Chapter 135 A Familiar Feeling

"It's nothing." Feng Bujue watched Dr. Andre calmly and replied, "I just want you to know that if you want to capture me for the ritual, I can cooperate."

"Oh?" Andre looked at Jue Ge, pondered for two seconds, "Did Nikolai tell you about the ritual?"

"Heh... he told me a lot of things." Jue Ge used his signature trick of mystifying again.

"You seem..." Andre stared at Feng Bujue for a few more seconds, and then said, "...not quite normal."

"How so?" Jue Ge asked.

"It wouldn't be surprising for ordinary people to scream or run away when facing 'me in this state'," Andre replied, "but I can't feel any fear in your eyes."

"Simple, because I'm also a test subject in this base." Feng Bujue gave this answer almost without thinking, "And what I received... was an experiment to eliminate fear."

At this moment, not to mention Andre... even Igor was deceived by him.

Previously, Jue Ge had only told Igor that he was also captured for experiments, but he never mentioned what kind of experiment; but now... the answer seemed to be revealed.

Combined with his previous behavior and his current composure, his answer was undoubtedly very convincing.

"Oh?" Although Andre believed most of it, he still cautiously followed up, "How come I don't know there's such an experiment in the base?"

"Who do you think you are?" Feng Bujue replied, "Are you the overall person in charge of all the plans here? Or the organization's political commissar?"

Jue Ge combined the situation in the Soviet Union at that time and asked a question that left the other party speechless.

"Heh..." Andre sneered and said, "Then... can you also explain how you subdued Nikolai? Also, what did he mean when he said before he died—'there's still in this room'?"

"VNO-9." Feng Bujue gave another quick answer.

Multitasking has always been Jue Ge's habit. During the continuous conversation, he had already thought of countless explanations, so he could answer fluently to any question.

"VNO-9..." Judging from Andre's expression, he still knew something about this, "The plan to create 'super soldiers'?"

"That's right, I injected myself with VNO-9, so my physical abilities are slightly higher than ordinary people. As long as I use a sneak attack, it's not too difficult to take down Nikolai." Feng Bujue's nonsense came out of his mouth, and it was half true and half false, making it very difficult to distinguish, "What Nikolai wanted to say to you before he died was... 'Be careful, there's another warrior injected with VNO-9 in this room'."

From the perspective of Chinese grammar, this sentence is actually a bit awkward; according to our language habits, it should be said "Be careful, this person is injected with VNO-9", or "Be careful, this person is a warrior injected with VNO-9."

However, from the perspective of Russian, this explanation seems to make sense; moreover... Nikolai at the time only had his head left, and this head was held in Feng Bujue's hand. In this case, Nikolai could neither use his hand to "point" nor turn his head to "look" himself. Without being able to "point" to a specific target, it made sense for him to use "there's still in this room."

"Hmph... I see." Andre was fooled.

He responded, and after a few seconds of silence, suddenly...

Crackling—

A series of sounds like firecrackers exploding came from his body.

At the same time, the skin and flesh on Andre's body, which had swelled to the limit, shrank abruptly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Before long, his whole person shrank like a deflated ball, shrinking into the same dried corpse state as Nikolai and the others.

Seeing the other party's change, a doubt in Feng Bujue's heart was also resolved... Previously, Nikolai had said that the Whisperers' "appearance looks no different from us", but Andre's appearance was not the case when he appeared. Now Jue Ge understood the reason and also understood what Andre meant by "me in this state" just now.

"One last question..." After Andre completed his "transformation," he continued to ask, "Why did you kill Nikolai immediately after I opened the door?"

"Hmph..." Jue Ge put on a cold expression, "From the moment you appeared, the situation was no longer under my control; I just tortured Nikolai in various ways, keeping him... he would definitely say a lot of things that are not good for me in front of you." He tilted his head, a fanatical light flashing in his eyes, "I don't want to die here... Rather than die, I would rather take a gamble and accept the ritual."

These words were also half true and half false, and there were no major flaws in the logic.

After hearing this, Andre smiled and said, "Heh... it's about what I expected." At this second, he finally revealed the smile that a monster should have... that kind of weird, sinister smile, "Since that's the case, then come with me..." Saying that, he turned to the side and made a "please" gesture.

"Okay, let me get my things first." Feng Bujue replied smoothly.

This sentence was not only spoken to Andre, but also to Igor. Because at this moment... Igor was standing between Jue Ge and the toolbox, and what Jue Ge wanted to take was obviously that toolbox.

"Take things?" Andre showed a suspicious look again, "What do you want to take?" He suddenly revealed a bit of a ferocious look, "You wouldn't... after seeing me undo my previous form, have any ideas about sneak attacks or anything like that, right?" He sneered, "Heh... although the appearance has changed, if you treat me as the same kind of thing as Nikolai, I would be very troubled."

"I didn't mean that." Feng Bujue replied, "It's just... these things were all collected by me before, like tools, medical supplies, weapons, etc., it would be a bit of a pity to throw them away."

"Hmph... whatever you want." Andre snorted coldly, "Anyway, when the inner 'you' takes over your body, you will find out how stupid your current thoughts are."

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Three minutes later, Feng Bujue and Andre had already arrived at the ritual room.

Along the way, Jue Ge carried the toolbox and walked in front, while Andre followed guardedly behind him; and six or seven meters behind Andre... there was also Igor secretly following.

Igor's tracking skills were not very good, but fortunately... Andre made a "bang" sound every time he took a step, as if his skinny body still carried the weight of his giant monster form.

In short, following behind this kind of guy, as long as you don't deliberately make any noise, you basically won't be discovered on the "auditory" level. As for the "visual" level... even if Andre turned his head to look, he wouldn't be able to see Igor, so there was nothing to worry about.

