Translator: Khun, Kii
Translation Checker: Anonymous
Editor: Agneya
“How is that possible? We’re monitoring the blind spots.”
“I don’t know, maybe I’m overthinking it.” Eris loaded the shotgun hidden in the spacious researcher’s uniform. “Rimbaud isn’t here, I’m not afraid of him. I’m going up to find him and fight.”
“Listen to me and find an opportunity to leave, we’ve already recorded the video we need. As long as the video recorded by your eye is spread, the IOA will punish him to calm the civilians’ fear, or Bai Chunian will voluntarily leave the IOA to escape punishment. No matter what, it can only be beneficial to us.”
“Hmph.” Eris put away the gun. “Fine. It’s too obvious if I rush out now. Even if he hasn’t seen me yet, he will see me when that happens.”
“When his punishment is imposed on lab area F, take advantage of the commotion and sneak out.” Puppet Master also said, “Keep to the crowd and don’t leave the surveillance blind spot.”
At this time, the control room was filled with the smell of blood, gunpowder, and some sweat. The pungent scents mixed into a nauseating smell, and Bai Chunian was still pacing among the remaining eight surviving researchers with his hands in his pockets, completely clean.
From the monitoring screen, each supervisor could see the situation of the area they represented. At this time, all the researchers in lab area A have died in the poisonous mist of the centipede experimental subject, and all the researchers in lab area C have died from the dual blades of the mantis experimental subject, “Jack the Ripper.”
Bai Chunian also watched the situation on the screen. Researchers in each lab area set off another wave of disturbance, seizing the rescue supplies in their own lab areas.
Many lethal weapons were stored in lab area D due to its frequent contact with out-of-control experimental subjects, which included the IN infection suppressor, IN infection injection, SH shielding agent, and three compressed liquid nitrogen mesh bullets.
But these things were limited and only enough for half of the people. At first, they were distributing these self-rescue supplies in an orderly manner, but because a few people at the end of the queue broke the order and started to snatch supplies, the entire lab area D broke out into a huge disturbance. Some people used the needle of an IN infection agent to stab other people around them.
There were fewer and fewer survivors in the lab areas. Bai Chunian was leaning in front of the monitoring screen, lightly twirling a revolver hanging from his fingertips. He enjoyed watching the people fight each other on tape. The bulletproof glass door of lab area D was gradually mottled with bloodstains.
“Mn, the half-time break is over. Is everyone reenergized?” Bai Chunian finally stood up, reloaded three bullets into the revolver, put the gun back on the table, and then pulled the cards to shuffle them. He then pushed the cards to the fifth Murakami supervisor.
“Mr. Murakami.” Bai Chunian bent over and leaned close to him. “Come. No need to be nervous.”
Murakami lowered his head and wiped the sweat on his brows with his cuffs. His plump hands didn’t have much room to move around after being handcuffed, unlike the others, who could still extend their hand to draw a card. He could only stretch out his fingers to touch the deck with difficulty.
The deck was placed five to six centimeters away from him. Bai Chunian looked at him with patience. “What’s wrong? How can you not reach that? Let me help you.”
He didn’t place the deck closer to Supervisor Murakami, rather, he took his plump hand and stretched it toward the deck with strength.
The skin of his wrist was torn by the sharp handcuffs, and he howled in pain as he drew out a 5 of Clubs.
“No need to thank me, after all, you had also helped me like this before.” Bai Chunian flipped over a black 10 of Spades and gently put it on the table. “You also have two choices.”
Bai Chunian raised his finger to a closed door in the room. “First choice, go into that door and wait for a minute before coming out. If you are lucky, there is freedom behind the door… If you are unlucky, it may not be so.”
“I choose the second option, select the switch to open lab area D.”
Supervisor Murakami stared at the seemingly ordinary door, behind which was unknown fear. At this moment, he was on the verge of a mental breakdown, and he didn’t dare to try.
Supervisor Murakami hesitated before choosing to press the switch for lab area D.
Bai Chunian used the intercom to inform everyone of the result, like usual.
At this time, the fighting in lab area D was over. The survivors held the self-defense weapons they had won from their companions, nervously and confidently watching the two dangerous experimental subjects that were separated from them. They had many weapons that could subdue the experimental subjects. If they were only facing two experimental subjects in the cultivation stage, the chances of winning were still very high.
But after the switch was pressed, the bulletproof glass door of lab area D did not open.
The people were wondering why the door didn’t open as they expected, then tried to break the door with force.
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Gradually, the temperature in the room increased, and people could smell a burning smell.
