The night before the promotion

Chapter 105 Man of Steel
The footsteps were neither far nor near, and the weight was just right. Even Zhou Si's extraordinary hearing could not accurately guess whether the other party was a human or some kind of incarnation.

But what Zhou Si knew was that the other party's appearance was a little too timely, as if everything he was experiencing was a carefully designed script by someone.

Zhou Si silently picked up the pistol that Ji Siling had discarded, aimed the crosshairs at the iron gate, and was ready to pull the trigger at any time.

"Shangxian? Doctor Ji, what on earth do you know?"

While Zhou Si was alert to the presence outside the door, he questioned Ji Siling in a low voice.

He was very close to Ji Siling, so whether it was to protect her or subdue her, Zhou Si had enough time and space to do it.

The most important thing is that Zhou Si is not here. What descended here is just an extremely powerful incarnation body. He can just give it a try and do whatever crazy thing he wants.

Ji Siling still had that terrified look on her face, her face was pale, sweat was oozing out, her pupils were constricted, as if a strong light was shining in her eyes.

Perhaps it was Zhou Si's presence that made her feel a little at ease, Ji Siling could actually force a smile at this time.

"They came to kill me to silence me, Doctor Zhou."

Ji Siling pulled out another pistol from somewhere, holding the handle tightly with both hands, and tried to remain calm, "Although I have thought about facing this day, when it really approaches, it is really tormenting and terrifying."

"The Immortal wants to kill you?"

Zhou Si didn't understand what Ji Siling said, but he already knew that Ji Siling was far from being as simple as he knew.

"Those high-ranking people don't want their scandals to be known... Even if I won't tell them, they don't want anyone other than themselves to remember them."

Ji Siling pressed the button on her cell phone, and the automatic machine on the roof started up. The muzzle of the gun slowly turned, searching for suspicious targets. Even the security avatar in the corner was activated, and indicator lights lit up one after another.

That was not an avatar body in the conventional sense. In order to ensure personal safety, Ji Siling did not connect it to the mind network. The security avatar could still move now simply because Ji Siling input a defense program for it.

“This place is actually quite safe.”

Ji Siling's words began to tremble. "As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Since then, I have been hiding here, and no one has come to disturb me."

Zhou Si said, "Until I came."

"Not really. Even if you didn't come, I estimated that they would be here soon," Ji Siling smiled bitterly. "The turmoil caused by the attack on Stone Fort is bigger than any of us imagined."

"I also thought about leaving early, but they control all transportation. If I take the high-speed train, I will die in the bathroom of the high-speed train. If I take a plane, then you will see the news of the plane crash... Damn it!"

As Ji Siling spoke, Zhou Si could sense that her emotions were clearly heading towards collapse.

In fact, Ji Siling had always been on the verge of collapse, but my arrival and the development of the situation completely broke through her last line of defense, making her miserable.

Zhou Si was certain that Ji Siling was related to the attacks on the immortal and the stone fort. Recalling his encounter with Ucchusmo in the hidden alley, he vaguely felt a large net emerging in the darkness, and Zhou Si clearly and distinctly touched it.

Caressing the coldness that spreads to the bone marrow.

"The immortals are everywhere."

Ji Siling whispered, staring at the iron gate, "It can paralyze the defense of the stone fortress, and it can also penetrate into your body without anyone noticing and share your vision."

Zhou Si's thoughts froze. He thought Ji Siling's words were just speculations about the mystery of the immortal, but her words did alert Zhou Si.

No matter how suitable and powerful this steel body is, it is not his original body after all. It is just a device made of metal and silicon. Zhou Si's consciousness can control it, and the ghost of the network can naturally penetrate it.

It’s like there is another person hidden in your body, another strange consciousness. It lurks quietly in the darkness, watching your every move, but you are completely unaware of it.

After realizing this, the first person Zhou Si thought of was not the elusive immortal, but the ever-smiling Zuo Zhi.

Zuo Zhi provided himself with a plan for immortality. As the leader of this project, he had the highest authority over all matters, whether it was his body of flesh and blood or his body of steel.

