Translator: Deyonna
The signal tower at the supply station was damaged during the otherworldly creatures’ attack last night, so there is no signal anywhere now. The triangular-eyed man can only return to the signal vehicle in order to contact the lord using his personal terminal.
Half an hour later, Bard received a reply from the triangular-eyed man.
“The Lord said that the person who was sent to take over has arrived, but they need our cooperation.”
Bard was surprised. “Already here, so fast?”
It seems that besides them, the lord had already sent someone over earlier, otherwise it wouldn’t have been so quick.
Bard looked at the triangular-eyed man and took a puff of his cigarette. “How do we cooperate?”
The triangular-eyed man smiled, half nervous and half cunning, then said.
“Before that decontamination officer arrives, we need to shut that bitch up.”
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On the other side, Chen Xinyue sprinted back to the clinic with great speed. However, to her surprise, she arrived just a moment too late. The investigators, who had been present everywhere before, had all vanished.
And the most crucial thing was that a mutation was going on among the injured patients at the clinic.
It’s very serious.
“Many of the injured patients suddenly mutated.”
Larry ran out with Old Xu in a rush, his expression filled with fear.
“You both need to leave quickly and inform the investigators!”
Chen Xinyue’s face darkened, and without saying a word, she rushed into the clinic.
On the distant hillside, Yuan Ye stood with his arms crossed over his chest, his expression devoid of emotion, observing the battle below.
It is currently around two or three o’clock in the afternoon, and the sunlight is incredibly intense.
Fortunately, there are many trees here, providing shade to shield from the sun, so it’s not too hot.
The little Octopus, wearing his brand new black “little shoes,” stood on Yuan Ye’s left shoulder and looked down together.
Perhaps it was Ye Yunfan’s way of walking with his two tentacles as dirty feet, while he held up six small tentacles, and walked like a succulent that caused Yuan Ye to misunderstand.
So the young man only made him two small shoes for walking.
They were called shoes, but they looked more like pointed covers that fit snugly around the tips of his tentacles, about one centimeter in length, designed for walking. They were not thick either, and Ye Yunfan could even use the suction cups on the new shoes to attach himself to the young man’s left shoulder.
Uh, no, to be precise, it was on his metal shoulder pads.
He didn’t wear the crossed suspenders, but had switched to leather and metal spliced shoulder guards.
The front and back parts are made of leather, while the center section features metal buckles for adjustment. Additionally, the left shoulder section is composed of a piece of deep black sculpted metal armor, providing complete isolation from any contact with the little octopus.
In short, it seems to have a distinct medieval assassin style.
—Indeed, his younger brother’s attire is both trendy and cool.
Ye Yunfan sighed.
He had initially thought that this person would keep him as a pendant on his knife, but now he didn’t expect that he had turned into a mascot on his shoulder.
“……”
The little octopus pondered over it but couldn’t figure it out. In short, he had abandoned his previous speculation that the long knife was Yuan Ye’s true love.
In any case, resting on the young man’s shoulder is preferable to swaying back and forth on a knife.
Ye Yunfan looked down at the chaotic clinic below.
There were miserable screams, furious curses, sharp roars of monsters, and the sound of gunfire, all intermingling and creating a particularly piercing cacophony.
The little octopus turned back to look at Yuan Ye. The shadows of the trees cast mottled patterns, and small golden specks of light illuminated the youth’s handsome profile, resembling a layer of fragmented dragon scales that gave him a unique beauty.
“What’s wrong?”
Noticing the gaze of the little octopus, Yuan Ye tilted his head slightly. The originally indifferent and serene heterochromatic eyes suddenly reflected a jelly-like pink hue.
Ye Yunfan blinked his eyes, feeling a bit curious about what Yuan Ye’s thoughts were on this matter and whether he would consider cooperating with Chen Xinyue.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t speak, and Ye Yunfan didn’t know how to use the so-called special communication skill on the data panel either.
So in the end, the little octopus simply shook his head and then plopped and stuck to the cold metal shoulder guard, lying flat to cool down.
Indeed, it was scorching hot on this summertime noon, and it was a mystery how Yuan Ye could wear two layers of clothing without breaking a sweat.
Surprisingly, the young man took a few steps to the side and stood in a cooler and breezier spot.
