Free Web NovelChapter 466: Chapter 83: Bai Wu is flanked by men
"This future... is not the future I wanted to see."
Having a comrade you can absolutely trust is something to be proud of.
Especially in such a dark apocalypse, to be friends with someone like Wu Jiu, or to say that someone like Wu Jiu exists, in Bai Wu’s view, is itself an "absurdity".
It’s as if the world is too difficult, yet Destiny also arranged for a constantly strong and always trustworthy partner.
"I will always trust the captain, he must have his reasons for doing this."
"What exactly is the Distortion Correction Team, I’m still not clear, but since people like Yan Zizai are still alive, I have to figure out a way to find them."
After learning much information, Bai Wu’s main mission in the second act also emerged.
[You’re gradually becoming clear on what you need to do, seek out old companions, understand what happened in the past, and find a chance to leave this place.]
Now that I’ve come to this future, naturally I need to inquire what exactly happened with some people.
The second act, with its vast scenes, clearly has much more freedom than the first.
After Lu En came back, Bai Wu had a meal with him and then started chatting with Lu En, patiently waiting for the right moment.
Night fell, Bai Wu turned on the light, and the streets were silent. At this time, if you listen carefully, you can hear the dense sound of cockroaches hitting the corners of the walls.
Corpses are still rotting, providing a breeding ground for these disgusting creatures.
Only when everything turned pitch black and pale streetlights were the only thing left on the streets did Bai Wu start to move.
The city is too busy during the day, with too many eyes around, Bai Wu can’t move freely.
Nighttime isn’t safe either, but with exceptional perception and hints from his eyes, he can at least avoid dangers in advance in many places.
Lu En moved with Bai Wu. Originally, Bai Wu planned to leave Lu En alone, but Lu En was just a child after all.
Waiting alone in a house where someone had died was too stimulating for Lu En.
Reluctantly, Bai Wu let Lu En follow in a Hidden Dragon state, which also made it convenient to do certain things.
Coming to the street, Bai Wu walked in the shadows, contemplating how to find Yan Zizai and the others:
"Since the main task this scene gives me is to understand the past, it can be reasonably assumed that the people I want to find... should all be in this city."
"Yan Zizai has the highest bounty, so he must also have the most information. At least relative to the Twisted Forces, he poses the greatest threat, so I can narrow the range to finding Yan Zizai."
"But how can I find Yan Zizai..."
Now, I’m actually feeling an anticipation for what exactly happened in the transition to this future, even though I totally dislike this future.
"I should have chosen the story mode from the beginning, it would have been just a walk in the park, mowing down everything along the way." freewebnøvel.coɱ
Bai Wu walked in the shadows, seeing no one outside, as if everyone was asleep, the city was too quiet.
It’s not that there were no sounds at all, some faint noises could still be heard in the distance.
It’s just that compared to the night scene of Meinan I knew, it’s too much quieter.
He felt something was off, and his eyes quickly gave a hint.
[This city has a peculiar rule, no one is allowed to leave their rooms from one to three o’clock in the middle of the night, and try not to make any noise. The dark bets have begun, can you guess what kind of bet this is?]
A dark bet?
Bai Wu pocketed the cellphone of the deceased old woman and found that the time was 12:57.
Three minutes until one to three o’clock...
"This is a farm, and in a certain sense, humans are like livestock, corralled inside. Everyone keeps their doors tightly closed... everyone believes this world is normal, without distortion. But then there’s the Distortion Correction Team..."
"You can even look us up by searching for wanted criminals’ names, the Distortion Correction Team, things that don’t exist... why do they need correcting?" freewёbnoνel.com
"If the owner of this region has corralled these humans, not wanting them to know about the existence of distortion, then isn’t the Distortion Correction Team something like a glaring clue? Especially since such a thing can be directly found..."
"Distortion must objectively exist after all..."
Two minutes remained until midnight.
The distant hubbub also gradually ceased, and the city seemed to have turned into a Dead City.
Lu En clutched at Bai Wu’s sleeve, somewhat afraid. He didn’t know what he was afraid of, just staring fixedly at the street bathed in light.
The two hid in the shadows that the street lamps couldn’t reach.
Bai Wu said,
"Slow down your breathing, don’t make any noise, let’s hide in the deeper shadows."
Bai Wu and Lu En carefully hid themselves away.
