under the tower

For a moment, only the sound of his heart beating like a drum in his chest seemed to prove that he was alive.

Then, his whole body began to tremble mechanically, uncontrollably, and violently.

It's hard for Ji Xi to describe his mood at the moment, or maybe he doesn't have room to think so much, it feels like... the last piece of vivid flesh and blood in his heart has been pulled out abruptly, leaving only an empty hole.

The pain in his chest was excruciating, it was a sudden physiological pain, his muscles convulsed violently, as if his heart was being crazily squeezed by a pair of invisible hands, his whole body began to sweat non-stop, like a drowning person, breathing heavily , but can only allow himself to be quickly choked by more water flow, speeding up the process of suffocation and drowning, and there is no way to save himself at all.

That was the only blood relative he had left in the world, the one who would ask him how he was doing with concern after years of absence, and just like that, left him unexpectedly and completely.

It's over, it's over.

At this moment, Ji Xi really had the idea that the virus called despair quickly spread to his internal organs the moment he heard the news, becoming an incurable chronic terminal disease, lurking in it, waiting for an opportunity On a certain day, the sentence of death was pronounced.

Far, far away, he seemed to hear someone yelling "Who's there", but Ji Xi didn't respond at all, or could hardly respond. Then, his temple was pressed against the muzzle of a cold, black hole.Several patrolling regiments surrounded him and asked sharply: "Don't move! Who are you? Why did you come to Chongming District? Do you have any application documents?"

Ji Xi stood motionless, with an extremely numb expression, as if she was already dead.

The roller coaster of fate finally started, diving from top to bottom at a high speed, taking him from the peak to the bottom.

Ji Xi was directly handcuffed, escorted by several heavily armed men, and brought into the underground prison of the investigation department, where he awaited interrogation.

It's really a turn of events, who would have thought that some time ago, Ji Xi sent Qi Hao's wife here for interrogation as a high-ranking officer who had nothing to do with him, and now he himself has become the prisoner who was escorted for interrogation.

Because scientific research involves a lot of internal secrets, trespassing in the Chongming area is a felony, and to some extent it is even more serious than murder. Stealing information may directly subvert the regime of the entire base. The Chang family is almost panicked about this.

Ji Xi showed no sign of struggling the whole time, and was extremely cooperatively sent into an iron prison that could only accommodate one person. The lock fell heavily behind him, and with a bang, the iron door was closed tightly.Even if Ji Xi has great supernatural powers, it is difficult to fly under such an iron barrel-like prison cell and heavy surveillance.

Ji Xi was still trembling, his smart assistant had already been taken away, and his whole body was searched cleanly, he really answered the phrase "every day should not be answered, and the earth is not working".

He fell to the ground exhausted, his face was dead white, the crown of his teeth creaked, and he was covered in cold sweat.

Many times, people have to hold their breath in order to live. This sentence does not only refer to when there is a serious disease in the body. In fact, for many people, there is always something to think about in life--relatives, lovers , children, power and status, wealth, etc., etc., and so on.

When the breath suddenly disappeared, it was as if all the energy in the whole body had been drained. Although he was alive, he became a mass of walking corpses. Although he was not dead, he was not far from death.

Ji Xi is in such a state now.

When his grandfather died and everything he owned was plundered, Ji Xi was still able to hold on barely, because Ji Xuan's words before his death gave him a weak head, and he supported the bones and meridians all over his body to be broken and broken The severe pain is because he believes that one day, he will be able to get back everything he has lost.

Wu Qianshu died, and this last bit of fuss was gone.

Of course he died strangely, everyone knows that there are too many things revealed in it—maybe it means that the Chang family knew about it, maybe it means that Ji Xi’s identity was exposed, maybe it means that the abnormal people have also occupied Beicheng, and they are powerful At any time, a general who has fought for more than ten years and has made great achievements in battle means that Ji Xi is in danger at any time.

He couldn't escape.

There is no home, no hope, no one can save him.

It doesn't matter how powerful abilities he has, he can't kill everyone with one enemy, he is just a mortal after all, not a god.

Ji Xi curled up on the dirty ground, holding her brain in severe pain, and tightly closed her eyes in pain.

Stop, stop, stop.

Stop thinking about it.

Ji Xi spent a whole night in the dark prison without any water.

Intelligence criminals must be interrogated by special internal officials, so as not to reveal anything that cannot be said during the interrogation, and other innocent jurors will also sit with them.

At some point, Ji Xi was hoisted up with cold iron chains in the haze, and the hard and sharp metal edge immediately scratched his skin to blood.

Ji Xi seemed to feel no pain at all, she hung her head motionless and closed her eyes tightly.

"Shu La—" He was poured head-on with a basin of cold water with ice scum, and was drenched thoroughly from top to bottom.

Ji Xi's body immediately trembled reflexively like chaff.

"Are you awake?" A vicious voice said in front of him, "If you haven't woken up, pour another pot until you wake me up!"

At the same time, Chang Huai, who is located in the top office of the headquarters, ushered in an unexpected visitor.

The velvet vaulted door was knocked open vigorously, Chang Huai raised his head from the scroll, and the bodyguard behind him immediately made a movement of drawing a knife, Chang Huai saw the person coming, and made a small gesture to the bodyguard Don't be impatient gesture.

Yan Yi rushed in with the cold wind, his face was terribly gloomy and stern.

Chang Huai looked at him and said with a smile, "I was just thinking about when will you come to me."

Yan Yi didn't talk to him at all, and asked straightforwardly: "Where's the person?"

"The investigation department is closed." Chang Huai said innocently, "Take your temper first, don't shoot at me. It was his own carelessness that caused him to be arrested, and there is nothing I can do about it."

