THE METAMORPHOSIS

'Ah Ming!', 'YeZun!'

Zhao YunLan and Shen Wei run to the ravine. So are Ma TiHua, Ouyang Zhen, and Zhang Tian. However, the ravine is too dark and very deep. Their brothers are nowhere to be found. Shen Wei lifts his eyes and sees the face of the people responsible for his younger brother's suffering. His anger flares up instantly. 'You!' He almost charges onto Ma TiHua if not because Zhao YunLan holds him.

'Shen Wei, he is not important. Now we should find YeZun and Ah Ming before they get hypothermia.' Zhao YunLan reminded the furious man.

'Ah Wei! Zhao YunLan is right, we should find them now. YeZun may be alright but Zhao MingAn is a normal HaiXing.' Shen YongZheng tried to persuade his son. Shen Wei can't approve of it but he also can defy the truth those men said. Throwing his sleeve in anger, Shen Wei returns to the ravine's opening.

'YeZun!' He shouts, 'YeZun!' But of course, nobody replies. 'Zhao YunLan, I will get down there...'

'Okay...'

'Me too.' Zhao YunLan was not yet finished when Ma TiHua interrupted him.

'Are you crazy?' Zhang Tian growled.

'Well, we both need to find our most precious, don't we?' Ma TiHua smirked, making Shen Wei remember the bruises on YeZun's body.

'After this, I'll kill you myself.' Shen Wei growled.

'Then, be my guest.' Ma TiHua smiled. He codes to his companions to prepare for his trip down to the ravine.

'But, Director Shen, how will you find them? The place is so dark and we don't know where their location is precisely.' Guo ChangCheng asked out of concern soon after Ma TiHua left.

'I can search for YeZun's energy.'

'Ah Wei, you can track him that way if YeZun is strong enough to emit his energy. But he fell from this height, I'm afraid...' Shen YongZheng didn't proceed with his words but everyone knows that he is beyond worry.

'Then, let me go down with you...' Zhu Hong proposed, 'my nose can recognize Professor Shen's scent even from afar.'

'That's dangerous.' Zhu Jiu cuts them all, 'Miss Zhu, let me go with you too.'

'But...'

'No, but!' Zhu Jiu insisted, 'I'm coming with you.'

'Why do you have to fight like that...' Chong Bo said, 'we can track them down.' He proceeds. 'What?' He asked innocently to Lin Jing who glared at him.

'Track them down?' Zhao YunLan is confused, 'but how?' He asked, looking at the stiffened scientist. 'What?' Zhao YunLan asked again when he saw Lin Jing not replying.

'We can follow the signal like we do this whole time.' Chong Bo replied, not even aware of the holocaust that was ready to burst into Lin Jing.

'What?!' Now, everybody looks at Lin Jing. 'But the tracker is in Miss Liu...I meant Zhang Tian's body.' Zhu Hong frowned at Lin Jing who was fidgeting in his seat.

'If we put the tracker on her body, it will be useless. Remember that she turned into a man. Luckily, Xiao Zhao brought the tracker with him...' Lin Jing hides behind Chu ShuZhi as he sees Zhao YunLan's eyes.

'So, you put it on my brother?!' Zhao YunLan didn't let go of the cornered scientist.

'Boss, please listen to me first...'

'You meant that you and that idiot already planned to let him get caught? You want to say that he went to the enemy deliberately?!' Zhao YunLan can't be angrier.

'That's not what I planned. It's all Xiao Zhao's idea...' Lin Jing runs around, hiding behind anyone as Zhao YunLan keeps walking toward him.

'And you just follow suit?! You are much older than him, can you stop him?' Zhao YunLan refused to let it slide.

'I told him that wasn't a good idea but Xiao Zhao said nobody suitable to be the pawn but him.' Lin Jing hides behind Zhu Hong but the angry lady brushes him off and slides closer to Zhu Jiu.

'And you agreed?!' Zhao YunLan shouted, 'you can say something to me!'

'Xiao Zhao said that if Ma TiHua wants him so badly, getting caught is just a matter of time. He will be kidnapped no matter how we guard him...'

'So, you want to say, rather than being kidnapped unprepared, better surrender with a plan?' Zhao YunLan cuts Lin jing's words.

'Yes, that is what Xiao Zhao said.' Lin Jing popped up behind Shen YongZheng.

Zhao YunLan laughed. Lin Jing leaves the general's back as he feels that the leader understands. 'Come here, you?!' Zhao YunLan chased Lin Jing once more, making the poor man run away in fear.

'YunLan...' Zhao XinChi can't help but intervene, 'why do you blame them now? If they didn't do it, would you find YeZun?'

'Yes, but that's very dangerous.' Zhao YunLan refused to calm down. 'Ma TiHua has that ability to control his mind. Nobody knows what will happen to him and also YeZun!'

'Don't worry, we made a tool that could jolt him back to his conscious state If that happens...' Lin Jing popped up from Guo ChangCheng's back.

'You dare to answer me?!' Zhao YunLan could strangle the scientist anytime now, he again chased the scientist who keeps running around in fear.

