Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

After learning this indisputable information, Xie Yuchen seemed to have lost all his strength, and he slowly and feebly leaned back on the sofa behind him. His body was trembling slightly, and the chill did not come from the weather outside, but seemed to penetrate from deep in his bones, making him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar.

Xie Yuchen's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. He could never imagine that there would be someone in the world who would treat his own grandson so cruelly! Once this thought came to mind, it entangled his mind like a poisonous snake, making his breathing become heavy.

At this time, the shadow's low voice sounded again: "I personally went to explore the basement under the Wu family's old house. There is a complete set of extremely advanced instruments and equipment hidden there. And in the laboratory, there are many things soaked in formalin..." At this point, the shadow seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally continued, "All kinds of creepy things. In addition, I also found an altar in an inconspicuous courtyard in the back house. It was filled with densely packed tablets, but no names were written on them. In my opinion, the owners of these tablets are very likely the beings in the jars in the basement."

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen's face turned frighteningly pale, and a layer of fine beads of sweat even oozed out of his forehead. However, more shocking news was yet to come. The black shadow paused, and then said: "In order to find out the truth, I secretly plucked a few strands of Wu Xie's hair while he was sleeping, and compared his genes with those of everyone in the Wu family. The results showed that none of them could match the genes of the Wu family. This means that the Wu Xie you have seen since childhood may be the real Wu Xie himself, or perhaps... he is just an imposter."

After an in-depth investigation, Black Shadow discovered that the Wu family had a close relationship with the mysterious Jude Kao for a period of time. However, unexpectedly, not long after, this seemingly close cooperation came to an abrupt end, and the two sides completely fell out.

As for the reasons that led to this situation, no one knows for sure now. After all, Qiu Dekao, the old man of the Wu family and the key figures have all passed away, and the relevant people who knew the inside story have long been killed.

Although the truth is difficult to trace, judging from various signs, the origin of the black shadow is likely hidden in the mysterious basement of the Wu family.

At this moment, Xie Yuchen gently opened the drawer and took out a slightly old iron box. He carefully opened the lid of the box and saw a transparent glass bottle. Looking closely, he found a foreign man with golden hair and the size of a thumb inside the bottle!

Looking at this strange little man, Xie Yuchen's anger instantly surged up like a tide. He seemed to want to vent all his dissatisfaction, and without hesitation, he grabbed the bottle from the box and began to shake it wildly. With his violent movements, the little man in the bottle kept shaking, and finally couldn't help vomiting.

After a while, when Xie Yuchen stopped what he was doing, the little man seemed to have gradually recovered from the dizziness. He pointed at Xie Yuchen's nose and chattered something. But because the sound was too weak, Xie Yuchen couldn't hear what the other party was saying, so he simply chose to turn a deaf ear and pretended to know nothing.

Then, Xie Yuchen casually placed the bottle horizontally on the table, then stretched out his finger and gently flicked it, and the bottle rolled rapidly on the table like a top.

"Jude Kao, Jude Kao, do you think you can die easily if you want to? That's just wishful thinking! My father may have forgotten the cruel experiments you conducted on him for some reason, but my dad remembers them clearly! As for your body, hehe, I have donated it to your country's experimental institution a long time ago. As for how they will deal with your corpse... that's unknown!"

Xie Yuchen lazily rested his chin on the slightly old wooden table, with a creepy smile on his face, and his eyes were fixed on Jude Kao who was struggling and rolling up and down in the transparent glass bottle.

At this moment, Jude Kao only had a trace of residual consciousness left. He was stuffed into a special glass bottle and lost his freedom. He was completely reduced to a poor creature at the mercy of others.

"Look at you now. Aren't you just a piece of fish on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered? It's easy for me to do something to you! But then again, this is not bad. At least you won't die or age, and you don't have to worry about hunger. Isn't this the so-called 'immortality' that you have always dreamed of pursuing? Hahahaha..."

