Shou Yuxuan walked to an airtight door in a corner of the workshop.
Li Yao's heart was pounding. He was faced with a difficult choice.
Although Shou Yuxuan was a Yuanying, he was a research-type Cultivator. His brain and soul structure were different from those of the battle-type Cultivators. They were more focused on the depth of thinking and the creativity of comprehensive analysis. His senses were not very keen, and he might not be able to discover Neltharion.
However, were there other Yuanying deep inside the base?
Li Yao thought quickly and felt that the risk was worth it.
Yuanying were not leeks that could grow again after they were cut. The Patriots Partnership was an underground organization after all. It was already the best they could do to recruit three to five Yuanying.
He had just crippled Ye Changkong in the capital city. Even if there were other Yuanying in the base, there could only be one Yuanying at best. They should be fighting the Nine-Headed Ocean Monster outside right now. There was no way that they were lingering inside the base!
Gritting his teeth, Li Yao controlled his spiritual threads carefully and commanded Neltharion to follow Shou Yuxuan into the channel.
They passed through another four airtight doors. Perhaps because of the harsh environment and the fierce battles outside, the lights were flickering, and the defense rune arrays were somewhat disordered. Now and then, they were shaking softly, making it easier for Neltharion to hide.
Shou Yuxuan was a pure scholar. He would never have dreamed that something would be following him.
After passing through another airtight door, they found themselves in a rather large sterile room. Ivory brilliance was spreading out from the walls. At the center of the room was a metal platform that looked like a combination of an operation bed and an execution rack. On the platform … a headless body was placed.
The headless body had been pierced through by more than ten thick iron needles and fixed to the metal bed. Hundreds of tubes were inserted into his limbs and internal organs. All kinds of colorful, suspicious liquids were flowing in the circulatory system.
His head, on the other hand, was placed in a transparent box three meters away. Hundreds of soft tubes and crystal wires filled the entire head and extended out to connect to the body.
His head had been shaved off and entangled by countless crystal wires, so he could not see clearly. He could only see that his face was ashen and his eyes were tightly shut. He should have been dead for a long time.
For some reason, Li Yao felt that this decapitated corpse was somewhat familiar, as if it had left a deep impression on him somewhere.
"What does that mean?"
Li Yao pondered to himself. "He's clearly been decapitated for a long time, but the seals that pierced deep into his internal organs are still maintained at the highest level and can be activated at any time. What are they doing? Are they afraid that this corpse will 'mutate'?"
In the forty thousand years of the Cultivators who had spiritual energy and soul power, the theory of 'corpse transformation' was certainly not nonsense.
There were many reasons for a zombie to turn into a zombie, but Li Yao felt that this corpse was definitely not as simple as a zombie.
Around the dead body, more than ten workers in white airtight suits whose faces were covered by filter masks were standing. Three battle-type Cultivators with rather intimidating auras were even eyeing the body covetously while holding powerful storm bolters in their hands.
Li Yao's heart was suddenly beating faster. He hurried to stop Neltharion in midair and observe, not daring to move at all.
Who was this corpse exactly? Despite the fierce battle outside, three Core Formation Stage Cultivators were still guarding the place, showing no intention of reinforcing at all! Were they scared that the corpse would suddenly jump up and hurt them?
Li Yao's eyes extended along the crystal wires above the head, only to discover that almost a hundred crystal wires were connected to an unprecedentedly enormous super crystal processor. Judging from the distribution of the fins in the shape of duck wings, it should be a certain upgraded version of the 'Star River V' mainframe crystal processor.
It was a super crystal processor that only heavy warships or the headquarters of major sects would use. How could it be used to analyze the brain of a corpse? That was too wasteful!
Who was this person that the Patriots Partnership was paying so much attention to?
The more Li Yao looked at him, the more familiar he found him. The name was rolling in his throat.
At this moment, one of the white-robed men took off his mask, too, revealing a very unfamiliar face that was full of scars.
Shou Yuxuan walked forward and whispered something to the scar-faced man. Li Yao only heard the words' everything is normal and will be stabilized very soon. We can continue the interrogation '.
The scar-faced man nodded and quickly operated on the light beam of the 'Star River V' mainframe crystal processor. In a moment, feeble spiritual waves spread to the head and body of the corpse along the dense crystal wires. The liquids inside all the tubes flowed at a higher speed, and the 'corpse' put on the most painful expression. His lips and eyelids were shivering slightly.
"He is not completely dead yet!"
Li Yao felt that his blood was freezing.
"Shua!"
Almost a hundred light beams were immediately triggered on the mainframe crystal processor. Most of the light beams were displaying mottled phantoms and broken data. But on the enormous light beam at the center of the room, a blurred shadow seemed to be struggling in the middle of furious flames. It was screaming, splitting apart, condensing, and melting again. The cycle repeated endlessly.
"Zi, zi, zi, zi!"
When the shadow on the light beam was gradually frozen, the body that had lost its head began to tremble violently. Then, suppressed by the barriers made of dozens of iron needles, it was bounced back to the metal plate heavily, making squeaking noises between the metal bed and the ground. It had reached the limits of metal fatigue!
