Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 976: Fire in Water (Part )

The icy-colored fire trees were singing. Perhaps not singing, but just a kind of high-spirited tremor. This tremor did not cause Luo Binhan pain, but he could no longer keep his mind calm. He only stared at the rising posture of the dream fire, as if a feathered bird was about to fly into the sky. He didn't even realize that he was unconsciously opening his mouth to shout - but he didn't really shout out. It was as if there were blades in his lungs rolling with the cyclone, crushing the sound before it came out. However, his heart was surging and he didn't care about anything.

It's over. It's really over. The fairy fire gradually sank between the sea and the sky, turning into a translucent mirage, and finally disappeared completely. In the process, it did not leave a trace of the sound of the burnt, nor a trace of ashes, as if all this had never happened. Luo Binhan slowly sat down with the help of the box. The effect of the medicine should not have worn off so quickly, but he already felt exhausted and tired. If he was given a mirror now and saw that the person in the mirror suddenly became 20 years older, he would not be surprised.

In a blink of an eye, the sea of ​​fire on the ground has spread to the entire island. The crackling sound of the flames drowns out the sound of the wind, and the air is distorted like melting plastic. More than 90% of the garbage covering has ignited. The fire is now difficult to contain because there is not enough space inside the facility to store fire extinguishers. They originally planned to blow it up after the incident was over.

Everything went according to plan. But he felt so tired that he didn't even care about the rising heat. He really wanted to lie down on this platform and not care about what happened next. But Li Li would not let him go. She gave him 30 seconds of rest. During this time, all the observation eyes were rotating and flashing at high speed. Dozens of bracket cameras hidden inside the island also rose up, surrounding him and the trap box like a group of curious people, and came over to watch them intently without blinking. She wanted to make sure that their victory was genuine and that there would be no ambush by Zhou Wenxing a second before evacuation.

Luo Binhan wanted to tell her not to worry so much. Based on his experience, Zhou Wenxing was quite fond of improvisation, but he usually wouldn't waste his energy just to torture his opponent. If this thing wasn't dead and had the energy to kill, he would jump out now. Luo Binhan couldn't even get up at this moment. But in the end, he decided to let Li Li do what she wanted to do. After all, it's better to be safe than sorry. In the end, he also wanted to have a reassurance.

Thirty seconds later, the reconnaissance eye stopped moving frequently. The voice in the headset said, "Please prepare to evacuate." The voice sounded much clearer. It seemed that his hearing damage was not serious, just a temporary shock. Luo Binhan looked at the sea of ​​fire below: "Where to evacuate?"

"Due east. The mobile platform system will transport you and the trapped box to the coast. The support ship will arrive in three minutes."

"Then what should I do?"

"The surface of the facility is now at high temperature. Please pay attention to adjust your contact surface with the pop-up platform and avoid being hit by the trap box during block transfer."

Luo Binhan had no choice but to stand up and walk to the west of the trap box so that the platform would not hit him when it tilted and connected. Then the platform carried him and the trap box to the east. During this process, he tried to stand as much as possible, only letting the soles of his boots touch the platform surface that was burned by the flames, and then looked back to the west, taking a few last glances at the island before it was completely detonated.

Li Li may have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this island just for this short battle that can be measured in minutes. The millipede mechanical sea monster is destined to be very short-lived, because it was originally designed for rock caves. The entire building is too heavy for sea sand and coral reefs. If it is delayed for another month, it may cause the entire island to sink. The ventilation system without power maintenance will leak water, and bacteria and marine life will soon invade it. It will become faulty and unusable. They had to blow it up, first using directional blasting to dismantle it, and push several core compartments of the facility to the bottom of the sea, so that Li Li's people would have time to recover and deal with the aftermath, and finally use the methane explosion as the conclusion of the accident report. As for how to deal with government relations afterwards, Luo Binhan did not ask, which was not worth mentioning for a guy who could build a base on an island.

It's time to say goodbye. Let this island become a mausoleum for the alien visitor on earth. He sighed for the last time and turned his gaze back to the coast ahead.

"What doubts do you have?" Li Li said.

"No, I feel quite happy, but I can't get excited. It's the medicine you gave me," Robinham said. "What do you think I'm still worried about?"

"For example, we still don't know the motivation for his actions."

"That's true, but we'll probably never know. I'm not going to summon his spirit for the answer."

"I have another little question."

"What is it?"

Li Li did not answer immediately. After a while she said, "Perhaps we can get the answer from another visitor."

How could they forget the other person? The mysterious accomplice. He was both their archenemy and their last savior, because they still had to find a way to solve the problem on the moon. Luo Binhan twitched the muscles on his face and forced out a dry smile: "What do you have now?"

