Chapter 705: Chen Ye: Can Ugly Be Contagious?

Speaking of Chen Ye's looks, well... while he wasn't devastatingly handsome, he was absolutely nowhere near ugly.

Back in his school days, he had been quite popular.

He had even received gifts from girls back then.

With a face like that, you couldn't call him ugly.

Sure, he'd lost one eye, and the remaining one was blood-red, which at most made him look a bit unsettling now.

Chen Ye froze for a moment, then fury erupted.

What the hell was this thing saying?

*I'm* ugly?

Across the entire convoy, he was the man who could hold his own against Baldy Chu in the looks department.

And now someone was calling him ugly?

He really wanted to reach out and destroy the thing in front of him.

Chen Ye felt the anger blazing in his chest.

Then...

That "Xu Lina" actually shifted sideways, as if it genuinely feared that Chen Ye's "ugliness" might infect it.

Chen Ye's brow twitched violently.

Beside him, Sun Xixi was struggling desperately to hold in her laughter.

Xu Lina also wore a strange expression, sneaking several glances at Chen Ye.

That bastard Dantai Bie's grin had grown even more exaggerated, and he couldn't even stop himself from letting out a "heh heh" chuckle.

"Mm-hmm... alright, well... let's talk about something serious!"

"Do you know what that thing in the hotel actually is?"

Seeing that Chen Ye's face was getting darker and darker, the pink-haired girl finally stepped up to take over the conversation.

"You're pretty, so I'm willing to answer your questions."

"Xu Lina" leaned forward slightly, as if trying to get closer to Sun Xixi.

This Anomaly that despised ugliness and adored beauty was truly one of a kind.

Chen Ye had encountered many Anomalies in his time, but this one was the most peculiar of them all.

"I've never seen the thing in the hotel!"

"Even if you ask me, I wouldn't know!"

Another master of nonsense!

"However, I do know that it's very ugly and very powerful, extremely powerful. I can't beat it at all!"

"Even if you begged me, I wouldn't help you deal with that ugly thing."

"Beautiful creatures must avoid any contact with ugly things."

Chen Ye: "..."

He had just opened his mouth to ask something else.

That "Xu Lina" scurried sideways again, as if it genuinely worried that Chen Ye's "ugliness" might be contagious.

Chen Ye's face went dark.

Sun Xixi had been frowning slightly at the "Xu Lina's" words, but seeing the thing act like this, and seeing Chen Ye's darkened expression, she felt a fresh wave of amusement.

Sun Xixi continued to ask: "How long have you been here? Do you know anything about this place?"

"Hmm... I don't know how long I've been here either!"

"Ever since I gained consciousness, I've been here."

"This little shop is my home. It's been ages since I've seen a living person!"

"Xu Lina" seemed more than willing to talk with Sun Xixi. Whatever Sun Xixi said, it would answer earnestly.

Chen Ye and Dantai Bie exchanged a glance. This was the first time they'd encountered an Anomaly like this.

They'd met Anomalies with intelligence rivaling that of humans before.

But those Anomalies had all harbored a natural hostility toward humans. One that could converse so peacefully was a first.

"Every night, those ugly things crawl out from everywhere!"

"It's just that there have been a lot fewer of them lately!"

"Why?"

Dantai Bie asked.

That "Xu Lina" glanced at Dantai Bie, seemingly unwilling to answer, but in the end, it looked him over once more, then graciously deigned to shoot him a dismissive glare.

"You're an idiot, aren't you? Because of you guys! You've been coming here every day these past few days, killing so many Anomalies, so naturally the numbers have dropped a lot!"

Chen Ye felt a fresh surge of irritation.

That bastard Dantai Bie couldn't hold a candle to him in the looks department either.

But that bastard just dressed a bit more neatly and cleanly.

What part of him was more handsome than Chen Ye?

If they were talking about who was uglier, Chen Ye definitely couldn't lose to Dantai Bie.

"Little sister, are you all planning to wipe out all the Anomalies here?"

"Xu Lina" suddenly asked this question.

The group fell silent for a moment, a faint thread of danger seeping through the air.

Wipe out all the Anomalies?

The thing standing right in front of them was also an Anomaly!

"Hehe, don't be so tense. I have no intention of fighting you all. Besides, even all of you combined wouldn't be a match for me!"

"Xu Lina" swept its alluring gaze across everyone present, seemingly not considering any of them a threat at all.