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The people felt burning pains in their airways and it kept getting worse over time. They sprayed liquid nitrogen on the glass. The three liquid nitrogen nets all exploded on the glass, and a gust of cold air appeared. However, the temperature in the room only dropped briefly, then began to rise rapidly again.
In the end, everyone in lab area D fell down. The glass finally exploded due to the sudden cooling of liquid nitrogen and the sudden heating of the air. A puff of thick smoke and the smell of burnt flesh gushed out.
Bai Chunian patted Supervisor Murakami’s head. He regretfully smiled and said, “You’ve killed them.”
The game continued on. The sixth supervisor Zhu Hongfeng chose to go into that door. Bai Chunian opened the door for him; the inside was completely dark. After Supervisor Zhu entered, the door automatically locked.
The people nervously watched the door, when suddenly, Supervisor Zhu banged on the door in a frenzy. However, Bai Chunian casually looked at his watch. After one minute had passed, there was no movement coming from the other side of the door.
“Time’s up.” Bai Chunian walked to the door, opened the covered nameplate on the door, with the two words “Incineration Furnace” written on it, and took out a pair of chopsticks from his pocket. “So is anyone craving a freshly cooked hot dog right now?”
The remaining supervisors painfully closed their eyes.
At the end of a round of the game, only six out of the ten supervisors were still alive, and only three researchers in the lab area were still alive based on the surveillance.
“Congratulations to everyone who passed the first round of the game. Everyone should now be familiar with the rules of the second game.” Bai Chunian slowly filled the revolver with bullets, then took out a dagger from the drawer, and put them together in the middle of the table.
“Whoever survives will be free. Just like the experimental subjects fighting for a place in the ecological box to get out.” Bai Chunian especially looked at Supervisor Moo Tae-Hyun and Supervisor Ayler; they were a pair of AO lovers.
“There’s only one place.” Bai Chunian took away the chip stuck on the control panel, put a cloth on the doorknob, and withdrew his hand. He turned back and said, “I wish you guys good luck. I’ll come and see you guys later.”
Bai Chunian closed the door. The moment the door locked, the handcuffs on the six supervisors were unlocked at the same time.
A few people stared at each other for a few seconds, then suddenly rushed at the gun and dagger on the table at the same time. It was unknown whether Bai Chunian did it on purpose, but the two weapons were the closest to the couple, so they were the first to grab them.
While the killing game in the surveillance room was in full swing. Eris had already taken advantage of the chaos in lab area F and ran away.
He used his cursed golden thread to hang his body and swung out of the hole he made on the glass window of the observation deck. The outside looked normal as usual. Nobody could have guessed that so many terrifying things were happening inside.
“Sarcosuchus is already waiting for you in the helicopter.” Puppet Master guided Eris according to the planned evacuation route. “You just broke off a piece of the glass when you had swung out of the observation deck.”
Eris used the cursed gold thread as a rope to swing over the obstacles on top of the tall buildings, and snorted coldly, “So what?”
“Bai Chunian’s inherent abilities are silent cat-walking and multi-frequency listening. Don’t let him catch you.”
Eris jumped from the top of a tall building with a cursed golden thread wrapped around a lightning rod at the top of the building and propped up to swing to the top of the next tall building.
It was already three o’clock in the morning, and the tall buildings in Red Fox City were still flickering with lights. There was barely any traffic below, and the colors of the neon lights made each building colorful.
As soon as his feet hit the ground, Eris saw a shadow squatting on the railing of the rooftop at the top of the opposite building.
The shadow stood up on the narrow railing like a cat.
Suddenly, the shadow moved, leaped without the help of a rope, stepped lightly on the window grille, and ejected their body upwards for more than ten meters, occasionally jumping between tall buildings with their hands and feet.
Eris’s eyes gradually couldn’t keep up with that fast shadow, and he only felt a cool wind blowing behind him. His innate fighting instincts made him dodge in the other direction.
When he had calmed down and cast his gaze away, he saw the shadow land on the ground and stood straight. They retracted their snow-white tail from behind to maintain balance.
Bai Chunian stood amidst the blowing wind, the distance between them was only 10 meters.
“Since you already came, why don’t you stay and play for a while?” Bai Chunian asked.
“Ah, sure.” Eris said.
Puppet Master stopped him. “Don’t engage with him.”
“Oh.” Eris could only change his words, “Nah, I don’t have time today.”
Bai Chunian slightly raised a brow and approached Eris step by step. “Why?”
