Trafford’s Trading Club

Chapter 1267: Chapter 108: Black Ye’s Demonic Clouds

In front of the observation room, Zhong Luochen frowned, “Why is this child constantly shaking the bell on his neck?”

It’s just for observation, fitted with one-way glass, so people inside can’t see what’s happening outside… The researcher instinctively pushed his glasses up and said, “Maybe it’s a sign of unease. Despite being only a few years old, this child is as strong as an adult. It took us great effort to catch him, and we even had to use tranquilizers. But now we don’t dare to approach him, because he’ll bite; someone already got bitten, though after bandaging it’s fine. However, we still don’t dare go in unless we use more anesthetics.”

Zhong Luochen pondered for a moment, “First, calm his emotions, then find out about his family. Especially his family situation, it’s crucial to clarify ASAP… This is the most important.”

While they were speaking, Little Pig in the observation room seemed on the verge of crying from fear, shaking the bell with increasing frequency.

This bell was given by Sister Mo Shui—not just him, but all the siblings have them: it’s a precaution so that in case of danger, they can immediately send a signal. The bell is simple, but inside is a scale pulled from Black Water’s body.

“Sister, please come quickly… Little Pig is so hungry, everyone here is bad, they won’t give me food… boo-hoo~~~”

The crying voice of Little Pig in the observation room was directly synchronized and output, Zhong Luochen and the researcher listened closely… Young Master Zhong suddenly said, “Indeed he has family… But why does he shake this bell?”

“What can a bell do?” The researcher said instinctively.

Zhong Luochen suddenly had a bad premonition, not knowing the source, but it grew stronger. “Find some food, calm this child first… Then think of a way to remove his bell, I have a feeling this bell isn’t simple.”

“Okay.” The researcher nodded, quickly walked out.

There’s no shortage of food here, especially things children like to eat—after all, they believe keeping these children in a good mood for research purposes contributes to growth.

Most of these children are orphans, some just found from welfare homes. Their previous life wasn’t good, but now they receive good care here, except for some freedom restrictions… The kids don’t mind increasingly and gradually establish connections with the researchers.

Yet Zhong Luochen’s unease grew stronger inexplicably…

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“The last two…”

Cheng Yun shook his head watching two bloody corpses dragged out again—this time 24 dragged them personally, having just experimented on over a dozen individuals, now planning to drink some water and rest.

Cheng Yun focused on the last two experimental subjects.

Among them was the bald youth he deliberately left for last… Looking closely now, Cheng Yun noted the youth’s face had distinctly Western features.

“This guy looks dumb, but his body is unexpectedly good?” When pulling the bald youth out, the escorting big man frowned, “Assistant Cheng, this guy doesn’t seem ordinary… Look at his muscles, without long-term scientific training, it’s impossible to reach this level… Practically Golden Ratio-like!”

Naturally, Cheng Yun didn’t understand training or body proportions… He might not understand, but he wouldn’t pretend to. Cheng Yun knew his abilities well, being adept at flattery is one thing, but other talents were ordinary—yet he had the merit of listening to professionals and actually taking their opinions seriously.

“Trouble?” Cheng Yun asked with a frown.

The man said, “Hard to say, it’s just that ordinary people don’t train like this… No, I should say targeting the body for training reaching this state, it’s just unclear why he looks dumb.”

“I see…” Cheng Yun paced around, “Keep this man for now, I’ll first figure out how he was found.”

The man was about to nod… When 24, returning from his drink, suddenly walked over ominously.

Everyone was well-aware of 24’s cruelty and terrifying power, seeing him approaching immediately made the big man holding the bald youth instinctively back off.

“Master 24… Master?” Cheng Yun confidently called twice.

24 casually grabbed the bald youth’s arm, then his body as if inspecting something… Suddenly, he cracked a bizarre smile, “Isn’t this good material, why not bring it sooner instead of wasting my energy on junk.”

Cheng Yun was stunned, “Master, you mean this guy will… succeed?”

24 said, “At least ten times higher success rate than this garbage.”

Cheng Yun gritted his teeth, sternly ordering, “Why are you standing around, quickly, send him into the room for the master!!”

Soon enough, the bald youth was thrown inside the room, followed by 24 casually walking in… As for the homeless person originally paired with the bald youth, nobody paid attention to him, returning him to the original room.

“Assistant Cheng, this… What if this bald youth has some background?” The one who recognized the youth’s unusualness first reminded Cheng Yun softly beside him.

Cheng Yun waved it off, “If it’s successful, then it’s no trouble… If successful, no matter the trouble, young master can handle it, right?”

The man nodded in agreement, understanding the enormous power behind Boss Zhong’s family, he surely wouldn’t doubt these words.

Outsiders’ opinions were of no concern to 24.

He was fixated on the bald youth standing idly… 24 approached the youth, “Hmm, people online say baldies are strong, could it be true? Bald and then powerful?”

“Foolish 24! Foolish 24!! It’s from comics!! Foolish 24!!”

24 grabbed the crow on his shoulder and tossed it—not into the wall this time, but directly onto the bald youth.

The crow instantly turned into a shadow, enveloping the bald youth like a black cocoon.

24 murmured, “This should be fine to hold my consciousness…”

Modifying souls?

He wouldn’t do such things for Zhong Luochen, although he was an immortal-level Curse Mage, things pertaining to the soul domain were beyond his grasp—Not because he couldn’t, but the cost and outcome merely enabled individuals to use Curse Techniques, hardly worth it.

24 only intended to get a better body for himself—his sudden incorporation into this Sub-world was too quick, the body his consciousness attached to was exceedingly poor.

