The Girl Takes Action

Ye Qian's gaze drifted to the side, and she noticed an old-looking iron plaque on the door: Mystic Research Society.

With a thoughtful look, she turned her gaze toward a stunning-looking girl passing by her and stepped forward. "Excuse me, could I bother you for a moment?"

The girl carefully looked Ye Qian over and asked softly, "What is it?"

"I heard someone say your school has a Mystic Research Society."

"Ah, that one?" The girl thought for a moment before suddenly recalling it. "It was founded years ago. A bunch of bored people wanted to study mysticism and believed hidden knowledge existed in this world, so they applied to form a club. It's practically child's play—basically just a group of enthusiasts."

"I see. Haven't they discovered anything?"

"What could they discover? You don't really think there are that many mysteries in this world, do you? Though I did hear that they discovered some strange phenomenon for a while last year, but the news quickly died down. It was probably a scam. Little sister, don't let people fool you."

After saying that, the girl left.

"This place doesn't feel very safe. Although Alice's Sword Intuition can be shared with my main body, I could still get hurt without a weapon."

For her own safety, Ye Qian immediately had her two clones, Alice and Ye Xin, move closer.

Alice was currently nearby and would soon enter the three-kilometer range. Her purpose was not to fight, but to provide long-range assistance if necessary.

Ye Qian herself turned and ran toward the teaching building behind her.

It was still necessary to stay as far away from danger as possible.

The Mystic Thread continued sensing the surroundings. Just as she ran several dozen meters away, that vicious Fierce Dog suddenly smashed through the main doors and rammed two male students to the ground.

At the same time, several other Fierce Dogs charged out from somewhere in the basement.

"We're done for!"

One student who had arrived at the scene instinctively covered his face.

Several ferocious beasts rushed outside and actually charged straight toward the teaching building where Ye Qian was.

One of the monsters even knocked down a girl on the spot and clamped its jaws around her neck.

"Ah—"

Students who saw the scene screamed in terror.

"Catch up! Catch those dogs!"

Several boys chased after them, including the one who had shown Ye Qian the way earlier.

Ye Qian's expression darkened. She realized that one of the Fierce Dogs was charging directly at her.

"This distance..."

There was no time.

No, maybe there was.

In the distance, Alice tried sensing it and seemed to have barely entered the three-kilometer range.

As the beast drew closer and closer, one of the boys chasing after it immediately shouted, "Watch out!"

With a roar, the monster leaped into the air.

"Empathy!"

Using her main body's vision, Alice directly projected her will onto the beast.

"This..."

The sudden numbness nearly made her lose her footing. That was with pain and other negative sensations blocked off, which showed just how badly this creature was suffering.

"Stop."

Alice immediately issued the command.

Thud!

When it was two meters away from Ye Qian, a powerful will interfered with the beast's actions. It crashed to the ground with a thud, successfully stopping itself.

Ye Qian instinctively swung her hand as well.

The two were now only one meter apart.

Under Alice's will, the Fierce Dog actually dropped to its knees with a bang.

The people in the distance stared blankly at the scene, their footsteps stopping involuntarily.

Naturally, they did not know that Alice was having an extremely difficult time maintaining the suggestion from afar, constantly issuing commands and resisting the Fierce Dog's own will.

In that state, the vicious dog actually became as obedient as a pet and lay down directly in front of Ye Qian.

Holding a book in one hand, the girl's long hair fluttered gently in the breeze.

Seeing the terrifying creature from so close, Ye Qian's eyelids twitched, and her legs even felt a little weak.

Most absurdly, at that moment, the hunting dog suddenly stuck out its tongue, obediently rubbed its head against Ye Qian's white-stockinged calf, and even gave it a long lick.

"?"

Ye Qian trembled.

That bastard actually... licked me?

But she quickly realized that it might have something to do with the Power of Purification.

Yet to one of the boys watching, the scene carried an indescribable sense of holiness.

"Is that a goddess?" he murmured.

"Damn, I'm so jealous of that dog. I want to lick her too." The thoughts of another boy beside him were likewise transmitted into her mind through the Mystic Thread.

Black lines appeared across Ye Qian's forehead.

She tried to reach out and soothe the creature in front of her, but the boys had already caught up. They smashed the beast to the ground with a club, then pulled out a rope net and trapped it.

The boys all looked at Ye Qian in shock.

From their perspective, the girl looked so pure and delicate, yet a casual wave of her hand had made the creature fall to the ground.

Then the monster became docile like a pet, displaying unbelievable obedience.

"This dog has never listened to anyone before. But today... damn, does this thing judge by looks too?" Such thoughts appeared in the minds of two boys.

