"Crazy Chicken Wings" is a famous barbecue restaurant chain in Jinghai, famous for its spicy grilled chicken wings. The top-quality spicy chicken wings are named "Abnormal Chicken Wings", which have attracted countless diners who like spicy flavors.
Initially, Crazy Chicken Wings was just a roadside stall. As the number of diners increased, the boss, Brother Wu, also made a lot of money and slowly expanded the scale. Now he has rented a store of nearly 2,000 square meters on the third floor of Fuli Building, and his business is still as prosperous as before.
On such a cold day, eating a bite of spicy and tender chicken wings and drinking a sip of beer is the best pleasure in the world. However, when Ding Beibei and Zheng Yubai walked into the store, there were not many people inside because it was not yet time for dinner.
It is not known whether Ding Beibei did it intentionally or unintentionally, but she found a small couple room in the corner under the pretext of quietness and ordered some chicken wings, barbecue, beer and drinks. When the waiter left, they were the only two left in the room.
"It's so cold." Ding Beibei rubbed her hands gently and glanced at Zheng Yubai secretly.
Zheng Yubai pointed at the radiator next to Ding Beibei and said stupidly, "Put your hand on it, it will be warm in a while."
"What a blockhead..." Ding Beibei looked at Zheng Yubai's broad hands angrily, and put her hands on the warm radiator with some disappointment. Although her hands were warm, she was very dissatisfied with Zheng Yubai's lack of understanding of romance.
Ding Beibei and Zheng Yubai were chatting casually. The little girl had a lot of things in her mind, but she didn't know how to say them. Meeting a man like Zheng Yubai who didn't know how to actively please women, Ding Beibei couldn't find a suitable opportunity even if she wanted to make her love come to an end. She hinted several times, but was blocked by Zheng Yubai's words that sounded honest but seemed like he was playing crazy. Miss Ding was so angry that she felt full before she even ate the chicken wings.
"Why hasn't it been delivered yet?" After chatting for a while, although Ding Beibei didn't want to be disturbed in her conversation with Zheng Yubai, she also realized that something was wrong.
Zheng Yubai couldn't help but be alert after hearing what Ding Beibei said. He had been thinking about how to respond to Ding Beibei's words. In fact, he knew Ding Beibei's thoughts, so how could he not like this dream lover in the minds of countless classmates during college? But with the ambiguous relationship between him and Xu Jin, although not close lovers, Zheng Yubai really didn't want to involve Ding Beibei anymore.
A mess, this word is enough to describe Zheng Yubai's thoughts, which is why he didn't notice the strange noises outside. The store was very quiet at the moment, as if everyone had disappeared. Although it was not a peak business season, it was impossible that even the waiters had disappeared. Zheng Yubai stood up strangely and was about to go out to check when he heard a creaking sound.
"What's that sound?" Zheng Yubai opened the door of the private room and looked outside. The shop was originally surrounded by transparent glass windows. In order to prevent fire and theft, automatic iron doors were installed outside the glass windows. The creaking sound was the friction sound of the iron door slowly falling.
"What's going on?" Ding Beibei also walked out of the private room and asked in surprise when she saw this scene.
Was there a fire? Zheng Yubai thought about all the possibilities, grabbed Ding Beibei's hand and said, "Don't leave me." Then he walked towards the front desk.
Ding Beibei was originally shocked, but after hearing Zheng Yubai's words which might be misunderstood, she was delighted instead. She felt that as long as Zheng Yubai's hand was tightly held, she didn't have to be afraid even if there was any danger.
The iron gates finally fell to the ground, surrounding the entire Crazy Chicken Wings store. Even though Zheng Yubai kindly thought it was an accident, when he walked dozens of meters and still didn't see a single person, he realized that something was very wrong.
Next to me were two messy tables. Judging from the extent of the mess and the coat left on the chairs, it was obvious that the diners had left in a panic. What on earth had happened
Ding Beibei pressed tightly against Zheng Yubai's body, her well-developed breasts pressing right against Zheng Yubai's elbow, but in this place that looked like a scene from a horror movie, neither of them noticed this.
"Hiss..." The lights above his head made a slight sound, and went out one by one, and the store was suddenly dark. Zheng Yubai clearly heard the sound of someone pressing a switch not far away, and he shouted loudly: "There's someone else!"
The lights continued to go out gradually, and a sinister voice was heard from afar.
"Zheng Yubai, I let you escape last time, this time I want to see where you can run to."
Zheng Yubai felt a chill in his heart, knowing that his whereabouts had been revealed.
Ding Beibei pressed against Zheng Yubai's back nervously and asked in a low voice, "Who is this person?"
