Chapter 590: Anomaly

I was wrong! Don't...!

I shouldn't have looked like a human! I shouldn't have! Sorry!

The beating didn't stop; the newly grown worm limbs were shattered again, dripping strands of green blood.

She kept apologizing until she was on her last breath....

The man left, and she gazed at the worm limb sprouting from the side of her abdomen, tears welling in her eyes.

She reached out, grabbed another worm limb that hadn't been shattered, and wrenched it off violently; the sound of flesh and bone tearing rang out, and her stifled screams echoed inside the containment facility.

I... I want....

She wanted to say she should become more human, but... she feared suffering such abuse again.

Her body, as if understanding her wish, sprouted a thicker worm limb on her back that pierced the skin and emerged.

She had painstakingly... evolved her body to become more and more human, ever more 'lovable,' yet before this newly arrived investigator, she appeared so... glaring.

Those who came, each more irritable than the last, each more disdainful of her; she hadn't felt... warmth in a long time.

Why....

She had worked hard to become non-threatening, she had worked hard to take on a human form, but why wouldn't they let her go?

A worm limb had pierced the skin and grown out; when she came to, she was startled by her own reflection in the mirror.

In the mirror, it was no longer the painstakingly evolved cute appearance, but a huge mouth with half her cheek split open, and the compound eyes in her eye sockets continually increasing....

The insect scream echoed throughout the containment facility; she saw those fully armed anomaly containment officers, frightened, retreat two steps.

Don't...

The worm limbs behind her, however, disobediently stabbed out two more, precisely piercing the glass of the containment room.

Crack....

The sound of the crack was like a thunderclap, striking everyone violently; the team reacted swiftly, pulling out black fire sticks, and she knew those objects—her gentle 'mother' who had once taught her had said they were humanity's most powerful weapon.

When encountering them, one must run quickly!

But it was too late; those fire sticks were already aimed at her, and the moment she moved, they had already pulled the trigger....

A new day, a new beginning.

Today is Monday; early in the morning, Zhang Jie sent his older sister to school, and he likewise came to the Bureau to start a day's work.

However, just as he arrived at the Anomaly Bureau, Zhang Jie keenly sensed something was off.

The atmosphere.... seemed much heavier than usual, with many black-clad people bustling about, suggesting something major had happened.

Zhang Jie came to the office, but didn't find Huang Mao and Chang Ban there, so he asked a neighboring colleague and began searching around.

Finally, at the rear side of the Bureau building, he saw dozens of black body bags neatly arranged; some were silent, some weeping, the atmosphere solemn.

Cough, but these weren't Huang Mao and Chang Ban's; the two stood beside the body bags, gazing at them.

Master?

Zhang Jie quietly approached Chang Ban, looking doubtful at all this, and asked softly.

What happened?

Yesterday, a contained item breached containment, causing massive casualties.

These are all colleagues who were on duty yesterday....

They... none of them could survive....

A chill permeated his whole body; duty shifts are something Bureau personnel rotate through each month.

Next month, it just so happens to be their team's duty shift... and the terrifying part is that each duty team has at least three lv3 senior investigators leading....

Just like that, they were all wiped out....

Then what happened! Where did the anomaly go?

Yesterday the situation escalated; not only here, but the anomaly bureaus in the southern and western parts of the city are even worse—there, the elite guard was almost entirely wiped out.

The elite guard consists of lv4 senior investigators, like Chang Ban, as well as the dream profession of his older sister, the silent enforcer, also of lv4 rank.

Such people are the backbone of the Anomaly Bureau; each death is an enormous loss.

Even such figures have fallen....

Zhang Jie suddenly felt that his supernormal ability called 'All-Permissive' was also somewhat inadequate....

Hmm, one of them was still an acquaintance of mine.

Master, your elite guard's strength should be enough to hold a region; what exactly could kill them all at once?

Chang Ban shook his head, indicating it wasn't what Zhang Jie thought.

It wasn't instantaneous; rather, they desperately held off the opponent.

You know, if such a thing were let loose in the city, you'd know what would happen.

Zhang Jie knew that this whole area would fall silent—in short, everyone would be dead.

So, has that thing been killed?

No.

Chang Ban shook his head.

Finally, only a lv5 Chief Investigator stepping in managed to barely contain the opponent.

Zhang Jie listened, feeling that this matter wasn't over....

The opponent, having breached containment once, could do it again; Zhang Jie believed it would surely escape again.

Don't worry, with the Chief Investigator and the Ultimate Overseer overseeing, he won't....

A piercing red alarm blared, instantly cutting off their conversation; Zhang Jie felt a few drops of cold sweat on his forehead, sensing something was amiss....

'It couldn't really be this coincidental, could it....'

The Chief Investigator and the Ultimate Overseer are already the pinnacle of this world; don't tell me even this setup would have problems!

All personnel on alert!

Containment subjects have escaped again! The forbidden zone is in abnormal turmoil! They are surging toward the urban area!

One Final Overseer is severely wounded; Chief Investigator Ceng Tian is currently hunting him down.

Next, the elite duty personnel step forward!

Cooperate with Chief Investigator Ceng Tian! Carry out the execution!

Zhang Jie:.....

His jinx! Truly hopeless!

Just how strong is that thing! Even a Final Overseer can be wounded!

Remaining lv3 personnel! Form your own teams! Cleanse the anomalies in the urban area!

Repeat! lv3 members! Organize lower-level staff! Cleanse the city!

Alert level! City-destroying!

I'll go assist; you two go with Qiuyu to find Chen Henghai—be extremely careful!

Chen Henghai is also a senior follower, a senior investigator, while Qiuyu is a newcomer who just joined this year.

Zhang Jie nodded, grabbed the yellow-haired one, and left.

He needs to hurry over, striving to be first to receive the task of cleaning the university town! Elder sister is there!

Not only him, others will do the same; these are within the permitted scope of the rules.

At this moment, in the suburbs unknown how many li away, a towering figure stands opposed to an enormously huge, terrifying worm monster....