Chapter 491
471 The Past of Chi Piao
Chapter 491, Section 471: The Past of a Late Journey (5)
It was a gloomy day. Chi Piao finished his bodyguard duties for the day as usual and headed towards his dormitory.
Halfway there, she paused slightly, looking at the abandoned building in the distance.
The sky was dim, and the building stood in the hazy night, its rooftop emitting a faint green glow.
Xu Huan told her about Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals' plans, but kept her on guard against getting close to the building.
When he said this, his eyes were almost a warning, as if taking one step would lead to utter ruin.
But the more she did this, the more her curiosity grew like wild grass. That green light became a persistent demon in her mind these past few days, constantly flickering in her head.
In the end, she couldn't resist the urge.
Chi Piao looked around to make sure no one was around and no surveillance cameras were pointing in their direction before she lowered her breath and quietly turned onto the path leading to the abandoned building.
From her location to the abandoned building, she had to pass through a dense, impenetrable forest.
The layers of tree canopies swallowed up the last rays of sunlight, making the forest as dark as if it had been dyed with ink.
To others, this place might be eerie and frightening, but for Chi Piao, this absolute darkness gave her a sense of security.
She walked lightly, almost touching the ground.
Strangely, the closer you get to the abandoned building, the more stuffy the surrounding air becomes, making it difficult to even breathe.
The glass door of the abandoned building had long since shattered, with sharp shards scattered on the ground, leaving only the rusted metal door frame standing there forlornly, like a mutilated mouth, waiting to devour any intruders.
Chi Piao slipped sideways and squeezed into the building.
It was darker inside than outside, and a strong smell of dust mixed with a faint, metallic scent of medicine hit her, making her frown slightly.
She tried to look for signs of stairs or an elevator, but before she could even take a few steps—
A heavy, sharp buzzing sound exploded in her mind without warning.
"Om-"
That wasn't a sound you could hear; it was a mental shock that pierced your scalp and penetrated your nerves.
Suddenly, Chi Piao's vision blurred, and her eyes began to spin wildly, as if the entire space was collapsing.
The excruciating pain felt like countless steel needles piercing her brain, and she couldn't help but scream out in agony:
"what--!"
In the distance, a white cane struck the ground, making a crisp sound.
In the instant before her consciousness completely plunged into darkness, she vaguely heard an extremely cold voice slowly pressing down from all directions:
"Who told you to come here?"
……
"Splash—"
The icy, bone-chilling fecal water suddenly poured into her mouth and nose, and Chi Piao was abruptly awakened from the feeling of suffocation.
She then realized that she was in a small water dungeon, with sewage up to her chest. Waves of sewage surged up as some kind of mechanism operated, then slowly receded just before it was about to submerge her mouth and nose.
His limbs were tightly bound to the pillar behind him with rough hemp rope, and his wrists were fastened with heavy power-suppressing shackles. The metal edges had already chafed his skin and flesh, and dark red blood was seeping out.
She struggled to lift her eyelids, her gaze piercing through the pervasive, foul-smelling steam, towards the corridor outside the water prison—
A familiar black figure stood there quietly, tall and imposing, with a cold and aloof aura; it was Xu Huan.
Standing beside him was a girl with a white cane. She looked very shy, with her head down and her fingers gently stroking the cane. However, there was an almost frozen atmosphere of confrontation between the two, as if they were arguing fiercely about something.
Chi Piao gasped for breath in pain, her lungs burning.
Her gaze inadvertently swept to the side, and through the narrow iron window of the water dungeon, she saw the scene in the next cell—
Feng Shiman was also hanging there, her whole body suspended like a rag doll, with almost no good flesh on her body. Fresh blood dripped down from the hem of her clothes, forming a shocking red pool on the ground.
The other person seemed to sense her gaze, and with difficulty raised their eyes to meet hers through the iron bars. There were no words, and even their movements were so weak as to be almost non-existent, but that fleeting exchange of glances revealed a silent sorrow and despair.
After a while, the argument was clearly resolved, but it seemed that neither side was satisfied.
Xu Huan's face was ashen, his jawline taut; while the blind girl curled her lips into a smile, her eyes filled with cold mockery.
"Splash—"
The sewage valve at the bottom of the water prison was opened, and the murky water quickly receded.
Two prison guards stepped into the water dungeon with expressionless faces, untied Chi Piao from the pillar, and carried her out.
"Cough, cough—!"
The moment he regained his breath, Chi Piao coughed violently, his throat filled with a foul, bloody taste, and tears welled up in his eyes.
She forced herself to look up and met Xu Huan's tightly furrowed brows.
Why did you go to the abandoned building?
He asked slowly, his words devoid of emotion.
"I……"
Chi Piao opened her mouth, her face flushed red, but she couldn't utter a single word.
Could it be that it was simply because I was too curious?
Xu Huan clearly didn't intend to wait for her to come up with a plausible reason.
His brows furrowed even deeper, and finally he uttered a curt and decisive sentence:
"You don't need to come to the Advisory Department for now. In a few days, the transfer order will come down, and you'll be assigned to the Operations Department for a month of fieldwork."
After saying that, he hurriedly turned and left.
Chi Piao stood frozen in place, her face deathly pale, but the chilling sound of the white cane striking echoed in her ears again—
Da, da, da.
It was neither hurried nor slow, yet it felt like it was striking a nerve.
"You'll be coming with me on missions for the next month."
The blind girl smiled and spoke softly, as if she were simply inviting her to a casual outing.
But Chi Piao would never forget—it was this seemingly harmless girl who, in an instant, almost tore her consciousness apart with her mental power.
"you you……"
Chi Piao instinctively shrank back, but before she could finish speaking, a sharp, needle-like pain surged into her mind once again.
She clutched her head in pain, curled up on the ground, unable to utter a complete scream.
“My name is Blind Master, not ‘you’.”
The blind girl continued speaking in that shy tone, as if she were merely correcting a trivial misunderstanding.
"Blind Master... Blind Master..."
Chi Piao gritted her teeth and endured the pain, quickly changing her words.
Only when she uttered that name did the almost tearing mental pressure in her mind slowly subside.
At this moment, the girl known as the blind master turned around, raised her chin towards the cell where Feng Shiman was imprisoned, and waved lightly to the guards:
"Put him down, no need to apply medicine. Lock him in the inner room later and let him reflect on his actions."
Chi Piao watched as Feng Shiman, covered in blood and gore, was carried out, her face deathly pale.
He had been tortured to the point that he could no longer groan, his mouth was full of blood, and his consciousness was fading.
Sitting on the ground, Chi Piao clearly realized that the abandoned building was extremely important to Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals, and that she had made a very serious mistake.
The methods of mind control and the story of Black Eye Pharmaceuticals are taken from a certain bread country's industrial park, not from the author being a pervert.
(End of this chapter)