Leaving Sight

It's obvious to anyone that Veil would make a move against them.

As soon as Yu Xing stepped out of the dormitory, he noticed the female secretary subtly signaling to Veil. They weren't connected by spirit; to communicate, they had to rely on the base's internal network. And a network needs a carrier. No matter how small it was, the tiny square peeking out from the pocket of the suit skirt still gave them away.

From the dormitory to the testing center, that was the limit of Veil's tolerance for them. She kept her perceptive female secretary by their side so that Veil could react quickly if anything happened.

During these past few days at the base, Veil never trusted them; she simply couldn't find any evidence against them and, after weighing the options, decided it wasn't worth taking action.

Now is the time for Veil to make her decision and kill him!

Following Veil's orders over the radio, the riot in the testing facility escalated. Most of the survivors were completely Combat Power and utterly deceived, knowing nothing. All they knew was that "impersonating" a superior officer was a serious matter, something only a madman would dare to do.

And those two lunatics... were standing not far from them.

"There they are! Cleanup team, hurry up and catch them!" Someone shouted, shattering the illusion of peace. The cleanup team, who were on guard duty at the scene, immediately sprang into action, surrounding Yu Xing and Zhao Yijiu.

The firelight flickered, Zhao Yijiu coldly observed these people, noticing a hint of confusion on their faces.

Those performing the guard duties are normal humans, not puppets secretly cultivated by Veil.

Some of these people were patrolling the base yesterday, and cleaning up viral agents drifting in from outside the base the day before. They are here today simply to take turns.

They... no, mainly Yu Xing. Yu Xing even spoke with some of them, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

Leading the group were a tall woman and a young man with jet-blonde hair. The two were long-time partners with complementary skills, so they always worked together, no matter what task they were assigned. Today was no exception.

The tall woman moved with incredible speed, almost outpacing her teammates. She gripped a particle gun in her hand, aiming it directly at Yu Xing.

Her expression remained calm, showing only the seriousness of carrying out a mission. Only Zhao Yijiu noticed that she seemed to stiffen for a moment when she pulled the trigger on Yu Xing.

The next instant, a shadow rose from the ground, and the beam of light melted into the shadow, turning into faint ripples, and finally, all was calm.

Zhao Yijiu said to Yu Xing, "Let's leave first."

"Of course." Yu Xing nodded with a smile. He didn't really want to be caught, it's just...

He looked up and met the tall woman's gaze, then glanced at the blond-haired youth who was raising his gun to fire a follow-up shot after his teammate missed, and calmly asked, "Zhuzi, A Jin, do you think I'm an imposter?"

"..."

Silence fell; there was no answer.

Although Yu Xing is an imposter, if he wanted to, his aura of authority would never be questioned.

Zhuzi and A Jin were the cleanup team members he interacted with the most. They had good personalities, bickered and teased each other, which was quite interesting.

That's why, if anyone in the entire base truly believed in Yu Xing's identity, besides Veil and her subordinates who knew the truth, it would be Zhuzi and A Jin.

Zhuzi, dressed in combat gear, moved with agility. Her lips were pursed into a straight line as she raised her gun again, but this time she didn't fire directly. Instead, she remained stationary in a confrontational stance.

Beside her, A Jin looked dejected and somewhat lost. The other team members, wary of the shadow wall that had just appeared, remained on guard.

The virus testing could no longer continue, because Yu Xing was closer to the door, and the survivors who remained in the testing center could only squeeze to the inside, huddled together and shivering.

"You obey every order, no matter what?" Yu Xing's voice rang clearly in everyone's ears under these circumstances. He asked doubtfully, "Even orders with obvious flaws? Aren't the cleanup team supposed to be loyal to humanity, not to the base administrators?"

"I... but the commander ordered us to hunt you two down. We trust the commander more than you." A Jin couldn't keep his mouth shut. His brows furrowed. Zhuzi wanted to tell him to stop talking. How dangerous could someone impersonating the commander of the Base One be? Maybe he was just trying to distract them and then use the shadows to see through them!

But for some reason, when she tried to stop A Jin, she met Yu Xing's eyes.

The child's azure eyes, bathed in the dim yellow light, resembled the deep sea, the boundary between heaven and abyss.

She suddenly had a strange intuition.

Forget it, let A Jin talk.

Because... because of what?

Because... is Veil really the gentle and resolute leader everyone talks about? This base, this ongoing testing, this dark testing facility—doesn't it resemble the scene of a sinister sacrifice?

Are you sure there are no problems?

Some.

