Boonie Bears: Another World Fantasy

"Speak, what else do you want?"

"Transfer the development rights of Tianhuo to me."

……

A light drizzle fell from the overcast sky, shrouding the end of the overpass in rain and casting a hazy shadow over the entire Zhenxing Island. Wei drove up to the checkpoint of the Robotics Research Institute and handed the ID card authorized to him by Su Luo to the gatekeeper.

"Of course, in return, I will continue to provide funding to the Robotics Institute, and we can share all research results." Wei looked at the signed contract, feeling an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

Su Luo, sitting to the side, kept her head down, her gaze wandering, occasionally glancing at the stormy scene outside the window. She never imagined that she would return to her research institute in this way.

The car slowly drove into the underground parking lot, and after it came to a stop, Wei and Su Luo got out of the car together.

The simulated sunlight underground was nothing like the sun. A blast-proof door, over ten meters high, appeared before them and slowly opened. Passing through a disinfectant fog, Wei finally saw the humanoid weapon standing in the vast space—Skyfire.

The flashing signal lights on the crane frame gave Wei a sense of familiarity.

……

"anything else?"

"Help me store a batch of Purple Stars."

Su Luo stared at Wei, her eyes sharp. Wei knew that she would refuse this condition without it being spoken.

"Don't worry, it's just a small-scale storage facility. If anything goes wrong... no." He shook his head as if he had thought of something. "Nothing will go wrong."

……

One after another, heavy transport trucks from the V Group arrived at the research institute's unloading area, roaring loudly. Workers busily unloaded the packaged liquid purple star from the trucks and then transported it underground through a transmission tunnel.

"Doctor, are you really going to help them?" Xiao Luo asked quietly when there weren't many people around.

Su Luo nodded helplessly: "There's no other way, the research institute needs this money..." Her voice was low and helpless, as if she were carrying a heavy burden.

When Xiao Luo wasn't looking, Su Luo pulled her sleeve up to her wrist, covering the rows of bloodstains on her arm.

Xiao Luo sighed and continued, "If it weren't for the Heavenly Fire, they probably wouldn't even have given us a second glance!" His words were filled with indignation and resentment.

After a moment of silence, Su Luo took out a yellowed old photograph from her pocket. The photograph showed her as a child with her mother, their smiles radiant with happiness.

That was when my mother had just chosen this career.

She gently stroked the photograph and said, "The research institute is the last legacy my mother left me, and my only support. I can't just watch it dissolve. So as long as there's a glimmer of hope, I'll fight for it..."

Su Luo knew that by agreeing to these conditions, she would become a tool manipulated by the genius Wei, and behind this deeper layer, only she knew what she was truly facing—

……

The day before Wei and Sulo met.

Bear Ridge Town.

"Doctor, you need to eat something, right? Locking yourself in the hotel all day won't solve anything." Xiao Luo's anxious voice came from outside the door as he knocked and called out with concern.

However, the room remained silent, with no response.

Su Luo sat by the window, looking exhausted and anxious. She gripped her phone tightly; the screen displayed a series of bills and financial statements from the research institute. Each piece of data felt like a sharp sword, piercing her heart.

Today, the robotics institute is in dire straits, facing unprecedented difficulties. Basic research and development for Tianhuo has far exceeded the salary cap, leading to a severe shortage of follow-up funding. Despite their all-out investment in research and development, they are unable to change the situation.

Worse still, the institute's research products were not selling well in the market, which meant that Tianhuo's development patent rights could not last long. The original hope was to break through research bottlenecks through Tianhuo, but things didn't go as planned. Due to the excessively high level of development difficulty, exceeding the existing research level, the project was repeatedly delayed, ultimately pushing the entire institute to the brink of collapse.

At this moment, Su Luo felt powerless to change the situation. She knew that the current stalemate was keeping her up at night, yet she was powerless to do anything about it. The inability to personally return to the research institute to handle the affairs left her feeling utterly helpless.

"Stop knocking..." Su Luo rubbed her temples, her tone helpless and slightly annoyed. She couldn't stand the noise outside the door any longer, so she reached out and opened it.

