The Debtor System: Starting with a debt of 1 billion

Chapter 33 The Doctor's Last Gamble

As the headquarters of the "Phoenix" organization was engulfed in flames during a police raid, Lin Yu's communicator suddenly received an encrypted email from an unknown coordinate.

The email contained no text, only a blurry video.

The video's background is a snow-covered wasteland, with a massive hemispherical building standing in the center, resembling a cold eye embedded in the ice. At the building's entrance, the words "Eden" shimmer with a deep blue light under the aurora borealis.

The camera zooms in, and a figure in a heavy down jacket appears in the frame. He pulls down his hood, revealing a face covered in burn scars—it's "The Doctor." But he no longer looks like the aloof manipulator; instead, he resembles a decrepit gambler, his eyes gleaming with a mad and desperate light.

"Children," the doctor's voice was hoarse and weary, "you have won. My empire has crumbled, my followers have betrayed me. But I have prepared a final gift for you."

The scene changes, and a complex gene sequence map appears on the screen, which is the complete structure of the "twin virus".

"This is Antarctica's 'Garden of Eden,' the place where your lives originated." The doctor's voice carried a strange allure. "I am here, prepared to reveal the whole truth about the virus's origin, and... the only antidote. Haven't you always wanted to know why it was you? Why are you twins? Come here, and I will tell you."

"Don't go! This is clearly a trap!" Acha's face turned pale after reading the email. "The Antarctic 'Garden of Eden' is the Phoenix Organization's most secret nuclear waste disposal site, where dozens of decommissioned nuclear warheads are buried. He wants to blow you all up!"

Lin Yu remained silent, looking at Su Ya and Lin Mo sitting in the corner.

The brother and sister were both pale. The impact of this video on them was far greater than Acha had imagined. It was the answer they had been searching for half their lives, their only hope of escaping their "devil" identity.

"We're going," Lin Mo suddenly said, his voice firm and unwavering.

"Brother..." Suya looked up, her eyes filled with worry.

"This is our last chance." Lin Mo looked at his sister, a flicker of pain in his eyes. "I don't want to be a 'butcher' anymore, nor do I want to be a 'weapon.' I want to know, who are we really?"

Lin Yu looked at them, a complex mix of emotions welling up inside him. He knew this was the Doctor's final gamble. He wasn't betting on victory, but on despair. He was betting that this brother and sister would be willing to go to hell for the truth.

"Okay." Lin Yu finally nodded, a resolute flame burning in his eyes. "Then we'll play one last game with him."

Three days later, an icebreaker broke through the thick ice of Antarctica and slowly approached the "Garden of Eden" standing on the ice field.

When Lin Yu led Su Ya and Lin Mo onto the ice, the Doctor was already waiting for them at the building entrance. Behind him were rows of nuclear missile silos flashing red lights.

"Welcome home, my masterpiece." The doctor smiled, opening his arms. "Do you want to know the truth? Then come with me."

He turned and walked into the depths of "Eden".

Lin Yu cautiously looked around; his intuition told him that traps were everywhere. But he still led Su Ya and Lin Mo, following behind the doctor, step by step toward the underground core that hid all the secrets.

They walked through a long corridor lined with enormous culture chambers filled with various deformed biological tissues. These were all failed experiments by the "Phoenix" organization.

Finally, they arrived at a huge circular hall.

In the center of the hall, two incubation chambers stood side by side. Two names were engraved on the chambers: B-01 (Suya) and B-02 (Linmo).

"This is where it all began." The doctor pointed to the two incubation chambers, his voice tinged with fanaticism. "Do you know? You are not ordinary twins. Your genes are the most perfect combination I selected from countless fertilized eggs. I implanted the 'twin virus,' causing you to compete and kill each other from the moment you were in the womb. Only the one that survived was qualified to be born."

"You're a madman!" Suya roared angrily.

"No, I am the creator." The doctor shook his head, a sinister smile on his face. "You think you are victims? No, you are my most perfect works of art. Your pain, your struggles, your killings, are all part of a script I designed."

He pressed a button, and the walls around the hall suddenly opened, revealing dozens of launch silos. Each nuclear warhead had a red countdown light flashing on it.

"Now, the script should end." The doctor's voice echoed in the hall. "Since you cannot become my weapons for ruling the world, then become my sacrificial offerings."

"Run!" Lin Yu shouted, pulling Su Ya and Lin Mo back.

But the gate was already closed, and the exit was completely blocked.

"It's no use." The doctor's voice carried a hint of smugness. "This is a thousand meters underground; you can't escape. Let's witness the final rebirth of the 'Phoenix' together in this grand fireworks display!"

The countdown starts.

【10......9......8......】

Looking at the doctor trapped in the hall, Lin Yu suddenly understood something.

"He didn't want to kill us," Lin Yu said calmly. "He wanted us to kill him."

He turned around and looked at the doctor's crazed face.

"Doctor, you've lost. Your organization is gone, your dreams are shattered. You don't want to face trial, you don't want to face death. So, you orchestrated this scheme, making us your executioners."

"Nonsense!" the doctor roared.

"You led us here so we could kill you in despair and end your suffering." Lin Yu walked step by step toward the doctor. "You're a coward, Doctor. You don't even have the courage to commit suicide."

"7...6...5..."

The doctor's face turned pale, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes as he looked at Lin Yu approaching.

"Kill me..." he whispered, his voice pleading, "Please...kill me..."

Lin Yu didn't stop. He walked up to the doctor and grabbed his collar.

"You have no right to choose how you die," Lin Yu said coldly. "Your trial has only just begun."

"4……3……"

Just then, Lin Mo suddenly rushed over, shoved Lin Yu aside, and pressed the doctor onto the control panel.

"Brother! Stop the countdown!" Lin Mo shouted.

Looking at her brother's resolute back, Suya suddenly understood something. Instead of stopping the countdown, she closed her eyes and immersed her consciousness into the neural network that had once been sealed away.

She found the hidden termination code deep in the doctor's memory.

"2……1……"

Just a second before the nuclear bomb was about to detonate, the red lights in the entire hall suddenly went out.

The countdown has stopped.

The doctor collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with despair.

Lin Yu looked at Su Ya and Lin Mo, and they smiled at each other, their eyes no longer clouded with the gloom of the past.

They finally defeated the demon that created them, and they also overcame their own inner fears.

The wind and snow in Antarctica continued to howl, but the gates of "Eden" finally opened slowly in the sunlight.