Chapter 98: The Whole Truth
Faint rumbling sounds came again.
The female instructor immediately reported the situation, "The 'evil object' has appeared once more! Team 13 failed to encircle it. Except for Teams 11, 14, and 15, the other teams should continue to expand the encirclement."
"..."
"It disappeared again. The 'evil object's' transcendent ability seems to relate to hiding."
"We will keep our positions."
"He won't escape, will he?" From a pine tree, the voice of the fat neighbor was heard, "If the mission fails, do I still get points?"
"With so many people, how could we possibly fail," the female instructor sneered. "Two stationed from Qingcheng are also involved in the encirclement. With their 'consciousness' covering us, the 'evil object' can only shrink within the circle."
"..."
"Chen Yu?" After a brief silence, the female instructor looked towards the deep pit, "What are you doing? Why aren't you speaking?"
Chen Yu: "I'm not talking. Stop staring at me."
Female Instructor: "I was just checking."
"Whoosh——"
At that moment, accompanied by the sound of howling wind.
Three figures approached from afar, passing directly through the hiding spot where Chen Yu and his two companions were and headed in the direction of 1 o'clock.
"It's Team 12," the female instructor whispered, then fell silent.
The forest once again fell into silence.
Night deepened ever more.
The hazy moonlight was quickly obscured by dark clouds.
Squatting in the pit, Chen Yu looked up, feeling that a heavy snow was about to start.
"Hum."
"Humming——"
Time ticked away, second by second.
The surroundings were so quiet that the only sound was the vibrating of the female instructor's phone.
It was unknown how much time had passed.
Suddenly, the female instructor jumped out from the hiding bushes with a stern expression, "The 'evil object' hasn't shown itself yet. The two stationed are preparing to shrink the 'consciousness surveillance circle.' The team leader has ordered that all squads expand outward by ten kilometers. Move!"
"Swipe!"
Chen Yu leapt out of the pit and stood behind the female instructor.
But after about ten seconds, the fat neighbor had still not climbed down from the tree.
"Fatty?" the plump female instructor frowned, "Let's go. Hey!"
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As she spoke,
a dark shadow fell and crashed heavily onto the withered yellow grass.
It lay motionless.
Chen Yu and the female instructor's heartbeats accelerated simultaneously as they stared intensely. The figure was none other than their potentially dead fat neighbor...
"No good!"
The plump female instructor's face drastically changed, and she fiercely pushed Chen Yu away with a palm, then quickly retreated backwards.
But it was already too late.
A sharp long knife was thrust from behind, piercing through her abdomen.
"Thud!"
Then, a hand chop came down, causing the female instructor to abruptly fall into unconsciousness.
"Pfft——"
Pulling out the long knife, the bearded man tossed a towel onto the female instructor's face, then turned to Chen Yu expressionlessly, "The towel was soaked with y-hydroxybutyric acid. She and your teammates are just unconscious."
The thrown Chen Yu performed a somersault in the air and landed steadily: "It was you after all."
"We meet again. What a coincidence." The bearded man sheathed his long knife, covered the wound on his lower left abdomen with his left hand, and raised his right hand, snapping his fingers.
"Pop!"
With the snap, another figure jumped down from the tree where the fat neighbor had been hiding, "Big… big brother."
It was the little girl from the previous night.
At this time, the coat that had been wrapped around her was gone.
Her cotton gloves were also removed.
The exposed hands and neck were fair and smooth, no longer showing any signs of hair.
"When did you start targeting me?" Chen Yu asked.
"From the moment you entered that villa of the dead," the bearded man replied. "You've been walking around there, weren't you trying to have me find you?"
"I wasn't." Chen Yu denied, turning his head towards the lying female instructor, "They aren't hurt, are they?"
"That little girl simply fainted. As for your instructor, a mature Transcendent, she only has a through-and-through wound that has not yet hit a vital spot, she'll be fine."
"..." Chen Yu fell silent. His internal transcendent power was ready to burst forth.
"Friend, please help us," the bearded man suddenly bowed deeply to Chen Yu, "There are too many people capturing us, and my sister and I can't escape anymore."
"I'm just a small fry, how can I help you?"
"You just need to take my sister and run west." The bearded man kept his bow, ignoring the blood flowing from his lower abdomen, his gaze resolute. "You should know by now, her identity is the 'evil object.' But the transcendent ability she awakened does not have combat capability. The Body Refinement Secret Skill has also not been fully mastered.
You just need to lead her out of this squad's encirclement, leave the rest to me."
"Brother..." The little girl pursed her lips, hesitating to speak further.
"Are you trying to draw all the Transcendents away?" Chen Yu asked.
"Yes," the bearded man nodded.
"But don't forget," Chen Yu scoffed, "Qingcheng's two stationed are monitoring this area with their consciousness. Even if you draw away all the Transcendents, I still won't be able to escape with your sister."
"If I get caught, then those two stationed won't need to monitor anymore." The bearded man stood upright, "They are only D-level Transcendents, without the support of the city's matrix in the wilderness, maintaining 'consciousness coverage' consumes too much. That's why I must escape Qingcheng."
"Bro!" the little girl anxiously said, "With your ability, you can easily escape! Don't worry about..."
"Don't speak," the bearded man glared at the little girl and continued to Chen Yu, "Since I have been the one acting all this time, they do not know who the real 'evil object' is. Moreover, several people just died at dawn, I don't have the obvious characteristics of the 'evil object,' they won't suspect me. First..."