Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 190 - 165: Brothers at Odds, Gaining the Tiger Talisman

Chapter 190: Chapter 165: Brothers at Odds, Gaining the Tiger Talisman

"If I were you, I wouldn’t press that button."

After killing Sandler, the Chen Residence’s skilled home defender, with a bottle of poisoned wine, Chen Ziwen immediately felt revived.

At this moment, years of pent-up frustration were washed away.

For some reason, his mind was suddenly flooded with more ideas.

"Is it really enough just to get the Tiger Talisman? Why should I have to prove myself to the old man? This family is inherently mine; everything belongs to me."

There was no mirror in front of him.

Chen Ziwen hadn’t noticed that his eyes had quietly turned blood-red, as an extreme greed surged violently in his heart.

"Initially, the old man was just a down-and-out middle-aged man, who somehow deceived my mother, persuading her to commit the family’s entire wealth to support his business ventures.

As time passed, the business grew larger and larger... Who deserves the credit for that? Isn’t it all thanks to my mother?

Otherwise, how could a man with nothing to his name, who knew nothing but fighting and killing, accumulate such a vast estate..."

After my mother’s death, the old man remarried, transferring all his affection to a bastard child.

He was completely obedient to the woman now before him, heeding her every wish.

If it hadn’t been for my cautious and diligent behavior over the past thirty years,

I’m afraid I might have ended up dead in some forgotten corner long ago."

"Number One, let’s make my aunt here come to her senses..."

Chen Ziwen issued the command.

The old man only knew he was involved in gene modification, contributing to the family’s achievements, without realizing that even without literary or martial prowess, one could still learn quite a bit.

Not to mention, having control over a few Genetically Modified Humans was still within my capabilities.

And that was the capital I needed for my comeback.

The cloaked figure behind him was now in ragged clothes. The garments, hanging at his waist and revealing flesh swollen with purplish tumors, was a chilling sight to behold.

Upon hearing Chen Ziwen’s order, the figure stepped forward. As his fingers stretched out, they transformed into five slender, segmented appendages resembling tentacles, grasping the young man in the corner of the hall.

In the midst of the woman’s screams.

In the midst of the young man’s cries.

The cloaked figure’s segmented appendages slowly injected toxins.

It took only a few breaths for the handsome young man to develop purple swellings and green pus seeping out of his face and body.

"Chen Ziwen, you are so cruel. I’ve been good to you all these years, and this family has never rejected you. How can you bear to do this to your brother?"

The elegantly dressed woman was now completely pale, her eyes filled with despair.

"If you want your dear brother to live, it’s simple, give me that controller.

I know that ever since the old man left, you’ve been in charge of the house’s defense.

The Blackwater Security Company staff may be dutiful, but without your command, they won’t lift a finger against me..."

Before arriving, while in the car, Chen Ziwen had planned to sneak into his home and find an opportunity to subdue his so-called brother.

Given the reluctance to damage valuable equipment, neither his aunt, Sandler, nor the security personnel hired by the Blackwater Security Company were expected to prevent him from obtaining the object.

He couldn’t recall when, but he suddenly felt as though this was indeed his home.

All things within belonged to him.

The woman and the bastard were merely interlopers, and it was only natural for him to reclaim what was his.

Moreover, neither of them could be spared.

Sandler had always protected the latter, and thus deserved to die.

The dozen or so guards from the Blackwater Security Company were just getting paid; what courage did they have to act against me?

Even though he felt this way,

Chen Ziwen was aware that the security system in the mansion was rather sophisticated, and if the woman decided on a murder-suicide, it could pose some real difficulty.

Therefore, his first move was to have ’Number One’ take control of Chen Zike.

If she didn’t want her son to die, he believed any mother would know what choice to make.

"Here, take it, just don’t hurt Zike,"

Sure enough, the middle-aged beautiful woman, breaking down, handed over the controller she had been holding.

After all, she was but a canary, skilled mainly at keeping the old man happy. Protected by him, she had never faced the world’s dangers.

The traditional values of supporting a husband and teaching children had long dominated her mind.

Taking the small key fob-like controller from her, Chen Ziwen let out a long sigh of relief and turned off the glowing red light...

The machines that had just swung into position all around him ceased their movements; the purple-blue halos that were about to commence firing went dark.

At the same time, outside the hall, the swift and stern-faced Blackwater Security personnel also halted in their tracks.

The lead burly man pounded a fist on his steel helmet, mouthing a curse silently as his face twisted.

Logically, he could have charged in to save them regardless of the consequences.

But if the young master were to die just like that, he wouldn’t be able to bear the responsibility.

As a security personnel, one must always obey the head of the household and never act on one’s own accord.

It wouldn’t do to risk the household’s safety on "what I think is right."

And yet, although he saw through Chen Ziwen’s scheming and suspected that the lady of the house and the young master might face dire consequences later, he just couldn’t take the gamble.

