bookpower Chapter 700 The Liar with No Way Out
Chapter 700 The Liar with No Way Out
"You and I……"
Li Shuang felt a chill run down her spine as she watched the blood flowing through the ventilation ducts, the stench of blood filling her nostrils.
She wished she were dreaming.
What is this person doing?!
Isn't he courting death?
Surgery in a fully microbial environment, right?
No, this can't even be called surgery; it's simply using violence to tear open one's internal organs and take out what's needed.
The key point is that he didn't show any pain in his expression throughout the entire process.
It was as if it wasn't his own body, but just a detachable mechanical device.
"What's wrong? Weren't you in a hurry?" Wu Wang kept smiling as he spat out mouthfuls of blood.
Then, he took his hand out of his stomach and unfolded it, revealing a USB flash drive inside.
He staggered toward Li Shuang, holding the USB drive up in his hand and handing it to her.
"Here, take it. Isn't this what you wanted?"
His current appearance is like that of a demon crawling out of the underworld.
Li Shuang instinctively took two steps back to create distance; she didn't dare reach out to catch the USB drive.
"Don't go...aren't you...going to carry out the plan?"
As blood was lost, Wu Wang's voice grew weaker and weaker, but his tone remained unchanged, and even the smile on his face remained the same.
The little hill on its head wisely jumped down and squatted to the side to avoid being splattered with blood by its mad owner.
huh-huh-
The ventilation duct should theoretically be constantly blowing cool air, so even though the space is relatively small, it should not be stuffy at all.
But at this moment, Li Shuang's breathing became more and more rapid, as if something was pressing on her chest, and she reached out her hand tremblingly.
"I...I will save you..."
Her voice trembled slightly.
After all, for a normal person to not be so scared by such a scene that their legs go weak is already a testament to Li Shuang's courage.
Snapped--
The moment she touched the USB drive, Wu Wang's hand clenched tightly, and he fell to the ground with a thud, his internal organs spilling out from his wound.
As if in a final burst of energy, he said, "You...can't save anyone!"
"Including yourself..."
After saying that, he let his hand fall limply to his side.
Li Shuang looked down at the USB drive in her hand and at Wu Wang, who was lying on the ground and looked as if he were dead.
Besides her panic, her tone also carried a hint of annoyance.
"No! No! Don't die!"
"Damn it! I need you! I... I need your body!"
Unfortunately, it seems that nothing can be changed now.
Li Shuang's emotions seemed to have changed from initial fear to a kind of incomprehensible anger.
He launched into a tirade of abuse at Wu Wang's corpse.
It seems his death disrupted some of Li Shuang's plans.
However, none of the original plans required Wu Wang to personally carry out any part of the task.
Even the surgery that Li Shuang just described was something she arranged herself, so Wu Wang only needed to lie in the operating room.
This made Xiao Qiu tilt his head and look puzzled.
Sure enough, this wicked woman was hiding many things.
After venting her anger with a string of curses, Li Shuang finally let out a long sigh, then turned and left, completely ignoring Wu Wang's corpse.
However, the direction she was heading was neither the operating room nor the maintenance corridor.
On the contrary, it seems that Li Shuang wants to find other players to revise some kind of plan at the other employees' residences.
Just then, heavy footsteps suddenly came from inside the ventilation duct.
thump -- thump -- thump --
At first glance, the footsteps sound like the footsteps of a giant, but upon closer inspection, it turns out to be the footsteps of several people. The sound is so distinct because the frequency of their footsteps is exactly the same.
The rhythmic and regular gait made Li Shuang's pupils shrink sharply.
"No! Impossible!"
"How did the Smiler manage to track us all the way here?"
She quickly looked at her bracelet, which was still showing as offline.
It had been less than a minute since the guy on the ground died. Even if his death caused the bracelet signal to go offline, the Smiler would still need three minutes to react!
But now there's no time for Li Shuang to think too much.
She needs to get out of here quickly!
"Employees at the front, please cease all actions."
"The factory suspects you are connected to the missing employee. Please cooperate with our investigation."
