The unknown light enveloped them. Tian Shang raised her hand, and a vine appeared, flying towards the light.
Tian Shang's wood-element ability had reached level six, making her offensive power quite strong.
The vine, like a giant green python, wriggled and charged forward. However, as it approached the light, it turned to dust and scattered on the ground.
"Have you seen the power of the material conversion laser? No matter what substance, living or non-living, it will be decomposed upon contact.
If you don't believe me, you can try it, but I won't give you any more chances. All of you will die!"
Seeing the vine fragments littering the ground, Ming Yue and the others looked horrified. Just then, Gao Chu's voice rang out.
He and Qing Ying then appeared outside the light barrier. Gao Chu was holding something that looked like a remote control.
He pressed a button, and the area of light covering the clearing began to shrink.
Ming Yue and the others saw the light drawing closer and began to activate their abilities.
They continuously launched attacks, hoping to break through a gap and escape.
But as Gao Chu had said, this so-called material conversion laser was simply heaven-defying.
No matter what kind of attack, as soon as it came into contact with it, it was either decomposed or converted into a state that lacked offensive power.
"Hahaha, abilities are useless in the face of technology.
These mechanisms are all the work of my teacher, Dr. You Hen. Do you know how powerful they are now?
Don't try to hide in space; space is also a form of matter and cannot protect you.
You will be decomposed. Don't waste these treasures, leave them to me!
Now, if you hand over your spatial artifact and the Water of Life, I can let you go."
Seeing that the light was less than a meter away from Ming Yue and the others, Gao Chu urged Ming Yue to hand over the spatial artifact.
"You are not worthy of being my student! The results of my research are not tools for you to extort others."
As an aged voice echoed, the strange light suddenly vanished. A group of people walked out from the opposite side of Gao Chu.
Leading the group was a short, bald old man in his sixties or seventies.
Although his face looked haggard, his voice was full of vigor, and his eyes were filled with anger as he looked at Gao Chu.
To his left and right were Ji Shiyou and Ba Jiu, who had not participated in the drug trials. Behind them were hundreds of ordinary people without any abilities.
"Dr. You Hen!"
"Teacher!"
Upon seeing the old man appear, both Gao Chu and Qing Ying exclaimed in shock, as if they had seen a ghost.
Qing Ying herself had personally killed Dr. You Hen. You Hen was an ordinary person, and she had shattered his internal organs and bones with her palm strike.
Afterward, the two had checked again, confirming that You Hen was dead before Gao Chu personally took the body outside the base to bury it.
What had happened? How was You Hen alive and well, appearing before them and even allied with the Ming Yue team?
And at such a critical moment, he had shut down the material conversion laser. Moreover, Wo Yucheng had already led the ability users of the base to kill Ji Shiyou and the other two according to his orders.
Now they were standing here, unharmed. Where were Wo Yucheng and the base's ability users?
Countless mysteries arose in Gao Chu's mind, leaving him utterly perplexed. He couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
"That sample of the Water of Life was not lost; he consumed it."
Qing Ying said coldly beside Gao Chu. She was confident in her cultivation and believed she had killed You Hen.
The only explanation for You Hen's resurrection was that he had consumed the Water of Life.
And the sample of the Water of Life in the laboratory had disappeared without a trace, making the connection obvious.
In fact, the guess was not entirely correct. What You Hen consumed was, to be precise, a potion he had made using the Water of Life.
Gao Chu was not the first person to make a potion from the Water of Life. You Hen had succeeded before Gao Chu knew about it and had left detailed notes on the process.
Otherwise, with Gao Chu's abilities alone, he would not have succeeded on his first attempt to make a potion from the Water of Life.
This was because the notes he obtained were the summary of You Hen's successful experiences after multiple adjustments, which was why he succeeded on his first try.
Since there was only one drop of the Water of Life, and much was wasted through multiple experiments.
Only one pill was finally made, which You Hen carried with him.
When he discovered Qing Ying in his room that day, he knew there was trouble within the Thunder Base, but he never expected it to be his student, Gao Chu.
He mistakenly believed that Qing Ying was after the potion. You Hen was stubborn and fearless of death, so he would rather destroy the potion than let Qing Ying get it.
Therefore, he seized the opportunity when Qing Ying was unprepared and swallowed the potion. Who knew that Qing Ying was there to kill him and, without a word, struck him with her palm.
After Gao Chu transported his body out of the base and buried him, the potion's effect took hold, saving his life and reawakening his vitality.
But he was buried underground by Gao Chu and couldn't breathe. Just as he was about to suffocate, he was dug out.
The one who came to save You Hen was his old partner, Dr. Chang Xiang.
Dr. Chang Xiang had disliked Gao Chu even before the apocalypse, thinking him to be of ill intentions, but he couldn't say anything due to Gao Chu being You Hen's student.
After the apocalypse began, Gao Chu's proposal for differential treatment between ability users and ordinary people made Chang Xiang dislike him even more.
Today, when Chang Xiang saw Gao Chu sneakily leaving the base with a large bag, he secretly followed him.
Fortunately, Gao Chu was guilty and nervous, so he didn't notice. Otherwise, Chang Xiang would have been in grave danger.
He saw Gao Chu bury the bag underground, and his curiosity was piqued.
After Gao Chu left, he wanted to dig it up to see, and ended up digging up You Hen.
You Hen was heartbroken to learn that his own student was involved in his attempted murder.
Although he had miraculously survived by consuming the potion, he still needed to recuperate.
So, Chang Xiang secretly brought him back to the base and hid him in his room, saving his own food to give to You Hen every day.
That was why he had thrown a tantrum that day when the flatbread was gone. He could go without food for a day, but You Hen, who was still recovering from his injuries, could not.
Ming Yue had also noticed the incident that day and mentioned it during a meeting in her spatial artifact.
She wanted to understand Gao Chu's character and whether You Hen had killed his teacher as Chang Xiang claimed.
Therefore, after the meeting, she sent Ji Shiyou to approach Chang Xiang and find out the truth.
As a result, they discovered that You Hen was still alive in Chang Xiang's room, although he was still severely injured and wouldn't live much longer.
Ming Yue then used the Water of Life, combined with Tian Shang's wood-element healing ability, to save You Hen.
"Wo Yucheng, Baldy, all ability users, assemble and kill them!"
Hearing Qing Ying's words, Gao Chu also realized that with You Hen alive and the mechanisms shut down, they had no choice but to fight to the death.
The Ming Yue team had only nine members, while the Thunder Base had hundreds of ability users, plus himself and Qing Ying, giving them a numerical advantage.
He refused to believe they couldn't kill them, so he shouted loudly, calling for a group battle against the Ming Yue team, even if it meant mutual destruction.