Chapter 80: Hellscape Reborn

Chapter Eighty: He Yu’s Revenge

Even the most ruthless criminals fear death, right?

The answer is a resounding yes!

A terrified woman, so frightened she lost control, was dragged away like a discarded dog by National Security personnel.

“Is that all you fear?”

Xiao Yu murmured, “You haven’t seen what National Security is capable of!”

He vividly remembered the last major corpse smuggling investigation.

After National Security finished interrogating the Crematorium manager, the man was left mentally shattered.

No one knew what methods had been used.

Just the thought alone sent shivers down his spine!

“What kind of tactics does our National Security have?”

Caught red-handed, Wang Dong was in high spirits and teased, “I’m a decent man, you know!”

Xiao Yu: …

He shot a sidelong glance at Wang Dong.

“Aren’t you feeling any remorse for saying that?”

“Stop giving me that look,” Wang Dong retorted.

Wang Dong laughed, “As long as the country stands, what’s a little hell?”

Xiao Yu was momentarily stunned as he noticed a change in Wang Dong’s gaze.

A sense of profound respect welled up within him!

He didn’t waste time on meaningless talk.

If everyone only looked out for themselves, the nation would soon fall apart.

Some tasks simply must be done.

Where there is light, there will also be darkness.

Men like Wang Dong bear a heavy mission.

They’ve long been walking in the shadows…

“Don’t celebrate too early,”

Xiao Yu said with a curious expression as he strode toward the mall exit, “Things are about to get interesting!”

“Interesting?”

Wang Dong’s heart began to race uncontrollably; his composure was clearly slipping.

What is it?

……

Inside the interrogation room,

the woman had confessed everything.

Her name is He Yu, 22, and she’s been a prodigy since childhood.

She was once specially recruited into a prestigious youth class at a renowned academy.

A psychology enthusiast, she excelled at hypnosis.

And she inadvertently discovered a method to synthesize a new drug.

By combining bath salt with 11 other chemicals, she created an entirely new compound.

Once ingested, it temporarily dulled pain and induced hallucinations.

Paired with hypnosis, it produced a level of control that defied normal comprehension…

Indeed, He Yu was a prodigy.

But many prodigies are also labeled as lunatics.

Only a truly deranged mind could conceive even crazier ideas—and that’s the truth.

Think of ancient humans; could they have imagined descendants soaring freely like birds?

Without daring, outrageous ideas, how could humanity achieve even the wildest dreams?

So what was He Yu’s wild idea?

She wanted to turn the world into a hellscape!

Right? Impressive, isn’t it?

What drove her to such a notion?

First, her upbringing in a single-parent home with an abusive father…

Then, being isolated, bullied, and insulted by her peers—and even despised by her teachers.

For a girl to endure all that without breaking, He Yu was extraordinarily resilient.

At that time, a wounded bird that was healed kept her company.

Tragically, after that bird reproduced, it eventually died…

That was the breaking point for He Yu!

Mental illness itself isn’t the scary part.

What’s truly terrifying is when such a mind wields dangerous power and drugs…

At 18, He Yu began her first experiment.

Her subject was her father’s mistress.

Yes, the same victim seen in the first video of this case.

The woman who, after slashing her face a hundred times, ultimately ended her own life!

As Xiao Yu deduced, every act is driven by a purpose.

He Yu’s motive for killing was simple: for experimentation… and revenge!

Not only did she aim to avenge her father, but also the entire world.

She wanted to plunge humanity into a living hell!

How fortunate, she thought.

Using hypnosis and drugs, He Yu pulled off her first experiment.

Afterward, she dedicated herself to perfecting her hypnosis skills and fine-tuning the compound.

At 19, she embarked on her second experiment…

She learned to exploit the internet and the dark web to procure various items.

Things like phone numbers and IDs…

And that’s why National Security has been unable to track down the key to that mysterious live-stream room.

Her hypnotic prowess steadily grew as her drug formula neared perfection.

At 20, she launched her third experiment.

Then came the fourth, the fifth!

Until the sixth…

The plan was to conduct one experiment each year.

But just recently, her drug had finally reached perfection!

She was desperate to witness the results.

If successful, she could transform living people into monstrous, cannibalistic beasts that devour their own kind.

Then, she intended to mass-produce the drug and add it to the public water supply.

By then…

Unfortunately, He Yu’s sixth experiment failed!

No, it wasn’t just a failure—it was an accident.

Man proposes, but heaven disposes.

0… Clap for her…

A security assistant appeared, throwing all her plans into chaos.

Just as Xiao Yu had predicted.

She was far too clever—more so than most.

The highly intelligent He Yu couldn’t stomach failure.

She couldn’t bear anyone sabotaging her plan.

The experiment had to go on…

Soon enough, He Yu was brought into the interrogation room.

Pale-faced, she faced Xiao Yu and Wang Dong.

After hearing her ‘self-confession’, Wang Dong fell into deep thought.

After a long silence, he habitually turned to Xiao Yu.

“Huh?”

He noticed a half-smirk playing on Xiao Yu’s face.

It was as if he’d discovered something truly amusing.

Suddenly, Wang Dong recalled Xiao Yu’s words in the mall.

Things are getting interesting?

Could it be…

“You can hypnotize, right?”

………..

Xiao Yu fixed his gaze on He Yu. “Then let’s run an experiment!”

Wang Dong: ???

His look towards Xiao Yu shifted noticeably.

It was as if he were staring at a demon.

What the hell are you planning?

He Yu was equally bewildered, staring dumbfounded at Xiao Yu.

She had no idea what Xiao Yu intended.

Before long…

He Yu’s restraints were removed, and she was freed from the interrogation chair.

Even the props she needed had been fully prepared by Xiao Yu.

Hypnosis isn’t some divine art, magic, or sorcery.

Instantly hypnotizing a stranger is unrealistic.

It takes time, empathy, and trust.

Trying to hypnotize someone immediately…

That’s something straight out of a movie or novel!

Facing He Yu at that moment, Xiao Yu let down his mental guard.

“Come on.”

Seated in his chair, Xiao Yu faced the ashen-faced He Yu and said, “Show me your best trick—hypnotize me!”

He Yu fell silent for a long moment, her eyes and expression shifting noticeably.

They grew strangely animated, as if she had glimpsed a ray of hope.

She held a pair of paper cups in her hands.

Inside each cup was a glass marble.

At that moment, the glass marbles spun inside the cups as He Yu shook them continuously.

Following her instructions, Xiao Yu watched the cups and the spinning marbles intently…

“Now, you need to relax… just a little…,” she coaxed.

He Yu’s voice softened, gentle like a mother soothing her child.

Music began to play.

It was the tune of the Sleeping Spirit.

And as time slowly ticked by… Nine.