Of course, as a Curse Mage he didn’t much care about bodily matters—but when some terrifyingly powerful being punched him a few times, leaving his bones fractured with a residual Different Kind energy lingering, it’s futile wasting time to expel the energy and heal, better to switch a body faster.

Choosing a body with suitable compatibility wasn’t easy—at least the preceding deaths of homeless people yielded unsatisfactory compatibility ratings.

The crow-turned-shadow was analyzing the bald youth’s body bit by bit.

24’s dim eyes brightened increasingly, “Found a gem… This body’s potential?”

He didn’t care much about bodily matters, just its soul compatibility for seamless curse utilization—but if the new body’s physical potential was high, he’ll gladly see it… At least when fighting Warriors, punching wouldn’t make him spit blood easily, right?

The sound of the crow suddenly rang out, “Idiot 24, deconstruction complete!”

24 became more satisfied, “It’s truly amazing, this body actually has only a simple consciousness, without even a soul, it’s practically born to be a vitreous container…”

He revealed a ferocious smile as his body walked into the black Big Cocoon, gradually merging into it…

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…

The ship had completely left the dock… the city at this time, could only be seen through a faint light.

“It’s only sailed out for a while, and already reluctant to leave?” In the sea breeze, ‘Tang Tianlin’ holding red wine in his left hand and two goblets upside down in his right, came beside Nan Xiao Nan who was enjoying the breeze on the deck, smiling, “Want to take a break?”

Red wine contains relatively low sugar… She looked at the red wine, considering the calories — actually, she prefers cola drinks, heard it has a unique name, called Happy Water?

“No, I don’t drink alcohol.” She said indifferently – not just because of the sugar content, but alcohol can also affect brain activity, hindering her accelerated thinking.

‘Tang Tianlin’ didn’t mind, recalling that Nan Xiao Nan indeed rarely touched alcohol.

“By the way, let me ask you something.” she brushed her scattered hair in the sea breeze, “That night, besides Haus, you also took that clone away, right? How did you arrange this clone, or has it already been dealt with?”

‘Tang Tianlin’ said, “I really don’t know… He disappeared.”

“Disappeared?” She analyzed the truthfulness of this statement.

‘Tang Tianlin’ said, “After coming out from the secret passage that night, I actually hid the experimental subject behind the artificial hill at the exit, planning to retrieve it when things calmed down. But when I went later, he was already gone, and I never found him.”

“Left on his own?”

“Perhaps…” ‘Tang Tianlin’ replied uncertainly.

“That guy seems to have a bit of his own consciousness…” She recalled the clone moved slightly after the cultivation chamber exploded.

“He should.”

She looked at ‘Tang Tianlin’, suddenly said, “You seem more concerned about not finding the clone, rather than being able to find him… Why?”

‘Tang Tianlin’ slowly said, “How do we distinguish if a person is truly a person… a living person recognized by morality and defined as such?”

He also gazed at the city gradually receding, “Soul? What’s that, I can’t see or touch it… But as long as consciousness exists, they naturally learn to think. Isn’t the essence of humanity because it learned to think? If he left like this on his own, if he can live well from now on… doesn’t it prove that he is already a real person?”

She smirked, “Because you sympathize with each other… being a clone of Haus yourself.”

‘Tang Tianlin’ didn’t say anything, just smiled faintly, raised his goblet, and softly said, “A toast to life.”

The wind picked up, suddenly a strong sea breeze blew… towards the city.

…

“A toast to Chao Yang~~~ A toast to moons~~”

Bu Bugao’s out-of-tune voice buzzed around Wang Hu’s ears like flies – it’s like as soon as the headphones are removed, it’s another kind of style… well, let’s call it singing?

Wang Hu resisted the urge to punch Bu Bugao, moved further away—ever since receiving the task of monitoring the situation in the office building, the server room atop the opposite building has become his and Bu Bugao’s temporary base.

Want to fight that woman again… The thought suddenly sprang up in Wang Hu’s mind—the woman on the pet hospital rooftop, overwhelmingly powerful!

Suddenly, Wang Hu’s body felt a shock, like all his pores opened at once, his body hair automatically stood up… he abruptly stood up.

Straightened up, scare-stricken Bu Bugao.

“What nerve are you having again?” Bu Bugao removed his headphones.

Wang Hu walked out of the server room, ignored Bu Bugao, directly ran to the rooftop, gazing at the night sky. Bu Bugao followed best, looking at the night sky along with him.

Only to see the night falling as though it was pressing down, the moons were also covered by dark clouds… as if it directly dimmed.

And more strong wind blew, Bu Bugao shivered instinctively, “Is it going to rain?”

“It’s a monster’s aura…” Wang Hu’s eyes lit up, “A strong monster’s aura… is coming!”

…

Above the building, an eye-visible dark cloud appeared unexpectedly… swirling dark clouds!

This was supposed to be a peaceful night, yet the ability to ‘see’ these clouds was quite unusual – the security guard at the entrance of the building looked up in surprise… he found the clouds seemed dark red, like monster clouds.

The security guard couldn’t help but take out his phone to capture the scene… at that moment, footsteps interrupted his ear.

The kind of crisp sound from high heels hitting the cement pavement.

He looked towards the sound, seeing a approaching… woman in the darkness.

Dressed in black, in a black dress… black lips, eyes as cold as ice.

The security guard froze, this woman was extremely beautiful, yet he suddenly shivered with fear… The instant his body trembled, the woman seemed to ignore Space, flashing to appear right in front of him.

“You…” He couldn’t finish his sentence, his neck was directly grabbed by this beautiful yet terrifying woman, raised!

“Where have you taken my Little Pig? Speak!!”

The woman’s hair gently fluttered automatically, dispersing… the monster’s aura in the sky turned completely dark red.

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