But no one knew that Alice was panting heavily in the distance, wiping sweat from her forehead as she weakly braced herself against a utility pole, nearly collapsing.

A middle-aged man passed by.

"Little girl, you..."

Alice immediately watched him warily, took several steps back, then turned and ran away.

"Keep chasing the remaining dogs."

Only then did the boys realize they had not finished their task and had no choice but to keep pursuing the Fierce Dogs running wild across the campus.

Their expressions looked somewhat panicked.

Ye Qian roughly understood the reason now.

"So that's it. These monsters were created by their private research into the mysterious."

These ferocious creatures, born for unknown reasons, had been kept in the basement for years and occasionally went berserk.

The Mystic Research Society really had produced results, but they were all too terrifying and had been secretly controlled with great difficulty.

Today, it had finally been exposed.

The monsters charged onto the street.

Ye Xin had already arrived nearby and immediately spotted the creature rushing out through the school gates.

Most startlingly, scarlet mist was now radiating from the hunting dog's body. Its frame suddenly expanded, and like a tank, it rampaged straight into the pedestrians.

An old woman was sent flying on the spot. By the time she hit the ground, her arm and head had both been severed. Crimson blood sprayed everywhere, and the scene was drowned out by terrified screams.

"What the hell happened?" A young man livestreaming nearby stared blankly at the scene.

The beast was now charging toward Ye Xin.

"..."

The Girl Who Took Action

Ye Xin really wanted to say, Damn it... no, I have absolutely no intention of messing with this random crap. Why is it coming specifically for me?

As the beasts approached her one after another, she hurriedly raised both hands and released Spirit Threads from between her fingers.

Thin strands invisible to the naked eye instantly wrapped around the Fierce Dogs' bodies.

Two more threads shot from her left hand, swiftly cutting through a nearby tree. With a fierce pull, she tore off two thick branches and, with another tug, drove them viciously into the Fierce Dogs' bodies.

But the monsters had been enhanced far too much. Being struck by the trees only made them stagger two steps at most; it was not lethal at all.

Seizing the opportunity, she used the threads to pull a metal ring through the air. It suddenly erupted with astonishing energy.

Boom!

Amid the blinding firelight, Ye Xin made a light leap, crossed the tree on her left in two steps, and circled behind the Fierce Dog with the agility of a swallow. With a pull of both hands, the beast was carved into chunks like a steak amid the flames.

Killed LV7 Mutant Dog.

Obtained: Mutant Dog Meat (Charred) ×1, Dog Fur (Charred) ×1

Extracting energy...

Extraction complete. You have obtained 100% of the energy from this kill, totaling 31 points.

Once the firelight faded, all that remained on the ground was a pile of charred remains.

"In a sense, this freed them too."

Alice had previously used Empathy on one of these creatures. Even with its pain blocked, its entire body had still been numb to the point of agony. That was enough to show that these creatures were enduring unbearable suffering.

The battle was not over yet. Looking into the distance, she saw more Fierce Dogs charging toward her.

But now that she knew their strength, she understood that as long as she avoided close combat and used Spirit Threads to quickly kill them, there would be no danger.

The Fierce Dogs were physically powerful. The 31 points of Life Energy made it clear that they were not weak. Therefore, during battle, the Explosion Ring she carried with her was extremely necessary.

"One left."

Ye Xin carried two Explosion Rings in total, both obtained from corpses before. Seeing their effect this time, they seemed even more powerful than ordinary grenades, and she suddenly felt that perhaps she could make more of them.

With thread-based control, she could more easily unleash the power of these tiny rings.

Boom!

With the second explosion, the threads sliced off the target's head, killing it once again.

After the battle ended, she withdrew her threads and stood in place, letting out a breath of relief.

The pedestrians had already been completely stunned by the scene.

The stunning girl quietly looked at the corpses for several seconds, then turned and walked away into the distance.

Meanwhile, the young man livestreaming from afar had captured everything. He swallowed blankly and muttered, "What did I just see?"

The comments had already flooded the screen.

"Holy crap, are they filming a movie? That girl was so cool."

"What exactly happened? Streamer, are you sure this isn't some staged show?"

"Guys, this looks like the street near my home. I'm going to check out what's happening."

"Oh my god, that girl has an incredible figure. She looked damn cool fighting."

"prprpr... Black stockings are supreme. I'll lick first."

"I've decided. That girl is my wife."

"Get lost, she's my wife."

"Could she have encountered one of those legendary Transcendents? Is this real or not?"

"That was insanely slick. That girl definitely isn't even twenty yet."