Chapter 88 - The Institute (29)

The moment Tang Shun and Chao Bin reunited with Chu Yi, they could instantly tell that something was very wrong, 

Despite the lack of anger or brooding fury on Chu Yi's face, they could still feel a heavy, oppressive tension stifling the air around him like a dense weight squeezed against their hearts–

Vaguely, as Tang Shun drew closer; he inexplicably noticed a faint outline projecting from the darkness behind Chu Yi, the silhouette had attached itself tightly to his body, and regardless of where Chu Yi turned, it would always be floating right before his eyes.

Almost as if it was tyrannically marking Chu Yi as it's own.

He squinted his eyes slightly and although mostly indecipherable, intuition told him that this oppressive shadow was related to the merman—

The creature seemed to have felt his burning stare and briefly shifted it's gaze towards Tang Shun,

Almost instantaneously, Tang Shun felt as if thousands of sharp, tiny needles were stabbing into his eyeballs, the pain worse than the feeling of salt being forcefully poured into his eyes, leaving them watering and painful,

Tang Shun immediately averted his gaze,

This was a warning–

When he turned his head back, the figure seemed to have disappeared but Tang Shun didn't believe this at all, it was only hidden. The brief look he had captured when the creature turned its head was seared into the back of his mind,

The creatures whole body was too dazzling, the familiar and unfamiliar oppressive power, the beastly cruelty and the awe-inspiring pressure almost made his soul tremble in fear, this wasn't just an evil spirit, this was something far more terrifying,

And said existence had set its sight on Chu Yi.

He put the thought aside, there would be time to look into it later.

The closer they got to Chu Yi the more intuitively they could feel the cold and silent anger radiating from him, just waiting for the floodgates to release,

Chao Bin who had been faintly discussing with Tang Shun immediately fell into a bewildered silence, the building tension in the air and the uncanny frown on Chu Yi's face, all reminded him of the calm before the storm.

He couldn't help but pause in his steps, hesitation appearing in his heart, 

On the other hand, Tang Shun who also felt the suppressed cruelty on Chu Yi, like the suppressed magma rolling beneath an active volcano- still tentatively approached,

The first thing that Tang Shun noticed was the dazzling red blood stains all over the snow white skin of Chu Yi's leg, the wet cloth stuck to his chest and his already pale face had turned ghastly from evident bloodloss,

Intuition told him that Chu Yi anger was not targeted at them but at another unknown factor, Tang Shun was strangely reminded of the silhouette that haunted Chu Yi,

"What happened to you?"

Needless to say, Chu Yi had escaped certain death, but regardless of his apparent uncomfortableness, he still described the horrors of the office in return for Chao Bin's ordeal,

The entire morning of the carpet search was sufficiently detailed, but there were still no superfluous findings that would lead them to a big breakthrough in the Instance,

The entire week of exploration had yielded to a greater extent, alot of clues to the secrets behind the Insistitute but it still didn't give them a hint as to who the mastermind was,

On the surface it seemed that the Federation was the

real perpetrator of all these crimes but none of the players were gullible enough to believe that the real answer was so simple,

As Tang Shun analyzed the situation , Chu Yi agreed with his belief that the voice from outside the fence had something to with Chao Bin's alienated form, this was something that had appeared only after the first operation, therefore it could only point to one thing,

His blood had a connection to the forest outside the Institute,

"We have two options at the moment, go to the Operarion Room to watch the new hard drive or use the acesss card to see if we can find anything that would maybe be of use,

The corner of Chu Yi's lips raised in a light mocking sneer, 

"Then let's go to the Operating Room."

Chu Yi eyes were cold, his voice was not loud, but it was inexplicably frightening,

Tang Shun and Chao Bin exchanged a baffled look, but still followed along, 

When they arrived at the door operating room, they happened bump into a group of players that had just finished searching the room,

Neither parties acknowledged each other , and the other group even seemed to hold some inexplicable hostility towards them, 

They deliberately brushed past them as they walled and when one one player was walking by Chu Yi, he deliberately said in a voice loud enough for him to hear,

"Why don't you go die faster,"

Something snapped,

Chu Yi stopped walking, a hand reaching out and yanked the startled man back towards him,

"What the hell are you doing–"

Chu Yi looked very calm, 

Too calm in fact,

Although his face was bloodless, there was still a terrifying danger imprisoned in those seemingly cold and indifferent pupils, it seemed as if in the next second he would use his teeth as a sacrifice to severe the throat of the man in front of him, and drown his face in blood!

The man's heart stuttered and the heavy pressure made his knees tremble uncontrollably, a panicked breath gasping in his throat, 

Ghost–

White hands grasped the man's neck, and although he was drowning in the sudden fear, the man still couldn't couldn't but shiver at the coldness of Chu Yi's hand,

He squinted his eyes, and the aggressiveness that he had previously displayed was even more sharp at this moment—

Chu Yi lifted his arm mercilessly, and slowly the man's feet were raised from the ground!

Chu Yi didn't disguise the murderous intent brewing in his pupils and the hand on the mans neck deliberately tightened, 

'Choke––'

The man's companions were shell-shocked and could react in time to save him–

Da, Da, Da, Da,

There was a sudden flurry of footsteps in the distance, and Mu Fang hurried in this direction with long and heavy strides, his face frowning with slight nervousness when he noticed the scene, 

Chu Yi didn't look back,

"Who are you to talk to me?"

His voice was gentle, his speech hardly fluctuating, it was if he was stating a simple fact, but under the calm tone, it suppressed some chillingly dark elements,

"Hey!"

"Chu Yi, Let him go!"

"It was a simple misunderstanding –"

Cbu Yi's s expression was still cold and calm, except for the sharp red eyes and the infrared rays shadowing his face, there was almost no difference from usual, 

This also made him look strangely terrible!

