Chapter 1456 - 1455: Reserve Bodies

That string of methods Lu Yu just used really made him hurt down to his soul, wishing he were dead; especially that tenfold bone‑breaking pain that burrowed into the marrow—even if he were made of iron, he could feel waves of resistance‑shattering agony!

"Oh?"

Hearing the man's words, Lu Yu let out a low, playful sound, with a hint of mockery mixed in: "So you know how to talk now? Where did all that tough‑guy bravado from just now go?"

As he spoke, Lu Yu's voice was full of scornful ridicule. Looking at the man before him now, his every word dripped with derision: "I distinctly remember someone telling me earlier that he wasn't even afraid of death—so why would he fear these little tricks?"

In his tone there was a razor edge, like a cat toying with a mouse. At a glance he seemed wicked, amused, cruelly entertained!

Hearing Lu Yu's words, the man was overwhelmed with shame and fury. His face flushed an extreme red, and at a glance he looked seething with rage, the anger and venom in his eyes practically spilling out!

But no matter how poisonous his hatred, he couldn't change the fact that he was no match for Lu Yu. In the face of absolute strength, everything is futile. As long as Lu Yu wished, he only had to move a finger and could effortlessly crush the man before him to death!

Right now, in Lu Yu's eyes, this man was nothing but an ant. If Lu Yu felt like it, he could easily pinch him to death, like squashing an insect, and the man had absolutely no right to resist!

"Enough."

Breaking off there, Lu Yu's tone suddenly shifted. His gaze sharpened as he stared at the man in front of him and said, "Now, tell me everything you know—word for word."

The moment the words left his mouth, Lu Yu's voice carried a chilling, domineering force!

"If I tell you everything I know, can you…"

Hearing Lu Yu's demand, the man instinctively asked him a question, his tone thick with hesitation, laced with doubt and cowardice!

"No."

As soon as the man spoke, Lu Yu cut him off without the slightest hesitation, his voice edged with icy killing intent: "Right now you're nothing more than an ant in my hands. You have no chance whatsoever to bargain with me."

"If you're smart, you'll tell me everything you know now. If I'm in a good mood I might even spare you. But if you don't know your place and insist on haggling with me, I won't mind cutting you down on the spot."

Buzz.

As he spoke, Lu Yu's body stirred; a fierce, decisive killing aura surged from him like a raging gale, slamming straight toward the man!

This killing intent was like a steel wind. The moment it spread, the man before him shuddered violently, as if frightened out of his wits, looking suddenly dazed and at a loss!

"My words."

Taking in the man's expression, Lu Yu narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Did you hear them clearly?!"

His words came out carrying a streak of madness and slaughter, giving off a biting, deathly chill, like a keen blade pressed to the man's throat, filling him with crushing fear and panic!

Under that terror and dread, the man could only nod in the end—yielding.

"A wise choice."

Seeing the man submit, Lu Yu nodded, a dark light flickering in his eyes: "Now, tell me—what exactly is behind this door? Why, on this vast Naihe Island, does the Controller care about this place more than anywhere else?!"

As he spoke, Lu Yu directly voiced the question that burned truest in his heart.

From the series of actions just now, it was obvious the Controller valued whatever lay beyond this door enormously. Otherwise, he absolutely wouldn't have sent people here to investigate the moment something happened!

Hearing Lu Yu, the man hesitated for a moment, his jaw clenched tight, obviously struggling with something!

He was still fighting himself.

After all, he knew all too well how terrifying the Controller was. The moment he opened his mouth, it would mean he was betraying the Controller and the Shadow Luo Organization completely!

"Still hesitating, are you?"

Seeing the man's wavering, a chill flashed in Lu Yu's eyes. He looked at the man and said coldly:

"Looks like you really won't drink the fine wine, you insist on the punishment wine."

As he spoke, Lu Yu spread his fingers wide and clamped them around the man's throat. With a flex of his arm he hoisted him up like a scrawny chick, his voice glacial: "Since you're so eager to die, I'll oblige you."

His fingers suddenly tightened as he spoke, a tremendous force crushing straight into the man's windpipe. The power was so great it inspired instinctive terror and a shuddering dread!

"A man you can't get any information out of is better off dead."

Lu Yu lifted the man, his voice frigid: "Now, say goodbye to this world."

As he spoke, his hand tightened further, a massive force pouring into the man's throat like a merciless machine, almost crushing his windpipe to pulp!

"Behind the metal door…"

With his throat in Lu Yu's grip, the man forced out the words with difficulty, his hands weakly clawing at Lu Yu's arm: "It's Adelaide‑sama's reserve bodies!"

As he spoke, his voice trembled with raw fear and panic!

Reserve bodies!

Hearing this, a flicker of shock flashed in Lu Yu's eyes. He had never imagined that behind this metal door, there would be something like that!

"Explain clearly."

Upon hearing him, Lu Yu swung his arm, tossing the man to the ground like a dead dog, and said coldly, "What do you mean, 'reserve bodies'!?"

Lu Yu had heard of stockpiled supplies, stockpiled grain—but he had never imagined that Adelaide would need stockpiled bodies!

Could Adelaide, like some kind of cyborg, casually dismantle, swap out, and replace his own body at will!?

The very idea was beyond bizarre!