The Law of Heaven

Chapter 52 The Story of Ruan Qi

As dusk settled, Aihara looked up at the torrential rain pouring down from the dark clouds, and could hear the roar of dragons coming from the distant mountains, seemingly mixed with lightning and thunder.

"That's really irritating."

He knew that the mirage dragons were rebelling again.

Ruan Qi puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little aggrieved. Her strength had indeed increased recently, but she couldn't control it.

"Do you have any good news to tell me?"

Aihara shook his head and asked curiously.

Practice makes perfect, and now he's no longer as nervous as he was when he first started operating the business; he's much more relaxed.

Ruan Qi was no longer as reserved as before. She spread her arms and twirled around lightly, saying proudly, "Boss, I did as you said, and I did become much stronger while maintaining my rationality... Look at my body!"

The glass window reflected her current appearance.

She could clearly see that her body, which resembled a little dragon, had become agile and brutal, covered in iron-gray scales, like a demon that had walked out of hell.

Aihara was taken aback: "He has indeed grown quite a bit."

The girl's breasts were noticeably fuller, and her buttocks were also more perky; she seemed to be living a pretty comfortable life lately.

In Aihara's perception, the girl's breathing and heartbeat were extremely strong, and her strength had also improved.

Ruan Qi said with a smile, "This is all thanks to the Deep Blue Alliance. If it weren't for their large-scale exploration of the other side, I wouldn't have had such a good opportunity to fish in troubled waters."

Aihara glanced at her, his eyes full of meaning.

He became increasingly suspicious of the girl's identity.

"Boss, I saw one of your people in the mountains. He's a long-lived being who just fused with an ancient artifact, and you sent him out right away. Aren't you afraid he'll die young?"

Ruan Qi asked curiously.

"hehe."

Aihara tactically poured himself a glass of water and said calmly, "What I need is a fierce tiger that can fight its way out of the jungle, not a meowing kitten at home. Only by being tempered in life and death can one become a true strongman."

Ruan Qi fell into deep thought; the boss was right.

She wrote it down.

Aihara couldn't help but glance at her a few more times, then suddenly asked, "Kiri, do you like Germany?"

He was subtly trying to verify the history he had deciphered from that old notebook.

Ruan Qi shook his head and said with a straight face, "Of course I don't like it, even though I've never been to Germany. But to be honest, if it weren't for the Germans, I wouldn't be like this now, neither human nor ghost. I hate them!"

Aihara squinted and subconsciously took a sip of water.

During the first transaction, Aihara had not yet come into contact with the supernatural, so he misjudged the girl's identity, mistakenly believing that she had just had a conflict with her family.

But then he realized what was happening.

This girl's identity is not that simple.

After returning from Kiriyama, Aihara became increasingly curious about the girl's identity, but he had to maintain his composure at all times and could not bring himself to ask questions.

Therefore, he could only use the information he currently had to deliberately probe, saying, "Humans are always like this; as long as they cannot control their greed, they will bring disaster upon themselves."

Ruan Qi lowered her eyelashes, looked at the torrential rain outside the eaves, and said softly, "You are right. Greed can not only bring disaster, but also change a person beyond recognition."

"Boss, when I came home this time, I sensed my brother's presence again. Those remnants of the Shi family must have done something to him; his rationality is crumbling, and he can't control the desires deep within him. I could feel that the moment I appeared, he wanted to devour me. But a long, long time ago, he was the one who loved me the most."

She sat in the chair, her previous radiant expression gone, looking like a wronged kitten.

A shadow fell over those bright eyes.

These words struck Aihara like a thunderclap.

His hand holding the water trembled imperceptibly, and the mystery that had been puzzling him for so long finally became clear.

So that's how it is. No wonder Xiao Qi is so strong. She seems to be troubled by corruption, but in reality, she has not fallen into the dead apostle and has a mysterious past.

It turns out that Xiao Qi's so-called home was actually Wushan!
Analyzing Xiao Qi's words, her attitude or impression of the remnants of the Shi family is negative, which means she is not a member of that mysterious family, a fact that can be seen from her surname.

If he's not a member of the Shi family, then he's most likely an experimental subject!
Aihara gave the girl a deep look. Unlike the advanced experimental subjects he had encountered at the Shi family base, this girl's evolution was flawless. She had no deformed features and did not give off a primitive, beast-like feeling, yet her strength was far greater.

