Chapter 387
Chapter 387 I Won’t Die From Talking Too Much
If we hurry from this place to the city outskirts, we should be leaving the city soon.
It’s worth mentioning that not long after they set off, another group of people came to join them—White Smoke’s subordinates.
However, it wasn’t the batch left behind in the residential community; it seemed to be other members from her organization.
Xia Xinyan still remembered the rumors about White Smoke, but White Smoke had always acted low-key, so it was rare to see her appearing so high-profile.
She was a bit curious about the group of girls’ intentions.
Were they here to handle this incident? Or was there a deeper reason?
Also… was this group’s stronghold in Linjiang? Why had she never found any information about them before?
With many questions about White Smoke and her crew in her mind, Xia Xinyan then noticed that after White Smoke met up with her subordinates, she intentionally distanced herself from them. It was obvious they were on different paths, so Xia Xinyan didn’t plan to go ask.
After all, they were outsiders, and there was no need to pry into this matter.
After some thought, Xia Xinyan leaned closer to Monica and asked, “You know there’s an effect in this city that can affect all weapons, right?”
“I know,” Monica nodded, “I just think it’s quite interesting.”
“Is it the Source of Invasion?” Ling Mo also came over to ask, glancing sideways at Xiao Bai.
This time Monica shook her head: “No, it should belong to the abilities of the magical beasts.”
“Magical beasts?” The fat guy frowned, “Magical beasts can have that strong of an ability?”
That affected the whole city, after all.
“A single magical beast might not, but if you stack a few layers of effects, it could work,” Monica smiled, “Aren’t you guessing that someone is pulling the strings behind this? I think that’s exactly it.”
Before she could finish her words, White Smoke and her group, who were tracking ahead, were suddenly crashed into by a swarm of dark figures, causing many girls to scream in shock.
“What’s that?!” The fat guy was startled as well.
“Those are people,” Monica suddenly laughed, as if she saw something amusing, “Those guys really know how to play.”
As she spoke, the dark figures had already reached them. It was only at that moment that everyone finally saw what they were—
A horde of humanoid monsters oozing black, thick liquid.
And Xia Xinyan could also tell from their aura: “They are infected people.”
“Infected… Eden?” Ling Mo immediately manifested a set of armor and a giant sword, standing protectively in front of Xia Xinyan, asking in a deep voice.
What could infect those with abilities likely came from Eden’s so-called Holy Coffin.
But how could Eden still cause such a big stir under the Ability Bureau’s high-intensity manhunt and suppression?
“What the hell?” The fat guy seemed to have grasped the situation, “They can actually pull off something like this? We’ve got to beat them up!”
Monica, however, patted Xiao Bai: “No need for us to step in, let them see our strength.”
With her words, Xiao Bai obediently nodded, and in the next moment, her body was enveloped by a layer of white mist. In an instant, a swarm of beast-eared girls charged out from that mist, heading straight for the infected, crashing into the monsters, followed by a series of explosions.
The movement trajectories of those monsters were thrown into disarray, starting to crash around wildly. However, Xia Xinyan noticed that the liquid oozing from those monsters seemed to have a corrosive effect, just like what she saw back with the Blister guy.
She wondered how so many infected people were produced in bulk.
As the attacks were nearing their end against those guys, Xiao Bai also ceased her assault.
The fat guy immediately said, “Let’s hurry up and help! The group of girls ahead is probably in trouble!”
Those girls didn’t necessarily have such strong abilities.
However, Xia Xinyan suddenly called out to him, “Wait.”
The fat guy paused: “What is it?”
“Since infected people have appeared here, it proves we’re close to the truth; the presence behind this is about to tear off its mask,” Xia Xinyan looked at the fox, “So, it’s better to take precautions.”
Meanwhile, ahead in the block, White Smoke and her group were suddenly attacked. Although they had prepared in advance, they still couldn’t avoid some injuries; mainly, the self-detonating corrosive abilities of those infected were just too hard to guard against, causing several girls to be caught off guard.
Fortunately, they had everything in their spatial watches, and after the battle, those girls immediately took out new clothes from their watches to change into, barely solving the issue of being exposed.
Xia Xinyan and the others hurried over, relieved to see that none of them had suffered serious injuries.
It wouldn’t do to lose a bunch of team members before even encountering the BOSS.
But White Smoke looked a bit puzzled: “Those guys just now… Didn’t seem like demons.”
“They’re definitely not demons; they are people,” Xia Xinyan explained, “Do you know about the rural incident? That Eden claiming to lead humanity to evolve—those guys just now were infected abilities users, who, according to them, are evolving.”
White Smoke frowned slightly, seemingly confused: “Eden? How could Eden be involved in this matter?”
This piqued Xia Xinyan’s curiosity: “You said you were also investigating this matter before? What did you find?”
White Smoke sized them up for a moment but ultimately remained silent.
She clearly didn’t want to disclose anything.
Seeing this, Xia Xinyan didn’t press further.
After all, they had already come this far, and it probably wouldn’t be long before they found the answers.
However, she hadn’t expected that the truth would come knocking so impatiently—
“That’s right, this is indeed the doing of us from Eden!” A voice suddenly came from above the block. Everyone instinctively looked up and saw a flamboyant man standing on a building rooftop… that peacock-like Phoenix guy, glaring down at everyone with a fierce smile, “Didn’t expect it?! We meet again so soon?! I’ll make sure to take back every ounce of vengeance from you today!!”
Ling Mo’s expression remained unchanged: “Are you sure you’ll get your revenge? This place is our territory now—I’ll admit, I admire your courage to show up, but what about that bald guy? Has he run off?”
“Don’t insult our great leader!!” The flamboyant guy immediately yelled angrily, “How can our great leader’s magnificent plan be interrupted by a mere setback?! Fortunately… you all aren’t the only ones blind in this world. Heh, soon you’ll regret missing such a great opportunity that could make your names eternal!”
He paused, then suddenly laughed: “Oh, wait, you’re all going to die here today, so there should be no opportunity to regret that.”
Before Ling Mo could respond, White Smoke suddenly coldly questioned: “Is someone cooperating with you? Who is it?”
The Phoenix guy sneered derisively: “Heh, I won’t die from talking too much—kill them!”
With his words, countless creatures of various kinds suddenly surged out of the whole block, and it seemed they were all infected abilities users!
