All Promoted to Level 7 Anomalies! Searching for the Ghost Infant

All Promoted to Level 7 Anomalies! Searching for the Ghost Infant

The blood-red characters pulsed as though they were prisoners twisting and lamenting in hell.

Chen Yu raised an eyebrow and calmly stared at Han Ningning.

Han Ningning's previously normal expression

suddenly changed, turning into a strange smile.

[Hehehe...]

Then, a series of piercing, unnerving strange laughs, like blades scraping across glass, came from Han Ningning's mouth.

Han Ningning's appearance had changed drastically!

She no longer looked anything like before.

"Controlled?"

Chen Yu calmly looked at Han Ningning and examined her carefully with his Anomaly Ability.

Only then did he see a woman-shaped anomaly pressed tightly against Han Ningning's back.

It was back-to-back with Han Ningning.

Like that famous clothing brand, Kappa.

Except that anomaly had no legs.

As it spoke...

A horrifying scene appeared—

Han Ningning's legs remained still, yet the portion of her body above her hips twisted a full 360 degrees.

The anomalous woman pressed against her back switched places with her, facing forward instead.

Only then did Chen Yu see clearly that this anomaly actually looked... fairly decent?

Hmm... a six out of ten.

Other than her face being far too deathly pale.

[Hehehe...]

[I've finally found you. I thought you were so formidable that I was cautious even when making my move. Now it seems I overestimated you.]

[I successfully ambushed you, and you never even noticed.]

[Now she's my hostage. Hehehe...]

The one controlling Han Ningning while standing back-to-back with her was a Ghost Controller—Li Mei!

At that moment, she was hiding in the shadows.

She was savoring the thrill of playing Nightfall, Linjiang City's rising star, in the palm of her hand.

When Chen Yu and Han Ningning had been searching the zoo for anomalies, Han Ningning had shown him the list of Ghost Controllers who had entered this place.

This person had been on that list!

A Ghost Controller who controlled the Back Anomaly, her real name was Li Mei.

She came from Apocalypse—an elite Ghost Controller organization that claimed to have been jointly established by the world's top billionaires and had recruited large numbers of Ghost Controllers.

The meaning behind the word Apocalypse was... that they considered themselves heaven itself, intending to overturn the world, reset it to zero, and begin anew.

To enter a new era.

After reading the forum's description of that organization, Chen Yu's first thought had been of that Yellow Hair from the bus.

At their core, there was not much difference.

"You're a Ghost Controller from Apocalypse?"

Chen Yu asked leisurely.

[Hehe, you know a thing or two. But it's already too late to be afraid.]

The female anomaly gave a sinister laugh, then said seductively, [The Anomaly Era's official forum has been flooded with posts about you lately. I heard you're impressive, and I went through endless trouble just to obtain your information.]

[The Nightfall Killer of Linjiang City. What an impressive title.]

[Big sis has missed you so much she's nearly gone crazy. Every night, I say your name while getting off, baby.]

[What a pity. You don't live up to your reputation... Your teammate became my hostage right beside you, and you noticed nothing. So you're nothing more than a fraud with an undeserved reputation.]

"Did I offend you?"

Chen Yu asked curiously. He had actually sensed her long ago, but had only let her succeed so he could draw out some information.

There were ten thousand ways Chen Yu could deal with a Ghost Controller like this.

[You didn't offend me, but I want to offend you.]

[More accurately, Apocalypse has taken a liking to you.]

The Apocalypse Ghost Controller spoke with a proud expression. [Now, there are only two paths before you. First, kneel beneath big sis's skirt and be my slave for the rest of your life. You may be weak, but you're clean-cut, sunny, and handsome. Follow big sis, and perhaps every night I'll reward you by letting you lick my stocking-clad legs~]

As she spoke, she pulled a piece of human skin covered in strange tattooed writing from her clothes. It carried the stench of blood that had dried but not yet decayed.

Without hesitation, Chen Yu tore the human skin into pieces right in front of the Back Anomaly.

The woman hiding in the shadows and manipulating the anomalous contract changed expression. Her proud look instantly turned vicious!

[What are you doing?!]

The Back Anomaly said with a fierce, gloomy expression.

Chen Yu wore a faintly mocking smile. "Why do you think I allowed you to approach Han Ningning?"

A cold, sinister smile curved across his lips. "Because..."

"I needed a signpost."

[Bastard!!]

Li Mei, the Ghost Controller hiding in the darkness, went pale. She had never expected that the situation she believed was entirely under her control had, from start to finish, merely been Chen Yu's amusement.

