Chapter 196 - 193: Seeing a Ghost in Broad Daylight

Chapter 196: Chapter 193: Seeing a Ghost in Broad Daylight

Chen Xing looked down at the number tag in her hand.

It flashed for a moment, then instantly reverted to a plain iron tag.

’But... there’s definitely something about this tag.’

’Electricity?’

’Or... is there a tracker inside this tag?’

’That’s it!’

’Or maybe it’s not just a tracker. Maybe there’s also something that can control them?’

The thought sent a chill down her spine.

That would explain why Xiao Nan had been controlled and then self-destructed.

Panicked, she tossed the tracker into her dimensional space.

Her space could block everything, so naturally... the tracker wouldn’t be able to track her.

But... she still wasn’t at ease.

’I’m not sure if I have one of these on me!’

’If I do have one on me, then...’ She didn’t dare to think about it.

She immediately closed her eyes and tried to sense it within her body, but she couldn’t detect anything out of the ordinary.

The number tags only appeared after someone turned into a pool of blood.

’It won’t be easy to find out the exact location of the tag inside the body!’

’Next time this happens, I have to observe carefully.’

Her mood instantly soured.

But... being depressed and upset was useless right now.

After picking up the Superpower Users’ Crystal Cores, she immediately ran down the mountain, heading for the safe zone.

The main gate of the safe zone was open, left ajar.

’That nightingale is pretty impressive, prying open a gate half a meter thick!’

Everywhere she passed was littered with bodies.

’Alright, then.’

’nightingale really is ruthless!’

Chen Xing focused on collecting Crystal Cores, slowly making her way inside.

She figured the Lu Family had already left, so she wasn’t in a rush to push deeper.

Along the way, she collected a real haul of Crystal Cores.

Soon, she reached the depths of the safe zone.

She could already hear the sounds of slaughter from within, along with nightingale’s ecstatic shouts.

’He’s enjoying himself!’

Only a Killing Demon would derive pleasure from such a massacre.

’nightingale is useful for dealing with the Lu Family, but normally, I need to keep him tightly shackled.’

Chen Xing was just thinking about how to restrain nightingale when she bent down to pick up a Crystal Core. Just then, she saw someone in a white lab coat flash out of sight at the far end of the path.

’Am I seeing ghosts in broad daylight?’

Even though she had been reborn, she didn’t really believe in ghosts or gods.

’Besides, what kind of ghost wears a lab coat?’

Chen Xing immediately ran over.

There was no road at the end, just a solid wall.

She searched carefully for a long time but couldn’t find anything suspicious.

She had a stubborn streak and wouldn’t give up easily.

Just as she was searching for the umpteenth time, the smooth wall suddenly split open, revealing a man in a white lab coat standing face-to-face with her.

Startled, the man immediately hit a switch, trying to close the wall.

The door was incredibly fast, opening and closing almost instantly. From a distance, it just looked like a flash.

But Chen Xing was much faster; she was already inside.

And so, the man in the lab coat thought he was safe, but just as the wall closed, he saw Chen Xing.

She was standing right next to him, watching him coldly.

"Y-You, what do you want?" The man stammered, backing against the wall. "Outsiders aren’t allowed in here!"

Chen Xing scoffed. "What? Do I look like someone who listens to you people?"

The man in the lab coat took a deep breath, shook his head, and said no more.

Seeing him stand still, Chen Xing gave him a push. "Lead the way!"

The man gulped and shook his head. "If I take you inside, I’ll die!"

"You’ll die if you don’t take me inside, too!"

The man in the lab coat thought it over and decided to remain loyal to his boss, taking on a stance that he wouldn’t move even if it killed him.

He had only failed to escape because he’d been delayed by something.

He thought no one was outside, but he just had to run into someone so persistent.

Chen Xing had no choice but to grant his wish. With a quick reach and twist of her hand, the man in the lab coat kicked the bucket.

’No one who wears a lab coat in the Research Institute is a good person!’

After tossing the man’s body to the floor, she searched on her own and found a hidden elevator.

The elevator was disguised as a section of the wall.

The elevator descended about three floors before stopping.

The moment the elevator doors opened, Chen Xing’s view was filled with rows of glass rooms, stretching so far she couldn’t see the end.

And on the bed in every room, there was a person.

Every single one of them was connected to instruments, with tubes inserted into their heads, just like when she had first woken up.

Perhaps because the safe zone had fallen, the instruments were still running, but there was no medical staff.

’The man in the lab coat I just killed must have been the last one to try and escape.’

Chen Xing looked at the endless glass rooms, her feet moving forward slowly.

She felt she had found fellow sufferers, and a deep sorrow washed over her.

’What can I do?’

’Other than getting them out of this horrible place, there’s not much I can do.’

’These people are still under the Lu Family’s control...’

After walking about two hundred meters, Chen Xing saw an enormous control console in the center of the area.

She didn’t know how to operate it.

Having no other choice, she used brute force to rip out the console’s wiring.

The surrounding instruments seemed to malfunction, shutting down one by one.

It wasn’t long before pained screams echoed through the facility.

The "guinea pigs," who had been in a comatose state, all woke up.

Chen Xing saw the number tags. They started with 50000 and continued onward; there had to be at least three thousand people here.

The sheer number made her scalp tingle.

Screams rose and fell, and she saw some people had already ripped off the instruments themselves, staring at the unfamiliar surroundings with slow, dazed movements.

’What else can I do?’

Chen Xing had no choice but to release them all.

As for how they would survive, that would be up to fate.

She couldn’t possibly take all of them with her.

She quickly went to the elevator, opened the doors, and shouted, "If you want to live, run this way!"

Some of the more resilient ones had already adapted to their bodies and ran quickly into the elevator.

The fear of the unknown was written all over their faces.

When the elevator was full, Chen Xing let go of the door button. The doors closed, sending the first group up.

’There are so many people down here. How long would it take for me to get them all into the elevator by myself?’

She ignored the elevator and decided to look for the stairs instead.

Sure enough, there was a stairwell not far from the elevator.

She took the lead running up, and the others followed one after another.

After climbing three floors, a turn brought them to the exit from before.

The wall-door was now fully open, and she led the group out.

Up ahead, the group of "guinea pigs" who had just come out of the elevator suddenly screamed.

Their voices were filled with boundless terror.

Sensing something was wrong, Chen Xing rushed forward.

She saw nightingale up ahead, bloodthirstily hunting the crowd of "guinea pigs."

More than a dozen of those who had gotten out first were already on the ground!

"nightingale, stop!" Just as Chen Xing was about to rush over and stop him, a sudden surge of power erupted.

’Crap!’

’Another one of the ’guinea pigs’ is about to use their superpower.’

She looked ahead, into the crowd.

A pillar of intense flame shot toward the ceiling, instantly spreading out and reducing a large area to ash.