Black Sky - Chapter 34

When Bai Zi rushed to the fifth floor, her mind cleared up a little.

Standing in the long corridor, looking at the vast expanse of gravel ground in the darkness outside the window, Bai Zi clearly felt that the agitation in her body was gradually subsiding, just like when they had taken it upon themselves to spread throughout her body.

Bai Zi remembered everything she had done after taking off the electric shock collar.

However, she couldn’t control herself.

The white protective suits of the people who had encountered Bai Zi in the past half hour were now all stained crimson red, without exception.

In contrast, there wasn’t a single wound on Bai Zi’s body—even if there were, they had already completely healed at an alarming speed.

But despite this, the amount of blood that had stained her body was still terrifying.

Although she couldn’t control it, Bai Zi could clearly feel that she didn’t want to intentionally hurt others. She just didn’t want to put on that cold electric shock collar again, and didn’t want to be tied to that hard operating table again.

The sound of messy footsteps came from the stairwell. Bai Zi, who was by the window, turned her head and saw four or five people wearing protective suits appearing not far behind her.

Each of them was holding different weapons and capture tools, like hunters in the forest, who had come specifically to capture her, the prey with nowhere to escape.

Her brain, which had just calmed down, seemed to be gradually becoming agitated again. Bai Zi bit her lip, closed her eyes, and tried hard to suppress her emotions.

The leader, seeing that Bai Zi wasn’t moving, thought that she had exhausted her strength or was seriously injured, so he waved his hand, and the others slowly approached Bai Zi, shrinking the encirclement little by little.

Bai Zi was like a turtle in a jar, with nowhere to go—except for the open window behind her.

Perhaps she could directly turn around and jump off the five-story building. Although she would break a few ribs as a result, with her body’s recovery speed, she would probably be able to continue escaping in a healthy state within five minutes, until she had thrown all the troubles behind her.

But before Bai Zi could make a decision, this only exit had already become a trap set by the hunters.

Above the window sill, a head hanging upside down quietly peeked out. At the moment Bai Zi discovered him, the person suddenly dropped down, leaping into the fifth floor from outside the window in the blink of an eye, his feet forcefully stomping on Bai Zi’s back, intending to knock her to the ground.

But Bai Zi, who had been kicked, not only didn’t move, but even quickly turned sideways, grabbing the person’s waist with both hands, and like holding a shield, threw him towards the people who were approaching her step by step.

No one had expected that Bai Zi’s small body contained such a strong force.

Everyone retreated, but still two people were knocked to the ground. At this time, Bai Zi suddenly felt a stabbing pain in her back. Turning her head, she found that someone had taken advantage of her unpreparedness, and had stabbed a dagger into her spine.

Bai Zi gritted her teeth, and with an elbow strike, knocked the person to the ground. She then turned her head and put her hand on the other person’s neck, twisting it forcefully without hesitation. With a “click” sound, the person was no longer breathing.

At this time, another person jumped onto Bai Zi’s back. He actually pulled out the dagger that was stuck in Bai Zi’s back, and then, grabbing Bai Zi’s neck, stabbed the knife into Bai Zi’s chest from the front.

Bai Zi was in unbearable pain. She stood up, and slammed hard into the window behind her. In an instant, there was a loud crash.

Then, Bai Zi continued to slam backwards several times, and finally, the window shattered. The person clinging to Bai Zi’s back screamed and fell out of the window, falling to the ground.

Having temporarily gotten rid of the trouble, Bai Zi didn’t dare to relax at all. She pulled out the knife from her abdomen, and rushed towards the surrounding “hunters.”

After a fight, several people were already lying on the ground. In the end, only two short and thin guys were left. They were trembling, hiding five meters away, not daring to approach. One of them even screamed and ran away after making eye contact with Bai Zi.

Bai Zi, panting, looked at the person in front of her, whose legs were shaking like a sieve, and a few doubts arose in her heart.

Logically speaking, there shouldn’t only be so few people coming to capture her. This was really too unreasonable.

At this time, several loud explosions suddenly came from afar. Then, the continuous sound of gunfire made Bai Zi couldn’t help but turn her head, looking out the window.

On the highway outside the prison, four or five cars had stopped. Two of them were on fire, emitting thick black smoke.

