Chapter 485: Ready for Class

Xie Jingnian instantly ran through in his mind all the Special Ability Practitioners inside the Dome who were linked to the Consciousness Law.

Coincidentally, the two most skilled in this area—Mei Weisi and Bai Mu Yun—are both from the Mutation Department, and they just received boxed meals.

Is this like lifting a stone to smash one's own foot?

However, regarding Yang Yixie, he couldn't let people from other departments intervene.

He sighed; he could only resort to the most primitive method.

"Do you still remember why you were originally sent to Tianmian City?" Xie Jingnian asked.

【Side quest triggered: Cause of Parents' Death】

【Quest description: Your parents died in an accident during an outing, but you discover there are hidden circumstances. To uncover the truth, you voluntarily applied for transfer to Tianmian City, attempting to find clues that are almost impossible to exist.】

【Note: The truth is often closer than imagined, and also often farther than imagined.】

"For the sake of finding my parents' cause of death."

Ying Duo stared steadily at the task popup before her.

In fact, Yang Yixie had already become accustomed to tasks dropping at random times and places, and so far he still hadn't found a reason that guarantees a task to trigger.

However, one thing could be confirmed: with each task description, the game seemed to be feeding him additional information.

Hearing that, Xie Jingnian seemed to exhale, "It's good you haven't forgotten."

He looked at Ying Duo with concern, as if he were placing all his guilt toward his subordinate onto Yang Yixie.

"I'm sorry; to verify your current condition, I could only bring you here this way, but after this, Han Huan has certainly taken notice of you."

Xie Jingyan's eyebrows twitched; she instinctively glanced at Xie Jingnian, but he was fully immersed in a role of deep remorse and guilt toward Yang Yixie.

Her lips pressed into a line, realizing something was off, yet she said nothing.

"I understand."

Ying Duo said nothing more.

But Ying Duo should have already attracted Han Huan's attention; although Han Huan had people rush to produce a batch of devices to prevent energy intrusion, evidently those devices still couldn't stop Ying Duo.

So why does Xie Jingnian still feel the need to emphasize it again?

Unless… Han Huan's focus is not Ying Duo, but Yang Yixie.

Xie Jingnian truly seemed only to confirm Yang Yixie's status, without further delaying him, and soon allowed Yang Yixie to leave.

"By the way, there's also that document; you can check it when you have time."

Just before Yang Yixie was about to leave, Xie Jingnian spoke without warning; Ying Duo merely froze, nodded, and then left directly.

After Ying Duo left, Xie Jingyan frowned tightly at Xie Jingnian.

Seeing his completely fatherly, superior‑like face, Xie Jingyan felt a wave of nausea.

Speaking words of concern, yet turning to push others into danger, and still forcing a benevolent façade.

"I really do dislike you," she said, then left nonchalantly.

Xie Jingnian sat on the chair behind his desk, hands crossed on his knees, thumbs touching, watching the pot of yellowing green ivy on the table.

Life......

Isn't it also a kind of curse?

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On three experimental workstations, several bulging, white‑cloth‑covered objects were placed side by side, their human silhouettes roughly discernible.

Fang Zhiyan stood beside the innermost workstation, lifted a corner of the white cloth, and saw the figure inside.

Painted‑eyebrow Bird......

A wild "conspecific", yet a phenomenon occurred that was completely different from his previous records.

After dying for many years, it suddenly reincarnated into the world as an Aberrant Species.

Is this person really "Mei Weisi"? Or is she also a product of "Era Advancement"?

Fang Zhiyan specifically had someone collect everything from the painted‑eyebrow bird; her clothing was already tattered from battle, and only a few items could be called "relics."

Among them was a silver pocket watch.

The photograph inside showed a happy family of three, the true Windsor family before any decline.

It also embedded a few dim‑green gems, making the life aura especially strong.

The door suddenly opened; Fang Zhiyan casually slipped the pocket watch into their white lab coat pocket, and Ying Duo, entering, happened to see the scene but said nothing.

Fang Zhiyan themselves also liked to wear a pocket watch everywhere, reportedly often used when capturing Undead before.

He hadn't originally cared about these until he noticed the number of white‑cloth‑covered corpses on the workstations was off.

"Just delivered by the Field Operations Department."

Fang Zhiyan said offhand, slowly covering the painted‑eyebrow bird with the white cloth, sealing it, and temporarily set her corpse aside.

He slowly turned back, faced the middle white‑cloth‑covered corpse, lifted a corner of the cloth, and uncovered it.

It was Mei Weisi's corpse.

It seemed no different from what Ying Duo saw through the sniper rifle, except this time she lay very peacefully on the test platform, no longer, as before, inviting him to share tea snacks.

In fact, her family's tea snacks really are quite good.

Before his thoughts could wander, his gaze already fell on the last white‑cloth‑covered corpse.

At Fang Zhiyan's signal, Ying Duo slowly stepped forward, and finally, under Luo Jinyou's worried gaze, lifted the white cloth.

Beneath the white cloth was a pallid face, devoid of any blood color; his eyes were closed, lashes long, silver‑gray hair scattered messily on the workstation, the ends slightly curled.

Ying Duo stared at that face for a long time, unmoving.

He remarked why this white cloth's height seemed off compared to Mei Weisi's, realizing it was Bai Mu Yun's horns protruding.

It's Bai Mu Yun.

Fang Zhiyan raised a hand and rubbed Ying Duo's head twice, as if warning him that this was the consequence of acting impulsively.

Ying Duo has him guarding, so for now there won't be any trouble, but the people around him are not guaranteed.

Luo Jinyou looked at Ying Duo with worry, but found that there was no expression on his face.

"Prepare for class."

Fang Zhiyan said nothing more, merely walked past Ying Duo, took out two sets of dissection tools, and placed one set beside Ying Duo's hand.

The corpse of an Aberrant Species is indeed a good material, but a humanoid Aberrant Species corpse is even rarer and more valuable.

He originally intended to split this process into several separate steps, but through a twist of fate everything got mixed together.

Did you not devour the fragment......

Fang Zhiyan thought to himself: he did not detect any fragment inside Ying Duo; Mei Weisi also relies on a fragment to retain her human sanity; Ying Duo killed her and killed Bai Mu Yun, so the experimental results should be the same.

Or perhaps it's because Ying Tie didn't receive the "Last Hit" bonus?