"This... this man can see me through the one-way glass... could he be a telepath?" Mo Pai exclaimed in surprise. He knew the special design of this glass. For Zhang Chen to look directly into his eyes through the glass was definitely not a coincidence.
"But... but that little girl wiped out the strongest infected with a single punch... what kind of ability is that, a super-strength esper?" the woman asked, trembling slightly. She simultaneously pressed the emergency button with her right hand. Immediately, eight burly men in gray uniforms entered, blocking the path between Mo Pai, the woman, and Zhang Chen.
"What? Can't you hear me? Do I need to speak to you face-to-face?" Zhang Chen said indifferently.
"Ah? This..." Mo Pai swallowed nervously and involuntarily took two steps back. But his back was against the table, leaving him with nowhere else to retreat.
"Professor Mo, you don't need to worry. This glass is bulletproof. Even a heavy machine gun can't penetrate it, let alone human fists!" the middle-aged woman said, feigning composure. As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Chen gently tapped the glass with his finger.
*Bang, crack!*
The previously impenetrable, bulletproof tempered glass shattered like a waterfall, scattering fragments all over the floor.
"This... how is this possible..." Mo Pai was terrified and didn't know what to do.
The middle-aged woman quickly shouted, "Guards, apprehend them!" The guards moved swiftly, lunging towards Zhang Chen.
*Whoosh!*
Suddenly, Mo Ran flew up into the air, her trajectory changing at will. She was faster. Just as the guards were about to reach Zhang Chen, a large net was shot out, firmly binding them all.
"How was it, Daddy? Mo Ran listened to Daddy and didn't kill them!" Mo Ran giggled.
"Very good, Mo Ran, well done!" As Zhang Chen finished speaking, he suddenly noticed Xiao Bai's somewhat unnatural expression beside him. He quickly added, "Xiao Bai did a great job just now too!" Only then did Xiao Bai's lips curve into a beautiful arc.
"Guards, guards!" The middle-aged woman hadn't expected her eight guards to be subdued in an instant! These were super soldiers cloned through genetic modification, each capable of taking down five to six fully armed soldiers with ease. Yet, in front of this eleven or twelve-year-old girl, they were utterly insignificant?!
"Stop shouting. It's no use how many people you call. I just want to find Xu Ruina and have a chat with Professor Mo!" Zhang Chen had spotted the name on Mo Pai's chest badge and, combined with the diary he had read earlier, knew that Mo Pai was the leader of the genetics school and likely the person in charge of the entire epidemic prevention center.
As soon as Zhang Chen finished speaking, Mo Ran cooperated by flicking a strand of silk, which directly stuck the middle-aged woman's hands to the tabletop. The emergency button was only a dozen centimeters away, but her hands couldn't move even an inch, as if glued by superglue.
"Can we talk now, Professor Mo?" Zhang Chen pushed a chair in front of Mo Pai and sat down.
"Y-yes... what do you want to know?" Mo Pai asked nervously.
"Don't worry, Professor Mo, I have no ill intentions towards you and won't harm you!"
"I want to know where Xu Ruina is and what her current condition is," Zhang Chen asked.
"Are you with Xu Ruina?"
"Where did you come from? You are definitely not from this world!" Mo Pai suddenly said with a solemn expression.
"Why do you say that?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.
"Because I was in the car when the real Xu Ruina died. I watched her turn into a zombie before I was forced to drive away!"
"Although this Xu Ruina has a half-infected body and asked me to restore her to a human appearance..."
"Through my research and analysis, I discovered that the virus in her body is completely different from the virus in our world!"
"Furthermore, her genetic structure is entirely different from that of modified individuals or espers!"
"Coupled with the appearance of people like you whose abilities far surpass those of espers, I have every reason to believe you are not products of this world!"
"Nature has its own rules. Such powerful beings cannot originate in our weak world!"
"Similarly, a strong and harsh world will not give rise to weak life!" Mo Pai stated seriously.
"That's right, we are indeed not from this world. Your speculation is correct!"
"Now, I just want to take my companion away," Zhang Chen said.
"Yes, no problem. Anyway, I can't solve Xu Ruina's problem either. The energy within her is too powerful!"
"Even I haven't found a solution for her yet, so you can take her away."
"There's also a traveling girl who we've locked up in a cell!" Mo Pai said truthfully.
"You managed to lock up Shirley?" Zhang Chen asked with a wry smile. With Shirley's dual-talent strength, no one, monster, or even army in the current world could stop her. How could she have been captured?!
"Yes, we have handcuffs that can nullify esper abilities. We never expected these handcuffs to be effective on people from your world!"
"So, with these handcuffs on, she's no different from an ordinary person!" Mo Pai said, pulling out a black handcuff from his drawer.
"This is it!" Zhang Chen's gaze fixed on the handcuff. Soon, a piece of information appeared beside the handcuff:
[Black Crystal Handcuffs: Contain trace amounts of meteorite fragments, can block the circuits of bio-energy, causing energy turbulence and rendering the target unable to utilize bio-energy!]
"Did you develop this yourselves?" Zhang Chen asked in surprise.
"Actually, the reason I'm so certain you're from another world is because someone else from your world came to find me before!"
"He gave me this technology, and he also said that they weren't very proficient in using it themselves. After all, making it into handcuffs is too bulky and inconvenient!"
"They hoped to design it into a ring, and their technology has already reached the point where they can program and design bio-energy!"
"This ring can possess different abilities while also limiting the user's power..." Mo Pai explained with a smile. However, halfway through his explanation, his entire expression froze! This was because his gaze happened to be focused on the greenish-blue ring on Zhang Chen's hand.