"I don't want it to be what we think it is either."
Meng Chao sighed. "After all, Saber Jin Wanhao is a tyrant who has been famous for decades. Even though he's definitely not a kind person after stirring up trouble in the gray areas of Dragon City and his actions often stray from the boundaries of the law, during the darkest and most chaotic era in Dragon City, he still killed countless monsters and protected a lot of lair citizens. He allowed the people who were tormented by pain and fear to enjoy a period of joy.
"I think that he's worthy of being called a formidable person.
"I really don't want to see this formidable person who has the world at his beck and call is actually a demon who breaks the limits of human nature in secret!
"So, if you know the truth, A 'Ji, it's best if you tell me now. If you're late, you might not have the chance to."
A 'Ji hung upside down and thought about it. A profound light shone in his eyes.
His slightly immature face once again revealed an incomparably vicissitude and vexed expression.
"Honestly, Meng Chao, I don't harbor any ill will toward you. Think about it yourself. Have I ever harmed you?"
A 'Ji's voice changed. It was calm and firm.
"Indeed, you haven't."
Meng Chao shook his head slowly. "This is also the main reason why I haven't crushed all your bones yet."
"Then, I'll have to thank you for showing mercy," A 'Ji said.
"Regardless of whether you believe me or not, if you're alone, I'm willing to share all my secrets with you. I can even share the legacies Saber Jin Wanhao left behind with you. Do you really think that the Underground Emperor only left behind one treasure after he managed the lair for decades? Cunning rabbit, you even know how to hide three burrows! "
Meng Chao's pupils shrank swiftly.
Lu Siya's breathing also became heavier.
He gestured at Lu Siya with his chin. "But she's here too. Queen Bee Lu Siya. She's someone I can't trust."
Meng Chao was a little stunned. He turned his head around to look at Lu Siya, then at A 'Ji. "That's strange. Do you know Big Sis Ya? Is there a grudge between you and her?"
"Before today, we didn't know each other, and there was no grudge between us," A 'Ji said.
Meng Chao became even more puzzled. "Then, why are you willing to help me expose the Vortex's scheme and tell me all your secrets, but you can't trust Big Sis Ya?
"You should know that the three of us had to work together to defeat the Maelstrom. Without the help of any one of us, the other two would have died. We should be each other's saviors.
"If this is a scheme to sow discord and divide us, isn't it too clumsy?"
"One careless move, and you'll lose everything. Now that things have come to this, I'm not in the mood to play such a boring game as sowing dissension. Besides, the two of you are in a medical cabin together. I can't sow dissension between you with just a few words."
"I don't like her, and I can't trust her either. There's only one reason for that. She's a member of the nine great cultivation families, and she's not even a branch member or a normal member. She's an outstanding member of the third generation of the direct family. In the future, there's a high possibility that she will control Sky Pillar Corporation and the entire Lu family!"
"I understand now. Do you have a grudge against the nine great mega corporations, just like Red Brows Su Lun?"
When Lu Siya heard this, she climbed out of the medical cabin and stood beside Meng Chao.
"Things change with the passage of time. There's no need to be entangled in any grudges."
"But if my secret is known by the nine great mega corporations, you'll snatch everything from me and lock me up in secret. You'll even slice me up and conduct research on me. I'll live an endless life where I'll wish I was dead.
"Compared to being captured by you and being subjected to brutal research, never to escape the nine great mega corporations' control, I'd rather die now!"
"Is that so?"
Lu Siya quirked her eyebrows, and a mysterious and charming smile appeared on her lips. She said calmly, "Let's not talk about whether your identity is important enough for you to be … locked up in secret and dissected for research. I'm curious. Why did you lump me together with the nine great mega corporations?
"I'm me. I'm Queen Bee Lu Siya. I can't represent Sky Pillar Corporation or the entire Lu family, much less the nine great mega corporations. In other words, the interests of me, Sky Pillar Corporation, the Lu family, and the nine great mega corporations might not always be the same.
"So, what's your great secret? Why don't you tell me? If I think that the benefits this secret will bring me far surpass the benefits it will bring to Sky Pillar Corporation, the Lu family, and the nine great mega corporations, perhaps Meng Chao and I will help you keep your secret?"
Lu Siya winked at A 'Ji.
A 'Ji thought about it and said, "Everyone knows that you're the outstanding member of the third generation of the nine great cultivation families. Your father is also in charge of the most important mining company under Sky Pillar Corporation. Your grandfather is the master of the Lu family, and he has high hopes for you. Over the past few months, he has spent an astronomical amount of resources to personally train you. Would your interests not be the same as those of the family and the company?"
"Heh."
