Girl Transformation, Infinite Replication, My Numbers Have Become a Disaster

A handgun was drawn and fired repeatedly into the house.

The people inside reacted almost simultaneously.

After a brief fight, two of them were killed, leaving only the captain from before, crouching on the ground, covered in wounds.

The tall, thin man stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar, and asked coldly, "Tell me the locations of the other outposts."

"I... I don't know."

Bang!

A fist slammed hard into the man's abdomen.

"Speak!"

"Cough, cough."

Through continuous coughing, the captain gritted his teeth but remained silent.

Alice, who was observing the vicinity with a yellow dog, noticed the returning chief and saw him heading towards the attacked house.

"Tsk, they're going to be discovered. Should I warn them?"

Ye Qian stayed at home and thought for a moment. She decided to help the other side. So, she controlled Ye Xin to quicken her pace, found a piece of paper nearby, wrote a few words on it, and sent it flying with a silk thread towards a spot 30 meters away.

Clang—

A crisp sound echoed as the metal fruit bowl on the table vibrated.

Everyone present was startled. The tall, thin man quickly looked over and discovered a new slip of paper next to them.

The paper had a small hole in it, and below the hole, the iron fruit bowl had also been pierced by an unseen force.

His expression changed slightly. He threw the captain to the ground, grabbed the paper, and picked it up.

There was a line of small text on it: The chief is approaching.

"The chief... Who dropped this?"

The man looked up and gazed out the window, but saw nothing.

Ye Xin had already fled after releasing the silk thread.

The man and woman realized the seriousness of the situation. They shot the captain dead and immediately climbed out the window, fleeing into the distance.

They didn't get far before the man turned into a small alley. His peripheral vision caught sight of the returning chief in the distance.

His expression changed. He knew the note's warning was accurate.

"Who's warning us?" Leaning against the wall, the man's brow furrowed.

"Perhaps it's a force that conflicts with the Insect Blood Society, just like us," the woman guessed.

The man held the paper in his hand and glanced at his feet. He noticed another new piece of paper had appeared there at some point.

His face changed slightly. He squatted down and picked it up.

This piece of paper also had a line of small text:

I wish to meet with you. Please walk 200 meters into the alley, to the house on the left.

"Interesting. Who could it be? An inside mole from the Insect Blood Society?"

His gaze fell on a house in the distance.

"There doesn't seem to be any obvious hostility. Let's go and meet them," the woman mused.

"Alright."

The two walked cautiously down the alley and soon arrived in front of the house.

It was an abandoned building. The entire alley it was located in was no longer inhabited and would soon be demolished and rebuilt. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so empty.

As they entered the door, a blonde girl came into view.

The man was taken aback.

A child in black stockings and a skirt stood quietly in the dim light, looking exceptionally beautiful.

"Who are you? Did you drop the note just now?" he asked proactively.

He was somewhat disbelieving. The force with which the note was thrown clearly indicated it wasn't from an ordinary expert. And this girl was at most twelve or thirteen years old, maybe even younger. How could she have done it?

"Who I am is not important. What's important is that we face the same enemy, so I don't mind helping you," the blonde girl said calmly.

Chapter 13: Borrowing Power

"Face the same enemy?"

Hearing this, the man's heart already believed the note had come from her.

Although the girl before him was of unknown origin, she had indeed saved them.

"It seems the Insect Blood Society has made quite a few enemies. How did you get entangled with those guys?" the man asked seriously.

"They came looking for trouble themselves," Alice replied.

"Alright, that's typical of those guys," the man said with a wry smile. "Regardless, thank you for the warning. If we had directly confronted that chief, with just the two of us, we probably wouldn't have escaped."

"Is that chief's strength very high?"

"Very high. He's already reached the peak for a normal person, stuck right before the professional threshold. To break through that limit, this guy has been preparing for nearly three months. Once he succeeds, the consequences are unimaginable."

"..."

The man's words made Alice's eyelids twitch slightly.

Professional threshold? Promotion?

What are those?

She had never heard of them.

To avoid appearing like a clueless novice, Alice didn't reveal her confusion. Instead, she murmured, "This is indeed troublesome."

"Yes, our original plan was to take advantage of the chief and his subordinates being separated to deal with the lackeys, so we could concentrate all our strength on eliminating the chief himself later. But recently, his strength has been increasing too rapidly, making it increasingly difficult to achieve. If we still can't defeat him, perhaps we'll have to report him to the Shadow Bureau and borrow official power. But I don't want to do that, as it would bring us into the official spotlight."

