Clown Game
Chapter 136 - 136 132 Containment Breach Part Two

Chapter 136: Chapter 132 Containment Breach Part Two Chapter 136: Chapter 132 Containment Breach Part Two Bai Xiong sat in the second ambulance.

Compared to the tragic sight of Chen Xiao’s wounded body, Bai Xiong’s clothes were much cleaner, with only some bloodstains on the cuffs and edges of his pants, hardly showing any signs of a fight.

At this moment, the injuries on his wrist had been wrapped with a special bandage from the Foundation. This bandage contain a special elastic steel mesh that could stabilize the tendons, nerves, and blood vessels around a large wound while maintaining a certain flow of blood. This meant that, for a wound deep enough to expose bone, after wrapping it with this thing, one could even run a hundred meters without triggering catastrophic bleeding.

But he knew that if he hadn’t reacted quickly, he might already have become a corpse at that moment. Indeed, this C-207 was much more dangerous compared to those creatures that just liked to sever throats or burrow into blood vessels.

Bai Xiong was aware of his own strength and the physical condition of his opponent, so he could never have imagined that a child could achieve this extent.

Long-term endurance, dealing with such a vast organization like the Foundation with nearly flawless calculation, being low-key, careful, and cautious. Using a body whose skeleton had not yet fully formed, the child had withstood being hit by his own punches for two full minutes, even pushing him to the brink of death with a single strike.

Even setting aside all the above, thinking about how the child had squeezed out his last bit of strength in the second before falling, this kind of perseverance made Bai Xiong feel a deep respect.

However, respect is one thing, it doesn’t mean he felt even a bit of “reluctance” in his heart. He knew that if this were a novel or comic book, the falling child would definitely be portrayed as a “bright” figure, while his own actions would undoubtedly be labeled as “villainous.”

But that is how this world works, every life must consume countless other lives to survive, that is indeed the truth.

The word “compassion” seems beautiful, but it’s fundamentally a nearly pathological “pity” that arises only when one’s own survival is assured. One could imagine that if one day humanity realized our existence was a mistake, we would instantly demonize everything that stands against us.

Well, the issues of right or wrong are inherently problematic, discussing these matters is premature right now. At this moment, we just need to know…

After danger, comes reward!

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The rewards brought by C-207 were far greater than those of a typical mission of the same level. Although the additional rewards for containment were not clearly stated, one could imagine they were significant. Additionally, since the mission involved only two people, each, including Chen Xiao and himself, would earn at least 500 points from the mission funds.

This was the most rewarding operation Bai Xiong had ever been involved in.

Er… although the cost was also not small, considering he had joined Chen Xiao’s team…

Fortunately, the result proved that this decision was momentarily correct.

With these thoughts, Bai Xiong closed his eyes contentedly…

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Suddenly.

“Damn! What’s going on??”

In the ambulance’s cabin, the driver exclaimed with a cry.

Bai Xiong abruptly opened his eyes, sensing from the driver’s voice that something had definitely startled him.

Following that, the vehicle abruptly slowed down and jerked dramatically, forming an S-shaped curve as the tires screeched against the pavement.

But within a few seconds, the vehicle was realigned…

Bai Xiong yanked open the door

“What happened?” he asked.

Upon hearing Bai Xiong’s words, the driver immediately replied, “Er… nothing, just that the car in front swerved a bit just now…”

Bai Xiong frowned, peering through the windshield at the ambulance ahead still looking a bit skewed.

“Ask them,”

he stated succinctly and firmly.

Actually, the driver knew what to do without being told; at that moment, the ambulance’s communication system had already been connected.

“Zzz—zzz—”

“Hello! What happened?” the driver asked into the microphone.

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As soon as his words ended, he heard a burst of laughter, wave upon wave, coming from the headset.

This laughter seemed strange, sharp, suppressed, chaotic; it didn’t sound like it was conveying happiness at all.

The driver frowned.

“What are you playing at?” he asked again, his voice full of confusion.

The laughter continued and after a while, only then did an out-of-breath voice come through from the vehicle ahead.

“Haha—I—I heard a joke!!!”

The person laughed, gasped a few times, and struggled to push out a few words during the exhausted breaks in his laughter.

“A joke?” The driver was stunned. He had been working with the driver in the vehicle ahead for several years now, and in his memory, that person was a dour fellow with no sense of humor, hardly ever spoke—it was hard to imagine what kind of joke could make him laugh like that.

“What happened?” Bai Xiong asked. Since the ambulance’s communication was conducted through a headset, Bai Xiong couldn’t hear the voices inside.

The driver immediately responded, “Reporting, sir, nothing much, he just seemed to… um… hear a joke…”

Bai Xiong made a pained expression, “Ah? A joke?”

“Uh… yes…” the driver said, somewhat embarrassed. At that moment, he even felt that his honor as a driver was being tarnished…

“Hmm—” Bai Xiong hummed lightly, instinctively sensing something unusual in the atmosphere when he heard the word “joke.” It was as if he had caught onto something but then, in a puff of smoke, it drifted away.

“Well, nothing special, after all, the one in the vehicle ahead is Chen Xiao…” Bai Xiong thought.

According to his understanding of the guy, even if the ambulance had just crashed into the roadside guardrails, it would be acceptable; possibly the kid found it boring and acted out by doing something like “pulling down his pants facing the rearview mirror and then giving them a shake.”

So, he shrugged and turned back to the rear of the vehicle.

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The sun was tilting toward the west, and the three vehicles quickly arrived at the K City Abnormal Biology Research Center.

As Bai Xiong had requested aid, there were already some medical staff waiting on the open ground outside the building.

As soon as the vehicles stopped, those people very silently and orderly lifted Bai Xiong and Chen Xiao onto stretchers, connected them to various devices, and quickly carried them into the interior of the research center. The giant truck transporting C-207 also stopped on a dedicated lift and slowly sank underground.

Everything seemed orderly and normal.

But no one noticed that Chen Xiao on the stretcher was keeping his eyes closed the whole time.

His lips were tightly pursed together, twitching occasionally.

As if

he was enduring something.