Chapter 432: Changing the Target

Yun Qifeng doesn't know what kind of madness the Dome people are spewing.

It was clearly they who, with great fanfare, called for slaying the Undead, and now they claim they can hand the Undead over to the Church, all just to secure cooperation—still them.

But before he was transferred to assist with these so‑called Undead, he had been active on the front lines hunting Aberrant Species, and he knows better than anyone how frequent their attacks have become lately.

In the past, at most a handful of Shouling Ji Yexing nests dotted the edge of the Church's jurisdiction.

But three weeks ago, the Supervision Bureau sent three squads and a commander‑level officer to sweep the area, and when they returned, nearly half the men were missing.

According to the surviving squad members, those Aberrant Species now move faster than before, and even new types that never existed before have appeared.

Before, the Aberrant Species they faced were limited to animals and plants altered by Mutation; now even inanimate objects that should never have life have become their enemies.

In this world, what else, once affected by Mutation, does not become an Aberrant Species?

The tall man looked at his expression and knew he had hit the mark.

"Your Church is busy dealing with Aberrant Species, our Dome is also busy dealing with Aberrant Species, and... those Undead—frankly, we have no energy to manage them; we keep catching and catching, never ending."

"If we can find a way to resolve this, it would be good for everyone."

Yun Qifeng opened his mouth as if finally willing to say something, but the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled.

His soles went a bit numb, his knee bent, and the tip of his blade pressed the floor briefly to steady himself.

Jiang Xiqing leaned against the wall; her body hadn't yet recovered from the previous kick, her ribs still tingling, yet her gaze was already fixed toward the stairwell.

From that direction came cries of agony, not just one voice but several, presumably the Dome's Field Operations personnel had caught up with the fleeing Undead.

"I'll go there—" before she could finish, she had already charged out.

Her feet barely touched the ground; she drifted like a leaf caught in wind, gliding down the corridor toward the stairwell.

The tall man also moved at this moment; he was not as friendly as his words suggested, and the energy in his hand surged onto Jiang Xiqing's path, essentially aiming to take her life.

Cooperation is the higher‑up's directive, and also a matter between the Church and the Dome.

At that moment Yun Qifeng's blade swung horizontally, the Runes on its surface all flared, and he slashed straight at the tall man, who suddenly abandoned his attack on Jiang Xiqing and instead teleported a short distance backward.

He tilted his head, tapped his earpiece, as if someone were speaking to him, his brows radiating respectful obedience.

Then the tall man lowered his hand from the earpiece and made a 'please' gesture toward the stairwell.

"If you wish to go, be my guest."

He wouldn't stop him now.

Yun Qifeng gave him a glance, didn't hesitate, and turned to run.

The tall man watched him disappear farther, then pressed his finger back onto the earpiece.

"Minister, didn't you say we should first subdue them before negotiating cooperation with the Church?"

"The plan changed," Han Huan's voice sounded a bit cold, "the tremor just now was caused by that kid from the Mutation Department; he fired the cannon."

The tall man's brows furrowed, "That 'Flame City Cannon'?"

The person who previously taught Ying Duo a lesson was his subordinate; because his awakened Aberrant Arts involved the law of fate, he was highly valued.

In his eyes, Guo Xun dealing with a child barely older than a few years should be more than sufficient.

"Hmm." Han Huan pulled up the Dome's outer surveillance; the corridor cameras in the broadcast room had been tampered with by Ying Duo, so he saw nothing.

But through the external cameras, he still identified the source of the recent tremor and a fresh large hole in the Dome.

Has the Mutation Department gone too far?

Ying Duo's unabashed blast directly made Han Huan change his mind.

So, the Co-Absorption during this period has indeed been overly flamboyant.

That Co-Absorption can be equated with the Mutation Department is hardly a secret among the Dome's higher‑ups.

But in the end, it's simply that the things the Mutation Department studies cannot be put on the table, and the Dome happens to need a group to handle matters that can't be done openly.

Co-Absorption conveniently fills that gap; the Dome's wanted list for them is merely a show.

Han Huan had always thought that Fang Zhiyan was the same kind of person as him.

They both disbelieve the gods, are ambitious about divine power, and even yearn to wield it themselves.

But the information Bai Mu Yun disclosed to him made him wary of the current Fang Zhiyan.

Clearly, the most crucial piece of their original plan had already been brought back from Tianmian City, so why didn't Fang Zhiyan plunge into the experiment as frantically as before?

Moreover, he even tossed Luo Jinyou to Bai Mu Yun on a whim, while he himself tinkers in the lab each day, unknown what he's up to.

Han Huan understands Fang Zhiyan's genius, and therefore his vigilance toward him has never waned.

If Fang Zhiyan has already forgotten their original bargain, then, compared to the so‑called Undead, the Mutation Department—having already abandoned its humanity and acting increasingly reckless—should be dealt with first.

Han Huan indeed craves divine power, even yearning to strip the gods of their authority so that their power serves him.

But he is still just a person.

"In short, we can temporarily ignore those Undead, give the Church some face, and first clear the gateway."

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I have to say, the Ying Duo Express, you deserve to have it.

The twists and turns between the Field Operations Department, the Mutation Department, and the Church are unknown to the carefree folks; they only know they've found the chaotic battlefield here.

The chaos of a drama life combined with Ying Duo's backpack and teleportation is basically a two‑person highway.

Basically, as soon as they teleported onto the Field Operations territory, Ying Duo already saw the densely packed icons on the mini‑map.

They were all jammed into the once‑spacious Dome corridor, and now Ying Duo is a bit at a loss where to step.

Crucially, most of them are Undead, so Ying Duo's large‑area lethal weapons have been outright banned.

He glanced down, preparing to move forward again to assess the situation.

And not far away, a person standing at the corner in a Field Operations uniform did not, like the others, get tangled with officials and Church personnel.

Her keen eyes caught the fleeting flash of Ying Guang Lu, and she pressed her earpiece.

"Report, target silhouette has been spotted."