Sister

However, no amount of questions could change the facts now. Liu Qun, filled with unwillingness and confusion, completely lost consciousness.

His eyes were wide open, unwilling to die in peace.

[Second-Tier Mutant Crystal Core detected. Collected. Please check later, Host.]

At that very instant, several fierce Wind Blades suddenly shot out from the tunnel, lashing toward Liu Qun's lifeless corpse like a raging storm.

The Wind Blades were incomparably sharp, easily slicing Liu Qun's corpse into countless fragments.

As Liu Qun's body shattered, the dense metal energy around them gradually began to dissipate.

The moment the cage vanished, a nimble figure flashed inside like lightning and tightly embraced the girl, who had shown no reaction from beginning to end.

It was Xue Dong. He ignored everyone present and merely called to the girl in his arms with concern and urgency. "Little sister... your brother came too late. Look at me. Don't be afraid... don't be afraid. I'll take you away from here."

The wind around him blew aside the black hair covering the girl's face, revealing her vacant expression beneath.

Shen Mo, who had been watching everything with apparent indifference, suddenly felt his heart jolt. His eyes widened, and his pupils contracted sharply.

Sister A-Xue...!!

How was that possible?

Yet at this moment, there was no time for him to think it over.

With Liu Qun dead, the surrounding metal peeled away one after another. Cries for help, shouts, and the sound of hurried footsteps came from above the basement.

Cui Yang had once served in the military. Acting on instinct, he immediately wanted to rush out and save those people, but just then, a hand tightly grabbed him.

"Don't save them. They're no longer human." Xue Dong stood up with his sister in his arms, scarlet hatred flashing in his eyes. "The survivors still here... have all eaten human flesh."

A trace of disbelief flashed through Cui Yang's eyes, but he quickly calmed down again and asked coolly, "What about you two?"

Xue Dong bit his lip and said fiercely, "We were still useful to him, so we had a choice. And they ate their own kind not merely because supplies were scarce. Their minds were twisted and deranged—they did it on purpose."

Everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere became exceptionally heavy.

Shen Mo glanced at the girl in Xue Dong's arms, took a deep breath, and steadied his emotions. Then he stepped forward and stored all the supplies here in his space.

"The floor above won't hold for much longer. We need to leave as soon as possible. Otherwise, once all those Mutant Bats break in, we'll be trapped with nowhere to retreat."

"Shen Mo is right. We have to get out immediately." Leng Shiyi turned to Xue Dong and asked, "Can you tell us what this place is like at night?"

Xue Dong held his sister tightly, and the turmoil in his heart gradually settled.

He knew that only by clinging to this team could he possibly take his sister safely away from here.

So he decided without hesitation to tell them everything honestly. "Not far behind the gas station, there are several car washes. Since they were fairly large, they even built a very spacious enclosed parking lot. Quite a few wealthy people stored many cars there because it was too far away.

After I came here, I heard that those Mutant Bats emerged from that enormous parking lot. We can circle around through there and leave."