Yuan Ye’s cold voice suddenly softened, and he said.
“Wait a little longer, just a little while.”
“?”
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At this moment, Ye Yunfan, who was watching, started to feel a bit anxious. The clinic was fine just moments ago, but now it was unexpectedly under attack. This was enough to confirm that Captain Chen’s suspicions seemed to be true, and Yuan Ye’s speculations seemed to be on point.
The little octopus became a bit worried about Captain Chen.
At the same time, he also became even more worried about his own food.
Bang—!!!
The wooden door was directly smashed into pieces.
A humanoid monster, nearly two meters tall, stormed into the clinic’s courtyard. It had only one arm and was completely unclothed. Its human-like skin had been completely stripped away, revealing blood-red muscles that squirmed like maggots.
Its entire head had transformed into a gaping mouth, filled with shredded flesh and broken bones.
It pounced on a man nearby, directly tearing off the other’s head with one bite and swallowing it whole. Afterwards, it turned its head and locked its gaze on Jon, who was the first to run in.
Jon fired his gun in a flurry, but under the state of panic, he missed his target with the first shot.
Without hesitation, Chen Xinyue swiftly drew her gun and fired.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three shots hit the target with precision.
The wounded otherworldly creature let out a painful roar and it immediately disregarded Jon, turning its attention towards Chen Xinyue and lunging at her.
Chen Xinyue rolled on the ground to evade the attack, but unexpectedly, it aggravated the wound on her side. Suddenly, a sharp pain caused her movements to momentarily stagnate.
Not good!
The woman’s pupils dilated suddenly.
In a life-and-death struggle, this momentary vulnerability was extremely dangerous. As expected, in the next second, she was grabbed by the ankle by the otherworldly creature and got dragged away.
The monster’s large mouth split open to its maximum extent, expanding to the size of two adult male heads.
It seems that the tragedy from earlier is about to repeat itself.
Jon’s eyes widened, and his voice nearing a breaking point.
“Captain—!!!”
At that very moment, just as the monster was about to bite down on the woman’s neck, its body suddenly froze in place, coming to a halt.
Chen Xinyue was equally shocked and bewildered, but in the face of life and death, her survival instinct and years of combat experience took control of her body directly.
The woman immediately pulled out a hand grenade from her waist, biting the safety pin and throwing it into the monster’s mouth. She then quickly rolled away to retreat.
Boom!!!
After a loud explosion, bloody flesh splattered everywhere, almost staining the entire courtyard red.
The otherworldly creature’s head and half of its upper body were blown into pieces, leaving the remaining half collapsed on the ground, twitching uncontrollably.
Jon immediately rushed over.
“Captain, Captain, are you alright?”
Chen Xinyue shook her head and staggered to her feet. She stared intently at the twitching half of the otherworldly creature’s body, her heart pounding like never before.
She didn’t understand why the other suddenly froze at that moment. But now Chen Xinyue didn’t have time to dwell on it. She immediately turned around and ran towards the clinic.
“Wang Yuan!”
“Wang Yuan!”
The sudden outbreak of mutation in the clinic has already confirmed Yuan Ye’s guess.
Jon was a newcomer who had been temporarily recruited into the team for just a week. The other team members, on the other hand, were brothers who had gone through fire and water with Chen Xinyue for many years. They were like family to each other.
But they all died last night, leaving only Wang Yuan.
If Wang Yuan also died, then she would truly be the only one left.
She was the only one left again…
Those words seemed like a curse, and Chen Xinyue felt a wave of darkness clouding her vision.
She stumbled and ran through the corridor, turning a corner, and saw the innermost ward.
The door was securely closed, without any signs of damage.
The woman trembled as she opened the door, only to find that everything inside was as usual. The treatment cabin was functioning properly, and the purifying agents had been completely absorbed.
The man with a severed arm was peacefully sleeping, with all vital signs normal. The black lines on his neck also started to fade away.
—That’s a very clear sign of improvement.
Improvement…
He survived.
Survived.
Thud!
Chen Xinyue sat paralyzed on the ground, covering her eyes. She grinned and laughed silently, but her body trembled uncontrollably. She choked, unable to utter a single word.
On the hillside, Yuan Ye finally watched the farce come to an end in silence.
