After Beating the Game, I Became the Villain BOSS

Chapter 378: Chapter 263: Capturing Qi Ling Alive (Part 2)

Su Mo: "What do you mean..."

Chu Nanyi: "People can play along without a ripple when there’s nothing on their mind, but if there’s a stir in their heart, then they can’t hide their true self."

"Think about it, on the day of your date, were there moments when she was no longer ’Xiaoqi’, but ’Zero’?"

Seeing Su Mo’s confused face, Chu Nanyi knew it was still a bit difficult for that mind, as untouched by emotion as a blank sheet, to understand him.

Chu Nanyi sighed helplessly, waving his hand: "Forget it, forget it, you think about it yourself later. Let’s talk about the current situation, what about Luo Mingsheng?"

The mention of that guy made Dongdong scowl: "Why care about that Luo? A scumbag who killed so many children, isn’t it better that Qi Ling captured him, I’d love for him to be heavily tortured."

Su Mo shook his head: "You’re not wrong, but no matter what, Luo Mingsheng is still officially one of ours in the Edge."

"Even if I dislike him, even if I made a mistake letting him in, objectively, he is still an Edge Mercenary, our comrade."

"A comrade has been taken, if I ignore this, it’ll become a management hazard for the team, and spread rumors will become leverage for others to attack us."

Dongdong grumbled: "What a joke, to be our comrade."

Su Mo shrugged: "Can’t help it, team management is like that, reason overrides emotion, rules are paramount, some things you don’t like, but you have to accept."

At this point, he suddenly smiled meaningfully: "As long as Luo Mingsheng is with the Edge, he remains our comrade."

KK and Dongdong, both underage, sat together cursing Luo Mingsheng.

Only Chu Nanyi squinted and exchanged glances with Su Mo, catching that gleam of meaning in his eyes.

The two looked at each other, flashing sly grins, like two cunning old foxes.

Su Mo turned away, saying: "Anyway, the top priority now is finding Luo Mingsheng and bringing him back safely. If Qi Ling executes him, then we’ve lost completely this time."

Dongdong, cradling his face, sighed in distress: "He’s been taken by mechanical hounds, those things run faster than rabbits, where can we find him in the middle of the night?"

Su Mo: "I’m troubled by this too."

"Looking for Luo Mingsheng?" Suddenly, Future, who hadn’t spoken, chimed in with a mysterious smile on her face, "I’ll take you to him."

Su Mo: "You know where he is?"

"Follow me." Future led them out the door.

The group took the elevator straight to the underground laboratory.

In the past few days, after preliminary cleaning, the lab wasn’t as chaotic, but the floor was still dusty, with many scattered parts visible.

Su Mo asked curiously: "Luo Mingsheng’s been taken by mechanical hounds, why are we here?"

Future continued to smile mysteriously, unlocked a door with a key, and pointed inside: "Come see who this is."

Su Mo walked in and was immediately stunned: "Luo Mingsheng?!"

The room was a simple living space, usually for researchers to rest. Luo Mingsheng, was sitting on a chair, visibly shaken, clearly terrified by the recent attack.

"Captain... Captain, you’re here! You have to save me, that woman is crazy!" Luo Mingsheng cried, clinging to Su Mo’s leg.

Su Mo sneered: "I asked you the other day, you said you didn’t know Qi Ling. You know her now, right?"

Luo Mingsheng shrank back, trembling: "I was too scared back then, I didn’t think she’d actually come back for revenge..."

Su Mo ignored him and turned to Future: "What’s going on? Why is Luo Mingsheng here? I clearly saw him being taken by mechanical hounds."

Future: "What was taken wasn’t the real Luo Mingsheng, but his biorobotic clone."

Su Mo: "Biorobotic clone?"

Future: "Yes, I overheard Qi Ling talking to Luo Mingsheng that day, and guessed there was some history between them."

"Qi Ling turned our lab upside down to kill him, and after failing, I figured she’d launch a second attack."

"So, using some old offline-capable equipment, I made a simple biorobotic clone of Luo Mingsheng based on his biological data."

"While it doesn’t have advanced speech or movement functions, it has the same biological recognition features as Luo Mingsheng, like body size, facial contours, iris, etc."

Su Mo immediately understood: "No matter how intelligent, mechanical hounds are machines, relying solely on recognition systems for targets."

"Once they pick up Luo Mingsheng’s biological data, even if the target doesn’t move or speak, they’ll think it’s him and carry it off. But in reality, the real Luo Mingsheng was hidden in this room by you."

Future allowed herself a rare cold smile: "Exactly, the mechanical hounds didn’t kill ’Luo Mingsheng’ on the spot, they carried him off. I suspect Qi Ling wanted to personally kill him for revenge."

"Coincidentally, I placed a tracking chip in the biorobotic clone, allowing for reverse tracking to locate Qi Ling!"

Su Mo smiled with satisfaction.

Future truly lives up to her name.

Even though she was beaten in unfamiliar software by Qi Ling, she regained her ground in her strong suit, hardware.

Future, hands on her hips, with a sense of triumphant revenge, spoke firmly: "Sometimes I really dislike these hackers, always thinking those of us in hardware are easy to bully, just because they know some code."

"Hardware is the foundation of all research! Without the hardware we create, what good is powerful software? Don’t underestimate us hardware engineers, damn it!"

...

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"Memories are full of scars, nothing will ever fade."

"This is my promise to you."

Qi Ling hummed a melody in the dark night, walking into an abandoned factory in the Border District.

Not far ahead, several mechanical hounds crouched on guard, in standby mode.

A figure lay beside them.

Qi Ling held a knife with a blood trough, walking slowly, tapping the blade lightly on nearby metal pipes every few steps.

"Clang, clang..." The cold clanging echoed through the factory, like a prelude to bloodshed.

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Qi Ling approached, her amber eyes reflecting the streetlights outside the factory, like those of a cold-blooded creature.

"Die."

She stabbed forcefully into the opponent’s abdomen, deliberately avoiding vital points, stirring back and forth to inflict the ultimate pain.

However, after a brief while, she realized something was wrong.

Why was there no blood?

Qi Ling, puzzled, grabbed the figure’s collar and dragged it into the light.

The scene before her left Qi Ling stunned.

This "person" did have Luo Mingsheng’s appearance, but it showed no movement or breathing, merely a biorobotic clone.

Qi Ling’s pupils dilated, her mouth involuntarily twitching.

"I fell for their trick."

Without warning, a shadow leapt down from a steel beam.

"Thud." A Dragon Steel Baseball Bat swung at the back of Qi Ling’s head, knocking her out.

...

Consciousness fading.

Dim and groggy.

Qi Ling felt someone talking beside her.

She opened her eyes with difficulty, finding herself in a closed underground room, uncertain of the place or how long she had been unconscious.

In the room were three people: Dongdong and KK whispering to each other, and Future petting a mouse.

"Hey, she’s awake." Dongdong stepped toward Qi Ling, triumphant, hands on hips, and said in a thick accent, "Sapulais, M**** F*****."

Qi Ling calmly asked: "Where’s Su Mo?"

Dongdong smiled wickedly: "Relax, the boss will come, he’s preparing a ’big surprise’ for you."