Her arrogance collapsed in an instant, replaced by endless humiliation and fury.

[You think I'll believe you just because you say that?! What the hell is a signpost? Han Ningning is in my hands now. What can you do to me?]

The Back Anomaly said darkly, [Stop putting on an act.]

Chen Yu said playfully, "Apocalypse's target is the Ghost Infant, isn't it? You've come into contact with the Ghost Infant?"

[You!!!!]

The Back Anomaly's lifeless expression actually showed a moment of human-like hesitation.

Clearly.

Chen Yu had guessed correctly.

The dangerous glint at the corner of Chen Yu's mouth instantly spread, blooming in the night. "Good. As long as you've encountered the Ghost Infant, that's enough. Now you can die."

A pitch-black, bloodstained butcher knife silently emerged from the darkness.

Its cold gleam filled anyone who saw it with dread.

Chen Yu slowly walked toward "Han Ningning," or rather, the Back Anomaly.

[Kid, I have a hostage in my hands. If you want to touch me, you'll have to kill her first...]

The Back Anomaly was clearly beginning to panic.

Even Li Mei's voice trembled.

She could feel it...

The killing intent in Chen Yu's eyes was completely undisguised!!

But! But how could he make a move?!

Han Ningning was in her hands!!!

Before the Back Anomaly could finish speaking.

Chen Yu gripped the Ghost Butcher Knife and slashed horizontally without hesitation!

The frigid blade light shot forth like a meteor, slicing directly across Han Ningning's neck.

Thud. Thud.

Two heads fell to the ground at once.

The Back Anomaly's face was filled with disbelief!

Its eyes were full of shock!

It had never imagined it!

Chen Yu would directly kill it together with the hostage!

Wasn't she supposed to be a hostage?

Shouldn't he save the hostage first?

Shouldn't it have been able to use the hostage to threaten Chen Yu?

That was far too ruthless!

And when Chen Yu made his move, the anomalous aura released by the Ghost Butcher Knife was Level 7!

It was also a Level 7 Anomaly, the Back Anomaly.

How could it be instantly killed by an anomaly of the same level?

That did not make any sense!

Just as Chen Yu killed the Back Anomaly.

"Ah!"

A scream rang out from a nearby thicket at the same time.

The next moment.

A figure stumbled out from the bushes, then collapsed to the ground, coughing up blood!

After the Butcher Knife Ghost Domain evolved last time, Chen Yu's Ghost Butcher Knife could use a medium to directly inflict severe damage on connected targets.

So... with this single slash!

He not only instantly killed the Back Anomaly, but also affected Li Mei, the Ghost Controller who controlled it.

He directly killed the Ghost Controller along with it!

Until her death, Li Mei had never expected that Chen Yu had no need for such useless nonsense as interrogating her!

His Butcher Knife Ghost Domain could see every connected medium.

As long as Li Mei's corpse was there, he could naturally find the direction of the medium connected to the Ghost Infant from her body.

Tong Jian remained silent, her face expressionless.

But an enormous storm had risen within her heart!

The Ghost Doll was so shocked that she could not even speak.

She had never expected gentle-looking Brother Chen Yu to be so ruthless!

When he was ruthless, he even killed his own people without blinking.

[This is simply... simply too cool!! Isn't it, sister!?]

[Oh~ Brother is so handsome. I want him to give me a slash too!]

[If he can split open my head, then Ghost Doll will definitely be able to go to heaven, right, sister?]

[No...! I need lots of slashes. One isn't enough!!]

The Ghost Doll was so excited that she was nearly frenzied.

Tong Jian impassively smacked her.

Making her restrain herself.

"I imagine that might hurt a little?"

Chen Yu looked at Han Ningning's current condition.

—Her head and body were separated.

On the head that had rolled away, the school beauty's beautiful yet terrified expression of instantaneous disbelief was still visible.

Clearly.

She might not have expected Chen Yu to cut her down with one stroke.

And without the slightest hesitation.

It happened so fast that she had not even reacted.

Chen Yu smiled and walked to Han Ningning's corpse.

The next moment!

His right eye suddenly widened!

A scarlet light burst from his right eye. A long and a short hand spun chaotically amid the irregular crimson patterns filling it.

The next moment!

Tick!

The long and short hands stopped at the twelve o'clock position!

Chen Yu stared at Han Ningning's corpse.

Tick-tock!

The clock began turning counterclockwise!

The blood that had been seeping from Han Ningning's severed neck strangely began flowing backward, returning into her neck.

