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Editor: DragonFae
Xiao Yang raised his hands and slowly turned to face Aileen. His crescent-shaped eyes remained curved, and he smiled lightly as he explained, “What’s wrong with giving useless things to those in need? I often save the mineral water bottles at home to give to the old lady who collects garbage.”
“But you can’t take my things to give to others.” Aileen lightly brushed Xiao Yang’s face with the muzzle of her gun, her sharp gaze sweeping across his cheeks like an invisible blade.
A faint pheromone emanated from Xiao Yang, and his J1 differential ability, Speed Constriction, enveloped and controlled his entire body. Time became distorted, with the flow around Xiao Yang accelerating while Aileen’s movements slowed down. Every action she took was captured by Xiao Yang’s keen eyes.
Xiao Yang took out a gun from his pocket and quickly loaded it, aiming it at Aileen. He hesitated for a moment at her left chest and then shifted his aim to her left shoulder.
Without any warning, a gunshot rang out, causing the sound to reverberate in the corridor. The bullet pierced through Xiao Yang’s thigh, and his body was thrown backward by the tremendous impact, slamming heavily into the wall. The white wall was splattered with scattered bloodstains.
The gunshot to his thigh prevented him from standing up. Leaning against the wall, he slowly slid down to the ground. Although it was just a flesh wound that didn’t reach the bone, the intense pain made veins bulge on his neck and forehead. He suppressed the pain, swallowing the agonized groan that rose in his throat.
Aileen flicked away the white smoke from the gun barrel and used the scorching muzzle to lift Xiao Yang’s chin. The oppressive pheromones of Blue Rose on her body overwhelmed Xiao Yang, causing him immense suffering.
“If you want to kill someone, you can’t hesitate, otherwise, I will catch you. That’s how the former boss of the research institute died.” Aileen crouched in front of him, casting a shadow over Xiao Yang. The A3-grade alpha’s blue rose pheromones stimulated Xiao Yang’s fragile omega gland.
Aileen bit down on Xiao Yang’s nape and lightly nibbled. Xiao Yang could feel his stamina and glandular energy rapidly depleting. His body gradually weakened, to the point where he didn’t even have the strength to move his fingers.
Hummingbird’s A3 differentiation ability, “Soul Siphon”: an energy extraction ability that triggers absorption when a target within range uses differentiation abilities. The closer the target is to Aileen, the faster their energy is drained away. The absorbed energy will continue to be used by Aileen herself.
Aileen released Xiao Yang and gently wiped away the blood at the corner of her lips. Xiao Yang was completely limp and had no strength to speak. He was pulled into Aileen’s embrace.
“I really like you, truly. At first, it was only because you resembled Lin Deng that I became interested in you. But now, it’s not just that. You understand charm better than him, you’re smarter and more understanding. You’re better than him in every way, so don’t do things that I dislike.”
Aileen gently tucked a strand of hair behind Xiao Yang’s ear. “At my age, I start to yearn for a family. I will give you everything you want. Just don’t disappoint me.”
“But those… experimental subjects… I raised them… with my own hands… You can’t kill them…”
Aileen raised an eyebrow in surprise as she looked at him. “You have feelings for those commodities? In my eyes, they are no different from firearms. I am a businesswoman, to me, they are just guns that can move. The only difference is whether they are expensive or cheap. Do you care about them so much?”
Xiao Yang nodded. “They are attached to me and trust me.”
Aileen seemed to understand a little. Perhaps those experimental subjects were like pets to Xiao Yang. When a person raises a cat or a dog, they develop a sense of protection and affection. If that’s the case, killing a seal pup in front of him that day must have hurt Xiao Yang’s heart.
“Fine. I promise you. I won’t destroy any of the experimental subjects you raised.” Aileen rarely showed patience and even took out her phone, making a call to the person in charge of the Warwick Pharmaceutical Factory.
Xiao Yang didn’t expect her to agree. Aileen was a stubborn and dominant woman who rarely compromised with others. Xiao Yang waited for what she would say next.
