Full-Time Public Enemy

Chapter 835 - 365: Volume Experiment (2)

From Shi Ting's perspective, everything became clearer.Chen Gu entered the [water plant area] and instantly put all the gang members to sleep; this, for her who is still only at the Second Energy Level, seemed unbelievably powerful.

It even made Shi Ting involuntarily think of those ancient legends about "demons."

Then suddenly, a piece of stone was thrown, and it exploded—Shi Ting's first reaction at the time was, it's over!

Even the Alpha group was powerless in such an explosion... and then Chen Gu casually grasped it, and the explosion disappeared!

Chen Gu then restricted the opponent's [Multistate Special Agent] to two states—such a clever tactic, so clever that it was beyond Shi Ting's level of comprehension, thus rendering her indifferent.

When Chen Gu suddenly vanished, Milgray, a girl she hadn't paid much mind to, suddenly pulled a person out of thin air, and despite the person emitting strong energy waves of a professional, he kneeled obediently in front of Milgray, leaving Shi Ting confused: Is everyone around Captain Chen this powerful?

Clearly, the naive Shi Ting had misunderstood the relationship between the two.

Milgray resolved the minor issue left by Chen Gu, about to follow, when she heard Chen Gu's voice: "You protect Shi Ting, I can handle these useless ones."

Milgray smiled faintly, and stayed behind.

...

Chen Gu's figure was like an ancient ghost, suddenly appearing in a location, then drifting, leaving behind barely detectable energy ripples, before disappearing again and promptly appearing elsewhere.

Almost every time he flickered, a professional would fall into the net.

Once all the professionals had fallen, Chen Gu reappeared outside a room and lightly knocked on the door.

Inside the room, only Fanmier remained. He hadn't run, because he knew, as a mere ordinary person, there was no escape.

At this moment, Fanmier was completely different from when he held the last Soul Bomb with confidence. He was pale, trembling slightly, eyes filled with despair.

Neither he nor Guo Daoqian could be considered as fanatics of the [Spirit Ring Group].

They were initially drawn by the [Spirit Ring Group]'s creed; Guo Daoqian was a typical opportunist, once he realized the [Spirit Ring Group] was not as "strong" as imagined, he immediately abandoned the so-called "faith," and hastily sought personal gain and security.

Fanmier, on the other hand, was an opportunist.

When the [Spirit Ring Group] helped him accumulate wealth, expand connections, and enhance power, of course, he supported it, but when the [Spirit Ring Group] collapsed, he naturally flew away at the first sign of trouble.

The knock sounded, Fanmier realized it was the final hour, nearly broke down, but quickly consoled himself: "I am a famous scholar, I hold a lot of [Spirit Ring Group]'s intelligence, as long as I cooperate, they won't harm me..."

Before Fanmier could agree, the knocker had already pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing the visitor, Fanmier was taken aback, hesitated for a while before saying: "It's you..."

Chen Gu smiled softly: "It's me, quite a surprise, isn't it?"

Fanmier's expression changed, hurriedly exclaiming: "I surrender! Whatever you want to know, I will confess..."

Then he couldn't continue speaking.

Chen Gu had already used [Mind Remote Control] to control him. With the strength of the Seventh Energy Level, using such a skill on an ordinary person was effortlessly easy.

Having controlled Fanmier, Chen Gu began to examine his memory.

If modern technology were used for this, it would result in memory retrieval but with Fanmier's inevitable brain death.

But with Chen Gu, it was much more gentle.

He searched through Fanmier's vast ocean-like memory for a long time until he finally found the relevant memories of the [Soul Project], then followed these associations to keep searching further.

"Found it."

Some portions regarding the original host's memories.

In Fanmier's plans, the ultimate goal of the [Soul Project] was to find an "energy state" that allows spiritual bodies to exist long-term in the real world.

Thus, the penalty of [Soul Imprisonment] was meant to serve the [Soul Project] from the onset. However, the [Spirit Ring Group] had a long history, the same applied to the [Soul Project]'s duration. Fanmier was already the third in charge.

The previous two persons had already passed away.

Initially devising the penalty of [Soul Imprisonment], the [Spirit Ring Group]'s aim was to have more prisoners under [Soul Imprisonment] for their covert research.

But later, the technology of [Soul Imprisonment] never broke through, the penalty remained expensive, and only three prisoners were involved all along.

In this process, Fanmier was personally covetous, only seeking personal gain, and did not really focus on researching the [Soul Project].

Wuzhaoyin City's Second Prison always secretly released severe criminals, yet "accepted jobs" to earn money, with their unique methods ensuring no leaks while preventing prisoners from escaping after work.

This business was considerably lucrative.

Fanmier eyed it greedily, so he concocted a narrative of a [Volume Experiment], utilizing the bodies of [Soul Imprisonment] prisoners as "containers," first extracting the soul inside the container, then embedding other people's souls, namely the entire memory, into the container, obtaining extensive experimental data in the process.