496: This is fucking serious...

The tide had turned.

Any resistance was meaningless before Shen Bei's fist.

The person swallowed in fear, trembling as he said, "I, I am the Chief."

Shen Bei's lips curled.

Chief?

Quite a high rank!

In the Apocalypse Cult, he was second only to the Bishop.

Then, Shen Bei reached out his hand.

The Chief was confused: "What?"

"Mind's Eye Potion!"

Shen Bei emphasized, "Don't you dare tell me you're still in the research and development phase and don't have any finished products. I'll get angry, and the consequences will be severe!"

"In, inside."

The Chief said, looking dejected.

Shen Bei raised an eyebrow, turned his head, and looked at the dark secret room the Chief had rushed out of. A strong, nauseating smell of blood was still emanating from the broken door, but the light was dim, making it impossible to see what was inside.

Shen Bei, holding the Chief, took a step and flashed to the doorway, finally seeing the scene inside.

From the ceiling, iron hook chains hung down, and on the hooks, more than a dozen bloodied figures were impaled, hanging in mid-air. Their bodies had countless knife wounds, and it seemed that because they had been suspended like this for quite some time, the blood inside their bodies had been drained.

Beneath the figures hanging in mid-air were several blood pools, each several meters in diameter.

In the blood pools, the crimson blood, as if mixed with countless sins and resentments, gently undulated and churned. It was clearly all accumulated from an unknown number of people.

This room, only about ten meters in size, seemed like a Hell of blood pools.

Shen Bei's eyes fluctuated for a moment.

He slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping over the Chief, his tone still incredibly calm: "So, you guys don't pay attention to hygiene?"

The Chief's expression froze.

He almost couldn't follow Shen Bei's train of thought.

Good heavens.

Anyone seeing such a scene would surely be scared, right?

But...

This guy was actually concerned about hygiene...

"Where are these things hidden? Take me there."

Shen Bei asked.

"In... inside."

Shen Bei lifted the Chief, whose bones were almost completely shattered, and walked towards the passageway entrance amidst his pained cries.

Rumble.

Amidst the vibrations, the door of a room near the main entrance opened. Shen Bei casually threw the Chief to the ground and walked in.

He opened the wooden box the Chief pointed to, and inside lay several blood-red Medicinal Pills the size of fingers, roughly a dozen of them.

"These are the Mind's Eye Potions?"

Shen Bei picked up one, sniffed it, and found no smell.

But the aura emanating from this Medicinal Pill was significant.

It subtly gave a dazzling feeling.

As if a vengeful spirit was reaching out to pluck one's eyeballs.

At this moment, the Chief respectfully said, "This medicine can not only instantly turn an ordinary person into a Martial Artist, but also increase a Martial Artist's rank! I've told you all the secrets, can you... let me go?"

Shen Bei picked up the wooden box with one hand. As he passed the Chief, there was a soft 'shhh' sound, and a flash of blade light. The Chief's head rolled away.

"Letting you go is impossible, but freeing you is easy."

Shen Bei didn't even glance back. Carrying the wooden box, he walked step by step up the narrow passage and emerged onto the ground.

At this time, the joint law enforcement team was on alert.

No one went down to the basement to join the commotion.

After Shen Bei came out, he nodded to everyone as a signal, and only then did people rush down to clean up the mess.

"These are the Mind's Eye Potions?"

Principal Qin squatted on the ground, rummaging through the wooden box.

"I've eaten them..." Shen Bei said calmly, "The entire basement only has this stuff that looks like Medicinal Pills. I think Principal Qin can try it."

Principal Qin quickly waved his hand: "Forget it. According to intelligence analysis, these are refined from the lives of Martial Artists. To put it bluntly, it's no different from cannibalism. The Evil Path cannot be taken; the righteous Dao is the only way."

The Martial Arts Management Bureau quickly took over the Mind's Eye Potions and sealed them.

"Oh, right."

Principal Qin suddenly said, "Your partner, Two Headed Vine, just revived suddenly."

"Oh? Where is she?"

