Coveted After Becoming a Monster [Quick Transmigration] 67

Chapter 67:

“As Ling Yun said, we send a group of people to the volcano every month, and the crisis that is about to destroy the Eighth District is also there. At the same time, this is also the opportunity for us to cooperate with the Eighth District.”

The outside of the house was still quiet, and the people in the corner were silent. Ji Yulin and Ling Yun were silent, and Qi Fu would occasionally interject, but most of the time it was Cheng Xi’s voice.

“The volcano is in danger of erupting at any time, and with the problem of food shortages, the people of the Eighth District have actually been trying to find a way, but the situation…”

“You should be very clear. Even the Research Institute can’t solve it. Relocation is even more unrealistic. Now the continent is in crisis, and there are mutated plants and animals everywhere. Where can we find a relatively safe and empty place that can accommodate a million people?”

“Although the Eighth District has a hidden danger, at least it is safe for now. Helplessly, the leader of the Eighth District has already accepted his fate and can only place his hopes elsewhere.”

Cheng Xi was silent for a moment. She didn’t know where her memories had fallen. She stroked the crow in her arms with one hand.

“But things don’t go as planned. About twenty years ago, there was a strange movement in that active volcano.”

“Twenty years ago, how old were you then?” Qi Fu suddenly asked.

Cheng Xi knew what she wanted to ask and shook her head, “I was just a little girl who had just awakened her special ability at that time, and I hadn’t even joined the organization, so the leader at that time was not me.”

At the mention of this, the crow in her arms lifted its head and looked at Cheng Xi, as if many bad things had happened, and it was worried about her.

Cheng Xi’s expression softened, and her hand stroked the position of the missing tail feather, her heart aching.

Qi Fu nodded.

Cheng Xi thought for a moment, then continued, “After the strange movement of the volcano, the Eighth District sent a large number of people to check, and had even made the worst plans, but the imagined situation did not happen.”

This turn of events made everyone stunned.

Cheng Xi did not wait for them to ask and continued, “The volcano did not erupt. The only thing that happened was the people that the Eighth District had sent into the volcano at that time. A total of one hundred and seventy-eight people, none of whom returned.”

“Did they encounter a mutated beast?” Qi Fu couldn’t help but ask.

Cheng Xi shook her head gently and did not answer at first. Instead, she continued, “These people just disappeared mysteriously, and not even a distress signal was sent out. But fortunately, the strange movement of the volcano stopped.”

“Was the strange movement caused by them? Did they want to break away from the Eighth District?” Ling Yun, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

Cheng Xi looked up at her and shook her head, “The Eighth District had many guesses at that time, but none of them were confirmed. But a year later, the volcano had another strange movement.”

“Hmm?” Qi Fu and Ling Yun both showed a surprised expression.

The little octopus on Ji Yulin’s shoulder also showed a curious expression, and her tentacles swayed behind her.

“Similarly, the Eighth District sent some people, and to prevent what had happened before, this time there were more people and better equipment. And one of them was the youngest son of the district chief of the Eighth District at that time.”

“Did he also disappear mysteriously?” Qi Fu interjected.

Cheng Xi’s expression became a little more grave, and she nodded, “Yes, it happened again. Just like last time, there was no news, and they just disappeared silently.”

“No wonder the volcano was set as a forbidden zone, and no one was allowed to enter. I thought people were afraid of disturbing the volcano,” Qi Fu was enlightened.

Ling Yun then said, “Did the strange movement of the volcano stop again?”

“Yes.”

Everyone’s expression was different, but they all showed a look of thought.

“After that, the time of the strange movement became shorter and shorter. A year, half a year, and in the end, even once a month.”

Ji Yulin didn’t know what she was reminded of, and her peripheral vision glanced at the little octopus.

This creature was still completely unaware. Her left and right tentacles were hugging the middle tentacle, and the round and chubby tentacles were squeezed together, pressing against her face.

It felt a little fatter than before, and her head was round and puffy. As her tentacles squeezed, a little soft flesh bulged out.

Ji Yulin patted her head and, after coming back to her senses, continued to look to the other side.

Cheng Xi was lost in her memories and did not notice everyone’s small movements. She continued, “Similarly, as long as people are sent to explore, they will disappear, but the strange movement will disappear. But if no one enters, the strange movement of the volcano will become more and more obvious, as if it is about to erupt at any time.”

Qi Fu summarized, “So it needs a human sacrifice. Is there a mutated beast inside?”

Cheng Xi silently nodded.

Ling Yun frowned and said, “Why didn’t they find a way to deal with that mutated beast?”

“You think they didn’t?” Cheng Xi’s voice suddenly quickened, and then she came to her senses and said slowly, “After the fourth strange movement, the Eighth District realized that there might be a powerful mutated beast inside and tried to exterminate it.”