'YunLan...' Zhao XinChi stopped his son before the man killed the poor scared scientist for real. 'Now, you better go down with Shen Wei and find your brother. Even though he is strong, we don't know what is inside Ma TiHua's mind. That man can do everything that we never thought.'

'I'll deal with you after this.' Zhao YunLan pointed at Lin Jing. The scientist just grimaces in fear.

'You ready?' Ma TiHua returned with special clothing.

'You go down there with such thin clothes?' Zhao YunLan can't believe his eyes.

'You worried about me? Thank you.'

'Not at all! I just don't want to be bothered if you have hypothermia.' Zhao YunLan was irritated.

'All you need to worry about is you and Director Shen.' Ma TiHua smirked, 'Right, Ah Wei?' He asked meaningfully

'You better hold your tongue if you want to keep your body in one piece.' Zhao XinChi reprimanded his ex-friend.

'I told you, all you need to worry about is just yourself.' Ma TiHua tightened the rope around his waist as he said. 'I'm going down.' He leaps inside the ravine.

Shen Wei grabs Zhao YunLan's waist, 'hold on to me.' He said before he brought his lover jumped into the ravine with him, his long hair and coat fluttering by the wind and his energy. Ma TiHua's body slides smoothly, not something easy to do if someone is not trained. Everyone who saw his movement realized that this man is not just all talking. Zhao YunLan also watched him as the man landed perfectly on his feet in the land beneath.

'Now, where are they?' Ma TiHua unleashes the rope and tools around his waist.

'Hey, Lin Jing, where are they?' Zhao YunLan pressed his earphone.

'They are on your left, around two to three hundred meters.'

'How?' Shen Wei asked the irritated man.

'Lin Jing said they are two to three hundred meters on our left side.'

'Let's go.' Shen Wei lifted his hand and a flame flared in his palm.

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When YeZun opens his eyes, all that he could see is just darkness. He lifts his hand and a soft light gleam in his palm. YeZun spin his palm and the light ball floated to another end of the ravine. Even though not too bright but YeZun can see around him. 'MingAn!' He shouted when he saw the young man lying helplessly on the pile of snow. 'MingAn!' He checks Zhao MingAn's pulse when suddenly, the young man pulls YeZun's hand. The unprepared man drops into his arms. 'You!' YeZun protests. But when he saw Zhao MingAn's gentle smile, he lost his will to complain.

'Are you alright?' Zhao MingAn asked softly. YeZun does not reply, just nods. 'Professor Shen...' Zhao MingAn caresses the man's silver hair.

'Hm?'

Zhao MingAn lifts the timid man's face, gazing at the shy eyes. 'You are so beautiful.'

Shen YeZun's face flushes red to his ears, 'no, I'm not!' He pulls himself from Zhao MingAn.

'Yes, you are.' Zhao MingAn ignored the man's refusal, taking the man's hand so that his lover would sit beside him. 'Why have I never seen this before?'

'This is the appearance of a demon. How am I supposed to show you this?' Shen YeZun lowered his gaze, again, he looked so sad and timid.

'Professor Shen...' Zhao MingAn is about to lift his body but he wails in pain.

'MingAn...' Shen YeZun checks on his lover.

'I think I broke my ankle.' Zhao MingAn laughing.

'Do you have offee serum with you?' YeZun is frantic.

'We're running out of offee serum.' Zhao MingAn replied, 'I gave the rest to Pochi.'

'Pochi...' Shen YeZun frowned, 'who's Pochi?'

'A dog that saved me from the kidnapper once.' Zhao MingAn wants to smile but his leg is killing him.

'MingAn, why do you lie to me?' Shen YeZun looks at his lover with misty eyes.

'Professor Shen, what do you mean?'

'You don't break your ankle but your leg.' YeZun gulped his tears.

Zhao MingAn laughed, 'what the difference?' He asked but YeZun no longer wanted to say anything. 'Professor Shen, what are you doing?' He asked again when YeZun touched his broken leg, lifting the fabric that covered it.

'If I can absorb someone's power, I wonder if I could absorb their weakness.' Shen YeZun replied.

'What?' Zhao MingAn can't say anything as he could feel a strange sensation creep from his broken leg. 'No! Don't do that! Professor Shen!' He struggled to avoid his lover's touch but he is too weak to do it.

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Shen Wei who keeps moving through the dark alley of the abyss with another two finally reaches a junction with two paths. 'Which one do we choose?' Zhao YunLan scratches his head.

'Let's split up.' Ma TiHua took a flashlight from his backpack. 'Do we have another option? Or do you prefer we keep stuck together?' He smirked at both men's disagreement gaze.

'Just go!' Shen Wei grabbed Zhao YunLan's arm and strode to one route.

'Are you sure it's okay?' Zhao YunLan asked as they walked.

'I can feel YeZun's power from this direction even though it faints.'

'Okay...' Zhao YunLan nodded, following Shen Wei who stepped in front of him.

