Killing Across Ranks

On the old streets.

Lin Zichen walked slowly into the alley ahead.

His eyes lit up when he saw a Cat Girl with animal ears on her head and cat whiskers on her face walk out of the alley.

She really is Cat Girl!

50 Credit earned!

"Buzz!"

Just as Lin Zichen was thinking about the 50 Credit, a whooshing sound rang out from in front of him.

It was the Cat Girl Biological Rank was as high as the Tier 9 of ordinary beings, who moved.

It rushed towards Lin Zichen with lightning speed, almost invisible to the naked eye.

It was so fast that a powerful current of air emanated from its body.

This caused the road surface to instantly become filled with dust.

Faced with the attack from Cat Girl of the same level, Lin Zichen was not afraid at all. He immediately unleashed his blood and qi and charged towards her, resulting in a two-way collision.

"How can he be faster than me?!"

The Cat Girl, who was attacking Lin Zichen, was stunned when she saw Lin Zichen suddenly unleash a speed far exceeding her own.

In that instant when her mind went blank...

Lin Zichen, who was a hundred meters away just a moment ago, has now appeared in front of her and punched her hard in the face of her innocent student.

Then, there was a loud "bang".

Cat Girl, having taken a solid punch, was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground and rolling repeatedly before finally disappearing into the alleyway.

Soon, another "bang" rang out.

Lin Zichen suddenly exerted force with his calves, the powerful burst of energy shattering the ground as he instantly transformed into a blur and rushed into the alley, pressing his advantage.

When he rushed into the alley, the Cat Girl he had just punched away had already gotten up from the ground.

The side of his face that took the punch exploded.

But what burst open was the outer layer of the fake face, revealing the appearance of a woman in her forties.

She's not ugly, she's quite pretty, but she doesn't have that striking, eye-catching quality.

"It's just a peeling of the skin...?"

Lin Zichen looked at the Cat Girl who had stood up against the wall and was surprised that her head hadn't been smashed by a single punch.

This was the first time in his life that he had encountered an opponent who could withstand even half of his strength.

While he was unaware.

The Cat Girl on the other side was extremely shocked.

This guy looks so young, probably in high school or just started college, how can he be so strong?

And!

There wasn't a single trace of a Gene Fusionist in his body!

That punch he just threw was delivered purely from his own physical strength!

But how could that be?!

In that brief moment, a thousand thoughts flashed through Cat Girl's mind, and then her face was filled with terror as she realized that she might be doomed today.

Without hesitation, she pushed off with both legs and fled backward with a "whoosh".

She possesses the genes of the Shadow Night Cat, making her far faster than other creatures of the same level, comparable to Advanced Being.

Unless you court disaster or encounter Advanced Being whose strength you can't match, you'll always be invincible and can always run away if you can't win.

However, Lin Zichen behind her was no less fast than her, and even faster!

In less than a few seconds, he caught up with her and launched himself into the air, delivering a powerful kick to her head.

That kick used 100% of its power!

"Bang!"

Then there was a loud bang.

The Cat Girl, who was speeding along, was kicked away on the spot and crashed into the wall with a "bang," disappearing deep inside.

Several seconds passed.

A sound of gravel hitting the ground followed.

The Cat Girl, trapped deep inside the wall, finally crawled out, looking disheveled.

At this moment, her neck was broken, and her head, which was attached to it, drooped limply, looking somewhat eerie.

Lin Zichen didn't give her a chance to catch her breath. He rushed forward and kicked her again, sending her flying into the wall with a "bang".

The tremor caused large spiderweb-like cracks to appear in the walls, making them teeter on the verge of collapse.

This time, there was no movement from inside the wall for a long time; it seemed that Cat Girl had died inside.

But Lin Zichen knew that Cat Girl was not dead.

Because he could also sense the biological pressure emanating from the Cat Girl.

However, the intensity of this biological pressure was getting weaker and weaker.