Zheng Yubai slowly helped Ding Beibei sit down, leaned over to her ear and said, "Find a safe place to hide, I will solve the problem soon."
"I don't..." After hearing Zheng Yubai say that he wanted to leave her, Ding Beibei immediately said pitifully. This was not because she was acting coquettishly, but in this kind of atmosphere, no girl would not be afraid.
Although Zheng Yubai understood her fear, he couldn't let Ding Beibei be with him. The killer's target was him, and it was because of being with him that Ding Beibei encountered such a terrifying thing. No matter what, he couldn't let Ding Beibei take risks again.
"It's dangerous to be with me." When Zheng Yubai spoke, his hot breath sprayed on Ding Beibei's earlobe, making her feel her body heat up involuntarily, which made her hug Zheng Yubai tightly: "No, don't leave me alone."
"I won't abandon you." Zheng Yubai hurried to comfort her. Ding Beibei's body fragrance rushed into his nostrils. It was the sweet smell of a young girl, with a breath that bewitched men and made people intoxicated. If it weren't for this dangerous situation, no man would be willing to leave a young, beautiful and gentle woman like Ding Beibei.
"Tap", a slight sound startled Zheng Yubai. Although he didn't know how the killers tracked him down and how they turned this shop into a cage, it was not the time to think about these things. The most important thing was to get out. Otherwise, if the killers used fire or poison gas to trap him, he would have no chance of survival.
Ding Beibei wanted to speak, but as soon as she opened her mouth, Zheng Yubai's finger sealed her lips. In the darkness, Ding Beibei saw Zheng Yubai slowly retract his finger and put it on his lips to make a silent gesture. Her heart was beating non-stop, wondering if this was an indirect kiss.
"Tap", another light footstep sound came, in this dark shop, this is the sound of death. Zheng Yubai heard that the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise the other party would take the initiative and he would be slaughtered.
"Don't move, wait for me." Zheng Yubai gently pushed Ding Beibei under the dining table beside them.
Ding Beibei's heart was fluttering because of the masculine scent that Zheng Yubai exhaled in her ear. Although she didn't know what was going on, she knew that the situation was not good. She stopped holding Zheng Yubai, nodded vigorously at him, and shrank her body under the dining table.
Seeing Ding Beibei hiding well, Zheng Yubai realized that in such a dim environment, the killers' sight must be blocked. He felt relieved and crouched down to sneak towards the source of the footsteps.
Although he was tall, Zheng Yubai had strong waist and legs, and could lower his body very low. The light body skills he had learned from Xie Chunlai recently were useful at this moment. Although he could not fly over the eaves and walls, he could move quickly and quietly. This was very important in such a narrow place.
"Zheng Yubai, come out. If you are willing to die obediently, maybe we will spare the little girl." A voice came from not far away. Zheng Yubai heard it and immediately determined his location.
"What? You still want to resist? You have no chance of winning." The voice sounded again.
Zheng Yubai quietly reached into his pocket, took out a coin, and waited quietly.
"Tick...Tick..." The rhythmic sound slowly approached.
"Zheng Yu..." The voice seemed to be trying to persuade Zheng Yubai to go out and die. However, Zheng Yubai did not go out. Instead, he swung his hand and the coin in his hand was treated as a hidden weapon. It flew out of his hand, making a "buzzing" sound and shot straight towards the place where the sound came from.
Zheng Yubai used the technique of telepathy and sorting iron beans. The coin was as fast as lightning. If it hit a vital point, it would not be difficult to take a person's life.
There was a "puff" sound, and the coin made a "ding" sound. Sparks flew in the air and hit the wall beside it.
Zheng Yubai was shocked. First, he did not expect that the other party could be so sharp in noticing his attack in the dark. Second, he was surprised at the other party's shooting skills, which were so good that he could knock away a coin shot at high speed.
"Puff, puff, puff." A series of gunshots rang out, hitting the spot where Zheng Yubai had just stood. Fortunately, he was prepared and dodged to the side immediately after shooting the coin, thus avoiding this series of fatal bullets.
"Haha, you actually managed to escape. But don't try to resist." The voice sounded again, "No matter how skilled you are, if you meet me in this darkness, you will die."
Zheng Yubai knew that what he said was true. This man must have infrared night vision equipment, coupled with his strong shooting skills, he really took advantage in the darkness. However, Zheng Yubai was never a person who would sit back and wait for death. Moreover, his daily practice of sorting iron beans with his eyes covered did not only train his hands.
