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The darkness and stench in the ventilation duct were overwhelming, the strong odor nearly suffocating me, making it hard to breathe. I crawled through the duct for what felt like an eternity, several times convinced I was being pursued, even hearing the sound of energy weapons striking the wall of the duct just behind me.
Eventually, whether by luck or due to some design flaw in this damned ventilation system, I tumbled out of an unexpected exhaust vent and landed in an abandoned tunnel filled with sewage.
After escaping from the abandoned laboratory, I felt like a frightened rat, darting through the city’s sewers and derelict buildings, trying to shake off those all-seeing eyes. The "Soul Crossing" book in my backpack felt like a heavy, cold object, devoid of its previous significance. This realization hit me hard: the danger was far from over.
Just when I thought I was temporarily safe, curled up in a corner of a deserted subway platform trying to gather my scattered thoughts—
“Beep… beep… beep…”
A rhythmic electronic beeping suddenly emanated from the lining of my coat! My heart dropped!
A tracker!
They implanted a tracker on me! When?! Was it in that laboratory, or… even earlier?
In a panic, I tore open the lining of my coat and indeed found a tiny metal chip, about the size of a grain of rice, blinking with a faint red light, firmly stuck to the fabric!
Damn it!
I quickly pried it off and crushed it underfoot. But it was too late. Almost simultaneously with my crushing the tracker, an unsettling wave of energy surged from nearby!
It was those men in black! They were closing in!
I barely had time to catch my breath before I bolted. But at that moment, a weak voice filled with endless sorrow and fear echoed in my mind:
“Help… help me… they… they are coming…”
This voice… it was that thing again?! At such a critical moment?!
Following the voice, I looked toward the other end of the platform where a figure in a janitor's uniform, soaked and covered in corpse-like spots, was huddled in a corner shivering. His obsession was chaotic.
The "Soul Crossing" book suddenly vibrated again, this time with an unprecedented urgency! Images flickered on its cover—some blurry experimental data, shadowy figures in lab coats, and one… a distorted human silhouette locked inside a petri dish!
“He is… an external researcher for ‘Soul Crossing’…” The voice of the living corpse echoed faintly in my mind, filled with fear and regret. “I… I accidentally discovered some records he hid about ‘selection’… They… they are experimenting on individuals with special mental abilities… extracting… extracting their… ‘core obsessions’… I… I am already dead… turned into what they call a ‘living corpse,’ a pitiful creature trapped by obsession!”
Soul Crossing? Selection? Core obsession?!
These terms unlocked terrifying speculations related to my sister Zhou Yu that I had deliberately ignored.
“The records… I hid them… in locker number 3 at the train dispatch room… the password is… is my birthday…” The voice of the living corpse grew weaker. “We cannot let them get those records… there are lists of innocent people within…”
The List of the Innocent!
This information hit me like a massive stone, crashing down on my heart! It meant that if the members of "Soul Crossing" obtained these records, more innocent people would be treated as experimental subjects, just like Zhou Yu!
“They're coming!” The living corpse suddenly let out a piercing scream, its body trembling violently.
I turned around sharply and saw several members of the "Soul Crossing" team in black uniforms pouring out from the darkness of the subway tunnel, their energy guns flickering with dangerous blue light!
“Target confirmed! Zhou Mo! And… an unregistered energy source!” The cold voice of the leader echoed across the empty platform.
My mind went blank. What should I do?! Should I run away immediately to save myself? Or… take the risk to protect this living corpse and safeguard the secrets that could implicate countless innocents?
If I escaped with him, he would be a large target, likely drawing danger to others and endangering more ordinary people. But if I abandoned him… those secrets, that list of innocents…
“Am I… am I becoming a monster?” A desperate thought flashed through my mind. I was weighing the option of sacrificing a living corpse that carried crucial information for my own safety.
As I struggled internally, the "Soul Crossing" members were already closing in!
The charging sound of their energy guns was like the footsteps of death, growing clearer by the second!
“Quick… go… don’t worry about me…” The living corpse's voice echoed in my mind, tinged with a sense of relief and… pleading. “Make those records public…”
I looked at the trembling living corpse in the corner, then at the advancing "Soul Crossing" team and their energy guns glowing with deadly light.
The anti-tracking skills I might have possessed before my amnesia seemed to activate at that moment! The city’s high-tech surveillance system… the complex subway routes… the flow of people…
Perhaps… I could use these to outmaneuver them!
But… could I evade their net with a slow-moving living corpse in tow?
Just as I hesitated, the living corpse suddenly began to shake violently! The energy of its obsession became wildly unstable!
“No… no… my memories… my secrets…” it screamed in agony.
I saw one member of the "Soul Crossing" team pull out a peculiar device aimed at the living corpse! The device emitted a strange energy wave, seemingly attempting to forcibly strip away its memories and obsessions!
I couldn’t let them succeed!
A wild thought flashed through my mind! If… if I could “absorb” its key memory fragments… at least I could preserve those secrets!
But do I really want to do this? How is this any different from what those "Soul Crossing" people are doing?!
"Am I truly helping them, or am I just using them?"
This ethical dilemma pierced my conscience like a sharp blade.
But... there was no time!
I gritted my teeth and charged at the living corpse! The "Soul Rebirth Book" behind me trembled violently, emitting a cold, greedy pull that enveloped the collapsing figure of the undead!
"Ah—!"
The living corpse let out a chilling scream as its body instantly shattered into countless specks of light, rushing into me!
Simultaneously, a torrent of chaotic memories filled with fear and regret surged into my mind! Details about the "Screening," the names of the innocent, the tip of the iceberg regarding the inhumane experiments of "Soul Crossing"…
A severe headache and wave of nausea hit me again; I felt my consciousness being tainted and eroded by these foreign memories!
"What... have I done?" I stared at my empty hands, a powerful wave of self-loathing and guilt nearly drowning me.
"He absorbed the energy source!" The members of the "Soul Crossing" team gasped in shock.
They aimed their energy guns at me without hesitation!
Just then, from the darkness of the subway tunnel came hurried footsteps.
It was Li Cheng!
He had actually... tracked me down here!
He stood in the shadows of the tunnel, his gaze complex as he looked at me, at the chaotic energy waves emanating from me that were strikingly similar to those of the living corpse moments ago.
His eyes were filled with shock, doubt, and… a deeper emotion I couldn't comprehend.
The "Soul Crossing" members also noticed Li Cheng and immediately sent several people to encircle him!
The situation became even more chaotic and dangerous in an instant!
I had no time to ponder why Li Cheng was here or to reflect on the "crime" I had just committed.
All I knew was that I had to survive!
I had to… take those secrets I had just "absorbed" out with me!
I abruptly turned around, utilizing the complex structure of the subway platform and the fragmented information about "Soul Crossing" operations that I had just acquired to begin a new round of… escape!
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