—In a narrow alley in the central city
Ariel's eyes were filled with horror, tears flowing uncontrollably from her eyes. She supported herself on the ground with her hands and vomited, the blood she vomited soaking the black soil.
"You are the contact, why do you want to kill me?"
Ariel looked at the unshaven-bearded man with bloodshot eyes in front of her with a trembling voice.
The fear from the bottom of her heart made her limbs stiff and unable to move.
Four men in black who had never met each other before were piled on the ground, with sharp spears stuck in their hearts. Their eyeballs were bulging and their eyes were cloudy and unfocused. It was obvious that they were completely dead. Blood flowed from their wounds and formed blood pits in the low-lying areas of the soil. Their deaths were miserable.
"Why?"
The unshaven man hunched over, his scarlet eyes like a monster that had lost its human identity. He chuckled twice, looking particularly terrifying in the gloomy atmosphere. "Of course it's because the adults want you dead."
Ariel's eyes suddenly widened and her lips trembled slightly. These words seemed to make her fall into an ice room and her whole body felt cold.
The Lord wants to kill her? Why? She is loyal to the organization and has never done anything wrong. Why would the Lord send someone to kill her?!
After being kicked hard, her internal organs seemed to be squeezed together, and every breath was very difficult. She fell to the ground, her face was covered with mottled dirt and blood, her ears were buzzing, and the grinning mouth of the contact was imprinted in her blurry eyes.
She struggled to stand up again, endured the pain and stepped back, looking at the person in front of her, breathing unsteadily: "You are lying to me."
"There is no way your Excellency will abandon us."
"Ariel, you're not stupid. You already had your suspicions when the top leaders of the organization couldn't contact you, didn't you? No matter how much you try to deceive yourself, the fact is that you've already been abandoned by the adults."
Seeing Ariel's face turning paler in an instant, Claude grinned a sympathetic and sarcastic smile. The survivors of the Seventh Base were just the adults' pawns, and he could have as many as they wanted. They were just an organization in the central city, and if they were exposed, they were exposed. If they were to throw these people away, there would always be a steady stream of people who would surrender to the adults.
Abandoned by adults
Ariel's mind was blank, and a voice kept repeating that the adults told them the truth. How could the adults be so kind and abandon them? However, reason urged her to face the reality of the present.
Breathing became increasingly difficult, and there was even a sense of unreality, but the pain in her chest pulled Ariel out of that dizzy feeling.
She dropped her neck weakly, biting her lips with her teeth, and blood gushed out from the punctured skin.
Just as Claude said, Ariel had already guessed that the adults had abandoned the organization.
She even vaguely felt that the reason why Claude wanted to kill her might be because Sheldon went to Qin Qi to seek cooperation.
The four men who died tragically next to them should be the men sent by Qin Qi.
Sheldon was good at hiding things, but he never put up defenses against her.
Ariel felt a bitter taste in her mouth and her eyes were sore. She recalled Sheldon's strange behavior some time ago. She had always deliberately ignored it, but now those scenes kept appearing in front of her eyes, and the answer gradually formed in her mind.
The master gave up on them, and the assassination of Qin Qi was exposed. The members of the organization had no way out, so Sherduo went to find Qin Qi.
—To preserve the organization and the last people of the Seventh Base.
Xie Erduo knew that everyone in the organization, including her, hated Qin Qi very much, and it was impossible for her to take the initiative to cooperate with Qin Qi, so he never revealed this matter to her from beginning to end.
"Where's Sheldon?"
Because of vomiting too much blood, Ariel's voice was very hoarse, as if it was blocked by something.
"Just like you."
When Ariel heard this, her breathing became heavier. She leaned against the wall with her head lowered, looking depressed, as if she had accepted her fate. However, the bangs on her forehead hid the paranoid and gloomy emotion in her eyes.
Nothing can happen to Sheldon.
Claude grinned when he saw Ariel's dejected look. He loaded the gun in his hand with a click, raised his arm and pointed it at Ariel and said, "Don't worry, you will see each other soon."
"You should have expected this result since you betrayed my Lord."
The bullet escaped from the muzzle.
Ariel, who had been lying limp on the ground, quietly waiting for death, suddenly jumped up. The silver blade slashed through the air following her movements, and her dying body burst out with unimaginable potential in an instant.
