From the Abyss of Stars

106. Integration

106. Integration

"You don't remember me?"

Qiu Ran laughed.

Anna, knocked to the ground by a punch, was jolted awake by the searing pain on her face.

"zx-140..."

She murmured, trembling as she touched her burned cheek.

Not even the zx-102 experiment accident had damaged half her face.

"My face—how dare you touch my face, you bitch—"

She went berserk, clawing at Qiu Ran like a madwoman.

Slap!

Qiu Ran slapped her heavily on the same side of her human face.

"You can't even remember my name... you detained me for three years."

Qiu Ran's eyes were filled with red and black, her palm glowing red, the air around her distorting, but her heart was cold.

"Three years!"

She raised her hand, grabbed Anna's disheveled hair, and set it on fire, causing Anna to scream like a madwoman as her scalp burned.

"You bastard! Beast! Scum! You piece of shit!"

The normally cheerful, gentle rural girl now acted like a fierce lioness, pinning Anna down and punching her fiercely in the face.

"This punch is for Nomi, that kind and lovely child, killed by your Calamity Armament!"

Bang!

Anna's head hit the ground, stars dancing in her vision.

"This punch is for Snow, who was just a baby, experimented on and stripped of her body!"

Bang!

Qiu Ran tore a piece of cloth from Anna's clothes, held it in her palm, and set it on fire, her furious fist hitting Anna's face, tearing it open, the stench of burnt flesh and pus spreading.

"This punch is for my younger siblings. In the most crucial time of their lives, because of your mistakes, their futures were stolen!"

Bang!

Qiu Ran raised her fist, her burned hand feeling no pain. Compared to the agony in her heart, this physical pain was nothing.

Her fiery fist hit Anna's jaw again, scorching her remaining good half of her face. Just as Anna was about to pass out, Li Aozi lifted his hand, took a syringe of adrenaline from his pocket, and injected it into Anna's neck.

"Ah—"

The intense pain snapped Anna back to consciousness, her pupils contracting and dilating wildly. Li Aozi took the opportunity to lift his long knife, aiming it carefully, and gouged out her right eye.

Slash!

"Ahhhh—ah—ahhhh—"

In an extreme state of clarity, Anna felt her eyeball being entirely removed by Li Aozi.

Qiu Ran stood up, unable to control her actions. Fortunately, she had vented once before with Nordley, but now she crouched on the ground, struggling to calm down.

Her three years didn't matter, but her siblings' lives could be ruined.

Whenever they saw other college students with decent jobs, they would think of those high school years when, in their most helpless time, their elder sister had abandoned them and disappeared, seemingly living a carefree life.

They went to exams alone, with no one to accompany them. On the eve of exams, while other students were cramming, they were working, just to have enough for the next meal.