My wife is the stand-in.

"I am proof of that. Hurry up, you might still make it in time." Head gave a bitter laugh. At this moment, his entire chin had disappeared, leaving only the mouth on his forehead that could still speak.

With his intelligence once again in control, Liu Nu almost effortlessly figured out that Icarus was the so-called center of the live broadcast.

He struggled to turn his head, letting the spear of Longinus tear a huge hole in him. His eyes were devoid of emotion; he simply spoke to Icarus with the familiarity of years of filming:

"I am Liu Nu, the duty officer for the Fengdu branch this year. The details of the incident will be explained by this kid named Amanosaki and others later."

"In short, I'm sorry to have disappointed everyone."

The light engulfed their eyes, leaving only a mouth still murmuring:

"I am a sinner, you must all take me as your witness..."

The last mouth began to disappear, the mouth, devoid of its vocal organs, opened and closed on its own, leaving only meaningless sobs.

This is the highest-ranking death of a chivalrous figure that Amanosaki has ever witnessed.

There were no salutes, no elaborate funeral, and no weeping from relatives and fans.

All that remains are incriminating evidence, deadly heroes, and dark, sunless sewers.

In the Fengdu branch office, a gaunt man sighed in disappointment:

"It still failed. We need to get the stuff back."

Chapter 99: The Cloning Workshop

"Alright, let's change the channel."

The tea room fell silent again. Liu Nu calmly admitted his depravity before his death, and at the last moment, he protected Amanosaki's personal safety and the reputation of the Fengdu branch. This made the old man surnamed Lin lose interest in continuing to tease him.

He listlessly drank tea with Amber instead of wine, sprinkling it around the sofa. "Before he died, he whispered something to that bastard. Guess what it was?"

"Is that even a question?" Amber Duke said without looking up. "With the extermination order in effect, there's a climate of fear everywhere. Everyone's afraid of putting in too much effort, or even more afraid of not being able to put in enough effort at all."

"This time, the capital is determined to use the extermination order to assess the performance of each province and branch. This is no secret. Good deeds will be rewarded, mistakes will be punished, and those who cause serious trouble will lose their heads."

The old man surnamed Lin nodded: "That's why none of the branches are willing to send out their elite troops. They have to clean up their own mess first. Only the Fengdu branch is like a ticking time bomb. It will be over if it is provoked even slightly."

Amber nodded, then shook his head.

It's true that Liu Nu had problems all along, but judging from how he had deceived everyone before, he wasn't entirely unable to hide them.

What is it that makes him so rushed, so busy that he doesn't even have time to process the negative emotions he has painstakingly accumulated?

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'Help me up.'

Seeing that Liu Nu was dead, Amanosaki felt a sudden release of the tension in his chest, and then he collapsed.

His back sank into the soft, voluptuous flesh, and Amanosaki's languid body shuddered, completely relaxing.

Icarus hugged him from behind, her breasts pressed against his back, her firm breasts flattened by Amanosaki's weight.

Icarus blushed deeply, his mind racing: 'Someone's watching, get up!'

Exhausted, Amanosaki didn't even have the strength to speak: 'There's no one here, the live stream is off, don't try to fool me.'

As he spoke, he gently shifted his shoulders to make himself more comfortable.

Icarus's face was flushed, and his eyes were misty.

At the wellhead, a large group of soldiers were waiting, all looking at Amanosaki enjoying the Icarus breast pillow with complicated expressions. It was hard to tell whether they were jealous or envious.

Some of them were grinding their teeth slightly, and their fingers were even touching the buckle.

So Icarus bit Amanosaki's earlobe, his canine teeth gripping the soft flesh, his tongue gently teasing and flicking, causing Amanosaki's pale face to instantly swell and turn red.

He was visibly full of energy; even his previously unsteady steps felt much stronger.

So Icarus seized the opportunity to flap his wings, stomped his foot, and leaped out of the shaft, half-hopping and half-flying.

Amanosaki, his face flushed, awkwardly tugged at his clothes to cover his crotch amidst the ambiguous stares of the crowd. He coughed lightly and said, "We're heading to the lower levels of the Abyss. Please lead the way."

The officer, covered in dust, glanced at the Spear of Longinus, which had pierced through the gaps and fallen, then looked at Icarus:

“I heard that you found a large number of four-clawed scale fish in another shaft.”

Amanosaki looked at Ikaros and, after receiving a shake of the head, said, "Don't worry about that, it's been resolved."

"why?"

Amanosaki carefully chose his words: "Just now... umm, when the former guard self-destructed, it triggered a large amount of negative emotions, many of which were resentment and anger. When you all approached Icarus, she pushed these things away. But there are no evil spirits in the shaft over there, so they can't handle these emotions. Therefore, ordinary beasts will inevitably be dominated by their emotions."

"Once we destroy the workshop and kill the Queen Fish, I can take you all to see it; it will surely be a scene of carnage."

The officer was silent for a few seconds, looked down at the mess of the shaft, and nodded. "Come with me."

Liu Nu's self-destruction objectively eliminated the four-clawed scale fish that had fled into the Fengdu sewers and also disrupted the signal jamming system there. Therefore, the officer relied on noisy communication equipment to continuously contact the surface and report the situation while leading the way.

Amanosaki took this opportunity to carefully examine the surrounding environment.

The tunnel they were in now was a real working tunnel. Unlike the maintenance pipes the two of them had drilled through before, the entire tunnel had a flat, elliptical structure and contained several large pieces of equipment that he couldn't understand.

