Helping each other with countless me.

Chapter 577 The End
Zhou Xian and Li Zhongren carefully retreated from the suffocating standoff area on the fifth floor and returned to the temporary command post downstairs.

The resentful energy permeating the air remained thick, giving even breathing a rusty, sweet smell.

"Director, the testing equipment and sampling personnel are ready."

A team member reported.

Zhou Xian frowned, looking at the heat source signal inside the building that was still firmly controlled by the tentacles on the holographic projection, and said in a deep voice.

“I know, but the problem now is who to send to perform the sampling. The job is not technically difficult, but the psychological pressure and risks are extremely high. The target’s emotions are extremely unstable, and any slight stimulus could cause it to go berserk. The person who goes up must be bold and careful, have a steady hand, and have absolutely excellent mental qualities.”

He looked around at the elite team members who were clearly wary of venturing into the depths of that "devil's den," and weighed the most suitable candidate.

"Old Liu is experienced, but his skills are a bit rusty. Young Chen has a steady hand, but this is his first time facing a situation like this..."

Zhou Xian whispered to Li Zhongren beside him, explaining that this was both a test and a way to teach newcomers how to weigh the pros and cons.

Just then, a deep engine roar came from afar, and a black Secret Service SUV came to a stop outside the median strip with an almost aggressive tail-swing.

The car door opened, and Liu Ruyan, dressed in a crisp bureau chief uniform and exuding a powerful aura, stepped out. Her gaze was sharp as lightning, instantly locking onto Zhou Xian and Li Zhongren, who were discussing something.

"Director!"

Zhou Xian immediately went up to him and gave a brief report on the current situation, the "lure a lover" plan, and the current difficulties in sampling.

After listening, Liu Ruyan nodded.

"The plan is feasible, let's do it this way."

However, her next words stunned Zhou Xian.

"I'll take care of the sampling."

After speaking, her sharp gaze immediately swept over a young female nurse who had just prepared the equipment and was standing by. The nurse shuddered under the director's gaze.

Without saying a word, Liu Ruyan strode over, grabbed the bewildered nurse's wrist, and led her to the back of the armored command vehicle. "You, come with me for a moment, I need to borrow your protective suit and equipment."

"Huh? Chief...Chief? This...this isn't in accordance with regulations, is it?"

The young nurse was completely caught off guard and was practically dragged away by Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan didn't turn her head back.

"Rules are for solving problems. Your equipment is more suitable for a nurse than mine."

Her tone left no room for argument.

The assistant who had been following behind Liu Ruyan finally couldn't hold back any longer and quickly caught up, whispering words of advice with a wry smile.
"Director! My dear Director! You're here again! This kind of frontline assault work really isn't suitable for you to do personally! You're the commander; you should be in command, overseeing the overall situation! If... if headquarters finds out about this..."

The assistant wasn't worried about the danger—she had blind confidence in her director's abilities—but rather that her boss always led from the front, charging into battle. This was completely inconsistent with the role and behavior expected of a senior commander, and she didn't even know how to write a report!
Liu Ruyan completely ignored her assistant's nagging and pulled the nurse into the back of the command vehicle.

A few minutes later, the car door opened again, and the nurse from before stepped out wearing a slightly oversized tactical vest, with a dreamy expression on her face.

Liu Ruyan then came out—she had changed into the white nurse's uniform she had "borrowed" from the nurse.

Although the clothes were obviously a bit too tight, especially around the chest, and the sleeves and trousers were also a bit too short, this did not conceal her sharp, knife-like aura at all. Instead, it created a strange and highly impactful contrast.

She neatly tied her long hair up and tucked it into her nurse's cap, picked up the medical collection box from the ground, and looked at Zhou Xian.

"What are you waiting for? Point the way. Let's finish this quickly."

Her tone was calm, as if she were simply going to change a light bulb, rather than venturing into the lair of a Level 2 extraordinary mutant.

Looking at his director's attire and resolute attitude, Zhou Xian swallowed back all the suitable candidates he had just thought of.

He knew that once the director made a decision, nothing could change it, and with her personally acting as an "insurance agent," there was absolutely no chance of anything going wrong.

He could only take a deep breath and step aside to make way.

"The target is on the fifth floor, Chief. Be careful."

At the same time, the team members upstairs were notified via walkie-talkie.

"Attention! The 'nurse' is coming up to take a sample immediately. Cooperate fully to ensure safety!"