A small red dot slowly moved over Zheng Yubai's head. It was the infrared light from the infrared sight on the muzzle of the gun. Zheng Yubai lay on the ground, watching the red dot swaying around looking for the target, and finally understood why the other party could see the coin.
"Puff", a bullet hit the chair next to Zheng Yubai, and debris flew everywhere, almost splashing on Zheng Yubai. Although he did not move, he heard Ding Beibei's low cry.
"Not good!" Zheng Yubai was shocked. Sure enough, he heard the killer snort coldly, and then he heard the heavy footsteps and headed straight for Ding Beibei's hiding place.
Zheng Yubai did not hesitate, he jumped up, his eyes flashed, he saw the killer. Without stopping, he kicked his left foot and rushed out. Although the two were four or five meters apart, his rush was so fast that he knocked the killer down from behind.
The killer was obviously very experienced. After being knocked down, he immediately hit back with his elbow, hitting Zheng Yubai in the ribs. He used a lot of force in this elbow. Although Zheng Yubai had been well-trained since childhood, he still broke a rib. However, the pain could not stop Zheng Yubai. He grabbed the killer's head with both hands and twisted it violently. With a click, the killer's head was twisted 180 degrees.
Perhaps hearing the noise, Ding Beibei called out: "Yu Bai, are you okay?"
Just as Zheng Yubai was about to answer, he heard a sinister voice behind him: "Don't move..."
I should have thought of two people earlier, Zheng Yubai sighed in his heart and raised his hands. He had his back to the killer. In this situation, even if he was confident in his body movements and martial arts, he never thought he could be faster than a bullet.
"You are really powerful, able to kill my brother." The voice was trembling. "I will make your death more painful and avenge him."
Zheng Yubai was extremely nervous. The killer came for the bounty, and he killed his brother. There was no hope for the situation. Waiting meant death, and taking a chance would only mean death at most. He could not delay any longer.
"Go to hell!" the killer behind him yelled, and pulled the trigger hard. At the moment he made his move, Zheng Yubai suddenly jumped forward, and at the same time, he clamped the body on the ground with his feet and threw it backwards. This action was very strange. After the bullets in the gun chamber were fired, the killer found that his brother's body was lying in front of him, and a string of bullets hit the chest of the body.
Just when the killer was getting angry, Zheng Yubai had already rolled under the dining table and kicked a wooden chair towards the killer.
The killer's gun fired another bullet, smashing the wooden chair into pieces. Taking advantage of this gap, Zheng Yubai's figure disappeared into the darkness.
"I must kill you." The killer said angrily, "The reputation of our dark brothers cannot be insulted!"
Zheng Yubai didn't have time to care about what kind of brothers they were. He went straight to Ding Beibei's hiding place, pulled her out, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Just as Ding Beibei was dragged away, the killer's bullets arrived, and the dining table where Ding Beibei had been hiding was pierced with dozens of holes. Although the store was pitch black, Zheng Yubai could still see that Ding Beibei's pretty face was pale with fear.
"Run back, the farther the better. Don't come over here unless I call you." Zheng Yubai pushed Ding Beibei behind him.
"I..." Ding Beibei still wanted to be with Zheng Yubai, but a string of bullets came again, smashing the cups and plates on the cabinet beside her. She knew that staying here would only distract Zheng Yubai from protecting her, so she could only run back desperately as she was told.
The killer heard Ding Beibei running away and yelled, "I've blocked this place, I wonder where you can run to." He seemed crazy, holding a gun in each hand and firing bullets continuously. Zheng Yubai pressed his body tightly against the ground and saw bullets flying through the air, leaving faint bullet marks.
"You can't escape." The killer burst into arrogant laughter.
Zheng Yubai didn't dare to look up. The killer's shooting seemed to have no purpose and was just randomly shooting. Zheng Yubai had no way to deal with this kind of person who had lost his mind. He could only calmly wait for an opportunity.
One minute seemed as long as a century. The crazy shooting finally stopped as the bullets ran out. The killer was busy changing bullets. Zheng Yubai found an opportunity and jumped up suddenly. Like a cheetah chasing an antelope on the African grassland, he rushed towards his prey. There was a distance of about 20 meters between the two of them. There were also scattered tables and chairs in the middle. Zheng Yubai's footsteps were very agile while running. He jumped up lightly and landed far away. He looked a bit like an athlete in a 110-meter hurdle race.
The killer showed a ferocious smile on his face. He changed bullets much faster than Zheng Yubai could imagine. Although Zheng Yubai was very fast, he was even faster. When Zheng Yubai rushed to two meters in front of him, the killer raised his gun, and with a "puff" sound, the muzzle flashed, and the bullet flew out of the chamber.