So is Zuo Zhi looking at me at this moment?
The footsteps outside the door disappeared, Zhou Si's thoughts were interrupted for a moment, and he turned his attention back to reality.

Ji Siling leaned towards Zhou Si and whispered, "Help me, Doctor Zhou."

Her eyes were filled with expectation and pleading. Zhou Si had never seen her so humble.

"Let me live, and I will tell you everything you want to know."

The roar drowned out Ji Siling's words. The sound did not come from behind the iron gate, but from above their heads.

A series of warning sounds rang in Zhou Si's mind. Just like when he was controlling the armed avatar to fight before, the system detected the approach of danger and kept reminding Zhou Si to avoid it.

He raised his hands and hugged Ji Siling. No matter what Ji Siling's identity was, Zhou Si had to make sure she survived. This was the only clue he had at the moment.

The scorching heat and the impact of the explosion acted on Zhou Si one after another, but his body remained standing in the impact, only his clothes were torn and had a burnt smell.

Looking up, he saw a big hole in the roof and several humanoid avatars were standing on it, staring at him coldly.

Zhou Si sighed, "It seems like they really want you to die."

Since the attack on Stone Fort, society has never been more panicked about incarnations. Therefore, the Supervisory Bureau has stepped up its efforts to crack down on illegal incarnations. Under such circumstances, no matter how arrogant the criminals are, they will choose to disappear for a while.

But those big shots still sent out the incarnation killers and didn't care about the Supervisory Bureau at all... Forget it, if they really cared about this kind of thing, how could they be considered big shots?
Zhou Si lowered his voice, "You must have some way out, right?"

"of course."

Ji Siling pretended to be calm, but her hand holding the gun was shaking badly.

"Move!"

Zhou Si suddenly yelled, his voice like a starting gun. Ji Siling quickly jumped to the side, lifted the carpet, revealing the hidden door underneath.

At the same time, Zhou Si swung his arm, and the sharp narrow blade broke out of his arm, bringing up a dazzling flash of lightning and slashing into the roof.

In an instant, the narrow blade pierced through the body of a humanoid incarnation. Zhou Si pulled the narrow blade hard, and the nanotube line straightened. The narrow blade that returned directly broke the humanoid incarnation in half, and it shattered into flying iron chips on the ground.

The horrifying change shocked the other incarnation killers, who obviously did not realize that Zhou Si was also an incarnation, and a powerful creature with such power. Zhou Si was also shocked by the power of this incarnation, and then, a strong desire to fight arose in his heart, just like getting new equipment, and he couldn't wait to try its efficiency, and vent the anger that had been suppressed in his heart.

"Ji Siling, you can only rely on me."

Zhou Si glanced at Ji Siling who opened the hidden door, and warned her before she went into the tunnel.

Ji Siling paused for a moment, and a smile appeared on her pale face.

"I'll wait for you down below."

Ji Siling went into the tunnel and closed the hidden door.

After confirming that she was temporarily safe, Zhou Si jumped towards the gap in the roof without hesitation.

It is difficult to travel such a high distance even for a person with biological enhancement, but with the powerful force of the incarnation body, Zhou Si was as light as a swift and rushed in front of the humanoid incarnations.

Without waiting for them to launch an attack, Zhou Si swung out the narrow blade at a speed far beyond their reaction.

In a flash of lightning, the body fell apart.

The humanoid avatars did not have the same delicate expressions as Zhou Si, but Zhou Si believed that the consciousness underneath must be very shocked, just as Zhou Si himself was shocked at his own abilities.

With such fast speed and strength, as well as quick reaction time, and relying on the shattering swords in his arms, Zhou Si's incarnation body can be called an armed incarnation in many senses.

Zhou Si first felt the joy of power, but then he became worried. The power that should have been restrained by layers of shackles was delivered into his hands and was easily controlled by Zuo Zhi.

The power of Shenwei Technology is much stronger than I expected, and it is the kind that when you think you have enough understanding of it, you are horrified to find that what you thought you knew was just the tip of the iceberg.

