This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!

Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Severed Hand

Black orbs floating in the sky had become increasingly numerous, as they slowly converged and began to spin.

The mutants in the air seemed to fear the little black droplet-like orbs, as they exerted all their strength, attempting to quickly slaughter the members of Yasla, but the bullets from the syndicate gunmen were relentless, shooting down the mutants one by one.

Chen Ke had not expected the mutants to seemingly emerge out of thin air without end, with more and more pouring in from all directions, roughly counting, there must be forty or fifty of them.

The mutants formed a siege circle, trapping both sides of the transaction inside. They descended invisible threads from the air, pulling the people on the ground into mid-air to dismember arms and legs.

Although it looked very bloody and brutal, in reality, Chen Ke thought that the mutants’ way of killing was very inefficient. That method was more suited to assassination, and if it came to a head-on confrontation, they were not particularly difficult to deal with.

Chen Ke and his two companions were on the edge of the encirclement, but because of Chen Ke’s previous shot, they too had exposed their position.

Laven waved a short green sword, seemingly dodging the invisible threads in the air.

Chen Ke was unclear how Laven could see them, but combined with experiences from a year later, it was evident the things Laven’s eyes were capable of were even more exaggerated than seeing through threads.

“Sorry Lin Mo, it seems your unusual behavior today was not without reason. Those sons of bitches just love wrecking other people’s good times,” said Miles, loading his shotgun and firing at the mutants in the sky.

His shotgun was loaded with single projectiles, the cartridge holding only one bullet, which didn’t scatter upon firing, its power more terrifying than deer bullets.

A mutant hit by the bullet was blown an exaggerated distance away.

More and more black orbs gathered in mid-air, gradually converging into a large black sphere, its surface swirling with many black bubbles, enough to drive anyone with trypophobia insane.

Chen Ke desperately slid down the sloped sides of the drainage ditch, intending to intercept the syndicate gunmen before they could leave, to forcibly complete the transaction.

“Hey hey! Lin Mo! You’ve exposed yourself!” Laven turned back, seeing Chen Ke jumping down into the drainage ditch and hurriedly shouted.

Just as Chen Ke slid to the bottom of the ditch, the large black orb where the Yasla members were gathered began to spin rapidly in mid-air.

Like a giant soap bubble, through centrifugal force, the orb flung out many black droplets in all directions, as if it were raining.

Just a second ago, Chen Ke was still doubting the power of these black droplets, but the next second, he saw all the mutants that were touched by the droplets begin to rot and blister, falling to the ground one by one.

The originally enormous number of mutants was instantaneously halved.

The syndicate gunmen picked up the suitcase filled with Holy Diamond and ran off, but Chen Ke suddenly blocked their path.

“Hey hey! Wait a moment!” He reached out to grab the suitcase from the gunman and pulled him to the ground.

The other gunmen, seeing Chen Ke, immediately aimed their guns at him.

“Wait wait wait! Don’t fire! He’s our Assassin!” The one grabbed by Chen Ke raised his hand to stop them.

“Was it you who fired the shot just now? You really helped us out, but now we need to go, and you’d better leave quickly too. Let those freaks fight it out!” He dusted off his clothes and said.

“No, you must complete the transaction!” Chen Ke insisted.

“Fuck! Are you fucking crazy? Don’t you see the situation right now?!” The gunman was astonished.

“Then give me the suitcase, I’ll go,” Chen Ke reached for the suitcase.

“Are you crazy? Let go!” The gunman held onto the suitcase tightly.

“You don’t understand, the transaction must be completed today!” Chen Ke yelled.

“Let go! Let go! Otherwise, I’m going to shoot!” The man would not let go.

The two tugged at the suitcase, causing chaos. Amidst the struggle, the suitcase was forcibly opened, and instead of the Holy Diamond falling out, it was a severed forearm…

“What is this…” Chen Ke looking at the arm on the ground, was so surprised he was lost for words.

