Free Web NovelChapter 371: Chapter 175: The Entire Investigation Corps Assembles
The colossal calamity began to compress incessantly by Jiang Yimi.
Gradually, like a shield, these calamities completely enveloped Jiang Yimi.
Semi-Evil Fallen do not become Evil Fallen due to emotions; they are the most perfect creatures in this world.
They are beings utterly different from other species after the apocalypse descends.
However, under intense emotional fluctuations, there would be a more dreadful reaction—Fusion Disease. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
This is an incredibly powerful weapon, but also one so powerful that it is difficult to control.
The Masked Strange Person, after each outbreak of Fusion Disease, would appear in different times and spaces, and because of this, his strength became even stronger.
Last time, Jiang Yimi’s Fusion Disease covered the entire Baichuan Middle School and even affected the surrounding areas, directly altering the destinies of many people and Evil Fallen.
Such unimaginable power caused even Jing Wu to ignore his prey and disappear into the night, rushing over rapidly.
Those from the two island invaders who always thought only Lord Jing Wu possessed such might, stopped in their tracks as well.
In this moment, war seemed to become unimportant.
The huge black sphere of calamity in the city center was like a bomb capable of destroying the whole city.
In his heart, Bai Wu prayed that after seven hundred years, Jiang Yimi’s ability to suppress calamity wouldn’t lead to some foolish mistakes...
Otherwise, if the calamity burst open in the city center, the city was doomed to be utterly devastated.
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In the city center, Jiang Yimi, shrouded in calamity, held Lin Rui’s corpse.
Before Jing Wu could close in, he noticed the spherical calamity beginning to change shape, spreading out tendrils like things, reaching closer and closer to him.
"Have I become your prey? This feeling is quite novel," he said.
Jing Wu could sense that the calamity inside the sphere, the young girl, harbored intense murderous intent towards him.
"Semi-Evil Fallen... the same constitution as a judge. But the symptoms of her Fusion Disease are far more dangerous than his, a purer form of Semi-Evil Fallen."
Of course, Jing Wu knew what Semi-Evil Fallen were about; in the farm, such entities were directly classified as K-level.
In a way, Semi-Evil Fallen are as rare a species as himself.
There have been two K-level appearances in the farm, one a madman, the other also a madman.
Of course, these are just incidental pieces of information Jing Wu happened to learn from other places when the Well was last opened.
He never met the two madmen; otherwise, he wouldn’t have made certain mistakes.
K-level existences, in the descriptions from Jing Wu’s elder brother, the farm owner, are of great significance; when utilized, they could lead to the High Tower even sooner. Conversely, if they become hostile, they could pose a threat significant enough to change the entire world.
However, what became of those two K-levels, Jing Wu didn’t know.
He didn’t know much about Semi-Evil Fallen either.
But he knew one thing, only those who had never entered the High Tower had the qualifications to become Semi-Evil Fallen.
Facing Bai Wu, Jing Wu no longer had his initial arrogance, but he couldn’t be considered humble either.
And facing Jiang Yimi, his will to fight surged, eager to see if the existence known as K-level in the farm was really as exaggerated as told.
After all, unlike Lin Rui and the Masked Strange Person, Jiang Yimi hadn’t constantly honed herself over seven hundred years.
So, in Bai Wu’s plans, it was impossible for Jiang Yimi to be an opponent for Jing Wu. It would be like plotting to murder her own friend.
But Jiang Yimi, in extreme emotion, was a completely different possibility!
As Jing Wu approached, the calamity inside Jiang Yimi continued to erupt, and the sphere grew larger and larger.
The spreading calamity was constructing four barriers and a ceiling around Jing Wu.
The scene was eerily similar to the cage Jing Wu built when he confronted Lin Rui.
Jing Wu’s expression turned grave:
"Causality is ineffective against me and my brothers and sisters. Your power has the ability to twist causality, as if it could change a person’s fate, but you don’t think such power could work against me, right?" he said.
Jiang Yimi couldn’t hear Jing Wu’s words. Revenge filled her mind. She constructed this barrier, not to trap Jing Wu, but as a last act of rationality—
She didn’t want the city, where Lin Rui and everyone else had sacrificed their lives, to be affected by her, so she created the four massive Calamity Barriers to imprison herself, not Jing Wu!
Seven hundred years ago, she was the Cursed Woman, despised by everyone in the city. As friends died one after another, people’s reactions to her were only abuse, spitting, fear.
But seven hundred years ago, someone pulled her from the mire of despair. It was the beginning of her self-imposed isolation.
After the Masked Strange Person disappeared, Jiang Yimi fell into deeper self-blame.