Mu Fang hurried towards them and his mouth anxiously pleaded for them to be lenient,

Tch-

As if he had been persuaded Chu Yi flung the man to the floor unceremoniously and wiped his fingers in disgust, 

Mu Fang immediately seized the chance to go on a slew, quickly trying to resolve the problem by explaining that the man and some others had some strange hostility towards them because they believed that those who have been stamped and classified as red would soon turn into monsters just like the first player and kill them all, and also that he was trying to persuade them but some of them were too stubborn–

Chao Bin interrupted him, his voice sounded friendly as he spoke but the words directly made Mu Fang's face turn black,

"Don't pretend to be a savior in front of me, aren't all your previous lackeys dead because of you... Who here is buying your bullshit–"

"...."

The brown-haired boy squinted at him, his lips rising sarcastically, "You are a bit more interesting than the ignorant creatures with average single-cell brains outside."

Mu Fang felt fishy blood rising in the back of his throat but for the sake of the greater scheme, proposed cooperation,

Chao Bin looked back at the unresponsive Chu Yi and Tang Shun who just watched the play with interest and finally decided to agree,

"Happy Cooperation–"

As he said, he stretched out his index finger symbolically, shook Mu Fang's hand briefly, and then shook it with disgust, as if contact with someone like Mu Fang was already his greatest blessing.

Mu Fang: "...?"

He really wanted to ask this big boss, are you still in the second grade? You are lovely and likeable when you don't talk, why do I want to hit you as soon as you open your mouth....

Although the partnership was concluded, the atmosphere in the corridor fell silent again because of Chao Bin's actions, 

Eventually they parted ways in awkwardness,

Chu Yi entered the room, quickly found the dvd player and without further thought, plugged the hard drive in–

The video started in a damp underground cellar, the lights had been replaced with a luminous blue light that set the ambience in the cave to a calm, peaceful lull.

There wasn't anyone appearing in the video this time, and in the lens they could see nothing but the familiar capsule,

Maybe it was to facilitate the upcoming mating, but the glass prison had also been thoroughly cleaned and the special liquid inside replaced, 

Splash–

The merman wasn't alone in the capsule, and swimming in the same shallow waters as him was a beautiful creature.

A mermaid–

The mermaid's visage, altough deceptive, appeared weak and fragile, this type of fragility made the female mermaid possess a naturally pure and ethereal beauty, 

It swum gracefully, cutting through the clear waters and fluttered charmingly at the tail of the merman, it's cries that resembled a twittering bird came in short, shrill bursts,

She was evidenlty luring him to mate, 

Unlike the merman, this mermaid seemed to have lost all her human instincts and just like a regular animal in rut, she didn't care about shame or dignity and seemed determined to mate with the same species as her.

This creature was obviously of a lower tier than the merman who still seemed to retain its humanity even under the overwhelming influence of it's animalistic instinct, 

Tch-

The mermaid's tail flickered playfully, inborn silver-white hair floated like pure and holy snow in the light of the gleaming reflection of waves,

With the pale-bluish scales of her tail seemingly emitting layers of sparkling translucent mist, a pair of light emerald eyes shimmered in the water with lust and heat!

"Chii––"

Along with this final mating call, Chu Yi saw that the merman and mermaind slowly approached each other.

His heart stinged with a strange emotion and Chu Yi could feel his his fingers clenching against his will, 

The mermaid was more enthusiastic than the merman, even as she danced around him, showing her admiration, the merman was unexpectedly calm,

This was quite different from the regular performances of many other mammals during mating. Whether on land or in water, there would be several other males competing for a female. It was also common for males to compete in order to gain a female's favor, but now,

The merman appeared to be in some disdain to the mermaid, and although he seemed to accept her gift of mating, there was a lazy almost condescending air about him, 

"Chii––"

The moment the mermaid threw herself into the arms of the merman, directly wrapping her tail around his, Tang Shun felt a billowing murderous intent explode from Chu Yi standing beside him!

Chu Yi's eyes had completely turned to ice, there was no anger in his heart, just a pure adulterated need to kill,

The merman seemed to fully embraced the mermaid into his arms, regardless of the feelings of the people watching, he rubbed his nose on the crook of her neck to mark her with his scent,

Chu Yi sneered derisively, and lifted his foot to step away, he had seen enough––

However, in the next second, Chao Bin exclaimed loudly as if he had seen an even more shocking sight, and subconsciously he turned back to see and to his suprise, the merman had done something completely unexpected !

"Chi!!——"

He only saw a flash of light as the merman moved, then a large amount of purple-red blood spilled from the gaping wound that bluntly cut across the entirety of the mermaid's abdomen, as her organs slipped out pooling at the base of the capsule, along with her entirely broken body including the head stump that was savagely torn off–

Her long white hair was floating upward, completely covered in blood that still was still spilling from a ripper off head. The exposed neck arteries and her bloody broken spine that was still connected to the skull spoke of the sheer force that the merman used to end her life–

He had completely played everyone! 

The merman was still holding onto the headless body, and like a real tiger shark, he brutally bit and tore the mermaid's flesh into shreds. His wolfish eyes flickered dangerously with the desire and want of a ferocious mythological creature, 

The once handsome face at that moment looked like a sinister ghost appearing amidst the dense bloody water,

It seemed to turn to their direction and it's eyes seem to bore through the screen and directly locked onto the standing audience, 

The merman looked out at them, a pair of dark eyes twinkling with cold light, like a murderous devil rising from a sea of ​​blood that flowed with filth from the mountain of dead, The strong mental power swept the group as it was, and the heavy pressure directly deprived them of air,

Then it let out a cry, holding up the headless corpse in its hands,

"Chiii––"

This was a roar of victory!