Chapter 9: Scheming

Snapped!
Not only did the corpse open his eyes, but his only remaining left hand suddenly raised up and grabbed Shen Cheng's arm.

Shen Cheng was startled and shook it off with force, then he slammed his other hand down and hit the corpse's face with his fist.

He felt like he had punched an iron plate, and the pain from the recoil was overwhelming.

boom!
The entire morgue suddenly exploded.

Shen Cheng and Chen Ruoyan fell backwards together.

The corpse jumped out of the morgue and fell to the ground because its legs were broken.

A black mist lingered around his head and arms, and distorted human faces could be vaguely seen emerging from it.

"hiss!"

Shen Cheng gasped as he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He quickly tore open his sleeve and found a black palm print on his arm.

The vampire's self-healing ability was actually suppressed by the black handprint.

"what!!"

Suddenly there was a scream nearby.

Chen Ruoyan fell hard, but when she saw the corpse, she couldn't help but scream in fear: "Demon!"

Demons, like vampires, are monsters lurking in human society.

However, unlike vampires who are all in human form, demons have strange appearances and a wide range of abilities. They also have certain camouflage abilities and can disguise themselves as humans.

The demon in front of him couldn't walk. It supported the floor with one hand, jumped up like a frog, and pounced on Shen Cheng and Chen Ruoyan.

Shen Cheng realized that the black mist on the demon had a restraining effect on vampires and he did not dare to be touched by the other party.

He kicked Chen Ruoyan, sending her flying, and then he jumped back.

The demon seemed to have identified Shen Cheng and jumped towards him.

Relying on the powerful physique of a vampire, Shen Cheng dodged around in the morgue, but the demon's speed was not slow at all, and was even faster.

In a blink of an eye, Shen Cheng was forced into a corner with nowhere to hide.

Facing the demon that was rushing towards him, he dodged the opponent's hand by leaning sideways, and at the same time, he made a very standard leaning forward punch, hitting the demon's jaw with his fist and knocking it away.

At the same time of contact, Shen Cheng's fist was also stained with black mist and began to corrode his flesh and blood.

Shen Cheng immediately opened the morgue beside him, reached in, and slammed the morgue shut.

With a "puff", his wrist was pinched off, and his palm stained with black mist fell into the morgue.

The demon flew out and fell to the ground, then quickly turned over and pounced on Shen Cheng again.

A fierce look flashed in Shen Cheng's eyes, and he was about to fight with the other party.

Suddenly, a black shadow rushed in from outside the morgue, hit the demon and wrapped his legs and arms.

Before the demon could react, its hands and feet were torn apart by the shadow in the next second.

As blood spurted out, the dismembered demon fell to the ground and suddenly became motionless. Even the burning black mist on its body went out.

The shadows gathered together and formed the appearance of Zhang Zhiwen in the next second.

He looked worried and walked towards Shen Cheng: "I just went to the morgue to do something, I didn't expect you to be in danger, are you okay?"

"Thank you Director Zhang for your concern. I'm fine."

Shen Cheng's severed hand has grown back. A hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes. How could Zhang Zhiwen come at such a coincidence?

If he arranged it, then what was the purpose of performing this drama?
"It's okay."

Zhang Zhiwen turned his head to look at the demon corpse on the ground and frowned: "Why is there a demon here?"

Shen Cheng had already passed him and walked towards the demon's corpse.

The white light spot on the corpse was still there. Shen Cheng squatted down and reached out to touch it. The light spot seemed to be attracted and quickly sank into his fingers.

The next moment, the memory of the corpse played in Shen Cheng's mind like a kaleidoscope.

Li Zhenhai, 53 years old, is the director of a private orphanage, taking care of more than a dozen abandoned orphans alone.

Just last week, a female college student named Wang Miaoqing died of illness.

Wang Miaoqing came from an orphanage and was admitted to university with her own abilities. She is the pride of Li Zhenhai.

Upon hearing the bad news, Li Zhenhai suppressed his grief and handled Wang Miaoqing's funeral. As a result, he found a diary among her belongings.

From the diary, Li Zhenhai learned that Wang Miaoqing did not die of illness at all. She worked part-time during college and was introduced by the student union to work in a bar because of her sweet appearance. As a result, she was drugged and raped by the bar manager, and was threatened with taking photos.

The bar belonged to a gang called the Black Water Society. Wang Miaoqing fell into the hands of the gang and was tortured to death in just one year. They lied to the outside world that she died of illness.

