death of hope

Chapter 1066 "Psionic Storm" (139) - Gathering Strength for Survival

With their cages opened and shackles removed, more and more psionic talents are regaining their freedom.
People were moved to tears, but there were also dissenting voices:
“Young man, as you said, the corporate warriors have sealed off the research institute. How can we, the old, weak, sick, and disabled, possibly break through the encirclement and escape?” A hunchbacked old woman clicked her teeth and asked.

"Exactly! His reckless behavior is leading everyone into a fire pit!"

Some people chimed in with their own opinions, which annoyed Li Ang. He explained, but no one listened, so he had no choice but to ignore them and go to other rooms to rescue people.

“Old man, if you think about it this way, taking a chance is better than waiting to die in a cage,” Yuna patiently explained to the dissenter.

With her status as the "Zero" talent user, Yuna Jinguji's gentle voice and sweet appearance, along with her angelic halo, calmed the restless crowd considerably.

The old woman continued to complain: "I'm so old, and my children are so unfilial. It's good that I'm being fed and cared for for free here! Even if you rescue me, I don't have many days left to live."

The dissidents joined in the grumbling, but most of the rescued were clear-headed and very grateful to Li Ang. They argued with the dissidents, calling them ungrateful, and the two groups got into a verbal battle that almost came to blows. You Nai earnestly advised everyone to keep their voices down so that the enemy wouldn't hear them.

It's only now that Joseph has transformed into a monster and is wreaking havoc at the research facility, leaving the Corporate Warriors struggling to cope; otherwise, this rabble would have been wiped out long ago.

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Drizzt, who had witnessed everything, knew the reason behind it all.

In the Terran Commonwealth, psionicists face severe discrimination, are abandoned by their families, cannot find work, and are forced to scavenge for survival, living a life of hunger and uncertainty.

The situation is even worse on some superstitious colony planets controlled by churches, where psionic talents are regarded as "witches," "heretics," and "blasphemers" and are slaughtered. The organization's base has taken in many of these refugees.

Compared to the wickedness of people's hearts and the hunger and cold outside, even the hellish New Sapporo Psionic Research Institute, which uses living people for experiments, seems less terrifying, which shows the extent of the depravity of the Terra Federation.

The reason Drizzt abandoned everything to join the organization was not to show off his benevolent heart, but because as intelligent beings, humans and Eldar share common emotions; though their appearances may differ, their hearts are always made of flesh and blood.

As Paul often said, "Not everyone takes pleasure in trampling on others; there will always be someone who stands up and fights for all suffering beings."

Thinking of all this, Drizzt hugged his daughter tightly, feeling even more remorseful for betraying the organization.

Yuna continued to explain gently and patiently, while Li Ang listened with growing annoyance, thinking to himself that he might as well just lock these ungrateful grumbling devils up in their cell.

Seeing that words had limited effect, Yuna lifted her hospital gown, showing everyone the knife wounds, the dense needle marks, the bruises on her fair skin from the restraints, and other shocking traces left by the violence:

"You think the institute's treatment is good because you haven't been pushed onto the dissection table yet. I've experienced all sorts of tortures: abdominal dissection, craniotomy, puncture, radiation, asphyxiation, freezing, heating... It was truly worse than death..."

As the saying goes, seeing is believing. When everyone witnessed the truth about the research institute, they saw that a girl as beautiful as a Nordic goddess had suffered such cruel torture, and the true colors of those hypocrites in suits and white coats were revealed.

The old woman who had been nitpicking was so angry that she burst into tears: "My goodness! My beautiful young daughter... has been tortured like this... I'll risk my old life to save the children!"

Having quelled the dissenters' complaints, Yuna gazed at Li Ang with tender eyes, as if to say, "Honey, I'm awesome, aren't I?" The chubby, genius boy, Toshio, seeing their exchange, remarked, "Tsk tsk, your eyes are practically twinkling! Why don't you just find a room and play a game? We'll watch from the outside!"

Yuna's little face flushed bright red, all the way to her neck. Li Ang reached out and pinched the chubby little boy's cheek: "You little brat, you're not learning anything good! Is that something you should be saying?!"

Junxiong winced in pain: "Ouch...it hurts! Brother Li, stop pinching me! I give up, okay!"

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Li Ang opened room 309, unlocked the handcuffs and shackles, and released a disheveled, smelly, crazy woman. Judging from her facial features, she was probably in her thirties or forties, and must have been very beautiful when she was young.

"Roy! Roy! My darling!" The madwoman lunged at Li Ang like a female ghost from a horror movie.

"Hey lady! Please don't grab me... I'm not called Roy... Your nails are like claws..." Li Ang awkwardly dodged the woman's bear hug.

Yuna, sensing the madwoman's sorrowful past through her psychic abilities (from "Unexpected Fortune"), wept again, saying, "Her name is Anna... She's so pitiful... Be kind to her..."

"Holy crap... even someone this crazy deserves to be saved..." Junxiong quipped.

"We can't abandon anyone! Let's go together!"

At this moment, Drizzt had taken the lead, standing shoulder to shoulder with Leon. He used straps to secure his daughter Evelyn to his back, and went to help other suffering people, just like the GRU agents had done for countless days and nights in the past, which could be considered as atonement for his betrayal.

"Everyone's here! Let's go! Follow me to get our gear!" Li Ang led the group through a maze of turns to a secluded warehouse.

Those were weapons he smuggled in through security guards and cleaners, bypassing security checks. He bought them on the black market with a huge sum of money he got from robbing a bank, all for the sake of a desperate gamble.

The humanoid exoskeleton tactical armor produced by Kirishima Heavy Industries and the latest military fully automatic assault rifle from the Kalashnikov Design Bureau were the same equipment Li Ang used when he boarded the Phantom Pirate Ship. As the initiator of the operation, he should rightfully assume the responsibility of being the vanguard.

Twisted Fate led the talented individuals with combat abilities to scavenge equipment from the corpses of the corporate warriors, becoming the backbone of the breakout operation. The people, who had been oppressed for so long, were in high spirits. Even the old lady who had previously complained and argued with him was given a pair of automatic pistols and shouted that she wanted to fight the corporate armed forces to the death.

The elderly, the infirm, and the disabled were responsible for logistics and supplies, taking care of Evelyn and other disabled people like the madwoman Anna, carrying magazines, and doing other miscellaneous tasks within their capabilities.

Li Ang originally wanted Yuna to stay in the logistics group, but she refused. After the anti-psychic shackles were removed and the injection of inhibitors was stopped, Yuna's psychic energy intensity ran wildly like a runaway horse, and it was impossible to quantify it.

"I'm tired of being protected. I'm strong. This time, let me stand up and protect everyone... Please..."

Faced with such a request, Li Ang had no choice but to nod. The light surging in Yuna's eyes was the prelude to the loss of control of her psychic energy, but at the critical moment of life and death, there was no other choice.

Drizzt donned the combat uniform he had stripped from the corpse, loaded the shotgun with 12-gauge buckshot, and with a click, chambered the slide-pump bolt:

"Ready... everyone, we're going to fight our way out, or we'll die trying..."