Chapter 292: Chapter 387: There's No Time to Explain!_1
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Slap—
Just as Fang Ren's hand was about to press the hang-up button on the phone screen, at that moment, a man beside him caught his wrist with a speed invisible to the naked eye.
Fang Ren's expression stiffened, and he couldn't help but wonder where he hadn't performed well just now? Or was it that he had encountered two "True. Oscar" level critics today?
The man who had grabbed his wrist gave him a look, and Fang Ren, on the surface, cooperated by staying quiet, waiting for the next segment of sound to come from the phone, his heart pounding.
In the following three seconds, the phone didn't emit any sound, and what followed was the beep-beep of a hang-up, without a single "mm" or "okay" being said.
Fang Ren breathed a sigh of relief in his heart—Jiang Ling was still clever.
Then Fang Ren lifted his head, using his white eyes to glance at the man who had grabbed his wrist, and said, "Any more questions?"
The man let go of his hand, his face expressionless: "I'm just very curious, the people Young Master Fang usually contacts, don't you put them in notes?"
Upon hearing that the other party even addressed him as Young Master, Fang Ren laughed and said, "I have a good memory. No need, putting notes is completely unnecessary."
The man who had previously held a knife to Fang Ren's throat dismissed the notion with a gesture and said, "All right, now that things are clear, Young Master Fang should hurry over, so as not to delay anything."
Having heard this, Fang Ren put away his phone with a nod and turned around, then started flying towards the island of the Central District, while the two men lingering in mid-air had one of them take out a phone to dial a number.
At this very moment, in the largest laboratory at the Indra Sky headquarters, various plants, flowers and vines had already covered 70% of the lab's area. Some of the scientific researchers had retreated to the door, all watching the rampaging plants inside the lab with panicked faces while constantly dragging a large instrument and calculating.
Inside the laboratory, many of the experimental beds still had cultivators who were experimental subjects laying on them, but as soon as these beds were touched by the plants, they instantly turned into green grass, including some of the unconscious subjects; the moment they were touched by the plants, their lives vanished in their unconscious state, turning into nourishment for the plants.
Bai Chaojin looked at the endlessly spreading plants on the ground, his forehead covered in cold sweat, his True Qi continuously striking the sprawling plants, but to no avail.
This experiment had gone far beyond his expectations. He had thought that Jiang Ling would be able to fuse with the Void Energy, and so could Bai Qi, but there were too many variables—first was Fang Ren's Spiritual Root, and then Bai Qi's Spiritual Root.
He had overlooked the devouring attribute of Fang Ren's Spiritual Root, as well as the earth-shattering ability of Bai Qi's Spiritual Root.
"Commander! The energy inside Princess Bai Xi's body is far stronger than we had estimated!" A scientist wearing glasses reported, hands trembling as he held the instrument, his face so panicked that he was stuttering.
"What do you mean?" Bai Chaojin asked through clenched teeth, frowning.
"The energy of the Princess's Spiritual Root has grown by more than tenfold in the past 22 years! In other words, once this energy bursts out, not even Tianjiang will be enough to contain it!" the scientist exclaimed, his glasses gone awry on his face, without even caring to straighten them.
Bai Chaojin clenched his fists tightly, his teeth grinding so loud they made noise: "Are you saying that this energy grows along with Qi'er's Realm... Doesn't that mean Qi'er won't be able to control it even if she reaches the Fractured Void Stage!"
"General! We have no other options left! All the experimental calculations have resulted in failure! The only way is if Fang Ren's Spiritual Root can release the devouring True Qi outside of Princess Bai Xi's body; that could suppress the growth of these plants! But Princess is currently in a state of suspended animation, she simply cannot release it!"
"Are you telling me to kill Qi'er outright?" Bai Chaojin roared.
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"No... Commander, we still have one last option, and that's to bring Fang Renran here to awaken the grey Spiritual Root within Princess Bai Xi's body! However, if we do that, Fang Renran will know everything we've been up to," a researcher wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said.
"At a time like this, who cares about that!"
After Bai Chaojin roared, he immediately reached for his phone to call the guards outside to bring Fang Renran over, but before he could touch his phone, a call from a member of the Central District Guard came through.
Good, he was just about to contact them.
Bai Chaojin immediately hit the answer button on his phone, and without giving the other side a chance to speak, he shouted, "Don't talk to me about anything else right now! Go to Tianjiang and bring me Fang Renran! I don't care how you do it! Make it quick!"
As soon as Bai Chaojin's roar went down the line, the man from the guard on the other end was stunned for a few seconds before he managed to say, "Commander, I was just about to tell you... Fang Renran, he's already arrived in the Central Area..."
Bai Chaojin was taken aback, then without another word, he hung up the phone and with True Qi Rotation, he burst out of the laboratory. He didn't even bother with the elevator, but instead used his True Qi to break through the elevator shaft and flew to the surface.
Hum—
The guards on the ground hadn't even seen his figure, they just felt a gust of wind, leaving behind only a damaged elevator in the hall, and everyone with a dumbfounded expression.
No sooner had Bai Chaojin flown out of the building when he saw Fang Renran in a school uniform in the sky, because he was the only one floating above the entire path, which was too conspicuous.
At that moment, Fang Renran was frowning, quickly closing in on a certain building, because his senses had detected a familiar energy about fifty meters underground, violently stirring.
And in the center of that violent energy, his senses could clearly see Bai Qi lying pale on a bed, now devoid of any sign of life.
Hum—
As he was charging towards the building, suddenly Bai Chaojin's figure appeared. Fang Renran immediately tried to dodge, but didn't expect Bai Chaojin to charge directly at him as if he had anticipated his arrival.
"Shit! It's over!"
Fang Renran, watching Bai Chaojin turn into a blur, regretted coming alone!
Looking at the situation, it was clearly a critical time. They must be just short of one test subject to supply Bai Qi with energy!
Wasn't this just walking into a trap?
"Dammit! Why isn't that old lady from Jiang Ling showing up all of a sudden! Is she crazy?"
Fang Renran roared inside, but he was stuck in the sky, immobile. Even if he tried to run, he couldn't outrun Bai Chaojin!
Hum—
In the blink of an eye, Bai Chaojin appeared in front of Fang Renran. His aged hand directly grabbed Fang Renran's arm, and with a frantic tone he said, "There's no time to explain! Come with me!"
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