Eris saw the black crystal collar on his neck at a glance and immediately backed away the moment Bai Chunian’s fingertips almost touched him.
But even though he didn’t really touch it, a smell of brandy pheromone hit his arm, and a layer of glass quickly swept away and swallowed Eris’ arm and ribs.
“This is…Annihilate?” Eris wasn’t sure. But Bai Chunian was obviously in a red-eyed state right now, and he’d rather live, regardless of how many others die.
Puppet Master said, “I put the Sacred Wind-up Key in your coat pocket. Get out as soon as possible.”
Sure enough, Eris took out a silver square key from his pocket, inserted it in the hole on his nape, and quickly turned it several times.
At the same time, Bai Chunian used Bone Armor on his fist and punched Eris in the abdomen. Fortunately, Eris had inserted the key in time, and his entire body was strengthened due to the controller. The blow was abruptly canceled out, and the two were separated by mutual impact.
“Without Rimbaud’s control, Bai Chunian doesn’t dare use his ability too liberally. Don’t be afraid, he won’t dare take off the collar.” Puppet Master commanded calmly, “It’s odd, though. His M2 ability Annihilate should only work when there’s direct contact. No matter how you look at it, this time’s Annihilate seems much stronger compared to the level he showed before.”
After a few brief encounters, Bai Chunian suddenly stared into Eris’ eyes.
The innate ability of feline glands allowed him to hear noises in higher and lower frequencies. In just a few tenths of a second when he passed Eris, Bai Chunian keenly caught the sporadic electronic noise.
And this bit of electronic noise appeared to come from Eris’ right eye.
Bai Chunian looked into Eris’ eyes and suddenly laughed. “What, are you a paparazzi? It turns out to be hidden here.”
He spread out his left hand, the collar on his neck melted under his control, and a short section was taken and forged into a crystal dagger in the palm of his hand, while the collar became a bit smaller.
“What have you recorded? I didn’t kill anyone, they were killed by their own kind, and by the technology they are proud of.” Bai Chunian rushed forward, clashed with Eris, and pressed on him. Holding the dagger in both hands, he stabbed it at Eris’ right eye.
Eris tightly held both his hands, desperately trying to be in a stalemate with him. The blade slipped out of Bai Chunian’s hands and pierced Eris’ ear, cutting off his communication with Puppet Master.
Bai Chunian turned around and attempted to stab Eris’ eye again. One second before the blade was about to sink into his socket, and even pierced his skull, Bai Chunian suddenly stopped—it was as if his hands were handcuffed, and he couldn’t stab anymore.
As if his body was being controlled, his hands clasped together involuntarily and made a prayer pose. His own body was forcefully lifted off of Eris’ body and he kneeled on the ground.
“Go to hell.” As soon as Eris saw an opportunity, he immediately activated his A3 ability, Like the Abyss.
Bai Chunian was surrounded by the shadows of the night, and the ground was slowly being swallowed. In a while, Bai Chunian would fall into the bottomless pit.
At the same time, the huge pit stopped sinking. Eris looked at his hand suspiciously, as if his ability had been turned off, and he couldn’t release it no matter what he did.
In the darkness in the distance, a pair of golden eyes slowly opened, the pupils were vertical slits.
Black Panther came out and separated Bai Chunian and Eris. But he did not stop using his J1 ability “Fallen and Converted” and his A3 ability “The Devil’s Whisper”.
Of these two abilities, one prohibited movement, and the other prohibited the use of an ability. Devil Envoy’s main ability was silence.
Bai Chunian was forced to clasp his hands and couldn’t move, so he could only look up from the shallow pit sunk in the ground. “Hey, which side are you exactly helping?”
Eris tried a few times but couldn’t use his “Like the Abyss” again. He looked at Black Panther provocatively and raised his chin slightly. “Mind your own business.”
Black Panther stayed silent.
“Eris used his right eye to secretly record me.” Bai Chunian raised his head and complained. “I’ll leave as soon as he gives me the eyeball.”
Black Panther indifferently looked at Eris. “Give it to him.”
Eris covered his eyes. “Why should I? Knicks gave them to me, so I won’t hand them over.”
Black Panther turned toward Bai Chunian. “Negotiation has failed, let’s change the terms.”
“Staying neutral is considered surrendering to the enemy, so stay away from me.” Bai Chunian’s eyes flashed a blue light, and the collar on his neck melted again, forging into a beast’s muzzle that could limit the overflow of his power, locking the elongated sharp teeth in Bai Chunian’s mouth.