“However, I have to eliminate those robbers who invaded the factory.” Aileen put the gun away and reached out to wipe the corner of Xiao Yang’s lips. “They are not the ones you raised, so you shouldn’t feel sorry for them, right?”
Xiao Yang was barely able to raise his hand and he struggled to grasp her wrist. “You can’t… Please stop doing this, really, stop doing it. Let’s leave. If Yan Yi brings back the unanimously approved treaty, and the International Police Bureau and PBB obtain arrest warrants, none of us can escape. I don’t want to be caught.”
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“Stop talking. I’m afraid I have a bad temper and might get angry with you again. You will stay at my place for these days while you recover, and someone will take care of you. If you dare to run out and do something foolish without my permission, I won’t tolerate it anymore.”
“What are you going to do now?!”
“I’m going to the laboratory to select a few little things I like and have them do some work. It’s not a waste of money and energy to raise them to A3.”
The head of Warwick Pharmaceutical Factory received Aileen’s order and temporarily mobilized some patrolling security guards to pick out a few experimental subjects from the trucks to be preserved.
After hanging up the phone, the factory head muttered in confusion, “They’re just abandoned experimental subjects. What’s the use of picking them out? It’s troublesome to search through the lists vehicle by vehicle, wasting manpower.”
The office door was suddenly knocked twice, and the factory head glanced at the watch, sounding a bit impatient, “Who is it?”
A soft and somewhat weak female voice answered, “Did you order the special service?”
The voice was enticing, and the factory head was momentarily stunned before realizing that the factory strictly prohibited the entry of strangers. Anyone outside the door, regardless of who they were, was highly suspicious. He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie on the desk, preparing to call the security guards.
But as he picked up the walkie-talkie, he saw a pure white statue-like young man standing behind him in the dressing mirror on the cabinet, holding a glass hourglass in his arms.
“Polar Reversal”
Specter inverted the hourglass, and the flowing sand poured down from the narrow glass stem. The walkie-talkie in the person’s hand suddenly emitted static noise, cutting off communication with the outside world.
The air around the person seemed to be stripped away, and they could only widen their eyes, which gradually filled with bloodshot veins. Their hands waved aimlessly in the air, futilely trying to grasp something, until they eventually collapsed on the ground due to suffocation.
Specter crouched down, opened the top of the glass hourglass, and placed the body inside. Once the body entered the hourglass, it automatically transformed into colorful glass sand, disappearing without a trace.
“You’re quite efficient.” Only then at that moment, Odd Bones pushed the door open and walked in, stepping on high heels. She walked to the office desk and searched through it but couldn’t find what she was looking for.
“It’s not here.”
She pushed open the glass window, and a golden thread happened to float in with the wind, hanging on the window frame. It was the curse thread of Eris.
The other end of the golden thread came with a set of keys.
Eris pulled out the thread, and Odd Bones took the keys and leaped out of the window. The hem of her cheongsam slowly extended a shimmering peacock feather, and Odd Bones landed gracefully, leaving a faint trail of sparkling stars in the air.
Specter inverted the hourglass once again, and as they landed on the ground, the gravity direction reversed and buffered, allowing Specter to smoothly land from a tall building without any pressure. They stood up next to Odd Bones.
It was already dawn, but the rain didn’t diminish, and the sky remained dark with the ground increasingly flooded.
According to the original plan, Specter was responsible for sabotaging all the alarms, floodlights, and cameras inside the factory, while Odd Bones flew to the playground where the trucks were parked with the keys.
By the time she arrived, Sarcosuchus had already taken down four or five M2-grade alpha security guards. His massive body resembled a mountain, covered in the crocodile’s scales, rendering ordinary bullets ineffective against him.
In terms of the same level, mature experimental subjects had far superior combat capabilities compared to ordinary people. Although these security guards weren’t a match for Sarcosuchus, they had the advantage of numbers. After a few rounds, even Sarcosuchus was starting to pant.
“Madam, come and help,” gasped Sarcosuchus.