The little octopus was also very quiet. Even though he was far away, the cruel and bloody scene also weighed heavily on his heart.
Ye Yunfan once again gained a clearer understanding of the cruelty and danger of this world.
“That woman was still a step too late.”
Yuan Ye suddenly spoke.
“?”
The little octopus raised his head, his gaze shifting toward the youth’s face, and tilted his head to express his confusion.
“Just now, she had already killed the person she wanted to save the most, using her own hands.”
The young man explained.
Huh?
Ye Yunfan suddenly froze.
After saying these words, Yuan Ye squinted his eyes slightly and looked towards the south, where the military investigators were stationed to deal with the aftermath at the supply station.
When Chen Xinyue arrived earlier, she mentioned that a lot of military investigators had been secretly surrounding the clinic. However, when the clinic experienced the sudden mutation and riot just now, those investigators happened to be mysteriously absent.
This indicates that there is something suspicious going on within the higher ranks of the investigation corps. After all, even someone of lower rank like Bard wouldn’t have the authority to mobilize so many investigators.
“The situation is a bit more complicated than I imagined.”
Yuan Ye lowered his gaze and pondered for a moment before turning around and walking down the path leading down the mountain. The expression on the young man’s face remained indifferent, but his eyes suddenly turned cold.
At least until the decontamination officer arrives here, Chen Xinyue cannot die!
At this moment, the commotion and chaos outside the clinic gradually subsided. This place has been contaminated, and those who managed to survive hurriedly fled. Only a few investigators and sentinels who arrived late and were responsible for cleaning up the aftermath were left.
Otherworldly creatures’ blood and corpses can retain their vitality for a long period of time, so the usual way to handle them is through burning.
But the withered Chen Xinyue insisted on guarding the treatment cabin and refused to leave.
Since others were at a loss on what to do, they temporarily sealed off the area. Jon came to deliver a meal once. Chen Xinyue didn’t refuse and ate it all up.
As time passed by, the sunlight in the ward gradually turned into a golden-red color.
At dusk, Wang Yuan, who was weak, unexpectedly woke up.
“Cap… Captain?”
Chen Xinyue paused for a moment, then quickly filled with both surprise and joy. She opened the treatment cabin and assisted Wang Yuan to sit up.
“How are you?”
Jon’s eyes lit up, but upon seeing the captain on the verge of tears of joy, he suddenly felt a sense of sadness and consciously stepped back and went out.
“Cough, cough…”
Wang Yuan shook his head, his breath feeble. Suddenly, he remembered something and his gaze fixed on Chen Xinyue intently.
“King creature… the king creature has a problem. That big creature isn’t… cough, cough!!!”
Before he could finish his words, he started coughing violently.
Chen Xinyue didn’t expect him to bring up this matter as soon as he woke up, but she didn’t doubt him either.
“I know, I know.”
She patted Wang Yuan’s back and whispered in a low voice.
“I have already hidden the king creature’s body in a very safe place. Once the decontamination officer arrives in a few hours, everything will be fine.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Yuan’s eyes flickered.
“How about we hand it over to Officer Yuan Ye for safekeeping? He used to be a decontamination officer and is very powerful. If you keep it with you, it might…”
He didn’t finish his sentence, but Chen Xinyue already understood the unspoken words that followed.
“What you said is true. This matter is indeed of great importance, but it’s also too dangerous…”
Chen Xinyue considered it.
“We need to seek his consent first.”
Originally, she had the same thought. She knew that she alone wouldn’t be able to protect it, and her position was not high enough. Anything reported to the royal court had to be reviewed and submitted at various levels, making it easy for someone who wanted to suppress it.
Therefore, Chen Xinyue wanted to seek Yuan Ye’s help. However, when she went there in the morning and started to talk about it, Yuan Ye’s advice made her worried about Wang Yuan’s safety. That’s why she urgently came back.
“Let’s go now!”
Wang Yuan suddenly struggled to stand up and grabbed the woman’s shoulders.
“Take your things. Let’s go now! They won’t let us off the hook! The longer we delay, the more we’re in danger!”
Chen Xinyue frowned, clearly hesitating.
“It’s no longer safe here. This is not just about the three of us!”
Wang Yuan’s emotions were very agitated.