Seven hundred years later, the place that was once full of curses became the cradle of new hope. Two individuals associated with masks brought this girl a new life.
She thought she had finally escaped the calamity of unfulfilled desires, only to find out that destiny had never forgiven her from the beginning!
The terrifying tentacles kept stretching out from the sphere of calamity, and Jing Wu suddenly had a feeling of deja vu.
It abruptly remembered the process of killing Lin Rui, wasn’t it the same?
This should have been a coincidence, but it made Jing Wu vigilant, as it seemed to sense the meaning of a convergence of destinies.
"Baichuan City, I’ll remember this city," Jing Wu remarked.
A powerful Semi-Evil Fallen capable of manipulating the power of calamity, regions with twisted rules to their advantage, and a clown whose psychic laughter could bewitch all living beings.
This city had provided Jing Wu with many novelties.
The black substance from the Soul-Devouring Swamp likewise surged out of Jing Wu’s body, as if both were enshrouded by some black energy.
It was as if a gigantic ancient god had descended upon it.
The power of calamity was an absolutely terrifying technique, but Jing Wu could still rely on the unique black substance of the Jing Family Members to isolate various forces!
Within the immense quartet of Calamity Barriers, countless arcs of black energy formed trajectories, only to be intercepted by more black energy.
The entire space seemed extraordinarily chaotic, Jing Wu furrowed its brow, this Semi-Evil Fallen woman had given it a sense of being overwhelmed.
The supply of calamity within the gigantic sphere seemed inexhaustible!
Like rows of missiles being launched, it had to continuously defend itself. Even though Jing Wu felt it could not be harmed by such things, an inner sense of crisis still drove it to mount defenses.
Jiang Yimi, trapped in her grievous memories, had no idea what she was doing; the four barriers that isolated calamity had already been erected, and all that was left was to give herself over to madness!
She was frantically venting her sorrow and rage, and as it happened, her fusion sickness was even more exaggerated than the last time!
It seemed like endless waves of calamity and emotion were erupting towards Jing Wu, whose figure kept retreating step by step until there was nowhere left to retreat, its back against the massive Calamity Barrier!
Jing Wu had gone from being cautious to feeling strenuous, and then to horror, all within the span of a few dozen seconds.
It could hardly believe that a human being could suppress it head-on!
Outside the Calamity Barrier, the forces of Huangquan Island and Black Gold Island, and the refuge defense forces, were also watching the battle.
They couldn’t see how the battle was unfolding, only sensing energy fluctuations like those from another dimension inside, feeling as if all battles had lost their purpose.
This clash of forces that greatly exceeded the understanding of Evil Fallen would continue until a result was decided, only then would others care about anything else.
Bai Wu had also arrived at the outskirts of the campus. When his gaze focused on the immense Calamity Barrier, he too was astonished by Jiang Yimi’s power.
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"That’s why you should never provoke the jinxed, for when the little jinx thinks she’s too unfortunate, when she believes life is about to hand out sweets, it’s always destiny stabbing her in the heart. Now she’s enraged, although this rage will inevitably lead to exhaustion, it will buy you a significant amount of time afterward," said the voice in his head.
When his gaze focused on the Grudge Barrier, Prayle’s Eye provided Bai Wu with such insights.
Bai Wu understood that this meant that Jiang Yimi, in her state of fusion sickness, could trap Jing Wu!
The battle within the Calamity Barrier was just as the eye had described—with extreme anger, Jiang Yimi’s calamity exploded wildly.
But such an explosion also made her soon feel drained.
Whether she could control it or not, for a Semi-Evil Fallen, that was always a last resort.
Jiang Yimi collapsed to the ground, a sense of exhaustion overwhelming her, and she quickly lost consciousness.
Jing Wu realized the battle should be over.
This power that could suppress it head-on ultimately couldn’t be used continuously.
In its view, Jiang Yimi had played above her level. For an existence of "k" level to achieve this much, to give it a sense of crisis, was already commendable.
It indeed thought so, but clearly underestimated the historical instances of the Red Club k and Club k that had escaped from the farm, nor did it ponder one question—why, after Jiang Yimi fell... the spherical body of calamity did not dissipate.
When Jing Wu tried to leave, it suddenly found it couldn’t!
Several enormous Calamity Barriers completely trapped it.
And that terrifying spherical body of calamity continued to supply the cage with energy.
Jing Wu’s fearsome strength struck the barriers, creating cracks, but as the sphere of calamity seemed to have an endless supply of calamity, these cracks quickly vanished.
It frantically tried to destroy the cage, but the cage would soon regenerate.