Shen Bei looked around but didn't see Two Headed Vine, so he asked.

Principal Qin's brow furrowed, and he said with a puzzled tone, "It's strange, actually. After she revived, she lingered around Bu Jin's corpse, reached out and rummaged through Bu Jin's body, and then, without even saying hello, she just ran off!"

"By the time we reacted, she had already disappeared."

"Huh?" Shen Bei listened to Principal Qin's narration and felt it was incredible.

Impossible!

Leaving aside what Two Headed Vine pulled out of Bu Jin's corpse.

She wouldn't just run away.

Destroying the Mind's Eye Potion was a national mission. Regardless of Two Headed Vine's identity, the country would definitely pay out a bonus.

This was not a small sum of money.

She just ran off?

Shen Bei couldn't understand it at all and asked, "What did she take from Bu Jin's corpse?"

Principal Qin shook his head: "You were in the basement at the time. Although we were upstairs, we were also busy cleaning up the scene. Two Headed Vine was your person after all, so we didn't pay special attention and didn't see clearly. Someone said she pulled away a ball of red light, like the light of a light bulb inside a red balloon..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Bei immediately turned his head to look at Bu Jin's corpse.

That area had already been cleared. Bu Jin's corpse was completely mangled, so much so that even his own mother might not recognize him.

"This guy took away a red light?"

Shen Bei tilted his head, confused.

What kind of trick was this!

Shen Bei immediately pulled out his phone and called Two Headed Vine.

Surprisingly, the call connected!

"What the Hell are you doing! Now, immediately, report your location!" Shen Bei preemptively said into the phone.

But what he never expected was.

A strange man's voice came from the other end of the phone!

"My partner, haven't our missions been completed?"

Shen Bei's expression changed, and he questioned, "Who are you? Where's Two Headed Vine!"

"I am Two Headed Vine, or rather, Two Headed Vine is me."

"Huh? Two Headed Vine is a woman. You're a big man playing tricks?"

"Our cooperation has ended. Logically speaking, we should go our separate ways, but to make future events more interesting, I might as well give you a hint: Two Headed Vine was just my Clone."

Shen Bei: ???

What!

Clone?

That's too ridiculous!

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible!

When Two Headed Vine met offline, how did she seem like a Clone?

She was a real, flesh-and-blood person!

Wait—

Shen Bei suddenly remembered something. If what the man on the phone said was true.

Then there was only one possibility...

"Buddy, are you new here? You can't even tell the difference between a Clone and a Puppet?"

After Shen Bei spoke, laughter came from the other end of the phone: "Haha. Whether it's a Clone or a Puppet, until now, if I hadn't reminded you, wouldn't you still not have discovered it?"

Shen Bei's tone also carried a hint of teasing: "I'll tentatively assume what you're saying is true. You really like to show off, huh? Afraid people won't know your Dao is awesome, that it has reached the point of being indistinguishable from the real thing, right?"

The other side was silent for a moment, then said, "There's nothing wrong with showing off."

"Then I'll give you a chance to show off again." Shen Bei exhaled and said, "What did you take from Bu Jin's corpse?"

"One of the prerequisites for a Death Skill."

"I don't think it has much prestige. To be frank, I've Cultivated no less than three Death Skills, and I've never been as rustic as you."

"What the Hell do you know!"

The other side was clearly a bit angry: "This Death Skill is called Life Severing Strike, a supreme unique skill! It—are you trying to trick information out of me?"

Shen Bei chuckled: "Aren't we partners? Shouldn't we be open with each other?"

"Is there anything else?" the other side asked.

"Give me a name, so it's not awkward when we meet again."

"Just call me Wu Di."

"Buddy, don't steal my title."

"Then we truly have compatible personalities." The other side laughed a few times: "That's it. See you when fate allows!"

Beep beep beep...

Wu Di hung up the phone.

At this moment, Shen Bei's face darkened.

He took a deep breath, looked at Principal Qin, and said with considerable helplessness, "Your partner, Big Ears, should retire. His intelligence gathering ability is truly messed up!"

Principal Qin: ???