"Not yet."

"Are all the auditors on the island behaving normally?"

"Nothing suspicious."

This time, Luo Binhan had to admit that he had wronged Fang Lu. "We only have one last clue." He continued, "How is the operation at the hotel going? Have you got his luggage?"

"It's in progress. I don't think there will be any problems."

Luo Binhan shrugged and stopped talking about this topic. "There is one more thing." He said, "My right hand seems to be useless, and my left eye can't see anything. The worst case scenario is that I will be disabled for life. You have to find a way to help me cover it up later."

He was inevitably a little irritated when he said this, but Li Li still maintained a nonchalant attitude: "I have observed your facial condition. The overall shape of your left eyeball is intact, without any rupture or obvious trauma. It is speculated that it may be corneal damage and retinal detachment caused by chemical corrosion or explosion impact. These injuries can be restored by medical means. You still have a good chance of keeping most of your vision. The premise is that you should not touch any facial tissue with your hands now."

Luo Binhan had no choice but to retract his hand. "Does my face look bad?"

“We could say it’s colorful.”

She was actually in the mood to joke, which showed that progress elsewhere must be good. Luo Binhan wanted to ask what Zhou Wenxing's stand-in was doing at the moment, but an electric boat had already appeared on the shore through the heavy smoke. A young man was standing on the bow. Luo Binhan guessed that it was the captain again, so he waved at him, and the other party vaguely waved back behind the smoke. Half a minute later, the mobile platform rushed through the last burning area and arrived at the isolation line drawn by Li Li with fire extinguishing agent. Luo Binhan finally saw the other person's appearance clearly and was shocked. This man was not Li Li's subordinate at all, but Cai Ji.

The platform began to descend. When it was half a meter from the ground, Luo Binhan gently pushed the trap box down. Cai Ji looked grim, hesitating whether to go forward to help, but Luo Binhan had already fallen down by himself.

"Why are you here?" he asked curiously.

Cai Ji stared at his face in silence. Of course, it would not be pretty, no matter who had rolled in a burning and exploding garbage swamp. Luo Binhan looked back again, wanting to confirm whether Zhou Wenxing would come back to life. It was said that the shadows who had officially received blood had a strong influence on intermediate products like Cai Ji, and could make the latter unable to move at all. From this perspective, it was not bad for Cai Ji to appear here on his own initiative.

Before he could figure it out, Li Li in the headset said, "I asked him to come, sir."

"you?"

"Yes. Mr. Cai Ji hopes to provide assistance to our operation, so I arranged for him to replace the original contact person, considering his outstanding physical fitness and credible background. In addition, his special talent can also provide us with another insurance."

"Oh, that's right," Robinham said, "but I didn't know you knew each other."

He had done simulation training with Cai Ji before, but he had never revealed the existence of Li Li. Cai Ji had never expressed any doubts about his specific plans and execution capabilities. When he and Li Li talked through the headset, Cai Ji had no surprise on his face, and he continued to stare at him, as if he was not curious at all about who was on the other side of the headset. How much did this person know about Li Li? Did he just treat her as an ordinary collaborator? Or did he know her background clearly? It should be impossible. If Cai Ji knew who created Li Li, he would be too calm to act like it was nothing.

Another undercurrent of thoughts passed through his mind. Some of them seemed very important, but he could not grasp them. Zhou Wenxing once said in a mocking tone that he trusted Li Li too much... Why shouldn't he trust Li Li? Li Li was given to him by Jing Huang, and Fake should know that. As for Cai Ji? Cai Ji was Zhou Yu's man, and the female Yama of the underworld was just a bad word, it was impossible for her to secretly help Zhou Wenxing to punish him.

He shook his head. "We have to go," he said. "There are still a bunch of auditors waiting for me to fool."

Cai Ji still said nothing and went forward to help him. Luo Binhan pointed at the trap box and said, "You should carry that on board." As he spoke, he paid attention to Cai Ji's expression and saw a flash of surprise on his tense face. He immediately understood that Cai Ji was indeed a temporary addition, because this person had no idea about the core of their plan.

He didn't explain anything. Cai Ji paused for a moment, then turned to move the trap box. The crackling flames exploded endlessly behind them, illuminating Cai Ji's face, which looked a bit eerie and gloomy; the heavy box seemed very light in his hands, and was lifted high and slowly carried into the cabin. Luo Binhan sat down at the stern by himself, glanced down at his right wrist, where the unfortunate metal bar was still stuck. There was no point in pulling it out now. If Cai Ji suddenly started fighting with him later, this thing might be used as a hidden weapon.

