Chapter 135: The Belated Truth

The Super Warriors in the National Biological Research Institute had almost been blasted to pieces, with half of them killed.

Zhou Liming, striding into the main building, had his clothes long since vaporized by the Form Skill of the Super Warriors just now. Walking into the building, he casually tore off a piece of cloth from the front desk and wrapped it around his waist. Zhou Liming did not care if he looked ridiculous; he certainly could not let his private parts swing freely underneath.

The Super Warriors of the Biological Research Institute had not all appeared just now. In their imagination, a dozen men plus the captain, who was a Sixth Stage Super Warrior, were enough to deal with any enemy. But the situation filled them with fear: the floor was covered with Super Warrior corpses, several members were groaning, and even the captain’s head had been blasted into nothingness.

Yet the mission on their shoulders made them face Zhou Liming even though they knew they were no match for him. Let us not forget, they were all transformed from soldiers.

There were over twenty Super Warriors surrounding Zhou Liming, not daring to get close, all staring at him as if facing a formidable enemy. If they had not seen that the Form Skill had no effect on Zhou Liming just now, they would have likely thrown a pile of Form Skills at him and blasted Zhou Liming into fragments.

Facing the people surrounding him, Zhou Liming just gave a cold smile and said nothing, quickly walking to the elevator.

Having been here before, Zhou Liming was naturally very familiar with everything in the main building, so after entering the elevator, he pressed the button for the negative third floor. Yes, there was an underground third floor here, which used to be a parking lot and was later converted into an underground research room. If there were no accidents, Ren Zhigang was conducting research inside.

As the elevator doors flashed, these twenty-plus Super Warriors could do nothing to Zhou Liming and could only watch helplessly as he entered the interior of the Biological Research Institute…

Returning to his normal human form, Zhou Liming tightened the cloth around his waist to prevent it from falling off.

To be honest, Zhou Liming hated transforming because every time it meant a set of clothes was ruined. After a fierce battle, even his underwear and the black vest made of special materials would be destroyed. Often, when the battle ended, he was completely naked, which was somewhat embarrassing.

When the elevator stopped at the negative third floor and the doors opened, Zhou Liming was not attacked as he had imagined. Although several soldiers were standing guard nearby, facing Zhou Liming, they were just nervous, holding their guns and not daring to move. Anyway, the order they received was not to resist, so it did not count as dereliction of duty.

The guns of ordinary soldiers posed no threat to Zhou Liming at all, so he just glanced at these uneasy soldiers and walked towards the corridor.

He was not a killing maniac; since they did not actively attack him, Zhou Liming indeed had no reason to kill them. Pretending to be cold-blooded and killing everyone in sight? Zhou Liming had never thought of that. Being decisive in killing was necessary, but one could not act like a madman and kill everyone one saw.

The corridor was not very long, and he could even see some researchers moving about.

“Could it be that they don’t know what happened above?” Zhou Liming touched his nose. The eyes of these researchers indeed revealed a look of terror, and also an expression of wanting to laugh at Zhou Liming’s ridiculous appearance but not daring to. These researchers seemed calm, but Zhou Liming knew that they certainly knew the identity of this intruder.

In this strange atmosphere, Zhou Liming unceremoniously pushed open the door to the Dean’s office.

Ren Zhigang was sitting in his chair. The moment Zhou Liming entered, his pupils contracted slightly, then returned to calm, and he said slowly: “When Lian Ruixue called me to confirm something, I knew you would definitely come to find me. I just didn’t expect your method to be like this. If I hadn’t given the order, I’m afraid you would have killed your way to me?”

On his desk, a liquid crystal screen showed surveillance footage, where everything in the main building could be seen, including the corpses of the dozen or so Super Warriors killed by Zhou Liming.

Zhou Liming sneered and said: “What method did you expect me to use? Call you, or make an appointment through someone? Your time is precious, but my time is equally precious. So I think this method is more efficient.” He smiled and said: “Indeed, if you hadn’t ordered these ordinary soldiers to stop, they would be corpses by now.”

Ren Zhigang stood up, stared at Zhou Liming, and said: “You are very strong.”

The price of testing this result was the death of a dozen Super Warriors.

Ren Zhigang was indeed a researcher, but he was used to life and death. In this institute, over ten thousand Super Warriors had successfully walked out. A 15% success rate meant that nearly a hundred thousand people had died here. As the Dean of the entire Biological Research Institute, his disregard for life was even greater than that of some senior generals; calling him cold and heartless was more accurate.

The death of a mere dozen Super Warriors was nothing in his eyes.