In the middle of the tunnel is a five-meter-wide concrete passage paved with steel plates. On both sides of the simple wire mesh guardrail are densely packed vertical shafts resembling honeycombs.

It seems that the city's sewage will be purified again here after initial filtration.

"Very professional."

This is Icarus's assessment.

"The elevator is malfunctioning and can't come down," the officer said somewhat awkwardly to Amanosaki.

"It's alright, I already guessed it. Actually, it's not just the elevator; all the equipment here has some problems. Large, precision instruments are very fragile. After an explosion of that magnitude, the only equipment around here that can still function is probably a sturdy and durable mechanical structure."

As Amanosaki spoke, he raised the Spear of Longchinus, pierced the elevator door, and pushed it open, revealing a dark and deep elevator shaft with a whistling cold wind blowing through it.

"How about we wait for you here?"

Amanosaki glanced sideways at the officer.

The officer scratched his head: "I think my only role is to give you directions. The lowest floor is one floor down the stairs after you exit the elevator shaft. That floor is the water quality monitoring and analysis center."

Amanosaki's eyes didn't even blink.

"Okay, actually I wanted to collect the remains of Liu... who was on duty, and record the scene in detail. That's what the higher-ups wanted."

"First, the former guard has turned to ashes, and there are ashes everywhere there, so you can't see them in the photos. Second, nobody in the world is interested in a pile of bone fragments, including evil spirits. Finally, if what he says really is down there, then I need you all to bear witness. It's of utmost importance, and I must be careful."

"……it is good."

Using the zipline, the soldiers descended one by one. Amanosaki and Icarus were the first to open the elevator door at the bottom floor, where they were greeted by a magnificent underground structure that resembled a palace.

Four people could barely encircle the massive concrete pillars that supported the space dozens of meters high. Emergency lights hung from the top of the pillars, but by the time the bright light reached the ground, it was already too dim to see anything around.

"The sewers connect the entire city, and going underground is much faster than going through the congested surface. It was originally planned to house several small teams of heroes and troops to deal with any sudden attacks from evil forces. It also serves as an emergency shelter, but currently, no equipment or supplies have been brought in yet."

The officer explained as he led everyone down the path.

He had clearly obtained authority from the government and led everyone to the lowest level without any obstacles.

Upon entering, you are greeted by bright, dry rooms of varying sizes, cut using tempered glass and privacy film, with shadowless lamps and floors that exude a strong laboratory atmosphere.

But for some reason, there was no one in the entire laboratory floor.

Amanosaki had no interest in the instruments and water quality data in these rooms; he simply examined them one by one, searching for the clone production workshop.

"I think it should be over there."

Icarus pointed to the end of the road, to an unremarkable room labeled "Entertainment Room".

The officer quickly stepped forward, swiped his card to open the door, and then his breathing became heavy.

"Someone has been here!"

He pulled out his gun, his voice slightly hoarse.

Amanosaki pushed past the officer, the Spear of Longchinus in his hand trembling slightly.

This recreation room is filled with everything from bookshelves to video games, billiards, and musical instruments, suggesting it's intended for long-term staff to use for entertainment.

The pool table in the middle of the room was violently overturned, revealing the passageway underneath; the alloy door handles were crushed; and bookshelves were carelessly knocked over.

The outer layer of the passage is made of metal, but as you go down, the granite walls are exposed, revealing rough chisel marks.

The group descended the narrow stone steps, and within a few dozen seconds, the view suddenly opened up before them.

Rows of spherical culture chambers were laid out in front of everyone, about fifty in total.

The walls are fitted with glass cabinets filled with nutrient solution, inside which fetuses of all sizes are submerged.

In the underground, which is full of technological and medical acumen, these things give off an indescribable sense of filth and blasphemy.

Even though everyone was mentally prepared, they still felt thirsty and nauseous.

These cabinets contain people who are still developing.

And the incubation chambers, unsurprisingly, are also filled with people.

"Ah...please wait a moment. Let me finish off this big guy before I entertain you all."

A dry voice rang out in the laboratory. Amanosaki warily raised his weapon and cautiously approached.

He arrived at the wall formed by floor-to-ceiling windows and saw the scene below. His heart was instantly gripped by overwhelming rage.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was a natural cave, sealed off by metal. The rocks and metal walls were covered with bloody scratches and marks, as well as traces of burning and blunt force trauma.

A large hole was torn in the grid-like floor, revealing the dark river water below.

A huge fish with two short, thick, claw-like fins was lying on the edge of the hole, weakly slapping its tail.

A tall, thin figure, resembling a bamboo pole, was completely submerged in foul-smelling blood.

The man held a large object wrapped in white cloth in one hand, which was oozing blood, while he stuck his other hand into the fish's eye and mumbled something.

'He was clearly outdoors, so how did he manage to transmit his voice in? What kind of superpower is that?' Amanosaki began to ponder his opponent's trump card.

In a flash, the figure turned its head, revealing a face covered in wrinkles and cracks like a dried corpse, two protruding eyeballs bulging from their sockets, and a toothless mouth making a "hoarse" sound, before Nozaki gave a miserable laugh to the sky.

"Fire! Fire!"

Amanosaki's back hair stood on end, and he almost screamed.

The soldiers instinctively raised their guns, but Icarus was faster than anyone else; she had already drawn her Gatling gun and, without thinking, fired at the strange man through the glass!