What right did he have to gamble?

The security system had been shut down, and they might not even be able to defeat the poisonous Genetically Modified Human.

"Alright, now come with me into the old man’s treasure room to see what valuable things he’s hidden away,"

Looking at his aunt, now crying and limp, a strange new thought surfaced in Chen Ziwen’s mind.

With uncharacteristic tenderness, he assisted his aunt and pushed his brother towards Chen Guangyuan’s study.

Opening the secret door, they entered the chamber.

With the controller in hand.

With Chen Zike clearing the mines ahead,

Chen Ziwen walked with unrestrained freedom, completely free from worrying about any danger.

In fact, after gaining control over Chen Zike, he knew that there was no longer any danger in this operation of his.

All was settled.

"Save me, Mommy..."

At this moment, Chen Zike felt utterly powerless, the itching pain that originated deep within his bones shattered all his willpower.

Collapsing to the ground, he could only cry out for his mother.

From this perspective, Chen Ziwen indeed had every right to look down upon this good-for-nothing, obedient little brother.

He felt that if Chen Family’s assets were to fall into the hands of this youngster, he would be angry to death.

"Where’s the key?"

"No key, Sir never allows me into this chamber, so how could he possibly give me the key to the safe?"

The woman knew crying was futile; the son in front of her seemed to have gone mad.

Thus, she was very cooperative.

However, as cooperative as she was, she simply couldn’t conjure a key out of thin air.

"Number One, open this cabinet without damaging the contents,"

Chen Ziwen took a deep glance at her and, without getting angry, directly ordered the Genetically Modified Human behind him.

A biological weapon that didn’t even deserve to own a name.

Though the cloaked figure seemed not too bright, they indeed followed orders.

Upon hearing this, he stepped forward immediately.

Sharp appendages extended from his chest and abdomen, slowly secreting a clear fluid.

He drew a circle on top of the cabinet.

It didn’t take long.

This safe, which looked the size of a washing machine, and was so robust that it seemed indestructible, made of an unknown alloy, was silently, without any noise, corroded to create a basin-sized hole.

"Number One" gently removed the top steel plate of the cabinet; a mist dispersed, and the clear fluid vanished without a trace.

"The Tiger Talisman."

Chen Ziwen, unable to contain his impatience, reached out and grabbed the silver-grey Tiger Talisman; an odd sensation flooded his heart.

He realized that in this moment, his control over the Genetically Modified Human beside him grew even stronger.

He even gained a kind of enlightenment.

Outside the hall, the twelve Blackwater Security guards, who didn’t dare come in, were now also obedient.

Even those several hundred soldiers stationed further away at the base were vaguely coming under his control.

"Incredible, this is absolutely incredible,"

Chen Ziwen laughed loudly, looking up to the sky.

"The old man actually didn’t carry this thing on him and instead hid it away in this secret chamber; what was he thinking?

Could it be that he feared the people from Eternal Life Group might detect some mysterious factors? Such folly turned out to be my fortune..."

"Is that so? Listen to my advice, Ziwen, you can’t control this object."

Before the joy in his heart subsided,

Chen Ziwen heard this voice resound in his ears.

The voice sounded familiar, gentle, and very pleasant to hear; where had he heard it before?

No, that’s wrong; it was from a live broadcast, a very distinctive voice he had heard in a live broadcast...

Whose broadcast?

In the blink of an eye,

Chen Ziwen thought of many things.

Even though he had already figured it out, he still didn’t want to admit it.

Perhaps subconsciously, he felt it was impossible, or maybe he wanted to deceive himself.

Reality is often unbearably cruel.

His hands felt empty.

The Tiger Talisman had vanished without a trace.

When he looked up, he saw a young man with a smiling face standing inside the chamber, as if he had always been there.

In his hands, he toyed with the exquisitely solid General’s Tiger Talisman, seemingly quite fond of it.

"No..."

The shock in Chen Ziwen’s heart was immense.

He stepped back out of the chamber in one swift motion.

Ready to press the controller he held in his hand.

At this moment, he even forgot that if he activated the defense lasers inside the chamber, not only would his aunt and brother be sliced into thousands of pieces, but "Number One" would also be directly severed.

Of course, perhaps it was not forgetfulness, perhaps it was indifference.

Number One, unaware of Chen Ziwen’s scheming cruelty, was already moving faster than Chen Ziwen could shout...

In an instant, dozens upon dozens of appendages thrusted out, creating a fan-shaped blockade spanning seven or eight meters in front of the chamber.

Right away, Zhou Ping’an was encompassed within it.

The appendages struck swifter than arrows shot from a bow,

In theory, at such close range, with such an omnipresent, angleless assault, there was no way it could miss.

Chen Ziwen and the cloaked figure both thought so.

Even the "aunt" and "brother" standing beside them thought the same.