At the same time, her severed head, which had rolled to one side, silently rolled back!

Tick-tock, tick-tock!

Time rewound!

Reversed!

Blood frantically flowed back into Han Ningning's severed neck.

Her severed head rolled toward her neck as though everything that had just happened were being replayed.

Tick!

When the severed head returned to Han Ningning's neck, the scarlet color in Chen Yu's right eye slowly faded, returning to normal.

Restoring Han Ningning had cost Chen Yu some energy, but it was no big deal.

After Han Ningning had been controlled, the anomaly on the back of her head had not been controlled!

It had clearly felt death. The Ghostly Smiling Face had now become a terrified face; it did not even dare look at Chen Yu and cowered in the hair at the back of Han Ningning's head, too afraid to show itself.

Because the Ghostly Smiling Face had witnessed everything that happened, it used its Anomaly Ability to pass everything it saw on to Han Ningning.

After receiving the information, Han Ningning shuddered from head to toe, her body trembling. "What... what just happened?"

[You have received the memories given to you by the Ghostly Smiling Face, exactly as it saw them.]

[He just killed it, causing the thing controlling you to die directly.]

[You really should thank him properly.]

[Because he saved your life.]

One notification after another appeared on her phone, proving that the Ghostly Smiling Face had not passed on false information.

Han Ningning was utterly stunned!

That slash just now!

She had experienced its effects firsthand.

That slash had taken her life—and the life of the Anomaly behind her!

She had only felt pain for an instant!

And the Anomaly Ability of her Ghostly Smiling Face had been completely crushed before Chen Yu!

In an instant, her awe of Chen Yu grew even deeper!

Yet when she looked at Chen Yu, there was also a trace of apprehension in her eyes!

Her feelings were incredibly complicated right now.

She liked Chen Yu's strength, yet she also feared it.

She did not know whether to love him or fear him.

When the Ghost Doll saw Han Ningning die, only for Chen Yu to revive her directly, it became even more awestruck.

Although they feared Chen Yu at the moment,

Chen Yu paid them no mind. Instead, he continued pondering what Li Mei had said earlier.

"What exactly are they after?"

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes and muttered, "Apocalypse is one of the foremost Ghost Controller organizations. The fact that they came all the way to Linjiang City specifically to contact the Ghost Infant... means this Ghost Infant is more than just a high-ranking Ghost Infant."

A string of questions surfaced in Chen Yu's mind. At last, he frowned and said in surprise, "What extraordinary thing—or... existence—is this Ghost Infant connected to?"

Chen Yu had roughly figured it out.

There definitely would not be any clues on a dead Anomaly.

Chen Yu strode over to the Ghost Controller's corpse and began searching her body.

It had to be said that this Ghost Controller was extremely beautiful. She wore black lace stockings, had a slender figure, and a voluptuous chest.

Yet this stunning woman had been a pervert, actually wanting Chen Yu to kneel and lick her feet.

Since she had come for the Ghost Infant, there had to be some causal clue.

Ordinary people could not see such causal clues.

Only Chen Yu could see them when he used both the Time Ghost Eye and the Slaughter Ghost Domain at the same time.

After searching for a while, he found that aside from her good figure, there were no valuable clues. He immediately unfolded the Slaughter Ghost Domain and activated the Time Ghost Eye.

Ding!

In an instant, the surrounding sounds sent Chen Yu's ears ringing.

The world turned black and white in that instant.

Chen Yu's right eye rotated irregularly amid the black-and-white scenery.

The entire sky was filled with warped clock hands, controlling all time.

Chen Yu lowered his head and looked at the Ghost Controller's corpse on the ground.

After unfolding the Slaughter Ghost Domain and activating the Time Ghost Eye,

Chen Yu saw a faint black thread appear above the Ghost Controller's head.

One end of the thread connected to the Ghost Controller's head, while the other led into the depths of darkness.

Chen Yu had seen something like this when dealing with the Ghost Shadow before, though it had only been similar.

The Ghost Shadow's thread contained an extremely bizarre Anomaly energy.

But this thread was not nearly as intense. Instead, it faintly exuded a suppressive force.

"Presumably, the other end of the thread is where the Ghost Infant is."

Having found the causal clue, Chen Yu withdrew the Slaughter Ghost Domain and the Time Ghost Eye.

He then walked over to the Back Anomaly's corpse, grabbed it, and began gnawing on it.

A Level 7 Anomaly delivered right to his door was a rare sight. Why not eat it?

(End of Chapter)