Chapter 194
The thirteen of them could only continue to retreat.
Fortunately, although their position had been found, the enemy was in the open, and they were in the dark. There was still plenty of room to maneuver. To put it simply, the advantage was theirs.
Although…
No matter where they ran, they would be found.
“Be careful, be careful! Sang Mu, watch out in front!”
“Everyone, get out of the car!”
“Go that way…”
Song Xun led the people in front, and Song Ye brought up the rear. In the darkness of the eternal night, they chased and ran. The group, to escape the encirclement of the corpses, had no idea how far they had run.
There was not a single ray of light, and the darkness made one’s heart heavy.
Suddenly, Song Xun waved her hand, signaling for everyone to stop. She squatted behind a large rock and poked her head out to carefully observe the surroundings. The night vision goggles had been splattered with the pus of the corpses. Although it had been wiped and no longer affected her vision, the foul, rotten smell was still nauseating.
Alright, Song Xun had gotten used to the smell.
The surroundings were very quiet, and she could no longer hear any sounds of pursuit from any direction. Everything in front of her was also normal.
So good…
Other than the sound of their own group’s panting, there were no other sounds. For a moment, it was terrifyingly quiet.
“Did we… shake them off?”
Ji Chao’s voice was inexplicably unconfident. But it wasn’t his fault. After all, they had been found too many times and had been hunted for too long on this journey.
But no one answered him.
And so, quietly, one minute, two minutes, five minutes passed…
“So good…”
Before Sang Mu and the others could even cheer, a gust of wind blew, and the foul, rotten smell rose again.
The group: “…”
Again?
Enough! Enough! This is really fucking enough!
Song Xun’s face was grim. She turned to look at the group around her. “Too many times. It can’t be a coincidence. Everyone, check each other.”
The group complied.
But upon inspection, there was nothing wrong with their bodies, but they all had one thing in common. There was a red dot on the little finger of everyone’s left hand.
Not big, very small.
On the side, the kind you couldn’t find if you didn’t look closely.
If one or two people had it, it would be fine. But for everyone to have it, that already explained a lot.
They had been secretly attacked!
Although they didn’t know how this red dot had attracted the corpses, this was probably undeniable.
But they didn’t know how it worked. Could it just be wiped off?
But strangely, the red dot couldn’t be wiped off, as if it had grown on their bodies.
Damn it!
“What the hell is going on? All thirteen of us, not a single one missing. Where’s the problem?”
To be hit together meant they had been ambushed during a group action. But the number of group actions was limited.
Since coming to the South China base, the only time they had acted together for a long time, and for a fixed period of time, was…
“Ye Bai!!”
Song Xun’s face was ashen. “Damn it, he used us as a shield.”
The faces of Song Ye and the others also turned grim.
“It was when we were eating…”
“Was it poisoned in the food?”
Song Ye shook her head. “No. We all tested the food before we ate. And besides, it was just for show. We didn’t even eat much, and some of us didn’t even eat at all.”
As she spoke, a person raised their hand. “Me, I didn’t eat.”
“Then was it a gas or some other toxin?”
The others were indifferent. But it was useless to talk about these things now. And besides, it was better to think about how to solve it than to look back at the past.
The news Ye Bai had gotten from the Longjin Base was definitely not just what he had told them. There must have been more. It was possible that he had known about the Molten Rock Base, the Wetland Park, the experiment subjects, and the library and other places all along.
Those people were plotting against him, and he was also plotting against them.
And then he had dragged them into it, to attract the firepower for them.
Alright, he had succeeded. But now Song Xun was about to explode with anger…
“That bastard, Ye Bai!”
Otherwise, how could you explain the Wetland Park?
And to think they had been guessing how he had believed and had followed the Molten Rock Base. So this was also part of his plan.
Damn it!
Song Xun still wanted to curse.
She barely suppressed her anger and gave Song Ye a look. “Sis, you guys stay here. I’ll go and check the situation around.”
Song Ye understood. “Okay.”
After speaking, Song Xun turned and ran away. In reality, she hadn’t gone anywhere. She had just found a deserted place and had entered the White Light Stone space.
Before she had come, she had left the little ball of light with Ji Tang. Now, she was using the White Light Stone space and the little ball of light as a coordinate to return to Ning Mountain.
Back to Ning Mountain, to find Ji Tang!
She couldn’t explain the existence of the little red dot, nor could she solve it. So she had to go back and get help.
Although she also didn’t know if Ji Tang could handle it, she just had this inexplicable confidence.
And so, she went back.
When she returned to Ning Mountain, it was 3:30 PM. It wasn’t late, but the sky of the eternal night was still so dark.
Only a row of bright lights dispelled the darkness.
When Song Xun saw her, Ji Tang was holding Song Jin’an and was coming back from the medical department. Guan He was with her, and the two of them were talking about something.
Song Xun didn’t care about that. She rushed over and gave her a flying hug.
“Wife…”
The sudden action startled the two of them. No one had expected this person they had just been talking about to appear like this.
“How did you come back…”
“Mommy, you’re too strong! You’re crushing me!”
The small, resisting Song Jin’an was directly lifted out by Song Xun and stuffed into Guan He’s arms. The movement was so skilled and smooth, you could tell she had done it many times before.
