Chapter 156: Special Offer

Meng Xiaoni swallowed the potion. A familiar warmth spread through his body, and the pain around his neck gradually subsided.

The wound began healing at a visible speed. This potion had also been provided by Ni Mengxue.

Meng Xiaoni couldn’t help admitting that everything she had prepared for him had proved useful.

Just as he was thinking about her, hurried footsteps sounded outside the room.

Meng Xiaoni and Lance exchanged glances. The next moment, a figure rushed inside. It was Zero.

“Boss! Big news!”

He looked excited. “That three-legged chameleon has completely disappeared!”

Hearing those words, Meng Xiaoni almost laughed.

After all, there had never been a real three-legged chameleon.

Everything had been part of his plan.

From the supposed meeting with the King’s girlfriend to his family’s mysterious disappearance, every event had been arranged to mislead Mo Beichan.

In reality, his family had already left Burning Star Base.

Jiang Niannan, Lance’s partner, had volunteered to escort them out.

Once they were safely outside the base, they were instructed to head toward Fair Shallow Land and reunite with Ni Mengxue.

Meanwhile, Meng Xiaoni remained behind to attract Mo Beichan’s attention.

The supposed meeting with the King’s girlfriend had been nothing more than a diversion.

Even the figures accompanying him through the dark streets that night hadn’t been real.

They were advanced three-dimensional projections.

Meng Xiaoni had developed a device capable of projecting human figures that could move and imitate basic actions.

However, the technology still had several flaws. For example, the projected figures couldn’t display realistic facial expressions.

Their movements also lacked some of the natural details of actual human beings.

That was why Meng Xiaoni had deliberately chosen a dark route and made the figures wear clothes that concealed their faces.

The insect sounds coming from his speaker had further distracted anyone who might have been watching.

As expected, the assassin following him hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

The same technology had been used to create the illusion of a three-legged chameleon.

Although projecting a moving beast had been considerably more difficult, Meng Xiaoni had managed to make it convincing enough to fool the guards.

The destruction attributed to the creature had also been staged.

As a result, Mo Beichan had wasted considerable time investigating a beast that didn’t exist.

He had even begun suspecting that one of Su Yao’s other husbands was responsible.

Everything had worked in Meng Xiaoni’s favor. However, there was still one problem.

They hadn’t escaped yet.

And now that Mo Beichan’s Super Chip had been destroyed, it was only a matter of time before his subordinates realized something was wrong.

‘We need to leave before Zero finds us.’

Meng Xiaoni understood that if Zero and the other assassins surrounded them, their chances of escaping would be extremely low.

At that moment, Lance suddenly spoke. “Boss, I have an idea.”

Meng Xiaoni turned toward him.

………………..

Meanwhile, Zero returned to Mo Beichan’s villa.

The moment he entered the living room, he noticed his boss lying motionless on the floor.

He froze, and then he hurried over. “Mr. Mo! Mr. Mo, what happened?”

He crouched beside Mo Beichan and shook his shoulder. “Please respond!”

However, Mo Beichan didn’t answer.

Seeing the blood near his mouth, Zero became increasingly alarmed.

He was about to contact a healer when someone suddenly rushed toward him from behind.

Zero sensed the attack at the last moment.

Without even turning around, he swung his arm. Bang!

The attacker was sent flying across the room and crashed into the wall.

A thin streak of blood slid down the polished surface.

Zero turned toward the fallen figure, his expression furious.

“Don’t you have even the most basic decency when fighting? How can you attack someone when they’re completely unprepared?”

He continued lecturing the attacker, seemingly more offended by the sneak attack than the attack itself.

However, while he was distracted, another figure silently approached him from behind.

The person raised a hand, preparing to strike the back of Zero’s neck.

But just before the blow landed, Zero suddenly turned around. He caught the attacker’s wrist.

“Good try!”

A fierce smile appeared on his face. “But you’re destined to be disappointed!”

The next second, he twisted the attacker’s arm and slammed him against the floor.

Zero snorted arrogantly.

“If you’re planning to defeat me, at least attack together. Stop wasting my time!”

However, for the next two minutes, nothing happened.

At first, Zero wondered whether the enemies had shifted their attention toward Mo Beichan.

He quickly turned to check on his boss.

Mo Beichan was still unconscious, but there didn’t appear to be any new injuries.

The only concerning thing was the blood slowly seeping from the wound at the back of his neck.

Zero frowned and leaned closer to examine it.

However, just as he was about to identify the source of the bleeding, someone attacked him again.

Without even turning around, Zero waved his hand. The attacker was immediately knocked to the ground.

However, this time, Zero felt a slight sting in his hand. Looking down, he noticed a tiny puncture mark on his skin.

Beside him lay a small syringe containing a few remaining drops of pale pink liquid. ‘An injection?’

Zero’s expression changed. ‘What did they inject into me?’

His first thought was that the liquid might contain some strange poison or infectious disease.

He hurriedly examined the remaining substance.

Although he wasn’t particularly knowledgeable about medicine, he soon realized that something was wrong.

His body temperature was rising.

A strange heat spread through his limbs, and his heartbeat gradually accelerated. ‘What kind of drug is this?’

Meanwhile, Meng Xiaoni, who had been observing the situation from a concealed position, gave Lance a thumbs-up.

As a researcher, he had developed several unusual potions over the years.

One of them was a powerful aphrodisiac specifically designed to affect half-beasts.

His plan had been simple. They couldn’t defeat Zero in a direct confrontation.

His physical strength, speed, and instincts were far superior to those of an ordinary human.

However, half-beasts had certain biological weaknesses that humans didn’t possess.

One of them was their mating cycle.

Under normal circumstances, this cycle occurred naturally. However, certain substances could artificially trigger it.