Coveted After Becoming a Monster [Quick Transmigration] 65

Chapter 65:

It was night.

The evening wind blew through the alley, and the darkness concealed the houses. The smell of sulfur in the air was thick, and as the lights went out, the surroundings grew quieter.

The people lurking in the dark had been waiting for a long time and finally moved forward quietly.

It was unclear what method was used, but a person in black stood in front of the door, and with a few movements of his hand, the lock was opened.

He carefully pressed down on the doorknob and, after pushing the door open silently, everyone’s gaze fell on the person at the very back.

The person was wearing a dark combat uniform, and a black mask covered half of her face. Her posture was straight and slender. Seeing this, she showed no dissatisfaction and stepped in lightly.

Everyone did not step in at first. Instead, they waited for the sound of a struggle from inside before they all rushed in.

But for some reason, the surroundings were already dark, and it was even more so in the house, as if all light sources had been blocked, and they were completely blind.

Then, an unknown tentacle probed out from a corner and directly hit the back of their necks. After a few thuds, they all fainted on the floor.

The surroundings were quiet. The resident next door rolled over, his eyelids trembling, as if he were about to be woken up. In the next second, a tentacle probed in from the window, and with another thud, the person who had not yet woken up was completely knocked out.

Then, the tentacle leisurely retracted, and in the middle, it didn’t forget to turn on a light.

The light that had not been extinguished for long appeared again, illuminating the entire living room.

It was a little messier than before. The people in black were lying on the floor. Even though Li An had deliberately avoided it, a few people had still bumped into the edge of the table and the flower stand, so that things were knocked to the floor.

But these were all small matters. The most wretched one should be the person who had come in first.

Now she was pressed tightly on the sofa by Qi Fu, her hands pressed above her head, and her mask was pulled down a little, barely hanging there, revealing her wheat-colored skin.

“Let go,” although she was like a captive, her voice was cold and hard, and she snapped the moment she opened her mouth.

Qi Fu, who was on top of her, raised an eyebrow. Not only did she not listen, but the knee that was between the other’s legs was deliberately tilted, pressing on the bend of her leg. Her coconut tree shirt and combat uniform were pressed together, and in the strangeness, there was a hint of inexplicable harmony.

Seeing that she would not let go, the impatience in the other’s eyes grew heavier, and she struggled with her hands and feet.

But Qi Fu was pressing her down tightly. The person struggled for a long time, but it was still useless. Instead, the hair by Qi Fu’s temples was scattered, and the ends of her hair brushed past her eyelids.

She frowned.

Taking this opportunity, the hand that was holding her wrist loosened, and she immediately went down to pull at her mask.

The person turned her head to dodge and raised her hand to knock Qi Fu’s hand away.

How could Qi Fu give up so easily? Since she had been pulled into the small alley by this person in the afternoon, she had seen this person being secretive, always covering her face with a mask.

If it weren’t for the fact that Qi Fu was familiar enough with her, she really wouldn’t have recognized her.

But now there were only a few of them left, and this person was still not willing to take it off. Her stubborn temper flared up, and she had to snatch the other’s mask.

The person standing on the other side did not speak. Just as she was about to raise her hand, she was held down by a tentacle.

A peach-pink little octopus was on Ji Yulin’s shoulder, her azure eyes sweeping back and forth, full of the excitement of having gotten some gossip.

She didn’t care what mask Qi Fu and Ling Yun were fighting over. Her gaze fell, and it was all on their entangled long legs.

Because of her kneeling posture, Qi Fu’s legs were bent and pressed down. Ling Yun, who had just broken free a little, bent her leg to hit her in the bend of her leg, but Qi Fu lifted her leg to avoid it and pressed down on the other again.

Ling Yun immediately lifted her other leg, about to kick, and Qi Fu raised her knee and hit her in the thigh.

The fabric rubbed, and muffled groans were constant.

In the close-range fight, their clothes were pulled, especially Qi Fu’s loose floral shirt, which was actually pulled off by Ling Yun.

And Qi Fu was not one to be outdone. The moment her shirt collar loosened, she pulled off Ling Yun’s hood.

The little octopus looked at Qi Fu, and then at Ling Yun, and the more she looked, the more she felt that something was wrong.

How could these two look like nothing was wrong?

As she was thinking, Ling Yun swung her fist up, and Qi Fu quickly turned her head to dodge, but it was too late. The sharp punch grazed her left eye socket.

Ling Yun quickly withdrew her hand, but it was too late.

