Deadwalkers.
Deadwalkers still in the process of transforming.
Because her Honkai energy resistance was high, her transformation would take especially long, and the Deadwalker she became would be of a higher rank.
High-ranking Deadwalkers could control lower-ranking ones. That was why the sixteen Deadwalkers had been so obedient. Zhao Bai had slain the higher-ranking vine Deadwalker, so they could only obey the little girl.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
"Leave. Now!"
It was a brief, forceful answer. She had probably taken Zhao Bai and the others for ordinary people interested in the anomaly, but he truly wanted to observe the girl up close.
By the time they came outside, it was already close to dusk.
The little girl's entire face was hidden beneath her hood. Even the setting sun could not bring her the slightest warmth.
Zhao Bai watched her in silence.
The girl trembled, broke down, and crouched with her hands over her head, her tiny body suppressing immense pain.
"Run..."
"I... can't suppress... the urge... to kill anymore... It hurts so much... I want to die..."
Zhao Bai sighed, not surprised in the slightest.
"All the Deadwalkers hidden in this city were being suppressed by you? What an incredible little girl."
"That's impossible!"
Mei was shocked. "When Schicksal reclaimed Changkong City, they advanced almost inch by inch. There couldn't possibly be so many surviving Deadwalkers."
"But you saw the truth for yourself."
Mei thought of the sixteen Deadwalkers in the subway and was immediately rendered speechless. She turned her gaze toward the little girl.
"What do you think she is?"
"An elite among Deadwalkers, probably something like a scythe captain. Honkai energy gave birth to her and also granted her the ability to command all Deadwalkers."
Zhao Bai spoke softly as he stroked the little girl's head, as