Liu Ruyan nodded, picked up the collection box, and walked with firm and quick steps into the residential building shrouded in resentment once again.

Behind her, only her assistant remained, looking utterly dejected and stamping her feet in despair.

The group went up to the fifth floor again, and Zhou Xian roared into the room.

"Wang Lei! The technician has arrived. She'll collect your sample for testing now! Cooperate with her!"

The monster inside the room stared warily at Liu Ruyan, whose nurse's uniform and professional movements temporarily calmed some of its suspicions.

A thick tentacle slowly extended in front of Liu Ruyan, with a crack at the tip revealing bluish-black skin and blood vessels.

Liu Ruyan remained expressionless, her movements as practiced as if she were a truly experienced nurse.

She quickly disinfected the area and precisely inserted the needle into the tentacle's blood vessel, drawing the dark red blood into the reservoir.

Throughout the process, Li Zhongren keenly sensed that an extremely subtle power, probably her black flames, silently flowed into the monster's body through Liu Ruyan's fingertips and spread rapidly along its tentacle network that covered the entire building.

Insurance has already been laid out.

If Wang Lei makes any unusual move, the black flames will instantly burn him and all his tentacles to ashes.

After the blood collection was completed, Liu Ruyan stepped back and handed the blood collection tube to the real technician who followed behind her.

The technician immediately set up the portable rapid DNA analyzer in the hallway and began operation.

The atmosphere during the few minutes of waiting was as oppressive as the sea before a storm.

The instrument emitted a slight hum, and finally, the screen lit up, displaying the cold comparison results.

The technician took a deep breath, looked at Zhou Xian, shook his head with difficulty, and whispered, "Director... we can rule out a biological father-son relationship."

"Roar! Aaaaaaahh ...

Despite being mentally prepared, seeing the irrefutable evidence with his own eyes instantly overwhelmed Wang Lei's remaining humanity with overwhelming resentment and a sense of betrayal!

Its enormous body swelled violently, and all its tentacles suddenly rose high, about to indiscriminately lash and contract, crushing all the hostages!
A glint flashed in Li Zhongren's eyes. He stepped forward, cupped his hands in front of him to form a ball, and a strange suction force emerged from his palms.

The anchor point is his soul; the surrounding psychic energy fluctuations, as well as Wang Lei's fluctuating emotions, are all mobilized, absorbed, and gathered in front of him.

Visibly, the dense, almost tangible black resentment energy and violent psionic fluctuations were forcibly drawn from the monster like rivers flowing into the sea, quickly converging in front of Li Zhongren and compressing into a violently churning, ominous black-red energy sphere.

The monster's movements suddenly froze, the destructive energy burst abruptly interrupted and withdrawn, plunging it into a strange state of weakness and confusion.

"Your anger won't solve anything! Look closely! Who's really to blame!"

Li Zhongren maintained the sphere of light, his voice carrying a peculiar soothing power.

We will give you true justice!
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Amidst the upbeat and noisy music, the air inside the "Limei" upscale gym in the eastern part of the city is filled with the mixed scents of sweat and protein powder.

In the private training area, coach Zhang Wei, who is also the target of this mission's lover, is vigorously showing off his biceps to a stylish and hot female student, while ambiguously promoting his expensive private training sessions.

"Beautiful lady, look at your core strength! If I personally train you for three months, I guarantee you'll have abs and a peach-shaped butt, and you'll turn heads on the street!"

As he spoke, he intentionally or unintentionally touched the female trainee's waist with his hand to "correct her posture".

Just then, the heavy glass door of the gym was suddenly pushed open with a loud bang, the noise even drowning out the music.

Four Secret Service agents, dressed in black tactical uniforms with prominent armbands and cold, steely expressions, surged in like drawn blades in a standard tactical formation, instantly taking control of the entrance and exit. The overwhelming sense of oppression caused everyone present to freeze, and the music was instinctively turned off, plunging the entire space into a deathly silence.

The team leader's gaze swept across the entire area like a hawk's, quickly locking onto Zhang Wei, who was wearing a tight-fitting coaching uniform and looking bewildered, in the private training area.

He flashed his badge, bearing the Secret Service emblem and serial number, and his voice was loud and cold, carrying clearly throughout the gym.

"Special Operations Bureau! Zhang Wei! In accordance with Article 17, Supplementary Clause of the 'Great Xia Empire's Emergency Response Regulations for Extraordinary Events,' you are suspected of having a significant connection to a Level 2 extraordinary event and are hereby summoned to cooperate with the investigation! Please cooperate immediately!"

