Chapter 476: Live Broadcast Exposure

The first ray of light pierced in from the center of the blizzard, the factory's roof was already gone, and a thick layer of ice covered the ground.

Mei Weisi lay on the ice, her deep‑purple long dress on the white ice looking like a flattened flower.

Her hair spread out, the yellow long hair lying on the ice, the tips frosted.

But her eyes were still open, only the amber‑gold compound eyes had become completely dim, turning from golden gems into hazy glass spheres.

Her body still retained the features of the Mutation, the hexagonal patterns on her neck and arms had not fully faded/

The browbird's corpse lay not far from her, her body already covered in frost, the dark‑green long dress blanketed with white frost.

This world is probably just so capricious; whether novice or veteran, strong or weak, the only ending that greets them in the end is a single fate.

Min Tianyou stood between the two corpses, his hair tinged with a layer of ash‑white, the ice cracks in his eyes had not healed despite Min Xingyao's disappearance, and cracks were not limited to his eyes.

On his neck, wrists, and backs of his hands, all exposed skin bore similar fissures, like a piece of porcelain shattered and then glued back together.

After all, having crossed so many ranks, sister forced this body to unleash her power.

Min Tianyou felt that even moving a little was extremely difficult, let alone extracting Mei Weisi's Aberrant Species Core.

Bai Mu Yun's footsteps came from the direction of the factory entrance, the sound of shoes striking broken stone and ice.

On his head perched a pair of conspicuous spiral ram horns, sprouting from the temples, coiling round after round like tree rings.

Bai Mu Yun stopped before Min Tianyou, his gaze swept over the cracks on Min's body one by one, finally landing on Mei Weisi's corpse.

"No matter what, she and I are still colleagues."

Bai Mu Yun couldn't help shaking his head; he had originally thought he would be the first to die.

After all, Mei Weisi had earned Fang Zhiyan's trust, and she was also an important nail of the Dome embedded within the aristocracy; even if Fang Zhiyan chose one of them to act, Mei Weisi would not be the first choice.

But fate is fickle; Mei Weisi did not die at the hands of her own, but rather at the hands of those seeking revenge.

Ah... is his thinking a bit odd?

This seems to be a normal death.

Bai Mu Yun's right hand slipped out of his trench coat pocket, now holding a short blade formed of gathered energy, the blade emitting a dim cold glow under the light.

He twirled the blade, the tip aimed at Min Tianyou's chest.

A bullet shot from afar, its target straight at Bai Mu Yun's right hand holding the blade.

The energy that formed the short blade instantly enveloped Bai Mu Yun's right hand, and he grasped that bullet in his hand.

Indeed... not surprising at all.

Bai Mu Yun sensed the energy filling that bullet, still so conspicuous—it was Ying Duo's bullet.

Should I report the collusion between Ying Duo and the Church upward?

Bai Mu Yun gave a self‑deprecating smile in his heart.

Does it really help?

Because he had once been a member of the "privileged class," he knew clearly how indulgent Fang Zhiyan is toward Ying Duo now.

Rapid footsteps suddenly came from the factory entrance, Xie Jingyan rushed in first, her tangled purple hair fluttering behind, twin swords in hand, the runes on the blades all lighting up.

Her gaze swept the factory, her steps never halted, the sword tips aimed toward Bai Mu Yun.

She could still distinguish Aberrant Species from humans.

Even without understanding the situation, the pair of spiral ram horns on Bai Mu Yun's head indicated the enemy to her.

She charged at Bai Mu Yun, Sha Yu Feng instantly joined the fray.

Die Yu Zhe lingered at the rear, unsure whether to follow.

After all, having been in Tianmian City for so long, Die Yu Zhe and Bai Mu Yun were old acquaintances.

Xie Jingyan might not know the inner workings of the Mutation Department as the Dome's dark side, but Sha Yu Feng, don't you know?

Xie Jingyan made no hesitation, the left sword thrust at Bai Mu Yun's chest, the right sword slashed at his neck.

Bai Mu Yun stepped back to dodge the right sword, his left hand sliced forward, and a semi‑transparent shield formed before him.

Xie Jingyan's left sword struck the shield without piercing; she gritted her teeth and pushed the tip forward.

At that moment Sha Yu Feng opened fire, bullets aimed at Bai Mu Yun's forehead and heart; the shield shattered into specks of light before him, and he seized the interval before Sha Yu Feng's next bullet to pull back and evade the shot.

Although Han Huan ordered him to find a way to kill Xie Jingyan and then pin the Co‑Absorption blame on him, the current situation clearly did not permit that.

Putting aside the secretly watching Ying Duo, just Mei Weisi's death alone he couldn't shift the blame to anyone else.

Not to mention, if he wanted to kill Xie Jingyan, he'd probably have to get past Sha Yu Feng and Die Yu Zhe first.

Even if he tried to retreat, Xie Jingyan was not looking like she would easily spare him.

In the shadows, a black camera emerged from a corner, its lens aimed at the two corpses on the ice.

Mei Weisi's face was clear in the camera: purple long hair, amber‑gold eyes, the hexagonal patterns on her neck not yet fully faded—each trait confirming her non‑human identity.

The camera lingered on Mei Weisi's face for a few seconds, then slowly panned upward, pausing on Min Tianyou for a moment, zooming in on his fissures.

Finally the camera swept over the browbird's frost‑obscured corpse, then lingered on the pair of spiral ram horns atop Bai Mu Yun's head.

The eye behind the viewfinder lit up briefly.

Shou Zi lay on the factory's windowsill, his body pressed against the ice, the cold numbing his chest.

But he still used his stiff fingers to pull the focus in, aiming at Bai Mu Yun's face, at the pair of spiral ram horns on his head.

Far away, Pang Zi sat in an old car staring at a screen, which displayed the live feed Shou Zi was transmitting.

Bai Mu Yun's face, and his horns, appeared especially clear on the screen.

As the battle with Xie Jingyan progressed, the pair of wholly non‑human horizontal pupils were also captured on screen.

His hand rested on the keyboard; each time the screen refreshed, the comment count doubled.

His communicator on the passenger seat vibrated wildly, the screen lit up with incoming calls one after another; he didn't answer, he dared not pick up.

Pang Zi just stared at the screen, at the continuously scrolling barrage:

"Is this real? It can't be a movie being filmed, right?"

What the—? Co-Absorption's Aberrant Species?

Is that purple‑haired one Xie Jingyan?

Whoa, that one with the ram horns is Bai Mu Yun, right? Super famous senior designer!