Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

"And you are...?"

"He's just a doctor, nothing to brag about."

"Where's Miss Ling?" Lu Ye reloaded his bullets. "Where did you take her?"

“If I’m not mistaken, you want me,” Hanbei stared at the man before him. “Release that girl, and I will do as you please.”

“You flatter me, you parasite,” the man said. “The situation is in your favor now. I will obediently return the girl to you. Come with me.”

After speaking, the man left through a side passage in the corridor.

Lu Ye glanced cautiously at Hanbei.

The latter simply nodded slightly and followed the man's steps.

About fifteen minutes later.

The group arrived at the foot of the hill behind Gao Feng's residence.

Below the mountain, there was a dark entrance, so eerie that even the firelight seemed to be consumed by the darkness.

"A mine?" Hanbei asked.

“That’s right. The Gao family used to make a lot of money by mining,” the man said. “But the mines in the mountains will eventually run out, and this place is now used for research.”

"Are all the villagers here?" Lu Ye asked.

“They are dead, turned into mindless monsters,” the man said calmly.

"Ling didn't turn into the kind of monster you described, did she?" Lu Ye asked in a deep voice.

"Come with me and you'll find out."

The man entered the cave, followed closely by the others.

"You've brought people here for experiments, are you planning to throw red-eyed people into the war en masse?" Hanbei glared at the man accompanying him. "This is utterly depraved!"

“Yes,” the man said, “but it is all for Ashina, for Lord Genichiro’s sake, for the rise and fall of the nation, for the survival of more people in the war. It is worth bearing the burden of dozens of lives.”

"Trading less for more?" Lu Ye asked.

“That’s right.” The man nodded. “Exchanging experiments on dozens of people for the safety of the country is a worthwhile deal no matter how you look at it. Although it’s unfair to those villagers, it’s all for the sake of the country.”

"What a cunning excuse," Hanbei said. "Fine, all you need to do is return the girl to her."

"Of course, but before that, there is one more thing I need to ask of you."

Chapter 117 I'll Burn You to Death

"You said earlier that the current situation is favorable to us..." Hanbei said.

"There's been a misunderstanding. Please look this way."

As Lu Ye emerged from the passageway, a hellish scene unfolded before her eyes.

Oil lamps burned in the mine, while near the stone walls were rows of stacked cages.

"Ah...ah..."

"Ugh..."

The villagers were imprisoned here, uttering incomprehensible whispers, their dull eyes flashing with a faint red light.

“What’s wrong with them?” Violet asked.

"Because of the experiment, they lost their minds, which means they became stupid," Lu Ye said to the girl.

"How cruel..." Hanbei frowned.

"This should be the woman you were talking about."

The man approached a stone cave, took out a key, and opened the iron gate. Inside, on a stone platform, stood a familiar figure.

But for some reason, Sister Ling fell into a deep sleep and couldn't wake up no matter how Violet called her.

"What's wrong with her?" Lu Ye pointed the knife at the doctor.

"This girl was captured in the afternoon and brought here in the evening. She has ingested the Transformation Elixir. She can still be saved. We just need to remove it before it is digested," the man said. "From this moment on, I will heal this girl, but before that, please help me stop Lord Gao Fenghu Dao."

"Gaofeng Tiger Path?" Lu Ye was taken aback.

"Do you remember the samurai you injured on the riverbank a few days ago? The leader was the son of Takamine," the man said. "I saved him with the Rejuvenating Water, but the side effects of the Rejuvenating Water can have serious consequences."

"what is that?"

The man's gaze fell upon the cages: "As you can see, those who consume the Water of Immortality either lose their true selves and become walking corpses, or are controlled by some kind of emotion and fall into madness. Gao Feng's son, driven by treasonous thoughts, wanted to kill me and seize all the research on immortality."

Lu Ye understood.

To save Ling, we must first stop Hu Dao.

"Where is he?" Hanbei asked.

"You should look for me at the front of the mine."

Hanbei turned and looked into the depths of darkness.

"I mean what I say, Lord Hanbei."

"Let's go then."

"No, wait." A short blade appeared in Lu Ye's hand without his knowledge.

He placed the short blade in a crevice in the stone wall, aiming the blade at the physician on the stone platform.

“You just stand here and can’t move, is that okay?” Lu Ye said.

“Of course.” The doctor nodded.

"Give me the key too."

The doctor did as instructed.

During the journey, Hanbei spoke.

"What is the meaning behind your actions?"

“I’m afraid he might go back on his word,” Lu Ye said. “It would be troublesome if we went to the Tiger Killing Path and he took the opportunity to escape.”

“That’s true, but that dagger…”

"It's a small mechanism that can launch it at any time," Lu Ye said.

That's right, the short blade's effect is to deliver a fatal blow to enemies of rank E and below, and there are no restrictions on how it is fired.

Whether it's pre-set, stabbed, or thrown, it can achieve the desired effect.

"Instead of that, let's discuss our next steps."

"Um……"

"Although the opponent is immortal, judging from the mountain man's performance, the red-eyed one is afraid of fire... I have an idea."

A minute later, Hanbei pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"That's good."

……

Deep inside the mine is an old walkway that runs along the edge of a rocky cliff, supported by hundreds of interlocking wooden poles.

Hanbei arrived at the plank road.

At the other end of the plank road stood a tall man, shirtless, still wearing a half-mask.

"Son of the Peak..." Hanbei drew his sword.

"That's my father's knife. Is my father dead?"

Tiger was only slightly startled, but quickly returned to normal.

"Very well, I will carry on the glory of the Gao Feng family."

Tiger Path drew his sword and charged forward, his fierce blade startling even Hanbei.

"I have long since overcome the fear I felt that day. Please allow me to learn from you again!!"

On the plank road, the battle for survival begins.

In the repeated clashes, Hanbei gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

While the power of immortality is stronger among those possessed by insects, in terms of sheer power, the Red-Eyed One is still superior.

Moreover, unlike the mountain man, Kodo is a skilled samurai.

Even a mountain man who had never wielded a sword before becoming a red-eyed man possessed such combat power, making Tiger Path even more difficult to deal with.

The blades clashed, and Tiger Path's upward thrust suddenly turned into a diagonal slash.

The immense power allows Tiger Path to unleash the full force of his muscles, forcibly altering the trajectory of the blade.

Blood splattered in the air as Hanbei's body was cleaved open.

A deep ravine appeared from the right abdomen to the right shoulder, and from the broken wound, a huge centipede suddenly crawled out.

Tiger seized the opportunity, grabbed it, and exerted force.

Hanbei was dragged to the edge of the unprotected walkway, while the ferocious centipede struggled desperately in Tora-do's hands.

"Hahaha, I dragged you out!!!"

“It’s meaningless… Even if you gain immortality, you can’t change this world.” Hanbei’s voice was hoarse.

"Even after the worms were pulled out, you can still move."

What good is the pursuit of power alone?

"Hmph! Strength is everything. Even if a hundred years from now, bravery will be useless, but strength will still have its meaning. This is the truth of the world. As long as you don't die, you will eventually get everything!"

"How foolish! This immortality isn't what you imagine; it's just..."

Hanbei stopped halfway through his sentence.

Because he saw the girl's figure falling amidst the flash of the sword.

The next moment, Tiger Path's back was cleaved open, and even his spine was severed!