Cai Ji walked to the bow and started the engine. He was very skilled, perhaps he had practiced before, or had driven something similar. The boat slowly backed up and turned away from the island. Luo Binhan leaned against the stern board, staring at the silver-white foam gushing out from under the boat. The fire on the island was reflected in the waves, as if there was a fire burning under the sea, bubbling up. What a boiling pot, the shell he threw in must have been burnt.

He was thinking aimlessly when he suddenly heard Cai Ji talking at the bow. This man was still not good at disguising himself. Even if he spoke in the coldest tone, anyone with ears that were not deaf could still tell how uncomfortable he was from that deliberate tone.

"What's in that box?" Cai Ji asked. Luo Binhan turned his head back. "You want to know?"

"What else am I asking?"

"Something to use as bait."

As early as half a month ago, Luo Binhan had revealed the general plan to him, so these words immediately made Cai Ji's tense face relax a little, leaving only a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"Do mice," he said slowly, "need such a big box?"

Luo Binhan looked at him thoughtfully. Actually, this guy wasn't that stupid, he thought, but it was hard to imagine how such a naive guy could get along with Zhou Yu. It was unlikely to be a particularly harmonious combination. But who could say for sure? Maybe Zhou Yu had changed her ways and become a living Buddha in hell - he put his right wrist, which was tied with a metal bar, outside the side board to dry, and then said calmly: "Li Li, open the box."

The box didn't move, and Li Li didn't speak, expressing his most thorough opposition with silence. It seemed that she was really not familiar with Cai Ji, and I really didn't know why she allowed him to get involved.

Cai Ji's expression gradually changed. He let the boat move forward according to the set route, and turned around to open the box between them.

"If I were you, I wouldn't do such a thing." Luo Binhan said coldly, "There are a lot of electronic equipment inside, and there are high-energy batteries. If you mess around, it might explode. Li Li, you can see that he won't give up. You'd better help him open it."

The indicator light on the box flashed three times, and then the lid popped open from the side near the bow. Cai Ji had a clear view of the situation inside, while Luo Binhan could only see the upright hexagonal lid, a few wisps of cold mist rising, and Cai Ji's stunned expression. He didn't need to see what was inside the box, because he already knew it. At this moment, he just wanted a cigarette or a bottle of wine, but unfortunately he couldn't get any of these. What was waiting for him on the shore was only Li Li's emergency medical team.

When Cai Ji raised his head, he took a step back and almost bumped into the operating table behind him. His face was strangely blue-gray.

"Who is this?" he said.

Luo Binhan heard a slight electric sound in the earphone, which was a sign that Li Li was about to speak. He reached out to take off the earphone and put it under the seat, then said: "You don't need to know his name."

"Why is he in this box?"

"It was put in there."

Cai Ji continued to stare at him, waiting for him to give further explanation. Luo Binhan only felt dry mouth and very sleepy. "There is such a person," he said lazily, "I will not tell you my real name, if you want, you can call him Lao Shu. This person is from a wealthy family, but his family is very strict and does not give him the opportunity to spend money, so he has been blackmailing his classmates since elementary school and stealing money from them to play games. Later, a classmate told the teacher, causing him to be scolded by his family, so he stole the money from the family and hired a gang of gangsters to beat the classmate to a disability. After that, he transferred to another school, but became addicted to gambling in junior high school, so he went back to his old ways and started blackmailing, and also stealing and taking secret photos - mainly to sell for money, and finally Later, he was caught in the women's restroom. The head teacher insisted on expelling him, so he brought a kitchen knife from home and stabbed the head teacher in the stomach. The teacher died, and he became a juvenile delinquent. His family spent a lot of money to manage him, and he was released eight years later. Then, he became addicted to gambling, and again and again, the amount of debt became higher and higher. His parents gave up on him and had another baby - don't think he didn't try to kill the fetus, but in the end he didn't succeed, so he was kicked out of the family, cut off all ties, and became penniless. He needed money very much, and was willing to do anything for money, including killing people. "

He sighed in boredom, thinking that the story was enough. However, Cai Ji still stood in front of the box like a statue, with a frightening and murderous light flashing in his eyes. He had no choice but to continue: "I wanted to hire him to kill that thing, right at the door of the hotel."

"Just him?" Cai Ji asked coldly.

"Yes, just him." Robin Han said, "Isn't this a very valuable test? For some reason, that thing is very reluctant to cause a commotion, and always tries to pretend to be an ordinary person around me. If a madman stabs him with a knife in public, how can he deal with it? Or will he detect others' murderous intentions in advance? This is what I want to know."