It was just a J1 ability, and it couldn’t control Bai Chunian at all. A strong pheromone accompanied by surging power suddenly broke through Black Panther’s restriction. Bai Chunian jumped out of the deep pit, the crystal dagger flashed blue lightning in front of Black Panther, and he backed away. Bai Chunian immediately turned around and swept his leg at Eris, whose restraint had yet to be lifted.
Eris was ferociously swept away by the leg enforced with Bone Armor, and his back slammed into the guardrail of the roof. When he raised his head again, Bai Chunian was charging with a dagger in his hand. He turned over to dodge, but Bai Chunian actually predicted his path. He turned his hand and stabbed, aiming at Eris’ windpipe.
The originally determined strike was once again stopped by Black Panther, so Bai Chunian slashed him as well.
The arm that Black Panther was using to block was stabbed. Since the dagger was made of the dead sea heart rock controller, the wound wouldn’t be able to heal for a long time. Eris took the opportunity to twist the Sacred Wind-up Key on his nape several times and pulled it out. Then, he transformed a pair of silver scissors in his hand and threw the sharp scissors toward Bai Chunian. Bai Chunian was keenly aware of how lethal the weapon forged by a controller was, so he immediately dodged.
The silver scissors flew half a circle before being caught by the cursed golden thread and pulled back into Eris’ hand. He hung it and twirled it on his fingertip. “Hmph, what are you hiding for?”
The three were separated by a distance.
Suddenly a white light flashed in front of his eyes. The sky quickly brightened and then became pitch black, and then there was thunder that shook the earth. Dark clouds swept across the sky rapidly, and dense raindrops fell down without warning.
Bai Chunian looked toward the direction the dark clouds were coming from. Six suns appeared and disappeared over the cultivation base, making the sky sometimes dark and sometimes like daytime.
In an instant, a bolt of blue lightning went straight down from the sky through the lightning protection system and directly hit the dome of the cultivation base. The entire cultivation base suddenly became a hot blue fireball burning in the rainstorm.
The high temperature of the lightning was obvious. The impenetrable fortress of the cultivation base also melted and burned in the endless lightning, then it turned into ashes.
Black Panther was the first to recognize it. This was the A3 ability, Magic Sunlight Road, which the merman had revealed before. It was a powerful ability that could control extreme weather at will.
Bai Chunian’s hands were hanging down, his hair was already stuck to his cheeks from the rain, and the lion’s ears were also wet. The white fluff was stuck together in clusters, looking messy and disorderly.
In the pouring rain, a merman shining blue climbed up the large building.
“Oh!” Bai Chunian put the dagger forged from the dead sea heart rock behind his back, hiding it.
Rimbaud crawled to Bai Chunian’s side, straightened up, and put his arms around his neck. “Child, stories are written by the survivors. I will make this incident an accident.” He slightly raised his eyelids and glanced scornfully at Eris and Black Panther at a place Bai Chunian couldn’t see.
Eris stiffened. “…”
Black Panther took a silent step back.
Bai Chunian still let him hug him with his hands down and shook his ears obediently. “Yes, it was an accident. Everyone will believe it.”
At this time, on the coast of Greenfly City, the Fishing Festival would be held at 12 o’clock in the morning on June 24th. But this time due to the pollution of the sea area, the scale of the Fishing Festival was much smaller.
Bai Chunian, volunteering at the festival, was being interviewed by reporters amid music and drum beats, wearing festive Hawaiian-style short-sleeves and shorts with a garland around his neck.
“Yes, the submarine laboratory of the 109 Research Institute had a serious leak, but fortunately, the IOA had taken timely measures. Don’t worry everyone, we, the IOA, will definitely handle this accident to prevent future troubles.”
TV stations were broadcasting the Fishing Festival live. Even those who didn’t go were watching TV at home. After Bai Chunian was interviewed, he took the children at the festival to play and played games with them. He put his hands on his head, mimicking cat ears. “What is the most beautiful creature in the world?”
The children loudly answered, “Merfolk!”
Bai Chunian asked another question, “Who is the prettiest of all merfolk?”
The children laughed. “Rimbaud!”
Bai Chunian appeared in the video footage of various programs of the Fishing Festival from beginning to end. At about three o’clock in the morning, he quietly left the crowd and turned into a dark alley expressionlessly.
A chameleon tail was hanging out of one of the legs of his patterned shorts.
Thank You for the new chapter (´,,•ω•,,)♡
What the heck. Bai Chunian collaborated with the Chameleon Omega to be his proxy. He’s such a genius! As expected of Xiao Bai!
Our Xiao-Bai is the Babie of all Characters.