“Captain, have you forgotten about our teammates? They… they died so tragically for what reason?! Are we really going to let them die in vain like this?!”
Chen Xinyue stopped. She gradually clenched her fists, as if making up her mind. She suddenly got up.
“Okay, let’s go now.”
Immediately, she turned around and walked to the corner of the room, taking another step forward toward the hidden compartment beneath the floor.
Wang Yuan stared intently at the woman’s back, his expression a combination of excitement and mockery. But just then, Chen Xinyue abruptly halted in her steps and asked with concern.
“Wang Yuan, how are you feeling now? Are you in pain? The painkiller you took earlier seems to be wearing off. Do you need another injection?”
The man paused, then immediately let out two weak coughs.
“Cough… No need, no need. I’m not in pain right now. I can hold on for a while.”
“Oh, that’s good.”
Chen Xinyue calmly continued walking forward, stepping directly over the floorboard that concealed the hidden compartment. Then the rims of her eyes suddenly turned red, but the murderous intent in her eyes only burned more intensely.
One of the components in the purification agents reacts with the painkiller, so when the purification agent was administered earlier, Dr. Old Xu specifically gave Wang Yuan a metabolizing fluid to eliminate all the sedative components in his body before injecting the purification agent.
So at this moment, the person behind her is not Wang Yuan!
“Captain, please hurry… cough cough… I’m afraid…”
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Without any warning, Chen Xinyue turned around and pulled out her gun, firing multiple shots.
The first shot hit the shoulder, but to her surprise, the man had already prepared himself and managed to dodge the remaining two shots.
“Damn, this woman has an incredibly fucking high vigilance!”
Zhang Nan cursed under his breath and spat, managing to hide inside the treatment cabin and avoid the remaining two shots. In the next second, amidst the sound of bones shifting and cracking, his figure became smaller and his facial features began to wriggle, transforming into a thin, sinister face that was completely unfamiliar and his severed left arm also regrew.
At this moment, a multitude of footsteps could be heard from outside.
Chen Xinyue’s heart skipped a beat as she realized she was surrounded.
Hold on!
Jon is still outside!!!
“I have already handed over the thing to someone else.”
Chen Xinyue hid behind the medicine cabinet, calmly and quickly devising countermeasures.
“And I made an agreement with him that if he doesn’t see me tomorrow, he will immediately hand over the item to Yuan Ye and bring it back to the main city.”
“Heh—”
Zhang Nan sneered.
“Don’t even think about using smoke bombs, Captain Chen. We don’t necessarily need that thing, but if we can’t get it in the end, no one at the supply station will survive.”
Chen Xinyue was suddenly alarmed.
Bang!
The next second, a man with a familiar buzz cut burst through the door.
—It’s Bard!
But on Bard’s face was not the savage and arrogant expression that Chen Xinyue had expected. Instead, he appeared pale, drenched in cold sweat, as if he were consumed by extreme terror.
He held Jon hostage, firmly pressing the gun against the temple of the curly-haired youth. The man’s mouth quivered, and he was so terrified that his tongue couldn’t even straighten out.
“Chen Xinyue! Chen Xinyue! You better tell… you better quickly tell that guy. If he dares to move again, this kid will…”
Before he could finish speaking, a white line suddenly appeared on the shoulder of the man, who abruptly raised his gun.
The next second, his entire right arm was severed by an invisible force.
Thud—!
Blood gushed out, and the severed arm fell heavily to the ground.
For a moment, the entire ward fell into a deathly silence.
Then, Bard let out a piercing scream that seemed capable of shaking the entire room.
Half of Jon’s face was splattered with blood, his eyes sluggish, not even realizing what had just happened.
Rip Wang Yuan
Dang… The captain has it rough.. After all that effort to save her last remaining crew… Retribution will be paid in the form of an ex decontamination official and his pink octopus 😤
I’m really sad now, after she thought she saved him and was so relieved!!
Damnnn ive caught up :’)
WHAT NO WANG YUAN DIED!? NO WONDER THE MONSTER STOPPED 😭😭 CHAPTER 18 AND A CHARACTER IM ATTACHED TO ALREADY DIES
It’s sad that the last brother of Captain Chen is gone, she only has a puppy left