Chapter 315: Aberrant Species Alert

"What do we do now? How do we deal with this girl?" another person asked.

The leading man glanced at the unconscious Yu Cai, then looked around.

"We can't stay here; it'll be easy to be discovered. First hide her in that corner over there, and after we finish our business we'll come back to deal with her."

He made a gesture as if wiping his throat, his gaze cold.

Not far away, Luo Jinyou, carrying his school uniform back to the dormitory, happened to pass through this greenbelt.

"Stop! What are you doing?!"

Luo Jinyou shouted almost without thinking, flinging the cardboard box containing the uniform aside.

It's a girl; who knows what these people intend to do with her!

A few members of the Zhao Family were startled by the sudden shout; turning back, they saw another lone student and their faces instantly hardened.

"Another nuisance!" the leader muttered, "Deal with him quickly! Don't make too much noise!"

Immediately two people turned and lunged at Luo Jinyou; clearly professionally trained, they closed off his retreat from left and right, each move gusting with force.

Luo Jinyou felt a sudden shock; his body technique might not rank among the best of his peers, but it had been rigorously trained by Professor Luo De'an.

He reacted swiftly, sidestepping the left‑handed punch while raising his arm to block the right‑handed kick.

"Bang!" The force on his arm made him grunt, stepping back half a step, but he barely managed to parry.

"Huh? That's interesting."

The two attackers were slightly surprised; they hadn't expected this seemingly frail youth to match them in reaction and strength.

But Luo Jinyou knew he couldn't hold out long.

The opponents outnumbered him and were well‑trained; he had to create a disturbance to draw the teacher.

He tried to mobilize the energy within, hoping to use his Aberrant Arts to create a chance to call for help.

However, just as he began gathering energy, a cold glint flashed in the leader's eyes as he swiftly pulled a gem etched with intricate Runes from his coat.

"Buzz—!"

"Rune Stone?!"

Luo Jinyou's complexion changed abruptly; these people indeed had a formidable background and came prepared.

Deprived of Aberrant Arts support, relying solely on body technique, Luo Jinyou's pressure surged.

Luo Jinyou gritted his teeth and persisted, barely keeping pace with them thanks to his solid foundation and agile footwork, yet he soon took several blows, the pain warping his movements.

"Kid, lie down obediently and you'll suffer less!" a attacker sneered, delivering a heavy punch to Luo Jinyou's abdomen.

Luo Jinyou managed to dodge, but his back took a solid elbow from another, the pain blackening his vision and a sickly‑sweet taste rising in his throat.

The Zhao Family's recruits had mostly been mercenaries before, the kind who had truly faced life‑and‑death battles.

Luo Jinyou's body‑technique foundation was solid and his reflexes quick, yet the opponents' experience and strength surpassed his.

He relied more on his Aberrant Arts; training in body technique was merely to fill gaps.

"Damn…"

Luo Jinyou's peripheral vision caught the other two slipping the unconscious Yu Cai into the greenbelt, binding her hands and feet with rope.

In the instant he was distracted, an opponent's heavy punch struck his abdomen; Jinyou let out a muffled grunt as excruciating pain blackened his sight.

He staggered back a few steps, nearly losing his combat ability.

The Zhao henchmen snarled as they closed in, preparing to deliver the Last Hit.

At that moment, Luo Jinyou's gaze unintentionally flicked toward the entrance of a shaded footpath on the other side of the clearing.

There, at an unknown time, a figure stood silently.

Brown, waist‑length twisted braids and cold, emerald eyes—she was the odd girl who had just sneered after hearing him.

She stood there, watching from afar with a blank face, as if the crisis unfolding before her were merely a boring drama.

Luo Jinyou stared at her, and for some unknown reason a sliver of hope rose within him.

This girl is so strong; perhaps she could help?

His lips moved silently, shaping two words toward that direction.

「Help...... busy....... 」

The brown‑haired girl seemed to understand, a slight upward curl at the corner of her mouth.

Then she also silently mouthed a reply to him:

"Need help?"

Luo Jinyou felt great joy, nodding vigorously.

Go call the teacher!

The next second, the rescue he expected never arrived.

Instead, he felt the Mutation, barely soothed by the Inhibitor inside him, as if an invisible hand had nudged it.

No, it wasn't a nudge—it was a trigger! A resonance!

Several Zhao members were rubbing their fists, ready to seize the moment and finish off Luo Jinyou, then immediately go after Meng Kexin and take her away.

He saw the boy they had beaten to the point he couldn't stand, suddenly clutching his head in obvious agony.

"Ugh—aaa—!!!"

Luo Jinyou let out a nonhuman, painful howl; his eyes instantly swamped in murky crimson, veins bulging under his skin, twisted dark patterns surfacing.

The powerful, contaminating Mutation energy, centered on him, raged outward in a frantic sweep.

The first to be hit was the Zhao henchman who had been about to strike him.

He was struck head‑on by the sudden terrifying energy, barely having time to scream; blood sprayed wildly as he was hurled backward, crashing into a large tree, convulsing twice before falling silent.

The other two Zhao henchmen who had just dealt with Yu Cai were also swept by the energy's aftershock, spitting blood as they flew away, staring in terror at the boy who was mutating right before their eyes.

Further away, the brown‑haired girl with twisted braids still stood there, her emerald eyes reflecting Luo Jinyou's uncontrolled, feral visage.

She just stared expressionlessly for a moment, then, as if losing interest, turned and left, her twisted braid cutting a crisp arc through the air.

Drip—whoo—drip—whoo—!!!

The ear‑splitting alarm blared instantly throughout the Mitra Academy.

It was the detection devices placed throughout the Academy, aimed at high‑concentration mutations, that had been triggered.

Since the alarm could be triggered, this indicates that an Aberrant Species has appeared inside the Mitra Academy!

Almost as the alarm sounded, several powerful energy fluctuations rose up within the Academy, and farther away, the Supervision Bureau headquarters in Tianmian City simultaneously received the Aberrant Species alert from the Mitra Academy.

Within just a few minutes, a large contingent of elite Supervision Bureau agents, personally led by Yue Chengzhang, arrived at the scene.

And the teachers who arrived here first saw exactly this scene:

Three severely wounded, unconscious individuals, a dead unfamiliar adult male, and....... Luo Jinyou, whose body is enshrouded in unstable mutation energy, already displaying numerous Mutation Features and ready to go berserk again.