Chapter 592: Sticky Little Thing

In a moment of dazedness, Zhang Jie had already squeezed that blood-and-flesh rainbow to death with his bare hands; that thing emitted a miserable cry from somewhere, its whole body twisting, then like a withered plastic bag, it shriveled away.

Seeing Zhang Jie, Zhang Yan was like a Teddy dog that bullies by relying on human power, arrogantly pointing at that anomaly.

"Bro! Get him!"

Zhang Jie shook his head helplessly, stepped forward, reached out, and directly caught with his bare hands the tree trunk that was smashing down.

"Wow!"

"Good... good man oh~"

"Damn green tea!"

That voice was so tender it could make water come out just by hearing it; the older sister couldn't help coughing, then she directly grabbed the other's big headlights. Zhang Jie's arrival dispelled the gloom for several people, revealing their true nature.

"Little Yan~, please be kind and let us have Bro!"

"Please! Please!"

"No! Not possible!"

Zhang Yan proudly tiptoed, put her arms around Zhang Jie's shoulders, imagining how it was when they were little, but....

She was too short; after tiptoeing and trying to hug several times she still couldn't manage it, and for a moment it was a bit awkward.

"Let me! Do you even know how to hug?"

Saying that, she was about to get handsy with Zhang Jie.

"Stop stop stop! Ladies, I need to accompany my older sister to hunt anomalies; I have a mission!"

"Please understand!"

After a good deal of tugging and pulling, Zhang Jie finally managed to bring his older sister away from those female hooligans; Zhang Jie was genuinely scared.

"So, boys need to protect themselves when they're out there!"

The older sister said it solemnly; Zhang Jie didn't retort this time, instead he strongly agreed.

Too scary....

"Come on, older sister, I'll take you to level up!"

"Huh?"

"Me... me?"

The older sister, looking bewildered, pointed at herself; Zhang Jie smiled and pulled out a small gift box from behind him.

"For older sister, this is what I exchanged my contribution points for!"

Zhang Yan, with a dazed expression, took it, opened it, and what met her eyes was a small silver pistol.

D-grade anomaly, investigator standard-issue pistol (ladies' version)

"Although it's standard issue, it's very suitable for older sister! Its power is not weak!"

"Don't underestimate standard-issue gear; these items are all imitations of high-grade anomalies that humans obtained from the forbidden zones. This little thing alone is enough to take down a D-grade anomaly with three shots!"

"You don't need it?"

The older sister took the pistol and looked at Zhang Jie.

And he then took out that utterly ordinary Ordinary Blade.

"I'm fine with this, older sister."

"Wuu wuu wuu! Little brother actually became sensible, sister is so moved!"

"From now on, the situation is simple: you take older sister around hunting anomalies; after awakening your will, contacting low-intensity anomalies helps you improve yourself, unlike ordinary people who avoid contamination at all costs."

"However, this only applies to low-intensity contamination; medium- and high-intensity contamination remains dangerous no matter how high your will level is."

"After a night's cleanup, as expected, older sister successfully raised her will level, and her view of anomalies underwent a complete transformation."

"Just like Zhang Jie, her fear of these anomalies faded, her mindset completely shifted, and she too can kill anomalies—this is an extremely important watershed."

"The mission of the other three also ended; Huang Mao was injured, though not fatally, but he needs to take injury leave. Zhang Jie, looking at his face, feels he did it on purpose."

"Only Qiu Yu was kept in the dark, watching Huang Mao cry nonstop, after all he was injured while protecting her."

"You let out a sigh, not knowing whether Qiu Yu will be won over by Huang Mao, but she definitely isn't your type."

"But actually all of this isn't a big deal; the biggest thing is that when you finished a day's cleanup and brought older sister home, you discovered that your main gate had been blown open with a big hole...."

"The sky has fallen; after rushing around with a pale face all day, returning home to find the house gone—this truly is the sky falling."

"Later, you saw many clearance workers searching around, and then you learned that the anomaly that had broken containment was blasted to pieces by the Chief Investigator's single shot."

"They are here searching precisely because they fear this thing might not be dead."

"The search lasted about three days with no result, but the Anomaly Bureau also helped fill the big hole in your home; any losses were directly converted into contribution points and deposited into your account."

"There was actually no loss, but due to this incident, many regional Anomaly Bureaus have staffing shortages, which also caused you to start getting busy."

"Age 17: One year has passed, the impact of that accident is gradually fading; death, however, is just the norm in this world—the more prone one is to death, the more one wants to leave something behind."

"For example.... children, for example, your own housekeeping skills; and you, you received a gift from a senior investigator of the Anomaly Bureau."

"It is something similar to an elder brother's martial arts manual—a pendant whose specific effect is: killing an anomaly grants you the supernatural power derived from its evolution."

"For example, pain and distortion, if transformed into supernatural power, would let you inflict damage on a single target just by looking at it."

"However, this thing is surely useless now; for you, the most important thing right now is to hurry up and rest."

Zhang Jie has been working overtime for three months straight, dispatched to other Anomaly Bureaus to help handle anomalies; due to his 'hundred taboos' supernatural power, many difficult tasks will call on him.

But likewise, his strength is rapidly increasing; now he can barely face a medium-intensity anomaly on his own.

That pendant is also a reward he earned through his efforts.

"Huff.... Finally able to rest."

"Once I get promoted to intermediate investigator, I will definitely apply for a personal investigation account...."

Many investigators wish they could join the system like Zhang Jie does, but they don't have time; he, however, wants to go out on his own.

"It's mainly because I'm too exhausted! And if I keep going like this, only in the year of the monkey and horse will I have enough strength to explore the forbidden zone."

Worried....

Zhang Jie walked and thought, but suddenly a strange sound came from beside his ear.

Goo-goo.... goo-goo....

It seemed something was wriggling....

Pap....

Zhang Jie heard it clearly, he furrowed his brows and walked toward the source of the sound; at the corner of the wall of his villa, there was something....

Goo-goo....

Zhang Jie looked over and saw a flesh-colored thing, of unknown species, wriggling with difficulty.

It had only a hand-like thing with what looked like two fingers, but its head was a hairy thing that looked somewhat like a person.

"What the heck is this...."

Zhang Jie felt disgusted; the thing was using its only hand to wriggle toward a piece of watermelon rind.

"「...... 」"

"It looks like an anomaly."

"Should we... step on it to kill it?"

Zhang Jie thought for a moment, then used his special vision to observe the little creature.

"「！？？」"

He seemed to have seen something.... different!