Chapter 51: Look! There is a stubborn fool here!

"Requesting bac..."
"An attack! A subconscious monster!"
While Zhou Mo and Zhang Huai'an were still on their way, a cry for help came through Zhang Huai'an's hidden earpiece.
Zhang Huai'an instantly broke out in a cold sweat, but the injury on his ribs made it impossible for him to run fast. Even a long stride caused him excruciating pain.
"They're in trouble over there! You go ahead, I'll be right behind you!"
"Alright!"
There was no time to worry about Zhang Huai'an's condition now. Zhou Mo chose a direct straight-line path. The wall, over two meters high, was completely ignored in his eyes. With a push off a nearby tree, he reached the apex, braced his hands against the wall ledge, and vaulted over effortlessly.
Zhang Huai'an watched Zhou Mo's disappearing back and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "I hope I'm not too late..."
In less than a minute, Zhou Mo had rushed to the scene. But as soon as he entered, he saw two City Guards lying in pools of blood with huge wounds on their chests, and a young man preparing to escape through the window. However, what the young man was holding in his arms was no longer an urn for ashes, but the upper half of Sun Zhongwen's head.
Height: 1.83 meters. Apparent age: around 25 years old.
Heh...
It seems the one who went to the Tianyou Research Center earlier was you.
Zhou Mo put his hand behind his waist, pretending he had a gun, and said in a cold voice, "Don't move, you're under arrest!"
Not yet knowing what lethal weapons the killer possessed, Zhou Mo chose the most cautious approach.
The young man sneered, "If you want to die, I'll grant your wish."
Sure enough, the next moment Zhou Mo saw a furry giant mantis crawling out from outside the window!
The mantis and the young man merged into one, cutting through the glass with a single slash and lunging inside.
Its two legs were not like those of an insect, but rather resembled the hooves of a goat.
If one had to describe the appearance of this mantis, it was the body of a kangaroo, the appearance of a mantis, and the legs of a goat—an appearance that would cause physical discomfort at just a single glance.
"Tch..."
"I've decided to carry the Holy Sword of Physics with me from now on. As a detective, I can't possibly solve everything using just my brain."
The two City Guards on the ground had not yet breathed their last, and Brain Bro could not be let out to solve the problem just yet. However, Brain Bro quickly controlled one of Zhou Mo's eyeballs to look toward the fire extinguisher cabinet hanging on the side.
Almost instantly, Zhou Mo made his decision. The moment the giant mantis lunged, Zhou Mo threw himself into a diagonal dive toward the fire cabinet, and the moment he rose to his feet, he smashed the glass with an elbow strike and retrieved the fire axe from inside.
A single axe was naturally no match for the giant mantis's two jagged scythes, but fortunately, that half of Sun Zhongwen's head helped pin down one of its arms.
Even so, the two-meter-tall giant mantis was quite terrifying in size. It swung its arm sideways, bringing the scythe down straight toward Zhou Mo's neck!

If an ordinary person saw such a monster attacking them, their first reaction would undoubtedly be to dodge.
Yet Zhou Mo was completely different. Time seemed to be elongated in his field of vision. Watching the incoming trajectory, he calculated countermeasures in his mind. It seemed that Zhou Mo, once equipped with Brain Bro, received a remarkably strong boost in rapid thinking.
'Crouch first, then slash upward, and finally kick.'
Zhou Mo made his judgment immediately. The moment the blade's gleam came close, he immediately bent down and crouched, the jagged blade whistling past just above the tips of his hair.
Simultaneously, Zhou Mo channeled strength through his waist and both arms gripping the axe, slashing upward!
The red of the fire axe drew a crimson crescent in the air, cleanly severing the giant mantis's arm!
But the instant he struck, Zhou Mo released his grip on the axe, spinning his body along with the momentum of the swing, and drove his right foot back in a kick straight between the giant mantis's legs!
"Ugh!"
The giant mantis, which had already been crying out in pain from having its arm severed, had its triangular face distorted by this kick from Zhou Mo.
Just as Zhou Mo turned around, picked up the axe, and prepared to deliver the finishing blow to the mantis, the giant mantis's body suddenly grew somewhat illusory. Following that, the young man was seen backing out of the giant mantis's body, still holding Sun Zhongwen's half-skull.
His left hand had fallen to the ground, and his pale face glared fiercely at Zhou Mo. "Hold him off for me!"
Then, without looking back, he vaulted out of the window.
Seeing this, Zhou Mo wanted to pursue, but the giant mantis used its remaining single arm to slash a single blow into the open space right in front of Zhou Mo.
This was getting a bit troublesome...
However, at that very moment, the sound of a gunshot rang out from behind!
Bang!
A bullet precisely hit the mantis in the eye!
Zhou Mo looked back and saw Zhang Huai'an standing out the door, panting heavily, holding a gun with a stern expression as he shouted, "You go after the person, leave the subconscious monster to me."
Zhou Mo did not hesitate, picked up the axe, bypassed the giant mantis, and followed by vaulting out the window.
When Zhou Mo reached the outdoors, the young man had already vanished without a trace. Just as Zhou Mo was wondering which direction to search, Brain Bro came online once more.
'The lawn on the left has traces of being trampled; there are bloodstains on the edges of the leaves.'
With a calm mind and clear thoughts, Zhou Mo was surprised himself at how smart he had become.
His body reacted immediately as well. The ability gained from his subconscious allowed him to hold the axe and pursue relentlessly in the direction the killer had fled.
Since it was already dusk, there were practically no people left in the crematorium. Zhou Mo encountered no obstructions along the way and soon spotted the killer's trembling figure.
Clearly, the lingering power of Zhou Mo's kick was still taking effect. Before adrenaline could carry him very far, the killer had lost his mobility. Zhou Mo approached him aggressively from behind, axe in hand. Realizing he could no longer escape, the killer glared at Zhou Mo with a ferocious look and roared, "You bastard!"

Zhou Mo cautiously approached step by step, axe in hand. "Don't move, you're under arrest."
The killer's eyelids twitched wildly. Who on earth chases criminals while brandishing a fire axe?
Realizing escape was impossible, he pulled a dagger from behind him with a vicious look in his eyes. "You won't find out anything!"
Before Zhou Mo could react, the killer fiercely drove the blade straight into his own neck!
Splat!
Blood gushed out like a fountain, and Sun Zhongwen's half-skull slipped from his grasp.
Zhou Mo was startled. "Are there still die-hard fanatics in modern society?"
Brain Bro lifted Zhou Mo's skull cap to cautiously inspect the surroundings—there was no one around, let alone any surveillance cameras—and hurriedly pointed at Sun Zhongwen's head on the ground, reminding Zhou Mo that it was time to get to work.
Thinking about it, this truly was a good opportunity. Zhou Mo lowered his body and picked up Sun Zhongwen's half-skull, but the moment he touched it, he noticed something was wrong.
It was frozen solid!
Oh no!
What a stubborn blockhead!
"Can... can this still be used?"
Zhou Mo twitched the corner of his mouth.
Brain Bro didn't care about any of that. It raised an eyeball, preparing to perform a craniotomy: Never mind all that, let's just take it back first.
Yet Zhou Mo scratched his head. "Zhang Huai'an will be here in a moment. Where are you going to put it once you take it out?"
Brain Bro had already nimbly completed the craniotomy, its technique growing increasingly proficient.
After extracting the frozen brain, Brain Bro looked at Zhou Mo's skull with clear, innocent eyes.
Zhou Mo was stunned at first, then his expression changed drastically as he waved his hands frantically.
"No way! Don't even think about stuffing it in!"
"This thing is already frozen solid!"