"Continue speaking, I want to know what's going on!" I looked at the man's face and said seriously.
To be honest, my understanding of Wei Xi wasn't much.
The only thing I knew was that he must have lived for many years.
The reason he could be resurrected now was because his body had been preserved until this time through some special method.
His consciousness, or rather his soul, had been imprisoned in that place until the space rift opened, and only then did he escape from there with me.
"He owns a company, a bio-tech company..." the man with the crutch said. "Oh, let me introduce myself first. I am Li Wenhao, the manager of the purchasing department at their company."
"Keep talking," I nodded.
"Their company has been dedicated to developing various drugs and researching the human body," Li Wenhao said. "This company was established a long time ago, so long that its specific history can't even be traced..."
"Except for some of the most crucial figures, outsiders cannot know what information is hidden within. Wei Xi... is their experimental subject." Li Wenhao chuckled. "Can you imagine how shocking it would be for someone who was frozen for who knows how many years to suddenly wake up?"
I could basically imagine what that scene would be like.
To some extent, this was a huge discovery in biology. If it could be written into a thesis or a report, it would definitely cause an unprecedented sensation.
"But do you know? This news was suppressed by them. And, as far as I know, ever since Wei Xi woke up, he became the true owner of that company," Li Wenhao said. "Then everything changed..."
"Originally, we were only responsible for procuring some drugs, not in large quantities. After that guy became the new owner, not only did many more items appear on the shopping list, but the quantities became exceptionally large..."
"I've also heard quite a bit of news, including... we are creating cyborgs..." Li Wenhao threw his cigarette on the ground and stomped on it fiercely. "Something I could never have imagined happening to me..."
"What I want to know now is, you look like an ordinary person, how did you suddenly come to kill me?" I asked.
"Because..." Li Wenhao gave a wry smile. "Because my department, the employees who followed me, were taken to be experimented on..."
"Hmm?" My brows furrowed. I suddenly recalled some information I had obtained before.
Could it be that the company Shen Zhi and the others applied to before was Wei Xi's company?
"Many people have already died... Among those who came with me, besides the people I hired, there were also some of my subordinates..." Li Wenhao said.
"Interesting..." I smiled. "Continue talking..."
"Look at my leg..." Li Wenhao said, lifting his leg.
It was then I understood why he was using a crutch. One of his legs was a prosthetic.
The prosthetic leg seemed to have been modified with something, and now it had a metallic sheen.
"The reason I came to kill you..." Li Wenhao smiled. "Is because he promised me that if I could kill you, I... could return to normal..."
"Isn't being a cyborg good?" I asked.
"Heh, if you become a cyborg, you'll completely obey Wei Xi. Because..." Li Wenhao said, rolling up his sleeve, revealing a black spot. "He'll poison us!"
My brows furrowed. I suddenly felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't quite pinpoint it.
Instinctively, I looked at Li Wenhao's leg.
At this moment, Li Wenhao pressed a button on his leg.
The next instant, a burst of flame shot out from Li Wenhao's leg.
Li Wenhao and I were not far apart. At this distance, I didn't have time to escape.
"Boom!"
A terrifying explosion sounded, and the ground shook.
Li Wenhao suddenly stood up, a ferocious smile appearing on his face: "Hahaha, you little fool, how could I be detoxified if I didn't kill you?"
At this moment, on another boat, twenty fully armed men suddenly leaped out.
These guys were holding various weapons, their faces devoid of any expression.
They looked like robots, exuding a terrifying aura.
"No need to be so tense. Even if this guy doesn't die, he'll definitely be crippled!" Li Wenhao said. "My cannon shell is specially modified, its power is extraordinary..."
However, none of them responded, as if they couldn't speak.
"Cough, cough, cough..." I coughed violently, then stood up and patted my clothes. "It does hurt a bit..."
Hearing my voice, Li Wenhao's face instantly turned ugly.
Li Wenhao almost roared: "No... this is impossible!"