"What's the difference between an Ability User and a Hunter?" Ling Xiao asked.
"The difference?" Lilith could not help laughing. "Isn't the biggest difference that you're not infected? You have special abilities similar to those of the infected, yet you don't have to worry about your infection progression breaking past some goddamn threshold, nor do you have to worry that one day you'll lose control and turn into something like an anomaly or an anomalous corpse... Isn't that enough?"
Lilith paused before continuing, "And Ability Users are barely restricted when using their abilities... Unlike us Hunters, who have to keep an eye on our wristbands at all times when using our abilities. The moment the wristband gives a warning, we have to pull back immediately—like taking a shit halfway through and having to force the rest back in."
Although Lilith's analogy was somewhat "crude," if Wang Xiyi had been here, she definitely would have given it a thumbs-up.
It was fitting. Far too fitting.
"Ling Xiao is an Ability User?" There was a trace of surprise in Jiang Yu's eyes.
"Most likely. That's why I suggested he make a trip to Tianshu Tower," Lilith said. "But for now... we should figure out how to stay alive long enough to complete the mission."
"Y-yeah..." Jiang Yu nodded. "Although all the workers have disappeared, these machines look like they've been preserved quite well... As long as we can eliminate that anomaly, the mission should count as complete, right?"
"Not necessarily... You said it yourselves, this is the Inner World," Lilith said. "Don't be fooled by how intact this equipment is in the Inner World. The factory in the Outer World might already be a complete wreck..."
"Then... if the factory equipment in the Outer World has been destroyed, can we take things