Under the pale light of the street lamps in the city, there were many shadows. But the eerie occurrences happened under the light.
Hei Wu swirled around, and black flames burned in the air.
A young man from Sheng Country gradually emerged within the Hei Wu.
His expression was fiercely distorted, but his consciousness seemed barely lucid as he ran to a shop with closed doors, pounding frantically:
"Let me in! Let me in! I’m begging you!"
"Let me in!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The pounding noise made by the young man from Sheng Country grew louder, revealing a manic undertone.
The door was quickly battered open. His strength was astonishing.
Bai Wu could feel that someone was steadily approaching from afar, and the emotional fluctuations of the man from Sheng Country were extremely intense.
"Why! Why torture me! You monsters! Monsters! Ahhhhhhhhh..."
Amidst his roaring, the man from Sheng Country began to transform; his voice echoed throughout the silent city.
"I will kill you!! You damned monsters!!"
In the still of the night, his roar was like a clap of thunder.
No choice appeared, Bai Wu didn’t move, still observing. The man from Sheng Country had already become a monster,
His skin started to turn dark purple, with a somewhat viscous texture, strange liquid began to drip from his body, his facial features seemed twisted, his nose skewed, his mouth curved, his eyes one larger than the other, his face tilted upward.
His voice also took on a muffled quality, unlike that of normal humans.
"Save—me—"
In its desperate roar, it quickly sensed the scent of fear in the air.
This scent attracted it, turning towards the shadows in the alley.
"Lu En, close your eyes, take a deep breath."
The unseen Lu En was quite obedient, very scared, and upon hearing Bai Wu’s words, he immediately closed his eyes and stopped looking at the monster.
"What is 1000 minus 451?" Bai Wu asked.
"5... 549..." Lu En replied, trembling.
The monster that the man from Sheng Country had twisted into was getting closer, and Bai Wu was shocked to discover that this monster was directly an eighth-level Mutant.
As he was now, there was no way he could defeat this monster.
"What is 22 plus 356?"
Watching the monster draw closer bit by bit, Bai Wu, without any hesitation and with a calm tone, continued to ask questions.
This calm tone made Lu En feel less afraid too, and coupled with thinking about the problems, his fear hadn’t disappeared, but it indeed lessened somewhat.
If this place had only Lu En and Bai Wu, then Bai Wu and Lu En would hardly escape this calamity.
Fortunately, there were numerous "npcs" in this place.
As expected, the Sheng Country resident who had turned into a monster slowly turned around and headed toward another corner of the block.
Bai Wu continued to mutter riddles to himself.
Lu En slowly regained his courage and was no longer afraid.
Bai Wu observed the monster’s silhouette under the lights, guessing what had happened.
"The Meinan people in the scene are all living humans; they don’t believe in the existence of the Twisted, just like Dr. Liu. All that talk of Hei Wu and monsters is nonsense to them."
"But in front of me, the monster that emerged after a Sheng Country resident’s emotions went overboard... appeared."
"Under such a huge conflict, could these Meinan people still think that the Twisted doesn’t exist? There must be something strange going on here."
"Moreover, people are forbidden to go out between one and three in the morning, and then at one o’clock, symbolizing the Twisted, Hei Wu transported a Sheng Country resident over... and he quickly turned into a monster..."
Bai Wu probably guessed the truth of the matter.
He waited patiently, wanting to see if the subsequent changes would unfold as he had thought.
He had Lu En continue to keep his eyes closed while gently leading him along.
The Twisted monster began to devour humans.
This Sheng Country resident turned monster was finding it far too easy to breach the simple defenses of the residential area.
An eighth-level Mutant coming to such a place was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
Suddenly, Bai Wu held his breath, hiding behind a fragrant, filthy trash can in an alleyway with Lu En.
Because footsteps were approaching from afar.
Bai Wu patiently watched what came next—
Three people wearing white coats and carrying long white cases appeared in the lit area.
They gathered outside an old house here.
"Damn it, who would have thought it would show up here? When was the last time prey appeared in this slum? A few months ago, right?"
The evening breeze stirred the coat of a man who seemed to be the leader among the six. Bai Wu, from a distance, saw a note.
[From behind the rustling clothing, you see the words "Twisted" "Correction," and you’ve guessed their identity. Although they are not very strong, the weapons in those long cases are formidable. These weapons are called the Directional Distortion Clearing Field Device.