Yan Yi's complexion was terribly pale, and his voice was full of evil spirit, he uttered a few words briefly——

"Hand over, or I'll immediately blow up your headquarters building."

Chang Huai's eyes immediately widened. If it wasn't for his disabled legs, he might have jumped up straight away: "Damn it? You're not making sense! You said you didn't catch him, so what's the use of looking for me? How the hell do I have to be a man with my tail between my legs in front of my old man!"

Yan Yi said in a declarative tone: "Can't you reach into the matter of the investigation department?"

"Damn it." Chang Huai cursed, and said with great reluctance, "I can catch people, but you have to give me a reason to deal with other people, I also have to take a big risk, okay, I Now it is a grasshopper in my father's hand, and he accidentally crushed one to death!"

Yan Yi said coldly: "Being threatened by me, this reason is not sufficient?"

Chang Huai opened his eyes wide and yelled: "I'm stupid, you are a genius!"

Yan Yi: "Stop talking nonsense, go save people immediately."

"All right, all right, I'll go right away, don't worry, your little heart won't be broken for a while." Chang Huai smiled apologetically, as if watching the excitement was not a big deal, "Anyway, I respect you He is a real man, he dared to direct all the firepower to himself, I am afraid that [-] million deaths would not be enough for my father and the others to vent their anger, or are you really going to kill him immediately, and then be chopped into pieces?"

Yan Yi straightened his waist and said indifferently: "You don't need to worry about it."

Inside the iron prison.

Ji Xi struggled to open his eyes, he was extremely tired, even the simple act of breathing produced a tearing sensation in his lungs.

Wherever I looked, three people masked in black cloth stood in front of me, wearing rows of iron spikes on their hands, reflecting the cold light, and the leader was holding a 40-centimeter joint whip.

It was this person who took the lead in pouring ice water all over Ji Xi's body, waking him up abruptly.

The upper half of his face full of flesh grinned sinisterly, knocked on the handle of the whip in his hand, and said grimly: "Boy, before I run out of patience, I will give you a chance to explain."

Ji Xi stared at him blankly, his eyes were out of focus, like a pool of stagnant water, without any fluctuations.

"I have nothing to say," he said. "I don't know anything."

"Oh." The man sneered, seemingly unsurprised, "It really is a hard bone, so don't blame me for being rude."

As soon as the words fell, a sharp whip was wrapped in a strong wind from top to bottom, and slapped Ji Xi's body fiercely. This kind of blow was completely just to make the tortured suffer pain, and at the same time not endanger life. Dozens of knots were spliced ​​together The joints of his body vibrated together in the whip wind, and the sharp edges and corners with barbs were embedded in the flesh, directly drawing an unusually ferocious bloodstain on Ji Xi's pale face.

It was indeed painful, so painful that it made people scream immediately and kneel down to beg for mercy.

Ji Xi was beaten to the side, and his whole body was like a broken puppet, because the force of the whip hit the hard wall directly, the iron chain made a rattling sound, and his body was physiologically shaken by the pain Twitching, an uncontrollable cry of pain overflowed from his mouth.

The man seemed very satisfied with Ji Xi's reaction, and said with a smile, "How is it? The taste is not bad?"

Ji Xi didn't answer. Three seconds later, the next whip came through the air and hit the same position just now. The joint whip cut the already bloody wound deeper, and the wound added to the wound. The degree of physical pain It grows geometrically.

A strong fishy smell wafted in the air.

"Explain?" the man asked again.

Ji Xi still didn't answer, it's not because he was so blunt, but because he confessed the truth earlier in the morning, he didn't get any confidential materials from Chongming District, he really didn't know anything.

But no one would be satisfied with this answer, and it was useless for him to argue.

"Okay." Seeing that Ji Xi still didn't cooperate, the man smiled instead of anger, and instead said in a rather cheerful tone, "It's just that, I'm a little tired of using these whips and so on, just in time for you Try something new on your body..."

He took a step forward and pinched Ji Xi's chin with his hand wearing iron spikes, almost crushing his bones: "Tsk tsk, this face is really top-notch." He said in a chilling tone, "...If I hadn't accepted this job, I really want to taste your taste, hehehe."

"It's a pity to ruin such a beautiful face, don't you think?"

Ji Xi didn't respond, and let him look at him with cruel eyes full of malice. The cold and sharp iron thorns poked his cheeks, and the fragile skin immediately oozes blood.

The man whispered in his ear: "I'll give you one last chance, otherwise, if I hit you with this bayonet, your face will be completely ruined."

But after hearing this, Ji Xi not only didn't move, he didn't even bother to hide for a while.

forget it.

It's all over, so what is this look?

He thought wildly, he probably really lived a bad life, next time, if there is a next time, will he do better?

A gust of wind blew past her ear, Ji Xi closed her eyes, preparing to face the expected pain.

However, the spiked hand did not come down for a long time.

Ji Xi opened his eyes with some doubts, and saw a man wearing sunglasses and a suit and leather shoes firmly grasping the hand hanging in mid-air, which covered the top of Ji Xi's head, the palm was broad and powerful, with well-defined joints , with violent veins, looking quite restless.

Ji Xi vaguely recognized it, it seemed to be the bodyguard that Chang Huai had brought with him.

Why did Chang Huai's bodyguard appear here?

Although Chang Huai Lu Mingxiu and him can be said to be in the same camp, Ji Xi never counted on them to help out or something. Their relationship is not strong at all, and they are guarded against each other and jealous. That's all.

The bodyguard restrained the attacker, and his two subordinates saw a blocker coming out of nowhere for no reason, and were about to explode when Chang Huai's voice came from far outside the prison.

"All stop."