Chapter 228
Chapter 228: He Hurts Others and Himself, and Even Sells Data for Money
Chong Luo Han’s head was stomped into the ground. He had no strength to fight back. He could not even move his hands and feet to struggle. His whole body was limp and weak.
Chong Xing Qi saw his grandfather being beaten like that. He reacted on instinct, without thinking. He once again drew on his supernatural abilities and condensed an ice blade, leaping up from the ground to stab toward Jiang Tea Tea.
Jiang Tea Tea had already expected it. She glanced sideways at him, her eyes cold. She did not strike back. Instead, she pressed down harder with her foot, pushing Chong Luo Han’s head even deeper into the ground.
There was a loud clang.
The sound of the ice blade shattering rang out.
Jin Lin was holding the ice blade that Chong Xing Qi had formed. He squeezed, crushing it, leaving only a short piece. Then he reversed it and stabbed it into Chong Xing Qi’s chest, right where his heart was.
Chong Xing Qi’s mouth opened slightly in pain, full of disbelief. Before, Jin Lin had not been able to dodge his ice blade and supernatural abilities at all, but now Jin Lin had pierced his heart in one strike.
Jin Lin pulled his hand away and stepped back as he spoke to Chong Xing Qi: “Little dragon, little brat, you took action twice. Your ice blade is impressive, and your supernatural abilities are strong too.”
“Now your ice blade is right in your heart. You had better use your supernatural abilities to wrap around that ice blade and keep it from melting. If it melts, your heart will explode.”
His fellow countryman was a demon on a higher level than this little dragon brat. She had suppressed Chong Xing Qi’s supernatural abilities, so Jin Lin could strike straight into his heart.
Chong Xing Qi’s legs went weak. His knees hit the ground hard. His hand covered the ice blade stuck into his heart. Blood flowed down through his fingers. His face turned paper white. The youthful energy of a young man, the fearless aura of a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, was gone.
The yellow Dragon Clan’s clan leader, Chong Ling Lan, scrambled over to his side on hands and feet. His eyes were full of pain and worry as he stared at his son. He did not even dare to touch him.
Chong Luo Han was a registered and well-known researcher of the nation. His son was the clan leader of the yellow Dragon Clan. His grandson was a new student of the yellow Dragon Clan who had just reached adulthood, one of the finest dragons of the new generation.
They were a whole family. From the moment Jin Lin had stormed in, this whole family had been helping each other, united against the outside.
Jiang Tea Tea lifted the foot that had been stomping on Chong Luo Han’s head, then kicked him hard in the stomach. Her kick was so strong it was like pulling out a garlic bulb. His head popped out of the ground, and his body flew out and crashed down.
The pain made Chong Luo Han lie there for a long time before his vision finally focused. He saw his grandson’s chest bleeding out, and his son kneeling in front of his grandson, not daring to lay a hand on him.
His whole body tensed again and again. His pupils shrank again and again. He slowly looked around. When his gaze met the eyes of Chong Ming, who was sitting in the chair as Commander in Chief, and the eyes of the surrounding yellow Dragon Clan members, those looks were like countless large blades hanging high over his neck.
Jin Lin stepped forward and stomped down on Chong Luo Han’s other arm. He crushed the bones of the wrist, the forearm, and the upper arm, breaking them all.
Both of Chong Luo Han’s arms were broken from wrist to upper arm. With his hands crippled, there was no way he could grab a hypodermic syringe to kill himself.
After breaking his arms, Jin Lin asked, killing intent rolling off him: “Chong Luo Han, tell me, who was it that caught me, imprisoned me, drew my blood, cut my flesh, pulled out my scales, and turned my blood, flesh, and scales into potion pills for others to eat?”
Kneeling on the ground, Chong Luo Han’s face was ashen. He no longer dared to hide anything or cling to any hope: “It was me. Three hundred and one years ago, when you first arrived in the Empire of Zhenlin, we met and got to know each other. You treated me politely and with respect, you called me brother, but I overheard that you could live for one thousand years of life. I started to scheme against you.”