The principle is simple—creating an Inverted Well area. However, the count of reversibility is very limited, at least ineffective against you who have drunk Well Water. But for now, it’s best not to provoke them.
We all know the future is bound to be heavy, but there’s no harm in enjoying the scene from an audience’s perspective for now.]
This was also in line with Bai Wu’s own thoughts; he too was curious to see what this group was up to.
"Speaking of which, we were the first to find the monster again this time, hahaha, we finally stole the limelight from Team Seven."
"Hahaha, this time we can show off in front of Gu Qingyu."
"Exactly, but that guy is really wild; the boss seems to value him even more than the several K people."
"So, we guessed right this time and earned a lot of face. Alright, stop talking nonsense, let’s deal with the monster before the others arrive."
After the lead said this, he opened the long case on his back, revealing a white metal stick.
The leader of the Distortion Correction Team inserted the stick into the ground, and the other two members, at its northwest and northeast corners, similarly inserted strange metal sticks into the ground.
The three stood in an equilateral triangle, and the three metal sticks seemed to create a special force field.
After the three had completed all this, Bai Wu soon heard the distorted roar of the monster.
The sound transitioned from utter rage to pain mixed with weakness.
The monster clasped its head with both hands, smashed through a residential window, and then fell down.
Its purple body, which once seemed to flow like a liquid, gradually solidified.
The twisted features gradually restored themselves bit by bit.
"The game is over, if you have to blame something, blame your initial poor choice of side," the leader of the Distortion Correction Team kicked the monster away with a swift kick.
Devoid of any strength, the eighth-level mutant was easily sent flying.
The moment of choice then descended.
[You cannot tell who is good and who is evil. The faction divisions of the future are unfamiliar to you. You decide—]
[A: Wait and see what unfolds.]
[B: Their accent is that of Sheng Country people, and they mentioned your friend. Join them to learn more information.]
[C: Act on your own. (Once chosen, this option will not trigger subsequent events.)]
Bai Wu certainly would not join the other side. He promptly chose A.
It was not yet suitable to expose himself; in this game, a wrong choice could lead to death.
The correct choice often comes with a reward.
Bai Wu didn’t know what the reward was, and as he watched the three individuals torment the Sheng Country person who had turned into Evil Fallen, he felt absolutely no desire to help.
At this time, any act of kindness would only bring about bad consequences.
Since he had chosen to wait and see, he had to wait for the change to occur.
Change came swiftly.
Just as the Sheng Country person was about to be tormented to death, the Distortion Correction Team... suddenly lost a member.
More precisely, one was replaced.
It was like the figures of two people suddenly switched places.
In their place, there emerged a silhouette all too familiar to Bai Wu.
This person’s strength was extremely formidable, and in an instant, he killed the three Distortion Correction Team members. The speed of his actions was such that the team members had no time to react at all.
And at the same time as the killings, he swiftly pulled out three metal rods from the ground!
Even though Bai Wu was only looking at a profile view, he recognized him by his handsome features.
The top wanted criminal with a bounty of over a hundred million—Yan Zizai!
[Now you can go out, although it’s very likely that it will scare him since, in this timeline, you’ve been torn to pieces by someone with an immense level of combat power~
But he will still take you with him, as you made the right choice. You better hurry up and take him away, though, because there’s someone you want to meet but shouldn’t at this stage, who is on their way to hunt down Yan Zizai~
You wouldn’t want to be caught in a situation of "either side is a man," right?]
Bai Wu was startled. Just as he was looking for Yan Zizai, Yan Zizai appeared?
I was torn to pieces by someone with an immense level of combat power? Have I died in this timeline?
And who is hunting down Yan Zizai? Could it be the captain???
The captain is hunting down Yan Zizai... and it’s not the right time to meet the captain?
This turn of events caught Bai Wu off guard. Too many questions surged in his mind.
But he had to make an urgent decision.
Thus Bai Wu stepped out from the shadows.
Yan Zizai’s reflexes were so sharp that he instantly detected Bai Wu’s presence. As he saw the figure in the shadows wearing a white coat with the "Kein" logo, he instinctively prepared to attack.
At the same time, he was puzzled. Why would one of K’s underlings be here? Was today’s intelligence incorrect?
But the moment he saw the other party remove their mask, Yan Zizai was shocked still.
Because he saw someone who was supposed to be dead.
