Rebirth as the Richest Woman in the World
Chapter 680 - 682 (first update)

Chapter 680: 682 (first update)

Ono Tozawa spilled everything he knew.

It turned out they had been on Poland Mountain for over half a year, living in a cave the entire time. With him and Kawashima Kazuko included, there were a total of twelve people. Ida Ueni and Kato Mai did not come in person. Throughout the six months, their technicians have been using the orchid grass on Poland Mountain to research a drug that could mutate ordinary people.

This drug, once it contacted the skin of an ordinary person, would immediately cause morbidity, the loss of reason, cannibalism, and the drinking of human blood, turning them into flesh-eating monsters.

Moreover, the disease was contagious. If one person was infected, it would rapidly spread to ten people, a hundred people, a thousand people, and eventually, the entire country would be destroyed because of it.

The primary goal of Ida Ueni and Kato Mai was to turn all of Hua Nation’s people into mutants. Eventually, it would be human against human—by then, the Dongying nation would sit back and reap the benefits.

After all, Dongying is just an island nation vulnerable to being submerged by the sea at any time. Thus, they turned their covetous eyes to Hua Nation.

Decades ago, Dongying had invaded Hua Nation. Despite losing that war, it left Dongying with the impression that Hua Nation’s people were weak and easily bullied.

Moreover, after that war, they had become familiar with the life habits of Hua Nation’s people and understood the geographical environment of Hua Nation very well.

Hua Nation is a land of abundant resources and gifted people. If Dongying could successfully conquer Hua Nation, then Dongying would grow significantly stronger, dominating the world.

Kawashima Kazuko hadn’t expected Ono Tozawa to confess everything. Driven by rage, she forgot the pain in her mouth, stood up abruptly, and grasped a stone, hurling it directly towards Ono Tozawa’s head.

Such a weak-willed scoundrel like Ono Tozawa was simply unworthy of being a Dongying person!

Just as Kawashima Kazuko was about to pounce on Ono Tozawa, a transparent barrier suddenly appeared in front of her.

With a "bang," Kawashima Kazuko was repelled by the transparent barrier and flung dozens of meters away. Falling to the ground, blood instantly flowed from her remains, staining the grey stones red.

"Kazuko!" Ono Tozawa looked toward her with immense anxiety.

"She’s already dead," Chu Jin said coldly as he raised his eyes, "If you don’t want to end up like her, lead us to that cave immediately."

Searching for the orchid grass could wait, but this could not be delayed any longer.

This was, after all, a matter concerning the national security of Hua Nation.

Because those people could create the drug at any moment, and once the drug emerged, Hua Nation would fall into an unprecedented crisis.

Between matters of country and family, one must, of course, prioritize the country’s affairs.

Only if the country exists, can a family exist!

This Ida Ueni, his ambition was indeed not small! To target Hua Nation like this! Perhaps he’s never experienced death before?

The people of Hua Nation are all valiant heroes, certainly not the pushovers he imagines!

"Don’t kill me, please don’t kill me... I beg you..." Fear gleamed in Ono Tozawa’s eyes.

He was genuinely afraid.

This journey had completely overturned his perception of the people of Hua Nation.

Just encountering two people randomly on the mountain had resulted in this outcome; wouldn’t they die even more tragically at the foothills?

"If you don’t want to die, then quickly stand up and lead us there," Chu Jin said with a cold tone.

"Okay," Ono Tozawa rose from the ground and looked at Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan, "I can lead you there. Please, you must uphold your promise not to go back on your word and let me go afterwards."

"Relax," Chu Jin said with a slight arch of his eyebrow and a cold voice, "Hua Nation is a great country, unlike your island nation. People from a great country always keep their word. Lead the way now, and if I find you trying to slip away, watch your head."

The last sentence carried an extra sense of menacing authority, as if thirsty for blood.

Ono Tozawa’s body involuntarily trembled, suppressing any cunning thoughts, and said with trepidation, "Yes, I understand. Please follow me this way."

Ono Tozawa turned and walked into the forest, with Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan following behind.

After entering the forest, Mo Zhixuan retracted her oil-paper umbrella.

The deeper they went, the thicker the miasma became, and visibility was extremely low, almost impossible to discern human figures.

Mo Zhixuan had no choice but to open the oil-paper umbrella again, holding it over her head.

Perfectly fine weather, no rain, no sunshine, and this man was holding an umbrella—was he a fool? Contempt flashed in the depths of Ono Tozawa’s eyes.

People from Hua Nation were truly sick.

The miasma became denser, nearly making it impossible to move forward.

Ono Tozawa advanced to the front with a sinister look in his eyes. The miasma not only hindered sight but also contained intense poison. He had taken preventive medicine beforehand, which was why he had been unaffected so far. But it wasn’t the same case for Mo Zhixuan and Chu Jin. Although they possessed special abilities, they could not resist the violent poison of the miasma.

By now, he assumed their bodies had already begun to change.

He must seize this opportunity to eliminate the two of them.

Ono Tozawa slowed his pace, zigzagging through the forest, trying to lose Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan. His steps were very odd, seemingly slow but actually much faster than a normal person, as expected. When Ono Tozawa looked back, Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan had already disappeared from sight.

Ono Tozawa hid behind a massive pine tree, drawing a dagger from his waist, ready to deliver a deadly blow to Mo Zhixuan and Chu Jin at any moment.

Looking ahead, Ono Tozawa saw nothing but thick fog, unable to discern anything else.

At that moment, Ono Tozawa suddenly felt a chill at the back of his neck, something sharp piercing through his skin, causing excruciating pain, while a powerful spiritual force enveloped him, rendering him immobile.

Ono Tozawa’s face instantly turned pale.

