Chapter 56: Explosion

Outside the auction house, many Ghoul Investigators holding assault rifles waited anxiously.

They had never received such a strange order; in the mission to exterminate Ghouls, they only needed to guard the exits.

The sounds of fighting occasionally coming from the auction house made these investigators somewhat anxious.

Mado Akira was equally anxious, pacing at the back entrance.

"What on earth is happening inside? First-Class Bai Ye is truly too reckless. Even if he's strong, he can't face so many Ghouls alone."

A full twenty minutes had passed, and the auction house had changed from constant screaming to abnormal silence, which made Mado Akira somewhat panicked.

Just as Mado Akira was waiting anxiously, Su Xiao's somewhat weary voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece.

"Come in. Start cleaning up the auction house, and by the way, prepare to put out the fire."

Put out the fire? Mado Akira was somewhat puzzled, but still led people to open the back entrance of the auction house.

The back entrance opened, and Mado Akira led a large group of investigators to rush in.

Just entering the auction house, Mado Akira smelled the thick smell of blood, and her beautiful brows furrowed.

Mado Akira's pace was faster, rushing into the main hall of the auction house.

"Bai Ye~, First-Class..."

The scene that came into view stunned Mado Akira.

A large number of Ghoul corpses were piled together, and on the pile of Ghoul corpses sat a man smoking a cigarette.

This cruel scene made Mado Akira instinctively step back.

Mado Akira had seen many corpses, but this was the first time she had seen the scene before her. This scene might only appear on ancient cold-weapon battlefields.

Just as Mado Akira wanted to approach Su Xiao, she suddenly felt her feet slip and almost fell.

Looking closely, the ground was already stained with a layer of blood.

"What are you standing there for? Start cleaning up the corpses."

Su Xiao flicked the cigarette butt in his hand and put away the wiped-clean Checking Zhan Long Shan.

"Yes."

Mado Akira instinctively straightened her body.

Those investigators were also shocked by the scene before them, but their psychological quality was excellent.

Taking out many body bags, they began to clean up the corpses.

Su Xiao moved his somewhat sore body; he had already tested his limit.

If the number of Ghouls exceeded a hundred, he would be a bit strained, and if it exceeded two hundred, he would definitely die.

Earlier, the lights in the auction house went out, and he used night-vision goggles to seize the initiative, giving these Ghouls a blow.

Moreover, those two S-grade Ghouls didn't unite. If those two S-grade Ghouls had led many Ghouls to fight Su Xiao, today's matter wouldn't have been the current result.

Tonight's situation seemed thrilling, but Su Xiao wasn't acting alone without a plan. The situation at the time was that as long as he gave the order, a large number of Ghoul Investigators would rush in.

He had the confidence to persist for a long time under the siege of a large group of Ghouls.

Su Xiao understood his strengths; his strength was explosive attack power and rich combat experience. If it were a one-on-one fight, he could exert very strong combat power.

But if it were a group battle, because his Stamina attribute wasn't high, his health bar wasn't thick enough, making his group battle ability slightly weaker.

There is no perfect person in the world. Su Xiao was now developing three attributes in a balanced way. If he were to develop Stamina again, his progress in becoming stronger would slow down, eventually leading to falling behind the progress of other contractors.

Su Xiao was a Hunter; he must be stronger than contractors of the same level, otherwise how could he hunt his targets?

Sitting in the CCG vehicle, Su Xiao looked at the investigators who were cleaning up the corpses.

It would take some time to clean up the auction house, so he could take this opportunity to rest for a while and restore his health; his health was only 27% remaining.

He took out a 【Golden Fried Rice】. Recovery food was in a static form and needed to be activated before it could be eaten.

Choosing to activate 【Golden Fried Rice】, the film on the outer layer of the 【Golden Fried Rice】 ruptured and dissipated into the air. The Golden Fried Rice was actually steaming hot.

A strange fragrance came, and Su Xiao couldn't help but swallow. This thing seemed very delicious.

Taking out the chopsticks he had prepared in advance, Su Xiao tried a bite.

The rice grains were wrapped in soft eggs, and the rice grains felt slightly harder. Wrapped in the eggs, the taste was excellent. Because of the superb cooking technique, the fragrance of the rice and eggs mixed together.

After Su Xiao ate one bite, he couldn't help but eat a second bite.

This Golden Fried Rice was simply delicious to the point of explosion; it was worthy of being food produced in the Food Wars world, delicious to the point of being a crime.