“But you didn’t let him go in the end.”

"Because I found the risk too uncontrollable. You see, this guy is a brainless boar, driven by desire, and doesn't necessarily care about professional ethics. Although I spent money to hire him, maybe if that thing is provoked, he will stab the knife into the stomach of the passerby. He is not an obedient dog at all, understand? So, in the end, we signed another version of the agreement. He lay in this box and made an outstanding contribution to our operation, and then his two million gambling debt will be written off."

Cai Ji lowered his head and looked inside the box again, probably looking for signs of injury or torture. Luo Binhan let him search in vain for a while, and then said, "You won't find any external injuries."

"What did you do to him?"

"I gave him a hint before putting him in the box," Robin Han said bluntly. "I made up a story to make him believe that he would be treated as a corpse and sent to the incinerator to be burned alive. Then I anesthetized him and put him in the box, keeping him in a calm and sleepy state until the trap was activated. Then... there is such a device that can use electric current to create level 10 pain, you know? Hospitals will use this kind of electrode patch to let people experience the feeling of childbirth. In theory, it is harmless to health, but it can make you feel excruciating pain. When he wakes up from his coma, he will find himself locked in a closed and narrow place, surrounded by high temperature and fiery red lights, and his whole body is in pain like a knife. What a horrible thing! He can't even scream because the muscle relaxant is still working. Pain, despair, fear... all of this will make him feel like a person who is dying in a sea of ​​fire. This is his role, and then when everything is over, the box will stop shocking him, apply cold compresses to relieve the pain, and give him another shot of anesthetic - this is what you are seeing now."

There was a dead silence on the boat. Cai Ji's face was no longer blue, but his eyes were flashing with a strange light. That look made Luo Binhan feel dangerous, but he still sat there motionless.

"You said you were going to use mice."

"In the last seven days, I decided to use humans. How do I know if that thing can distinguish species? He used a rat as a coordinate before, but is the pain of a rat really the same as the pain of a human in his eyes? There were no other coordinates for him on the island. All the animals that could be driven away had been driven away beforehand, especially inside the facility, where there were no bacteria. Then suddenly, he found a writhing and screaming rat in pain in the sea of ​​fire. What do you think he would think? Did he think it was a gift from God?"

"So you spent money to buy a person." Cai Ji sneered, "You bought the life of a scumbag."

"Yes, that's it."

"Don't you have an accomplice? Why don't you ask him to come?"

Luo Binhan's heart moved. He found that Cai Ji knew very little about Li Li and actually treated her as a flesh and blood person.

"In fact, I have other choices," he stared at Cai Ji and said, "My accomplice has many subordinates. Some of them are fully aware of the situation and volunteered to be put in this box, but I did not agree. The person in the box was chosen by me."

"What? Do you think you have the right to judge someone's life or death?"

"First of all, people who are willing won't suffer so much." Luo Binhan said, a cold smile gradually appeared on his face, "Electric shock? That's just physical pain. What I want is spiritual despair, that's the bait!"

Cai Ji nodded with a fake smile, waiting for him to give his second reason. A chilly aura gradually emanated from his surroundings.

"Secondly," Robin Han continued, "if the plan succeeds, then it doesn't matter who the bait is, he and I can both survive; but if it fails, he and I will both die, and after we die, other people will take over - my accomplices, my accomplices' subordinates, anyone who is willing to get involved in this mess, these people must take over. I will never waste these people on the stupid thing of being bait, it's a pure waste, do you understand?"

"So you decided to consume a useless person."

"That's right," Robinson said. "Why should we let people who are passionate about this world leave? Anyone who is dissatisfied with this world should leave on their own."

"What about your cousin? Why don't you just let him die?"

They stared at each other intently, as if wrestling. Then Luo Binhan smiled again and said clearly, "He is also on the shortlist."

Cai Ji looked at him in silence, as if he had seen him for the first time in his life. The cold murderous aura disappeared, replaced by a kind of bitterly suppressed hatred. Luo Binhan once again realized how much the other party hated him, and that hatred seemed to be far more than just related to Luo Jiayang. He saw strong malice stirring in Cai Ji's eyes, as if there was a killer weapon that could knock him down in one blow. When Cai Ji opened his mouth, his heart sank inexplicably, but then the other party pursed his lips tightly and swallowed the words back into his stomach.

"You'd better be careful of retribution," he said coldly, and turned to the steering wheel. The waves laughed loudly at this good show under the boat. There was a faint explosion in the distance, and a thin column of gray smoke went straight through the sky, like a dark cloud pouring down.

  　This chapter is an update of 8.6, released a little earlier

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