Unlike ordinary survivors, the cleanup team has to deal with many unexpected situations, and their knowledge and experience are on a higher level.

The chilling atmosphere I felt every time I approached the testing center, the mysterious disappearances every week—I heard it was because of those who betrayed the base and left on their own...

That's so strange.

The Zhuzi felt cold all over.

In the almost suffocating atmosphere, Luo Jue swallowed hard, thinking that since Veil hadn't mentioned her, perhaps she could go first—

"Seize the girl next to the imposter; she's an undercover agent for the base." Veil spoke again, her voice on the loudspeaker cold and inhuman, shattering the girl's last shred of hope.

The cleanup team members, dressed in white combat uniforms, surrounded Luo Jue, pointing their guns directly at her head.

Luo Jue was furious. She had a bad temper to begin with. As the last disciple of the Luo family's senior, she had been pampered since childhood, and no one else allowed her to do any work. This time, she had been raising chickens at the base for so long—although Luo Qishan had been raising them most of the time—but she still had a lot of anger accumulated.

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Enraged, she yelled at the loudspeaker, "You stupid woman, I'm going to beat you to a pulp!"

Yu Xing smiled and lifted Luo Jue up, hooking her arm around her waist and hoisting her onto her back. "It's time, Luo Jue, don't hold back, just yell at her."

Luo Jue paused, ignoring the discomfort caused by Yu Xing's shoulder pressing against her abdomen, and her mind raced.

Does this mean the issue needs to be completely exposed?

Indeed, Veil probably didn't know that Yu Xing and the others were imposters. Instead, she "knew that her superior was from the Base One," yet she still tried to smear him and find an excuse to kill him. This shows that Veil is a complete traitor to humanity!

If Veil isn't afraid, what are these predictors afraid of?

"Hey! You guys don't know, do you? The knives that cut your arms were coated with viruses!"

"Those syringes just had blood drawn from infected people; they were only wiped clean before being used by you!"

Anyway, no one can prove it, Luo Jue was extremely loud.

Zhao Yijiu once again used the shadows to block a barrage of shots, then turned to leave.

One of the cleanup team members shouted, "Hurry up, they're trying to escape!"

Bullets and particle beams rained down like a barrage of bullets.

While no one was watching, a dark mist, concealed by shadows, coiled around the stadium walls, its area larger than the shadows themselves.

Yu Xing smiled and turned away towards the door.

The torch went out abruptly the next second.

The entire testing facility was plunged into complete darkness, but to the survivors, it seemed as if the whole world had gone dark.

"Hahahaha! That spray is completely useless! Your arms will heal quickly because you've been modified by the virus! It's all thanks to your beloved Commander Veil-- " The little girl's voice faded into the darkness, yet remained extremely arrogant.

"Backup light source!" Zhuzi reminded him a few seconds later.

A beam of light tore through the darkness, and the cleanup team quickly gave chase towards the gate.

Their target, however, had already disappeared into the shadows after the feint, flowing along the shadows to the dormitory building.

There are no security cameras in the room; the most dangerous place is the safest.

The entire base was flashing red alerts.

Three humanoid shadows slowly gathered, eventually shedding their blackness and standing in the room.

Luo Jue's face turned deathly pale. Leaning against the wall, she gagged violently, then shakily stuck a talisman on her head. The yellow talisman immediately burst into flames, releasing a cold, lifeless spray. "My god, Zhao Yijiu's... this passage... ugh—it's so ridiculous! Ugh!"

What are those symbols that seem to be formed from pure lines? One look at them and you'll go crazy!

She almost escaped death...

Zhao Yijiu expressed her speechlessness with an expression. "Yu Xing is reminding you not to open your eyes."

"I'm so curious! The more you tell me not to see, the more I want to see!" Luo Jue wiped her mouth, looking miserable. "Damn... I'm so dizzy. Zhao Yijiu, have you gone crazy from walking around in the shadows all day...?"

"Curiosity killed the little girl." Yu Xing said with a half-smile. "I warned you, but you didn't listen. Don't blame your Brother Zhao! Next time, I'll gouge your eyes out so you won't get hurt because of curiosity."

"..." Luo Jue fell silent instantly.

She glanced at Yu Xing, who had a kind face and seemed completely unaware of Yu Xing she had said, and then at Zhao Yijiu, who was completely indifferent, and suddenly remembered something.

Oh, those two are teammates. Yu Xing is particularly protective of his own and won't let others talk about his teammates.

What about her teammates?

Her teammates were left in the testing facility... with a bunch of shivering quail survivors.