Xie Yuchen laughed eerily, stood up slowly, walked to the table, stretched out his hand and gently tapped the wall of the glass bottle. Then, he suddenly tilted his head, stared at Jude Kao in the bottle with eyes full of mockery and hatred, and said with gritted teeth: "Jude Kao, the sins you have committed are as heavy as a mountain, and the blood debts you owe are countless. Now, it's time for you to pay your debt!"

Jude Kao knelt in the bottle and kowtowed to Xie Yuchen again and again. Unfortunately, Xie Yuchen said that he was nearsighted and could not see what Jude Kao was looking at, nor could he hear what Jude Kao said, so he just thought that Jude Kao gladly accepted the debt that he should repay.

In the Wu family's old house, Wu Xie scribbled and revised on his notebook over and over again, and wrote and drew on the blackboard behind him. The blackboard was covered with names, including Xie Yuchen, Hei Xiazi, Wang Pangzi, Wu Sansheng, Wu Erbai... Many people, each of them had a line connecting them.

"Fatty, wasn't there an article in the newspaper before that said that family had been selling state secrets since the early days of the founding of the country, and later they were discovered by passers-by because they were too rampant, and were eventually sanctioned." Wu Xie suddenly asked, leaning on the desk, holding a pencil in his hand.

"That's true. It seems to be the Wang family!" Fatty Wang recalled, "Isn't that Wang family the one your uncle is working with? It seems they are also the financial backers behind Qiu Dekao!"

"Yes! He has cooperated with my third uncle! My third uncle sacrificed all the second generation of the Nine Sects to the Wang family and asked them to do the so-called longevity experiment, which eventually led to the death or injury of the second generation. All of them lived like ghosts."

Wu Xie thought of the forbidden woman he met in the sanatorium. He smiled bitterly, "What do you think my third uncle wants? Huo Ling became a forbidden woman and was imprisoned in the sanatorium, which eventually led to the destruction of the Wu family! Old Mrs. Huo and her daughter were separated by the Yin and Yang for twenty years, but in the end she had to kill her own daughter who had turned into a monster with her own hands!"

Wu Xie raised his head and forced his tears back, "And there is also my third uncle's lover, Chen Wenjin! Aunt Wenjin entered the meteorite jade just before she became a forbidden woman, expecting to be able to return to normal, but in the end she died in her sleep."

Wu Xie took out another photo and pasted it on the blackboard, pointing at a boy and saying, "This is the Li family's child, Li Sidi. He was the first one to mutate. He turned into the sea monkey we met in the underwater tomb, and was eventually shot to death!"

Wu Xie pointed at the man who looked like him and said, "Qi Yu, a child of the Qi family, a member of the Wang family. I look like him, my habits, my handwriting are all imitated from him, just to make the Wang family believe that I am Qi Yu, I am the Qi Yu who gained immortality after taking the corpse-eating pill."

"Wu Xie, now that it has happened, you have to live well, right?"

Fatty Wang patted Wu Xie on the shoulder and said, "In fact, I think that no words can make you realize the truth or enlighten you. The only thing that can really make you wake up from a dream and see through human nature is an unforgettable experience! Aren't you experiencing this unforgettable experience right now?"

Wu Xie put his hand on Fatty Wang's hand and smiled, "Yes! I'm experiencing that right now!"

Fatty Wang stood up, patted his chest and looked at Wu Xie, "Wu Xie, just remember, no matter how dark the night is, dawn will come, and I, Fatty Wang, your best friend will always be behind you to support you!"

The tears in Wu Xie's eyes sparkled with hope at this moment, "Okay! My dear friend who will always support me behind me!"

Wu Xie punched Fatty Wang on the shoulder.

"Let's go! Let's go out for a big meal! Stop thinking about these things! We have to know how to combine work and rest, right? Otherwise, if you keep researching like this, what can you come up with?" Fatty Wang put his hand on Wu Xie's and left the basement.

Before leaving the basement, Wu Xie turned around and took a last look at the small space illuminated by candlelight, then looked at his life-long brother beside him with a relieved smile.