“They even applied to the Research Institute for the first-generation version of the Heavenly Punishment.”

Heavenly Punishment?

Hearing this familiar name, everyone showed a different expression.

The so-called Heavenly Punishment was the secret weapon that Qi Fu had held in her arms and thrown into the dark maw before.

At that time, the darkness was so powerful, and the previous cannon fire had not caused it any damage. But the moment the Heavenly Punishment was used, it was seriously injured, which showed the power of the Heavenly Punishment.

Therefore, it could be seen that even the first-generation version from thirty years ago should have a considerable power.

Cheng Xi sighed, “But it was precisely because of this that a hidden danger that could not be solved was left for the Eighth District.”

Ji Yulin suddenly said, “The volcano?”

“Yes,” Cheng Xi replied in a heavy voice, and then said, “Under a large amount of cannon fire, the internal structure of the volcano had a problem, especially the Heavenly Punishment…”

“That one time, it almost caused the volcano to erupt. In the end, it was the monster who was injured and acted, and only then was the volcano stabilized.”

At these words, Qi Fu let out an “ah.”

“So, you, it,” Qi Fu was a little incoherent.

“So the Eighth District and the other reached an agreement. Every year, a batch of mutated beasts are sent into the volcano, and the other maintains the peace of the volcano and prevents it from having any strange movements.”

Ji Yulin’s face showed dissatisfaction, “A mutated beast that can talk to people and even make a deal shows that it has already developed intelligence, and its rank is not low. You are raising a tiger to cause trouble.”

“The Eighth District could only do that at that time,” Cheng Xi was helpless, and then said, “The Eighth District has always had the lowest status among the thirteen safe zones. Even if they reported to the Research Institute, they only got a Heavenly Punishment that had not yet been tested, or they could only break up the district.”

“Also, this matter is not easy to publicize, so they have been hiding it.”

It was ironic. The Eighth District, which was the most hostile to mutated beasts, had actually been secretly supporting a mutated beast that had devoured humans, and had to rely on its ability to protect itself.

Qi Fu and Ling Yun wanted to say something but didn’t know what to say and could only sigh.

The little octopus found it boring and extended her tentacles, wanting to harass the other bird, but her tentacles were held down by Ji Yulin and pressed back.

She could only roll over in dissatisfaction.

Ji Yulin looked up at the other, her dark eyes filled with a dark emotion, and her tone was calm, “So?”

“What do you need us to do?”

The Eighth District had been hiding it for so long, and even the leaders of the other safe zones were completely unaware. Now that they had easily confessed, if they didn’t have other ideas, Ji Yulin would absolutely not believe it.

Cheng Xi took a deep breath and said firmly, “We know that the Thirteenth District has dealt with a powerful sea beast, so we hope that the Thirteenth District can help us eliminate it.”

The matter of eliminating the darkness, the Thirteenth District could not completely hide. Apart from the special abilities, the other districts all knew that they had eliminated a powerful mutated beast.

Cheng Xi’s speech was very fast, “Before, to stabilize the volcano, the monster seemed to have used a special ability, and its body was integrated into the volcano, so it can’t leave the volcano now.”

“And with the long-term supply of mutated beasts, its injuries have recovered by eighty percent, and it is far more powerful than before. There have been several times when it has shown a tendency to break free from the volcano and escape.”

She said in a low voice, “And the condition of the cooperation between the Eighth District and us is that they find a way to hide it from the Research Institute and protect us, but we have to send people into the volcano every month to aggravate the monster’s injuries and weaken its ability.”

At this point, everything was clear.

Qi Fu looked at her and then at Ling Yun, and raised the only question, “Then why did you attack the Thirteenth District?”

Cheng Xi lowered her head, said “I’m sorry,” and then said, “We mainly wanted to take Professor Ji away. Her achievements in research are remarkable, and we wanted her to help. And…”

“The special ability organization and the Research Institute are now completely on opposite sides, and it’s even a life-and-death situation, so we can only find ways to weaken the Research Institute’s ability.”

“Alright,” Qi Fu smacked her lips. After all, she was also one of those being hunted now, so she could understand the special ability organization.

Cheng Xi seemed to have seen what she was thinking, gave her a deep look, and then said, “Do you think that if you don’t awaken your special ability, the Research Institute will let you go?”

“All those who can transplant mutated beast bodies have the potential to awaken. They are unawakened people whose bodies can withstand the mutated beast’s body.”

“But because the human body and the mutated beast’s blood are incompatible, even if the transplant is successful, it will cause great pain, and even death.”

“And to hide this matter, the Research Institute has been creating you on one hand, and trying to eliminate you on the other.”

Qi Fu blinked. Although she had experienced it firsthand, she didn’t actually know much and was inevitably surprised to hear this.

