Xu Mo’s words, “How about you try dying for me?” were spoken lightly, as if he were teasing a dog.
But the aberration actually began to move.
Its blood-red eyes were filled with chaos and struggle, and the underlying code of its physical being had become hopelessly scrambled.
Then, it raised its right claw and slammed it into its own head!
Crack!
Bone spikes pierced its skull. The aberration’s head was flattened by half from its own blow, but for an aberration, such an injury was not immediately fatal.
Crack... Crack!
Blow after blow, the creature carried out its own execution right in front of “Bai Feifei.”
“Impressive,” Xu Mo raised an eyebrow and remarked. Even he hadn’t expected this exact outcome.
Upon the creature’s mangled brain, the Killing Machine finally highlighted a fatal weakness.
Xu Mo took a step forward, deciding to accept this unexpected windfall of experience points.
“Thanks for the kill.”
He brought his foot down.
Splat!
The aberration’s head shattered completely, splashing black, foul blood across the ground.
Then, a surge of massive experience points flooded into Bai Feifei’s body like a deluge.
【Current Level: 42 → 45.】
After Level 40, the experience required to level up was already quite high, yet killing this unstable, juiced-up aberration had allowed Bai Feifei to jump three levels instantly.
The Inner City is great... leveling up is so easy here...
Standing amidst the brain matter and foul blood of the aberration, Xu Mo felt the refreshing sensation of the level-up and gave the skull bracer on his wrist a twist.
The terrifying pressure that had enveloped the entire field vanished instantly.
The Scavengers at the edge of the field, who had nearly been forced to their knees, finally found the strength to breathe.
However, their legs were still weak and their hearts were racing. Their faces were pale as they looked at “Bai Feifei” as if she were some kind of forbidden existence.
The other test subjects who had been injected were still kneeling on the ground. Even though the pressure had been lifted, none of them dared to stand.
Liu Yun stood there with an expressionless face, but her eyes were deep, fixed on the skull bracer on “Bai Feifei’s” wrist.
She was highly sensitive and realized that the pressure “Bai Feifei” had exerted just now originated from that item.
Ultimately, however, Liu Yun said nothing about it.
“Contain the corpse for further research,” Liu Yun’s voice rang out calmly, breaking the deathly silence of the field.
“All test data is to be sealed and classified as Dawn City’s highest security clearance.”
“To everyone present: do not speculate wildly about what just happened, and certainly do not spread word of it.”
Her voice wasn't loud, but every word carried unquestionable weight.
The recorders snapped out of their daze and hurriedly lowered their heads to continue their work.
The cleanup crew rushed forward, skillfully containing the remains and wiping the foul blood from the ground.
No one spoke during the process; there were only the occasional sounds of footsteps and the clattering of equipment.
But despite the silence, everyone’s mind was in turmoil.
The representatives from the various families who had come to observe the test stood in place with varying expressions, each harboring their own thoughts.
Bai Feifei...
After today, this name was likely to explode across the upper echelons of the Inner City.
Many details about the coal mine incident were merely rumors; because it was considered a absolute taboo, specifics had never truly spread.
Previously, they only knew that this mysterious sinner from the Outer City seemed to have a background involving something called the Masked Hermit Society.
But today’s display had played out vividly right in front of them.
This “Bai Feifei” was no longer just a legend; from the perspective of pure strength, she was someone who could not be underestimated, and her talent was terrifying.
Moreover, the display of suppressing the entire field and forcing an aberration to commit suicide had truly chilled many to the bone.
How could this be so surreal?
Many were wondering how she had done it, but since the Prophet hadn't spoken, no one dared to question her directly.
The people from the major families were already thinking about how to report this to their respective Family Heads.
Some were calculating how to get closer to this Bai Feifei.
Others, however, looked as grim as the bottom of a burnt pot.
Li Menglong, for instance!
He didn't want to look at Bai Feifei, but he couldn't look away. The more he looked, the more he hated her, and the more he hated her, the more unwilling he was to accept this.
The strength and eeriness she had shown today had pushed his nerves to the breaking point.
“Wait a moment!” Li Menglong’s voice suddenly rang out.
The entire field fell silent instantly.
Every gaze turned toward Li Menglong on the high platform.
His fingers gripped the railing, and his expression shifted between shadow and light as if he were trying desperately to suppress something.
But he clearly couldn't quite hold it back. His mouth twitched as he spoke in a questioning tone:
“What happened just now... surely it wasn't just a matter of a test subject suddenly undergoing aberration?”
No one responded.
Liu Yun glanced at him and said indifferently, “What is Elder Li trying to say?”
Li Menglong snapped his head toward “Bai Feifei.”
“That pressure you emitted—what was that?!”
“Regardless of what rank of Scavenger you currently are, being able to make an aberration commit suicide definitely requires some kind of special means.”
“But since you possess such special means, is it possible that the sudden aberration of the subject just now was also related to you?”
Xu Mo was stunned.
Hearing Li Menglong’s nonsensical accusations, he was actually driven to a laugh of pure anger.
“Hahaha! You old fossil, you really have some nerve,” Xu Mo said, completely disregarding decorum as he began to curse openly.
“Are there no other tricks in the Li family playbook? Whether young or old, you keep recycling the same tired routine.”
Li Menglong was clearly unprepared for such a vulgar, direct confrontation. He sputtered for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Primarily, he held a high position and was used to dealing with “respectable people.” He wasn't accustomed to a junior cursing at him so bluntly.
“Furthermore,” Xu Mo continued when the other man remained silent, finding he had more to say.
“Speaking of the reason that fellow mutated, I actually had my suspicions from the start. Since we’re on the subject, let me talk some nonsense.”
He paused, the corners of his mouth curling upward. “Is the pharmaceutical technology of our Dawn City perhaps a bit too advanced?”
“I saw a potion down in the coal mine that could turn a person directly into an aberration.”
“Heh, Wan Qianhong has been investigating that for so long and finally managed to drag the Huang and Li families into it, yet it seems there’s still no official explanation, is there?”
As soon as those words were spoken, the faces of the Huang family members in the corner of the testing grounds changed instantly.
Damn it! We didn't even provoke you today!
How did we get dragged into this?
Xu Mo’s voice continued, every word sharp enough to pierce the ear:
“There’s an old saying in pharmacology: ‘The dose makes the poison.’ Talking about toxicity while ignoring the dosage is just being dishonest.”
“Tell me... is it possible that if you dilute a drug meant to cause direct aberration, the person won't mutate immediately, but will instead gain an effect similar to... a stimulant?”
The moment those words left his mouth, the expressions of everyone in the field changed in unison.
Rate on N.U.
