Chapter 412 - 411: The Connection Between Her and Him Was Broken

On his pale skin, fine black lines outlined a tattoo of a small black snake coiled around a pear blossom.

Not long ago, Jiang Qingli had often touched it, feeling a pang of regret that she hadn’t drawn it more perfectly.

Looking at it now, however, a chill ran down her fingertips.

’How is Ye Linyuan here? And how did he end up like this? Why is his mark gone, too?’

In disbelief, Jiang Qingli took a step forward, subconsciously trying to get a clearer look.

She must have bumped into something, because a strange sound suddenly echoed from the empty space around her.

It sounded like something heavy scraping against a surface.

Through her earpiece, Baili Jing asked frantically, "What’s wrong, babe—"

Before he could finish, the line went dead.

The signal had been cut off.

Jiang Qingli had anticipated this possibility before she arrived, so she didn’t panic.

The girl’s back was ramrod straight. She leaned against the container holding Ye Linyuan, one hand protectively on it, the other resting on the weapon at her waist.

But it wasn’t an ambush.

shrieked, ’Look to the side! There are so many—’

The rest of its words caught in its throat, choked off by sheer shock.

It didn’t need to say anything. Jiang Qingli had already seen them.

Five enormous glass containers were slowly descending from the ceiling, each holding a person imprisoned just like Ye Linyuan.

But the most horrifying part was that these five people looked remarkably similar to Ye Linyuan.

Males, with long, pitch-black hair, pale skin, and snake tails stretched out straight as if they were specimens.

The only difference was their apparent age; some looked like teenagers, others only a few years old...

Jiang Qingli recalled the files she had just reviewed and guessed, ’They’re probably test subjects, just like Ye Linyuan.’

Although she had just seen many similar photos, being surrounded by six nearly identical "Ye Linyuans" was profoundly unsettling.

The priority right now was to get Ye Linyuan out of here.

Jiang Qingli waited warily for a moment. After confirming that the test subjects in the glass containers weren’t attacking her, she glanced back at Ye Linyuan.

As she was pondering how to open the glass dome without a sound, her gaze fell on his face. Just then, Ye Linyuan’s eyes snapped open, and he lunged at her!

His golden, slitted pupils were sharp and sinister, filled with a biting killing intent, as if he wanted to tear her to shreds!

Jiang Qingli’s eyes widened, her fingers on her weapon freezing in place.

But in the next second, the restraints inside the glass container suddenly tightened, delivering an electric shock.

A flash of lightning-like light coursed through the liquid inside.

Ye Linyuan’s brow furrowed deeply, the killing intent in his eyes intensifying, but he hesitated to move again, clearly wary of the restraints.

It seemed he had learned the power of the restraints the hard way, many times over.

But even after he stilled, the serpentine, golden-slitted pupils remained fixed on her, and his forked tongue flickered from between his thin lips.

This wasn’t like his usual teasing when he tried to scare her.

Right now, the cold indifference and killing intent in Ye Linyuan’s eyes were completely genuine.

Seeing that Jiang Qingli showed no sign of fear, Ye Linyuan narrowed his eyes. His thin lips parted slightly, letting out a soft HISS.

At the same time, all the other snake-like beings opened their eyes.

Six identical pairs of golden, slitted pupils stared at Jiang Qingli, silent and chilling.

Despite the thick glass of the containers, they seemed to follow Ye Linyuan’s lead. Their stares at Jiang Qingli, the intruder, were filled with unconcealed ferocity.

If not for the thick glass walls and the restraints, Jiang Qingli would have undoubtedly been reduced to a bloody mist in less than ten seconds.

But the girl at the center of their glares stood perfectly still, her face devoid of any fear. She hadn’t even taken half a step back.

At that moment, she had no mind for anything else. She was simply staring, somewhat dazed, at the label next to the glass container holding Ye Linyuan—

[Test Subject Y-01]

Jiang Qingli’s heart tightened.

Her suspicion was confirmed.

Ye Linyuan really was Test Subject Y-01.

’So... did Ye Linyuan get captured and brought back here?’

’From the looks of it, she was a complete stranger to him.’

’Does he have amnesia? Or did the people in this lab do something to him?’

Perhaps because she had been ignoring him for too long, the storm clouds on Ye Linyuan’s face grew darker.

He frowned impatiently and, despite the electric shocks from the restraints, slammed his tail heavily against the glass wall.

BANG—

The glass container shook violently. The surface of his thick, black tail glinted with a sharp, cold light, as if in the next second it would shatter the wall, coil around her, and crush her to death.

Jiang Qingli looked up at the familiar face wearing an unfamiliar expression, unable to describe the feeling that washed over her.

After a few seconds of silent eye contact, Ye Linyuan suddenly raised his hand and ripped away the tubes attached to his body.

Sensing his resistance, the restraints coiled tighter, continuously releasing electric currents.

But he seemed completely unfazed, as if he couldn’t feel the pain at all, and only wanted to get closer to Jiang Qingli with growing agitation.

After being shocked several more times, Ye Linyuan finally threw off the restraints.

He approached warily.

Through the thick glass wall, they locked eyes once more.

Jiang Qingli forced a smile and gave a small wave. "Do you remember me at all?"

Although she was smiling, the worry in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Ye Linyuan furrowed his brow involuntarily.

He twitched his snake tail and began to back away indifferently, but halfway through the motion, he suddenly leaned forward and pressed his forehead against the glass wall.

It happened without any warning, as if by pure instinct.

Seeing this, the five surrounding test subjects stared with wide, shocked eyes.

It was as if they were watching the leader of their pack suddenly walk into a death trap.

Jiang Qingli hadn’t expected it either. After a few seconds of hesitation, she slowly leaned in and pressed against the glass.

Although she didn’t know her specific Match Value with Ye Linyuan, she knew it shouldn’t be low. She wondered if she could sense his emotions and Spiritual Body this way.

She remembered being able to sense Que Feiling from one or two meters away when she was healing them.

But at such a close distance, Jiang Qingli closed her eyes and felt nothing at all.

The connection between them was severed.

There was only a void.

Suddenly, the males around them grew restless, and a cacophony of banging echoed from within the glass containers.

Ye Linyuan straightened up as if jolted awake and pulled back from Jiang Qingli.

The sound of chaotic footsteps rose from behind her.

030’s voice was frantic. ’More than twenty people just showed up! They’re so fast, there must be a Space System user among them! They must have noticed the signal interference and come back!’

’I’ll put up a shield for you now. We can just charge out of here and escape unscathed!’

Jiang Qingli rested one hand on her waist, her expression calm. ’If we leave now, this lab will be moved immediately.’

’Finding Ye Linyuan and these test subjects next time will be even harder.’

Before 030 could say anything else, the laboratory doors were pushed open.

More than twenty males appeared before her.

They wore identical white lab uniforms, their faces expressionless. They formed a line in front of her, like an impassable wall.

A few of them looked familiar. Jiang Qingli realized they were the S-class individuals who had gone missing a few days ago.

Jiang Qingli guessed that all the males now cornering her were likely the High Level Males who had disappeared from the military district.

The sound of soft footsteps approached.

The human wall parted to form a path.

A female in a white lab coat walked up to Jiang Qingli and said with a smile, "Long time no see, Qingli."