Chapter 39: Three Corpses, Three Frenzies

At the same time.
Yingtan, Jiangxi.

Near the railway station, a figure slipped through a narrow alley and looked toward the waiting hall not far away.
"Those three fellows... ended up taking the train."

It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the night was growing deeper. There were few people left outside the railway station. He glanced around, then his figure flashed and vanished into the night.

With a few leaps, bypassing the security cameras near the railway station, Tu Junfang slipped into the railway station from the roof of the waiting hall, and then dodged the cameras in the corridors all the way, heading toward the surveillance room.

After investigating for this period of time, he could be certain that the last place the "Three Corsairs" appeared was right here. He intended to first check the surveillance footage of the platform to see the train they had taken, and then continue his investigation using the train as a clue.

A moment later...
Knock, knock, knock!
"Who is it?"

A knock sounded on the surveillance room door. The security guard on duty shouted, and the main door swung open.
Bang!
Thud!

Knocking the security guard unconscious, Tu Junfang slipped into the room with a flash, then began searching for the surveillance footage from a month ago, inserting a USB flash drive into the computer.

About half an hour later...
Swish!
The copy was complete. Tu Junfang infused a trace of genuine qi into the security guard's body to wake him up, then quickly left the security room and returned to the roof.

Without any hesitation, he leaped down and ran all the way back to his hiding place—a remote and well-concealed guesthouse.

There was no other choice. Ever since the "Three Corsairs" went missing a month ago, the Company had launched a massive crackdown on the All-Sex faction. Every registered member of All-Sex was placed on the wanted list, and once they showed their faces, it was nearly impossible to escape.

However, to find those three fellows, taking a slight risk was worth it. Lately, his research had hit a bottleneck, and he desperately needed new inspiration and a breakthrough.

Clank!
Returning to the room and closing the door, Tu Junfang took out the computer, plugged in the USB flash drive, and began reviewing the footage...

He only knew the approximate days when those three fellows had appeared, but not the exact time, so he had no choice but to fast-forward day by day, platform by platform, his eyes spinning ceaselessly.

Yet, just a moment later...
Knock, knock, knock!
The door was suddenly knocked upon. His gaze instantly snapped toward the door, his eyes narrowing sharply.
"..."

Without the slightest response, he wore a vigilant look as the genuine qi within his body instantly circulated. The Three Corpses surged, and wisps of grey-black, muddy qi emerged on the palms of his hands.

Swish!
Tu Junfang remembered that he had instructed the owner of the guesthouse beforehand not to disturb him under any circumstances. He had even paid the man double, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Coupled with the fact that there were no unusual occurrences in the guesthouse at the moment, it meant the person outside must be an uninvited guest. Concluding this, just to be safe, he directly pulled out the USB flash drive and opened the window, preparing to jump out and escape.

However...
"Huh?"

The moment he opened the window, Tu Junfang froze. He suddenly noticed that directly beneath the window stood two figures, both with very familiar faces...
"Shen Chong and Dou Mei?"
"Then this person outside the door..."

He turned his head back to look through the crack of the door and saw the silhouette of a wide, bulky figure, prompting him to instantly deduce:
"Gao Ning?"

To be honest, seeing the targets he had been searching for for nearly a month suddenly appear, Tu Junfang felt quite pleasantly surprised, but he also sensed that something was amiss—at least from the state of Shen Chong and Dou Mei...
They seemed rather bizarre.

At this very moment, the two of them were standing completely motionless, their heads tilted back, staring straight up at this spot. Their cold, stiff faces seemed frozen over, looking utterly lifeless.

"Something's not right..."
Seeing this, Tu Junfang did not act rashly. Instead, he retreated back into the room, preparing to first deal with Gao Ning at the door and observe the situation.

Before he could even get ready, the very next second...
Bang!

His door was shoved open by a tremendous force, and Gao Ning's obese figure appeared in the doorway, likewise wearing a deadpan, expressionless look.
Whoosh—

Immediately afterward, giving him zero chance to react, a red light instantly spread outward from Gao Ning's body, forming a pale red domain that enveloped Tu Junfang within it!
"Ugh?!"

In an instant, Tu Junfang felt a violent churning in his heart, accompanied by an intense irritability. A wave of anger surged upward, and even the Three Corpses inside his body showed signs of a riot!
"Twelve Emotional Array? What are you people trying to do!"

For the disciples of the Three Demons Sect, the cultivation they practiced throughout their entire lives was "cultivating the mind." From nurturing the Three Corpses and controlling them to beheading the Three Corpses, the entire process required a strong inner self and soul for support. A single misstep could plunge them into a toxic, evil cycle of reincarnation.

Precisely because of this, before successfully beheading the Three Corpses, disciples of the Three Demons Sect feared most of all those techniques capable of affecting one's state of mind—precisely what the "Three Corsairs" excelled at. Being suddenly struck by it now filled Tu Junfang with a profound sense of crisis!
"The visitors are ill-intentioned, I must leave first!"

As this thought arose, Tu Junfang rushed toward the window without hesitation. Though he did not know the reason behind their actions, retreating temporarily was his only option.

However, having already been surrounded, it was clearly not going to be so easy for him to leave. The very next instant...
Swish!

A figure lunged onto the window frame and threw a punch. He dodged sideways, only to be enveloped by a purplish-red mist, pinning him in place for a moment!
Patter!

Following that, the figures of Shen Chong and Dou Mei leaped in through the window and landed lightly, while Gao Ning also stepped into the room, forming a pincer formation that trapped Tu Junfang in the center.

"!!!"
At this very moment, Tu Junfang felt his emotions being constantly pulled by two diametrically opposed forces, oscillating endlessly between calm and violent rage. His soul felt as though it was being split apart with agonizing pain!

"Ahhhhhhh!"
Rumble, rumble, rumble—

Stimulated by the excruciating pain, he unleashed the power of the Three Corpses without hesitation. Vast expanses of grey-black qi, resembling muddy swamps, surged from within his body, condensing into three distinctly different figures!
"You motherfuckers are courting death!"

Under the scouring of endless fury, Tu Junfang roared directly. He could no longer maintain his composure in his mind, and instantly unleashed the secret technique that provoked other people's Three Corpses, controlling his Three Corpses to charge at the three of them!

Swish!
The room was narrow with nowhere to dodge, and Gao Ning and the other two were directly struck by the swamp-like genuine qi. This temporarily eased the agonizing pain in Tu Junfang's soul, allowing him to catch his breath.

The reason he hadn't made a move right away earlier was because he knew that given the indulgent nature of these three, once contaminated by the Three Corpses, they would inevitably be reduced to cripples. They were rare and precious research materials, and he didn't want to ruin them. But things had reached this point, and saving his own skin came first!

However...
"What?!"

When the power of the Three Corpses washed over them, Tu Junfang's eyes widened. He suddenly discovered that the Three Corpses of these three individuals had not been drawn out at all. It was as if...
They had no desires and no cravings?!

"How can this be!"
He cried out in shock in his heart, only to see that all three of them had shaken off his Three Corpses and were once again unleashing their abilities. Realizing that the situation was turning south, he had no choice but to seize a gap to escape. With a movement of his body, he shattered the window...

Bang!
Rumble, rumble, rumble—
He charged right out through the window!