Su Xiao suddenly had an idea: should he go to the Food Wars world and kidnap a chef?

Shaking his head with a wry smile, the effort and reward weren't equal; it was more important to improve his strength. With strong strength, why worry about not being able to eat delicious food?

Unknowingly, he finished the Golden Fried Rice in his hand, not a grain left, and was still somewhat unsatisfied.

After drinking a bottle of mineral water in a few gulps, Su Xiao leaned back in his seat with satisfaction. After a battle, having a full meal—what could be happier than this?

A warm feeling came from his stomach, and his health gradually recovered.

Accompanied by the recovery of his health, the wounds on Su Xiao's body began to heal rapidly.

"What is this smell? So fragrant."

Juuzou Suzuya ran over, his nose twitching.

"Juuzou, get in the car, prepare to return to the branch."

Although Juuzou Suzuya's personality was strange, he was still obedient to orders.

"Are you eating something? Can you share some with me?"

Juuzou Suzuya's head poked out from between the seats, looking at Su Xiao with a full face of smiles.

"I'll treat you to a big meal tomorrow."

He would still need these people to follow him to purge the 14th Ward in the future, so properly winning over people's hearts was still necessary.

He had exterminated many Ghouls. In the CCG, there was a regulation that exterminating Ghouls could earn a considerable bonus.

This was very reasonable; being a Ghoul Investigator was a high-risk job, and the salary was high enough to make people envious.

Dismissing Juuzou Suzuya, Su Xiao began to summarize the gains and losses of this battle.

This battle gained a total of 372 Contribution Points, and his Contribution Points had become 【First-Class Investigator, Contribution 897/2000】. He was still 1103 Contribution Points away from completing the mission.

Harvested one green treasure chest. Although he killed more than a hundred Ghouls, no white treasure chest dropped.

This made him suspect whether he had an 'African' tendency, that is, having bad luck.

Opening chests all the way, except for specific items, he didn't seem to have obtained anything too good.

Checking Zhan Long Shan (white) was equivalent to being snatched, not opened from a treasure chest.

Soul Crystal (Small) was also because the gap between him and the monster was too large, so it opened.

Evil Spirit Roar (Green) started in Yamori's treasure chest. You know, Yamori was a major character pushing the plot, and killing Yamori gained quite a bit of 'World Source'.

Even so, he only obtained a green ring with a rating of 21.

"This~."

Su Xiao sighed. He suddenly discovered that he had the qualifications of a 'Chief'.

Fortunately, he wasn't super black; at most, his luck was average.

With a wry smile, Su Xiao stopped thinking about these things.

The corpses in the auction house were cleaned up at one o'clock in the morning. After the CCG investigators gathered, the motorcade began to return to the branch.

This was undoubtedly a glorious victory, annihilating the enemy without a single casualty on his side.

Many investigators had smiles on their faces, and their gazes toward Su Xiao were full of awe.

The motorcade drove on the streets at midnight. The streets were empty, and under the illumination of the dim lights, it appeared exceptionally quiet.

Su Xiao, who was leaning in the passenger seat, suddenly had an inexplicable palpitation, as if he were standing in front of an abyss, and his body was still leaning forward.

There was danger approaching from below!

Su Xiao opened the car door without hesitation and jumped out of the car directly, stabilizing his figure after rolling once on the asphalt road.

There was another figure who jumped out of the car with Su Xiao; it was that witty little white-haired guy, Juuzou Suzuya.

"Boom!"

The vehicle Su Xiao was riding in suddenly exploded. The car was blown into the air, rolling several times before stopping.

A giant crater appeared on the road. The explosive wasn't hidden under the car, but buried underground.

Flames shot into the sky, and a strange burnt smell mixed with the stench of gunpowder came.

Su Xiao immediately distinguished that this was the smell after 'polyisobutylene' burned. On the road he passed, someone had buried C4 plastic explosives.

There were contractors ambushing him, but wanting to kill him with just explosives was too wishful thinking.

Checking Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand, and Su Xiao scanned his surroundings vigilantly.

He had rested in the car for more than an hour just now, his stamina had recovered 80%, and his health had been fully restored after eating recovery-type food three times.

Su Xiao had long guessed that contractors might attack him, just not the specific time.

When his health was very low, he didn't hesitate to eat expensive recovery food, just to be safe.

Now it seemed his approach was very correct, otherwise, in his previous state, he might have been ten dead and no life. ===== CHAPTER 57 =====