"Without consciousness, these forces should have dissipated. Why am I still trapped?" Jing Wu wondered.
Jing Wu still didn’t grasp the gravity of the situation.
In its view, Jiang Yimi was the source of this power, and such a power that could change causality and warp human fate had no effect on it.
But it overlooked one thing—though its body could be immune to that kind of power, it couldn’t be immune to rules.
The most powerful things in this world were the various twisted rules, which even top-level creatures like it had to abide by.
Indeed, Jiang Yimi had lost consciousness. But this did not affect the power of calamity from generating new rules in this area!
Just like a student who can never leave the classroom if unable to answer the questions, or those locked in endless combat within the lecture hall, or the person in the gym who can never find their own head.
The oppressive, powerful rules took effect once again.
The area that became effective was within the four Calamity Barriers.
Jing Wu was not trapped by the Power of Calamity, but by the rules that he sought but could not obtain.
The powerful force inside the calamitous sphere had slipped out of Jiang Yimi’s control, turning into chains that hindered Jing Wu from leaving!
In a sense, Jiang Yimi, who couldn’t defeat Jing Wu, used the massive strength that emerged after her fusion illness outbreak to seal Jing Wu!
Before long, Jing Wu realized that he was no longer facing the Semi-Evil Fallen woman and the power within her, but the rules.
These rules prevented him from accomplishing anything, at least until he completely shattered them.
"Troublesome... It seems unfeasible to get out in a short time," he muttered.
Rules only had to be broken or followed.
To break this rule would also take Jing Wu quite a bit of time.
But Jing Wu was not incapable of contacting the outside world.
He opened the book
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The confrontation within the black barrier seemed to quiet down.
The invading forces from Huangquan Island and Black Gold Island, along with the haven’s defending forces, all waited for the battle to produce a result.
Jing Wu’s transcendental strength had made it clear to everyone that the vast number of Evil Fallen were secondary, and that Jing Wu alone was the real monster capable of destroying the haven.
Suddenly, everything inside the barrier became eerily quiet.
At this moment, merchants and blacksmiths received instructions.
"The lord will be fine; he’s just been trapped. Now, destroy the enemies before you, and find that human!"
The blacksmith loudly conveyed Jing Wu’s orders.
Jing Wu, for his part, was very calm. Although he was confined by the rules, his subordinates were not.
The combat power of Baichuan City was simply not enough to cope with the Evil Fallen armies from Black Gold Island and Huangquan Island.
The two strongest humans in the city, one dead without a complete corpse, the other lying before him, ready to be killed as soon as he broke the rules.
On the human side, there was no longer anyone capable of standing alone.
So the war ignited again.
The merchant spread out his domain, the blacksmith swung his war hammer, the judge blew his whistle, the Six-Arm Knife-wielder drew his swords, the Mirror Evil Fallen blocked Nie Chongshan again, while Dandelion targeted the largest Hydra.
Apart from powerful leaders, there was the terrifying Huangquan Great Army.
Without the Clown, without various distortions of the rules to hinder them, there was no defense on the hundreds of meters of Academy Street that could stop the invaders.
All that could be used to hold the line was the lives of the defenders themselves.
Colt began shooting wildly, Yuan Ye kept pouncing and killing enemies among the Huangquan ghosts.
Lu Yan and Qian Yixin fought back to back, facing endless enemies that could neither be killed off nor exhausted.
The people from the former Shudu Prison, one by one, fell.
Everything was as Jing Wu had predicted: even without his intervention, the haven stood no chance.
The gap between the two-island allied forces and the haven was enormous.
In Jing Wu’s plan, he would eventually break the rule, and at that moment, his subordinates would bring that annoying human Baichuan before him.
He would torture Baichuan and his detestable son, Bai Yuan, with the most dreadful power.
But what Jing Wu didn’t know was... the power of craving but not being able to possess was indeed a very terrifying force, a force that indeed couldn’t harm a fearsome existence like the Jing Family monster.
It could, however, obstruct its luck.
As the horrific invading army beat back Gu Hailin, Nie Chongshan, Yuan Ye, and Colt, as the Evil Fallen from the former Shudu Prison suffered heavy casualties, as Baichuan was about to join the battle, awaiting final defeat...
Reinforcements from the High Tower rushed to their aid.
The massive Hydra blocked the army like a city gate, with Nie Chongshan, Liu Mu, and others arriving like defenders of the city, the army at the city’s threshold, even Baichuan, the commander, had already reached the front line.
Perhaps the next second would see the haven’s people launch a tragic charge! Everything seemed like a repeat of ninety years ago.
But at that moment, Baichuan felt a familiar aura coming from behind!
