Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 337 - 139: Codename C35, Fight Poison with Poison!

But now, he can lie here peacefully, feeling the warmth of the bed underneath him.

Listening to the roar of rain, enjoying this moment of tranquility.

... 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Crack.

Within the Inner City, the Infection Source Research Institute, shaped like a giant egg, suddenly split open at the top.

The crack spread to the sides at an astonishing speed, and soon, a metal platform slowly ascended from below.

A woman wearing light purple battle armor stood at the center of the platform, her eyes slightly closed, as if asleep.

Beneath the transparent helmet, her long hair cascaded like an ink waterfall over her shoulders, her face not conventionally beautiful, but exuding a calm, intellectual charm.

"Director Yu, the location of code ’C35’ has been fully confirmed, shall we initiate the launch?"

"Launch it."

The woman slowly opened her eyes, revealing a shocking sight; instead of irises, her eyes were a deep, bottomless black, as if capable of swallowing light.

Before the words even fell, the platform beneath her feet quickly retracted, like a spring compressed to the extreme.

In the next instant, a visible purple arc exploded across the surface of her battle armor, her figure shooting skyward like a cannonball, piercing through the clouds with a piercing sound.

Rising to nearly a thousand meters in the air, a pair of purple alloy wings suddenly unfurled behind the armor, their tips glinting with a cold metallic sheen.

With the traction of the wings, she dove like a meteor toward a valley seventy kilometers outside Happiness City.

In just three minutes, her figure hovered above the valley, her jet-black eyes casually scanning the ground below, her voice transmitted through her helmet:

"Come out, or shall I invite you out?"

As soon as the words fell.

Deep within the valley, a figure wrapped entirely in a black robe emerged from the ground, as if melding with the shadows.

A middle-aged man with a plain appearance, his complexion waxy yellow, seeming malnourished.

"Yu Erlan, I harbor no intentions against your Happiness City, nor have I ever caused any harm."

He looked up at the woman hovering in the air, his tone urgent, as if trying hard to explain.

But the next second, a fiery-red insignia-like badge fell from the sky, landing with a "thud" a step in front of him.

The front of the badge was embossed with a majestic Mount Everest, while the back bore four large, blood-red characters.

[Red Wanted]

"Firewood Red Wanted Notice, code ’C35’, Symbiotic Origin: Ghost Shadow Spider"

"Determined ability: Can infect and parasitize through biological shadows; once shadows are occupied, hosts gradually lose their autonomous consciousness and become puppets controlled by it, acting according to preset directives. Its ability significantly strengthens at night, with the maximum control quantity estimated currently at 250,000 people."

"Determined annihilation condition: If any hidden avatar outside the entity of the Ghost Shadow Spider is not completely destroyed, its consciousness can instantly escape into the shadow of any infected individual, using the shadow as a medium for reconstruction and revival. To eradicate: simultaneous annihilation of both avatar and entity is required."

Yu Erlan stood in the air, his voice transmitting through the battle armor, steady as if reciting an academic report.

The complexion of the middle-aged man below changed imperceptibly, a dark, sinister glint flickered in his eyes, a cruel smile tugging at his lips:

"Since you understand I’m immortal, why bother coming to find me now?"

He spread his hands, shadows beneath the black robe writhing like living creatures: "I admit, the refugees outside are infected and already reached my control limit, but I only seek to enhance my power, and meanwhile, enjoy watching the battle between new and old..."

"Alright, I’ll add one more point, a rare subject with thinking ability after symbiosis with the origin."

Yu Erlan nodded slightly, his jet-black eyes devoid of ripples: "Yu Yong, you are the 38th defected researcher of Firewood. Following the requirement of the wanted notice, I will give you one minute to state the reason for stealing the origin and symbiosis."

"Stealing the origin?"

Enveloped in shadows, Yu Yong suddenly burst into ear-piercing laughter, echoing throughout the valley, "What is the origin, what are the Extraordinary, I am just like you, both Extraordinary!"

"Only my way of enhancing ability isn’t as foolish as yours, bound by rules and constraints, restricting the growth of extraordinary creatures."

His face revealed an expression of fervor, as if flaunting some treasure, "I am merely indulging him, satisfying him, pleasing him, allowing him to provide me with abundant power."

"Isn’t Firewood also exploiting the power of the origin? Why are you pinning this cap on me?"

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes with intoxication, "How strong he is... can make me immortal, give me nearly limitless power."

"You have thirty seconds left."

"You don’t really think you can kill me, do you? Haha!" Yu Yong remained unmoved, cold sneer repeatedly on his face, "Admittedly, you are strong, but you are just a newcomer barely entering the second stage. Even if your fusion is in battle mode and you destroy my main body, can you kill those 250,000 Migrants outside?"

He stepped forward, the shadows beneath the black robe spreading faster: "Stop pretending, the next apocalypse is approaching swiftly! Just 35 years into the New Era, the number of Extraordinary has surpassed ten thousand again. You breed like cockroaches, even if restraints are possible now, can you ensure every future Extraordinary will hold the line?"

"The ’origin’ you mentioned will only proliferate, the inflation of power will lead more people astray. Like me, still maintaining clarity, we are the true masters of power, potentially the rulers of this planet, rulers of all creatures!"