"You can't even beat me, and you want to clear out all the Anomalies here?"

"On what basis?"

"Just because you're ugly?"

Chen Ye gritted his teeth, feeling his temples throb wildly.

His grip on the blade in his hand tightened again and again.

This thing's mouth was absolutely infuriating!

Was that mouth dipped in poison?

Wasn't there a saying that no man is truly ugly? Didn't this thing understand that?

He really wanted to tear its mouth apart.

"Ahem... well... what exactly do you mean by that?"

Sun Xixi quickly cut off the "Xu Lina's" words.

If they kept provoking him like this, Chen Ye would probably really start throwing hands.

Chen Ye let out a cold snort and turned his head away, trying hard to calm his mental state.

I'm not angry. I'm not angry...

"Hehe... I don't mean anything special, just what I said!"

"You're pretty, so I'll talk with you a bit more."

"There aren't actually that many Anomalies in all of Xi City, but among them, there are quite a few powerful ones."

"I rank third in the whole of Xi City!"

"You can't even kill me, so you can forget about the two ahead of me!"

Third?

Chen Ye's heart jolted slightly.

This thing in front of him was the third-ranked Anomaly in all of Xi City?

He really couldn't tell!

"What about the top two..."

"As for the top two, one of them is the thing in that hotel you all were staying at!"

"And the other..."

As "Xu Lina" said this, it pointed toward the center of Xi City.

There stood a building nearly twenty-plus stories tall.

According to the Silent Council's intel, that was the tallest building in all of Xi City.

"It's over there..."

"It's strong. Very strong. And also very ugly... I'm no match for it."

"Xu Lina's" voice carried a hint of fear, and it spoke with a bit of caution.

"Then between it and the thing in the hotel, which one is stronger?"

"Xu Lina" glanced at Dantai Bie, who had asked, then lowered its hand and looked seriously at the group.

"The thing in the hotel is the most terrifying!"

"It's not something you all can handle!"

"That thing over there is also terrifying, and not something you can handle either."

"But if you really forced me to rank them!"

"That thing in the hotel ranks first, and that thing over there ranks second!"

"I rank third!"

"But even though I'm third, that thing could kill ten of me!"

"You all can figure it out for yourselves!"

"That thing" referred to the Anomaly in the tall building in the center of Xi City.

Hearing "Xu Lina's" assessment, everyone felt a jolt in their hearts.

Kill ten of the thing standing before them?

Just how strong would that have to be?

Even though they hadn't fought the thing in front of them, the sense of dread in their chests wasn't fake.

They'd have to rally all the Superhumans in the entire base.

Chen Ye felt as if a stone had been pressed onto his heart.

Even Sun Xixi was at a loss for words at the moment.

"Hehe... I know that even if I told you not to go there, it wouldn't do any good!"

"I'm not going to try to persuade you either!"

"Besides those two pretty little sisters, the more you ugly things die, the better!"

"You'll definitely end up in conflict with that thing eventually. But before that conflict breaks out, can you take me away from here?"

"I don't want to wait until that thing kills all of you, and then comes looking for me!"

"I'm no match for it. I need to get a head start on running away!"

The sharp-tongued "Xu Lina" giggled as it spoke.

"Ah~?"

Sun Xixi was taken aback.

"Mm-hmm, you heard right. To avoid getting caught in the crossfire, I want to leave here first!"

"Hehe... that's how you humans use that idiom, right?"

"I want to leave this place, go see the outside world, and also go see your human settlements, see how you humans live, see how I used to live back then."

"Xu Lina" spoke as if talking to itself.

An Anomaly, actually wanting to go to a human settlement?

Chen Ye's eyes rolled thoughtfully.

If it really did go back to a human settlement, he wouldn't mind at all.

When the time came, they could rally the Silent Council, capture this thing, and then sacrifice it to the Hundred-Ghost Eater.

An Anomaly ranked third in all of Xi City, sacrificed to the Hundred-Ghost Eater, would definitely boost the Hundred-Ghost Eater's number ranking by a significant margin.

As for whether he'd hesitate to make that move?

In Chen Ye's view, no matter how much the Anomaly in front of him looked like a human, it wasn't one.

He wasn't some saint like Chen Hao. When it came to taking action, there was no such thing as hesitation.

As long as it could increase his own strength, Chen Ye would do it without a second thought.

Who told it to call him ugly?