Chapter 619: Cooperate

Those words, landing among the crowd behind the glass curtain wall, immediately sparked a wave of whispered chatter.

"What did he say?" "He said he's not human?" "Is that true or not?"

Their voices were kept low, but with so many people, they still blended into a noisy din.

The security team captain gripped his walkie-talkie tighter, staring at Luo Jinyou, his Adam's apple bobbing.

"You, you say you're not human—then what are you? Where did you come from?"

He asked haltingly, not even sure himself what he really wanted to ask.

Surely that thing in the sky can't really be a UFO? Are there really aliens? If they are aliens, how did they learn to speak human language?

Luo Jinyou simply, under their wary gazes, crawled out of the aberrant species' chest cavity, took a few steps away from the mall, and sat on the edge of a flowerbed at the plaza's perimeter.

He pressed his lips, his mind gradually clearing after the initial chaos; if he were to match the world before him with what he knew...

Here, is this the Old World?

The people of the Old World might not even know aberrant species exist, and if he openly revealed his aberrant identity, he could be taken as an enemy outright.

Luo Jinyou merely shook his head, temporarily avoiding the question.

"My body..." he glanced at his left shoulder, "I need a little time to recover; don't come over, and I won't go over either."

Though he was clearly the greatest danger on scene, he only dared carefully retract his spines, weakly warning them not to approach.

Since he could get here, others will surely come to the surface looking for him.

Having said that, he fell silent.

A chilly cold wind blew over, stirring his dust‑covered white hair tips; he resembled a finely carved stone statue huddled in the plaza's corner.

The security team captain turned and whispered a brief consultation with a few colleagues; the walkie‑talkie crackled with intermittent replies, their abnormality here having already drawn official notice, saying professionals would be dispatched soon.

Sirens wailed in the distance; Luo Jinyou listened without lifting his head.

Police cars soon pulled up at the plaza's edge, doors opening; after a few people in special protective gear stepped out, Yang Yichen's figure emerged from behind the crowd.

When that enormous unknown shadow appeared above Tianmian City, the Special Bureau had already been alarmed; they sent drones to scout high up, but Tianmian City's altitude was too great and the surrounding magnetic fluctuations chaotic, causing all attempts to fail.

They could only turn to helicopters, carrying some special ability practitioners capable of flight or brief hover to investigate.

Yang Yichen was originally on that list, but after hearing of the abnormality here and given his limited knowledge of Tianmian City, he was reassigned.

For players who had lingered long in Tianmian City, recognizing that colossus was not difficult.

Yang Yichen spotted the lone boy sitting on the flowerbed from afar, feeling a flicker of familiarity, and frowned slightly.

According to the security team captain's report, this boy fell from Tianmian City?

Tianmian City lies above the cloud layer; even an ordinary person tempered by energy would struggle to survive at such height.

"Hello, do you need help?"

Yang Yichen looked at Luo Jinyou before him and tentatively spoke.

"... No thanks, I'll just sit a while."

Luo Jinyou lifted his head, and Yang Yichen saw those non‑human pupils; the boy before him seemed not human.

Yang Yichen instinctively rested his hand on the hilt of his long sword at his waist; Luo Jinyou pressed his lips, still preparing to defend himself.

Although he didn't want to make enemies of this world's people, his very existence here was a mistake.

"... If I recall correctly, among Tianmian City's active mercenary corps there is a member who is an aberrant species?"

Yang Yichen asked, having investigated the past events of Ying Duo in the game and followed leads to gather much information, including that mercenary corps, which he'd heard of during his inquiry.

For many, their relatives' mutation values have risen beyond redemption; if becoming an aberrant species could retain self‑consciousness, even turning into a monster they could accept.

But the fact is, since the Co‑Absorption fell, such miracles have never happened again.

"Do you have identification to prove your identity?"

For them, confirming the newcomer's identity is top priority, after all if the whole of Tianmian City were to appear in reality, Luo Jinyou showing up here would really be nothing.

"Yes."

Luo Jinyou wiped the blood‑stained ID card from his pocket on his clothes and tossed it over; Yang Yichen caught it in one hand.

"Version Answer·Luo Jinyou."

It bears the mercenary guild's seal, so there's no mistake.

Luo Jinyou watched Yang Yichen examine his credentials, then looked at the man before him and also frowned slightly.

He kept feeling he'd seen that man's brows and eyes somewhere before—could he be an undead?

"Let me formally introduce myself: I am Yang Yichen, squad leader of the Second External Operations Detachment of the Special Department."

Yang Yichen tossed Luo Jinyou's ID back into his hand, gave a glance to his companions, and that person immediately called everyone back to the vehicle to fetch supplies.

"We now need to send someone to clear that aberrant species' corpse, and also need you to come with us; of course, the Church and we have a cooperative relationship—please believe we won't lay a hand on you."

Behind Yang Yichen, that team had already descended with various instruments, bustling beside the aberrant species' corpse.

"... Could you wait for my teammates?"

Luo Jinyou remained wary, for as an aberrant species he retained human consciousness and memory, and even many fanatical extremists had laid hands on him.

He couldn't believe that, if the people of this world turned out the same as those...

"Sorry, you have to come with us first."

On this point Yang Yichen showed exceptional firmness, directly rejecting Luo Jinyou's negotiation.

"Our people have already been trying to contact Tianmian City, though unsuccessfully so far, and you'd better change into clean clothes."

Luo Jinyou's clothes are soaked with aberrant species' blood and his own; any garments contaminated by mutation must be uniformly disposed of.

Luo Jinyou has now fully confirmed he has arrived in the world where the undead survive, and this place is excessively clean.

"I understand; I will cooperate with you."

Perhaps due to an inexplicable familiarity in the other's brow, Luo Jinyou still chose to trust.

Yang Yichen...

Where on earth did he see him?