With Sheng Fei’s memory of the base, Li Xiu managed to navigate it easily.

But a problem arose when they reached the first door.

It didn’t have a key card reader but a number pad.

(Huh looks like they went backwards in terms of security)

(What do we do now? Time’s running out and we don’t belong to anyone here!)

This was Li Xiu’s first time experiencing anything of the sort and she was worried.

The plan had already gone wrong and it was only a few minutes in.

Sheng Fei on the other hand, had dozens of situations going wrong at different times.

The one thing he always made sure to keep in mind, was to complete the mission.

But the times he had failed, he always made sure to make some positive out of it.

(I guess we’ll have to use this now)

(That was suppose for further in! What if we need that later?)

(I don’t want to wait around for a guard, we’re going now!)

Sheng Fei set the charge on the door and was just about to blow it when he realized something.

(You know . . . I think blowing the lock is enough. This much C4 would take the whole wall out)

He readjusted the amount and prayed.

BOOM

(Alright we’re in)

The door slowly opened and they ran inside.

When they had got to the end of the hallway, Sheng Fei noticed that things were strange.

It was too quiet and there were no signs of any soldiers anywhere.

He made a note of it and carried on.

They got to a computer and luckily it was still signed in to the base’s database.

Sheng Fei quickly went through the old records and skimmed some of the new ones.

(Is everything still here?)

Li Xiu wondered nervously.

(Yes . . . but change of plans apparently, some of the items received further development. We’re going to get the updated

versions)

(Wait it says some of these things were discontinued because they were dangerous! Death is the side of effect for a lot of

these things)

(It will be lethal . . . for our enemies that is)

(NO! I refuse to let you just recklessly use my body like this!)

(Come on! We’re in a base under fire and everyone here will kill on us on sight. And you’re complaining about some side

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effects?)

(I can muster some trust in you but not in these things)

(Fine! Then we stick to my initial plan!)

Sheng Fei was annoyed but knew Li Xiu was right.

He was starting to let his emotions get the best of him.

They wouldn’t be able to carry out his revenge if they died from his recklessness.

Sheng Fei found the item that he was looking for and noted it’s box number.

Luckily, all the things he wanted were stored in the older section of the base.

This time when they found the door in to that section, it had a card reader.

(I’ll let you do the honors)

Li Xiu scoffed at this and swiped the black card.

The door made a noise and swung open.

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“NOOO! SHIT!”

Sheng Fei was outraged, and kicked the box.

It knocked back in to some other boxes and Sheng Fei kept hitting things.

(I thought you said it was here?)

(The computer said it WAS! DAMN IT! Someone took the Heaven’s Seal. That thing is more powerful than anything here! .

. . no, it can’t be)

(What?)

(Never mind, it’s not important right now. We have to go arm ourselves first)

Sheng Fei went over to another box and keyed in a few numbers.

The box opened and revealed a sleek long sword.

It was a very ominous looking black blade.

(I thought about my children when I had those three blades created. I wanted to present them myself . . .)

Li Xiu noticed that Sheng Fei felt a twinge of sadness from seeing this sword but it was brief.

(This one, Phoenix Wing, was supposed to be for my eldest daughter. But it probably wouldn’t have been used by her

anyways. So, it’s yours, Li Xiu . . .)

( . . . Thank you Sheng Fei, I know it means a lot to you)

Sheng Fei picked up Phoenix Wing and suddenly sliced their palm.

(OUCH!)

(Don’t worry, I’m just registering the blade. It’s bonding with your DNA. The nano tech research allowed us to make an

evolving sword that couldn’t be turned on you. Just think of it as a smart weapon)

(That’s great but now I’m bleeding)

(A good time to test this next thing out then)

Sheng Fei grabbed another box and opened it.

(It’s the 3rd version of the Mercury Blood I had developed!)

(This won’t kill us, will it?)

(Nope. It’ll continuously heal us and I had it programmed to remove most known genetic anomalies. We can survive bullets

and blade wounds as long as they aren’t catastrophic. But decapitations and complete bodily destruction is out of the

question)

(And this is a failure?)

(It was very expensive to develop so I had it hidden and plus apparently, they made a spin off 6th version that’ll instantly

heal any wounds. Whole limbs can be grown back in minutes if you bathe in it. All nanotech as well)

Li Xiu marveled at how much this could help people but was sad at how it was developed for warfare alone.

(Alright usually the dose is small but I want to use ALL of this)

(WHAT!?)

Li Xiu was very concerned at how Sheng Fei was going to get this much silver liquid in to them.

The container for it was about the size of a 16oz water bottle and it was filled to the brim.

(There’s some equipment here to help us administer it quickly!)

Before Li Xiu knew it, Sheng Fei had jerry rigged a device that would pump the entire solution in to them.

(Ok we might feel a little sting from what I remember from the previous experiments)

(Can y-AAAHAHGGGGGHHH!!!!)

(!!!)

Sheng Fei jammed in the needle and the nano solution started to pump in to Li Xiu’s body.

It was the most painful thing she ever experienced.

It felt like someone skinned her, poured gasoline on her and finally light her on fire.

Her mind was starting to black out and her body was starting to go in to shock.

(LI XIU!! CONCENTRATE ON STAYING AWAKE! THE PROCEDURE IS ALREADY DONE)

Li Xiu did her best to keep from passing out and eventually, the pain slowly subsided.

(NEVER AGAIN! DO YOU HEAR ME!? I COULD’VE DIED!)

(If you lose consciousness, then you might’ve ended up in a coma. But I was here with you, so I shared the pain. That’s

why I was confident that we could do it together)

(Whatever, let’s just get out of here!)

(Two more things and we can go)

Sheng Fei opened another box and grabbed a gun from it.

It was called the Jackal and was a custom Black Phoenix design.

But that wasn’t why Sheng Fei grabbed it.

Next to the gun was four magazines that had nine bullets each.

(It looks like there’s nanobots in the bullets)

(Yep, these are set to kill other nanobots. And whether you have them or not, you’ll eventually just die from total organ

failure)

(This sounds horrible!)

(Yea that’s why I never had it mass produced. At least this way, it won’t be used on us)

(What’s the final thing?)

(A face ma--)

BANG BANG BANG

“Ugh”

The bullets fell to the floor but Li Xiu was mostly unharmed.

Although it didn’t pierce them, they could still feel the pain from the shots.

(I guess we don’t have to test it out ourselves)

Sheng Fei and Li Xiu turned around to see a large man pointing a gun at them.