"Ah, Doctor, you've finally come out!" Assistant Xiao Luo exclaimed with delight.

Su Luo frowned, rubbing her temples, and said, "Let's go get something to eat, I'm hungry."

"No, no, no, you just wait in the room, I'll go buy it," Xiao Luo said hurriedly, seemingly impatient.

Su Luo didn't know why Xiao Luo was unusually excited today, but she didn't ask any questions. She just watched his figure disappear at the end of the corridor.

"Huff—" Su Luo was completely exhausted. She slid down to the ground by the door, facing the balcony.

Suddenly, a gentle breeze swept by, and a carefully folded paper airplane, carried by the wind, drifted leisurely into the room and gently landed on the wooden floor.

Su Luo looked around warily, then stepped toward the paper airplane and picked it up.

Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew past her from behind again.

When she unfolded the paper, a line of clear handwriting came into view: "Never open the door to a stranger."

"!"

However, before she could turn around, shimmering silver threads twisted and crawled out from the cracks in the floor, instantly wrapping themselves tightly around her.

"Um..."

Su Luo's mouth was tightly sealed with long lines, and his entire body was also tightly bound, unable to move an inch.

"Don't move. The more you struggle, the tighter it will wrap around you." Just then, that light voice came from behind the door. Su Luo stared at the figure in horror.

She finally remembered the person; it was the deer woman she had met briefly in the chaotic town center that day.

That deer-tribe priest who can ascend to the heavens and descend to the earth.

Lefie straddled Sulo lightly, reaching out her fingertips to gently poke her cheek.

"Do you remember me? You didn't hesitate to smash a tracked vehicle into me back then," she said with a smile.

"Enough with the small talk. The reason I came to see you today is to talk about the cooperation with V Group."

Lefie's sharp fingernails traced the carotid artery in Sulo's neck, as if ready to pierce it at any moment.

“If you readily agree, it will be beneficial for you, for V Group, and for us—” She flicked her finger, and the thread on Su Luo’s lips loosened slightly.

"Is this the true face of people like you? You try to blackmail me when you see I disagree?" Su Luo protested from beneath him.

“Wrong answer.” Lefie muttered absentmindedly, his hand suddenly tightening, the long thread binding Su Luo digging deep into her skin.

Fresh blood seeped out and dripped onto the floor.

"Well……"

Su Luo let out a painful groan, his face turning ashen.

"Don't try to resist. Just listen to me and you might suffer less." Lefie looked at her coldly, without a trace of pity in her eyes.

"You devil!" Su Luo cursed through gritted teeth.

“Wrong answer—” Lefie sneered, forcefully pulling the rope in his hand, dragging Su Luo step by step to the edge of the balcony. The street below was pitch black, like an endless abyss, sending chills down one's spine.

"Your legs are shaking like this, are you still going to pretend to be stubborn?" Lefie mocked mercilessly, grabbing Su Luo's collar tightly and forcing her to the edge of the railing.

"You certainly wouldn't want to see your research institute fall into someone else's hands so easily, would you?" Her voice was full of threat and enticement.

As Lefie moved, Sulo's body gradually lost its balance, his center of gravity shifted downward, and his whole body tilted at a 45-degree angle.

"Three, two, one..." Lefie's countdown was like the tolling of a death knell, pushing Su Luo's heart to the brink of collapse with every second.

“No…no, I agree, please…don’t do this,” Su Luo pleaded with Lefie, her voice trembling. Her heart was broken; she could no longer endure such psychological torment.

Lefebvre smiled with satisfaction, then forcefully pulled Su Luo back into the room. As Lefebvre moved, the threads binding Su Luo gradually loosened, but she had no strength to resist and could only let her body collapse to the ground. At that moment, she felt like captured prey, lying helplessly at the hunter's feet.

“That’s more like it. Someone will pick you up tomorrow to see Wei, so don’t keep him waiting too long—” It sounded more like a warning than a statement. Lefève finished speaking and walked away lightly.