Lu Siya put on a fake smile. "Being the most outstanding member of the third generation of the nine great cultivation families is just an empty title. Aside from the risk that comes with the saying that the tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, it's meaningless.
"My father is indeed in charge of Sky Pillar Minerals, but there's a huge difference between being in charge, being in possession, and being in sole possession.
"My grandfather does have high hopes for me, but having high hopes for me and spoiling me are two different things. If he has high hopes for me today, he will have high hopes for his other grandchildren tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, he might send me to the toughest frontlines in the family for the sake of the third generation he dotes on the most.
"Besides, even if everything goes smoothly, when will I be able to control the Lu family and Sky Pillar Corporation one day?
"As life sciences become more developed, the environment around Dragon City also becomes better. The nine great mega corporations have opened up their grotto-heavens and turned them into sanatoriums for the higher-ups. My grandfather is one of the top ten richest people in Dragon City, so he can enjoy medical treatment and health resources much better than Saber Jin Wanhao. He wasn't injured that much when he was young, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to live to more than one hundred years old.
"My father's generation has been taking all sorts of gene medicine and high-calorie nutritional fluid since he was young. He also received professional and perfected spirit energy cultivation. It wouldn't be difficult for my father and dozens of uncles to live to one hundred and sixty years old.
"Once everyone dies and I become the master of the Lu family and the master of Sky Pillar Corporation, I might become an old, faded woman who is more than one hundred years old, right? 'And that's just one of the nine great mega corporations. I haven't even included the other eight in my calculations!
"Do you think that I have the patience to wait seventy or eighty years and become an old, faded woman before I climb up to the supreme throne?"
A 'Ji sensed Lu Siya's ambition, which she did not hide.
In his daze, he had the misconception that aside from her face and figure, she was basically a female version of Phantom Bear Xiong Wei. In fact, she was even … his own reflection in the mirror.
"A 'Ji, the choice is yours," Meng Chao said.
"You can tell me and Big Sis Ya all your secrets. If you really didn't cross the bottom line of human nature in this matter, and you didn't — er, you didn't break too many of Dragon City's laws, then we might be able to find mutual benefits and welcome a happy ending.
"If you really don't want to tell me, we can only investigate it ourselves. But once we investigate everything clearly, your arms will definitely be useless. Forget about Celestial Tyrant's Star Shattering Slash, you won't even be able to pick up a nail clipper!"
A 'Ji gritted his teeth and looked back and forth between Meng Chao and Lu Siya.
Meng Chao's final sentence finally made him make up his mind.
"Alright, I'll tell you."
He stared at Meng Chao. "I just hope that you won't regret what you heard."
"I've never regretted anything."
Meng Chao used the tip of his foot to nudge the horrifying photo over and said coldly, "But you must first explain this clearly. Did Saber Jin Wanhao really sacrifice so many innocent people to carry out his evil research?"
A 'Ji stuttered. "He did indeed carry out some research. Before these people died, they did indeed go through excruciating torture, and they died … in discomfort.
A 'Ji stammered, "However, they're definitely not innocent."
Meng Chao and Lu Siya looked at each other. "What do you mean?"
"This man's name is' Jinx 'Huang Xin. He was the mastermind of the robbery of the Development Bank twelve years ago. At that time, not only did he and his accomplices steal tens of millions of crystal coins, they also killed seventeen bank employees who had been tied up needlessly."
A 'Ji pointed at the first photo. It was a corpse that was dissected by a strange machine. "At his highest rank, Jinx Huang Xin was ranked 95th on the Supernatural Tower's bounty list.
"But he's incredibly cunning and brutal. When he noticed that he was being chased by the secret police and bounty hunters, he killed all his accomplices in one go and fled with all the loot. He vanished without a trace.
"His accomplices died, and his trail was cut off. Regardless of whether it's the secret police or bounty hunters, they couldn't do anything to him. He remained free for a total of ten years, and in the end, he ended up in Saber Jin Wanhao's hands.
"Do you think that Jin Wanhao has crossed the bottom line of humanity by treating him as an experimental subject?"
Meng Chao and Lu Siya were stunned at the same time.
Compared to the fights between humans and monsters, which often resulted in thousands of casualties, the crime of seventeen dead people was not enough to leave a deep impression on Meng Chao and Lu Siya.
The problem was that Huang Xin, the Unlucky Star, had killed all the tied up bank employees one by one in an execution-style manner.
When superhumans went through spirit energy deviation, they usually committed crimes of passion.
His calm and brutal methods were enough for him to leave his name on the bounty list.
They did not expect that this criminal who had dozens of wronged souls on his back and remained free would quietly die in Saber Jin Wanhao's hands.
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