In fact, Ren Zhigang had never stopped researching Zhou Liming. He still hadn’t figured out the Fierce Beast Gene contained in Zhou Liming’s cells from the blood sample drawn when Zhou Liming was first sent here. This gene was different from those extracted from Fierce Beasts; it could be affirmed that it was definitely a primitive gene.

Only those who had studied Zhou Liming’s gene could understand the mystery and attraction of the gene in his body.

Why was Zhou Liming allowed to enter the X Squadron back then? As the direct leader of the X Squadron at the time, Ren Zhigang naturally wanted to keep him to provide himself with enough research opportunities. Understanding Fierce Beasts, Ren Zhigang knew the value of Zhou Liming regarding Fierce Beast Genes. He just didn’t expect that he never found the time, while the other party had grown to this extent in such a short period.

Just as Zha Zheming said, it was precisely because of Zhou Liming’s sufficient utility value that Ren Zhigang tried to find a way to keep him. Ren Zhigang knew the abilities of a Super Warrior; if the other party wanted to leave, there was no way to keep him. So he used some methods to restrain him.

Zhou Liming naturally did not care about Ren Zhigang’s thoughts. He stared at the Dean of the Biological Research Institute, who held a pivotal position in the country, and said: “Since you knew I would come, then, what my purpose is, you should have guessed, right? I need to get an answer.”

Ren Zhigang shook his head and sighed: “The answer, I don’t know what the answer is.”

Zhou Liming smiled and said: “I remember, you arranged everything back then. Dean Zhou, as well as my little brother and little sister, you said they were all settled. Now you say you don’t know what the answer is? Aren’t you afraid of death? You know, killing you is very simple. Then I can leave leisurely, and no one can keep me here.”

“Haha…” Ren Zhigang also laughed and said: “You should know what I research. Dead people have no impact on me. What is there to be afraid of if you kill me?” He said: “Actually, what does it matter if I tell you the answer?”

“Yes, I have never seen your Dean Zhou, nor have I seen your little brother and little sister. Just as Zha Zheming said, they indeed never appeared in Yu A City. Everything was a dream I wove, yet you believed it. Every time you called, I would have someone imitate Dean Zhou’s voice. With the power of the country, collecting her voice was not a difficult task. The calls you made, what you heard, were all imitated voices.”

Although Zhou Liming was mentally prepared, he still felt a wave of discomfort striking his heart.

Dean Zhou and the little brother and little sisters, they were really dead; everything was just a dream woven by others.

“Why, why…” The agitated Zhou Liming instantly appeared in front of Ren Zhigang, grabbed his neck, pinned him against the wall, and roared: “Why, tell me, why did Lian Ruixue say they were sent onto the helicopter, but you say they never appeared in Yu A City? Speak, what happened?”

The powerful force nearly suffocated Ren Zhigang, making him feel his neck was about to break.

“You know, some things are impossible to say.” Ren Zhigang said with difficulty, the difficulty in breathing turning his face first livid, then pale.

Zhou Liming laughed instead of getting angry. He let go of Ren Zhigang and said: “Impossible to say? In my eyes, there is no such word as ‘impossible’.” His right arm quickly reconfigured and transformed into a cannon barrel shape. Rays of light appeared on it, soon becoming dazzling in the room. “You should understand my ability; I can flatten the entire Industrial Park with one shot. I wonder what loss the country would suffer if I destroyed the entire Biological Research Institute? Now is a critical moment; without Super Warriors, once the Fierce Beast Tide rises again, you should understand that the seventh wave of the Fierce Beast Tide is about to arrive.”

This was definitely not a threat. With the sensitivity of his own genes and various features combined, it was not hard to reach this conclusion.

As if hit in a soft spot, Ren Zhigang’s face turned pale. Facing the madman Zhou Liming, he was capable of doing anything. Once the other party really flattened the Industrial Park where the Biological Research Institute was located, the country’s level of research on Fierce Beasts would instantly become a blank slate.

After a moment of silence, Ren Zhigang still said: “Lian Ruixue indeed put them on a helicopter, but after Lian Ruixue left, the Frontline had already collapsed. The Frontline Commander at the time was anxious to leave and then forcibly drove Dean Zhou and the others off the helicopter. You should know that shortly after, the entire Wan J City became an ocean of Fierce Beasts. From the soldiers at the time, it was confirmed that Dean Zhou and the others…”

Ren Zhigang had not finished speaking when Zhou Liming felt his anger burning. With a “bang,” he smashed the entire desk into sawdust.

“Why is it like this, why is it like this?” Zhou Liming said through gritted teeth: “To save his own life, he drove Dean Zhou and the others off. The Frontline Commander, was it? Haha… Now I just want to know his name and address. I want to make him understand that his life was only half a year longer than Dean Zhou and the others.”