Chu Jin stood there behind Ono Tozawa, one hand in his pocket, the other wielding a dagger against Ono Tozawa’s neck, his posture casual and a bit careless, yet exuding a ruffian’s coolness.

Mo Zhixuan stood behind her, holding the umbrella over her to keep out the miasma.

"Female hero, spare... spare me..." Ono Tozawa raised his hands, trembling and surrendering.

Before coming to Hua Nation, Ono Tozawa had done his homework and knew that’s how capable women were addressed in Hua Nation.

Hua Nation people are all very vain, calling her that way, she would be so flattered she couldn’t tell north from south, and maybe then, she would release me.

"Don’t you know that people from Hua Nation have always valued promises and trustworthiness?" said Chu Jin with a slight curl of her lips, "So now, you can go to die."

As her words fell, a head tumbled from her hands to the ground.

To Chu Jin, there was no need to show mercy towards invaders like Ono Tozawa; such people, if left alive, would only be a menace to society.

Moreover, they had already reached the area around the cave. Keeping Ono Tozawa alive was pointless.

Ono Tozawa didn’t even have time to react before his head was separated from his body.

At the moment his head and body parted, his consciousness was still clear. He felt no pain, only endless panic and disbelief at everything happening.

Until his head hit the ground, Ono Tozawa’s eyes hadn’t closed. Instead, they were wide open, as if he died with a grievance.

Ono Tozawa never dreamed he would die so miserably.

"Let me wipe it off for you. You can leave this kind of thing to me next time, there’s no need for you to dirty your hands." Mo Zhixuan put away the oil-paper umbrella and took out a handkerchief from his pocket, carefully wiping Chu Jin’s hands.

"So your job is just to wipe my hands?" Chu Jin raised her eyebrow slightly.

"Sure," Mo Zhixuan replied indulgently, "with added services." As he spoke, he took her hand and gently kissed it, as if to kiss away the blood on her hands.

Chu Jin withdrew her hand as if shocked by electricity, "Can’t you be more serious?"

Mo Zhixuan looked helpless and said in a low voice, "I can’t be serious when it comes to you."

"I can’t be bothered to talk to you." Chu Jin turned around and walked forward; she could sense that the cave Ono Tozawa mentioned was nearby, but she couldn’t pinpoint its exact location.

Right then, a powerful force surged forth, gathering the toxic air to both sides and clearing a path that led directly to the entrance of the cave.

Without a doubt, that was Mo Zhixuan’s doing.

"Impressive, impressive." Chu Jin turned around and gave him a thumbs-up.

Mo Zhixuan slowly closed his oil-paper umbrella and said humbly, "Oh no, I’m not even half as good as Brother Jin."

Chu Jin’s lips slightly curled up, "The old gentleman’s eyesight is good, not blind."

Mo Zhixuan: "..." He’s old? How is he old? He had been very careful to avoid the topic of age, so why wouldn’t she let him off the hook?

Feeling as if he had taken a critical hit, the ’old man’ decided to remain silent and walked forward.

Soon, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the cave.

A very ordinary cave, pitch-black inside, it was hard to see the end, and difficult to imagine that an experimental squad lay within.

Chu Jin narrowed her eyes slightly and without hesitation, stepped into the cave. Mo Zhixuan reached out to stop her, "I’ll go first."

How could he let a woman go first in such circumstances?

Chu Jin did not refuse. She stepped aside slightly and let Mo Zhixuan lead the way.

The seemingly ordinary cave was actually riddled with dangers, filled with mechanisms and traps everywhere. One wrong step could trigger them and be the end of life.

It must be said, the minds of the Dongying people were indeed brilliant, and their technology was very advanced; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to enter the Superpower World.

The cave was deep, and the further they walked inside, the brighter it became. Chu Jin’s hearing perked up; she could now hear voices coming from within.

Mo Zhixuan clasped her hand tightly, avoiding one invisible infrared beam after another.

After turning a corner, the view opened up.

Large shadowless lamps hung from the cave ceiling, lighting the inside as if it were daytime, surrounded by highly advanced machinery. The air was filled with a peculiar fragrance and, amidst it, a faint odor of blood lingered.

Dozens of people, dressed in germ-proof suits, busied themselves around the machines.

Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan walked boldly into the cave, without much cover.

"Who are you!" an experimenter noticed something amiss and looked at Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan with alarm, speaking fluent Dongying language.

Anyone who could casually walk into a laboratory like this was definitely not ordinary. Their experiment was nearing completion at a critical moment and could not afford any mistakes.

The Dongying people were about to dominate the world.

"Someone here for your lives." Chu Jin’s lips curled ever so slightly as she looked nonchalantly at these people. There were ten experimenters in total, exactly matching the number Ono Tozawa had mentioned.

The experimenter spoke Dongying language while Chu Jin spoke fluent Hua language.

Upon hearing this, the other nine experimenters put down their work, picked up their guns, and aimed at Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan’s heads.

Their guns were not ordinary; they were enhanced with spiritual power. Even if you were as impenetrable as a brick wall, they could shoot through.

"Are all Hua Nation people as overconfident as you? Put your hands up now!" Two men in germ-proof suits had moved to Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan’s sides with their dark guns pointed at their heads.

All ten experimenters were professionally trained, each one highly skilled.

Seeing this, the other eight experimenters were put at ease.

"Ida-kun, be careful not to hit their vitals. These two have good potential, and we’re just short on test subjects," said one of the experimenters as he put down his gun, put on gloves, and went back to dissecting the gorilla on the operating table.

Upon hearing this, a spark of interest appeared in the eyes of the other experimenters. They had conducted experiments for many years but had never used living humans. The population in Japan was not large to begin with, and using people for experiments could risk extinction.

They could not afford to provoke Hua Nation people at the moment.

But now that two had conveniently shown up, of course, they wouldn’t miss such an opportunity.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.