Chapter 58

Volume 1

58 Don’t Even Think About Taking Song Lu

After revealing her symbol, Li Wen rearranged her clothes unhurriedly before turning back around. “This is the truth. I am a soul splitter and so is that broken-armed woman. I don’t know with whom her symbol corresponds, only that you won’t be able to defeat her.”

“The soul splitters we’ve been pursuing for so long have never made an appearance in the split zone and now, out of nowhere, there are two?” Jiao S scoffed. “How do you expect us to believe it?”

Li Wen smiled. “It doesn’t matter either way. This is the truth. Every single person here has been to the hall of Northern District. Do you recall that there isn’t a ceiling over it?”

At her words, the image came back to me at once. That’s right. The hall had been almost a thousand square metres in size, surrounded by four slabs of snow-white porcelain walls. With the exception of the screen which could show real-time snippets of the real world, there was nothing else there. Looking ahead, the only thing you could see was a flood of blinding white light.

However, if you did look up, you would realise that there was no ceiling over it. The top of the hall was nothing but an infinite black hole. I had once pondered over it too but did not pay it much mind. Since the sky in the split zone is grey, I didn’t bother dwelling on any other strange phenomenon that happens here. Back then, I had only lifted my head slightly; the hall looked as though it had been built at the bottom of a pitch-black pit, seemingly running endlessly deep. Even if you did lift your head to its full extent, you would not be able to spot the end of that tunnel. All you would be able to see… is total darkness.

“That black hole you saw is the habitat of soul splitters. Mr Blond can’t reach it either. No one knows the secret to split zone’s soul splitters; it’s mere conjecture even on Mr Blond’s part.” Li Wen’s gentle voice was strong and forceful at the same time, slapping us with these words of reality.

I deepened my frown. “If there is truly such a secret, then why are you telling us?”

With a faint smile, Li Wen replied. “I didn’t say anything and I never will. I’m a soul splitter after all. The only thing I can tell you is that, if Du Yue succeeds with her experiment then a bloodbath in the split zone will not be far away.”

My eyes widened. “This… What exactly is this experiment about?”

“There are two segments. One of them is the body constitution that would allow reproduction of these diabolical leeches and seamlessly infuse them with the body at the same time. Their blood will carry an eternal ability to damage those who come in contact with it, and the offsprings of those leeches will be the perfect specimen to continue on to their next subject. This is where Song Lu and I failed.

“Then, there’s Laurel. Her experiment is on mental strength. Children have greater potential in honing their mental strength due to their young age, and they are easily manipulated and controlled. They want to create a child with high MF. Laurel was the first experimental subject who was near success, but the specific details aren’t known since she ran away.”

I clenched my first, my mind preoccupied by the words: Experimental subject…Deflected by the shield, the violet light ricocheted towards me again. I jumped away from attack and the shield leapt along with me into mid-air. The other three giant shields seemed to come alive too, starting their attack towards Jiao S, Nie Zun and Guan Nie respectively.

No matter how I dodged, the cruciform shield followed closely at my heels without slowing down. I didn’t know what would happen if I collided against it and any attack will only be deflected… All I could do is to keep evading.