"Why bother? That's too slow. I'm in a hurry."
As Chen Yu finished speaking, a flash of red suddenly flickered in his right eye.
As the Time Ghost Eye appeared, it brought with it the power of time.
The Time Ghost Eye's power was triggered, directly restoring the torn facial tissue, fusing it back together until each became a complete human head.
The heads piled up into a mountain, like a gigantic Head Mound.
"This scene looks familiar somehow."
Chen Yu smiled, then spoke softly. "Go, my minions."
The next moment.
All the heads seemed to have received an order. They flew straight into the Ghost Fog!
Their advance was imposing yet orderly. One head after another flew in, like a long serpent made of linked human heads.
"This..."
Everyone broke out in a cold sweat, their jaws nearly hitting the ground.
Chen Yu's strength had repeatedly shattered their understanding and turned their worldview upside down.
From what Chen Yu had shown, he seemed to be more than just one anomaly.
How many anomalies did he have?
First Time Fast-Forward, then Time Reversal, along with the Headless Ghost Shadow, the butcher knife, and the rest.
Now he could even control human heads?
How had he gotten an Anomaly Ability that let him control heads?
The more the students watched Chen Yu, the more terrifying he seemed. Yet their fearful eyes also held a trace of respect and awe.
It was as if Chen Yu were a fearsome god. He looked terrifying, but was actually a savior who would rescue everyone.
The heads flew into the Ghost Fog and opened their gaping mouths.
Whoosh...
A breath escaped, and the heads exhaled a mouthful of stale air.
As they exhaled, the heads suddenly deflated, like balloons losing their air.
But the next moment, something astonishing happened.
"Huu—"
The heads began to inhale fiercely.
In an instant, a vortex of air formed around their mouths, drawing in the surrounding air.
The Ghost Fog was sucked straight into the heads!
If we can't blow it away, we'll just suck it up!
Seeing this, Chen Yu's lips curled into a smile.
After the fog was sucked away,
a mass of white mist appeared before everyone.
This white-mist anomaly was strange. It had four limbs and looked like a person wrapped in fog.
[Buzz!]
[Long time no see. Let me greet you first, my friend.]
[You've encountered the exceedingly rare anomaly, Ghost Fog. There aren't many of these around, so be sure to cherish it.]
[I heard this anomaly is supposedly a legendary Lv. 13...]
[Huh... That's not right. Why is this Ghost Fog only Lv. 10? It's weakened so much. Could the intelligence be wrong?]
Even the phone seemed confused.
The fog was Ghost Fog's medium.
It was a special anomaly, and its medium was special too. Once the fog was sucked away, it was as if Ghost Fog's power had been drained. Its strength began to plummet.
Seeing Chen Yu suck away all the fog that had been blocking their vision in an instant,
everyone looked as though they were on the verge of writing "horrified" across their faces.
Could a human really do that?
Li Hao's face flushed red at the sight, as though an invisible slap had landed mercilessly across his face.
He had just said Ghost Fog was powerful and that even the Investigation Bureau's elite would barely be able to deal with it together.
But Chen Yu had taken one move and fucking crushed it?
Did you have cheat codes turned on?
Chen Yu awakened the Headless Ghost Shadow and went straight to Ghost Fog. He effortlessly dealt with the Lv. 10 anomaly, without the slightest hesitation.
Chen Yu strolled over to Ghost Fog's corpse.
Then he grabbed its body and began taking bite after bite.
Gulp—
Gulp—
Smack, smack—
After a few bites, Chen Yu smacked his lips.
Was he about to give it a review?
Everyone was already used to it.
Chen Yu said with a smile, "This Ghost Fog is the tastiest anomaly I've ever eaten. It's like cotton candy, with a hint of sweetness. No wonder it's so rare. Get me more of it in the future."
Everyone present went stiff-faced.
This was the legendary Ghost Fog.
And he was calling it cotton candy?
[You devoured Ghost Fog.] [Ghost Fog has been digested.] A surge of energy filled Chen Yu's body. In the end, that energy flowed straight into the Headless Ghost Shadow! Chen Yu was thrilled. This time, he'd really hit the jackpot.
[The Headless Ghost Shadow absorbed the energy.]
[The Headless Ghost Shadow was upgraded from Level 9 to Level 10.]
[Your affinity with the Headless Ghost Shadow has increased. You can control your shadow with even greater ease.]
