Chapter Ninety-Five: The Second Water Plant

"Old Bai, why are you still standing there? Do it."

As soon as he said this, Li Changqing gradually sensed that something was not right.

Bai Chuan's expression was terrifying. According to their plan, once he came in and spoke, Bai Chuan should have put on a show and frightened the man called Guo Dan into revealing the location.

But now Bai Chuan stood there without moving. Could it be that his acting was simply too convincing?

The murderous intent around him was so intense that even Li Changqing felt Bai Chuan might kill someone the very next moment.

They had captured three men. The other two had already been interrogated, and both had clamped their mouths shut, refusing to say a word.

These people were different from ordinary prisoners. They worshiped an evil god, and their faith ran deep. Torture alone had not worked.

So they had decided to use this method to bluff Guo Dan.

Perhaps if he heard that his accomplices had already confessed, his mental defenses would collapse and he would give everything away.

It had been a good plan.

"Do you want to die that badly?" Bai Chuan's voice was icy, as though it could drag a person straight into a glacier.

Guo Dan froze. Looking into Bai Chuan's eyes, which were utterly unmasked and filled with killing intent, his heart lurched as well. It seemed those two had really talked! Since he had lost his use, this man was now revealing such murderous intent.

Those two despicable traitors.

"Old Bai, Old Bai." Li Changqing moved slowly to Bai Chuan's side. He could see that Bai Chuan truly intended to kill the man.

Though he did not understand why Bai Chuan would want to do such a thing, he could not let Guo Dan die at Bai Chuan's hands. They still had not found Kelly's whereabouts.

"Have you heard of the death by a thousand cuts?" Bai Chuan's eyes were filled with a blood-red haze as he spoke to Guo Dan in a low voice. "I'll carve you for three days and three nights, cut you three thousand times. You won't die during it. You'll savor every moment."

A delicate, razor-sharp short sword appeared in Bai Chuan's hand.

Guo Dan's heart trembled. Of course he had heard of that punishment. It was a hideous execution, one of the most agonizing ways to die.

"I, I'll talk. I'll talk..."

"Calm down, calm down."

Seeing that the man was willing to speak, Li Changqing quickly stopped Bai Chuan. Bai Chuan was obviously already consumed by rage. He shoved him out of the interrogation room and slammed the door shut with a bang.

"If you want to live, you'd better be more detailed. Ideally, say things the other two didn't mention."

"Otherwise, you saw what that guy was like just now. If what you say doesn't satisfy me, or if it differs from the other two accounts, I'll let Bai Chuan in."

Guo Dan took a deep breath and said in a grave voice, "They're being held in the basement under the office building of the Second Water Plant in South Lin City. That place is where yin energy gathers."

"Guarding it should be the Dharma Protector Qin Shan. He has a scar on his face, so he's easy to recognize. His specialty is drawing the power of Zhu Ge Lasi into the body..."

"There are about ten people guarding the place."

Guo Dan kept pouring out details, terrified that he might miss even the smallest thing.

When he finished, Li Changqing nodded in satisfaction. "You'd better think again. If what you're saying differs from the truth, I can't guarantee what will become of you."

"Everything I know, I've said."

At that moment, Guo Dan seemed to have utterly lost his spirit. His face was bleak and defeated. He had betrayed the god he believed in, and that feeling was something others would find hard to understand.

Li Changqing, however, smiled. He walked out of the interrogation room and into the adjacent rest room, where Bai Chuan had already changed into clean clothes.

"They're being held at the Second Water Plant in South Lin City," Li Changqing said. "One of the Dharma Protectors of the Demon Net Sect is guarding the place..."

He related everything he had learned without omission. When he was done, he was about to discuss a plan with Bai Chuan.

Unexpectedly, Bai Chuan rose from the sofa and said, "Let's go. To the water plant."

"I'm going to call Hu Xiong."

"No need. Just the two of us is enough." Bai Chuan touched his nose and said, "As long as they haven't revived Zhu Ge Lasi, they're nothing but filthy rats at the bottom."

The Second Water Plant of South Lin City was built upstream along the Lin River. In the past, it had supplied half the city's water. But later, as the equipment aged and the population and scale of South Lin City expanded, demand kept rising.

The Second Water Plant was no longer able to supply such a vast amount of water. Coupled with the expensive maintenance costs, it was shut down by the city government.

Following the road along the Lin River, they soon saw the Second Water Plant built on the riverbank.

Few people came here, and the surroundings of the plant were eerily quiet.

The rusted iron gate had already been opened, and weeds grew thick throughout the plant grounds.

They parked in the lot. Li Changqing got out and looked around.

Bai Chuan sniffed the air and turned his gaze toward the office building fifty meters away.

The building was small, only three stories high.

"They've discovered us. You'd better turn into your zombie form first, so you don't get ambushed," Bai Chuan said, then strode toward the office building.

Li Changqing's expression shifted slightly. He reached out and clutched his own throat.

"What are you doing?"

Bai Chuan turned back to look at him, his gaze odd.

"Didn't you tell me to change into my zombie form?"

Li Changqing tightened his grip a little more.

About ten seconds later, corpse energy gradually began to rise from his body.

"I've seen many zombies, but this is the first time I've seen one like you."

After giving that assessment, Bai Chuan brought out the short sword and said, "Do you know why I only brought you, and didn't call Hu Xiong?"

"You need more tempering. Come with me!"

With that, Bai Chuan shot toward the office building in a blur. Li Changqing hurried after him. After transforming into his zombie form, he could barely keep pace with Bai Chuan's speed.

On the roof of the office building, four sentries had already noticed the two approaching.

"Great Zhu Ge Lasi, grant us your power!"

The main source of power for the members of the Demon Net Sect was to ask the evil god for strength.

It was a quick and convenient way to grow stronger, but it had severe drawbacks.

It required a process of invocation. Before, when Xia Ping and the three men in the bar had been suddenly attacked, they had found it almost impossible to resist.

From below, black evil energy surged into the bodies of the four men.

Their bodies began to change.

Their teeth grew sharp, and their faces became hideous. Both strength and speed were greatly enhanced by the evil energy.

The black aura gradually凝聚ed into four great sabers, and the four men gripped them tightly.

"Four on the roof!" Bai Chuan looked up and felt the evil energy. He leapt up, actually running straight up the wall toward the roof, light as a swallow.

Li Changqing followed behind. He kicked off the wall twice, then crashed to the ground.

Damn it.

Why was he copying him?

Might as well just take the stairs honestly.

He hurriedly got up and ran up the stairwell toward the roof.

Bai Chuan burst onto the rooftop, and the four men were already ready. They had received Dharma Protector Qin Shan's orders: no matter who it was, anyone who trespassed was to be killed without mercy.

The four men, sabers in hand, charged at Bai Chuan.