"So... shall we start now?" Feng Bujue put down the toolbox, placed the document he was carrying in his arms on the ground, and then looked at Andre and asked.

At this time, Jue Ge was standing on the edge of the cement platform, Andre was standing two meters away from him, and Igor was standing at the door watching under Jue Ge's various signals (mainly eyes and gestures).

"Just go up there." Andre pointed to the cement platform.

"Can I stand?" Feng Bujue asked as he stood up.

"Yes." Andre replied, "As long as you are above the magic circle."

"The people who came to perform the ritual before were laid down because they refused to go up, right?" After Feng Bujue stood still, he asked calmly with a condescending look.

"Heh... that's one of the reasons..." Andre smiled again, this time the smile seemed to hide some kind of danger.

Feng Bujue didn't ask what the "second reason" was, because he knew... he would soon be able to experience the answer firsthand.

"I haven't asked you what your name is yet." Two seconds later, Andre asked.

"Feng Bujue." Jue Ge replied.

"Okay, let's begin... Feng Bujue." When Andre said this, he slowly raised his arms.

At this moment, the mutated monster showed an incomparably pious look and began to chant a series of strange incantations.

Although the system did not translate the language he was using, Jue Ge still heard that he was speaking Hebrew, but unfortunately... being able to hear it did not mean he could understand it.

It's like many people can distinguish the pronunciation of Spanish, Japanese, and French... even if they have never actually learned these three languages.

"Huh? This is..." About ten seconds later, Feng Bujue, who was standing on the cement platform, saw light emitting from the magic circle under his feet.

Almost at the same instant, he got wet.

(I always feel that I wrote a line just now that is easy to cause misunderstanding)

Blood... seeped out of Feng Bujue's body, flowing out from every inch of his skin, every pore...

Seeing this scene, Igor seemed a little anxious, and he was hesitating whether to go forward and save Jue Ge.

"Well... it feels pretty good." Feng Bujue understood Igor's thoughts, so he immediately said this in a calm tone, so that Igor would know that he was fine.

But in fact... Jue Ge's feeling at this time was very bad.

It wasn't the kind of bad feeling of being covered in blood all over, but the kind of bad feeling brought by severe pain...

He already understood why other people who accepted the ritual had to lie down... it was too painful to stand.

Only Jue Ge could stand and speak without changing his expression.

Even Andre, who was chanting, changed his expression after hearing Feng Bujue's words... He had never encountered this kind of situation in the ritual before.

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The ritual lasted for about three minutes. Andre's chanting became lighter and lighter, eventually turning into a very low-frequency whisper that was inaudible to the human ear.

At this time, the blood on Feng Bujue's body had already flowed out, and he became a dried corpse like a dehydrated plant.

The severe pain that seemed to come from the depths of his soul had also stopped, replaced by... a strange pleasure and a strong... urge to hurt his own body.

"Heh... so that's how it is." The state, tone, and demeanor of Jue Ge in the dried corpse state were not much different from usual; as he spoke, he raised his hand and scraped off a piece of flesh from his left face with his fingers, "It's really fucking cool..."

This situation made Igor break out in a cold sweat. He couldn't help but think... "If Brother Feng's mind has also been transformed into a 'devil' and tries to kill me..." Igor didn't even dare to think about what would happen next.

Frankly speaking, Igor wasn't very afraid even when facing the Whisperers, but if he were to face a mutated, hostile Feng Bujue, he would be scared to cry.

"Hehehe..." A few seconds later, Andre let out a strange laugh, which indicated that the chanting was over and the ritual was considered complete. Then, he said to Jue Ge, "As expected... your soul and physical strength are excellent enough to bear the burden of the ritual."

Feng Bujue stepped off the cement platform, looked down at his body, and muttered with a weak expression, "I finally know why you all tear off your clothes, it's so sticky and uncomfortable."

"Heh..." Andre smiled, "What's the use of clothes? Even skin, muscles, and even organs and bones... these are meaningless." Before he finished speaking, he tore off a piece of flesh from his shoulder at random, "The body is just a shackle that binds us, but... right now we still need to use it to release other compatriots trapped in this world."

"Ah~ ah... you go for it." Feng Bujue didn't seem to care much about Andre's words. While the other party was speaking, Jue Ge had already come to the toolbox on his own, squatted down, and opened the box.

"Huh?" Andre felt puzzled by Jue Ge's response and attitude, "You... what's wrong with you?"

The Whisperers are considered to be among the more powerful existences of these "crazy will variants." They all retain a part of the memory from "the other shore," so they can use incantations and possess higher intelligence.

However, even Andre, a relatively senior Whisperer, had never seen an example like Jue Ge, whose personality seemed to have no change at all after being "awakened."

"Nothing, I'm fine." Feng Bujue still responded to the other party in a relaxed and casual tone, and what he was doing didn't stop.

He saw Jue Ge take out all the VNO-9 from the toolbox (basically they were all contained in test tubes or blood collection bags) and start preparing for injection...

"What are you planning to do?" Andre stared at this strange "compatriot" in front of him and fell into a state of confusion.

Because in Andre's eyes, that toolbox was a mass of black shadows...

And Andre also knew very well that in Jue Ge's eyes at this time, it should also be a mass of shadows...

"What am I doing? Isn't it obvious? I want to strengthen my body." As he spoke, Feng Bujue had already taken out an extra-large syringe (don't ask me how big that thing is, anyway, when you see it, you will recall your childhood, and then you will want to cry; of course, if you see it and some strange little movie scenes pop up in your mind, then I suggest you go out for a walk, receive appropriate psychological counseling, and stay away from crime...), and started drawing the green liquid from the test tube.