Upon hearing this official statement, the expressions of the members and coaches who had been watching the commotion changed. They instinctively took a few steps back, their eyes filled with surprise and fear as they looked at Zhang Wei.

Extraordinary events? That's no joke!

Zhang Wei was initially stunned, then a look of panic flashed across his face, but it was quickly replaced by a bluffing arrogance. "Special Operations Bureau? What the hell is this Special Operations Bureau? I've never heard of it! What right do you have to arrest me? What have I done? Do you have an arrest warrant? Show it to me! Do you know my buddy works for the district police station? Believe me, one phone call and you'll be in big trouble!"

As he spoke, he tried to push aside the team members blocking his way, displaying an extremely arrogant attitude.

"Cooperating with the investigation is your obligation!"

The captain's voice was even colder, completely devoid of emotion.

"Obligation my ass! Get away from me! Don't touch me! I'm going to get a lawyer! I'm going to file a complaint against you!"

Seeing that he couldn't intimidate Zhang Wei, he became even more agitated and even waved his arms in an attempt to resist.

However, he was facing elite Secret Service agents who specialized in handling the most dangerous situations. The moment he raised his arm, the closest agent moved! The movement was as fast as lightning, without any hesitation. A precise and ruthless grappling move instantly grabbed Zhang Wei's outstretched wrist, while at the same time, he executed a clean and crisp tripping throw!

"Ugh!"

Zhang Wei felt a sudden dizziness and couldn't see what was happening before he was slammed onto the cold, hard floor by an irresistible force!

The heavy impact of landing on his back made his vision go black, and he felt excruciating pain as if his internal organs had been displaced.

He tried to struggle and yell, but another team member stepped forward, pressed his hard tactical knee against his lower back, roughly twisted his arms behind his back, and put on a specially made restraint handcuff with a "snap".

The whole process took no more than three seconds. Just moments ago, Zhang Wei was arrogant and domineering, but now he was like a shrimp that had been peeled, curled up on the ground, only able to make painful gagging sounds due to the intense pain and suffocation. His face was instantly covered in tears and snot, and he could no longer utter a single arrogant word.

"sampling."

The captain coldly gave the order.

Another team member immediately stepped forward, roughly rolled up Zhang Wei's sleeve, wiped it directly with a portable disinfectant, took out a disposable vacuum blood collection needle, and accurately pierced his elbow vein. Dark red blood was quickly drawn into the reservoir.

At this moment, Zhang Wei was filled with fear. His body trembled violently from the pain and terror, and he no longer had any thought of resisting.

A few minutes later, the portable rapid DNA analyzer beeped.

The team members checked the results and calmly reported them into the communicator.

"The biological father-son relationship between the target Zhang Wei and the child Wang Xiaobao has been confirmed. Matching successful. Over."

"take away!"

The captain waved his hand.

Less than five minutes later, accompanied by a screeching sound of brakes, Zhang Wei was roughly dragged out of the car by the special operations team. He was already so frightened that tears streamed down his face and his legs were too weak to stand.

Meanwhile, at the fifth-floor window, after seeing his lover, the monster Wang Lei also kept his promise.

Its massive body writhed, its relatively gentle tentacles tightly binding its ex-wife Liu Juan and the child who were screaming and pleading. The other tentacles, like living ropes, retracted from the wall and slowly and steadily lowered the other trapped, terrified residents to a safe area downstairs.

Finally, Wang Lei, holding Liu Juan and the child in his arms, used his thickest tentacles for support and cushioning, like a giant, ferocious spider, slowly and oppressively descended from the fifth floor onto the open ground of the community, landing right in front of the limp Zhang Wei.

Unrelated personnel have been evacuated, and special operations team members have set up a cordon around the perimeter. Liu Ruyan, Zhou Xian, Li Zhongren, and others stand nearby, calmly watching this final showdown.

Wang Lei put Liu Juan and the child aside and looked after them with his touch. The dog's twisted head turned towards the trembling Zhang Wei, and the sound it made was a mixture of pain and an eerie calm.

Why...did you destroy my home?

Zhang Wei kowtowed repeatedly, crying and shouting as he tried to shift the blame.

"It's not my fault, bro! No, you monster bro! I just... I just sold courses to scam some money! It's her! She's the one who kept pestering me! She insisted on divorcing her husband and living with me! I couldn't shake her off! I didn't mean for things to turn out like this!"