However, Claude was prepared. He took a step back and aimed at Ariel's heart again. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a strange figure appeared behind him.
The next second, his wrist hurt and the gun he was holding was kicked into the air.
It fell to the ground with a thud.
At the same time, the dagger in Ariel's hand stabbed into Claude's abdomen.
She had already run out of strength. When she realized that the dagger had pierced Claude's abdomen, Ariel suddenly lost her strength. She supported herself on the ground with her hands with difficulty, breathing in the fresh air with deep gulps, and her internal organs seemed to be twisted into a ball.
"ah-"
Claude screamed, covering his abdomen. He ignored the man who suddenly appeared and looked at Ariel who was lying on the ground with anger. He was about to strangle her to death, but before he could move, his back was pressed to the ground by a foot.
The foot seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and his internal organs were squeezed by the gravity. Claude almost vomited out what he had eaten.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break free from that foot.
Realizing that someone was helping her, Ariel looked up with difficulty, trying her best to control her breathing. The figure in front of her gradually became clearer in her blurry vision.
It was a young man with a scorpion braid.
—Crow Step.
Ariel instantly thought of the name. She remembered that this person was a member of the organization that Sheldon had shown her using his optical brain. Why did he appear here
But Ariel had no time to think about these things now. She put this question behind her mind, suppressed the salty blood in her throat, and said hoarsely and anxiously: "Sheldon, they went to find Sheldon."
Ariel hated Qin Qi.
But Sheldon cooperated with Qin Qi more for the sake of his companions in the organization. Ariel did not hate Sheldon. He was her only family, and she could not just watch Sheldon being killed like this.
"It's fine."
Ariel heard the young man's clear voice with a smile, "He's fine now."
Perhaps it was because of the powerful strength that Crowstep had just displayed, or perhaps it was because Crowstep was a companion of the organization, Ariel's tense emotions finally relaxed. The dizziness from excessive blood loss gradually surged up, and her consciousness suddenly fell into darkness.
Yaxiao looked at Ariel who suddenly fainted on the ground, thought for a while, took out the hemostatic agent from the warehouse, sprayed it on Ariel's wound, and temporarily saved Ariel's life.
Then he turned to look at the four men next to him who had been stabbed in the heart by javelins. They were all dead.
If I'm not mistaken, they should be the ones responsible for protecting Ariel.
The receiver under his feet kept twisting his body, trying to break free.
Yaxiao was a little annoyed, so he controlled his strength and gently kicked the other person on the back of the head.
Claude felt a buzzing in his head and lost consciousness.
In the system warehouse, the scarecrow belonging to Sheldon was still calm. It was obvious that Sheldon was not in danger of life.
[Host, are you going to Sheldon now? ]
"Being not."
Yaxiao thought about it and denied the system's question. At this moment, rustling footsteps were heard from far behind him.
"Crow Step."
Soran spoke cautiously.
His eyes quickly scanned the scene in the narrow alley.
Four companions who died tragically, Ariel lying in a pool of blood, a strange man whose life or death was unknown, and the only young man standing there.
This scene makes it hard not to suspect that everything in front of him was done by Crowstep, but Soran knew that it was Crowstep who called him over, and the other party was more likely to have helped Ariel.
"Ariel needs emergency medical attention."
The young man tilted his head slightly and looked at Soran.
The moonlight shone into the dark alley. The mysterious young man standing in a pool of blood spoke slowly and calmly. Although his facial expression was covered by the mask, one could still feel that he should be smiling at this moment.
"Okay." Soran nodded immediately.
Thinking of Crowstep's reminder on the optical brain, he added succinctly: "I have asked my subordinates to go to Sheldon's place. He will be fine."
"Um."
Yaxiao took a step aside to make it easier for the two subordinates behind Soran to move the people lying on the ground away.
On the surface, Soran was commanding his subordinates, but his peripheral vision was keeping an inconspicuous eye on Crowstep.
He didn't know how Crowstep got his contact information. When he suddenly received a message from a sender claiming to be Crowstep asking him to come over, Soran thought Mist had changed his number and was playing a joke on him.
Of course, the concise news and subsequent developments made Soran directly rule out Mist as an option.
The other party seemed to know the marshal very well, and at the end he specifically emphasized to him not to disturb the marshal's rest.
—The young man knew that if the marshal did not fall asleep or was disturbed by 11 o'clock at night, he would never be able to fall asleep again.