Guan He was not used to it, but clearly, the little cub, Song Jin’an, was quite receptive. She hugged Guan He’s neck and sighed like a little adult. “Mommy, you really need to be more careful.”
Song Xun went up and gently pressed her head with her palm. “Don’t talk nonsense. Mommy is here to see your mother for business.”
Song Jin’an stuck out her little tongue.
Ji Tang smiled helplessly. “Alright, stop fooling around. Tell me, what happened for you to come back?”
Song Xun hadn’t said anything yet, but Guan He spoke first. “Hmm, should I leave?”
“No need.”
Ji Tang shook her head. If Song Xun had come out for business, and had suddenly come back, it could only be because something had happened. There was no need to avoid it.
Song Xun didn’t say much either. Her expression turned serious, and after exposing the little red dot, she briefly explained the situation.
But after a careful examination, Ji Tang and Guan He…
This is not an injury or a disease. What is it?
The two of them were at a loss. They called over Guan Yang and Zhang Jinhe, and well, the two dazed faces became four.
In the end, the five of them sat together, staring at each other.
None of them could solve it. Then what to do?
In the end, Guan Yang came up with an idea. “Since you’re sure it was Ye Bai who poisoned you or used some other means, why don’t you go and find Captain Xia?”
Let Xia Jin mediate.
Song Xun was silent and didn’t say anything.
Guan He coughed, and only then did Guan Yang react. She quickly added, “You decide for yourself. I’m just saying.”
After all, it was Xia Jin who had introduced Ning Mountain to Ye Bai in the first place and had recommended them to go to the South China base. But in the end, he had shown no respect and had even used them as a shield. She was afraid Song Xun wouldn’t trust Xia Jin.
She had an opinion.
But in reality, it wasn’t that Song Xun didn’t trust Xia Jin.
What she was worried about was actually something else. To be able to come back to Ning Mountain and find Ji Tang was by using the ability of the White Light Stone and the little ball of light. This was a secret.
Other than the first few people, the later Wei Ke, Guan He, Feng Wancheng, and even Guan Yang and Zhang Jinhe and the others didn’t know about this.
Of course, Song Xun didn’t plan on letting them know.
Even Shi Tou’s Omega, Sang Yu, didn’t know. And Song Xun should be in the South China region now. How could she have come back to Ning Mountain, and even gone to the First Base? If Xia Jin found out about this, she didn’t know what kind of trouble it would cause.
Although Song Xun trusted her character, she didn’t dare to gamble.
In the end, with no other choice, it was Guan He who came up with a solution. “Then why don’t we just have Wang Li take a look?”
“Wang Li?” Song Xun’s gaze was puzzled.
I seem to have heard this name before. It should be the special ability user who was rescued from the Sunshine Base with Song Ye and the others last time, right?
Although she had already forgotten what her ability was…
“She’s a female Alpha I’ve gotten to know these past few days.”
Guan He explained, “Her ability is Mind’s Eye. Although she doesn’t have much attack power, she is a very powerful auxiliary ability user, a kind of ability that can see the essence through the appearance.”
“It’s not X-ray vision.”
“And although she looks lazy and unmotivated all day, she’s very smart. It’s not tiring at all to talk to her…”
Chatter, chatter, chatter.
The more Guan He chattered, the wider Song Xun’s eyes became. There was only one thought in her mind, getting clearer and clearer.
Damn it, Old Wei, you’re about to have your home stolen. Do you know that?
The corner of Song Xun’s mouth twitched. Guan He was strange. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“No, nothing.”
Song Xun changed the subject. “Weren’t we looking for this person? Let’s give it a try.”
She had to find a solution quickly so she could go back quickly. She was afraid something would happen if she took too long.
Soon, Wang Li came.
This was also the first time Song Xun had seen her. The two of them’s eyes met, and they were both taken aback for a moment.
“You…”
“You…”
A strange sense of familiarity, but she couldn’t remember.
But for now, forget it. Although Wang Li looked lazy and unmotivated, in reality, she really did have some real skills.
Looking at the little red dot on Song Xun’s hand, she studied it for a long time and finally came to a conclusion. “It should be a mark planted by a marking-type ability user.”
In reality, Song Xun could also guess this. But what she wanted to know was how to solve it. She couldn’t just be hunted like this, right? Even if she wasn’t killed by the corpses in the end, she would definitely be exhausted to death.
Wang Li thought for a moment. “A marking-type ability is actually a branch of a mental ability user. To solve it, there are only three ways.”
Everyone was immediately surprised. Three ways!
“First, have the ability user who planted the mark remove it themselves.”
“Second, have a higher-level mental control-type ability user forcibly remove it.”
“And third…”
Wang Li paused. “If the above two time-saving and labor-saving methods can’t be done for the time being, then there’s a third, more troublesome method.”
“It can temporarily suppress its marking reaction, and it has no effect on the caster’s side. In other words, it can make the other side unable to detect this severing reaction.”
Song Xun’s eyes lit up. This person was amazing!
“What’s the third method?”
“I can see the minute reaction of this mark. So, we can use medicine, smells, and other methods to cover up its reaction, make it sluggish, and in the end, it won’t be able to operate.”
Song Xun stared. “See, reaction?”
Is the Mind’s Eye ability so powerful?!
Damn it, this is a Parsing Eye!