In the next second, she saw the prosthetic eye fall out, and it just happened to hit Ling Yun’s mask, and then it rolled down. The little octopus was quick-witted and quickly extended her tentacles to catch it, just in time to avoid the risk of it breaking.

The atmosphere in the room was simultaneously stagnant.

The person involved, Qi Fu, was not concerned. Taking this opportunity, she immediately reached out to pull at Ling Yun’s mask.

Ling Yun forgot to block, and it was thus lifted, revealing the lower half of her face that had been covered.

Qi Fu’s smug expression was stunned for a moment, and she said, “You are…”

She saw that the left side of Ling Yun’s face was covered in burn scars. The deep red marks stood out starkly against her handsome face, making them look especially fierce.

It was hard to imagine what she had been through. Because of the mutated beast’s flesh and bones as raw materials, the effect of the medicine was now far superior to that before the apocalypse. Even the most serious injuries were just ordinary problems, and they would disappear after a few days of application. To be able to leave such a serious scar, it must be that the flesh and blood of half her face had been eroded.

Ling Yun pulled the mask from her hand and put it back on her face, and then said calmly, “What about your eye?”

This reunion was too ironic.

It made Qi Fu can’t help but recall their first meeting, the same high spirits, their eyes filled with youthful pride.

And now, one had lost her left eye, and the other was disfigured.

The same wretchedness.

Qi Fu’s lips curled up, and she smiled nonchalantly, “I took it out. Otherwise, I would have died. What about you?”

“To awaken my special ability,” Ling Yun replied easily, and then said, “The reward is generous.”

The implication was that although she was disfigured, it was worth it.

The little octopus looked at this one, and then that one, and was on the verge of crying out. She felt that these two were quite a good match. Although their personalities were different on the surface, their cores were similar.

Ling Yun raised her hand and pushed Qi Fu’s shoulder, and said in a low voice, “Get down. It’ll be troublesome if they wake up.”

Qi Fu didn’t argue and rolled to the other side.

After Ling Yun sat up, she did not delay and stood up in a few moments, and called out to Ji Yulin, “Professor.”

Ji Yulin and Qi Fu’s cover was gone. Since Ling Yun had pressed Qi Fu in the afternoon and told them that they had been exposed, and that someone was lurking around the rented house, the two of them had not bothered to hide anymore and had waited in the room for Ling Yun to bring people over.

Ji Yulin nodded slightly, her gaze lingering on Ling Yun’s mask, a hint of worry on her face.

After her rebirth, Ji Yulin did not care about many people. Apart from Li An, Ling Yun, who had firmly believed in her in her previous life and had even chosen to sacrifice her own life to help Ji Yulin’s experiment at her most difficult time, could barely be considered one.

Now that Ling Yun had become like this, she was naturally a little worried.

Ling Yun shook her head, her eyes as resolute as before, and said softly, “Professor, this is my own choice.”

At this point, Ji Yulin did not ask any more questions.

Ling Yun had no time to explain and said, “Professor, I’ll deal with these few people first. It’ll be troublesome if they wake up.”

The moment Ji Yulin nodded, she strode forward, took out something like a round disc from one person’s arms, and stuck it on everyone’s neck.

Qi Fu, on the side, found it interesting. The moment she walked to her side, she was drafted by Ling Yun.

“You find some ropes and tie them up.”

Qi Fu pouted, a little unwilling.

Ling Yun just said, “This is something that can suppress special abilities. They asked us to wear it when we are in the Eighth District to avoid accidentally injuring ordinary people.”

“Today’s operation is special, so this person took it off for us first.”

Hearing this person’s explanation, Qi Fu finally started to look for ropes.

Although Li An on that side did not feel any threat, she still helped. All eight of her tentacles acted together, and in a few moments, they had tied them all up, and even neatly placed them in a corner, and tidied up the messy living room.

Ling Yun saw this out of the corner of her eye, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

When she had left, although she had sensed the little octopus’s abnormality, she had never actually seen her use her ability. It was only at this moment that the guess in her heart was completely confirmed.

She glanced out of the corner of her eye and looked at Qi Fu. The person was not surprised at all, as if she had been used to it for a long time. She was silent for a moment but still did not ask.

And Ji Yulin did not help and sat on the sofa, the fatigue of the afternoon still there.

That creature was too much. Since she had learned that Qi Fu was not in danger, she had been tormenting Ji Yulin even more, using the excuse that Ji Yulin was distracted by others, and was fiercely punishing her.

She subconsciously lifted her leg, wanting to put it on her other leg, but was stopped by the fiery pain. It was all from that creature’s wooden ruler.