Gunshots were ringing out one after another. In the chaos, two or three groups of people seemed to be confronting each other. Besides that, more and more people were running quickly from different areas of the prison towards the outside.

It was also at this time that Bai Zi felt a gunshot behind her.

Bai Zi lowered her head, and saw a black hole appearing in her chest. Before she could come back to her senses, several more gunshots rang out in succession.

As if she had expected it, Bai Zi wasn’t surprised. She could even see several bullets passing through her abdomen and shooting out the window.

Finally, Bai Zi turned around, looking at the perpetrator.

That person was still shaking his legs, and although he had already emptied the bullets, he was still pointing the gun at Bai Zi, and constantly pulling the trigger.

But this couldn’t be blamed on him. Anyone who saw a person standing there unharmed after being shot several times would panic as if they had seen a ghost.

As Bai Zi had thought, her wounds were healing at an alarming rate. In less than ten seconds, although the bullet holes on her clothes remained, her body had completely recovered.

But just as the last gunshot wound was healing, Bai Zi suddenly felt extremely dizzy.

Ever since escaping from the operating room, in the short half hour, Bai Zi had suffered countless wounds, but all of them had healed quickly.

But for some reason, this time, the gunshot wound made Bai Zi feel extremely dizzy during the healing process, and even after the gunshot wound had completely healed, the dizziness hadn’t disappeared for a long time, and was even getting worse.

Bai Zi tried hard to suppress this dizziness, and gripped the dagger, walking towards the person who was still pulling the trigger. But just as she had moved a few steps, a strong dizziness struck again. It was also at this time that the person suddenly threw away the handgun, and screaming, rushed towards Bai Zi.

Before Bai Zi could steady herself, he had already snatched the knife from Bai Zi’s hand, and like a madman, stabbed it towards Bai Zi’s abdomen.

The white knife went in, and the red knife came out.

Back and forth, he had stabbed Bai Zi at least a dozen times.

Bai Zi endured the pain, twisted the other person’s arm, forcefully breaking his wrist, and then used the dagger that was still being held by the other person to stab into his heart.

Then, the two fell to the ground together.

Bai Zi gritted her teeth, and reached out to touch her abdomen. Although it was covered in blood, the wounds were healing little by little. However, the speed of recovery was gradually slowing down, and at the same time, the dizziness was getting stronger and stronger, like a strong wave, gradually swallowing Bai Zi.

At this time, Bai Zi finally realized that perhaps her strange healing mechanism was constantly consuming the energy in her body.

Due to receiving a large amount of damage in a short period of time, and consuming a huge amount of energy to heal her body, Bai Zi could clearly feel that her body was weakening to an extreme degree.

At this time, the sound of messy footsteps came from the stairwell again.

Three people wearing protective suits were standing not far away, warily observing Bai Zi, who was lying on the ground.

Suddenly, one of them took out a small cannon, and fired a shot near Bai Zi. In an instant, a net made of iron chains spread out in the air, and a few seconds later, the iron net firmly covered Bai Zi’s body.

After a few more seconds, seeing that Bai Zi didn’t show any resistance, one of them picked up the walkie-talkie and said: “Caught her.”

But as soon as he finished speaking, a gunshot rang out, and a bullet hole immediately appeared in his head. Then, the other two also fell to the ground one after another.

At the same time, Bai Zi, who was trapped in the iron net, was trying hard to crawl forward. Although her brain had already fallen into extreme chaos, she was still biting her lip, controlling herself from being overwhelmed by the strong dizziness, desperately crawling out of the iron net little by little, hiding in a half-open room by the corridor.

Bai Zi felt someone following her into the room, but she didn’t have the strength to open her eyes.

Although she had prepared herself to be fitted with the electric shock collar again, on the contrary, someone gently stroked her neck.

Then, Bai Zi even felt that the other person was calling her softly. Before she could react, she felt her head being carefully lifted up, and then, the back of Bai Zi’s head rested on something soft and warm.

Bai Zi barely opened her eyes, and what she saw was a face that was tightly wrapped in a protective suit.

Therefore, Meng Yilan finally saw Bai Zi’s strange right pupil.

But as Bai Zi’s consciousness dissipated, that thin white pupil slowly returned to its original black color, and the darkness around the pupil gradually faded, slowly returning to white.

