Chapter 175: You’re So Ugly
Chapter 175: Chapter 175: You’re So Ugly
Kulundi, who was already suffering, had been forcing himself to hold on. That was, until Lin Jingjing accurately stated the name of his Young Master.
He flew into a frenzy.
Kulundi twisted into a monstrous form, something neither human nor ghoul. His hands morphed into claws, and his face became covered in the scales and brown fur of a mutant beast.
Drool streamed from his open mouth as he struggled frantically, trying to break free from the shackles binding his hands.
A low growl escaped his lips, his scarlet eyes fixed on Lin Jingjing as if he wanted to eat her alive.
Lin Jingjing stood and walked to the iron bars of his cell, the two of them facing each other. Seeing his intense reaction, she let out a small laugh.
"So you do know Huang Bo Lin."
"And Huang Bo Lin is the ’Young Master’ you all speak of?"
"I... don’t... know—" Kulundi was still trying to deny it, but his micro-expressions and raw emotion gave him away.
Kulundi and Huang Bo Lin did know each other.
"It’s alright. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know each other." Lin Jingjing smiled gently, but a hint of cruelty touched her expression. "I’ll just have to capture him and bring him back for a rigorous interrogation."
"By the time I’m finished with him, I’ll know for sure if you two are acquainted."
At her words, Kulundi flew into an even greater rage.
The iron chains CLANGED as he yanked them taut. Looking at his grotesque form, Lin Jingjing’s eyes filled with revulsion.
’She couldn’t understand why he would abandon his human form to become what he was now.’
Lin Jingjing withdrew her spiritual pressure, her face a mask of revulsion.
"You’re so ugly."
"You’re a monster, not even human."
"Monster."
"Mutant beasts are mindless. You can think. That makes you a monster."
Lin Jingjing’s words were intended to be psychologically devastating. What she didn’t know was that Kulundi’s greatest trigger was being called a monster.
Hearing this from Lin Jingjing, Kulundi completely snapped.
He let out a roar, saliva almost spraying onto Lin Jingjing’s face.
"I’m not—a monster—"
"Tch. You are a monster." Lin Jingjing retrieved a mirror from her Space Ring and shoved it in his face. "Take a look at yourself. If that’s not a monster, what is?"
He stared at his reflection. It was hideous. He looked like a mutant beast, but not quite—a twisted fusion of beast and man.
Sharp spines protruded from his back, tearing through his clothes. It wasn’t just his back, either—spines now grew from his arms and legs.
Kulundi’s uniform was in complete tatters.
He looked exactly like a monster.
Kulundi had never dared to look at himself in a mirror. To be confronted with his appearance so suddenly...
He completely broke down, roaring, "Take it away! Get it away from me!"
Just then, Mo Xuan came in from downstairs. He was visibly startled to see Kulundi’s current state.
"What happened to him?" Mo Xuan asked, walking closer and frowning as he studied Kulundi’s form.
"A test subject," Lin Jingjing replied, withdrawing the mirror. "I imagine Feng He will be very interested in him."
"We’ll request a transfer from Yun Yiyou later. Take him back for Feng He to study."
The two departed the sealed cell, leaving Kulundi inside, completely unhinged by the sight of his own reflection.
He had completely broken down, his drooling mouth shouting, "I’m not a monster, I’m not!"
"I’m not a monster!"
"I’ve just evolved."
It was as if Kulundi had found a rationalization to comfort himself, and he began to chant it over and over.
"This is just what evolution looks like."
"I am right."
「Elsewhere」
Lu Shaoyu had captured and brought everyone back.
The once-vacant prison cells were now full.
With the head of the weapons department arrested, the armaments that had been held up were immediately dispatched after the meeting.
Mecha, Single Pilot Mechas, robots, laser guns, cannons, sniper rifles...
A whole series of weapons arrived, and not just that—there were also spaceships and military cruisers.
Now that his soldiers were armed, Gu Kaiwen trained them with even greater enthusiasm.
After all, every one of these soldiers possessed powerful spiritual power; even the weakest among them was Grade B.
Over the past few days, Gu Kaiwen had been training them relentlessly, determined to forge them into an even more formidable force.
Meanwhile, Shi Feng buried himself in the Mecha Manufacturing Room, determined to first complete the Mecha he had been developing. He had been stuck on several steps, previously lacking the time to resolve the issues.
Now that he had the time, he intended to see its construction through to the very end.
Feng He was busy as well. She had enrolled in a training program at a prestigious hospital on the Capital Star and now left to study at dawn each day.
Everyone had their own duties to attend to, and they began to see each other less and less.
Lin Jingjing and Mo Xuan were occupied with the investigation, working from dawn till dusk and growing utterly exhausted.
And now, they had to investigate Huang Bo Lin.
’So busy.’
On the Capital Star, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, Huang Bo Lin’s villa occupied a staggering 200-mu estate.
The grounds contained gardens, a private hill, and even a small menagerie housing countless rare and precious animals.
The entire study was decorated in a minimalist style; simple, elegant, and bright.
Behind his desk was a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, while the walls to his left and right were lined with massive bookshelves.
The floors were hardwood, and the sunlight that streamed in gave the room an exceptionally warm and cozy feel.
"Kulundi was captured?" Huang Bo Lin was holding a calligraphy brush worth tens of millions of Star Coins. In front of him was a sheet of exceptionally expensive paper.
He was somewhat surprised to hear the news from his subordinate. But when the man reported a few more names, a grave expression settled over Huang Bo Lin’s handsome face.
He set down his brush and looked at the character he had just written. His gaze turned sharp.
"This Lin Jingjing... she’s really something else," Huang Bo Lin sneered.
’She destroyed both of my labs and exposed my secret plot to the public ahead of schedule.’
’They really are my bane, aren’t they?’
’I haven’t even been on the Capital Star for half a month, and they’ve already cost me so many of my best people.’
’I really underestimated them.’
’Their knack for sniffing out information is unparalleled.’
"We need to lay low for a while. Tell our people to be clean, leave no traces for her to find."
Huang Bo Lin thought for a moment, then added, "Arrange a military cruiser for my daughter and me. We’re leaving the Capital Star tomorrow."
"Young Master, where will we be going?" the subordinate asked.
"To our main base." Huang Bo Lin pushed aside the finished sheet of paper, laid out a fresh one, and picked up his brush to begin practicing again.
The subordinate acknowledged the order and departed through a secret passage in the study. Not long after he left, there was a knock on the study door.
The door opened right after the knock. Huang Bo Lin’s daughter came in and rushed to his side. "Daddy, did you find the person who saved me the other day?"
Huang Bo Lin’s daughter, Huang Wan Zhi, was an adorable girl in a fluffy pink dress.
Sheltered by her father’s protection, she seemed the very picture of innocence.