The sound of gunfire rang out. In addition to the rooftop, there were other humanoid avatars nearby. Some of them were specially armed, while others looked tattered, as if they were the shells of avatars that were originally in the hidden alley, but had been hacked into and forcibly controlled to join the hunt.

Previously, the existence of this group of incarnation bodies did cause Zhou Si considerable trouble, but now, they couldn’t even slow down Zhou Si’s pace.

Zhou Si swung his sword and the incarnation in front of him fell down, as if he was no longer killing a powerful steel body, but a cowardly flesh and blood body.

The sharp metal cut through their tissues like peeling fruit, causing oil or sparks to burst out.

What surprised Zhou Si even more was that he found that the world in his eyes was slowing down little by little. Zhou Si was not sure whether his thinking speed had accelerated or this body's reaction speed was too strong.

In short, just like time-lapse photography, the changes of all things in front of Zhou Si's eyes are so slow and traceable.

He grabbed a piece of broken metal and threw it like a dart with all his strength. Zhou Si didn't even have to look at the result. As he counterattacked, the system corrected his throwing posture, making the trajectory accurate and deadly.

All I heard was the sound of a sharp wind passing by, and then a loud crash came slowly.

Sporadic bullets landed on Zhou Si, piercing his clothes and scratching his artificial bionic skin, like scratching the paint, revealing the metallic color underneath.

More bullets fell, clanging on Zhou Si, but like raindrops, they could do nothing and had no effect on anything except making Zhou Si look a little embarrassed.

Zhou Si was indeed somewhat fascinated by this powerful body. He jumped down from the roof with a trajectory of thunder.

The narrow blade was swung out in the air, like a whip blade, accurately splitting the body of an incarnation on the head, like a broken statue, standing and walking towards destruction.

Zhou Si landed steadily on the ground. He did not even use external discharge for this attack. He only relied on the high-frequency vibration and sharpness of the narrow blade and the powerful output of his own body to achieve such a horrifying scene.

After seeing this scene, the other humanoid avatars didn't know what to do for a moment and stayed where they were, as if they had given up the attack.

Obviously, the consciousness hidden in it also discovered the strength of Zhou Si's body. Even if he was fighting against a real armed incarnation, he had a great chance of winning with his terrifying reaction speed and mobility.

Just as they were weighing the pros and cons and considering what to do next, Zhou Si came like a hurricane.

With every leap, Zhou Si could cover a distance of three or four meters. He was very fast, like a galloping cheetah.

Every time Zhou Si passed by a humanoid incarnation, the incarnation seemed to lose its physical structure and collapsed into broken metal fragments, falling to the ground and turning into scrap iron, with red marks of burns on the broken edges.

Zhou Si was not immersed in the exciting fight. After the fight, he kept an eye out for any abnormalities in the house to make sure no one caught up with Ji Siling.

What Ji Siling said sounded nice, but Zhou Si did not completely trust her. After realizing that something was wrong, Zhou Si sent a message to the Supervisory Bureau through the cloud.

Zhou Si's guess was correct. Li Weiyu and others were heading here by car. Even if they could not get any useful information from these incarnated killers, they would not let Ji Siling slip away so easily.

Immortals, big shots, killing people to silence them...

By stringing the key words together, Zhou Si gradually outlined the outline of a story in his mind.

A story that made Zhou Si feel angry and hateful.

"Ji Siling, you are not related to the attack on the stone fortress..."

Zhou Si muttered to himself in his heart, and chopped the body of the incarnation in front of him into two halves, just like chopping off a piece of straw.

"So, what role do you play in this incident?"

Zhou Si dealt with the last humanoid incarnation. After seeing it fall to the ground and completely destroyed, Zhou Si returned to Ji Siling's clinic.

After the recent attack, this place has become a mess, even like a ruin.

All kinds of debris fell to the ground, the table top was pierced by the flying shrapnel, and the drawer collapsed, spilling the storage items all over the floor.

Normally, Zhou Si would not pay attention to these debris, but a bright color among them made Zhou Si stop for a moment.

It was a robe.

A dusty, yet incredibly emerald green robe.

(End of this chapter)