Ding Huan sat down, closed his eyes to rest, and seemed to have really fallen asleep.
Inside Anderson’s office, however, a deadly silence ensued as if time had choked at that moment, making the space feel so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.
Whether it was Anderson, Wales, Weltmeister, or Qiao Yinjun, they all knew that they might not survive in the end.
As for the two directors of Ocean Life sitting with Anderson, at this moment they deeply regretted their decisions.
Why did they agree to meet with Qiao Yinjun today?
Watching Ding Huan with his eyes closed, Wales suddenly signaled to one of the attending directors, who understood immediately.
He quickly drew a pistol, but before he could fire, a Wind Blade sliced through his neck.
The director’s head rolled off.
The floor, already covered in fresh blood, received yet another covering.
Cold sweat seeped from Wales’s forehead. What kind of powerful being was this?
Someone who could sense who was shooting at him even with his eyes closed?
No one dared to believe that Ding Huan was still closing his eyes anymore.
Qiao Yinjun harbored deep contempt for these two foreigners.
If Ding Huan was so easy to kill, would ordinary foreigners like you have a chance to shoot at him?
Would Qiao Yinjun be so cowardly? What idiots.
The air tightened once again to its former stifling state.
Nearly twenty minutes passed, and only then did Qiao Liudong and Qiao Jiansha knock on the door from outside.
"Come in," Anderson said with a tremulous voice after glancing at Ding Huan.
Qiao Liudong opened the door but before entering, Qiao Jiansha grabbed him:
"Wait, look at the floor."
Blood covered the entire floor, flowing all the way to the doorway.
Startled, Qiao Liudong instinctively wanted to retreat, but then he saw the people inside.
The founders of Ocean Life, Wales, Weltmeister, and the current executive director Anderson were all present.
Three corpses lay on the ground, two sprawled out, and one headless.
"Yinjun, what happened here?"
Qiao Liudong asked, looking at a somewhat pale-faced Qiao Yinjun.
Before Qiao Yinjun could respond, Qiao Jiansha exclaimed in shock:
"Ding Huan?"
He had actually seen Ding Huan here.
Ding Huan? Upon finally noticing Ding Huan, a trace of fear flickered through Qiao Liudong’s eyes, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.
"Now that you’re here, don’t leave. If you take one more step back, you’ll end up like the three on the floor."
Ding Huan’s voice timely reached them.
A flicker of despair flashed through Qiao Liudong’s heart. He knew very well what kind of person Ding Huan was.
He had heard about Ding Huan’s recent exploits countless times, and if he could do it over, he swore he would never covet anything from Ding Baishan.
He had always feared that Ding Huan would find the Qiao Family. His purpose here was to bind the Qiao Family and the De Yuan Family together.
The goal was to leave some leeway for the Qiao Family, for even Ding Huan could not resist the might of Earth’s number one family, right?
But before he could finalize the arrangement, Ding Huan was already waiting for them in Neologism City.
"Mr. Ding," knowing he couldn’t escape, Qiao Liudong forced a slight smile and greeted.
Qiao Jiansha was even more frightened; he had seen Ding Huan’s strength.
Ever since witnessing Ding Huan’s actions the last time, he had reminded the Qiao Family more than once.
Fortunately, after that incident, Ding Huan had disappeared, and the Qiao Family had been safe, which gradually eased his worries.
It was unexpected to meet Ding Huan here, clearly, they had been forcefully summoned by Qiao Yinjun.
"Everyone, please sit down," Ding Huan said.
Even if Qiao Liudong and Qiao Jiansha didn’t want to sit there, they had no choice but to do so at this point.
"Now that everyone’s here, let’s begin. My father took Professor Wen Yuanfu to Yanjing, who killed them?"
Ding Huan got straight to the point.
"Mr. Ding, this matter has nothing to do with the Qiao Family, we..."
Qiao Jiansha hurriedly began to explain.
"Spurt!" A blast of blood erupted, and Qiao Jiansha’s head was cleaved off by Ding Huan’s Wind Blade before he could finish his sentence.
Qiao Liudong, sitting next to Qiao Jiansha, was splashed with blood all over, but he dared not move an inch.
"I am asking a question, not listening to how you deny responsibility."
Having said that, Ding Huan turned his gaze toward Qiao Liudong.
Worried that Qiao Liudong would once again evade responsibility, Qiao Yinjun quickly said:
"Uncle, just tell the truth, Mr. Ding might consider your honesty and not erase the Qiao Family."
Qiao Liudong shuddered. This meant he was deemed dead today.
He didn’t believe Qiao Yinjun was lying.
Ding Huan had twice annihilated the base of the Genetic Alliance and even killed the Alliance Hierarch; would he not dare to erase the Qiao Family?
"Mr. Ding, Shi Changyi led this matter after hearing from Qin Xiuxin of the Qin Family.
They said that Baiyu Group developed a Cocoon Origin Gene Potion that could prolong life and rejuvenate the body, so he got greedy."
"Does the Qin Family know about this?" Ding Huan inquired.
"Qin Family should only have Qin Xiuxin knowing about it. The Qin patriarch has a good relationship with Ding Baishan, and he even plans to introduce Qin Yi to you."
Qiao Liudong dared not hide anything else.
"Continue."
"Yes, Wales is also a member of the Genetic Alliance. After knowing about this, he took the initiative and pinned the incident on Ocean Gene.
Blinded by greed, I conspired with Ocean Gene. This was orchestrated by me through Qiao Jiansha; no other members of the Qiao Family knew."
Qiao Liudong wanted to digress further, but his teeth uncontrollably chattered towards the end.
"Wales, let’s hear what you have to say. Is it true?" Ding Huan’s gaze shifted to Wales.