The monster paused for a moment, then turned its enormous eyes toward Liu Juan, who lowered her head in shame and fear.

It turned back, its voice deeper.

"Then...do you know...that the child is yours?"

"I know...I know..."

Zhang Wei dared not hide it.

"But she said she really loved me and insisted on having a child with me... I was deceived!"

The monster seemed to sense his emotional fluctuations; its tentacles trembled slightly, and it finally asked a question.

"So... will you take good care of this child in the future?"

Zhang Wei nodded frantically, as if grasping at a straw.

"Yes! I definitely will! I'll spend all the money I earn on him! I'll raise him like my own son! I swear!"

The sensations from the tentacles told Wang Lei that, at least in the face of fear, he was telling the truth at this moment.

However, just as the atmosphere seemed to ease slightly, Wang Xiaobao, the child who had been terrified, suddenly burst into tears, reached out to Zhang Wei, and uttered the words that would completely ignite the explosive barrel.

"Daddy! Help me! I'm scared! That monster is so scary!"

He was calling for Zhang Wei.

For a moment, the world seemed to stand still.

Wang Lei's massive body suddenly froze, then began to tremble violently and uncontrollably.

It realized that everyone knew the truth!
His wife, his lover, and even this man to whom he poured all his fatherly love, even though he had doubts, he ultimately chose to believe that the child was his own!
Together they wove a huge, cruel deception, leaving him the only one kept in the dark, like a ridiculous clown who gave everything only to end up with nothing!
"Ha...ha...uh ...

The final collapse of rationality!
The extreme betrayal and despair transformed into the purest madness, and Wang Lei's body underwent a second mutation at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But at this moment, Li Zhongren had already silently arrived behind the monster and used his 'ability' once again.

Visibly, seemingly endless black energy was drawn out by Li Zhongren and gathered above his head, transforming into a massive ball of spiritual energy with a diameter exceeding three meters!

But as Li Zhongren extracted this ball of psionic energy from the monster's body...

The monster—no, it should be Wang Lei—miraculously transformed back into a human.
The enormous black psychic energy ball, over three meters in diameter and formed from Wang Lei's endless pain, resentment, and despair, hovered above Li Zhongren's head, churning violently and emitting terrifying energy fluctuations that sent chills down one's spine.

It's like an unstable bomb, ready to devour everything around it at any moment.

Li Zhongren's face was solemn as he held the heavy "collection of negative energy" in his hands. He could feel the overwhelming resentment and destructive desire contained within it.

He took a deep breath and suddenly threw his arms upwards!

"Disperse!"

With a low shout, the massive black ball of psionic energy was hurled into the sky as if by an invisible giant hand, transforming into a black meteor that rapidly ascended!
At the moment of reaching a sufficient height—

"boom!!!"

The psionic sphere suddenly exploded! There was no deafening roar, only a muffled yet soul-stirring boom.

The black energy, like the most dazzling yet most eerie fireworks, suddenly spread out in the sky, transforming into countless streaks of black electricity, and finally slowly dissipated and vanished in the afterglow of the setting sun and the light pollution of the city, as if it had never existed.

On the ground, the suffocating pressure suddenly disappeared.

The energy was forcibly extracted, and the mutated body, deprived of support, rapidly shrank and degenerated like a deflated balloon.

The hideous bone spurs retracted into its body, the terrifying tentacles turned to ashes, and the bluish-black skin faded back to a pale human color. In just a few breaths, the terrifying monster disappeared, leaving only a naked, emaciated middle-aged man with empty and blank eyes.

He collapsed weakly to the ground, as if all his bones had been removed, with only his heavy breathing remaining to prove he was still alive.

The earth-shattering anger and madness from just now have left only endless exhaustion and a desolate emptiness.

Li Zhongren approached Wang Lei, looked down at the man lying on the ground as if he had no will to live, and said...

"To ruin your entire life for these three bastards is not a worthwhile deal. You're only thirty-five, you have at least sixty years left to live. Your life shouldn't end today, much less end at the hands of these three scoundrels! Your future should be started anew by yourself!"

"Of course, the beginning of the future is to take up the weapon of law and sue these three shameless bastards."

Everything has settled down; there were no deaths in this yellow alert incident.

However, in the shadows, a pair of eyes watched the entire process unfold.

In particular, when Li Zhongren used his ability to absorb spiritual energy and emotional fluctuations, the surprise and longing in his eyes were almost overflowing.
(End of this chapter)