Chapter 90 – Underground Base
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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“Don’t drink beer on an empty stomach so early in the morning.” Shen Changze snatched the steaming beer from Shan Ming’s hand.
“It’s none of your business.” As soon as Shan Ming saw him, he remembered what happened last night. His face suddenly became distorted. He reached out and was about to grab it back again. But Shen Changze stuffed a straw into his mouth. “Northeast soybean milk. It was freshly squeezed. Try it.”
Lily sighed contentedly, “It’s really delicious. With natural sweetness. It also smells good. Do Chinese people drink this kind of thing in the morning? It’s so good…”
Shan Ming took a sip. It was indeed rich and mellow. Without an additional grain of sugar, it had an attractive sweet taste. The freshly harvested soybeans really tasted different. He didn’t know that he hadn’t tasted a traditional breakfast like soy milk for so many years so he couldn’t bear it. After having a taste, he became quiet and concentrated on drinking the soy milk. He then took a bite of a big white and fat bun.
Huang Ying sat opposite him, smiling honestly, “Is it delicious?”
Shan Ming swallowed the delicious meatbun, “You made it?”
Huang Ying nodded, “I made it all. All of what these foreigners eat.” He appeared to be quite proud of his ability.
Shan Ming glanced at the others. They were all indeed devouring the food. He couldn’t help but find it funny.
Lily put her fair arm on Huang Ying’s shoulder and blew a breath of air into his ear. She said with a smile, “How about you marry me?”
Huang Ying almost jumped up in fright. His face was flushed and he couldn’t utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Everyone around laughed at him. Lily laughed so loudly that her body trembled. She took the only boiled egg from Huangying’s plate without any hassle.
Shen Changze has already peeled the eggs for Shan Ming and put them on his plate, “Eat quickly. Don’t just drink soy milk.”
Pell said with a smile, “You haven’t changed much. You still take care of your father like a son.”
Shen Changze has indeed formed a habit of taking care of Shan Ming daily. He is willing to do this for the rest of his life. If Shan Ming can’t take care of himself, he will definitely take care of him.
Shan Ming curled his lips disapprovingly and lowered his head. He began to eat without looking at Shen Changze.
Only then did Shen Changze start eating by himself.
After eating, Tang Tingzhi led them into the kitchen.
Job whistled, “Why are we here? We’re having lunch here?” It sounded like he was looking forward to it.
Tang Tingzhi didn’t answer him. Crow adjusted the four switches of the gas stove to some specific positions. The cabinet near the wall suddenly moved to the side and a tunnel appeared on the ground. There were stairs leading directly underground.
Crow went down first while the others followed one by one.
After they went down, they found that the underground floor of the villa with a floor area of more than 200 square feet had been hollowed out and converted into a modern communication base and weapon arsenal. This concealment method is really good.
Tang Tingzhi and Shen Changze scanned their fingerprints and irises at the gate together. A mechanical sound of ‘authorisation cleared’ came from above their heads and the group entered the underground base.
Tang Tingzhi said: “Tang Jingzhi has mastered the innovative technology of the evolution of Dragon Blood people. His speed and success rate of producing Dragon Blood people are now faster than ours. Moreover, the Dragon Blood people in his hands were all evolved from Shen Changze’s blood. Although the blood purity and innate ability are not as good as the dragon blood people who evolved through the blood of the ‘Sea Dragon’, they have less rejection to the blood and they assimilate quickly. It takes a year or two or longer for ordinary dragon blood people to control the dragon blood in their bodies. But it only takes a few months or even less for these Dragon Blood warriors to enter the battle by themselves. Tang Jingzhi is now manufacturing such Dragon Blood warriors in large quantities, which poses a threat to the security of the whole world. We must stop him before he grows stronger.”
Tiger Shark said, “I have a question.”
“Please ask.”
“If you use patriotism to dominate your Dragon Blood people, then why does Tang Jingzhi make those thugs he got out of nowhere obedient to him?”
Tang Tingzhi nodded, “This question is very good. It is one of the answers we need to seek because we don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“It should be said that I’m not sure.”
“Maybe it’s drug control or maybe it’s hypnosis control. But maybe it’s some other method of mind control. In short, we can’t be sure for now. But it is at least known that mind control drugs can’t achieve such a powerful effect on Dragon Blood people. Tang Jingzhi is a genius. His way of thinking about solving problems is very different. He can always think of some despicable but useful ways to achieve his goals. What we are most worried about now is that his Dragon Blood men are causing chaos among ordinary people. Once this secret is exposed, the society will fall into panic. We will also be accused by the international community for hiding our ‘National Weapons Program’. Therefore, this time, the above has ordered to kill Tang Jingzhi if he cannot be captured alive. Tang Jingzhi and the rest must be eliminated. He created a Dragon Blood Man with a lot of uncertain factors.”
