After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

She remained calm in front of the live broadcast camera.

"Absurd accusations."

Zhou Ran countered, "Do you need evidence?"

He snapped his fingers.

Chen Ya connected.

The next moment, the live global broadcast was forcibly split.

On the left is Eileen's stern and righteous face.

On the right is the energy image of the ship's hull scanned by Lin Qingxue's Dharma Eye.

Each chip interface, energy conduit, and virtual array pattern was clearly marked in red, a shocking sight.

Chen Ya's calm voice, simultaneously interpreted in 37 languages, resonated across the global internet.

"The Sheng Hui Asia Control Center is suspected of illegal human experimentation, cross-border kidnapping, and live energy modification."

All evidence has been backed up to 37 official secure channels.

Eileen's wine glass hung in mid-air.

Fatty Wang grinned.

"This is what live-streaming e-commerce is all about; it's getting you started."

Eileen put down her glass and wiped away all the feigned compassion from her face.

"Initiate transfer".

At the bottom of the ship, the giant teleportation array suddenly shone brightly.

Inside the seventh core compartment, a large number of servers began to sink, and a humanoid container wrapped in black metal was also pushed toward the teleportation platform.

Lin Qingxue's reminder echoed in Zhou Ran's mind:

"There's a teleportation array at the bottom of the ship, the destination is an underwater transfer station! And there's a humanoid life form, that aura..."

It's Zhao Shijiang!

Zhou Ran did not move.

He lowered his head, his fingertips traced a drop of black-gold blood that slid down the tip of the bone pen.

With a stroke of the pen, six characters were written towards the sea.

This ship must not leave the sea.

The character is complete.

The entire sea suddenly sank an inch, and the rules of spacetime were forcibly anchored here.

The massive Santa Maria emitted a tooth-grinding metallic wail, its hull frozen in place.

The teleportation array at the bottom of the ship flashed wildly, and all spatial coordinates were thrown into chaos and locked down.

Eileen's expression changed drastically, and she blurted out:

"What did you do?!"

As Zhou Ran stepped onto the sea, the seawater beneath his feet automatically condensed into black and gold patterns of law.

"The negotiations are over."

The three demon dukes looked up simultaneously, their three powerful wills locking onto the giant ship.

Three hundred demon soldiers drew their swords in unison, their blades igniting with dark demonic flames.

The engines of all the escape boats, submarines, and stealth speedboats were melted through by the demonic fire in the same instant.

Just then, a low growl came from deep within the ship's hull.

The voice was dry and decaying, like some old rule being forcibly torn apart.

"Zhou Ran..."

"I've been waiting for you... for a long time..."

The sound penetrated the ship's hull and reached everyone's ears clearly.

Fatty Wang's facial muscles stiffened for a moment.

"That voice... Zhao Shijiang?"

Zhou Ran looked up and gazed into the deepest darkness at the bottom of the ship.

The gate mark on his chest moved in response, and the sealed drop of the Moon Emperor's sinful blood heated up, sensing the command from the same source.

Zhou Ran gripped the Taihuang Black Blade tightly in his hand.

"The one who opens the door."

"I am coming."

The elderly man in the hospital bed felt a numbness in his wrist, and he hadn't yet figured out what had happened.

The chip went out.

Xiao Rou raised her hand and uttered two words.

"Bite back."

The Gu worms flowed back upstream along the signal line.

In the control room, on the wrists of more than a dozen researchers, writhing black lines bulged under the skin, causing them to let out shrill screams.

Qin San entered the arena with a knife.

He doesn't talk much.

The knife was very fast.

As the three researchers turned to flee into the archives, their knees were shattered by the back of a knife.

Fatty Wang grinned from the side.

"Old Qin, your service attitude is a bit cold."

Qin San glanced at the person rolling and groaning on the ground, his words flat.

"They don't deserve hot food."

The three demon dukes were assigned to suppress the demons in their respective areas.

In the East District, all the superhumans who tried to resist were pinned to the ground by the Demon Flame and unable to move.

In the West District, the researchers were pinned to their spots by the invisible force of the military seal, turning them into statues.

In the North District, a luxury sanatorium, a group of benefactors in silk robes scream as they rush toward private escape pods.

Grand Duke Moro of the Demon Clan stood in front of the hatch, looking down at them.

"The Zhou Emperor has issued an order."

"Those who fund human experimentation will be put on their knees and await trial."

A wealthy man with a receding hairline pointed at Moro's nose and roared, "Do you know who I am?!"

Moro reached out, grabbed his head, and slammed it heavily onto the floor.

"Now I know."

"Prisoner."

……

The seventh level of the ship's bottom.

At the entrance to the core compartment, Eileen was being held captive by two demon soldiers, her usual composure and elegance completely gone.

She stared intently at Zhou Ran, the words squeezed out between her teeth.

You can't win.

"Zhao Shijiang has been linked to three thousand vital signs."

"If you kill him, those patients will be killed with him immediately."

Zhou Ran didn't even spare a glance for her.

"Who said I was going to kill?"

Eileen's breath hitched.

Zhou Ran lifted his foot.

boom!

He kicked the heavy core hatch, causing it to collapse inwards and fall into the cabin.

Behind the door, a bizarre gate appeared, pieced together from writhing flesh, twisted metal, and shimmering illusory crystal chips.

The door frame was deeply embedded in the bottom of the ship, with the other end connecting to the endless darkness of the deep sea.

Zhao Shijiang's body was suspended in the center of the door.

His upper body was still human-shaped, but his lower body was fused together with the door in a bloody mess.

On his chest, a gray-black core fragment rose and fell with his breath.

Zhao Shijiang opened his eyes.

His eye sockets had no pupils, only two rotating cracks that emitted an ominous light.

"Zhou Ran".

"You've finally arrived."

Fatty Wang followed him in, and his stomach churned violently; he almost vomited on the spot.

"What is he doing...?"

Have you turned yourself into a human-shaped access control system?

A hoarse vibration came from Zhao Shijiang's throat, like a rusty door being forcibly squeezed open.

"Fatty, you're still as stupid as ever."

Fatty Wang's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

"Brother, can I slap him in the mouth first?"

Zhou Ran replied, "Queue up."

Zhao Shijiang's gaze passed over Fatty Wang and locked onto Zhou Ran, his words filled with a morbid and twisted smugness.

"You think that by taking down Zhao Tao, you can take down the entire Zhao family?"

"Zhao Tao is just a piece of trash."

"I sent him to the underworld to get a map of it."

"I sold him to Sheng Hui in exchange for this brand new body."

"Now, I am no longer an ordinary person."

He opened his arms.

The entire gate of flesh and blood expanded, emitting a sound as if bones and muscles were being forcibly stretched.

"The vital signs of three thousand patients are all connected to my body."

"If they live, I will live."

"If I die, they die."

"Zhou Ran, do you dare touch me?"

A screen the size of a wall inside the cabin lit up.

The life curves of more than a thousand patients appeared simultaneously.

Among them were infants crying for milk, elderly people in their twilight years, and even pregnant women who had just undergone cesarean sections and were breathing weakly.

Zhao Shijiang's laughter became even more grating.

"Don't you like saving people?"

"Help!"

"Weren't you going to interrogate me?"

"Come and interrogate them!"

"This time, I have three thousand lives behind me!"