Chapter 50: The Severed Hand

After acquiring the wrist-mounted computer, Lin Xinghai did not learn to use many of its functions, but logging into the intranet to search for information was one of them.

The first thing he searched for was information regarding the Axe Gang, and naturally, he had gained some understanding of its notorious Four Diamond Warriors. It was said that when the four of them joined forces, they could even defeat genetic optimizers.

Therefore, before the fight, Lin Xinghai remained quite cautious.

However, the moment they actually clashed, he realized that apart from having slightly refined coordination, the four of them had absolutely nothing worth praising.

Given Lin Xinghai's speed and extraordinary sensory perception, the so-called refined coordination of the Four Diamond Warriors was riddled with flaws in his eyes.

Precisely because of this, the Four Diamond Warriors were all knocked flat almost in a single encounter.

Such a scene was simply too shocking for the members of the Axe Gang.

Those members who had originally been gripping axes and charging aggressively toward Lin Xinghai almost subconsciously stopped in their tracks, not daring to step forward.

"This... he is clearly a genetic optimizer." As a bystander, Hu Feifu saw Lin Xinghai's recent series of actions crystal clear.

The opponent had relied on a speed reaching 30 points to dodge the joint attack of the Four Diamond Warriors—a speed only achievable by a genetic optimizer.

If he could possibly have misjudged the speed, the fact that the opponent accurately grabbed Steel Leopard's wrist without any line of sight was something only a genetic optimizer who had mastered sensory perception could accomplish.

The grave error in intelligence was the fundamental cause of this mission's failure. When he thought of the consequences of failure, his eyes instantly turned red.

He whipped his head around, staring fixedly at Wang Damao beside him. "Is this what you called a white pig with a 25% genetic optimization level? Are you blind or mentally retarded?"

"I... I had no idea either! The speed he displayed yesterday really was only around 25 points. How could I have known that he was actually playing the pig to eat the tiger..."

Bang!

Before he could finish speaking, he was kicked sprawling to the ground by Hu Feifu. "You fucking really are a pig."

By this time, Steel Bear and the others had climbed back up from the ground one after another, but they no longer possessed any desire to fight. They subconsciously distanced themselves from Lin Xinghai, yet did not dare to go too far away, fearing that Hu Feifu would settle accounts with them later.

"Have you two finished arguing? If you're done, give me an explanation." At this moment, Lin Xinghai's icy voice rang out.

"What! Do you think you've already won? Your strength is indeed formidable, but you have one fatal weakness." Hu Feifu suddenly sneered.

Hearing this, Lin Xinghai frowned slightly. "What weakness?"

"That is... them." Hu Feifu said, pointing at Liu Miaomiao and the others, and issuing an order to the rest. "Capture them."

The Axe Gang members, who had previously been somewhat intimidated, all felt their eyes light up upon hearing this.

"Heh! Kid, if you still want these few delicate beauties to remain intact, surrender and await your death right now. Otherwise, the axe in my hand has no eyes, and it wouldn't be good if I accidentally scratched their exquisite little faces." The blond youth who reacted the fastest threatened while turning and running toward Liu Miaomiao.

He had done plenty of such threatening and extortionate things in the past, and his lines were delivered with utmost familiarity.

"Heh! Then you'd better have a hand to hold that axe." Looking at the speaking blond youth, a hint of murderous intent surfaced in Lin Xinghai's eyes for the first time, and he finally drew the oscillating dagger from his waist.

Yet right at that moment, all the hairs on his body stood on end, and a sense of fatal threat lingered in his heart.

Without a moment's hesitation, Lin Xinghai unleashed his extreme speed ability and dodged to the side.

Bang!

A crisp gunshot rang out, and a clear bullet crater appeared right where Lin Xinghai had been standing.

As it turned out, while his attention was drawn by the blond youth, Hu Feifu had drawn a homemade pistol concealed within his clothes.

This was also his last resort.

He believed that relying on his marksmanship, combined with the element of surprise, even a genetic optimizer like Lin Xinghai would undoubtedly die.

After all, for a genetic optimizer who had broken through a single genetic lock, their sensory perception was limited to a radius of a few meters around them, and their sensitivity to threats outside that sensory range would drop sharply in a straight line.

Even if the opponent could sense him drawing his gun, they might not have time to dodge.

Unfortunately for him, he encountered Lin Xinghai, a man who essentially used cheats.

Before Hu Feifu pulled the trigger, Lin Xinghai had still been facing away from him, but by the time he pulled the trigger, his opponent had already moved away from the spot.

Moreover, his opponent's figure was rapidly closing in. Before Hu Feifu even had time to re-aim, he saw a cold flash, and then his hand holding the gun was severed clean at the wrist.

Everything happened too fast; even though his palm had already fallen to the ground, Hu Feifu still hadn't quite recovered his wits.

And when he finally realized what had happened, the clanging sound of metal hitting the ground kept echoing not far away.

He looked up and saw that the hands holding axes of all the members who had rushed toward Liu Miaomiao had likewise been severed clean at the wrist.

As for the blond youth who had just spoken the threats, both of his hands had been severed.

In an instant, the area was filled with wails, and all the thugs clutched their severed hands, looking at Lin Xinghai as if they had seen a ghost.

Such speed was unprecedented to them; after all, anyone who could reach a speed of 60 points was a powerhouse who had broken through the second genetic lock.

Such figures were captain-level individuals even within mercenary corps.

Realizing they were fighting a powerhouse of this caliber, no one on the field could muster even a shred of desire to fight.

The gap in speed between the two sides was simply too vast—so vast that they couldn't even see how Lin Xinghai had made his move to sever their hands.

This gap in absolute strength could never be made up by mere numbers.

When all was said and done, the Axe Gang was still just a gang of thugs organized together; they had zero loyalty to speak of. Having recognized reality, these thugs decisively abandoned Hu Feifu and began scattering in all directions.

Naturally, in the midst of their escape, they did not forget to pick up their severed hands.

After all, given the technology of this era, reattaching a severed palm was just a minor surgery, and with a bit of genetic repair, it could even be fully restored as before.

Of course, all of this required money, and whether these thugs had such a sum of money for the surgery was no longer something Lin Xinghai needed to consider.

Watching the situation take a drastic downward turn, no matter how unwilling he was, Hu Feifu knew he was completely finished this time.

He hurriedly picked up his severed hand, wanting to escape amidst the chaos, but when he raised his head, he discovered that Lin Xinghai was already standing right in front of him, and the sneer at the corner of the opponent's mouth made his hands and feet run cold.