Because he had been saved by the other party before and knew that Crowstep had no ill will towards them, Soran thought for a moment and directly sent people to act according to the other party's instructions.
Fortunately, he did so.
Soran's heart was filled with all kinds of emotions.
"Adjutant, treatment is complete."
Soran came back to his senses after hearing these words. He nodded and turned around to say something to Crowstep, only to find that the mysterious young man had disappeared at some point.
At the same time, Yaxiao stood on the empty rooftop of a high-rise building, looking at the figures coming and going in the narrow alley. He said thoughtfully: "Fourth Uncle, are their blood test reports out?"
[Out!]
The system was monitoring the sleeping Delbo. Upon hearing this, it glanced at the blood test results and directly sent the data to the host, explaining:
[The results of the blood of the human that the host just knocked out are indeed abnormal. According to the data, his blood contains substances that can trigger human potential, which is infinitely close to the out-of-control state of the taboo. ]
[If other people drink his blood, they can gain the same abilities in a short period of time, and their spirits will also be affected to a certain extent.]
"Yeah?"
Yaxiao had anticipated this from the beginning, so he was not too surprised at this time.
After all, when he was still in the organization, he had heard Heer Huan once say that the receivers had all conducted human experiments and could greatly improve the bodies of those who drank blood. The man who was knocked unconscious by him should be a receiver like Sheng Cheng.
It was just that it was the first time that Yaxiao knew that the spirit could also be affected by the receiver. He thought about it for a moment, then suddenly realized something.
No wonder people in the organization, such as Heer Huan, behaved strangely when they mentioned that adult. They worshipped him as if he were a god. It did look a bit abnormal.
"What were Ariel's blood results?"
Yaxiao swiped the system screen and found that the various data on it were as densely packed as ants, which made him feel overwhelmed. Yaxiao instantly gave up the idea of reading it himself and directly sought help from his fourth uncle.
[There is nothing wrong with Ariel's blood test report. The preliminary conclusion is that the other party has not drunk the blood of the contact. ]
"OK."
Yaxiao nodded.
Ariel's profession is a housekeeper, and she is not a member of an organization that carries out assassination missions like Hel's Ring, so it makes sense that she has never drunk blood.
"Uncle Four, do you think the receiver is still considered human?"
Yaxiao asked humbly.
The blood test device of the system far exceeds the technological level of this world, and its judgment on the existence of human beings is also more strict. It looks at the data with the help of reading glasses and concludes: [Not applicable.]
[The blood substances in their bodies have been completely replaced. From a physiological perspective, they are more like another kind of intelligent life form in human form.]
Yaxiao opened his eyes slightly, and suddenly a word came to his mind: magic insect.
In this plane, there are life forms that have always been hostile to humans and even threaten human survival.
But is that thing intelligent
Yaxiao recalled the large number of stupid bugs seeking death that he had seen at the border of the base, and felt a little uncertain.
"The villains think Delbo is behind them, which means they suspect Delbo is a demon worm?"
[What?]
The system was a little slow to react, not knowing why the host suddenly came to this conclusion. It turned its head to look at Delbo who was sleeping with his adjutant in his arms. It was difficult to tell from his appearance that he was any different from a normal human being.
"It's just a wild guess."
Yaxiao curled his eyes. Having said that, the devil's intuition is always exceptionally correct, and he felt that he had found the answer.
Magic insect
Yaxiao had never had any curiosity about this group. After all, the insects in the demon world were many times stronger than those he had seen at the border before.
But now, Yaxiao suddenly changed his mind.
The bugs here might even be able to transform into human form! That's so interesting!
No wonder the insects here are competing with humans.
The system looked at the host and its eyes suddenly lit up, as if it had found some fun toys. It was silent for a moment, and asked tentatively: [Host, what are you going to do next? ]
"Keep an eye on Delbo."
Yaxiao naturally repeated the task that Qin Qi had assigned to Crow Step.
Seeing the host's excited look, the system couldn't help but pick up the data tea placed aside to calm down.
If the host had only been following Qin Qi's instructions and observing Delbo step by step, then looking at the host's tone and expression now, it is obvious that he is prepared to use any means necessary to uncover Delbo's true identity.
Well, it always feels like Delpo's good days are coming to an end.
(End of this chapter)