However, the smiling one seemed to be much faster than Li Shuang had imagined.
She had only taken a few steps forward, and could even see Wu Wang's body lying on the ground when she realized that the passage ahead had been blocked by a smiling figure.
I wanted to turn around and go down another fork in the road, but at every pipe entrance, a smiling figure emerged.
She was completely surrounded!
This made Li Shuang's face turn pale instantly.
He gripped the USB drive tightly, his expression one of extreme resentment.
They were so close... and they had already gotten the most important thing...
As long as I can get a Descendant to go to the data center with me and activate it, I can get everything I want!
How hateful! Why!
Boom!
All those who are smiling take a step forward at the same time.
The identical smiles on their faces looked eerie.
They said in unison, "Please state your identity, or we will take coercive measures."
This scene filled Li Shuang with despair.
She knew that she couldn't escape from being surrounded by a group of smiling people.
There is no turning back now.
pat-
The USB drive in my hand fell to the ground.
Li Shuang sat down limply on the spot, like a deflated balloon.
She sighed and said, "I am employee #00001, former vice president of the Solidarity Union, Li Shuang."
Xiao Qiu looked surprised.
Former Vice President of Solidarity Union!
This doesn't match what Li Shuang initially told Wu Wang, or even the identity that [Bai] found in the file!
They always thought that Li Shuang was the only woman among the employees Zhang Mingyuan later found who was willing to resist, and that was not explicitly stated to have been taken to the talent incubation center.
Logically, she should have been found by Zhang Mingyuan after the strike.
How did he become the vice president of Solidarity Union again?
After saying these words, Li Shuang quickly tapped her bracelet a few times.
The previously offline status has begun to return to normal operation.
“I know that if you can’t confirm that I’m a factory employee, you can kill me on the spot. Now I’m back online, please check the signal. I’m willing to accept any punishment from the factory, and I volunteer to participate in the retraining opportunity to become one of you.”
Having said that, she immediately made a gesture of surrender. However, the scenario she had imagined—the smiling figures coming up and grabbing her—did not occur.
They just silently watched themselves.
After a few seconds, the smiling leader said coldly, "Sorry, your employee information was not detected. Please state your identity correctly. Warning."
Upon hearing this, an expression of disbelief instantly appeared on Li Shuang's face.
She quickly said, "Impossible! Check again! I am definitely employee number #00001! You can take my bracelet, biometric information, blood sample, and everything else for inspection!"
The other party simply took a step forward with all the smiling people, further compressing the space where Li Shuang could move.
He said coldly, "The factory records show that employee #00001 has already undergone 'Smiling Person' training. Your identity does not match. This is the second warning."
“After three warnings, we will no longer give you a chance to explain and will immediately take enforcement measures.”
These words completely baffled Li Shuang.
She quickly ripped the gel off the bracelet.
Then, by turning his wrist, he revealed the inside of the bracelet, which would normally be completely invisible.
After all, all the displays on the bracelet are on the back of the hand, and no one usually pays attention to the inside of the wrist.
When she turned it over, the smiling people around her also saw a wavy symbol on it.
"Look! These are the marks left from the renovation! I did indeed receive the Smiler training!"
"However, there were some deviations in the training at the time, which resulted in me not being registered by the Smile Team. I can go back with you now to re-register and undergo retraining..."
At this point, her expression suddenly turned strange.
Their gazes gradually focused on the wristbands of the smiling people around them.
At the same time, the wave symbol on the inside of her bracelet emitted a grayish-white glow and flashed at a rhythmic frequency.
In contrast, the wristbands of the smiling individuals did not react at all.
Li Shuang was stunned.
Her gaze gradually shifted from fear to seriousness, and finally to anger, as she roared:
"You! Are not the Smilers!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she subconsciously reached for the USB drive that had fallen to the ground beside her.
Unexpectedly, another noise came from behind him.
Click—
The USB drive was retrieved.
However, it wasn't Li Shuang, who had regained her senses, who picked it up, but rather the corpse that should have been lying on the ground, its body growing cold.