Like a candle about to burn out, it was about to be extinguished.

Just as Lin Zichen picked up a brick, preparing to smash it into the wall to finish off the Cat Girl...

The increasingly weak biological pressure within the Cat Girl suddenly flared up violently, like a fire doused with oil.

The fire burns brighter and brighter!

The fire burns brighter and brighter...

In the blink of an eye, the biological pressure within the Cat Girl's body surged from a nearly extinguished ordinary Tier 1 to its peak ordinary Tier 9.

And it continues to soar.

It wasn't until they broke free from the constraints of ordinary creatures and crossed the threshold to evolve into Advanced Being that they gradually stabilized.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the cracked wall exploded, sending rubble flying and dust billowing throughout the alley.

Then, a strong and muscular figure came into Lin Zichen's view.

It's Cat Girl.

But its image has changed drastically.

The neck wasn't broken; it healed on its own.

His entire body was covered in bulging muscles, giving him immense strength.

His eyes were filled with a wildness that exuded a powerful aura.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Cat Girl is forced to fully activate all the Shadow Night Cat genes within her body, further enhancing her mutation and gaining even greater power.

The price is the loss of more humanity, while animalistic instincts become stronger and rationality diminishes.

For her, the price is permanent.

Because her Gene Fusion compatibility is low, she is susceptible to backlash from Exotic Beast genes.

This is precisely why she fell into Cat Girl.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Cat Girl bared her teeth and stared fiercely at Lin Zichen, completely losing her previous innocent schoolgirl demeanor.

At this moment, her animalistic instincts had overwhelmed her humanity.

But the constant, excruciating pain prevented her from losing her mind and recklessly charging towards Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen did not answer Cat Girl's question.

Seeing that the opponent's Biological Rank had suddenly risen to the Advanced level and that they were adopting a desperate, all-or-nothing stance, he felt that engaging in combat was very risky.

Then, calmly, he said, "I'm sorry, I've mistaken you for someone else."

After saying that, he flashed away and disappeared completely at the alley entrance in the blink of an eye.

Unsure of Lin Zichen's strength, Cat Girl chose to watch him leave rather than fight him.

"Who exactly is he?"

"Why is his physical strength so exaggerated?"

"This is simply unbelievable..."

The Cat Girl muttered a few words, then quickly vanished, leaving this dangerous place to avoid any unforeseen complications.

The moment she stepped out of the alley!

Suddenly, a steel pipe as thick as an egg slammed into her from the side, piercing her head with a "thud" and pinning her firmly to the wall.

She was ambushed, but before she could react and resist, a second steel pipe was thrust into her, piercing her heart with a "thud".

The second steel pipe was immediately pulled out as soon as it was inserted, and then forcefully pushed back in.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

He thrust in and out repeatedly at a high frequency, dozens or even hundreds of times.

Each strike was infused with the power of blood and qi, savagely destroying the Cat Girl's muscles, bones, and flesh, impaling her alive against a wall at the alley entrance.

Seeing that the Cat Girl was beyond dead and all the biological pressure within her had vanished, Lin Zichen released the steel pipe in his hand and casually threw it to the ground.

He killed someone of a much higher level.

He easily killed an Advanced Gene Fusionist, despite being of a much higher level.

Although there was an element of surprise attack involved, it was indeed done with the strength of an ordinary Tier 9 cultivator, who killed an Advanced Shadow Night Cat Gene Fusionist without taking any damage.

My Natural Camouflage is truly remarkable. I concealed my presence by the wall, and even Advanced Shadow Night Cat Gene Fusionist with exceptional sensory perception couldn't detect my existence.

Yes, there's also the damage bonus from Natural Selection.

When I think about these things.

The adrenaline that Lin Zichen had previously secreted had almost completely subsided.

Without the aid of adrenaline, looking at the Cat Girl's corpse riddled with bloody holes on the wall made him feel somewhat uneasy.

It's alright, though; it's not serious.

