Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 1097 - 1096: Nothing Left Unsaid

Chu Ge is yawning? Smiling at me?Chu Shiyao blinked absentmindedly, her delicate doll-like face showing complete desolation once more. She turned her head back and stared at the cold ceiling, sighing powerlessly.

There's definitely something wrong with my ears and eyes, yes, there must be something wrong.

Chu Ge has been unconscious for so long, why would he wake up now, not sooner or later, but at this very moment?

Okay, even if by some fluke he really did wake up now, how could he have the mood to give me such a carefree smile?

As Chu Shiyao was pondering this, Chu Ge's fingers were merging at the smallest distance, as if they had become two drills. Then, with an incredibly odd motion and a calm pull back, he freed himself from the specially designed handcuffs, as if those weren't real hands with bones and flesh, but pieces of compressible and deformable sponge.

Ever since the rescue of Mu Xiaoting when the "Bone Shrinking Skill" proved extremely useful, Chu Ge often practiced it whenever he had the time.

For Chu Ge, using the "Bone Shrinking Skill" is by now almost second nature, and ever since he was first cuffed and shackled, he never took them seriously. To break free from these binds was indeed easy as pie.

No matter how sturdy Chu Chengrui had made these handcuffs and shackles, they were useless against the "Bone Shrinking Skill".

With a "clang" sound, the specially designed handcuffs fell onto the stretcher.

"Sigh... I was hallucinating again." Chu Shiyao's eye twitched slightly and she thought silently to herself.

Chu Ge sat upright on the stretcher, scratched his head, and effortlessly removed the shackles from his ankles, all in just two seconds.

With a gentle twist of his waist, Chu Ge jumped off the stretcher, finally feeling the ground beneath his feet. He slightly expanded his chest, squeezed his shoulders with both hands, and swung his arms around. His body was far more flexible than he expected, without even a hint of delay.

"Perhaps it's due to the constant intense battle in the Spiritual World, where the mind influences the body, plus Chu Chengrui's rigorous nutritional infusions to maintain my physical state?"

"Hmm... Maybe there's even a masterful masseuse giving me the best massage. I wonder if it's a beautiful woman with a voluptuous figure?"

Though he might face various dangers next, Chu Ge was in a surprisingly good mood, even indulging in some silly thoughts.

Stretching widely, Chu Ge looked humorously at the closed-eyed Chu Shiyao and then walked into the operating room.

In less than half a minute, Chu Ge returned with several small items, probing and poking them on Chu Shiyao's stretcher. With crisp "click" sounds, the loops binding Chu Shiyao's wrists and ankles opened one after another.

Then... Chu Ge flicked Chu Shiyao's forehead, saying in a mix of frustration and amusement, "Hey, aren't you too comfortable lying here, planning on sleeping the day away? Get. Up. Now!"

Chu Shiyao suddenly opened her eyes, stared at Chu Ge's face for a few seconds, let out a long sigh, and closed her eyes again.

I must be dreaming, yes, I so desperately want to leave this damned place, I miss Chu Ge's lazy smile so much, but... this dream feels so real!

Chu Ge rubbed his forehead, his expression complex, intending to call out to Chu Shiyao again, when suddenly she sat up, gritting her teeth and rubbing her thigh, exclaiming "ouch ouch ouch ouch ouch..."

Just moments ago, Chu Shiyao experienced another profound internal struggle.

In the first second, she wanted to pinch herself hard to confirm whether she was dreaming, fearing it was an incredibly beautiful dream she didn't want to wake from.

In the second second, she raised her hand.

In the third second, she finally pinched her inner thigh hard.

If reality is dark, then what's the point of a beautiful dream?

And then, she sprang up from the stretcher, truly in pain...

"Chu Ge, am I not dreaming?"

Though the intense pain seemed answer enough, after crying out, Chu Shiyao still stared directly at Chu Ge, asking with a tone of uncertainty.

Chu Ge grinned, grabbed one of Chu Shiyao's hands gently, "Of course not."

"Not a dream... hahaha, but, this...this..." Chu Shiyao stumbled over her words, her face first showing immense surprise, then shifting to a rather complicated expression, unsure whether to laugh or cry, as tears welled up and streamed down.

Chu Ge gently patted Chu Shiyao's back, "Alright, Yaoyao, I know you must have a lot of questions, but now isn't the time for a long chat. Cry, laugh, talk, we'll do all that once we leave this damned place, okay?"