[You can make your shadow move faster.]
[You can control ten shadows at once and see through all ten of them.]
Control ten shadows at once?
He hadn't expected reaching Level 10 to have an effect like this.
Chen Yu had actually tried controlling multiple shadows before.
Unfortunately, the Headless Ghost Shadow hadn't been strong enough back then, and three shadows had been his limit.
He hadn't expected that in the blink of an eye, he'd be able to control ten—and even see through all of them.
Ghost Shadows could slip into any opening. If he used ten shadows to keep watch, what anomaly could still sneak up on him?
"Can a Level 10 Headless Ghost Shadow Restart?"
Chen Yu asked.
The phone seemed to hear him.
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[Buzz!]
[The Headless Ghost Shadow would normally be able to undergo one Restart at Level 10.]
[But the Headless Ghost Shadow has now formed a puzzle with the Ghost Butcher Knife inside your body. They have to advance and retreat together.]
"Then why did the Ghost Butcher Knife reach Level 10 ages ago, while the Headless Ghost Shadow didn't? So much for advancing and retreating together."
[Individual levels don't affect this. Restart isn't something a level can compare to; it's a form of evolution. So if the Ghost Butcher Knife can't Restart, neither can your Headless Ghost Shadow. Report complete.] The Ghost Infant had most likely already revived inside Li Kun. In other words, this time, the one Chen Yu would meet wouldn't be Li Kun, but the so-called Ghost Infant.
And there was also Yang Wei, the captain of the [Apocalypse] team.
"I don't think we should force our way in. They may have noticed us already. With our abilities, we can't handle Li Kun and Yang Wei."
Li Hao was worried. After saying this, he glanced at the other students behind him. "Han Ningning, you, and I all have anomalies inside us. If we run into Li Kun and Yang Wei, we might have a chance to escape. But they're ordinary people. If they get caught, they're dead."
"So what are you suggesting?"
Chen Yu asked. "That we just leave them alone?"
"As a [Cleaner], how could I ignore an anomaly that's harming people? The Investigation Bureau's elite are on their way and will be here soon. Rather than charge in and get ourselves killed, we should wait for them to arrive."
Li Hao said.
Han Ningning bit her lip gently, unsure whose side she should take.
One was Chen Yu, and the other was Li Hao, a Cleaner.
She wanted to listen to Li Hao and persuade Chen Yu not to take the risk, but she knew what Chen Yu was like. Once he'd made up his mind, not even ten oxen could drag him back.
So in the end, she simply chose to stay silent.
"Forget it. I don't need the Investigation Bureau's help. You can wait here. I'll go ahead."
The Ghost Infant was an anomaly Chen Yu had been drooling over for ages.
He'd wanted to taste one for a long time, and today was the perfect opportunity. How could he waste time?
Besides, once the Investigation Bureau arrived, they might deal with the Ghost Infant and take it away. Then Chen Yu wouldn't get to eat it.
With that thought, Chen Yu headed straight for the mountaintop.
"You... Why are you so stubborn..."
Seeing Chen Yu head up without hesitation, Li Hao sighed and rubbed his forehead.
In his eyes, Chen Yu's actions were no different from throwing his life away.
If Li Hao knew that Chen Yu only wanted to hurry so he could eat sooner, he'd probably be stunned.
"Big Brother Li Hao, I... I have to go with Brother Chen."
After saying this, Han Ningning followed Chen Yu without hesitation.
Han Ningning had nearly had the Ghostly Smiling Face revive inside her before.
If Chen Yu hadn't helped her then, she might have had to use the Investigation Bureau's most extreme method to suppress the Ghostly Smiling Face. The risk of danger had been over ninety percent.
So she'd always been grateful to Chen Yu, and respected him deeply.
How could she hesitate when he was going ahead?
"Ningning..."
Seeing Han Ningning follow him, Li Hao was at a loss. In the end, he gritted his teeth and decided to go after them.
Before they left, he told the students to wait there and absolutely not to go up the back mountain.
The anomalies in the school had already been cleared out.
Now the only anomalies were on the back mountain.
The students obediently stayed behind and didn't follow.
When they reached the top of the back mountain,
gusts of cold wind swept past, making the four of their clothes snap and rustle.
Tong Jian tightened her little red dress, while the Ghost Doll hugged her petite body.
