Coveted After Becoming a Monster [Quick Transmigration] 38p1

Chapter 38 p1:

Chapter 38:

The night did not conceal the clamor. After the South Tower was destroyed, the remaining prisoners and the troublemakers were all locked up in a temporary prison.

At this moment, cannons were roaring, and the cracked walls were collapsing. The chaotic sounds were indistinct. She could only look out with difficulty through the blurry mask glass.

Another punch came. Ling Yun dodged to the side. Her right hand instinctively wanted to swing up, but it was not as flexible as before. Her left hand almost lost its strength, and she almost dropped the person she was holding.

The attack with her right hand missed. Ling Yun’s expression changed, and she still couldn’t suppress the shock in her eyes.

When she was in the South Tower before, she had felt that this group of people was not right. They seemed to have some special abilities that ordinary people didn’t have. It was just that they had deliberately hidden them, so Ling Yun wasn’t sure. Now, under the pressure of the cannon fire, they had no more scruples.

The person in front of Ling Yun clenched his fist, and a ball of fire appeared out of thin air on his fist. The other didn’t feel any pain and even had a strange sense of it being natural. He swung at Ling Yun again.

Ling Yun didn’t dare to fight head-on and retreated repeatedly to dodge.

The person in her arms tried to force herself to stand up, not wanting to be a burden, but the intense pain had deprived her of all her strength. Her legs, which were on the ground, kicked, and she instantly fell limply, without even the ability to simply stand up, her veins twitching in pain.

She could only force herself to say, “You, you don’t have to mind me. Go first.”

Just a few short words, yet she was covered in a cold sweat.

Ling Yun’s gaze fell, and she happened to see her bleeding, closed left eye. The once-playful peacock was now in a miserable state.

“You, you go… don’t mind me,” her trembling voice was still insistent.

Ling Yun turned sideways with the person in her arms and dodged again. Just as Qi Fu was about to push her away, she turned and ran.

The people behind her would not let them go and quickly gave chase.

The best way to escape the pursuit of the Thirteenth District was to take Qi Fu hostage.

The sound of hurried footsteps was constant. Amidst the cannon fire, a loudspeaker sounded, ordering them to surrender. The sirens were shrill, and the air was filled with the smell of burning, and thick smoke was coming from somewhere.

Corner after corner, Ling Yun and Qi Fu, relying on their familiarity with the roads, barely managed to create some distance from the people behind them. But this situation could not last long. Ling Yun was panting heavily. After running for a long time with a burden, her stamina was rapidly declining.

“Over there!”

The people behind her were in hot pursuit. Seeing the corner of their clothes, they kicked open the door of the emergency exit and quickly went down the stairs.

Ling Yun looked up, and a look of determination flashed in her eyes, as if she had made a decision.

“Have you thought it through? Talk or die?”

The cold, hard voice was a threat. The cold muzzle was pressed against her forehead, leaving a red mark.

The villa was still the same. After Ji Yulin had spoken, Qi Peilan had stood up and interrogated her with a cold, stern expression.

The person pressed her lips together, still wanting to hold on.

But she saw Qi Peilan’s hand loosen, and she said to the subordinate behind her, “Go, take the few people on the floor to different rooms and interrogate them separately. If their testimonies are different, kill them on the spot.”

A few people said yes in a low voice, and Su Ye, who was extremely familiar with the other, took a step forward and asked, “What about this one?”

Her gaze fell on the fake Qi Peilan.

Qi Peilan’s expression was indifferent. The previous interrogation was gone. She suddenly became indifferent, as if she were dealing with trash, and said, “Clean it up.”

A hint of disgust flashed in her eyes, and she said with repulsion, “Destroy this face for me.”

She wasn’t even curious about the reason and was about to execute her decisively.

The fake Qi Peilan’s expression was stunned. Before she could react, she saw Su Ye raise her hand to her waist. A chill ran down her back, and the fear of death overwhelmed everything. She immediately shouted, “There’s another group of people already breaking into the prison. Qi Fu is also in the prison now. Aren’t you worried about her?!”

In her fear, the last few words were even broken.

But Qi Peilan’s expression did not change. Su Ye had already touched the gun on her waist.

She was both shocked and afraid. The perfect plan she had envisioned had failed from the very beginning. She had failed to get information out of Ji Yulin and had instead let something slip. She had tried to use force but had been knocked out by an inconspicuous octopus. Now she was being pushed again and again by Qi Peilan.

How could a creature who thought she was high and mighty and looked down on ordinary people take this? Her psychological defense line immediately broke, and she broke down, “I’ll talk, I’ll talk. Don’t kill me!”

On the other side, Li An had been watching with wide eyes, marveling in her heart. As expected of someone who could be the district chief of the Thirteenth Safe Zone, this decisive method had immediately forced the other to speak.

And Qi Peilan’s expression relaxed. She waved her hand at the others. Someone brought something forward and handed a gift to Qi Peilan. Then, Qi Peilan smiled and explained, “I prepared a gift for Ji An An before I came.”

There’s more gifts?

The little octopus’s eyes lit up, then she shrank back, remembering that she had crushed the cup that the fake Qi Peilan had given her.

Ji Yulin noticed her emotions, patted the octopus’s head, and said softly, “Go and see?”

At this moment, Qi Peilan had already placed the beautifully wrapped gift on the table, signaling for the little octopus to open it.

She had to admire her. If it were anyone else, they would have been in a hurry to force an answer, but she had instead given a gift, as if Ji Yulin’s little pet were more important than the so-called truth.