“It was me. I noticed that you not only awakened water element ability supernatural abilities and wind element power supernatural abilities, you also awakened lightning element affinity supernatural abilities. I schemed against you again.”
“You awakened three types of supernatural abilities. That alone was enough to make me jealous and restless, not to mention that you could live one thousand years of life.”
“In the M31 star system, no one can live one thousand years of life. In the M31 star system, people who awaken three types of supernatural abilities can be counted on less than one hand.”
“And the ones you can count like that, not a single one lived long. They all died from their spiritual power collapsing and their spiritual sea caving in. Their average age was only between eighty and one hundred twenty.”
“But you were different. You looked so young. Your supernatural abilities seemed so full and abundant. You made me believe that one person could awaken three types of supernatural abilities at the same time and still somehow balance the spiritual power surges of the three systems and withstand the impact on the spiritual sea.”
“And it just so happened that I was a researcher, a man with a bright future who did not know what to study.”
“I pretended to get close to you on purpose. I invited you to my home on purpose. I treated you to food and drink on purpose. I drugged your food and drink, used a supernatural ability suppressor, tied you up, and locked you away.”
“You were new to this world. Your identity was lost. Once I locked you up, no one came to ask about you. No one looked for you. So I completely treated you as the test subject on my lab table, a test subject that belonged to me alone.”
“I not only wanted to find the secret of awakening supernatural abilities from your body. I also wanted to find the secret of awakening more than three types of supernatural abilities.”
“And there was longevity. You said you could live for a thousand years. That meant you were different from other beastmen. I thought that if I could find the pattern for this difference, I could bring blessings to my clan members, to the Empire, and even to all beastmen and pure humans in the M31 interstellar space.”
In the chaotic hall, only Chong Luo Han’s voice echoed. Every yellow Dragon Clan member and all the police personnel present were staring at him.
Jin Lin listened and sneered: “You did research without relying on your own real talent. You wanted to use me to ‘benefit’ your clan members, your Empire, and all beastmen and pure humans in the M31 interstellar space. You are really generous with other people’s lives.”
Chong Luo Han acted like he could not hear Jin Lin’s sarcasm. He kept talking about his greed, his crimes, and everything he had done in the past three hundred years.
“I locked Jin Lin up. I drew his blood, cut his flesh, and pulled out his scales. I shocked him with electricity. I beat him with sticks.”
“I could not figure out his secret of long life. I could not figure out why he could awaken three types of supernatural abilities. When I asked him, he would not say. He only cursed me, spat at me, and looked down on me.”
“I kept him locked up day after day, year after year. Later on, I started working with the supernatural abilities research institute. I began to use his blood, flesh, and scales to make potion pills.”
“But I did not know what would happen after people ate his blood, flesh, and scales. After I made the potions, I gave them to my family to eat.”
“My family members ate the potion pills made from his blood, flesh, and scales. Their bodies did become stronger than before.”
A snake needs five hundred years of cultivation practice to turn into a python. A python needs another five hundred years to turn into a flood dragon. After it passes the lightning tribulation and advances further with good cultivation, it will not be far from dragon transformation.
A demon like Jin Lin, if thrown into an alchemical furnace and refined into a pill, would be a great tonic. Even a great demon stage being would get a huge benefit from swallowing him alive.
Chong Luo Han said that after eating Jin Lin’s blood, flesh, and scales, people’s bodies became stronger.
His whole body was treasure. Of course eating him would make a person strong.
“My family members’ bodies became strong, and so did I. I am three hundred thirty-nine years old this year,” Chong Luo Han said, pointing at himself. “I also ate potion pills made from his blood, flesh, and scales. My supernatural ability rank is only Level S, but I look like I am only in my thirties or forties.”
“All of this is thanks to his blood, flesh, and scales. That proves that his blood, flesh, and scales really can change a person’s constitution.”
“Since his blood, flesh, and scales can change a person’s constitution, then changing a person’s supernatural ability awakening is only a matter of time.”
