Feeling the changes in his body, Xu Mo was quite surprised.
He had only mentioned it in passing, but he hadn't expected her to actually give him a buff.
This was a treatment he had never received before. Experiencing it for the first time, he realized that Wan Qianhong's ability was definitely top-tier support.
In the lightning-fast exchange with Huang Cheng, Xu Mo's subsequent movements became almost instinctive.
At the critical moment, he pivoted his body, narrowly avoiding the blade by a hair's breadth. Then, facing his opponent's edge, he thrust his own blade forward.
Shring!
Anyone who has played games knows how difficult it is to defend against variable tempo strikes.
Xu Mo already possessed immense combat experience, and with the Killing Machine bonus, his movements were exceptionally cunning.
Now, just as Huang Cheng had finally formed some expectation of the movements, the sudden increase in speed made it impossible for him to react.
“Bai Feifei, stop!” Wan Qianhong realized the gravity of the situation the moment after she instinctively helped, and she hurriedly shouted.
But it was too late.
Just kidding—even if it weren't too late, Xu Mo wouldn't have stopped.
Shring!
The dagger made intimate contact with the skin of the neck, sliding in as if piercing through soft butter. With a single strike, it cured Huang Cheng's hyperactivity.
—Because he stopped moving entirely.
Blood gushed out, spraying toward Xu Mo. He didn't bother to dodge much; the crimson liquid turned his newly changed uniform into a blood-stained garment once again.
Huang Cheng's eyes widened in disbelief. The massive blood loss caused his consciousness to blur rapidly.
No... if I die, the things on me...
Instinctively, his fingers twitched as he tried to reach for the storage ring on his hand.
Xu Mo, however, had been watching his every move and was naturally prepared. He instantly withdrew the dagger from the man's neck and plunged it into Huang Cheng's arm instead.
Huang Cheng: ?
In his fading consciousness, he seemed to have forgotten the physical pain, looking at “Bai Feifei” in utter disbelief.
The intent behind this strike was far too clear.
How does she know what I have on me? What I’m trying to take?
In his final moments, Huang Cheng opened his mouth, and through a throat full of bloody froth, he asked the question he wanted to know most.
“Why...”
There was too much contained behind that single question.
In the flashback before his death, Huang Cheng didn't recall his life's past; he only remembered the various suspicious points after meeting Bai Feifei underground.
How were you able to find this place specifically?
Do you know what is down here?
And how do you know what I'm carrying and what I came here for?
Why were you so certain and daring enough to kill me directly!
He couldn't understand, and he simply couldn't fathom it. There was no reason for the opponent to know all these things at once!
He received no answer. His consciousness plunged into darkness, and he collapsed to the ground.
The corners of Xu Mo's mouth curled up slightly. Looking at Huang Cheng's corpse, he repeated the words the man had initially said to the East District group:
“If I'm killing you, I'm killing you. No comment.”
Whoosh!
A gust of wind swept by as Wan Qianhong blurred over to Bai Feifei's side.
She crouched down, checked Huang Cheng's pulse, and confirmed his death.
“Thanks. That support skill of yours at the critical moment really has the power to turn the tide of battle.”
Hearing the praise in her ear, Wan Qianhong felt the blood rush to her head. She felt a massive headache coming on.
Don't thank me!
Why are you thanking me? It makes it look like we teamed up to commit murder.
She had instinctively buffed Bai Feifei out of fear that she would be killed by Huang Cheng, never imagining she would become an accomplice just like that.
“Bai Feifei! You...”
She whipped her head around, but seeing Bai Feifei's “what are you going to do about it” expression, she felt a wave of helplessness. It felt pointless to say anything to her.
Meanwhile, the other members of the Action Team had already been pinned down by the East District people. Every one of them was as quiet as a cicada in winter, their faces ashen.
It was over. The opponent really didn't listen to reason at all; they just went straight to killing.
Judging by this stance, they would probably be silenced as well.
Not just them, even the East District Scavengers holding them down were staring at each other, unsure of what to do next.
This “Bai Feifei” was truly ruthless. So far, not a single person she wanted to kill had lived a second longer!
“Why did you kill him? Do you even know what you're doing?” Wan Qianhong said weakly, like an incompetent parent watching their child go astray.
“Still no explanation?”
“Heh, don't make such a big fuss. You look like you've never seen blood before,” Xu Mo said dismissively, flicking the blood off his blade as if he had just killed a chicken.
“However, I can grudgingly offer an explanation this time.”
“This man definitely deserved to die. You can check his storage ring.”
Wan Qianhong was stunned. This was the first time she had heard “Bai Feifei” explain her actions, and she wasn't quite used to it.
Instinctively, she looked at Huang Cheng's corpse, specifically his pierced right hand.
Without a word, she removed the ring from his finger, dripped Huang Cheng's blood onto it, and gave it a hard rub.
The next second, everything inside the storage space was released, scattering all over the ground.
There wasn't much—mostly Huang Cheng's personal items.
An identity card, clothes, weapons, a male sex toy, a phone, and some medicine.
Among this pile of ordinary items, a tube emitting a purple glow looked particularly conspicuous.
“This is...” Wan Qianhong looked at the purple object. She could clearly sense an abnormal energy signature from it and reached out to pick it up.
In Xu Mo's mind, Bai Feifei's surprised voice rang out.
“Isn't that the thing those foremen used to turn people into aberrations?”
Xu Mo nodded, not denying it.
When he arrived and saw Huang Cheng and the others standing in this empty area, he knew they were suspicious.
Even if the item wasn't on Huang Cheng, it would have been on one of the others.
Watching Wan Qianhong pick up the potion, Xu Mo spoke up:
“Be careful with that. Don't break it.”
“That thing is what was being researched here—the substance that can turn humans into aberrations.”
Hearing “Bai Feifei's” words, Wan Qianhong's hand shook, and she nearly dropped the item.
“What?!”
Can you please stop saying such world-shaking things with such a calm face!
“Are you serious?!”
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