This action naturally also put a certain amount of psychological pressure on the fake Qi Peilan. She was afraid that what she said would not satisfy Qi Peilan, and in a few moments, she spilled everything like beans.

Her original name was Yang Yihan. She was an orphan in the slums of the Thirteenth Safe Zone. One day a year ago, she suddenly had a high fever. Her family had no thermometer, so she couldn’t estimate how high her fever was. She only felt that the water in the bathtub was about to be boiled by her. She was in a coma for a few days, and when she woke up, she found that she had a special ability.

She could turn into anyone’s appearance.

At first, Yang Yihan was ecstatic, thinking that she could use this ability to squeeze into the upper echelons of the Thirteenth District. But then she realized that this ability was completely useless. It would have been better if her strength had increased a little so she could join the beast-hunting team.

With her own brain, she couldn’t do anything big. She could only use this to do some petty theft, and her life was barely better than before.

Until half a year ago, her ability was seen through, and she learned that there was a special organization in this world, full of people with special abilities like her.

But they couldn’t expose themselves and even had to hide their identities, because the Research Institute had been secretly hunting them.

Hearing these words, the remaining Ji Yulin, Li An, Qi Peilan, and Su Ye in the villa had different expressions.

Qi Peilan even looked at the door to make sure that the subordinates who had withdrawn could not hear these words.

And Su Ye had silently locked the door.

Li An was now lying on the gift, a tentacle still holding the ribbon. The half-untied bow was left with an oval shape, which was placed right on the little octopus’s head. The peach-pink round head, the wide blue eyes, and the bubble-like circle were strangely comical.

Ji Yulin found it amusing and poked the octopus’s head, but the creature, who was engrossed in listening, raised her tentacles, grabbed her index finger, and pulled it down.

Human, don’t mess around.

But Ji Yulin’s movements did not stop. The finger that was being held down lifted, and with the little octopus’s belly on top, she was effortlessly lifted up.

The little octopus was left in a daze. Her tentacles were still wrapped around Ji Yulin’s finger, and she was inexplicably lifted halfway up.

She glared at Ji Yulin without any threat and pulled her hand back to the table.

Human, there’s business. Don’t mess around.

Yang Yihan was still continuing, “They call themselves the ‘Abnormals.’ They’ve been secretly searching for their own kind in various safe zones and then bringing them into the organization. They say the organization has already established a base for Abnormals in a safe place, where we don’t have to worry about being hunted by the Research Institute.”

Qi Peilan frowned and interjected, “The Research Institute has always known?”

At this point, Yang Yihan showed a hint of sarcasm, “I thought you at least knew a little. I didn’t expect you to be completely in the dark.”

But Qi Peilan ignored her. Her eyes flickered a few times, and she asked again, “The secret orders issued by the Research Institute were to hunt down people like you?”

In the entire Thirteenth District, only Qi Peilan and Su Ye knew that the Research Institute had been sending Qi Fu and others to deal with some so-called traitors. They had all thought that those people had gained special abilities by secretly transplanting mutated beast bodies, but they had not expected…

But how could they have thought of it? This kind of thing was too shocking. They only knew that plants and animals had mutated. How could humans?

Or rather, this crisis of species mutation had been going on for too long. At first, some people thought it was a special kind of species evolution, and that humans could also mutate like plants and animals.

But the result was that humans had experienced a long period of darkness, and after almost going extinct, the Research Institute and the thirteen safe zones had come into existence.

So, the idea that humans could not mutate was deeply ingrained in everyone’s mind.

But now someone was telling them that humans actually had this possibility.

Qi Peilan had been in a leadership position for a long time and immediately thought of a particularly crucial problem. If this news were to spread, the human society, which had just stabilized a little, would definitely be in chaos again.

She took a few deep breaths, suppressed her chaotic thoughts, and then continued to look at Yang Yihan.

Yang Yihan immediately nodded and added, “My special ability can hide my identity very well, so I’ve never been hunted.”

To prove it, she closed her eyes. The bones under her skin changed, making a cracking sound. Her expression also became pained, as if this action was causing her great harm.

And three minutes later, she had actually turned into a girl with ordinary features.

Seeing it with their own eyes, Qi Peilan and the others had no more doubts.

She added, “The person who found me was originally going to take me back to the base, but then there was an accident…”

“What accident?”

Before she could finish, Qi Peilan had already interrupted.

Yang Yihan glanced at Qi Peilan, a flicker of resentment in her eyes, and said in a faint voice, “He was killed by Qi Fu.”

Qi Peilan, Su Ye: …

The little octopus wanted to laugh but felt it was not appropriate. So she used two tentacles to lift Ji Yulin’s index finger and block her eyes.

Hee hee.

Yang Yihan sighed and said, “So I was forced to stay in the Thirteenth District, always waiting for the next opportunity to escape arranged by the organization.”

Obviously, this opportunity had never come.

“Until some time ago, the organization contacted me again and asked me to help a few people enter the city.”

“So you disguised yourself as someone by my side and even fabricated identity cards for them?” Qi Peilan was enlightened.

After this happened, she had keenly sensed that there was a problem with the people around her, but after several investigations, it was still difficult to confirm.

After all, the confidants she had placed in important positions were all people she knew well and had tested many times. How could they suddenly betray her? Only now did she understand that it was Yang Yihan who had taken their place with her special ability.

“They, they gave me a lot of information so I could perfectly imitate her and stay by your side.”

Qi Peilan nodded. It seemed that these people had also put in a lot of effort. Otherwise, just by looking similar, they would have been suspected very quickly.

She asked again, “What about the South Tower incident?”