289 Captured?
Shi Lang sat in a closed room, there were no windows and no outlets. However, they were not suffocated, as he spotted a few oxygen dispensers laying in the corner. To prevent the enemy from getting better of them, he had told the team to cultivate.
He was recalling what happened to them, earlier when they had come out of the Arena, they crossed a small passage and suddenly everything became dark. The trick in this situation was that Shi Lang was unable to sense anything approaching him. They were not attacked by anyone, but the sudden blackout raised a lot of questions.
If he were to be trapped alone, he would have tried to massacre people and leave, but if he did that now, his team might be implicated with the legal procedures of this planet, they were not at the federation or at war, but they were on the peaceful world of the galactic council.
Shi Lang wanted to find out what was the reason why they were captured. Just as he was thinking about it, a few sounds were picked up. Closing his eyes he located the door of the room. It was right in front of him, at twenty meters distance. Shi Lang channeled spiritual energy throughout his body and found that his body was fine and he could move.
The team was immersed in meditation, but they were not unaware of their situation, they trusted their leader unconditionally, and thus followed his command. Shi Lang was about to say something when he sensed the door open. He closed his eyes, and let the person come inside.
The man came and stood in front of Shi Lang and scrutinized him, but the next second he was stunned, Shi Lang opened his eyes and cast the Shura domain against this man. The pressure and killing intention made the latter freeze, for a second which was enough for the young general to reach next to him and place his hand to cover his head.
He was calm and cold, instead of wasting time talking to this man, he used the soul search technique. The identity and memories of the person became an open book to him. Their motive was to have the Terran team withdraw from the competition. The person who tasked them was an unknown entity.
These people were galactic desperados, the reason they were selected was that their crew was comprised of people who had the ability to make the target unable to move or act for a few minutes. The location they were at was arranged for them by the person behind this whole conspiracy. Shi Lang was pissed, but he did not care about anything.
He let go of the person in his grasp and took his communicator back from him. Then he contacted Shashi in a jiffy, the other party answered in a blink, and Shi Lang said, “Shashi, tell the president that we are okay, and go to my room, have OB-One locate us and extract the footage from the surveillance, from the moment we were out of the arena, but do not expose it to the world just yet.”
Shashi was shocked that Shi Lang was contacting him so soon. However, he did what he was told to. He was aware that Shi Lang would not let this matter go just like this. The communication was finished and the young general said, “Wake up.”
The whole team opened their eyes. They were emitting indifference as if they were not humans but robots, their intentions were condensed only in their eyes. Shi Lang said, “We have seventy targets. All are scattered in this mention. They have a quirk, that is to paralyze a living target under their direct gaze. The objective is to sneak and kill but also to extract information from them. Is it clear?”
They replied in a hushed, “Hoorah.”
Shi Lang said, “Steel will present the strategy.”
Steel nodded in acknowledgment and stood up. He came to stand beside Shi Lang and said, “Ten teams, in pairs of two. All of us will keep the illusion formations and camo functions on at all times. If you encounter a solo target, extract information, if you come across a group, kill the rest and keep the lead. Also, no alarms.”
The people nodded sternly. Shi Lang nodded and said, “We will first take back our gear, and communicators, and then take the surveillance station under control. Let’s go.”
With that, the team moved out and they opened the door, the enemy had taken away their handguns, knives, communicators, and visors. The suit could not be taken off without a precise software sequence so they failed. The people used their spiritual sense and discovered that four people were coming over for patrol from the corresponding corridor.
Shi Lang did not say anything Steel instructed four of the frontal forces to move forward, and just as the enemy came in sight, they were dragged in and the Terran soldiers snapped their necks. The actions were clean and cruel. The bodies were quickly disposed of inside the room. One of them, who had the ability to locate and control electronic devices had already jammed the cameras in the corridors.
These abilities do come in handy, the team moved silently, but quickly through the corridors and soon came to a room where the gear was stored. This place was guarded by two people. They were dealt with by the person with the ability to emit sound waves and render them unconscious. Matthew cast the soul search technique and gathered the intel.
They were going to cripple this whole group thoroughly. Shi Lang and the others put on their visors and then turned on their illusion and camouflage. After this, they split and moved through the place at a faster speed.
While the rest of the team was killing and dealing with the enemy, Shi Lang was silently walking through the corridors at leisure. It was as if he was out for a walk in the park. His composure was enough to tell the people that everything was under control and that they will get out of here cleanly.
The leader was heading to meet the leader, his motive was that person only, the reason was that he was sure about the said leader to have some card up his sleeve. He was also the person who attacked Shi Lang and the others personally, so the debt had to be calculated the same way.
Shi Lang had already thought of a way to negate the trick of the person, due to the earlier memory searches, he had found that this ability had a cool-down time. The loophole was exposed, and after using this ability to deal with twenty people at the same time, the leader would not be able to deal with any of the team members.
Thus, the confidence and caution of a leader of desperados will definitely have some cards. Soon, Shi Lang was standing in front of a door. He did not enter immediately bit the tip of his tongue hard enough for it to bleed and spat it out on the ground. The wound healed in a blink, while the drop of blood passed through the gap of the door.
This was the quality of the liquid. It could pass through every gap even if it was microscopic. The drop of blood passed through, and on the other side of the door, it began to squirm. Soon, a clone of Shi Lang was standing, looking at a man who was enjoying some quality time with two ladies of a different race, and the images were a bit too sensitive to describe.
Shi Lang controlled the clone and raising the handgun, he took a shot directly at the calf of the person. A wail rang out in the room, but the person reacted quickly, he reached under the pillow and grabbed a phaser gun, he was about to turn around and shoot at the clone when another shot passed through his shoulder.
The two ladies reacted just now, and they jumped off the bed, wailing. Shi Lang cast them a gaze and the ladies immediately fell silent. The man controlled his pain and roared, “Bastard, how dare to attack me. I will show you, who is the boss.”
Then the man took hit his communicator with his chin and the whole mansion began to echo with blaring alarms. The clone turned around and pressed the switch on the door, and it swished open. Shi Lang walked in, and the clone melted before the drop of blood melted back in his body. The process was very quick and stunned the three people.
The young general, however, took out his handgun and shot the two ladies, and then said, “I can just carry you out of here, and torture you for as long as I like. If you wish to have an easier time, help yourself and switch off the self-destruct sequence. I am really not in the mood to get into any complicated thing.”
The mood of the room froze, Shi Lang was out for blood.