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Bing Bing is in a terrible state. She was first bitten on the shoulder by the Giant Serpent, which injected venom. Although the venom was immediately frozen, the ice formed by the venom was completely stuck in her body. Then the Giant Serpent strangled her, causing further damage to her internal organs.
Then, Old Hu's final illusion altered Bing Bing's position. So, in Li Yuanfeng's eyes, the steel bar pierced Bing Bing's head, but in reality, it pierced Bing Bing chest. Although it was a fatal injury, it wouldn't kill her immediately.
Bing Bing pulled out the steel bar, froze the wound, and used the steel bar to create enough space to escape from the snake's corpse. She discovered that Li Yuanfeng and Destruction were fighting each other. After Li Yuanfeng killed Destruction by some unknown means, Bingbing seized the opportunity and killed Li Yuanfeng directly.
Looking at the Nine Masks on the ground, and the mask on Li Yuanfeng's head, Bingbing revealed a look of resentment. She pulled out a steel bar and aimed it at the masks on the ground. Bing Bing used all her strength to destroy these masks. Suddenly, a wordless fear filled her heart. She was all too familiar with this kind of fear. A little bit of black mist appeared in her vision.
Her eyes widened instantly, gradually losing their luster. Then, a sharp pain shot through her lower body, and Bing Bing lost her life. A shadowy tentacle rose from the shadows on the ground and pierced her body, but her corpse did not stop moving. The shadow reached into her hands and feet, Manipulation her body.
Of the ten masks lying on the ground, eight were genuine. The shadow Manipulation Bing Bing to lift the steel bar, piercing through a counterfeit mask. The next moment, countless shadowy Thorn erupted, blocking the view across the bridge.
After a long time, the police and officials who were observing from a distance with binoculars realized that things had calmed down. They then sent people to this side of the bridge and made some basic assessments of the scene. The three special agents from the Countermeasure Bureau had killed all the enemies. Among them, the agent codenamed Old Hu died together with the enemy. The subsequent search in the river only found half of his body.
Special envoy Xiao Mi was rescued from the river, but due to severe injuries, she is now unconscious and may be in a vegetative state. Special envoy Bing Bing killed the last enemy, and while destroying the mask, she triggered some mechanism of the mask, which caused the Shadow Thorn to erupt. The corpse was torn apart by the Thorn, and the other masks were reduced to fragments.
Then came the Extraction of evidence: the frozen black mist, the Sloth Plankton, the enormous purplish-red Giant Snake, Li Yuanfeng's corpse, fragments of the broken mask, and various traces from the scene. All of these were collected and, after passing through several hands, were sent to the Countermeasure Bureau headquarters in the capital, along with a blurry video taken at a distance that day and a basic investigation report.
While those people were collecting evidence, Lu Li, holding Oil-Paper Umbrella, with a cloud of black mist floating around him and Nine Masks swirling around him, quietly returned to his stronghold.
This experiment was a success. Not only did they acquire a batch of mask abilities, but they also successfully dealt with the Countermeasure Bureau, averted the crisis of their identity being exposed, and even obtained an Avatar.
Although this Avatar has now severed most of its body and its connection with that part of the body, and it is estimated that it will take some time to return to normal, as this incident spreads further and further, the Dark River will eventually resurface.
Seeing several more missed calls on his phone, Lu Li thought for a moment and dialed back. His cousin, Ji Yue, answered the phone.
"Cousin, are you alright? You didn't answer your phone, and we were all quite worried about you, especially with how chaotic Leping City has been these past few days."
"I'm fine, how are you guys?" Lu Li asked casually. Although he wasn't very close to his uncle's family, they were still family. He had deliberately avoided involving them in the things he had planned, so Lu Li received the answer that everything was fine.
"Is there anything else? If not, I'm hanging up now," Lu Li said. "I have some things to take care of later."
"Oh, right, my dad asked if you've filled out your college application yet, and what about tuition and living expenses? Do you need his help?"
"I've already filled out my college application online. It's the Miskatonic University Yue Kingdom Branch that my uncle mentioned last time. The scores will be released in a couple of days, and the acceptance letter should be coming soon too." Lu Li doesn't have any particular requirements for the university. Since his uncle recommended it, he'll go there. "I can manage my tuition and living expenses myself, so don't worry about me. That's all, bye."
After ending his call with his cousin, Lu Li squinted as he thought of something else. The crisis in Leping City had been resolved, but there was still a loophole regarding his identity: the post he had made on the trading forum about the Blood Module.
That post was deleted long ago when Lu Li discovered the special status of Leping City. Fortunately, not many people saw the post and replied to it at the time. Lu Li also checked on those who had seen the post and found that their code names had basically been deleted, probably because they had died in the dungeon. However, there was one person who had seen the post and even visited Leping City.
The ability user Mutation the blood, Zhou Gan, still has his code name intact, which means he's still alive. As long as he enters the higher-level forum, Lu Li's identity will be directly exposed. So, no matter what, we have to deal with this Zhou Gan. This Zhou Gan is from out of town; he came to Leping City in a van used for hauling goods, so finding him will be a bit troublesome.
Meanwhile, the Great Yue Kingdom also began to suppress information. Regarding the battle in Leping City, the official statement was that it was a terrorist attack by an extremist divine war organization. Those so-called kings of terror were just special effects created by terrorists to promote their cult. The terrorists have now been killed.
A large number of online trolls also appeared, spreading various rumors and confusing the public. Some said it was aliens, some said it was a secret government research project, and some said it was a conspiracy by the city-state. Most of the people in Leping City were given a secrecy order. In short, under the bombardment of these online trolls, the truth of the matter became blurred, and the official account of terrorists was established instead.
However, the name of the King of Fear Dark River, has spread far and wide. This is evident from the increasing number of legendary elements the Dark River has received in recent days, which has turned it into a mass of black water. However, there are still many people searching along the riverbank, making it inconvenient to release the Dark River into the river.
It's also worth mentioning that the legends surrounding the Dark River are not static. While the specific factors are generally black mist, fear, monsters hidden in the darkness, appearing by the river, and being unable to see clearly, the Dark River has also received some information about black weapons, immortality, and things lurking in people's hearts. However, these factors are still too few to form corresponding abilities.
Meanwhile, as the evidence and investigation report were being transported back to the Countermeasure Bureau, some things also happened there.