The man's words piqued Alice's interest.

Official?

So the Shadow Bureau refers to official forces? No wonder those people sounded so wary when they talked about it.

It seemed this world was indeed very different from her previous life. Alice felt she should seriously examine the historical and social conditions here to confirm how it differed from the Earth she knew.

"When are you planning to make your move?" she asked, trying to gauge the situation.

"Now," the man replied decisively. "That chief has already returned. We left our information at the scene, and he should quickly use special means to investigate us, possibly even reporting it to the higher-ups of the Insect Blood Society. We must kill him before then, or things will become very troublesome afterward."

Alice's heart skipped a beat. "In that case, could you wait a few minutes for me? I need to make more thorough preparations."

"Alright, we'll monitor the target from a distance first. This area is very close to a Shadow Bureau branch, only 3 kilometers away. We should be as careful as possible during the operation."

Alice temporarily parted ways with the group.

Meanwhile, back at home, her main body took this opportunity to prepare two small bottles of Purified Water. When Alice approached, she handed them over.

Should I endure the weakness and have the main body split again?

The strongest fighter on her side was undoubtedly Ye Xin.

However, after replication, Ye Xin's strength was somewhat diminished.

And her current situation was very dangerous. According to the conversation between those two, the Insect Blood Society might have a way to find their target based on the situation at the scene.

Ye Qian wasn't afraid of the enemy's underlings showing up. Her real concern was the chief.

He could probably lock onto her location with ease.

This meant that even if she did nothing, the chief might come looking for her.

If he was very strong, she'd likely be unable to defeat him.

Not to mention his potential to break through.

I have to take a gamble.

The main body didn't have much combat power anyway. If she got lucky and split out a new wife with decent abilities (not!), she might win more easily.

I'll try again. At worst, I'll be bedridden for a few more days.

She raised a finger, directly consuming 20 points of Life energy.

Her arm began to split.

As flesh and blood fell to the ground, an unprecedented wave of dizziness and weakness washed over Ye Qian's body.

The next second, her cute main body collapsed powerlessly.

Ye Xin, who was nearby, immediately rushed to support her.

"So dizzy."

Holding her small, fragrant self on the bed, Ye Xin felt a complex emotion.

"It is indeed very dizzy."

Her body felt completely weak, and her breathing was somewhat rapid.

"But this after-effect is within the predicted range."

Having mentally prepared herself, Ye Xin proactively helped the main body take off her outer layer and covered her with a blanket.

She pinched the small, white-stockinged foot, feeling its soft texture. Ye Xin swallowed, reminding herself not to develop any strange thoughts.

A few seconds later, a newborn young girl appeared.

"Black hair again? Indeed, from a genetic perspective, black hair inheriting black hair is very normal. That being said, Alice is the exception."

Although Ye Qian had always hoped for an ojousama, this was undoubtedly a standard young girl.

Long black hair.

She looked like the "little sister" type.

She probably inherited the main body's genetic state.

But Ye Qian was a bit speechless after seeing the new body's stats.

[Body: Unnamed]

[LV: 1]

[Experience: 0/10]

[Stats: Strength 0.3, Constitution 0.4, Agility 0.3, Spirit 0.9, Intelligence 0.3, Resistance 0.1]

[Skills: None]

[Talent Ability: Soul Projection (White)]

"All of the Strength and Constitution were given to Spirit?"

It was even more specialized than she had expected.

Ye Xin walked up and tried to pick her up.

"Hmm, still heavier than the main body."

Ye Xin paid special attention to her ability.

[Soul Projection (White): A stealth ability. Lock onto a target whose strength is not significantly different from your own. As long as they are within a 10-kilometer radius, you can project your soul into their body, seize the target's memories, and completely control them. After this ability is activated, the host body can sustain itself with Purified Water. The soul needs at least one month to recover before it can return to the original body. Upon return, the target will forget the memories from the period of Soul Projection.]

[Note: The possessor of this ability will be more likely to detect "Extraordinary Individuals".]

"This ability..."

After carefully reading the long description and then closing her eyes to sense it, Ye Qian had a general understanding of what she had mastered.

"It doesn't seem to help much in combat."

Although the ability seemed quite special, it really didn't provide any effective combat power.

"No, that's not necessarily true."