“Who told you to take the initiative? Fortunately, Specter acted quickly; otherwise, triggering the alarm would have been troublesome,” Odd Bones said, twisting open her handheld fan. Six golden, green, and blue dots sequentially lit up on her forehead, and the same three-colored dots appeared on the Sarcosuchus’s forehead.
“Emerald Dawn.”
Peacock Gland’s associated ability, “Emerald Dawn”: Support-type ability that causes the target exposed to the ability to mutate. It could result in positive or negative mutations, and the target will have the same golden, green, and blue dots on their forehead as Odd Bones.
The crocodile scales on the Sarcosuchus’s body instantly grew wildly, thickening and protecting every exposed part of his skin. The astonishing level of toughness increased a hundredfold, making him as immovable as a mountain.
“Secondary Rainbow For Clothes”
Behind Odd Bones, the trailing golden and blue peacock feather slowly unfolded, forming a radiant barrier that enveloped the two of them. The security guards on the opposite side, upon hearing the sounds of the fight, rushed over to provide support. Their firepower was fierce, but the bullets that hit Odd Bone’s Secondary Rainbow were absorbed into it. Even when gigantic stones manipulated by the Rocky alpha struck the barrier, it caused ripples as if hitting water, slowly sinking into it.
The more the barrier absorbed, the brighter it became, reaching its critical point. Odd Bones chuckled lightly, “Returning the favor.”
The barrier suddenly exploded, and the soft light screen shattered into sharp triangular shards. They rebounded in all directions, piercing into bulletproof vests, instantly killing several security guards.
Peacock Gland J1 differentiation ability, “Secondary Rainbow For Clothes”: Counterattack-type ability that forms a protective shield centered around oneself. It absorbs 70% of the opponent’s attack damage and transforms it into explosive shards to rebound.
The enemy’s encirclement was shattered by the exploding shards. Taking advantage of the chaos, Sarcosuchus charged forward. With his burly physique and the enhancements from Odd Bone’s ability, he entered the midst of the encirclement as if entering a deserted area, leaving the opposition scattered and defeated.
Odd Bones followed behind Sarcosuchus with a leisurely pace, stepping on a ground covered in blood. She raised her handheld fan to cover her nose and mouth, blowing lightly, saying, “Snow Skeleton.”
The struggling security guards immediately turned into white bones, and their blood evaporated into snowy white powder, scattered and mixed with the pouring rain, falling into the soil.
Having dealt with the enemies in front of them, Sarcosuchus turned around and grinned at Odd Bones, saying, “You sure know how to hit hard, little girl.”
Odd Bones raised her jade-green eye contemptuously and glanced at him, saying, “Get lost.”
Sarcosuchus awkwardly patted his mouth and said, “I’m bad at talking, madam.”
They found the outermost truck. Odd Bones lowered her head and searched for the key that corresponded to the cargo compartment’s locks. Sarcosuchus pounded the cargo compartment with his fists, smashing a large hole and forcefully tearing apart the metal wall, then fiercely smashing the specially made bulletproof glass partition inside.
“Damn it, the things made by the research institute are so sturdy,” Sarcosuchus cursed while smashing. Finally, he shattered a piece of glass, and the experimental subjects squeezed out from the small opening like soda from shaken soda bottles, flowing onto the ground along with foul excrement and bloodstains.
These experimental subjects had been suffocating for too long; they were on the verge of death, and some were already lifeless, lying motionless on the ground.
Odd Bones frowned, covering her nose and mouth. Initially, she had been repulsed, but watching those infants struggling to crawl in the blood and filth, her heart also became unsettled. If it weren’t for Knicks, today, she might have been one of those crying and suffering in the box, mixed with blood, filth, and excrement.
Nausea and fear surged simultaneously in her stomach.
Sarcosuchus took the puppet wooden box from his back, opened it according to the password given by Puppet Master. As the box opened, the eight delicately arranged dolls inside suddenly opened their eyes, accompanied by the clear sound of gears turning, they came to life, sitting up vividly and crawling out of the box.