“So I started to mass-produce potion pills using his blood and scales. I sold them and also gave some away to people in the clan.”
“I told them this was a kind of potion pill that could strengthen the body, help awaken supernatural abilities, and even make people live longer.”
“I still have some influence in the clan. When I said that, and since my family and I had eaten them, many people bought the potion pills.”
“The number was far more than the thirty-eight dragons here at the scene. At least eighteen thousand dragons have eaten potion pills made from his blood, flesh, and scales.”
Jiang Tea Tea had been right. Every person who claimed to be innocent and ignorant was not innocent at all. They all knew.
They said they did not know, but in truth they were clearer than anyone about what they had eaten, what they had used, and what effects it had.
Several parents of young yellow Dragon Clan children rushed up and started hitting Chong Luo Han: “You told us the potion pills you made could strengthen the body, help awaken spiritual power, and make us live longer, but you never told us that the raw materials came from your selfishness.”
“Now someone has come to our door to demand our lives in payment. Why should we die for the sins you created? We paid money, and now we also have to pay with our lives?”
“If anyone has to die, you should die. If anyone has to pay, you should pay. My child and my family will never pay the price for your selfishness.”
“Your Excellency Jin Lin, debts have a debtor and grudges have their owners. Your enemy is him, not us, and not our children.”
“Go after him. Kill him. Kill his whole family. They deserve it. It has nothing to do with us. Do not hurt us.”
These people had all benefited. But when facing life and death, they threw all responsibility away. Not only did they wipe themselves completely clean, they even placed themselves on the side of the victims.
Chong Luo Han was beaten without any strength to fight back. He went from a researcher loved and respected by clan members to trash everyone spat on and wanted dead.
His son and grandson wanted to rush over to protect and rescue him, but they were powerless. They could only watch with wide eyes as he was beaten.
Jiang Tea Tea and Jin Lin saw the yellow Dragon Clan people beating Chong Luo Han. Neither of them told them to stop. They only watched coldly as he was beaten.
After a long time, Chong Ming, who had been sitting to the side in silence, finally spoke: “Stop.”
His voice was not very loud, but it was heavy with authority and pressure. It slammed into the heart of every yellow Dragon Clan member, making them stop on their own.
Chong Ming gave Chong Luo Han a sideways glance, then looked toward Chong Xing Qi: “Your grandfather has admitted the crimes he committed against His Excellency Jin Lin. Do you have anything else to say? Any doubts left?”
Holding his chest, Chong Xing Qi’s eyes were bloodshot. His head slowly dropped. “Yes, Commander in Chief. I have nothing to say. But I still hope you can spare my grandfather’s life.”
Chong Ming raised his hand and pointed at Jin Lin: “Your grandfather locked him up for three hundred years, abused him for three hundred years, and used his blood, flesh, and scales to build your greatness. You are begging me to spare your grandfather. You are begging the wrong person. You should beg him.”
Chong Xing Qi’s body shook violently. He had planned to beg Chong Ming, the Commander in Chief, to put pressure on things and save his grandfather’s life. He never thought Chong Ming would not stand on the yellow Dragon Clan’s side at all, but instead stand with an outsider who was neither snake nor dragon. Was it all just because that outsider was Jiang Tea Tea’s friend?
“Commander in Chief!” Cai Xi Chao, who had been checking information on Chong Luo Han’s relatives and friends, suddenly spoke up to report: “I have found that besides his secret cooperation with former supernatural abilities institute director Li Ao, Chong Luo Han has also cooperated with dozens of foreign illegal research institutes outside the Empire of Zhenlin, including the insectoid race and Aba Planet.”
“In addition to cooperating on immortality, supernatural abilities, and genes, Chong Luo Han is also suspected of selling the physical data of tens of types of beastmen and pure humans from the Empire, including males and females of the yellow Dragon Clan, black Dragon Clan, white Tiger Clan, gold Dragon Clan, white Dragon Clan, canine clan, and others, to foreign countries for research. The number of data sets he sold is suspected to be as high as one hundred million.”