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YeZun keeps absorbing the pain from Zhao MingAn and as a result, his whole body suffers extreme discomfort while Zhao MingAn's body heals slowly. Not long after, Zhao MingAn is healed while YeZun slumped into the thick snow. His appearance is reverted to his normal appearance. 'Professor Shen!' Zhao MingAn caught his lover's head before it bumped into the ice. 'Why did you do this? Why?' He is desperate because he doesn't know what to do.

'If you could endure it, then I should do the same.' YeZun muttered, his leg is painful to the point he feels about to faint if he moves it.

'It's not about the pain!' Zhao MingAn desperately shouts. 'I don't understand why you always throw yourself as if your life is not important?'

'It's YeZun!' Shen Wei pointed at the dim light in front of them. They rush to the light and smile happily when they find both of the fallen men. But when Shen Wei is about to get his brother, Zhao YunLan stops him.

'I've done so many horrible things.' YeZun replied, 'I must redeem them.'

'What kind of horrible things?'

'MingAn, are you ignorant, or do you pretend not to know?'

'I don't understand,' Zhao MingAn said, 'all that I know is that my lover will never do anything to hurt anyone.'

'I hurt your brother and my brother!' Shen YeZun almost shouts.

'When did you ever do that?' Zhao MingAn asked.

'When...' Shen YeZun was about to reply but then halted as he thought. 'When...When did I do that?' He stupidly asked. Zhao MingAn rubbed his face desperately, even Shen Wei and Zhao YunLan sighed when they heard it.

'Professor Shen, the evil YeZun, died a long time ago. The time is reset, you are not the same YeZun...'

'But it's not changing the fact that your brother and my brother suffered because of me!' YeZun cuts Zhao MingAn's words.

'Fine! You've been throwing away your life, I picked it up. Now, your life is mine. You don't have any rights to yourself anymore!' Zhao MingAn shouted back, making everyone shocked by his words. 'Don't you ever belittle the man that I love!' Zhao MingAn's voice is not calm.

'He is just too spirited.' Zhao YunLan tried to meddle as Shen Wei's complexion was changing.

Suddenly, the clapping hands' voice echoes from another side. 'That's so sweet.' Ma TiHua appeared. 'But too bad, that man already belongs to me.'

'Damn!' Zhao YunLan cursed. Shen Wei quickly strides in to protect both men so that Zhao YunLan. Shen Wei doesn't need to say a thing, his furious eyes tell everything. 'Ah Ming, are you alright?' Zhao YunLan asked in his highest stance. If Shen Wei is running a mock then all of them will be buried under the snow.

'I'm alright but Professor Shen is not. He took my broken leg's pain. Now, his leg is broken and mine is healed.' Zhao MingAn almost cried.

Ma TiHua clicked his tongue, 'YeZun...What are you doing?' He sounds upset.

'What are you doing?' Zhao YunLan asked when the man pulled something from his backpack.

'Offee serum is what he needs now.'

'How can you have that?' Zhao MingAn frowned.

'Do you forget? My company is the one that funds the offee research.' Ma TiHua smirked.

'How do we know if that is the offee serum?' Zhao MingAn was alerted to every possibility.

Ma TiHua smirked, 'I won't kill the gatekeeper, will I?' He throws the injection at Zhao MingAn, 'you do it!'

Zhao MingAn took a stone nearby and broke his finger. Everybody's surprise is not yet ended when the young man injects himself. In front of everyone the wound has recovered, that is the time when he is assured and uses the injection on YeZun. 'How is it?' Shen Wei asked when YeZun moved his leg.

'It's good now.' YeZun replied, making Shen Wei smile in relief. But the situation is heated when suddenly, something stabs Shen Wei's neck. 'Ge!' YeZun catches his elder brother before Shen Wei drops.

'Shen Wei!' Zhao YunLan shouted, glancing around everywhere but he couldn't see the assaulter anywhere.

'I told you didn't I? All you need to worry about is just yourself.' Ma TiHua smiled in victory. Slowly, two invisible guards appear around the man.

'You slick!' Zhao YunLan growled. He can't do anything as Shen Wei is slumped helplessly.

'It's just a DNA blocker. Don't worry, he is alright. You just need to wait till the effect wears out.' Ma TiHua said lightly. 'YeZun, let's go.' He lifted his right hand to the stiffened man. 'I'll let them go if you come to me willingly.'

Shen Wei holds YeZun who is ready to stand up, 'Don't!'

'It's okay, Ge.' YeZun smiled, pulling his hand from his brother's clutch. He almost strides in Ma TiHua's direction when Zhao MingAn grabs his arm. The surprise does not end as Zhao MingAn lifts the soul gun and shoots Ma TiHua several times with it. The man fell, and the spots that were hit by Zhao MingAn's shots felt burning.

'Those are not usual bullets, those bullets will burn your soul not your physic.' Zhao MingAn announced, 'both of you better go and save your boss now before I change my mind and kill him. And trust me, I don't have any loss if he dies but you do.' He growled.

Metamorphosis, the biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involves a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.

Every process that someone comes through will transform them into another shape, some are good but some are bad. The decision of how we become is never up to the situation but to ourselves. Nothing in the world can influence us if we don't allow them to...

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