Guardian Bee!

That afternoon, Queen Bee took the man to change into a new outfit. He was remarkably obedient and showed no sign of resistance.

"Come on, read."

Queen Bee took out a book and handed it to the man. He did not resist. After taking the book, he began reading it word by word.

He recognized every word in it and understood their meanings, but he could not remember how he had learned them.

Seeing the man sitting obediently in the room reading, Queen Bee's smile gradually turned somewhat eerie.

She took out a file containing all the information on the man before her.

"Yang Yan, twenty-eight years old, graduated from North Ridge Police Academy, currently employed by the North Ridge City Public Security Bureau. Married, with a son nearly four years old."

"Hahaha, Nine-Tailed Fox, huh? You dared to poke around in my nest? I'll send you a big present right now!"

"Guardian Bee, Yang Yan. After you finish that book, go see your old friends."

Night fell over the outskirts of North Ridge City.

Nine-Tailed Fox had established a temporary military zone in Anping District.

The frameworks of buildings had risen from the ground, but they had not neglected the underground either.

Below ground was a sealed chamber filled with seawater. Siren was imprisoned inside, her limbs restrained.

She had now taken on her Merman form and was being documented by a group of researchers.

SRW Sequence 007—Sea Siren.

The target's singing possessed extremely powerful Meme Contamination capabilities. As the singer's mood changed, those affected by the Meme Contamination would receive different commands.

If 007 developed the intent to kill while singing, then anyone who had heard 007's song would immediately kill the people around them as quickly as possible.

If there was no one around the contaminated individual, they would immediately commit suicide.

This meme had a duration effect. Current tests showed that the longest single contamination lasted seventy hours, nearly three full days.

Aside from that, 007 appeared to possess no other means of attack, at least none that had been displayed so far.

Observers monitoring 007 had to wear earplugs. All questioning and responses were prohibited.

Whether face-to-face or through audio equipment, any exchange could cause the person responding to be bewitched by 007's song and transformed into 007-1.

Additionally, 007's internal anatomy resembled that of Number 002 Fishman, though it was not entirely identical.

007 possessed the appearance of a young girl. Her lower body could shift between legs and a fish tail, which was vastly different from Number 002 Fishman.

Current experiments showed that 007 could live underwater. Her fish tail was not merely decorative; it did have practical use.

Project Classification: Level 1 Encryption.

Project Status: Unknown.

Danger Rating: RS (Extremely Dangerous)

Zhang Jinsong rubbed his brow as he looked over the report provided by the researchers.

"I didn't expect us to get our hands on her this easily. Don't you think it went a little too smoothly?"

The man beside him was drinking corn porridge. "Isn't smooth a good thing? Though, come to think of it, I feel like I've seen 007 somewhere before..."

Thinking of something, the man hurriedly took out his phone. "Right, isn't this Xi? My son loves her songs!"

"Strange. I've heard her songs before too. Nothing unusual seemed to happen."

Zhang Jinsong frowned. "There are two possibilities. The first is that she did not use Meme Contamination before."

"The second is that she was unable to use Meme Contamination before."

"What's the difference?"

"The difference is enormous. If she was unable to use it, that means she did not possess this ability before."

"Something must have changed during this period, giving her the ability to cause Meme Contamination."

"If that's the case, then perhaps her situation is like those Fishmen Chu Yang mentioned. She was originally human, yet was voluntarily or forcibly turned into a monster."

"And regarding that, Chu Yang has a theory..."

As Zhang Jinsong spoke, his frown deepened. "Someone is continuously creating these monsters."

"You're saying this was man-made? How is that possible?"

"I don't think it's possible either, which is why we are focusing our investigation on everyone 007 Sea Siren has come into contact with recently."

"If she really was transformed into a monster during this period, then among those people she met, there must be someone we're looking for."

Bzzzt...

At that moment, the lights in the room suddenly flickered.

Zhang Jinsong turned his head. Something seemed to be standing beneath the lights.

Bzzzt...

The lights flickered again. This time, it took a long while before they came back on.

When the lights returned, someone appeared there, dressed in a black bodysuit with a small amount of bronze-colored metal armor.

"Who are you?"

As Zhang Jinsong spoke, the person suddenly raised his head.

He had short white hair. It did not look dyed.

He stepped toward Zhang Jinsong. As he did, he slowly opened his right hand, and a black, metallic-looking spike suddenly thrust out from his palm!

Not good!

"Incident 04!"

Incident 04 referred to monsters launching surprise attacks on Nine-Tailed Fox headquarters!

Zhang Jinsong instantly put on his earpiece, but before he could speak, the man's figure flashed and appeared directly in front of him!

So fast!

Squelch!

The sound of flesh being pierced rang out as the spike in the man's hand drove straight through Zhang Jinsong's wrist!

Grimacing in pain, Zhang Jinsong kicked the man, but even with all his strength behind it, the blow seemed to do no harm at all.

The other man instantly drew the pistol from his waist. "Don't move. If you—"

Squelch!

The man pulled out the long spike and instantly pierced the Nine-Tailed Fox hunter's throat!

The Nine-Tailed Fox hunter's eyes widened. Clutching his throat with both hands, he collapsed to the floor in agony and soon stopped breathing.

Another monster with no record in the files!

Damn it!

Zhang Jinsong covered his injured arm and backed away repeatedly. At that moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox soldiers who had received the signal rushed over at top speed!

"Commander!"

"Everyone, fall back!"

Zhang Jinsong shouted, "The enemy's abilities are unknown. He possesses superhuman speed and defense. Don't approach recklessly!"

No one dared step forward after hearing that, but then Chu Yang appeared.

He looked at the monster before him, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"Yang... Yan?"

Yang Yan turned to look at Chu Yang. A sharp pain suddenly shot through his head, as though his brain had been electrocuted!

Chu Yang slowly stepped forward. "Officer Yang, is that you?"

Whoosh!

A tearing sound cut through the air as Yang Yan instantly raised his stinger and stabbed at Chu Yang!

But Chu Yang reacted quickly and directly evaded the ambush!

Seeing this, Chu Yang's gaze turned cold. "Fine. It seems you aren't Yang Yan. You're just a monster wearing his shell."

Yang Yan stepped forward, and a pair of thin wings materialized behind him. He actually rose into the air!

"Target count: 247."

"Mission objective: Exterminate."

Number 004-1: Guardian Bee (Yang Yan)