When system cheat becomes rampant!

In the brightly-lit laboratory, there were various kinds of instruments shaped like glass tubes, within which crimson blood flowed—human blood!

In the corner of the laboratory, several withered corpses were strewn about haphazardly, strikingly conspicuous. Apart from Keshi, there were six other pioneers who were barely clinging to life; they also lay on the operating tables, awaiting the moment of despair when their hearts would be plucked out.

"Who is this person?" Lin Long inquired.

"This is one of the Su People, I just captured him," Wang Ze said.

"The Su People!" Lin Long immediately became vigilant, suddenly releasing a strong aura that swept around Keshi, firmly shielding his presence.

"How did a Su Person come to this place?"

"I don't know, he was acting crazy outside just now, constantly destroying the mountains. The patrolling men were worried he'd destroy the entrance, so they reported it to me, and I captured him," explained Wang Ze.

"Constantly destroying the mountains?"

However, Lin Long frowned deeply and asked in a heavy tone, "A Su Person wouldn't act so recklessly! Normally, they would not make such a significant commotion to destroy mountains. You brought him here alive without thoroughly investigating?"

"I did explore the area. There was nobody within a hundred miles, just him. Probably he came to hunt some desolate beast, and when he saw me, he tried to run. It's likely he stumbled upon us by accident."

Wang Ze hadn't thought too much about it.

"Idiot! You can't even detect me, and you think you can detect other Su People? The Su People are very principled in their actions. His appearance here is not just a coincidence; haven't you considered he might have deliberately lured you out?"

Lin Long chided angrily.

He was extremely cautious, especially when facing the Su People. Without sufficient caution, it's all too easy to invite the wolf into one's house.

So when he found out that Keshi was inexplicably captured, he began to suspect that this might be a plan by the Su People!

Wang Ze, upon Lin Long's remark, froze, then said, "Could that be? I've already tortured him to this extent."

He glanced at Keshi, lying on the bed with all his bones shattered, and even his soul tormented to the point of losing consciousness.

"What kind of courage does it take for one to come here as bait? I could kill him at any moment—who among the Su People would make such a sacrifice?"

Wang Ze tapped Keshi's body again!

Crack crack crack!

Keshi's body, already shattered, was only kept intact by Wang Ze's Spiritual Power to prevent complications with his heart.

He was skeptical of Lin Long's conjecture.

Lin Long also scrutinized Keshi's body, with deeply furrowed brows.

Indeed, these injuries were real. Wang Ze was merciless with this Su Person, able to obliterate Keshi's soul with a mere thought.

But Lin Long still did not let his guard down.

The Su People usually operated with meticulous care. Once they detected something amiss, they would retreat immediately. Lin Long had been dealing with the Su People not just for a day or two, and both sides roughly understood each other's ways of operation.

If this was just bait, then the person undoubtedly came with the determination to die.

However, training a Su Person is quite troublesome, and especially one at the God Refining stage, a martial artist so precious to the alliance, they would not let him come to die so easily.

Could it really be a coincidence?

"Either way, you come with me. We must search that area again; we cannot let any trace of us be leaked!"

Lin Long was exceedingly cautious, insisting on having Wang Ze accompany him to investigate the entrance near the 15th District of the Marquis Domain to ensure the appearance of this Su Person was mere chance.

Wang Ze could only agree. He said to a man in the laboratory holding a scalpel, "You watch over him for me, don't let him die. Check his heart's condition; after I return, I'll use his heart for a transplant! The day after tomorrow search for another person to deal with the Beast Pill issue."

"Yes, my lord," the man in the white coat responded respectfully.

Lin Long and Wang Ze quickly departed from the laboratory, heading back to the canyon, towards the teleportation entrance.

The laboratory was left with only the man responsible for the transplantation surgery.

Xiang Beifei observed the man's system interface:

[Host: Hu Cheng]

[S-Rank, Heartbeat System]

[Realm: Late Stage of Meridian Opening]

This man named Hu Cheng, whose knowledge was related to the beating of the heart, would gain benefits from any living being whose heartbeat he could perceive. He could also use his system abilities to control the heartbeat of others.

He could even forcibly stop a person's heart from beating!

——

Hu Cheng held a throbbing heart in his hands, just freshly removed from a corpse. The person's blood had been completely drained, beyond any hope of revival.

He placed the heart in his hands into a biotic box beside him. This biotic box was used to simulate the heartbeat of the heart, allowing it to be preserved for a month or even longer after removal!

At present, the biotic box was densely filled with twenty-seven hearts, all prepared for those named 'Unrestrained' whose hearts were ravaged by the Beast Pill and rendered unusable. He would assist with the heart transplant.

