Chapter 558: Departure

Because this visit was sudden, Chen Mo Zhi didn't bring any professional equipment and could only use his own ability to perform a simple examination on Luo Jinyou.

"......"

Chen Mo Zhi's two fingers rested on Luo Jinyou's neck, the energy was gradually seeping into his body, Luo Jinyou merely trembled a bit from the discomfort, but he held himself still and didn't move.

This posture was actually very dangerous; if Chen Mo Zhi wanted Luo Jinyou's life, he could strike outright, and Luo Jinyou had no guard against him, and if Chen Mo Zhi had poisoned him at this moment...

Unfortunately, the most simple‑minded Chen Mo Zhi never thought of that, and Luo Jinyou was only willing to trust his former comrade.

Instead, their overly pragmatic thoughts seemed rather dirty.

Soon, Chen Mo Zhi's examination was finished; as if only then noticing the distance was a bit too close, he awkwardly stepped back.

"...... a bit strange."

A gloomy voice came from his throat; having spent this time handling family affairs, Chen Mo Zhi finally no longer seemed completely unsociable as before.

"It actually works, allowing a person who becomes an Aberrant Species to retain their original consciousness, and almost without the distortion of the Mutation."

In fact, ever since hearing about the special nature of those Co‑Absorption people, Chen Mo Zhi had become curious about them.

But experiments in this area are an absolute taboo; he couldn't touch them, so his curiosity remained limited.

Unexpectedly, there truly came a day when he could investigate personally.

Seizing the opportunity, Yang Yixie also straightforwardly told the others about the divine fragment matter; after hearing that the Church's worshiped "god" had also been tainted by the Mutation, they understood why the Church would dispatch troops proactively.

But Yang Yixie only disclosed the truth related to the Mutation; he said nothing at all about the Undead.

In this operation he only discussed the necessary intelligence; as for the merging of the two worlds... that was a score he would settle with the Church later, on his own.

Shen Zexi knew that Ying Duo had laid out all the information he knew, which indeed matched perfectly with some intel Shen Zexi had previously gathered.

And......

He glanced sideways at Meng Kexin, and after realizing that Meng Kexin and Ying Duo had possibly been in private contact for so long, it was clear Meng Kexin had long known the whole truth.

There's no reason to refuse cooperation.

Whether because of past friendship or facing the enemy they were about to confront together.

In front of such a terrifying enemy, could this group of students who hadn't even officially graduated truly face it?

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"This one heals injuries, and this, this restores energy......"

Looking at the increasingly stacked reagent bottles before him, in this situation Ying Duo seemed to see another Fang Zhiyan.

No, saying that to Chen Mo Zhi was practically an insult!

Because Chen Mo Zhi would have to return to Tianmian City soon, he could only settle for a secondary option, leaving all his medicines behind to provide as much logistical support as possible.

Ying Duo believed that unless the round trip to Tianmian City was too troublesome, transporting from other cities also risked being attacked by Aberrant Species en route, and time was insufficient; Chen Mo Zhi might even empty his own shop entirely.

However, none of these were meant for him.

Ying Duo just now realized that the beaded bracelet on Meng Kexin's wrist, which looked like a string of gems, was actually a spatial storage device.

Chen Mo Zhi took all the medicines out of his own spatial device and then stuffed them into Meng Kexin's.

Ying Duo wasn't envious; his Game Backpack had already been thoroughly looted at Fang Zhiyan's place, but Meng Kexin's spatial device didn't have that much space, partly because Chen Mo Zhi deliberately left some.

He pushed that small pile of medicines in front of Ying Duo, who was repairing a mech.

"These are all poisons; you can try coating bullets with them."

Actually, in Chen Mo Zhi's storage space, medicinal remedies for healing still made up the majority, since he himself couldn't heal and could only rely on external means to compensate for his shortcomings.

But as for poison, he had absolute confidence in his own toxins.

The value of the poisons he kept in storage was self‑evident.

The earlier period of separation seemed temporarily forgotten by everyone; Shen Zexi and Qi Hengyu were chatting with Luo Jinyou about the recent situation, and upon learning that Ying Duo was also restless in the Dome, they all cast sympathetic glances his way.

Although Luo Jinyou almost talked about everything with them, he said not a word about the news concerning "entropy increase."

Chen Mo Zhi occasionally uttered a sentence or two when they led him, and Meng Kexin beside him didn't miss out either; Ying Duo occasionally interjected at just the right moment with a few words, then turned back to continue repairing the mech's durability.

If this period were longer, if the enemy weren't imminent, if they hadn't encountered those upheavals...

They were meant to be like this.

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The sunset hung low at the horizon's edge, no longer scorching, leaving only a thin orange‑red veil smeared between the shattered skyscraper skeletons.

Its shadows stretched long over the ruins; on the broken walls, an advertising board from an unknown era had long faded to gray‑white, creaking in the wind.

Dusk spread from the east like pooling blood, and at the sky‑earth horizon, the last glimmer of light struggled a few times before being completely swallowed.

Between the ruins, a few thin wisps of cooking smoke rose.

That was, before night fell, the last fire of the day was lit to see off those about to depart.

"No matter how you look at it, it's just planting a flag."

Yang Yixie, listening to the customs of the border dwellers, felt an urge to roll his eyes, but his deadpan face stopped him.

Several specially modified off‑road vehicles were ready, and Ying Duo casually commandeered one, shooed the people inside out, and called Xie Jingyan and Luo Jinyou over.

Originally Ying Duo wanted a vehicle completely free of outsiders, but since none of the three present could drive, he fetched two people from the Field Operations Department to assist, rotating them as drivers.

Ying Duo had no intention of getting out of the vehicle for now; if a fight broke out at the departure point, the mission would have failed from the start.

However, he believed that the first battle after entering the Eternal Silent Abyss would definitely occur among themselves.

Chi Jinan truly was a big trouble, and because of his abnormal mental state, ordinary verbal tricks certainly wouldn't work.

However, Chi Jinan was at most a wild boss, and he had already figured out a countermeasure; the real trouble was Fang Zhiyan.

Who knows what kind of scheme he set up in the Eternal Silent Abyss.

An abyss that no one dares to approach...

Yet this dazzling Ying Guang Lu on his head comes precisely from there, doesn't it?