The arm included a complete right hand and part of the lower arm, the skin white and smooth, fingers slender, with nails so long as if they hadn’t been cut for years, curled up in coils, suggesting that the owner of the arm was female.

“What is this…” The gunman was just as stunned, completely unaware that the suitcase contained not a Holy Diamond but a severed hand.

At this moment, the world in Chen Ke’s eyes began to shake violently, with the sky, the earth, and buildings all slowly losing color, the sound also becoming fainter and fainter.

“Whoosh!”

He seemed to plummet into a black hole, the scenery around him speeding away. This feeling lasted for a few seconds, and then he crashed heavily onto the bed.

“Memory synchronization failed…”

Chen Ke’s eyes snapped open, the sunlight from outside the window shining on his face.

He rubbed his eyes. After killing that wealthy man from Holy Oak last night, he had returned to his place and immediately delved into his memories.

He had thought he knew the key points of that period of memory, but unexpectedly, he encountered this accident…

What was the significance of the severed hand in that box…

Moreover, it seemed that the gunmen responsible for the trade from the syndicate didn’t know what was in the box either.

That is to say, not only did this transaction need to succeed, but the people from the syndicate also couldn’t find out what was inside the box…

Chen Ke took a deep breath. No, couldn’t they check the goods when they traded?

Or perhaps…

“Drip, drip, drip… Drip, drip, drip… Drip, drip, drip…”

His phone started ringing.

Chen Ke picked up the phone. It was a call from Pihom.

The preparation for the bank robbery should have nearly reached its conclusion. They had sorted out the vehicle matter, and things on Pihom’s end should also be almost ready. Hall’s responsibility for the escape route should have some results today too, right?

“Hey, Chen Ke. You’d better come over. Hall has worked out the escape route, but he thinks you guys should actually drive it for real,” said Pihom.

“No problem, I’m on my way,” responded Chen Ke.

After arriving at the safe house.

Lucina was playing Tekken with Hall, Priskin was watching at the side, and Pihom was on the phone with someone else.

After seeing Chen Ke, the two put down their controllers and walked together into the planning room.

Hanging on the whiteboard was a map of Opportunity City, with Hall having used blue and red markers to draw two routes. On one of the blue routes, there was a pause at a certain section.

Chen Ke guessed that was the decoy route; the first part was to throw off the County Police, and the latter part to meet up with another team.

“These two routes, the whole distance is roughly 30 kilometers. If the car’s fast enough, you could finish in about 20 minutes. Of course, it depends on how long you take to shake off the tail,” Hall stated, standing in front of the board.

“Cut to the chase, what do we need to watch out for?” Chen Ke asked, arms crossed at the doorway.

“The issue is with this part of the route…” Hall circled a segment of the blue line. Then he continued, “According to the map, there’s no road here.”

“So, you mean to say you’ve designed an escape route that basically has no road?” Lucina asked, spreading her hands with a laugh.

“It’s not that there’s literally no road! It’s that there’s a broken bridge there. If you’re fast enough, you should be able to jump it,” Hall explained.

“Why not talk about why you’ve chosen to put the escape route there,” Chen Ke asked.

“After leaping over the broken bridge, you’ll reach the outskirts of Holy Oak’s wooded land. The forest is dense enough that police cars won’t enter, and helicopters won’t be able to spot you from above. I’ll place the switch car there, so you just need to rush in, switch vehicles, and you’ll completely shake off all tails,” said Hall.

The other three nodded, making sense.

The decoy vehicle on the day of the robbery would face the pursuit of the entire city’s police force, so finding a chance to switch cars would indeed be tough…

“So, have we decided who will be the decoys on that day?” Priskin suddenly asked.

Chen Ke looked at Hall, then at Lucina.

“I’ll do it,” Lucina raised her hand.

“Are you sure you want to go?” Chen Ke asked.

“I don’t have confidence in your driving skills, and besides, we’re using Boss Tang’s ride for the decoy car,” Lucina said with a smile.

The remaining three had no objections, and Lucina looked at Chen Ke again, saying, “We still need one more, Chen Ke, interested?”

 

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