Chapter 991 The Secret
Chen Yang hastily pushed the cart he was holding. "Coming, coming."
When Zhou Wenqun heard these words, he felt something strange. The voice was so familiar.
It was just that Zhou Wenqun had forgotten where he had heard this voice before.
He thought about it again. There were only a few people responsible for replenishing the potions, so it was normal for him to have heard their voices.
Chen Yang and Wei Zhenru followed Zhou Wenqun to a place that looked like a large warehouse. Zhou Wenqun threw down his card, opening the way for them.
Inside the warehouse were rows upon rows of glass pods, each as tall as a person. Chen Yang and Wei Zhenru were immediately awestruck.
Each glass pod contained a human figure, but their faces were obscured by extremely浓郁 (nóngyù - rich, dense) green liquid that enveloped them.
At this moment, Chen Yang finally understood the situation of these individuals.
They exuded a faint aura of a martial artist.
The peak Grandmaster aura he had sensed earlier was also hidden within these glass tubes.
If he wasn't mistaken, these were the genetically engineered warriors secretly cultivated by the Zhou family.
Zhou Wenqun rolled up his sleeves, sat on a nearby chair, and frowned. "Stop gawking and get to it! Give me an injection first!"
Chen Yang quickly nodded. "Coming, coming."
As he spoke, Chen Yang opened the sealed box on the small cart.
Earlier, Chen Yang had been puzzled about what kind of liquid was in the box, as it was different from the gene potions he had seen before.
Now, Chen Yang understood. This was likely some kind of nutritional supplement.
Seeing Chen Yang draw the nutrient fluid into the syringe, Zhou Wenqun's expression suddenly changed.
Zhou Wenqun quickly grabbed Chen Yang's hand holding the syringe, his face ashen. "Are you trying to kill me? Such a large dose... even a peak Grandmaster might not be able to withstand it!"
However, in the next second, Zhou Wenqun suddenly felt that something was wrong.
After injecting the potion, his strength had already faintly touched the threshold of peak Grandmaster.
Logically, the force he was exerting now should be unbearable for an ordinary Grandmaster.
Yet, this researcher in front of him didn't even cry out in pain.
These researchers were ordinary people; they couldn't endure such pain!
"No, you..."
Before Zhou Wenqun could finish speaking, Chen Yang's hand had already firmly gripped his neck.
"Shh, if you dare to make a sound, I guarantee you won't even have a whole corpse."
Chen Yang's voice was like a demonic melody, and Zhou Wenqun immediately tensed up as he felt the force on his neck.
The person in front of him, dressed as a researcher, was a martial artist, and his control over internal energy was extremely profound, not that of an ordinary martial artist!
But he knew that apart from the Zhou family's own members, the only other people who knew about the research base were the mysterious group that had arrived a couple of days ago.
How had they suddenly found the research base?
Moreover, there were patrols around the research base. On this vast, endless sea, if a ship were to approach, the people in the research base would not know.
As a string of questions arose in Zhou Wenqun's mind, Chen Yang's voice sounded again, "Did your arm injury heal because you injected the potion?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wenqun's pupils involuntarily widened.
The person in front of him knew him and knew about his injury?
Ever since he was injured in the southwest, Zhou Wenqun had been ostracized from the direct line of the Zhou family. Later, he asked for an external position from the family.
During this process, Zhou Wenqun did not attract much attention from others.
Few outsiders knew about his injury!
When he felt the pressure on his neck loosen slightly, Zhou Wenqun quickly said, "A few days ago, I took a specially formulated gene potion. Although the injury has healed, it will still take some time to fully recover."
"Who are you people? You've already taken the potion's formula, what else do you want? The Zhou family doesn't owe you anything anymore!"
Chen Yang's brow furrowed upon hearing this.
Someone had contacted the Zhou family during this period? Who could it be?
Chen Yang's mind immediately flashed back to the giant hand that had appeared in the sky above Qingzhou City at that time.
That mysterious figure had killed the Zhou family patriarch, possibly because the patriarch knew some of his secrets.
Conversely, that person might also know the Zhou family's secrets, such as this research base.
Seeing that the person remained silent, Zhou Wenqun had already tentatively figured out some things.
At least these two people in front of him were not with the previous group.
"I don't know how you found out about this research base, but I advise you, there are peak Grandmasters stationed here. Even if you kill me, you won't be able to escape!"
"Our Zhou family is currently short-handed. If you can pledge allegiance to the Zhou family, I can also give you the potion I injected, allowing you to become peak Grandmaster warriors."
"Think carefully, would you rather be annihilated by peak Grandmaster warriors here, never to be reborn, or have the chance, like me, to become a peak Grandmaster?"
"Peak Grandmasters, they are beings above ten thousand people!"
Zhou Wenqun tried to bring the two of them under his control. He also wanted to cultivate his own power.
This way, when the Zhou family re-emerged in the future, he, Zhou Wenqun, could also get a share of the spoils.
He thought about how he had only been an ordinary direct descendant of the Zhou family before. Even with the ancestral elder's training, he might have a chance to become a peak Grandmaster, but he would only be one among many.
But now... he even had a chance to control half of the Zhou family. Zhou Wenqun felt excited just thinking about it.
If these two people surrendered to him, then the three of them would have the chance to become peak Grandmasters.
Zhou Qingming was no longer in the Zhou family. The Zhou family's only peak Grandmaster had not yet brought his own lineage to their side!
If the three of them could kill that elder before that happened...
Zhou Wenqun felt excited thinking about it. Controlling the entire Zhou family, or even just standing on equal footing with the other party, were both acceptable outcomes!
Chen Yang looked at the somewhat excited Zhou Wenqun and couldn't help but sneer, speaking in his true voice, "If I weren't already a peak Grandmaster, I might have been swayed by your words."
"I must say, you have a tough life. Letting you go back then in the southwest was a real mistake. Such a severe injury didn't take your life."
"It seems I won't let you go easily today!"
As he spoke, Chen Yang removed his mask.
Seeing Chen Yang's face, Zhou Wenqun's complexion immediately turned ashen.
As a direct descendant of the Zhou family who had escaped from the southwest, Zhou Wenqun had always harbored a secret.