"The heartbeat of a God Refining stage, my favorite sensation."

Hu Cheng placed the heart properly and turned his attention to Keshi.

His eyes revealed a sickly fanaticism as he appraised Keshi, who was covered in fractures, uncontrollably extending his tongue to lick his lips.

Keshi's chest had already been opened by him, and the red heart inside was beating forcefully.

[Current Optional Task: Transplant a God Refining stage heart.]

[You have chosen your target: A Su Person.]

[Transplant Recipient: Wang Ze.]

[Task Completion Reward: 20,000 heartbeat value.]

When the doctor helped the patient check the heartbeat to obtain the heartbeat value, the process was too slow, but transplanting a heart for someone else added a lot to his system value!

However, through normal channels, the Jiuzhou continent didn't have so many hearts for transplantation every day, so he chose to join the Wufu Desolate Beast Research Company to study desolate beast hearts and was subsequently developed into a member of the Unrestrained organization.

Here, he felt as if he had discovered a new world. Unrestrained often needed heart transplants to maintain himself, and this job seemed tailor-made for him. To him, as long as he could gain system value through heart transplants, nothing else mattered as much.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of your heart," he said.

Hu Cheng revealed a sinister smile, carefully sizing up the heart.

Soon, however, his smile abruptly vanished, and he lightly tapped the heart with his finger, letting out a surprised "huh."

"This is not a cultivator's heart, it's a cloned heart?" Hu Cheng had handled countless hearts, and he could immediately recognize the difference between a martial artist's heart and an ordinary one.

"Correct."

Xiang Beifei's ghostly voice rose from behind him.

"Who's there!"

However, before Hu Cheng could react, he felt his body stiffen; he was completely unable to move!

Xiang Beifei glanced at the corner where the freshly drained bodies lay and frowned slightly.

Those were the pioneers Hu Cheng had just killed; they were lifeless now, but there were still six living people in the corner, and he immediately destroyed the blood-draining devices on them.

"You really deserve to die," Xiang Beifei's eyes flashed with killing intent!

"Who are you? What have you done to me? Don't you know I am the heart research specialist here?" Hu Cheng shouted with a mix of aggression and fear.

In the Unrestrained organization, his cultivation was not high, but most in Unrestrained were polite to him as he controlled their source of hearts!

"I'll settle the score with you later."

Xiang Beifei ignored Hu Cheng and strode over to Keshi's side, examining his body. Keshi's injuries were severe, but his soul was unharmed.

He quickly placed his hands on Keshi's body; the "Return to the Original State" ability flowed out swiftly, acting upon Keshi's form.

"You want to save him?"

Seeing Xiang Beifei trying to heal Keshi, Hu Cheng sneered, "Every prisoner brought here is hit with a powerful healing prohibition by a UR-level elder, no one but me can heal their wounds!"

His tense expression slightly relaxed; though he didn't know how this person had infiltrated, considering he held the most advantageous trump card, he now felt confident enough to negotiate.

"Healing prohibition? So you capture those pioneers and directly prohibit them from using their healing abilities to prevent them from healing?" Xiang Beifei turned to ask.

"Exactly! Only I can determine whether their wounds can heal," Hu Cheng said, gaining confidence and lifting his head slightly, "Let's strike a deal. You let me go, and I'll teach you how to break this healing prohibition!"

"I see," Xiang Beifei nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, you should understand now, without me, there's no way you can bring this person back. I don't know what you're here for, but I was just doing my job. Let me go, and I'll save him for you, then pretend I never saw you, how about it?"

"Really?"

The white glow in Xiang Beifei's hand became stronger and penetrated Keshi's body from head to toe.

Hu Cheng continued to emphasize, "You still don't understand what this healing prohibition means, it's UR-level..."

However, before he finished speaking, Keshi's injuries started healing gradually; broken joints and torn flesh... every single injury was rapidly recovering.

In just a moment, Xiang Beifei had forcibly reconstructed Keshi, restoring him to be fully intact!

"How is this possible! He... he was under healing prohibition, wasn't he?"

Hu Cheng, stunned to see Keshi who was previously nothing more than a mangled pile of flesh now fully restored, was shocked!

The organization, to facilitate more effective heart transplants, had installed a very powerful UR-level healing prohibition system here. Only he was left with the permissions; no one else could heal wounds in this place.

Yet Xiang Beifei had managed to bring someone who was battered to the brink of death back to life!

That truly horrified him!

"Your healing prohibition doesn't seem all that great,"

Xiang Beifei lifted his head and looked coldly at Hu Cheng.