and rush towards the monster.
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