Armored Transport Vehicle

No matter how dazzling and chaotic the scene was, the director could always accurately pinpoint the Clown's location.

The Dictatorial Domain continued to contract as new prohibitions were cast one after another.

The Clown's movements became increasingly sluggish, and his veils were suppressed until they grew dim. He seemed to be falling into an invisible cage that was slowly tightening around him.

“Hehe... Hahahaha...” Realizing he was no match for the director, the Clown simply gave up on defense and evasion. He stood in place, wearing an expression of extreme sorrow, and laughed wildly toward the sky.

That laughter was no longer shrill; it had become incredibly strange and distorted, clashing severely with his sorrowful expression. The mental contamination was pushed to its limit, transforming into a mental storm that swept indiscriminately through the surroundings.

This was not a physical attack but the purest form of mental contamination. It could not directly destroy the director's rules, but it violently battered the director's own sanity!

The director let out a muffled groan, desperately suppressing the corners of his mouth that were uncontrollably curling upward, and attempted to speak to establish rules to counter the “mental contamination.”

However, his thoughts seemed to be slightly interfered with, and his speech was half a beat too slow.

Not far away, the ordinary Investigation Bureau scouts in the other cars were in deep trouble.

Even from a distance, the Clown's Grotesque Contamination seeped in through every crack. Some began to giggle foolishly, while others pounded their heads with their hands in a twisted attempt to resist the breakdown of their reason. The already dim-witted Bai Wanyang laughed so hard he was doubled over, dancing and flailing as he completely succumbed.

Yue Shi's brow furrowed. This wasteland had turned into a gladiator pit for two lunatics, filled with chaotic light pollution, mental contamination, spatial distortions, and harsh rules. It was no longer a suitable place to stay and watch the drama.

Now was the time!

Taking advantage of the Clown's full-force eruption and the momentary lapse in the director's sanity when the rules loosened for a split second—

Yue Shi got out of the car and took a deep breath. The clothes on his back suddenly bulged.

Rippp.

The fabric was torn apart.

A pair of pitch-black wings sprouted from his shoulder blades. The feathers rapidly extended, making the wings broad and lush in a swift and elegant process.

The wings beat gently, creating subtle air currents. Yue Shi hovered off the ground, his tattered clothes fluttering slightly. His face, which already possessed a strong non-human feel, now took on an even more sinister and dangerous quality under the contrast of the pitch-black wings.

His pupils looked down at the chaotic battlefield below. Without a hint of hesitation or regard for the plight of his teammates, Yue Shi gave his wings a powerful flap!

Whoosh!

The air current blew the dust on the ground backward as Yue Shi's figure soared into the sky. He broke through the swaying, brilliant veils and the domain of chaotic rules, flying straight into the deep night sky and leaving that place of madness far beneath him.

Yue Shi could fly; there was no doubt about that.

His transcendent form was the four-winged demon bird. Even with only a partial transcendent transformation where just his wings grew, he didn't need any training. Flight was an instinct carved into his body, and his first attempt was perfectly smooth.

The night sky of this world, even when dotted with the moon and stars, always carried a sense of chaotic filth. It wasn't beautiful at all.

His broad pitch-black wings beat slowly as Yue Shi maintained his balance high in the air. For a moment, he lost his bearings, taking quite a while to identify the direction of Amber City.

But he did not return immediately, nor did he think of calling for reinforcements so the Investigation Bureau could rescue the teammates he had been on a mission with.

He enjoyed the dead silence and solitude of this moment, as if every living creature in the world had died, leaving only himself. This feeling... was truly wonderful.

Suddenly—

Yue Shi felt a strange, intense attraction coming from a certain direction below.

It was like a starving beast catching the scent of blood, impatient to draw near and devour.

This feeling... was not unfamiliar to him.

When he had escaped Lab 0, he had seen an egg covered in strange patterns inside a destroyed containment chamber.

That egg had emitted such a fatal attraction that he had ignored the dangerous environment to seize it and instinctively sacrifice it to the Full Moon Stone Tablet in that mysterious space.

In exchange, he had obtained his transformative supernatural power.

Could it be that another suitable sacrifice had appeared?

Yue Shi could hardly control his body. With a flap of his wings, he flew toward the source of the attraction.

The view from high altitude was excellent, and he soon locked onto his target.

In the distance, an armored transport vehicle was speeding along a dilapidated road in the Chaos Zone. An emblem was painted on the side of the vehicle: a pair of golden hands cradling a cluster of burning flames.

The source of the attraction that made Yue Shi's soul tremble was inside that vehicle!

“Is some organization transporting an important item?”

Yue Shi's current appearance was too conspicuous. He folded his wings, his form fading into the air as he landed silently on the roof of the fast-moving vehicle.

Crouching low, his Insight vision pierced through the windows to look inside.

There were five people in the vehicle, including the driver.

Aside from the driver, who was an ordinary human, the other four were actually transcendents!

With four transcendents as escorts, the item inside was definitely not simple!

Yue Shi's heart began to race uncontrollably.

This item is destined for me!!

Without the slightest hesitation, Yue Shi chose the most discreet way to strike, one that would leave no trace!

Inside the armored transport vehicle, the atmosphere was solemn.

The four transcendents were fully armed and tense. This transport mission was of an extremely high level and could not afford any mistakes.

“How much longer until we reach the destination?” a tall man asked. The Chaos Zone always made people feel uneasy.

“Soon. We're only responsible for this stretch of the route. If nothing goes wrong, we'll complete the hand-off tomorrow morning and give the item to the next group...” Before the other man could finish, his voice suddenly hitched. He grabbed his chest, his face turning deathly pale as beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

“What's wrong?” a woman beside him asked.

“M-my heart...” He opened his mouth, but no clear sound came out. His pupils began to dilate, and his body convulsed violently before he slid straight off his seat and passed out.

“Enemy attack?!” the woman shouted, a faint blue light surging from her body.

But in the next second, she let out a pained groan, feeling as if her heart, liver, spleen, and lungs were being churned by a wave of agonizing pain. Her vision went black, and she too went limp, losing consciousness.

At the same moment, the other two transcendents also felt a wave of intense discomfort, as if they had been struck by multiple malignant diseases at once. Their heads spun as if they had been tossed into a washing machine, and their vision rapidly darkened until they fell into a coma.

In just a few seconds, all four transcendents had mysteriously collapsed, not even having time to trigger an alarm.

The driver saw this through the rearview mirror and was scared out of his wits. He instinctively reached for the red emergency button.

Just then, a cold whisper exploded in his ear: “Calm down. Keep driving, and change the route...”