Immense spiritual waves were released during the whole process. Judging from the intensity of the data detected by Neltharion, it was probably — probably an expert of Yuanying!
Yuanying!
Li Yao's head was more and more chaotic.
It was impossible!
He knew what all the Yuanying looked like in the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Flying Star Sector. The body did not belong to any of them.
Besides, in both the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Flying Star Sector, the death of any Yuanying was a piece of super news. Take the Tian Yuan Realm for example. If a Yuanying perished, the Speaker and hundreds of representatives would show their concern and condolences. Chances were that a national funeral would be held!
However brutal the Patriots Partnership was, it was impossible for them to capture a Yuanying for interrogation and even kill her without alarming anyone!
Who was he exactly?
For a moment, Li Yao felt that his head was exploding. He shuddered and finally realized the guy's identity.
Elder Nether Spring, one of the four giants of the Blood Demon Sector, the previous ruler of the Nether Spring Kingdom, and the planner and leader of the Spore Stratagem!
Elder Nether Spring had indeed swallowed excessive Divine Blood of Chaos, transformed into the form of a human being, and fled to the Tian Yuan Realm!
However, the stray dog had been captured by the Patriots Partnership before he had the chance to bite anybody!
As a result, it was not hard to guess what the Patriots Partnership was up to.
At this moment, Elder Nether Spring was in the most miserable state. The specialists of the Patriots Partnership had connected his brain to the mainframe crystal processor. With the stimulation of all kinds of drugs and magical equipment, a lot of information, including most of Elder Nether Spring's memories, could be retrieved from his brain cells.
In the words of the ancient Cultivators forty thousand years ago, they had captured Elder Nether Spring's soul and were interrogating him with the 'soul-searching method'!
Of course, the biochemical technology, the magical equipment technology, and the studies on the brain were much more advanced than the crude 'soul-searching method' of the ancient times.
Other than Shou Yuxuan, the rest of the workers should be specialists of interrogation and Meditation Healers who specialized in the study of the brain. When all of them were gathered, it was possible that ninety-nine percent of the secrets in Elder Nether Spring's head could be exploited!
On the enormous light beam, the human shadow that was struggling in the invisible fire collapsed again and again. In the end, it congregated into a colorful, giant face that was filled with hatred, fury, frustration, and desperation. There was even a hint of begging on the face.
From the broadcast rune arrays on the two sides of the mainframe crystal processor, a dry voice echoed, as if it were from the deepest level of hell. "Kill me … Kill me … Kill me …"
Li Yao could only scoff at Elder Nether Spring's ending. He did not feel any pity for him at all.
However, the weird behavior of the Patriots Partnership baffled Li Yao even more.
As it turns out, the Patriots Partnership has captured Elder Nether Spring a long time ago and obtained tremendous intelligence about the Blood Demon Sector by exploiting his brain cells. No wonder they know everything about the Blood Demon Sector, including the relationship between Jin Tuyi and me, so well!
However, why are they keeping him here in secret instead of making it public?
What is Lu Zui up to exactly?
Inside the sterile room, everybody was unmoved by Elder Nether Spring's screams.
Shou Yuxuan, the authority of virology in the Federation, smiled. He turned on the light beam of his portable crystal processor and glanced at it. "Fellow Cultivator Nether Spring, the biochemistry and virology of the Blood Demon Sector are indeed much more advanced than those of the Tian Yuan Realm! You, on the other hand, are not only an expert in such fields but also have the legacy of Chaos. Your brain is a marvelous treasury. How can it be destroyed so easily?
"Listening to you is better than reading books for ten years. The communication with Fellow Cultivator Nether Spring in the past few months has truly enlightened me. I've benefited a lot from it!
"Just now, I was discussing with Fellow Cultivator Nether Spring about the stimulation and mutation of the latest version of the Demon God Virus by the sodium ion taurocholic acid polypeptide replacement, but we were disrupted by the storm outside. Now, let's continue. Fellow Cultivator Nether Spring, please tell us everything about the topic!"
Li Yao's heart was beating faster and faster. What was the meaning of this? Judging from his tone, the Patriots Partnership was further optimizing the Demon God Virus based on Elder Nether Spring's research?
It was true that the biochemistry and virology of the Tian Yuan Realm were not as advanced as the Blood Demon Sector's. It was difficult for them to study the Demon God Virus independently.
However, if they had all the memories and mental data of Elder Nether Spring, the 'birth father' of the Demon God Virus, it would not be entirely impossible to optimize and upgrade the virus based on them!
On the enormous light beam, Elder Nether Spring's giant face was twisting quickly. His desperate voice was still echoing from the broadcast rune arrays. "Kill me … Kill me … Kill me, and I'll tell you …"
After a few months of oppression, his ability to think had been severely damaged.
However, the dozens of light beams nearby were displaying the pictures of his research on the topic and the infinite data that were pouring out like a waterfall.
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