At the summit,
there was no one in sight.
All that remained was the fear people felt in the silence, and the danger of an ambush.
A faint, almost imperceptible anomalous aura appeared without a sound.
Li Hao stood at the back of the group, looking around warily in every direction, afraid an anomaly might suddenly attack.
But just then,
the sound of breathing suddenly came from beside his ear.
"Hsss—"
"Hsss—"
It was the sound of someone inhaling, as if sniffing the air around him.
Li Hao froze for a moment.
[What a strong scent. You're here... You've come...]
A light, ethereal voice, like a wandering soul's, sounded beside Li Hao's ear once more. It was like Satan calling out, or a human's final cry before death.
Then an anomalous aura swept toward Li Hao, enveloping him.
Li Hao's whole body stiffened. He immediately realized that an anomaly had targeted him.
"An anomaly!"
Li Hao shouted and awakened one of the sleeping anomalies inside him.
At some point, an ancient, rust-covered pair of [Ghost Scissors] had appeared in Li Hao's hand. With a sharp "snip," he cut at the air beside him.
Normally, cutting the air shouldn't make a sound.
But this time, the cut made the sound of flesh being torn apart.
Han Ningning's expression changed. She hadn't expected them to be targeted the moment they set foot on the mountaintop.
After cutting the anomaly, Li Hao looked around even more warily. "This is a very unreasonable anomaly, [Weird Scent]. Everyone, be careful!"
It was called "unreasonable" because its medium was extremely troublesome!
As long as you had a scent, you were its medium.
In other words, [Weird Scent] could target you whenever it wanted.
This anomaly was exceptionally powerful and unusual. Everyone feared it.
Chen Yu and Han Ningning had naturally heard of this anomaly.
"Captain, are you all right?"
Han Ningning hurried over.
"It's fine. I cut off the clone of the Sound-Hearing Anomaly. Its true body isn't here."
Li Hao explained.
Just then,
another eerie presence silently drifted toward Chen Yu and the others.
At last, a pitch-black hand suddenly appeared above Chen Yu's head.
It was poised to pat him on the head.
Chen Yu hadn't expected his opponent to strike in such a bizarre way. It was practically impossible to guard against.
But that little trick was nowhere near enough to deal with him. That was pure wishful thinking.
Just as he was about to activate his anomaly to counter the Weird Head Pat,
[Big Brother, watch out!]
[That's the Weird Head Pat. Once it touches your head, you'll bleed from all seven orifices and die.]
[Hahaha, after it touches Big Brother's head, can you give it to me? I want to keep it as a collection forever!]
[It's just too cute! Keep it up, Weird Head Pat!]
[...]
The Ghost Doll on Tong Jian's back suddenly unleashed its power. The force of its curse took effect in that instant.
The ghostly hand that had just appeared shuddered violently when it heard the Ghost Doll's voice, then withdrew.
"This..."
Chen Yu looked at the petite Tong Jian and the Ghost Doll on her back in astonishment.
"How did you do that?"
Chen Yu asked, stunned.
Li Hao was equally shaken.
He'd thought Chen Yu was about to get hit, but who could have guessed that the Weird Head Pat would be dealt with by the little girl accompanying Chen Yu?
Tong Jian remained expressionless, but the Ghost Doll on her back giggled. [Hehe, Big Brother, wasn't I amazing? How about a little reward? Just one night...]
Chen Yu was shocked because the Ghost Doll on Tong Jian's back was only a Level 7 Anomaly, even after being upgraded several times.
Each time the Ghost Doll leveled up, it happened for no apparent reason, leaving Chen Yu completely baffled.
There was a Ghost Infant here, and Yang Wei was here too. The anomaly inside Yang Wei was extremely powerful. Chen Yu had thought Tong Jian would be of no use if she came along.
Yet now, the Ghost Doll on Tong Jian's back could take on the Weird Head Pat despite being outmatched in level.
It seemed Tong Jian was no ordinary person, and neither was the Ghost Doll.
In the darkness in the distance,
Yang Wei was crouching in the bushes. Seeing what had just happened, he couldn't help but sneer. "You've got some strength, but since you've come to the back mountain, you're already as good as dead."
With that, he activated his Anomaly Ability once more.
In an instant, several ghostly hands appeared in the air at the same time, reaching for the heads of the group.
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