Each of them had incantations engraved on their backs. Following the Puppet Master’s orders, they approached the experimental subjects, making strange noises. The disoriented experimental subjects also displayed the same incantations as those on the backs of different dolls.
In just a dozen seconds, the scattered experimental subjects in the developmental and infant stages obediently followed behind the dolls. Wherever the dolls went, they followed.
Puppet Master’s M2 differentiation ability, “Endless Playground”: The dolls engraved with incantations became puppets of the puppeteer. The puppets obeyed the puppeteer’s commands and also possessed hypnotic abilities. Those without self-awareness would be hypnotized into becoming puppets, sticking close without any deviation.
The exquisite dolls moved with lifelike ball-jointed limbs, counted the number of experimental subjects following behind them, and then led them towards the planned route and exit.
Once hypnotized by the puppets, these experiment subjects with little self-awareness would follow them for the rest of their lives until Puppet Master retracts the cursed puppets. Otherwise, they would follow until death.
After arranging this truck, Sarcosuchus went to smash another one.
“I wonder if Knicks and the others are doing well over there. With so many vehicles, when will they finish driving them?”
“Hurry up, don’t dawdle. Each one we can retrieve counts.” Odd Bones urged with a furrowed brow. It was difficult to find the corresponding key for the cargo compartment among the whole set of keys. Odd Bones finally found a correct one, twisted open the glass container, and then went to find the next one.
After passing the key set to Odd Bones, Eris stood by the window and retrieved his cursed threads.
Lying haphazardly on the dim floor were many people wearing factory uniforms, their bodies shattered by shotgun blasts.
Eris turned his head to look at Puppet Master.
This time, they brought all the belongings of the Puppet Master. The beautiful dolls displayed in the showcases were all taken away. Although Knicks appeared indifferent, Eris knew those dolls were the result of his several years of hard work.
This is the factory control room.
Puppet Master sat in front of the computer, inserted the USB drive he brought into the mainframe, quickly bypassed the security network, and selected the required data for copying.
“Synthesis booster… Eternal Undead.” While copying, Puppet Master glimpsed a special potion description among a dense array of documents.
“Artificial synthesis booster, huh?” Puppet Master pondered for a moment. “Aileen still wants to create an artificial envoy… that insane woman.”
The data download was complete, and Knicks put away the equipment. “Eris, let’s go.”
“Okay!” Eris hoisted the shotgun and jumped up, leading the way. He propped his hand on the windowsill, flipped out of the window, and hung the cursed golden threads on his body to prevent a fall.
Puppet Master also jumped from a high place and, when Eris landed, used the J1 Ability Puppet substitution. In an instant, Eris and Knicks swapped positions. Puppet Master landed calmly, while Eris, falling from mid-air, was caught by the Puppet Master’s entwined golden threads, swinging like a puppet, and then landed steadily beside Puppet Master.
Eris excitedly raised his shotgun and shouted, “Yeah, one more time!”
Puppet Master grabbed him and hurriedly walked towards the playground. It was too slow to rely on just the two of their group to open the cargo compartments of over 300 trucks. They had to go quickly to help.
The torrential rain showed no signs of stopping, and the dawn sky was as dark as night. Their clothes were soaked, and water trickled into their garments along their cheeks.
There was no light around, and a vague presence loomed in the darkness.
Eris suddenly stopped in his tracks, hoisting the shotgun and leisurely raising his tongue marked with intricate patterns, saying, “Knicks, there’s some fool who doesn’t know any better trying to block our path.”
Puppet Master also felt the presence. Making a rough estimation in his mind, he casually replied, “Come meet up later.”
“I also want…” Eris watched Knicks leave until his figure was concealed by the darkness.
“…to follow you.” He murmured the unfinished second half of the sentence that he hadn’t spoken aloud, then lowered himself and released a golden thread, wrapping it around a high building railing, and lifted his body up.
“Damn it, I hate Knicks for a minute.”
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