Having killed Ratman long ago, they are somewhat immune to the discomfort.

"Practice makes perfect. We'll find a chance to let that Little Dirty Girl see blood sometime, to toughen up her somewhat timid nature..."

Lin Zichen thought to himself.

He felt that since Shen Qinghan had embarked on the path of evolution, she would inevitably face battles sooner or later.

Let her see blood beforehand, let her experience the cruelty of Natural Selection, this will allow her to go further on the path of evolution in the future.

I thought about these things for a while, some things and some things.

Lin Zichen raised his hand to wipe the blood splattered on his face, then cleaned his hands, took out his phone from his pocket, took a picture of the Cat Girl's death, and uploaded it to the school app's Mission System to prove that he had solved the Cat Girl.

Next, I called the police to come and clean up the scene.

After doing all this, Lin Zichen reached out and touched the Cat Girl's corpse in front of him, beginning to devour the Shadow Night Cat gene within her body.

[You have devoured a large amount of the Life Origin of "Shadow Night Cat"]

[Shadow Night Cat Atlas: 36%]

How much? 36%?

Lin Zichen was stunned for a moment, not expecting that simply absorbing an Advanced Shadow Night Cat Gene Fusionist could increase the progress of the book so much.

After thinking about it for a moment, he concluded that the Cat Girl was likely suffering a backlash from the Shadow Night Cat gene within her, resulting in a higher proportion of the Shadow Night Cat gene in her body.

I only thought about it briefly, and didn't dwell on it too much.

In the next half minute or so.

Lin Zichen carefully disposed of the Cat Girl's corpse on the wall, concealing the traces of his devouring.

Afterwards, without waiting for the police to arrive, he left the alley and went home to take a shower and go to sleep.

On the school app's Mission System, there is a mandatory field for "what happened".

This required field can be used as a written record. The school will then coordinate with the public security department, so he won't need to go to the public security department to give a statement describing what happened.

On the other side.

On a street more than a kilometer away from the alley.

Ma Xiwei called Ma Zhenhe, angrily complaining, "Dad, the Cat Girl quest I accepted had wrong information! The Cat Girl's Biological Rank wasn't Ordinary Rank 6, but a normal Tier 9! It almost killed me!"

"What?!"

The shocked voice of Ma Zhenhe came through the phone.

Then, Ma Zhenhe's voice quickly turned angry as he said, "Weiwei, describe the details of what happened in detail. Dad will have a good talk with Director He is in charge of the Mission System, later."

"Dad, this is what happened..."

Ma Xiwei calmed herself down and described in great detail the entire process of her and her seniors chasing the Cat Girl to Ma Zhenhe.

After learning what had happened, Ma Zhenhe said he would go talk to Director He about it now, and told Ma Xiwei to go back to school as soon as possible if there was nothing else wrong, and not to stay outside, lest she be retaliated against by the Cat Girl.

Ma Xiwei listened to her parents. After the call ended, she immediately hailed a Didi ride and set off with her seniors back to Shanhai University.

Not long after getting on the bus, the senior student sitting in the back seat with Ma Xiwei suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on? How did Lin Zichen complete the Cat Girl mission?!"

"What did you say?"

Ma Xiwei thought she had misheard and said incredulously, "That Cat Girl's Biological Rank is as high as the ordinary Tier 9, how could he possibly complete it!"

The senior student said, "Really, you two hurry up and check the mission. It shows that Lin Zichen completed it, just a minute ago."

Ma Xiwei didn't take out her phone; instead, she went straight over to look at her senior's phone.

When she saw that Lin Zichen had actually completed the Cat Girl mission, she was completely bewildered.

That's impossible!

That cunning Cat Girl is a Shadow Night Cat Gene Fusionist with Biological Rank as high as the ordinary Tier 9!

Lin Zichen is just a Freshman, how can he possibly accomplish this?!

PS: There's one more chapter, I'll update around 3 PM.