The auras were weak, yet they grew stronger and stronger!
At first, only a few people appeared, but slowly, more and more gathered, in lines, in columns, in formations!
At first Baichuan saw several unfamiliar faces, still feeling no possibility of hope in his heart.
Even he was prepared to rise or fall together with the haven.
But soon... he saw familiar faces.
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Yan Zizai and Xie Yingjie had been working hard to make this support more efficient.
The safety of the personnel had to be guaranteed, even if it meant marching to their deaths; every person had to be given mechanical armaments that could cover them to the teeth. To let the enemy feel the most powerful resistance from human forces!
Then there was the clearing of lower levels, and the function of the Traction Disc in detecting areas that couldn’t be transmitted to for over three days by the stele.
To increase the efficiency of the support, on this day, all the miners in the lower levels of the High Tower stopped their work.
They had received a message: the Human Allied Forces would once again campaign into the Red Zone!
Although Bai Wu had campaigned in the Red Zone before, and many from the lower levels had seen the bright light of the red stele, it had been ninety years since the last time both armies had entered the stele on a large scale.
That historical defeat ninety years ago didn’t even result in a single returnee.
Such a defeat had made people dare not hope that, ninety years later, they would witness such a grand scene again.
The rulers of the High Tower, the officers of the Investigation Corps, the generals of the Investigation Corps, and many mercenaries who were persuaded to temporarily join the Investigation Corps, lined up before the five stele, completely indifferent to life or death.
To make all of this orderly, Yan Zizai, Xie Yingjie, Xie Xingzhi, Wu Jiu, Qin Zong, all expended a lot of effort.
Bai Wu was unaware of all this.
He stood atop the colossal serpent head of Gu Hailin, and watching one familiar figure after another appear, he felt his blood burning.
When Liu Mu once again saw the robed figures of days past emerge, the gloom and despair in his heart swept away, each person of the Investigation Corps appeared, uniformed and equipped with the weapons of the Xie Family.
They were orderly and neatly arranged, as if waiting for a battle cry that belonged to the Investigation Corps.
Wu Jiu, Meng Yuan, Long Xiao, Feng Zhan, Qin Zong, Lin Wurou, Shang Xiaoyi, Yin Shuang...
One after another, faces he had once known reappeared before Liu Mu, who had thought that having become Evil Fallen, he would never witness such a scene again.
Nie Chongshan, who was fighting the Mirror Evil Fallen and being suppressed, also felt waves of human aura.
Looking back, he smiled.
These trash... at least they’re spirited trash!
Gu Hailin and the others, however, were seeing the people of the Investigation Corps for the first time; as more and more members appeared...
They too smiled.
Ninety years had passed... and that uniform was still as ugly as ever. Only this time... they didn’t want to watch their subordinates die before them again.
For the first time, Bai Wu surged with such a fierce desire to win, even more intense than when he had seen the reinforcements arriving during his encounter with Zhong Xu.
Humanity... had never surrendered after all!
Within the crowd, Bai Wu immediately spotted Wu Jiu, and Wu Jiu found Bai Wu at a glance.
Wu Jiu was a legend within the Investigation Corps; he didn’t need to coordinate with others because no one could match his speed.
In the next instant, Wu Jiu’s figure flashed, moving to Bai Wu’s side using the Talent Sequence Instant Shadow.
Gu Hailin hadn’t thought... that ninety years later, he would meet someone who bore the same Sequence as himself.
It was just a pity that he had become Evil Fallen and could no longer use the Sequence.
He hoped this man... wouldn’t experience the regret he had.
"Captain..."
Bai Wu had an odd feeling, as if he had only been away from his captain for a few days, but it felt like a long time.
"Let’s save the small talk for after we win! Kill the enemy first!"
Wu Jiu’s tone was as usual, and he quickly picked out an extremely powerful monster among the enemies.
The Six-Arm Knife-wielder.
As his words fell, Wu Jiu had already appeared beside the Six-Arm Knife-wielder.
Bai Wu smiled.
Now, he had gained immense strength, Angel Envoys, various Guardian Spirits, and even his Innate Force had far surpassed most of the Investigation Corps.
But the moment he saw the captain, he still felt that feeling—forever trust in the captain!
Former companions charged at the command, plunging into the midst of the Huangquan Great Army, with Qin Zong, the descendant of rulers, leading the way.
Everyone unleashed the strength they had accumulated outside the tower over the years without any reservation.
Bai Wu had thought that the reinforcements from Mechanical City would determine the outcome of this battle, but he realized he was wrong.
These humans, unafraid of death, could also rewrite the fate of defeat for the sanctuary!