Although the force was not heavy, this place was fragile, and the creature had been continuous. Even though she had just applied medicine, it was still red and swollen.

At this thought, Ji Yulin looked up at the little octopus over there.

The creature unconsciously touched her back, and when she turned around, she saw Ji Yulin again. Her eyes curved, and she showed a fawning, brilliant smile.

Ji Yulin stared at her for a few seconds, then looked away.

After dealing with these people, Ling Yun finally spoke, “Professor, I have already contacted their leader once.”

Hearing this, Ji Yulin couldn’t help but look at her, her eyes signaling for her to continue.

Ling Yun thought for a moment and began to tell her from the time she had been taken away by these people, to the time she had agreed to assassinate Ji Yulin as a condition, and had returned to the base with them.

Qi Fu, on the side, showed a resentful expression, looked at Ji Yulin, and then at Ling Yun, and couldn’t help but hum.

She had really thought that Ling Yun was trying to save her.

But on second thought, she had no temper anymore. No matter what Ling Yun’s purpose was, that group of people with special abilities would definitely break into the prison, and she would also have an attack at that time, and would be hunted by the people with special abilities and become their hostage.

And Ling Yun had just gone along with the plan, and while saving herself, she had also completed Ji Yulin’s mission.

Qi Fu pouted and looked to the other side.

Ling Yun saw this out of the corner of her eye but did not say much and just said, “After that, I followed them back to the Eighth District and only then did I realize that the Eighth District had long since betrayed the Research Institute and had chosen to cooperate with this group of people with special abilities, providing them with a place of refuge.”

Hearing this news, Ji Yulin did not show any surprise. After all, in her previous life, the Thirteenth District had joined forces with the Eighth District to fight against the Research Institute.

The only surprise was that the Eighth District had had such a change of heart so early.

Then Ling Yun added, “I still haven’t figured out what the Eighth District is asking the people with special abilities to do for them, but it should be extremely dangerous.”

She pressed her lips together and said, “They send a group of people out every month. After those people come back, they are all seriously injured and have to rest in bed for a long time.”

“But I guess they went to the active volcano.”

“How did you guess?” Qi Fu looked at her curiously.

Ling Yun explained in a low voice, “Every group of people who come back have a strong smell of sulfur on their clothes, and there is also volcanic ash on the soles of their shoes.”

So that’s how it was.

Ji Yulin nodded slightly.

Ling Yun thought for a moment and added, “They took me there once before.”

“I asked them to help me awaken my special ability, to make it easier to assassinate, Professor.”

Ling Yun’s voice paused for a moment. After glancing at Ji Yulin, she continued, “They first told me that they had no way, that this kind of thing was random, and that all they could do was to search for awakened people everywhere and then bring them to the Eighth District.”

“Then your injury is…” Qi Fu’s brows were tightly knitted.

Ling Yun did not keep her in suspense and said directly, “They gave me a way. In a life-and-death crisis, it is easiest to stimulate the body’s potential and awaken a special ability.”

“So they took you to the volcano?” Qi Fu added.

Ling Yun nodded, and then tried to recall, “The situation was complicated at that time. I seem to have seen something, but when I woke up, I had no memory of that time.”

She pressed her lips together and added, “In their organization, there is a person whose special ability is to erase a person’s short-term memory.”

Hearing this, without her needing to explain any more, everyone already understood.

Ji Yulin’s hand was on the armrest of the sofa, as if she had thought of something.

In her previous life, the Eighth District seemed to have had a serious crisis because of the active volcano, but at that time, the Eighth District had already broken with the Research Institute, so there was not much news. Could it be…

Ji Yulin knitted her brows.

And Qi Fu pointed out another problem, “How could they trust you so much and just send you over? If there was an accident…”

Ling Yun glanced at her and said, “The Research Institute is hunting people with special abilities everywhere. They call all awakened humans ‘their own kind’ and help and trust each other…”

She paused for a moment and added, “Apart from them, no other place will accept people with special abilities.”

“But they don’t really trust me either. They have hidden many things from me. Unless I can complete the assassination mission, I can’t really be accepted by them and become one of them.”

Ling Yun glanced at those people, not wanting to waste any more time on explanations, and immediately said, “Professor, I’ll explain the rest later. Their leader is coming back to the city today. If you want to meet her, now is a good opportunity…”

Before she could finish, a pleasant voice suddenly sounded from outside the window.

“Professor Ji has gone to such great lengths. Could it be that you wanted to see me?”