"Mm... mm!"

Chu Shiyao wiped away her tears forcefully, smiling through her sobs, and nodded vigorously.

A moment later, Chu Shiyao's expression suddenly froze, her eyes widened to the limit as she exclaimed, "Chu, Chu, Chu Chengrui is still inside!"

Chu Ge laughed lightly, speaking calmly, "I know. I'm the one who had him bring the two of us here. Everyone else has been sent away and told not to come in even if the sky falls. Besides, the soundproofing here is very good, so he can't pose any threat to us for now."

Even before Chu Ge spoke, he felt Chu Shiyao's eyes had already widened to the limit. But now he realized that her eyes could actually widen a bit more.

Shock was no longer enough to describe Chu Shiyao's feelings at this moment. She opened her mouth wide, and after several seconds, she struggled to say, "But... but... but, how did you... how exactly did you do this?"

"This can't be easily explained in a few words, and it's not the main point right now. Follow me."

Saying this, Chu Ge's face took on a more serious expression. Without waiting for Chu Shiyao to speak further, he grabbed her hand and quickly headed towards the laboratory.

Right now, Chu Shiyao's heart was full of tumultuous waves. She stumbled for several steps before regaining her balance, following Chu Ge step by step.

Accompanied by a series of rapid footsteps, Chu Ge and Chu Shiyao walked into the laboratory. Chu Chengrui's aged face appeared in their line of sight, his eyes filled with wrinkles devoid of any vitality, like a puppet that had lost its soul, empty and bewildered.

Upon entering the room, Chu Ge immediately asked, "Chu Chengrui, this is your private laboratory, isn't it?"

Chu Chengrui stiffly turned his head, his gaze seemingly drawn to Chu Ge's deep eyes. When the two met each other's gaze, his pupils contracted slightly as he subconsciously nodded, "Yes."

Chu Ge asked again, "Then, there should be an escape passage here?"

"Yes."

Even though Chu Ge had long assumed that someone as cunning as Chu Chengrui would definitely have a retreat prepared for himself, he was not surprised by this answer. Still, hearing him say it out loud, a sigh of relief subtly rose in his heart.

Moreover, the current situation also confirmed what Su Yuanzhou and that white-clothed fool in his Spiritual World had said. Even though Chu Ge had only cultivated the first two layers of the Cultivation Technique, he could "see" a fist-sized, faintly pulsing solid golden light cluster in Chu Chengrui's mind, resembling a heart.

Su Yuanzhou had mentioned earlier that this change only occurs upon cultivating to the third layer, where the size and solidity of the light cluster could be used to determine a person's strength in Spiritual Power and identify weak spots within it, making hypnosis or mental attacks notably more effective.

That white-clothed fool also said that due to Chu Ge's unique cultivation process, successfully cultivating these two layers yielded results far beyond what others would achieve upon completing the third layer.

Now it seemed true.

The white-clothed fool had also said that the third layer symbols are a key to opening another door for Chu Ge.

Chu Ge wasn't completely indifferent to this statement but for now, he didn't have time to explore where this supposed "other door" was or where it led.

Chu Ge continued asking, "Where is the escape passage, and where does it lead?"

"It's under the laboratory table, leading to an abandoned warehouse."

"Who knows about this escape passage? And where exactly is that warehouse? Is anyone guarding it?"

"Other than me, no one knows about this passage. The abandoned warehouse is in the east outskirts, with no guards."

Chu Ge persistently asked questions he was concerned about, such as his current location, the specific terrain of the area, and the distribution of Chu Chengrui's forces—anything that the hypnotized Chu Chengrui could answer knowledgeably.

Once all needed questions were answered, Chu Ge understood the situation and commanded, "Now, open the escape passage."

Chu Chengrui stood from the chair and walked towards a wall adorned with several beast skull specimens, reaching his hand into the bloodthirsty mouth of a tiger's head.

Following a particular sequence, Chu Chengrui pressed several teeth inside the tiger's mouth. When he withdrew his right hand, a seemingly inconspicuous pillar on the large laboratory table rotated ninety degrees to the left, revealing a one-meter diameter square floor tile beneath it.

Then, the tile rose slightly and was moved by a mechanical arm to an adjacent tile, revealing the hidden mechanism beneath.