Tang Tingzhi began to show them weapons, “In addition to conventional equipment, there are also weapons specially modified to deal with Dragon Blood people.” He picked up a silver gun which looked like something that was taken out from a science fiction movie. “This is a high-voltage electric gun. This handle can adjust the volts. This is the safety pin. Be careful when using it. If there is a leakage, it will be yourselves who will be burned into ashes. Limited by modern technology, if you keep turning it on, it will be exhausted within two minutes. The piezoelectric used should be cherished for these two minutes. This is a shocking particle laser radium dagger. This can cut ten centimetres of thick steel. Naturally, the Dragon Blood man’s scale is their armour. So using this could settle that problem. But it has a high impact on the wrist strength. This is an anti-acid protective clothing. The blood of Dragon Blood people is acidic but the pH value varies. For example, Shen Changze’s blood is highly acidic. Contacting it with human skin is very harmful so try not to touch his blood. These bullets are ice-seeded bullets. After hitting the flesh, the organs around the shot will be quickly frostbitten and poisoned. It can greatly limit the speed of the Dragon Blood Man’s regenerative ability. Due to the high production cost, the quantity is limited. So, it can only be used by snipers.”
Tang Tingzhi introduced several weapons to them. Each of the weapons has specific purposes. It seemed that while they were researching on how to make the Dragon Blood Man stronger, they also did not forget to find weaknesses of these terrifying superhuman fighters. With these weapons, everyone’s worries about fighting with unknown creatures have been greatly reduced. No matter how powerful the Dragon Blood people are, they are still flesh and blood that would die without their heads and hearts. They even began to get excited for this unprecedented battle.
Looking at these brand new high-tech equipment, everyone touched them curiously. They couldn’t put them down and wished that they could grab a Dragon Blood Man to try it out right away.
“Vulture, Huang Ying, and Crow will accompany you for special training within the next two days. This is so that you can get familiar with weapons and how to face the enemies.”
Lily looked at Huang Ying with her beautiful eyes in surprise and asked, “Are you also a Dragon Blood Man?”
Huang Ying nodded honestly, still looking shy.
Tang Tingzhi said: “Since there are only a few people who can be brought along, of course the best ones must be brought along with me.”
Ayer sneered and said, “You brought four monster bodyguards and still asked us to protect you. How are you so scared of death?”
Tang Tingzhi explained: “Dragon Blood people are full of uncertainty when their lives are threatened. It is possible for them to turn around and attack their own people. Although the four of them have not lost control so far, just in case that happens, please be sure to protect me.”
Vulture curled his lips, “You are afraid that we will hold a grudge against you, Dr. Frankenstein.”
Crow also said with a smile, “Vulture, don’t say that. The Colonel was just doing his job.”
Huang Ying also said, “Yes. No matter what we do, we all have the same purpose of serving our country.”
Vulture rolled his eyes and said bluntly, “Anyway, you little boy just needs to hide behind us when we are in the battle.”
Ayer frowned, “Don’t worry about it. He will hide behind me. Who knows if you might turn around and bite him.”
Vulture raised his eyebrows and gave Ayer a provocative look.
Ayer also raised his chin arrogantly, not losing a bit of his ferocious aura.
Tang Tingzhi held up the protective clothing and handed it to Ayer with no expression on his face, “Do you want to try against Vulture first?”
Ayer pushed away the heavy set, “I don’t want to use this thing.”
“It must be worn.”
“At least, I won’t wear it now. To deal with this kind of middle-aged bald man, all I need is my fist.”
Vulture looked at him menacingly. The tension between the two was on the verge of breaking out into a fight.
Shen Changze pressed the shoulders of the two of them and said without hesitation: “We are all comrades-in-arms now. We can discuss with each other peacefully. Any childish provocations must be put away.”
Huang Ying said naively: “Major, Vulture doesn’t have any malicious intentions. He just has a foul mouth.”
Shen Changze glanced at Vulture and pushed his chest to separate him from Ayer to a safe distance, “Captain Vulture, please pay attention to your words and deeds.”
Vulture glared at Ayer. But he then hid his gun and sulked.
Tang Tingzhi looked at Ayer, “Can I really hide behind your back? I might attract a lot of firepower.”
Ayer glared at him, “Forget it. Whoever is related to you will have a short life. They will die and become ghosts.”
Shen Changze slowly retreated to Shan Ming’s side. He subconsciously said in a domineering tone: “Don’t act rashly. No matter what happens, I will protect you.”
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Next update: 2023.–.– (*TBA)
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