Wu Wang's teasing voice followed: "I didn't expect that the Smiler's bracelets could sense each other. Oh well, I really can't do anything about that."
His clones couldn't replicate the Desire Bracelet, nor could they have an AI like [White] in each bracelet to make corresponding adjustments.
The information that the woman just revealed to the smiling man was not something that could be obtained through normal coercion.
Fortunately, although it wasn't much, it was enough.
Looking at his somewhat regretful expression.
Li Shuang, her breathing rapid with anger, gritted her teeth and said, "You! You're lying to me!"
Wu Wang retorted without hesitation: "Haven't you been lying to me all along? It's just a matter of returning the favor."
No sooner had he said that than Li Shuang suddenly erupted.
He darted forward, intending to snatch the USB drive.
However, the speed that a normal person could muster was like slow motion in front of Wu Wang, the player.
He deftly dodged to the side, casually placing the USB drive on his outstretched tongue.
He then ate it in front of Li Shuang.
goo-dong-
The USB drive went back into his stomach!
Since it's a dungeon item and can't be stored in your inventory, put it somewhere that no one else can take it.
The body is naturally the safest place.
However, apart from Wu Wang, most other players would find it difficult to imitate this method.
"Damn it! You think I'd fall for this trick again?!"
Li Shuang roared.
However, she also noticed something very strange—
The large amount of blood that was originally on the ground has completely disappeared!
This doesn't seem like something that can be achieved through mere trickery.
But considering that the other party is also a Descendant, they might have done it with some special ability, such as making themselves hallucinate!
"Whether you fall for it or not is another matter. Let's talk about your past lies first." Wu Wang's eyes were full of provocation: "You killed Ke Ming, didn't you? Or rather, the place you led him to was a dead end."
Before Li Shuang could say anything...
Wu Wang continued, "Since you're not the missing employee, then the Zhang Mingyuan we saw in the ventilation duct last time wasn't the real person either, right?"
"First, you're worried that if I have too much contact with the real Zhang Mingyuan, I might get some crucial clues from him and expose your identity."
"Secondly, I'm worried that I won't follow your plan. If I do manage to liberate the factory using other methods, then all your plans will fall apart."
"So, you send a fake Zhang Mingyuan over, have him reveal the detailed plan, and then make me reasonably suspect that he may have tampered with the documents."
"In that case, I will most likely be wary of the real Zhang Mingyuan and will no longer take the initiative to contact him."
Wu Wang rubbed his stomach.
Raising an eyebrow, he said, "But the USB drive is real."
"After I got my hands on this thing, if I considered the possibility that Zhang Mingyuan might be the tamperer, I wouldn't actually carry it out as he said. I could only consult with others to come up with a solution."
"Who can I turn to? Yes, only you, my ally who has provided so much 'help'."
"The USB drive will eventually end up in your hands. You don't need to take any risks; you just need to wait in the ventilation duct. So, besides setting up this scam, your first contact with me is also to confirm one thing—"
"You need to make sure I'm smart enough."
"Only in this way can the subtle misleading information be interpreted as an anomaly that I discovered myself, right?"
At this point, Wu Wang raised his hand and clapped his hands in approval.
After hearing these remarks, Li Shuang's expression changed from anger to helplessness.
He then spread his hands and said, "Unfortunately, you seem to be too clever for your own good."
"You've figured out everything you shouldn't have."
"Otherwise, according to my plan, you would at least be alive, even if your body and soul are not together."
"But now... all you can do is die!"
After saying that, she pointed the bracelet at Wu Wang.
This scene also piqued Wu Wang's curiosity.
Kind of interesting.
Although the other party claimed that she had been modified by the Smiler, she had never actually demonstrated any superhuman strength.
Even when she grabbed the USB drive just now, her speed was completely within the normal range.
If this woman were truly as powerful as the Smiler, she wouldn't have been in despair when surrounded; she could have easily tried to force her way through.
Moreover, Li Shuang knew that she was a Descendant and should have various special abilities.
Even so, she still believed she could kill herself.
So, what exactly are their trump cards? (End of Chapter)