Chapter 759: Carriage

The moment the voice rang out, Lu Xun's heart sank.

He dazedly raised his head, finding himself inside a train carriage. Outside the window, the desolate wilderness of the night whizzed by, a chaotic blur.

Around him, a dozen figures, like armed bodyguards, stared coldly. Behind him, a young man in a black windbreaker emotionlessly tore up a photo in his hand.

Lu Xun had just fallen out of that photo.

"Dr. Lu, we apologize for bringing you here in such a rough manner, but we had no choice."

The voice sounded again, but it didn't come from anyone inside the carriage. Lu Xun looked around before finally locating the electronic screen at the front of the carriage. On the screen, a figure sitting in a helicopter slowly began to speak.

"You are currently in an abnormally out-of-control state. Before we know what happened to you, it would be too dangerous to rashly allow you to move freely in the city... Please understand."

Lu Xun saw the face, and his gaze gradually turned cold. He stood up from the carriage floor and spoke in a deep voice:

"Director Zheng, I don't understand... You say I'm dangerous, but where is the danger?"

"The unknown is the danger," Director Zheng, connected remotely, said calmly. "Until we fully understand what happened to you, you are not suitable to be active outside."

"I voluntarily cooperated with your experiments for the advancement of human science, not to be held under house arrest."

"Protecting public safety is every citizen's duty..."

"Protecting public safety concerning supernatural phenomena is not your place," Lu Xun said coldly. "...I want to see the higher-ups of Bureau 749."

Hearing the name Bureau 749, Director Zheng's smile on the screen froze slightly. He looked into Lu Xun's eyes, his expression gradually turning cold as he spoke softly:

"The higher-ups are very busy lately; none of them are in Shanghai, so they can't come to see you."

"Then I want to speak with them."

"Dr. Lu, you'd better be cooperative." Director Zheng's tone became noticeably impatient. "Right now, you are merely an unstable sample that has rashly left the laboratory. According to protocol, we have the right to restrain and control the sample."

As his words fell, two armed men standing beside Lu Xun simultaneously kicked out, directly striking the back of his knees, sending him tumbling to the ground!

Thud—

Lu Xun once again fell to the floor.

At the same time, one of the burly men pulled a pistol from his holster. A crisp click of the bolt sounded as he pressed the muzzle firmly against Lu Xun's temple, pinning him to the ground.

Lu Xun's pupils contracted slightly. He hadn't expected Director Zheng to be so ruthless, not only resorting to direct violent suppression but also daring to hold a gun to his head. The pressure from the muzzle made the veins on his forehead bulge, and a surge of anger wellled up in Lu Xun's heart.

The next moment, a dazzling starlight erupted in his eyes, and in the night sky outside the train, several stars instantly lit up!

But before he could make a move, the three "Black Hands" who had been standing by simultaneously frowned!

Boom—!!

A muffled thunderous roar echoed from inside the carriage!

Tier 4, Tier 3, Tier 3;

Three streams of divine energy were released simultaneously. The combined oppressive force pressed Lu Xun's body heavily to the ground. He groaned, a trickle of nosebleed uncontrollably flowing out, and the dazzling starlight in his eyes dimmed...

At the same time, the shining stars outside the window also gradually faded, disappearing into the thick clouds.

Each of these three "Black Hands" was of a higher tier than Lu Xun. With all three acting at once, Lu Xun, whose mental energy was already overdrawn, was completely unable to do anything more; it was already quite difficult for him just to remain conscious.

"Dr. Lu, you are a smart man." Seeing this, Director Zheng's smile returned to his lips. He spoke indifferently:

"You should be very clear about the current situation... In academia, you are indeed an authority in astrophysics, but in this other circle, you are still too weak...

Now, you are not in a position to make demands of me."

Lu Xun, with the gun pointed at his head, wiped away the blood flowing from beneath his nose and said in a deep voice:

"To summon three 'Black Hands' to capture me in such a short time... Director Zheng truly has a grand plan."

"Dr. Lu is important 'talent,' so he naturally deserves this kind of treatment." Director Zheng chuckled. "By the way... who were those two people with you just now?"

Lu Xun lowered his gaze, remaining silent for the first time since his capture.

He had arranged to meet Chen Ling at Huangcheng Temple. By now, they should have realized he was missing, but even so, it wouldn't change anything. They didn't know how he was captured, nor where he was now, making it impossible for them to come to his rescue.

He was clearly destined not to escape from Director Zheng's hands. But fortunately, he had already spoken with Chen Ling, who had promised to secretly look after the others. His risky escape wasn't without its rewards...

As things stood, he naturally couldn't expose Chen Ling and Yang Xiao.

"Won't speak? Are you still hoping they'll come to rescue you?" Director Zheng said lightly. "I, too, come from Bureau 749, after all. I know a bit about the divine power users in Shanghai, whether they're 'White Hands' or 'Black Hands,' as long as they have some strength...

I don't know where you found those two. But I can guarantee their strength is utterly insufficient in Shanghai. They won't be able to stir up any trouble... Just give up that hope."

Static crackled—

Before Director Zheng could finish speaking, the screen flickered slightly, as if there was a bad connection.

Director Zheng frowned, about to say something, when a calm voice resonated from the screen:

"Oh... is that so?"

Director Zheng and everyone in the carriage were stunned.

Director Zheng was on a helicopter, with no one interrupting him there, and no one in the carriage was speaking either... So where did this voice come from?

Audience anticipation level 3

"Wait... what's that?!"

One of the armed men, glancing out the window, suddenly exclaimed, pointing outside as if he'd discovered something.

Everyone simultaneously looked out the window. There, in the rapidly moving wilderness, a red blur, like a roaring beast, was speeding along a parallel road, dozens of meters from the railway tracks!!

The faint glow of a flip phone screen lit up silently inside the car.

The roar of the engine, like ceaseless waves, swept past outside the window. Chen Ling gripped the steering wheel with one hand, while the other snapped the flip phone shut.

"Are there others on the train?"

"No, it's just their people, and some instruments and equipment scattered among a few carriages," Yang Xiao replied.

Chen Ling nodded slightly.

"Let's do this."