FreeBooksOnline Chapter 556 - 540: A New Pupil Technique?
Chapter 556 - 540: A New Pupil Technique?
After receiving Li Hanyu’s promise, Feng Mu did not rush to leave, but instead gazed deeply at the fish tank for a long time, his eyes lingering.
He was well aware that performance requires not just bones, but also heart.
In the portrayal of these details, Feng Mu excelled to the utmost degree, so much so that even if Li Hanyu observed with only one eye, she could fully feel Feng Mu’s profound affection and camaraderie for Qian Huan.
Feng Mu left the ward, nodding to Li Bashan, then respectfully said to Secretary Hou:
"Secretary Hou, madam invites you in."
Hou Wendong glanced deeply at Feng Mu, then extended his hand and gently patted Feng Mu’s shoulder, saying in a low voice:
"The Member of Parliament never likes his subordinates to defy his intentions; I hope you understand what you are doing right now."
Hou Wendong’s words carried a faint hint of threat.
However, through his glasses, Feng Mu could see that Hou Wendong bore him no ill will.
"Is this half a lifesaver’s kindly reminder to me?" Feng Mu pondered secretly in his heart.
Yet, his face showed no emotional fluctuations, instead, he firmly said:
"Thank you for the reminder, Secretary Hou. However, my principle in life has always been to repay a drop of kindness with a fountain."
Upon hearing this, Hou Wendong said no more, but the complex look in his eyes towards Feng Mu was indescribable.
The originally vigilant stares of the nearby bodyguards also softened a bit involuntarily.
After all, nobody dislikes a person of loyalty and righteousness.
The paradox of human nature is just that; bad people often look down on good people, thinking them too foolish, but if given the choice, they are more willing to be friends with good people.
Feng Mu ignored the gazes cast upon him from behind, his steps stopping at Shi Wuming’s ward.
He let out a light sigh, the sigh carrying some inexplicable sentiment, then slowly pushed open the door and stepped inside.
The bodyguards behind him simply exchanged glances and did not step forward to stop him.
On the sickbed, Shi Wuming still lay there, chest opened, eyes empty and hollow, unmoving.
The Patrol Office had not taken his body for further autopsy.
On one hand, the Patrol Office did not possess the corresponding autopsy technology;
On the other hand, as a transformed person of the Bright Group, the structure within Shi Wuming’s body was highly likely to involve trade secrets.
Moreover, the case that happened in the hospital had basically been solved, and Li Shang was a person who was extremely shrewd and good at self-preservation, he wouldn’t go to such lengths unnecessarily.
Feng Mu stood beside the bed, his expression as calm as water, quietly staring for a moment.
He noticed there were no curious eyes peeping in from outside the room, so he walked boldly towards the private bathroom.
Once inside the bathroom, he locked the door behind him, then slowly stretched out his hand and gently lifted the lid of the water tank.
Inside the tank, a jet-black bag was quietly soaking in the water.
Feng Mu extended his hand, slowly took out the bag, opened its mouth, and his gaze immediately fell on the half-mechanical half-biological heart inside.
[Shi Wuming’s heart (Preservation countdown: 14 minutes 37 seconds)]
[You are peering at a unique human heart intertwined with half mechanical and half biological components (70% titanium alloy mechanical structure wrapping 30% active myocardial tissue)!!]
[Residual abilities detection in progress.....]
[From this heart, you discerned three undissipated abilities.]
[1. X-ray Insight lv3 (Capable of seeing through objects with 20 cm thickness, as well as through living beings, clearly discerning their bones, flesh, meridians, acupuncture points, and other fine structures)]
[2. Bone-Drilling Hand lv2 (finger bones can rotate and pierce, maximum rotational speed of 3000 rpm)]
[3. Greed Sniffing lv4 (You can sniff out who can sell for a good price from a vast crowd)]
[You may choose one to replicate (replication ability forcibly adapts to the current tier of the user)]
[Please choose.....]
Feng Mu squinted, and the corners of his mouth lifted:
"The timing was just right, and the ability I wanted came out."
The reason why Feng Mu was racing against time, hurrying back to the hospital before dawn, was partly to report back to Li Hanyu, but more crucially, he had coveted this heart for a long time.
Shi Wuming did not disappoint his lifesaving favor, "repaying" him with the desired ability.
Feng Mu made his choice almost without hesitation.
[You replicated X-ray Insight lv3]
Feng Mu clenched his five fingers, and the heart instantly weathered into fine sand, falling into the toilet, dyeing the clear water gray-black.
He rubbed his hands together, and the bag also instantly shattered, the fragments falling into the toilet, being cleaned away by the swirling water.
"Every time a heart shatters, it turns into gray-black sand; does this mean that the essence of the human heart is gray and black?"
Feng Mu was full of joy, and involuntary philosophical reflection emerged in his mind.
Heart? (fourth tone)
Heart? (neutral tone)
An excellent villain often possesses profound philosophical thoughts, otherwise, they wouldn’t get far.
He slowly walked out of the bathroom, carefully washing his hands stained by the heart, only leaving when they were spotless, with a composed stride.
In the corridor, Hou Wendong was holding a phone while walking out.
He saw that Feng Mu hadn’t left yet, hesitated for a second.
Feng Mu asked with a calm expression:
"Secretary Hou, what’s to be done with Shi Wuming’s body? He’s dead, after all; it should be cremated or buried, right?"
Hou Wendong spoke into the phone:
"I’ve sent you the address; take people there immediately, I’ll be there shortly....."
Hou Wendong hurriedly instructed a few words on the phone, then hung up and looked at him with deep meaning:
"I heard you and Shi Wuming didn’t get along?"
Feng Mu habitually adjusted his glasses, did not deny:
"There were just some work conflicts, but people are forgetful, and we were colleagues; I can’t just let his body lie exposed on the bed without some dignity."
Hou Wendong snorted:
"You are indeed kind, but he doesn’t need you to worry. Before dying, he just signed a ’Bright Loan,’ and the Bright Group doesn’t believe in forgetting debts with death."
Seeing the confusion on Feng Mu’s face, Hou Wendong sneered:
"When ’morning breaks,’ the Bright Group will send someone to recover and appraise the value of his corpse. Once he has cleared his debts, if there are still any parts left, you can help him with a burial.
If there’s anything left by then, haha—"
Feng Mu remained silent, just feeling dark, too dark.
He, a villain, was willing to help bury an enemy, yet Bright wouldn’t even allow the bodies of its employees to rest without extraction of value.
The key was, he had to sneakily take a heart, while Bright could disassemble its employees legally and legitimately?!!
"It seems I’ve been too shallow; to really be a good villain, I still need to learn from Bright. I have a long way to go...."
With many emotions, Feng Mu left the hospital and returned to the Second Prison.
As soon as he entered the Second Prison, smelling the unique fresh scent of the prison, he immediately felt:
"The outside world is too cruel, the prison is much more humane."