Finally, Bai Zi closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

At this time, more footsteps approached, and Meng Yilan quickly raised her handgun, but still knelt silently by the wall, her other hand tightly holding Bai Zi, who was resting on her lap.

On the other side of the door, Sister Hua was warily watching the movements outside the room, while the freckled woman was hiding by the window with a heavy heart.

“Where is she?” Mr. Liu’s anxious voice came from the corridor.

The tall man replied in a deep voice: “She definitely can’t run far.”

Mr. Liu paused, and then asked: “Shi Lei, are you sure she really…”

“Absolutely!” Shi Lei’s voice, full of gnashing teeth, came. “After she was injected, I personally made a hundred cuts on her body, not one less. They healed the next day, and those eyes…”

Suddenly, Shi Lei’s voice stopped abruptly.

Sister Hua frowned, and leaned closer to the door, but couldn’t hear any movement coming from the corridor.

Meng Yilan and Sister Hua looked at each other, and just as they were wondering, three knocks suddenly sounded on the door.

“Miss Meng…” Mr. Liu’s tone was low and magnetic, but at this time, it was like the whisper of a demon from hell, making one’s hair stand on end.

Meng Yilan’s palm gently covered the back of Bai Zi’s head. She turned her head, looking out the window.

In the darkness, a long highway stretched across the gravel ground.

A few lights illuminated a section of the road, and the groups of people who had been fighting fiercely just now had stopped. The fire from the two cars had been extinguished at some point, and everything seemed to have returned to calm.

Mr. Liu, standing outside, patiently said, “Miss Meng, you are very smart and courageous. If you hadn’t lured the people from Black Bridge and Yongtai here, you two wouldn’t have even had the chance to meet.”

Meng Yilan didn’t react. She continued to stare out the window, motionless.

The road ended in darkness, as if no one else would ever come to this place.

Now, Meng Yilan and the others felt like they were stranded on a deserted island in the Dead Sea, with no way out.

Mr. Liu added, “But no matter how smart you are, it’s all in vain, Miss Meng. Come out.”

Just as he was about to say a few more words, the door suddenly opened.

But standing in front of the door wasn’t Meng Yilan, but the freckled woman with a pale face. She was holding open her coat with both hands, showing everyone the explosives that were wrapped around her upper body.

Everyone was stunned. Before they could react, the freckled woman had already walked out of the room stiffly, muttering in a panic: “Mr. Liu, I was forced to do this…”

Mr. Liu gritted his teeth, leading everyone back a few steps, and then said loudly: “Miss Meng, why do you have to do this useless thing?”

Inside the room, Meng Yilan, who was silent, was still staring out the window, her left palm gently covering Bai Zi’s head, never letting go. But her right hand, which had been holding the handgun, was now gripping a small remote control.

Just as she was about to press the button, a small point of light suddenly lit up somewhere outside the window.

“Miss Meng!” Mr. Liu’s tone was obviously impatient. “If you leave the person behind, I can pretend that nothing happened today!”

At this time, there was finally movement inside the door.

“Sorry,” Before anyone could be seen, a voice was heard, “Mr. Liu…”

Meng Yilan, wearing a protective suit, stood tall and slender by the door, her hood and mask had been taken off, and she was holding the unconscious Bai Zi in her arms.

Meng Yilan’s delicate face was glistening with a few beads of sweat due to the heat, but her mouth was curved into a charming smile: “I have to take this person away today.”

Although Meng Yilan wasn’t holding any weapons, and was only holding an unconscious person in her arms, everyone was shocked by her calm demeanor, and froze in place, not daring to act rashly.

Mr. Liu scoffed lightly, and was about to open his mouth to speak, but a short man suddenly ran from the stairwell, squeezing through the crowd, and leaned close to Mr. Liu’s ear, saying a few words.

As if his face had changed, Mr. Liu’s originally calm face suddenly revealed a few traces of panic.

In the next moment, he quickly ran to the window, and leaned out to look into the distance.

On that empty highway, there were at least a dozen modified black trucks parked. From afar, they looked like a group of black panthers entrenched outside the prison, staring at Mr. Liu with fierce eyes.

On the sides of these trucks, very obvious white signs had been sprayed, and they were arrogantly showing Mr. Liu who they were—the Hongya Group.