The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife

"I haven't used this thing in a long time." Ye Shikai said with a faint smile. Ever since he started cultivating, firearms weren't as effective, but the signature skills of the Dragon Teeth Special Forces, he hadn't forgotten for a day. Pulling the bolt-action, based on the direction of the previous bullet, Ye Shikai judged it should be another sniper. However, for a cultivator, wanting to harm him with just a bullet was still too difficult.

"I hope you're a cultivator too, otherwise..." Ye Shikai said coldly, turned, raised his gun, aimed, pulled the trigger in one smooth motion, instantly killing the sniper on the opposite rooftop.

"Report, cleanup complete, all nearby snipers have been eliminated." At this moment, Ye Shikai's earpiece also transmitted the voice of a National Security Bureau member.

"Very well, go escort Dr. Li immediately." Ye Shikai said at once.

"Understood." Ye Shikai called over a few members of the National Security Bureau to clean up the bodies, while he had more important matters to attend to.

"Hey, Tianjing, how are things on your side?" Ye Shikai spoke while riding his motorcycle, weaving through traffic. He now needed to catch up to the National Security Bureau's convoy. If these people failed at sniping, then they would definitely act against the convoy on the road.

"Alright, we haven't encountered an attack." Tianjing activated his earpiece. He and Jing Xie, along with some members of the National Security Bureau, were sitting in the armored vehicle with Li Rongqi. There were also four escort vehicles surrounding them. Actually, Tianjing didn't feel very safe. When he previously led the National Security Bureau, they had been attacked; the enemy appeared in the White Mist and disappeared in the White Mist, mysterious and perplexing, making it hard to grasp.

However, that time, it was the Ji Family's "White Mist Army" who acted, helping Netherworld Palace shake off the National Security Bureau's chase. That was thanks to Ji Yu. Because of last time, Tianjing was much more cautious, especially since this time Ye Shikai had repeatedly warned them not to let anything go wrong.

This time perhaps Ye Shikai was being too cautious.

Twenty minutes later, when the armored vehicle drove into the interior of the National Security Bureau's building and Li Rongqi was placed in the heavily guarded secure room, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Ye Shikai, riding the motorcycle, also followed them inside.

"Dr. Li's condition is still good, and we didn't encounter any attacks on the road," Tianjing said to Ye Shikai outside the secure room.

"That's really great." Ye Shikai nodded with relief. "I'll go in and ask him. By the way, keep an eye out for the next few days, deploy more people to protect Dr. Li. Those people won't give up so easily; I think they might act tonight."

"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements."

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"Dr. Li, I'm sorry to have invited you over so hastily." After entering the secure room, Ye Shikai first apologized, bowing deeply.

"I understand your intentions, and thanks to your timely arrival, otherwise I would have died in the psychiatric hospital." Li Rongqi also seemed to have calmed down, realizing Ye Shikai and the National Security Bureau's intentions. Those people hesitated to act previously, but today when Ye Shikai and Tianjing arrived, it made them decide to kill Li Rongqi to silence him. Unfortunately, they were a step too late.

"Ah, I was so confused at the time, ruinous disgrace, colleagues also got implicated, and the research results were actually used for killing. I... am guilty." Li Rongqi kept repenting, and Ye Shikai could only comfort him for a bit. The main responsibility for this didn't lie with Li Rongqi, but with Zhao Rou's behind-the-scenes orchestrator.

"Dr. Li, we came over because there's something we wanted to ask you." Once Li Rongqi calmed down, Ye Shikai also got straight to the point.

"What is it?"

"Could you specifically tell me about the HST project?" Ye Shikai asked curiously.

"Of course, I know everything about that project." Li Rongqi spoke with Ye Shikai for half an hour. Many details made Ye Shikai think carefully and realize the gravity of the situation. Just as everyone had seen, the combination of moth and human genes created the 'Mothman' from paranormal stories. Also, Zhao Rou used 'high-pressure policy' on the research team, including restricting their freedom, cutting them off from the outside world, and even threatening their lives to accelerate the research speed.

"Are you saying the HST project merely mixed moth and human genes to create the Mothman?"

"Yes, I personally researched that potion. There was a previous semi-finished product, but it was later refined, and when the finished product was completed, you came in to rescue us." Li Rongqi said firmly, his tone serious, not seeming like he was lying.

"Dr. Li, take a look at this." Ye Shikai handed over a stack of photos.

"What, how is that possible?" Li Rongqi flipped through them one by one, gradually showing a very astonished expression, collapsing as he spread the photos out on the table.

"How could this happen?"

"How is it possible?"

Li Rongqi kept muttering to himself, scratching his head incessantly, his expression full of complexity.

"Doctor, what's going on exactly?"

The photos Ye Shikai handed over were none other than those of the Refining Mo, or more precisely, the post-transformation photos after the fierce battle with Nightmare. Green scales had emerged on the face and body, and severed limbs were regrowing at a visible speed.

This was clearly a lizard's feature. What Ye Shikai suspected was that Zhao Rou's mastermind did not only have the 'Mothman' hybrid genes, but also 'Lizard Man' hybrid genes. To be more specific, it was an expansion of the HST project.

"They... they are actually continuing the project, what a monstrosity." Li Rongqi suddenly exclaimed.

"What do you mean?"

"After the research results came out, we had a backup, but it should have been deleted by me, so how can it still exist?" Li Rongqi looked innocent.

"Are you saying this Lizard Man was developed on the basis of the HST project?" Upon hearing this, Ye Shikai excitedly slammed the table. Netherworld Palace had suspected back then that Refining Mo's transformation was due to a special injection. Now it appeared it was indeed related to the behind-the-scenes mastermind of the HST project.

"I don't know, I really deleted it, I really did..." Li Rongqi also realized it was his fault, constantly apologizing.

"Perhaps they also made a backup." Ye Shikai comforted him.

If that's so, the Four Arms of the demon exorcist might really be related to the HST project. Unfortunately, without photographs, otherwise, they would definitely let Li Rongqi identify them.

"Doctor, besides Mothman, is there any other creature's genes that can mix with humans?" Ye Shikai asked a rather 'perverted' question.

"Well, it's hard to say. We did it because of financial distress at the time, otherwise, I wouldn't research such an abominable thing even if you killed me. As for other creatures, I'm not sure."