Chapter 647: Hong Ling: Still So Stinky

"Mei Weisi's matter......"

Min Tianyou's hands were still held open, but his tone showed no weakness at all.

"It was me who did it; I don't deny it, and I won't regret it."

"In the wasteland world we are all outlaws; the conflict between her and me has long left no room for reconciliation, it's only life or death."

"But your situation is different; someone is hunting your whereabouts, the authorities can't accept you, you can only cooperate with me."

Hong Ling gave no answer; behind her, Zhang Jie clutched her sleeve tightly, clearly realizing she seemed drawn into the struggle among those interdimensional visitors, but she only gritted her teeth and stayed behind Hong Ling.

She saw Hong Ling's inhuman side, but if Hong Ling truly intended to kill her, countless chances would have already arisen.

In the courtyard plaza area, Shen Zexi had already taken notice of this direction.

The crowd jammed at the stairwell prevented him from seeing the situation over there, but the sudden boom and the handrail that had clearly taken a heavy blow indicated what had just happened.

But it was strange; if a powerful Aberrant Species had appeared, the crowd would have fled long ago, yet the crowd only caused a small disturbance, and the Aberrant Species did not continue its attack......

"...... Luo Jinyou, go check what's happening over there," he said, pulling the obviously stunned Luo Jinyou back to his senses. After the others pacified the crowd, they dispersed throughout the mall to deal with the Aberrant Species.

Luo Jinyou is especially sensitive to mutation factors; in the current situation, a single agitation could cause him to misjudge the severity, and his presence is also needed to eliminate potential hazards.

But Luo Jinyou only stared toward the source of the disturbance; he sensed a familiar, highly refined Mutation, something ordinary Aberrant Species could hardly reach, and as far as he knows, only...... could achieve that level.

He set off immediately, hurrying that way.

Min Tianyou, usually adaptable, stubbornly clung to this principle; unwilling to coax with flowery words, he placed the stark reality before Hong Ling, urging her to see the situation clearly.

Yang Yixie's ears twitched.

He knew who was coming to check the situation; if it were Luo Jinyou it would be fine—his mother's health is poor, even standing up is a problem, and they couldn't move the place.

Luo Jinyou didn't take the elevator; instead he used the nearby billboard to jump to the second floor, and at first glance saw Min Tianyou.

When Min Tianyou saw Luo Jinyou, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief; at least the newcomer wasn't an official here—being a familiar face made it easier.

Luo Jinyou quickly scanned the scene, saw Hong Ling looking quite surprised; Yang Yixie had asked him to check whether Hong Ling was somewhere in the Dome, but they had found no trace of her at the time, and the matter was dropped.

Who would have thought Hong Ling had also stumbled here by accident?

He looked at Hong Ling with a slight frown, then unconsciously glanced to the side, originally intending to observe the relationship between Zhang Jie and Hong Ling, but his gaze swept over the spot where Yang Yixie stood.

?

Luo Jinyou, slightly sluggish, slowly shifted his gaze there, his pupils contracting sharply.

Even without that conspicuous Ying Guang Lu, even though it had become mature and spread out, he still recognized that face.

But he only gave a brief glance and hurriedly withdrew his eyes.

Why is Ying Duo here?!

"What happened?"

"The situation is a bit complicated," Min Tianyou waved at Luo Jinyou; Luo Jinyou didn't doubt him, there was some trust between them, so they walked over.

"Lately the Dome has been restless; following the clues, I discovered they seem to be conducting secret experiments, and Hong Ling was sold by them to some organization in this world."

He lowered his voice, but those whose hearing was already far better than ordinary could still hear clearly.

"In short, you don't want to fight us here, do you?"

Luo Jinyou grasped the gist, lifted his eyes toward Hong Ling, and slowly approached.

Hong Ling could never be an opponent to everyone present; the only concern was, if Hong Ling suddenly turned hostile, what would happen to the ordinary people around them?

Luo Jinyou, expression unchanged, glanced behind Hong Ling, but with him there, there was less to worry about.

Hong Ling instantly showed a fierce glare, her nose twitched, and she furrowed her brows.

"Still as stinky......"

Luo Jinyou:.......

No matter how much time has passed, that sentence can still cause him considerable hurt.

"If you refuse to cooperate, then we have no choice but to act," Luo Jinyou said coldly.

It seems he has indeed made some progress.

Yang Yixie nodded silently beside him; at least when it comes to threatening, Luo Jinyou could still utter a few harsh words.

Luo Jinyou tried to approach again; Hong Ling kept issuing warnings, but her resistance was not as fierce as before. She also understood that, rather than being reclaimed or subdued, cooperating now was the best choice......

Luo Jinyou walked slowly forward, his peripheral vision catching a pendant embedded with a Ying Guang Lu gemstone on the ground, and that green glow looked very familiar.

What is this?

The question that had originally lured him to investigate was dispelled when he saw where Yang Yixie stood; Luo Jinyou had no way to determine whose familiar yet strange power had just manifested.

He thought Yang Yixie's ability had been exposed, but he didn't know that the Mutation now on Yang Yixie might be cleaner than that of some ordinary people.

Hong Ling and Luo Jinyou's gazes were simultaneously seized by that green, freezing Hong Ling in place, and Luo Jinyou likewise.

The pendant lay quietly on the floor; the Ying Guang Lu gemstone refracted tiny specks of light under the lamps, a mingling of brightness and darkness, like the pulse of some life.

Hong Ling's body moved; her torso leaned forward, her center of gravity dropped instantly, prompting concern from the nearby Zhang Jie.

Her pupils also changed, as if a wash of Ying Guang Lu had blinded her eyes; the Mutation that had faded began to spread again from her fingertips, crawling up her back of the hand, moving more than twice as fast as before,

Luo Jinyou's condition was somewhat better than hers, but not much better; as if stimulated, he clutched his heart and curled down, his shoulders trembling continuously.

The tail he had always kept hidden, never daring to release, was now stretched straight, its tip trembling slightly, showing signs of losing control.

"Hey! Are you okay?!"

Min Tianyou, unaware what stimulus the two had received, rushed to Luo Jinyou's side and asked about the situation.

"Is that thing?" he lifted his gaze and immediately saw the pendant.

Honestly, that color in the wasteland is almost synonymous with danger.

"Girl, are you alright?" Zhang Jie nervously nudged Hong Ling's shoulder; Hong Ling's demeanor also seemed as if she were suffering some huge pain.

Hong Ling did not turn around.

She braced her limbs on the ground, her right hand turned into a claw, and she lunged toward Zhang Jie.

Sister Zhang's body instinctively recoiled backward, but Hongling was extremely fast, and they were too close, leaving almost no chance to dodge.

Her eyelids instinctively closed, but what she felt was a gust of wind sweeping past from the side.

After a moment, a muffled thud of landing sounded, mixed with the crowd's exclamations and the scattered sounds of breaking, and only then did she slowly open her eyes.

Only then did she see that the young man who had been supporting his mother stood beside him, nonchalantly returning to Zhiruo's side, as if the person who had just kicked the suddenly attacking Hongling to the ground were not him.