Everything was just like the classic slow motion in John Woo's movies, and just like the pauses in the exciting fights in The Matrix. At this moment of life and death, Zheng Yubai's eyes burst into four rays of light, and his four pupils brought him into a state of trance. Here, time seemed to have stopped. Zheng Yubai watched the bullets emerge from the gun barrel little by little, just like seeing the spring bamboo shoots struggling to emerge from the soil after the rain.
"What happened?" Unlike the previous sudden realizations, Zheng Yubai's mind was still clear this time. He could see everything happening around him. Although it was thousands of times slower than normal, it was extremely clear. Zheng Yubai had an illusion that he seemed to have transcended time, the limits of human body and mind, and entered an incomparable world. Here, there is no life and death, no youth and aging, no happiness and sadness, only eternal silence.
Zheng Yubai suddenly thought of the stories Zhang Daosheng had told him. Every alien gained his superpowers after experiencing life-threatening dangers. When he encountered the wild dogs at the age of fifteen, Zheng Yubai's memory had completely disappeared. For many years, he had not realized the great power hidden in his body. After being awakened by Zhang Daosheng, he consciously controlled the replication ability of the four-eyed double pupil. Now facing this strange situation, Zheng Yubai's heart seemed to be unlocked, and he seemed to have returned to the ice and snow many years ago.
Memories that had long been erased returned to his mind. Zheng Yubai saw himself climbing out of the ice hole with difficulty, stumbling back home naked in the cold wind of the coldest days of winter, as if he was watching a movie. He seemed to feel the pain of the cold wind blowing on his body like a knife, and seemed to recall the hallucinations in his mind at that time. If he had not practiced martial arts with his father since he was a child, and had not developed a strong character, and a heart that would never admit defeat under his honest appearance, Zheng Yubai would probably have collapsed and never been able to get up again.
The past events came back to Zheng Yubai's mind vividly, and he suddenly understood many things that had puzzled him before. He seemed to be able to see two leisurely and mysterious eyes in a hidden corner of his brain, looking through his eyes and examining the world with him.
Guided by this gaze, a wonderful world appeared in front of Zheng Yubai's eyes: in the ancient times countless years ago, humans lived in nature like many other animals. At that time, humans had a third eye, a tail, were amazingly sensitive to the things around them, and did not know how to stand on all fours.
Later, humans stood up, learned to use tools with their forelimbs, gradually got rid of animal nature, and began to develop the earth. But what nature gives you, it will take away. In the long process of evolution, humans' third eye, tail, and sixth sense disappeared. But unlike the tail, some abilities and senses did not disappear, but were hidden in the human brain and fell asleep.
The human body has a strong ability to save itself. For example, when a person encounters something particularly frightening or suffers a great injury, the human body will often automatically faint to protect itself. In addition to this automatic fainting mechanism, there is also a one in a billion chance that the ability to sleep will be awakened. The people who have this ancient ability activated and awakened are the people Zhang Daosheng calls the aliens.
Zheng Yubai vaguely looked at the history of human evolution, as if there was a voice talking in his ear, and gradually understood the origin of the aliens. He even saw an ancient ape-man with four pupils like him. It was that ape-man who first learned to use stone tools, polished the stone to an extremely sharp point, and stabbed it into a deer's body.
So that's it... Zheng Yubai kept all of this firmly in mind, as if he knew he had understood it. The strange vision in front of him suddenly disappeared, and he returned to the dark shop. In front of him was the bullet that was rushing out of the gun barrel little by little.
Zheng Yubai stretched out his hand, trying to push the muzzle of the gun slightly away. As soon as his fingers touched the muzzle of the gun, time started to flow rapidly again from almost stillness.
"Puff" the bullet shot out at an angle, and the killer stared at the tilted muzzle with wide eyes, he couldn't believe what he saw.
At a distance of two meters, Zheng Yubai actually reached out and pushed the muzzle away just as the bullet was about to be fired. No matter who you tell this to, no one will believe it, but it happened.
However, the killer did not have the chance to tell others about this incredible thing, because Zheng Yubai had already punched him in the chest. The force passed through his chest into his body, stirring among his internal organs, and immediately crushed all his vitality.
Zheng Yubai glanced at the fallen killer and ignored him. He fumbled to light up the lights in the store and shouted loudly: "Beibei, come out, it's safe."
After a while, Ding Beibei, with tears on her face, came out from her hiding place and threw herself into Zheng Yubai's arms: "I'm so scared."
"I'm here, don't be afraid." Zheng Yubai gently stroked Ding Beibei's hair, his heart filled with the thrill of surviving a catastrophe. (To be continued)