Only then did Li Zhenhai understand where Wang Miaoqing sent so much money back to the orphanage every month.

In grief and anger, Li Zhenhai reported the illegal activities of the Blackwater Society for several consecutive days.

He was once a celebrity who had appeared on TV shows, but all he could do was to shut down the bar for three days.
The Blackwater Society's revenge came extremely quickly. Within a few days, a fire broke out in Li Zhenhai's orphanage, and more than a dozen orphans were unable to escape.

Li Zhenhai went crazy and went to the Black Water Society alone with a knife to seek revenge.

But what could he, a man in his fifties, do? Instead of seeking revenge, he was tortured by the Black Water Society and thrown back into the fire. When he was sent to the hospital, he was already dead.

Li Zhenhai died with his eyes open, and his last wish was to destroy the Blackwater Society.
But Li Zhenhai’s memory didn’t end there. It also included when he was sent to the hospital. After his death, his body could still record the surrounding situation.

The first place he was sent to was not the morgue, but a strange place, like some kind of research base.

The person who appeared in front of the corpse was Zhang Zhiwen.

In his hand he held a syringe containing a light red liquid.

"The dosage cannot be too high. If it is too dangerous, it will backfire."

Zhang Zhiwen muttered to himself as he injected the liquid in the syringe into Li Zhenhai's body.

The memory ends here.

"Shen Cheng, are you okay?"

Zhang Zhiwen waved his hand in front of Shen Cheng, with a concerned look on his face: "Are you scared? Do you want to come to my office and take a rest?"

Shen Cheng came back to his senses and shook his head, "Indeed, there is one thing. Director Zhang, I would like to ask for leave to go home, is that ok?"

Zhang Zhiwen smiled gently: "Of course, you don't need to be reserved in front of me. You can make some bolder requests, and I will satisfy you."

Then I want you to take off all your clothes and run naked right now, do you want to go?
Shen Cheng asked curiously: "You turned into a shadow just now, what kind of ability is that?"

Zhang Zhiwen did not hide it: "That is my awakened ability. You may not know since you just became a vampire, but there are also levels among vampires. Vampires who can only hypnotize are the lowest level civilians. People like me who have abilities are servants. Above them are knights and various titles, all the way to the top, the Blood King."

Shen Cheng nodded and easily understood this feudal hierarchy system.

He and Xiao Qingque were both commoners, and Zhang Zhiwen was a higher-level attendant.

Shen Cheng smoothed Li Zhenhai's eyes and looked at Chen Ruoyan again. Chen Ruoyan fell in the corner and was knocked unconscious by the kick he had just given her.

"That's the girl you have a crush on, right?"

Zhang Zhiwen smiled faintly: "I will send her for a physical examination."

"Thank you, Director Zhang. I'll be leaving now."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

After leaving the morgue, Shen Cheng walked out of the hospital with an expressionless face.

Zhang Zhiwen couldn't explain why a demon appeared in the hospital, but from Li Zhenhai's memory, it can be seen that the reason Li Zhenhai became a demon was most likely because of the strange liquid that Zhang Zhiwen injected into his body.

Shen Cheng has already guessed the purpose of Zhang Zhiwen's performance.

Which man has not fantasized about being a hero and saving a beautiful girl? Shen Cheng is no exception.

But who in the family understands! After so much trouble, they meet a hero who saves a beautiful girl, but in the end, they are not the hero, but the beautiful girl who is saved.

It was obvious that Zhang Zhiwen was deliberately fabricating the plot of a hero saving a beautiful girl to increase his favorability in Shen Cheng's heart.

Damn, 0 is so cunning. I almost fell for it.

Shen Cheng looked down at his arms, a faint black mist wrapped around his hands. This was a trial version of an ability he had extracted from Li Zhenhai's corpse after accepting his last wish. It was called the Devil's Mask.

This ability can enhance the strength of the arms and use corrosive black energy. The trial period is one month.

The full version of the ability can only be known after the last wish is completed.

The black handprint that Li Zhenhai left on Shen Cheng's arm gradually disappeared, but the severe pain and the restraint of his self-healing ability still remained in his mind.

Not only that, there is also the scene of Li Zhenhai's thin back, bent by life, walking alone towards the Black Water Society holding a knife.

This back view is lingering.

The opportunity that I have always wanted to increase my strength has finally appeared, hasn't it?

Blackwater Society, here I come!
(End of this chapter)