It's like the difference between an ant and a dragon.

Ruan Qi said softly, "It's not my brother's fault. He was desperate to get treatment for my illness, so he took me to the Shi family for help. Boss, do you know? We were both children from an orphanage. We suffered from severe congenital diseases from a young age and were only able to survive thanks to social assistance."

When my brother was eighteen, he started working after graduating high school. Sometimes he worked six jobs to pay for my medical treatment. But he was sick himself; his condition wasn't much better than mine. Yet, whenever he had money, he would take me to see a doctor immediately, enduring the pain himself.

Aihara sighed and handed her a pack of toilet paper.

Before anyone knew it, tears welled up in Ruan Qi's eyes.

Aihara was actually able to empathize with her feelings.

He also has a younger sister.

Fortunately, the siblings are relatively healthy and do not have any particularly serious illnesses. They have also been taken care of by their second uncle over the years. Although they are not wealthy, they have managed to get by.

Ruan Qi and her brother were not so lucky.

All I can say is that fate has its way with people.

"Later, our illnesses worsened, the cost of treatment increased, and the treatment became less and less effective, bringing us to the brink of despair. It was around that time that the Shi family found us. Although those people were evil, the technology they possessed could truly save our lives."

The Shi family says we are born with extraordinary talents, and our illness is not just a curse, but also an opportunity for transformation. They say that if we obtain the secret of the Misty Mountain, we can be reborn. We will no longer have to endure the suffering of ordinary people; we will receive divine power.

In the years that followed, we lived on the other side of Fog Mountain. Our material conditions weren't bad, but we had almost no contact with the outside world. It rained all day long on the other side; I never even saw the sunlight. We had many companions in the laboratory, but they all died one by one.

Ruan Qi was lost in memories, her eyes, reflecting the torrential rain, were empty, unable to conceal the loneliness in her heart.

The sound of the rain, like a tidal wave, drowned out the sound of her sniffling.

“I didn’t dare tell you these things during our first transaction. But later I realized that you are a person who follows the rules. Even if I didn’t tell you, you could still figure it out.”

Ruan Qi smiled silently: "I'm not afraid to tell you this, but I also survived by eating human blood buns. I personally drank the blood mixed with the spiritual essence of those companions. In other words, both my brother and I survived by devouring the corpses of others."

Aihara became increasingly alarmed as he listened, never expecting that the remnants of the Shi family would be doing such dangerous, bloody, and cruel things.

The question is, where did the Shi family get so many test subjects?
A possibility suddenly occurred to him.

"The Shi family may seem to be hiding in the misty mountains, but they have always maintained contact with the outside world. These people have channels to continuously transport people into the mountains for use as experimental subjects."

Ruan Qi pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "Most of these people are ordinary people who have suffered undeservedly because of our greed. Once, I even saw the orphanage director's granddaughter among the experimental materials..."

At that time, I thought, the old director had done so many good deeds in his life, yet his granddaughter was abducted and sent to the Shi family to be used as experimental material. The old man must be searching the world for his granddaughter; how anxious he must be to not find his only relative.

Aihara fell silent, waiting for what was to come.

Ruan Qi raised her eyes and gazed at the mountains through the rain: "I tried to persuade my brother to stop here. But I failed. By then, my brother was beyond redemption. His reason had collapsed, and he had become a demon."

What truly made me decide to escape was a document I stumbled upon. For the two of us to survive and achieve our final evolution, one of us had to devour the other. In other words, my brother wanted to eat me. I wasn't afraid of death, but once my brother ate me, no one could stop him. Boss, I had no choice.

Would you help me stop my brother?

Without saying a word, Aihara took out a copper coin, intending to use Xia Jifu's divination to cast a fortune for her first.

Ruan Qi's next words made his hand tremble.

"I plan to enter Fog Mountain tonight and, while I'm in good shape, fight him to the death!"

Ruan Qi's dim eyes suddenly surged with emotion!
"Absolutely not!"

Copper coins were scattered all over the ground.

Aihara was shocked inwardly.

The Deep Blue Alliance is preparing to blow up the Mirage Dragon; going in now would be suicide!

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