She subconsciously looked at Ji Yulin, trying to get an accurate answer from her.

And Cheng Xi, to prove her words, added, “We once saved a person who had a mutated beast’s body transplanted from the Research Institute. We learned all this from her.”

“Then where is she?” Ling Yun stared at the other.

“She’s dead. Even though we had already removed the transplanted mutated beast’s body for her, she still died.”

Cheng Xi’s tone changed, and she added, “So I was shocked by Qi Fu’s change.”

Qi Fu ignored her and instead kept looking at Ji Yulin.

Although her personality was simple, she was not stupid. She was half-convinced by the above words. Only when Ji Yulin nodded would she truly believe.

And at this moment, Ji Yulin, who had been in thought, came back to her senses and nodded slightly at Qi Fu.

This was the reason why her experiments had failed so many times in her previous life. Not only because the octopus’s energy was powerful and ordinary people couldn’t bear it, but also because the Research Institute had sensed that she couldn’t accept these things and had hidden the matter, only giving her ordinary people who couldn’t awaken their special abilities as experimental subjects, and had secretly suppressed her.

And Ling Yun, who had persisted the longest, was the only one in that batch of experimental subjects who had the potential to awaken a special ability.

No matter how talented Ji Yulin was, if her research direction was wrong, then she could only make one mistake after another and could never truly succeed.

However, Ji Yulin had only had a vague guess about this before. After all, the Research Institute had hidden it from her too well. Everything was deduced by Ji Yulin based on subtle details.

It wasn’t until before, when she had removed the golden eagle’s eye for Qi Fu and had awakened her special ability, that she had truly known the truth.

Qi Fu’s face was stiff. She wanted to say something but felt powerless and could only slump into the sofa.

Ling Yun glanced at her and patted her shoulder, as if in comfort.

And the little octopus didn’t move. After hearing these words, it was as if she had caught a thread. The chaotic dreams finally had a possibility of being pieced together.

But before she could think about it, she heard a loud shout, “Why do we have to cooperate with her? Boss Cheng, have you forgotten how many of our people that fake bird has killed?!”

“The Thirteenth District can eliminate that creature with just gunpowder? Why can’t we?!”

Following the voice, she happened to see a person with a red face shouting with righteous indignation. At the same time, his arms were constantly struggling, trying to break the ropes.

“Do you dare to trust them? A traitor who is hiding from the Research Institute and cooperating with the Thirteenth District, and a spy who has betrayed us. How much did we pay for her to awaken her special ability? What did she do?!”

“I spit on you!”

“Just them? Two newly awakened weaklings, and a professor who doesn’t know what she’s good for. Can they solve that creature?!”

Cheng Xi’s expression changed, and she immediately snapped, “Meng Lin!”

The person named Meng Lin refused to back down and shouted again, “I’m not convinced!”

“How much can the Thirteenth District help us? I’m afraid that to eliminate the mutated beast before, they have already consumed most of the city’s resources. Now, even if there is a group of people with special abilities, they are just newly awakened wastes.”

“Boss Cheng, what’s the use of you talking here?!”

It seems that this special ability organization is not so united…

The three of Ji Yulin exchanged a glance.

Cheng Xi was so angry that she stood up and cursed, “You shut up!”

“Anyway, I don’t agree!” Meng Lin shouted loudly, and then said, “You ask the others if they are willing to cooperate with a fake bird who has killed their own people, and a spy!?”

Looking at the expressions of the others, it was clear that they were not so willing. They were either silent or staring at Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi was so angry that she could only curse, “What do you know?!”

She had the most contact with the mutated beast in the volcano, so of course she knew its strength best. If it could be eliminated with just firepower suppression, how could the Eighth District have fallen to this state?

And according to the previous intelligence, the sea monster could create a tide, and its strength was comparable to the mutated beast in the volcano. Since the Thirteenth District could eliminate the other, they must have their own special methods, and it was very likely because of Ji Yulin.

So after thinking about it, she had made such a decision, but the others did not understand.

She shouted again, “Meng Lin!”

The person’s neck was stiff, and she shouted back, “I’m not convinced! If you have the ability, let them fight me fair and square. If they win, I’ll be convinced.”

He struggled with the ropes that were binding him and added, “What’s the use of a sneak attack?! Can they sneak attack that monster?”

The person beside him suddenly spoke, “Boss, we understand your worries, but their actions are really unacceptable. And…”

Her cold gaze swept over Ling Yun, and she continued, “Since Professor Ji has a way to help others awaken their special abilities, why didn’t she awaken her personal guard and let her go all the way to our side?”

“If they don’t show some ability, how can we be convinced?”

Qi Fu raised an eyebrow and asked in return, “What on earth do you want?”

“Untie the ropes. Let’s have a fair fight.”