Not understanding or speaking Hua Xia, Weltmeister instead interjected:
"Mr. Ding, this was demanded by Shi Changyi, my Ocean Life..."
Ding Huan didn’t wait for the man to finish speaking before he sent a Wind Blade his way.
Weltmeister collapsed with a few cracking sounds and died instantly. The blood on the ground gained another layer.
"Tell me, who killed my father and Professor Wen?"
Ding Huan’s gaze fell on Qiao Liudong again.
Qiao Liudong quickly stood up:
"Mr. Ding, I swear it wasn’t our Qiao Family. It was Shi Changyi who sent Hou Hezhong to do it, and I don’t know the specifics."
Hou Hezhong?
Ding Huan thought that burning this guy to death would have been too merciful.
Ding Huan also knew that Hou Hezhong was ruthless and would definitely not spare Ding Baishan and Wen Yuanfu.
Should he exterminate the entire Qiao Family?
Ding Huan knew better than anyone the importance of cutting the grass to remove the roots.
But the Qiao Family was too numerous, which made Ding Huan hesitate.
This hesitation made his killing intent overflow.
"Mr. Ding, you can’t kill the entire Qiao Family..."
Qiao Liudong sensed Ding Huan’s chilling killing intent.
He was bound to die anyway, so Ding Huan’s killing intent wasn’t directed at him.
If not at him, then it must be aimed at the Qiao Family.
Ding Huan laughed coldly:
"Oh, am I supposed to spare your Qiao Family then?"
Perhaps facing certain death, Qiao Liudong threw caution to the wind:
"Your mother is Qin Qingsan, she appears to be from the Qin Family, but she is actually Qiao Qiting’s daughter and my cousin—she’s from the Qiao Family..."
Ding Huan was stunned; he had only known that his mother died when he was very young.
As for his mother’s origins, he truly did not know.
It had always been vague, and he had never asked.
Since rebirth, his father Ding Baishan had gone missing, and he could not ask anymore.
Now he realized that his mother was from the Qiao Family.
Such an obvious fact, Qiao Liudong probably wouldn’t make it up.
Let’s put the Qiao Family’s business aside for now.
Ding Huan’s gaze fell on Qiao Yinjun:
"Seeing that you are quite honest, I’ll spare you, but you should know what to do."
This guy hadn’t meddled in the affairs of the Baiyu Group’s genes but was later assigned by the Qiao Family to be in charge of this.
If he were to wipe out the entire Qiao Family, then Qiao Yinjun could not be spared.
To kill the entire Qiao Family, at least a few hundred people must be killed, which was another reason for Ding Huan’s hesitation.
But Ding Huan absolutely did not think it shouldn’t be done, in his mind, under an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.
If his mother really was from the Qiao Family, he really couldn’t go through with it.
Since he couldn’t kill these few hundred people, he might as well leave one person who knows fear to take over the matters afterward.
"Ah..."
Qiao Yinjun was struck by immense relief and hurriedly got up:
"Mr. Ding, please command me, anything I, Qiao Yinjun, can do, I will do with all my might."
Ding Huan nodded:
"The first thing, take back the Cocoon Origin Gene Potion and hand its management over to Yujiang University. The second thing, hand over all the profits from the Cocoon Origin Gene to the Pu Hai Security Department."
Ding Huan didn’t let the Qu Family get involved.
The Qu Family had Cold Weapons, they weren’t short of food or drink, there was no need to earn this money.
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Both Yujiang University and the Security Department are collectives.
And the Security Department is not something the Qiao Family can afford to provoke.
"Yes." Qiao Yinjun responded respectfully.
At this moment, he still couldn’t believe that he could really save his life.
"Alright, you can go." Ding Huan waved his hand.
Qiao Yinjun didn’t want to stay even for a second longer and quickly walked out.
He swore to accomplish the tasks Ding Huan set for him, as just by doing well what Ding Huan had assigned before, he had saved his own life.
As for Qiao Liudong and Qiao Jiansha being killed, what did that have to do with him?
With their ruthless and thoroughly wicked hearts, it was only a matter of time before the Qiao Family met with disaster, and being killed by Ding Huan might not be a bad thing.
Once Qiao Yinjun left, Ding Huan slowly walked out of the office.
Seeing that Ding Huan hadn’t killed them, both Wales and Qiao Liudong clung to a thread of hope from their despair.
As long as Ding Huan left, they would immediately run away, as far and as fast as they could.
Qiao Liudong even felt that his words had an effect, that Ding Huan had spared him.
To their disappointment, Ding Huan only reached the door before stopping.
Every person’s heart suddenly constricted; they wanted to resist, but facing Ding Huan’s strength, they knew resistance was utterly futile.
Ding Huan took a spray out of his pocket and sprayed it wildly around the room.
"Since you all love gene potions so much, I’ll leave you a new type of Genetic Potion before I leave; remember to breathe it in deeply."
"What does that mean?" Until Ding Huan left, they still hadn’t reacted.
Qiao Liudong was the first to realize that he had indeed survived.
At this moment, he could no longer care for Wales or Anderson; he quickly attempted to rush out of the office.
But he had barely taken a few steps when he felt as if all his internal organs had suddenly emptied, and his body uncontrollably collapsed.
"I understand now." Qiao Liudong was, after all, a Mystic Level Martial Artist.
He understood what Ding Huan had sprayed before leaving, it was the Genetic Poison Mist.
If it had been poison, perhaps it could have been treated, but Genetic Poison Mist, heh...
Qiao Liudong scoffed at himself and fell completely into darkness.
Unlike Qiao Liudong, who could still think of it as Genetic Poison Fog, Wales, Anderson, and another director were completely bewildered.
Even dying here, they were still oblivious to what had happened.